The bodies of the deceased employees were transported to Pemei Port for cremation. The mutual aid association also contacted the embassy and Akwa authorities to simplify the visa procedures as much as possible, and brought some of the family members of the deceased employees to Akwa to attend the funeral, and then brought the ashes back to the country.
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For some employees who died, their families were unable to come over. The mutual aid association also contacted the local government and asked someone to transport the ashes back to the country and transfer the condolence money to their direct heirs through the local government.
Most of the mine owners who suffered heavy losses had no intention of staying in Akwa for development, and some of the frightened Chinese employees who insisted on returning to work in China, the mutual aid association funded their flights back home.
Xu Sheng ultimately sadly chose to return to China.
In the past few years, he had been traveling in Africa and had accumulated a lot of money. Coupled with the rising housing prices in the country, he had resold several houses and had a pension fund left after paying off his debts. This time it hit him particularly hard, and he also
I don’t have the courage to continue working hard in Akwa.
Xu Ling followed him to Africa to work hard in the past few years. He didn't save much money, but he converted a lot of shares in his uncle Xu Sheng's sand farm and company - Xu Sheng definitely didn't need him to share the debt this time, but he had
The accumulation can be regarded as cleared.
However, Xu Ling did not choose to return to China.
He was still young and didn't think he would be able to find a job suitable for him when he returned to China. However, Zhou Zhiqing, the vice president of the mutual aid association and who invested more than 20 million US dollars in rock gold mining in Mangba, recruited Xu Ling as his assistant.
, the salary offered to him is also quite good.
The vast majority of investors in Africa still trust Chinese people.
Xu Ling's academic qualifications are not high, but he has been in Africa for many years and is fluent in English. He is familiar with dealing with various local figures and is also familiar with gold mining and other matters. He is considered a quite sought-after talent.
Xu Ling doesn't have the capital to work alone now, so following Zhou Zhiqing is a pretty good new start; but Xu Sheng doesn't want to work for anyone else anymore.
Zhang Min neither returned to China nor accepted Xie Sipeng's arrangement for her to work at the palm e-commerce network.
After the mutual aid association properly handled many matters, there were still more than 800,000 US dollars left, which had not been returned to the donors. Cao Mo made the largest donation. Under his instruction, the Akwa Chinese Business Development Mutual Aid Fund was established.
Zhang Min spent all her savings and borrowed US$100,000 from the Mutual Development Fund to replenish equipment and rebuild the operation area, intending to continue mining placer gold in Mangba.
The international gold price fluctuates between US$900 and US$1,000 per ounce, and placer gold mining is still a profitable and even hugely profitable business.
The placer gold mine that Xie Sipeng left to her seemed small in scope, but contained a high amount of placer gold. She was reluctant to sell the placer gold mine directly, and wanted to give it another try.
In setting up the mutual aid association, in addition to uniting Chinese businessmen to help each other and save themselves, Cao Mo also hoped to do, of course, to reverse the previous situation of swarming plunder and exploitation.
Without changes, even if some things can be covered up this time and prevented from being exposed by the international media with ulterior motives, as this mining method causes more and more serious damage to the local environment and its impact becomes wider and wider, one day it will
It has accumulated conflicts with local people that are difficult to resolve.
Cao Mo hopes that Chinese businessmen can develop more stably and longer-term in the local area. When the time comes, everyone can help each other instead of trying to undermine each other, nor can they leave a lot of mess and have latecomers bear the responsibility. The charter of the mutual aid association needs to have certain rules.
Self-discipline.
Fortunately, investors like Zhou Zhiqing and Xinhai Gold were aware of this, and Xie Sipeng was in the middle to communicate and coordinate, so there was no difficulty.
The embassy also learned that international journalists once tried to intervene in the disaster investigation, and also hoped that the mutual aid association could play a stronger role, not only to restrain Chinese businessmen investing in mining in Akwa, but also to better promote cooperation with regional government agencies
Relationship.
At this time, mutual aid companies are no longer limited to the Mangba area.
However, Cao Mo still insisted on initially only accepting Chinese businessmen and Chinese-funded enterprises engaged in mining and ore trading in Akwa, and temporarily did not consider expanding the scale of the mutual aid association on a larger scale and accepting new members everywhere.
Cao Mo donated money, but Xie Sipeng was responsible for liaising with the specific matters. It was not until early June that the matter came to an end——
The delineation of the Taihua Industrial Park and the area south of Longta is the basis for the city of Draculamo to start the construction of the new coastal city of Cornero. By early June, the agreement was basically finalized in accordance with the line drawn by Cao Mo.
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Even if you don’t consider how many pairs of eyes from Draculamore, Ogun State, and the federal government are staring at this matter, just think of the anger burning in the hearts of officials in Lungta and Oyo states. Lu Jianchao, Han Shaorong and others also
Don't dare to delay it any longer.
On the day when the agreement was signed at the New Taihua Resort Hotel, Cao Mo also rushed back to Longta.
Clark, the chairman of the Lonta Municipal Council, Abacha, the deputy chairman, Onika, the senior member, and Brahm, who represents Cornero Energy, all appeared in the hotel lobby wearing shaved suits on a hot day.
Abacha and Bram were fine, but Clark, Dasika and others stared at Lu Jianchao, who was officially appointed as the chairman of the Cornero Seaside New City Construction Committee, as well as Han Shaorong, Lu Yan, Huang Hebin and others, with evil eyes -
Blake and other Oyo State government officials were invited, but they all refused to participate in today's signing ceremony.
Except for Abacha, Brahm and others who knew the inside story, almost everyone on the Lonta Municipal Committee, from Clark, Sika, to ordinary members, regarded the Lake Bay Industrial New City as an opportunity for the rise of Lonta.
To be honest, officials in the Longta region were not enthusiastic about local development in the early days.
In the past few years, the Clark, Sika, Adet and other families have continued to increase their value in the small shares they have held in Sika Adette Power Grid Company. On the other hand, they have sold oil palm plantations to Dongsheng Group to make profits, and at the same time also invested part of their funds.
United Bank of Oman has made profits from its special private equity fund and has deeply felt the direct benefits of local development to them.
What's more important is that they also hold large tracts of oil palm and cocoa planting land. Thanks to the increasingly improved local roads, communications, electricity and other infrastructure, they have the opportunity to directly participate in international trade and gain great benefits.
Therefore, they have been able to deeply see that the continuous development of the shores of Lake Cornero by leaps and bounds will not only be beneficial to the Lonta area, but also beneficial to their family.
However, this matter was messed up by Lu Jianchao and others, why weren't they angry inside?
They even gave away so much high-quality land and port resources, so it would be too much of a loss to get even a little financial compensation.
As a guest, Cao Mo stood in the corner calmly, silently observing the reactions of others in the hall.
He returned to Longta today, not for the signing ceremony.
The consulate was going to hold a tea party at the Xintaihua Resort Hotel in the afternoon, convening Chinese businessmen from Dracula Mo to raise funds for the domestic earthquake that had caused extremely heavy losses and casualties. Cao Mo came here specially for this event.
Nearly a month has passed since the earthquake, and the rescue work has basically been completed. The number of people killed and missing in the earthquake was close to 90,000, and the property damage was in the hundreds of billions.
Even though nearly a month has passed, many Chinese businessmen overseas feel heavy in the face of such a disaster.
Cao Mo was not in the mood to fight with Lu Jianchao, Han Shaorong and the others today. He calmly watched the representatives from several parties come to the stage to sign the agreement. He applauded together with everyone.
After signing the agreement, Lonta will receive a one-time compensation totaling more than 70 million US dollars. Municipal Committee Chairman Clark also immediately made it clear that this fund will be used to start the construction of the Lake Bay Industrial Processing Zone on the east coast of Lake Conero.
Although there will no longer be a large-scale industrial new city plan for the time being, the move by the Lonta City Hall also shows its determination to continue to develop and construct the eastern shore of Lake Cornero; the Lake Bay Industrial Processing Zone is fully funded by the Lonta City Hall, but it will
Entrusted to the management of Conero Lake Industrial Park Co., Ltd.
Cornero Energy will also receive a one-time deposit of US$50 million from the Conero Marina New Town Construction Committee, and will subsequently be independently responsible for the construction of the power grid and transmission and distribution facilities within the Cornero Marina New Town, and will also have a monopoly on Cornero
Electricity supply in Binhai New City.
Although the agreement limits the power supply price of Cornero Energy, it also clarifies that no thermal power plant can be built within the new city of Cornero, nor can it be connected to the power supply of other manufacturers.
Draculamo Power Supply Group was originally supposed to be the staunchest opponent of the agreement, but because it holds more than 20% of the shares in Conero Energy, it is also expected to receive four to five billion kilowatt-hours of electricity supplied by Conero Energy at low prices every year.
, ended up becoming an endorser of this agreement.
Lu Jianchao, Han Shaorong and others finally agreed to sign this agreement with Cornero Energy. On the one hand, they saw that the equity checks and balances in Cornero Energy were more reasonable. The Oppenheimer family held 7% of the shares in Cornero Energy and supported this plan -
-Cao Mo can only win more benefits for Cornero Energy by doing evil, but he cannot willfully harm the interests of Cornero Energy.
On the other hand, driven by Cao Mo, Conero Energy built a small hydropower station group in Lonta, renovated the Lonta natural gas power plant, and built a transmission and distribution network along Lake Conero, regardless of technology, equipment, or management level.
, are much better than Draculamore Power Supply Group.
This is also an important reason why Lu Jianchao and others were unconvinced and decided to launch the new coastal city of Cornero.
In their opinion, Cao Mo was a young man who was still in his infancy, and he did not have many capable generals in the country. His subordinates were basically engineers and professional managers hired from the local area, and their skills were not looked down upon by them.
However, this is how companies such as Ibogu Mining and Cornero Cement have been able to develop to this point in West Africa.
With the support of Taihua and Huamao who have been developing in China for so many years, how could they be worse than Cao Mo?
It is impossible for Draculamo Electric Power Group to give Cornero Marina New City the opportunity to build its own power plant. Between Draculamo Power Group and Cornero Energy, it is impossible for Lu Jianchao and Han Shaorong to choose which one will be the power supplier.
Cao Mo still has strong influence and implicit control over Cornero Energy, and he does whatever he wants.
In addition to acquiring the Deregu power plant for renovation, Cornero Energy will also borrow $50 million from the Export-Import Bank of China after receiving the US$50 million from Cornero Marina New City to officially launch the second Lonta natural gas power plant.
of construction.
Cornero Energy is not yet qualified to borrow directly from the Export-Import Bank of China, but as a project contractor and equipment exporter, CCECC can apply for a seller's credit of US$50 million from the Export-Import Bank of China, and Cornero Energy
Energy will defer payment of the corresponding US$50 million for construction and equipment imports to CCECC for three years, effectively achieving the effect of an indirect loan.
This is the kind of treatment that Conero Energy can only enjoy when it has developed to a corresponding scale and has cooperated with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation for many years and has mutual trust - otherwise China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation would not bear the risks involved for Conero Energy.
In order to encourage equipment exports, the seller's credit approved by the Export-Import Bank of China has extremely low interest rates.
Similarly, Ibogu Mining has recently begun to seek deferred payments, prompting manufacturers selling heavy mining and mineral processing equipment to apply for seller's credit from the Export-Import Bank of China.
In this way, Cao Mo can make more efficient and full use of the funds on hand.
After this signing, Taihua Group, New Taihua Investment, Fulkov Investment and Han Shaorong’s Huamao Capital will jointly inject US$400 million in Cornero Marina New City.
This also means that they must ensure that the second phase of the new Taihua Refinery and the first phase of the port area on the south shore of Conero Lake are completed as scheduled, and that the Conero Marina based on the original Taihua Industrial Park Phase I and II and the living and business supporting area must be completed as scheduled.
The new city start-up area has been successfully completed, and the accumulated capital they have jointly injected into the south bank of Conero cannot be less than one billion US dollars.
Of course, the second phase of the new Taihua Refinery and the first phase of the port area on the south shore of Conero Lake are fully completed, and the energy source will continue to generate profits. If Taihua makes additional investments in the new coastal city of Conero in the future, there will not be too much in the capital chain.
Pressure - to put it bluntly, the early stage is the most difficult.
The Draculamore Municipal Government has also made it clear that it strongly supports the relocation of local enterprises to Binhai New City and will formulate a series of promotional measures.
By then, Binhai New City will not only continue to gain land sales income, but also rapidly increase in popularity. It will inevitably need to carry out a certain scale of commercial and living supporting areas in the early stage, and the leasing and sales of buildings and residences will also pick up quickly; within a certain period of time,
, Binhai New City will also have tax revenue sharing...
The economic development of Kanem is quite lagging, but Draculamo concentrates more than half of the country's industrial, commercial and financial industry, and the total number of small and medium-sized enterprises is as many as 30,000 to 40,000.
Lu Jianchao did not expect too much. He just thought that in the next five years, the number of new companies moved into and newly established in Cornero Marina would reach 2,000 to 3,000, which would be considered an initial success.
Lu Jianchao is also confident about this.
Draculamore's mains power supply is too unstable. It is normal for power to be cut off seven or eight times a day. It is also difficult for the transmission grid to provide the stable voltage and current required for industrial production. In this regard,
They can only choose to cooperate with Cornero Energy.
Stable industrial supporting capabilities are the key to the attractiveness of Conero Binhai New Area.
Yan Zhicheng was "recruited" by Lu Yan and was mainly responsible for the daily operations of the casino department of the New Taihua Resort Hotel.
In Nan'an's increasingly large system, Yan Zhicheng's status is no longer very prominent, and he has no right to know what conditions the Lu family, Han Shaorong and Fulkov Investment have finally negotiated.
He knew that after a series of equity relationship adjustments, Taihua Group, together with New Taihua Group, held 50% of the shares of Conero Lake Port, New Taihua Refinery, New Taihua Resort Hotel, and Binhai New City; Falco
In addition to its exclusive control of Western Union Petroleum, Huf Investment also holds 25% shares in a series of projects on the South Coast.
The remaining 25% of the Port of Conero Lake is owned by the Draculamo Port Group.
The remaining 25% of the shares in the Xintaihua Refinery, Resort Hotel, and Binhai New City are held by Huamao Capital, a subsidiary of Han Shaorong.
According to the shareholding ratios of the Lu family, Han Shaorong and Fulkov Investment in various projects in South Bank, New Taihua Investment and the listed company Taihua Group, which are directly controlled by the Lu family, still need to inject US$200 million in capital to complete the completion of Kenai.
The initial construction of Luo Binhai New Town.
This will definitely put a lot of pressure on the Lu family, which has always had a tight capital chain.
However, Cao Mo could not tell whether Yan Zhicheng's "warning" successfully induced Lu Jianchao and Lu Jiancheng brothers.
Today Garon Targaryen will also sign a cooperation agreement on the leasing and use of ore storage yards with Draculamo Port Group on behalf of the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company.
The entire Gulf of Guinea only has a 150,000-ton bulk and container terminal in Draculamo, which can not only dock corresponding ore ships, but is also equipped with corresponding large-scale loading and unloading machinery and equipment, which can quickly load and unload ore, grain and other bulk cargoes.
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In the Usan River mining area, the scale of copper concentrate mined and transported to Pemé Port this year and handed over to the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company is expected to not exceed 120,000 tons. Every quarter, a medium-sized ore ship will be sent from Pemé Port back to the new seaport.
Will suffice.
However, when the second phase of the Wusang River No. 1 Mine is completed before the end of the year, copper concentrate output from Drake will surge to 800,000 tons.
At that time, the copper concentrate will need to be transferred to the Port of Dracula, and a large ore ship will be sent every quarter to transport it back to the country for smelting.
By doing so, not only can the transportation of copper concentrate be more cost-effective, but the shipping capacity of the large and small placer ships owned by the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company can be fully exploited, and at the same time, more business can be undertaken in the Gulf of Guinea region.
"Why don't you take a photo on stage and get to know the senior officials of Dehong Kong?"
Garon Targaryen signed an agreement with the president of Draculamore Port Group. The host invited the guests to take a group photo. Seeing Cao Mo sitting next to him without moving, Lu Jianchao asked generously.
"..." Cao Mo said nonchalantly, "Ibogu Mining will soon assist Peimei Port in building a deep-water dock. Draculamo Port will definitely not show me a good look, so why go there hypocritically at this time?
Pretend to smile?"
When Lu Jianchao first heard that Cao Mo's words were sarcastic, he immediately went on stage to take a group photo with a sarcastic look on his face.
At the afternoon tea party, Cao Mo also handed the donation check to the officials of the consulate, said hello to Dongsheng's people, and left with Xie Sipeng, Yang Deshan and others in a low-key manner.
"Cao Mo just said that he would soon promote the construction of a deep-water terminal in Peimei Port, but I don't know if he mentioned it accidentally or on purpose?" Looking at Cao Mo's leaving figure, Lu Jianchao sat next to Han Shaorong and whispered.
Cornero Cement Plant No. 3 is still highly efficient beyond imagination. It took more than eight months to complete, and its total annual production capacity exceeds 4 million tons. By the end of the year, Cornero Cement will further reach 5 million tons.
The annual production capacity of finished cement and Yibogu Mining have become the two gold-devouring behemoths in Cao Mo’s hands.
Lu Jianchao would not dare to ignore any big move Cao Mo made at this time.
It is inevitable that the construction of a deep-water terminal in Pemei Port will directly threaten the status of Dracula Moses as Africa's largest superport. The participation of Ibogu Mining will naturally break through the bottleneck of exporting copper concentrate from the Usan River.
As for the transportation bottleneck, in addition to Pemei Port, it also includes the railway transportation problems connecting Mamba, Draculamo and other places to Pemei Port; to solve it, it needs to be solved together - a deep-water port and a short section of railway are not long in Africa.
An investment of at least one billion US dollars is required.
It would be too kind if Cao Mo only facilitated the export of Wusang River copper concentrate and raised one billion US dollars to help Akwa open up the transportation bottleneck between the northern industrial town and Pemei Port.
In Lu Jianchao's opinion, if Cao Mo really can raise one billion US dollars, Delegu will directly build a large-scale copper smelting plant to smelt copper concentrate into anode copper for export. This will not only directly save four-fifths of the transportation capacity, but also obtain corresponding benefits.
Tariff reduction and exemption - and the smelting of anode copper is really not very technical.
If Cao Mo must plan to build a port and railway in Akwa, and take into account the coal and iron transportation in the Mangba area, then the investment value can be more fully reflected.
Will Cao Mo extend his tentacles to Mangba's coal and iron ore next?
This was the only conclusion Lu Jianchao came up with after thinking about it for a while, but he was not sure if Cao Mo was bluffing...