The Oppenheimer Family Manor is located in the northern suburbs of Draculamore City, not far from the Tubman Family Manor.
Tubman Jr. sold all the oil palm land to Dongsheng, but the estate remained.
This time, Cao Mo made an appointment with Starlie to meet at Draculamore, and he would go directly to the Tubman family manor to wait for her return.
Although the suburbs of Draculamore are mainly gravel roads, they are lined with giant trees and well-kept plantations that stretch into the manor, surrounded by streams and rivers. The jacaranda trees are in full bloom, covering the
Reflected on the blue sky, the scenery is extremely beautiful.
However, this is just a false appearance of Draculamore. Just like Aral Lake Island and Victoria Island, where there are many high-rise buildings and villas with birds singing and flowers fragrant, they are far from representing the true face of this chaotic city.
The reality of Draculamore is that tens of millions of poor people are crowded into cramped, chaotic, dirty, drug- and violence-filled slums, struggling for three meals a day; the reality of Draculamore is that nine
Adult citizens are struggling to survive on the edge of food and clothing.
"Is this Sturgeon trustworthy?" Zhou Han recalled today's journey. It was unimaginably smooth, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried. She looked at Cao Mo, who was sitting on a wicker chair, holding his cell phone and not knowing who to send a text message to, and asked.
"Of course Sturgeon is not trustworthy, but he is smart enough. There shouldn't be any problems in cooperating with him this time, but it will be hard to say in the future. Let's see," the setting sun shone through the gaps in the canopy, mottled light spots
It fell on Zhou Han's bright and moving face, with light and dark intertwined, but adding a bit of alluring beauty. Cao Mo looked at her dark and bright eyes, her delicate and slightly curled red lips, and couldn't help but grab her.
With a soft little hand, he asked her to sit next to him and said, "I don't worry about anything else now, I just worry about money..."
"Don't you want to sit back and watch Dongsheng?" Zhou Han tilted his head and asked in confusion.
If it were just to compete for the controlling stake of Taihua Group, plus the necessary supplementary funds, Cao Mo's current cash would be enough, but if he wants to alleviate the debt crisis of Dongsheng, which has a heavier debt pressure than Taihua,
Cao Mo had more than 3 billion in cash in his hand, but he was powerless.
Zhou Han felt that Cao Mo should focus on winning the battle of Taihua first and then worry about other things.
"If you care, you will be in chaos. We don't have to take all the Taihua shares in the hands of the Lu family," Cao Mo said. "What I have done now is mainly to prevent the Lu family from being eliminated, including the listed company Taihua Group and the new
A series of projects such as the Taihua Refinery and Cornero Marina New City have turned the company into a mess that no one can clean up. If after our intervention, the destructive power of the Lu family's exit is minimized, including the new Taihua Refinery in
Within, all the benefits are reasonably distributed, and the listed company Taihua Group will not collapse, and there is even room and potential for continued development. Then there will definitely be people willing to participate at a reasonable price - the funds directly used,
It may only cost between ten and two billion. But no matter what, no matter what, I can't just sit back and watch Dongsheng become a piece of fish on Han Shaorong's chopping board."
If Han Shaorong hadn't intervened, Cao Mo might not have been so nosy. Anyway, few Ding Zhaoqiang and the group's senior executives liked him, so there was no need for him to force his way in; and Shen Ji's real wealth was in Tianyue, even if Dongsheng and Dongsheng
The collapse of the Ding family actually did not have much impact on Shen Ji.
However, since Dongsheng has become a plump prey in Han Shaorong's eyes, Cao Mo has to mess with it a few more times to prevent Han Shaorong from succeeding easily.
Zhou Han licked her red lips and asked, "When will we return to China?"
In addition to cleaning up the mess in the later stage and returning to Kanem, the main battlefield in the early stage was at home. Now that she had successfully negotiated the terms of cooperation with Sturgeon and Nitz Oppenheimer, her heart was racing again.
Back home.
"Don't be impatient. Nsange's flight is tomorrow. If we don't want Han Shaorong to suspect that this trip is specifically for Sturgeon and Nitz Oppenheimer, we have to stay a few more days."
Cao Mo said, "Just take care of the affairs here before leaving..."
"Are you thinking about hanging out with Stali for a few more days?" Zhou Han said.
"The economic situation is not good, and people are most likely to be impetuous. Although the employees of Tubman Family Security Consulting Company and Cornero Security Company have undergone strict selection and training, they are still human beings," Cao Mo said with a bitter smile, "And
The worse the economy is, the more unstable the public security will be, especially in Africa, where more people will take desperate risks, and internal and external defenses will be heavier than imagined. I have to meet Starlie no matter what to feel relieved."
"I'm just talking, but you still explain so much, as if I'm jealous-" Zhou Han curled his lips and said, holding the wicker chair with his hands, preparing to leave Cao Mo.
Zhou Han has a slender and plump figure. When he leans forward to stand up, his breasts are pressed against the elastic fabric, forming a perfect arc. His crotch is also wrapped in a long skirt, making it plump and attractive.
"Sit with me for a while!" Cao Mo pulled Zhou Han and moved his body away, letting her lie side by side so that he could have a closer look at her dazzlingly beautiful starry eyes, dimples, and hands.
No longer being honest, he leaned against Zhou Han's slender legs and wandered towards her plump buttocks, "Do you want to feel comfortable?"
"No, Stari is almost here!" Zhou Han grabbed Cao Mo's hand and twisted to get rid of him.
Zhou Han's sensitive parts of her body are quite special. They seem to be concentrated on the upper body. Whether it is touching or kissing, it is easy for Cao Mo to send her into the clouds of ecstasy. After that, there is no need for her anymore, so she can always restrain herself and prevent it from happening.
Something uncontrollable happens.
Zhou Han usually enjoys the feeling after being intimate with Cao Mo, but today Stali will rush back to the manor at any time. How could she be willing to let her ungrateful side fall into Stali's eyes?
Zhou Han grabbed Cao Mo's hand, kissed him for a while, then stood up and left. Not long after, Starly came to the manor and told Zhou Han that he was lucky that he didn't go soft on Cao Mo just now.
Song Yuqing has a soft temperament and has a close relationship with Zhou Han and Stari, but the relationship between Stari and Zhou Han is cold.
Stari has a cold temperament, and she believes that Zhou Han stayed with Cao Mo with specific intentions from the beginning, and will one day return to his old ways; her attitude towards Zhou Han has always been cold, and of course Zhou Han will not
Just pay attention to Starlie.
Stali came here this time not just for a tryst with Cao Mo, but after rendezvous with Cao Mo, she went to Benin to attend a management meeting between Tubman Family Security Consulting Company and Cornero Security Company in Oguta.
Meeting.
By then, not only Taya, Big and Little Kuski, Ade, Oulu, Duganjie and others will rush over. The two security companies have received intermediate and advanced security affairs training, and in the past two years, Taya, Big and Little Kuski, Duganjie and others will rush over.
The elite backbone invited to join will all gather in Augusta...
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After August, various companies under the Tianyue Group also began to feel the cold wave brought about by the spread of the subprime mortgage crisis.
The plunge in international crude oil prices has dampened the enthusiasm for infrastructure construction in Kanem and other West African countries. Prices of cement, steel and other construction materials have also fallen in response.
Although Cornero Cement still maintains extremely high profit margins, considering that Africa's economic system is more fragile, the blow will be heavier and the recovery period will be slower. It cannot be ruled out that under extreme circumstances, the finished cement in the Canem Coast area
There is a possibility of falling below $100 per ton.
Even though Cornero Cement, with its higher technological level, more efficient transportation and sales system, should be able to maintain profitability when the price of finished cement in West Africa falls to the limit, it is also necessary to cut off all unnecessary high-cost construction at this time.
project.
Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe even suggested suspending the construction of the first mine of the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine to grab more funds to withstand the impact of the crisis, but Cao Mo did not want to suspend the construction of the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine.
Whether the first mine of Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine can be completed as scheduled depends on whether Yibogu Mining can truly join the ranks of the world's first-class mining companies.
Everyone has obsessions, but Cao Mo did not want to slow down the pace of Yibogu Mining to become a world-class mining company.
If the global economy is dragged down by the subprime mortgage crisis, it is inevitable that it will be weak for several years. The international metal copper futures price will also fall again and again due to exhausted demand, but the international gold price will show a relatively firm performance.
The first mine of Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine is currently being mined in a rich ore zone. Every ton of copper concentrate extracted contains more than one ounce of gold. As long as the price of gold remains firm, theoretically, international copper futures will plummet by two-thirds.
After the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine is completed, it will not be dragged into a pit of losses.
The Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Trading Company's external orders began to drop sharply after August. Cao Mo's guarantee of internal mining and production scale at this time will also provide strong support to the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Trading Company.
As a basic necessity of life in European and American countries, cocoa futures also fell, but their performance was much better than other commodities that were heavily speculated by funds. The profit margin of Cornero Food will be squeezed, but there is no need to worry about how severe the impact will be for the time being.
However, Draculamo has a long-term serious shortage of electricity. Even if the demand weakens, there is no possibility of surplus. Draculamo Power Supply Group monopolizes the local grid, and Cornero Energy not only monopolizes the power grid in the Lonta area, but also has excess power.
All inputs into the Draculamo transmission grid are far from being met, but profit expectations will not be affected by the crisis.
Although Cao Mo has made plans for each company to deal with the economic crisis, since so many companies have successively resorted to layoffs, he will naturally not be idle this time.
It is extremely necessary to take this opportunity to conduct a thorough review of the Tianyue team.
The more important ones are the Tubman Family Security Consulting Company and Cornero Security Company.
Even though these two companies mainly recruited employees from descendants of colonists for training in the later period, it was inevitable that the quality would be mixed.
The special nature of the two companies requires timely elimination of unstable factors, and it is even more necessary to conduct regular sorting and rectification of their operation management teams and elite backbones.
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Benin is probably the country with the least presence in the world. It has a lagging economy and no particularly outstanding resources to export. It has a population of only five million and is not even as famous as some of the more well-known cities in the world.
The Oguta gold mine, located in the southern region of Bovonov, the capital of Benin, is currently the single gold mine with the highest proven and prospective gold reserves in Igubo Mining, other than the Usan River copper-gold mine.
When the price of gold was not so high, Ibogu Mining won the gold exploration rights and mining rights in the Oguta area.
Before this, no one noticed the gold mineral resources in the Oguta area, but like the Ibogu gold mine, the veins were buried too deep and the mining costs were too high, so no one cared about it.
Stru Gold Mining Company's Naie gold mine in Benin also suffered from losses year after year due to high mining costs. After Ibogu Mining acquired Stru Gold Mining Company, it updated and upgraded its equipment. It was not until last year that the gold price reached its peak again.
Only by rising quickly can you pocket considerable profits.
In more than two years, with an investment of more than 40 million US dollars, not only a quasi-modern mine was built in the dense forest of Oguta - but also thanks to the fact that the Oguta area is close to Povonov, the capital of Benin, the traffic conditions are still good.
It's okay, otherwise this investment wouldn't be enough - more than 40,000 acres of cocoa forest have been cultivated and planted.
Cornero Cement also acquired the Conuto Cement Plant in Benin and invested funds for reconstruction and expansion. After the completion of the first phase of reconstruction, the annual production capacity successfully exceeded 600,000 tons. Although Benin has strict restrictions on domestic finished cement.
The price has restricted Cornero Cement from reaping excess profits in Benin, but it has also restricted the entry of other competitors.
At the same time, close to the Oguta mining area and plantation management area, the largest training base of Tubman Security Consulting Company and Cornero Security Company has been built.
After arriving in Povonov, Cao Mo and the others drove to Augusta. The gravel road built along the way had been dug into holes by heavy-duty trucks.
The refining plant here in Oguta has not yet been built. The mined ore has been initially screened and coarse-grained gold has been selected. Each ton of ore sand contains almost one gram of gold. It must first travel over a hundred kilometers of land.
The port of Cotonou transports it to a refinery on the eastern shore of Lake Conero for secondary processing.
The gold mine underground in Oguta has a high content, but its industrial supporting capabilities are too poor, which inadvertently increases a lot of costs.
The Oguta training base is a standard camp construction - in addition to the training personnel, instructors, and logistics support personnel in the base, the Oguta mining area and plantations employ thousands of workers locally, and their living areas are mainly concentrated nearby.
, in just over two years, the small tribe that used to be extremely inconspicuous has rapidly developed into a lively town.
A medium-sized hydropower station is under construction nearly ten kilometers southeast of Oguta town.
Oguta and Lonta in the south are located on the north and south wings of the southwestern mountains of Benin. The terrain on the south wing is gentler from high to low, while the terrain on the north wing is steeper.
This allows many streams and rivers in the south wing to be fully developed deep in the tropical rainforest, and has more abundant water resources to build a number of small and medium-sized hydropower stations.
The topography of the north wing makes it impossible to build a large number of small hydropower stations. However, as long as the investment cost is tolerated and dams are built in the upper reaches of several streams with extremely steep slopes, the power generation efficiency and scale of a single hydropower station will be higher.
Only when the first hydropower station is built can the town of Oguta get rid of the embarrassing situation of using diesel units to generate electricity. If the current international gold price was not still fluctuating around 800 US dollars per ounce, such high operating costs would be unbearable.
Only Cornero Energy has built a number of medium-sized hydropower stations in the jungle south of Oguta, and inputs electricity into the regional transmission grid of Cotonou-Povonov. Cornero Cement acquired the power station in the south of Cotonou Port.
Only in this way can the cement factory obtain cheap and stable power supply from the National Electricity Company of Benin according to the agreement.
Xiao Jun rushed from Akwa to Benin and met up with Cao Mo. It was also the first time for him to enter the Oguta training base. When passing through the towns, he saw that among the people, descendants of colonists accounted for almost 30 to 40%. He was surprised and asked Cao Mo
Mo: “Why are there so many white people?”
"They are all descendants of colonists, but according to the so-called one-drop principle that is popular in Europe and the United States, if they have mixed blood of Akan, Yoruba, Kanwa and other local people, they are all people of color, not white people.
"Now," Cao Mo said, "Benin does not have complicated ethnic contradictions and conflicts. Since its independence, compared with Kanem and Akwa, it has been much more stable, which has resulted in a large number of descendants of colonists from Kanem, Akwa, etc.
At present, the descendants of colonists account for more than 8% of the total population of Benin, and in the relatively developed coastal province towns such as Cotonou-Povonov, the descendants of colonists are more concentrated.
, so Benin is also known as the white country in black Africa..."
Oguta and Lonta depend on each other from the north to the south, and due to the stable political environment in Benin and its small country and small population, the political factional struggle is not complicated and easy to penetrate and exert influence. At the same time, the Cotonou-Povonov capital area has as high as 30
% of the population of descendants of colonists, Cao Mo decided to build the logistics base of the security company in Oguta.
Tubman Security Consulting Company employs a large number of young people of colonial descent for training and moves their families to Augusta, which makes the proportion of "whites" here look higher.
Cao Mo is currently promoting something in Benin and Canem, which is to build a new border road between Oguta and Lonta.
Due to the need for mining and construction of hydropower stations, only the last few kilometers of gravel roads extending into the jungle from Oguta and Longta have not been finally repaired. However, this involves principle issues such as border inspections between the two countries. Cao Cao
Mo didn't want to be bold enough to engage in smuggling. Of course, it was impossible to forcibly open a new channel between the two countries.
Of course, if this border road can be built, even if it is a little bumpier, narrower, potholed, and muddy in the early stage, it will be of great significance to the two countries, especially along the Gulf of Guinea; it will be very important to Tianyue's layout in Guinea.
Outstanding.
The most direct result of the construction of the new border road is that the distance between the town of Oguta and the Conero Lake Industrial Park will be shortened to less than 50 kilometers.
By then, not only will the two mining areas of Ibogu Mining actually form a whole, but the gold-bearing sand and gravel mined from the Oguta mining area will be transported to the refinery on the east coast of Lake Conero. There will no longer be a need to transship from the Port of Cotonou, and land transport will still be possible.
In addition to being shortened by half, Tianyue's industrial base and security force training base will also be more closely connected.
In addition to wanting to take over Taihua's project on the south bank of Lake Cornero, Cao Mo also didn't want to give up Dongsheng completely. In addition to Han Shaorong, another very important reason was that Dongsheng had several factories in the Lake Cornero Industrial Park and in
The entire layout of oil palm plantations in Lonta has great influence.
If all these can be brought under the influence of the Tianyue system, then he can be said to truly have a certain pattern in the Gulf of Guinea.