The West African continent will enter the rainy season in May. There will be a heavy rain almost every day. Fortunately, each rain does not last long, and the weather will become cooler as a result, which will have no impact on the construction of projects along the shores of Lake Conero.
Taihua finally handed over the project on the south shore of Lake Cornero to Xinhai Construction Group.
Xinhai Construction Engineering Group is a long-established Xinhai Municipal State-owned Enterprise established in 1953. It was listed as a whole in the mid-1990s. It is currently the top engineering construction unit in the country and has also entered the African infrastructure market very early.
It was built by Xinhai Construction Engineering.
Many projects on the south shore of Lake Cornero were forced to suspend work for more than three months. However, even Lu Jianchao, Lu Yan and others fled back to China in embarrassment. Even after the turmoil around the factory subsided, most of the employees dispatched by Taihua also evacuated the country. Cao Mo
It is better to let Ade, Oulu and others arrange manpower to protect the construction site on the south bank of Lake Cornero.
Even though Cao Mo still disliked the Lu family, he didn't want the locals to develop the habit of robbing Chinese manufacturers' construction sites at will. Of course, he later required Lu Jian's family to pay an additional $300,000 in security fees.
After the demise of the Brotherhood of Steel, the construction workers who were originally affiliated with the Jidam Family Engineering Construction Company evacuated like scattered sand, and the construction site was completely preserved without damage.
After Xinhai Construction Group entered the site, after more than a month of sorting out, in May, projects such as the Cornero Lake Port, the New Taihua Hotel, the New Taihua Refinery and the Taihua Industrial Park were also gradually rebuilt.
on the right track.
The Chinese businessmen who were new to Kanem heard the old man talk about the personal grudge between Cao Mo and Lu Yan, and then looked at the scene in front of them, which was somewhat unbelievable.
During this period of time, Cao Mo mainly traveled between Longta and Drake, and rarely went to Dracula Mo. He didn't know how many aftermaths of the incident a year ago were still shaking within the Chinese business community.
After a formal agreement was signed with Xintaihua Investment Group at the end of March, Cao Mo instructed Wendy Skaff to directly take over the Beku Cement Plant and Xintaihua Grinding Station, and handed them over to China Civil Engineering Construction for further construction.
In terms of engineering construction, China's construction engineering companies have a speed that is beyond the reach of their global counterparts, but there are no secrets that outsiders cannot tell. It is simply that the Chinese people are able to endure hardships and are willing to endure hardships.
Project managers and foremen stay on site during the day and work on drawings or hold meetings at night to ensure that all aspects of the project can be carried out in an orderly manner and at full capacity.
It is still difficult for Cornero Construction Engineering Company to achieve this under the management of Liang Siqian. The main reason is that there are too few Chinese managers. The engineering and technical managers hired from the local area are mainly Yoruba people, but they do not have to endure hardships.
With a spirit of endurance, no matter how much reward you get, there is no temptation.
For them, if they can go to get off work on time and not be late or leave early, they are considered to be quite qualified workers in the local area.
This is still the situation near Draculamore, the most prosperous city in West Africa, where the people have been more or less influenced by modern society; in the wider inland areas of Kanem and other West African countries, the people are much looser.
After April, Akwa officially relaxed the restrictions on the descendants of colonists working abroad. Cao Mo absorbed skilled technicians and middle and low-level managers from the descendants of colonists in Deguk and other places, filling them in various factories, mining areas and Cornero.
Among the construction teams of construction engineering companies, it was found that these employees are no less hard-working than Chinese employees.
It’s no wonder that European and American companies in Draculamore like to hire employees who are descendants of colonists. In addition to having higher education levels,
In addition to the large number of local indigenous people and the similarities in cultural origin, the key is that it is of high quality and low price.
It is a pity that even during the period of military rule, Kanem's resistance to European and American companies was extremely mild. In addition to a large number of descendants of the colonists of Draculamore working in European and American companies, they also founded a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Draculamore. When hiring employees, Cao Mo had not been given the opportunity to pick and choose before.
This time, by cooperating with the Akwa Democratic Promotion Front, Cao Mo had the opportunity to contact this group of descendants of colonists who had been severely oppressed by the Akwa authorities for ten years, were extremely eager for a new way out, and had certain skills and management experience.
Shen Ji was envious of this.
Localized management is the most troublesome problem faced by Chinese enterprises that have entered Africa in the early stages of development.
Compared with the scale of its investment in Kanem, Dongsheng still has a small number of dispatched employees, but with less than fifty dispatched employees, it will cost nearly 30 million in additional human resources costs a year.
In mid-May, in addition to Zhang Chaoyang, New Steel United officially sent negotiators to Kanem to formally negotiate with the Oyo State government on the acquisition of Catero Steel Plant; New Steel United invested in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Investment and Trading Company Negotiations also started at the same time.
Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company, as newly registered companies whose assets have just been thoroughly sorted out, have a simple negotiation process.
New Steel Union hopes that these two companies will be merged together so that in the future they can focus on the trading and transportation business of bulk mineral commodities such as coal, iron and finished cement in West Africa. This is also where New Steel Union values these two companies the most.
For Cao Mo, there is no essential difference between whether the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading and the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company are divided into two companies or merged into one company; and the operating teams of these two companies overlap, both are Galleons. .Targaryen is in charge of the specific operations.
It only involves the transportation of products downstream of Cornero Cement and the layout of the Cornero Cement industry chain along the Gulf of Guinea. However, Cao Mo needs to hold the controlling stake in his hands and ensure that the management headed by Garon Targaryen The team is stable with no changes.
Years ago, Cao Mo, in addition to teaming up with Shenji, Abacha, Ojosan, the Rupert family, the Blake family, and the Oppenheimer family, injected a total of nearly 40 million US dollars in capital and related assets into these two companies. An additional US$30 million was borrowed for working capital purposes.
At present, the businesses of the two companies have been integrated and sorted out, and are on the right track. In addition to taking over the transportation business of Cornero Cement, they have also opened up the freight routes between Akwa and Kanem, and have control over millions of tons in Akwa. The value of large-scale coal and iron supply contracts can be said to have been greatly improved.
However, in order to facilitate this equity acquisition and promote New Steel Union's determination to take over Catero Steel Plant, Cao Mo also gave a valuation of US$50 million after the merger of the two companies.
As a very large steel company, New Steel Union itself has the background of a state-owned enterprise in Xinhai City. Whether it is acquiring Catero Steel Plant or injecting capital into the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company, it can obtain foreign exchange loans from the National Export-Import Bank. It is unwilling to Use its own very tight foreign exchange resources.
After several studies, New Steel Alliance finally asked Cao Mo to register a company in China and transfer part of the equity of the New Guinea Shipping and Mining Company to a domestic company. However, New Steel Alliance directly purchased the entire equity in China.
New Steel Union plans to apply for a partial loan from the Export-Import Bank of China after taking a stake in New Nea Shipping and Mining Company to supplement working capital, which naturally requires Cao Mo to further lower the equity transaction price.
Negotiation and equity transfer, etc.
After more than a month of fussing over the matter, the agreement was finally reached at the end of June, and New Steel United invited Cao Mo to go home to sign the equity transfer agreement...
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Summer has already entered Xinhai at the end of June, but at the end of the rainy season, the weather is much cooler than in West Africa.
After a heavy rain, the water in the pool was turbid, and the dense lawn on the green of Jinchen Golf Course seemed like a green carpet covering the undulating ground.
Playing golf is really physical work. Ding Zhaoqiang hit the ball into a pond, and Lu Jianchao ran over with the large troops, and they were all a little out of breath.
Seeing Lu Jianchao stop and stand by the pond holding his club while looking at the green in the distance, the discerning assistant lost no time in unscrewing a bottle of mineral water and passing it over.
Lu Jianchao took the mineral water and took a few sips. When he saw Ding Zhaoqiang waiting for someone to pick the ball up and continue serving, he said with a smile: "Old Ding, your skills have regressed now. You haven't practiced for a while, right?"
"Technique is one thing, but mainly my physical strength is a little behind. I haven't moved my muscles much since the Spring Festival. I feel like I'm rusty." Ding Zhaoqiang swung the club twice and looked at Cao, who was striding over from behind.
Mo, Shen Ji and others laughed loudly and said, "You guys want to take a swing too?"
As soon as Cao Mo and Zhou Han got off the plane, they were pulled to the golf course by Shen Ji. Facing the clubs handed over by Ding Zhaoqiang, they showed no gratitude and waved to Ding Zhaoqiang and the others to do what they wanted. They turned their heads and joked with Shen Ji: "This is the first time in my life that I'm holding a club."
A golf club is the face that greets someone. I really don’t want such an unpleasant thing to happen again today..."
"Hello, Mr. Cao, this is our vice chairman and president of New Steel United..." As Cao Mo and Shen Ji walked over, Zhang Chaoyang introduced a half-bald middle-aged man standing next to Ding Zhaoqiang and Lu Jianchao to Cao Mo.
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"Yu Jinjie! I didn't expect Mr. Cao to be younger than I thought. When Chaoyang, Mr. Ding, and Mr. Lu introduced you, I really couldn't believe it!" The half-bald middle-aged man stretched out his generous palm and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Eyes, said with a smile.
Lu Jianchao had to swallow his anger and join forces with them in Kanem for the time being, but he felt resentful in his heart, and his eyes gave him a sharp and sharp look, which Cao Mo thought was normal.
However, today was the first time he met Yu Jinjie, and both parties had agreed to sign the equity transfer agreement for the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company directly after he returned to China. Why was Yu Jinjie's eyes staring at him like a poisonous snake?
New Steel United insists that he return to China to sign a contract, is it to hold a Hongmen Banquet?
Shen Jizheng was waiting for Cao Mo to formally shake hands with Yu Jinjie before introducing the other people present today to him. Unexpectedly, Cao Mo not only did not extend his hand to respond to Yu Jinjie's proactive greeting, but his eyes suddenly became extremely sharp and stared at Yu Jinjie, Lu Jianchao and others.
Looking at his face.
Shen Ji was slightly startled and was about to ask Cao Mo what was wrong when he saw Cao Mo suddenly took out his mobile phone and signaled that there was an emergency call to make now. Cao Mo walked aside first.
Shen Ji had no idea what was going on, and he couldn't understand what Cao Mo was talking on the phone in Yoruba. But except for Lu Jianchao and Yu Jinjie, he saw his uncle Ding Zhaoqiang's face change slightly at this moment, and he suddenly Realizing that New Steel Union’s so-called invitation to Cao Mo to return to China to sign the equity transfer agreement was simply a trap.
"..." Cao Mo put away his cell phone, walked back and stared at Lu Jianchao and said, "I've finished the call. Let me inform Mr. Lu. Before I return to Kanem, even if you have the help of the Oppenheimer family, Lu There is no way Yan can leave Kanem safely, don’t say I didn’t warn you beforehand..."