Western European countries have colonized and ruled the African continent for hundreds of years. A considerable number of the colonists who moved to this continent and their descendants integrated with the indigenous people, but there were also a considerable number of colonist families who stubbornly refused to follow them from the beginning to the end.
The indigenous people intermarried and considered themselves pure-blooded Anglo-Saxons or Germans.
However, it is precisely these families that have plundered the largest wealth from Africa since the early days of spices, slave trade, gold mining, and timber logging, annexing large amounts of land, enslaving local indigenous people to plant cash crops such as cocoa, oil palm, and coffee.
—They always occupied a dominant position in the colonies during the colonial period, maintained close ties with the plutocratic forces of the Old Continent, and monopolized commercial trade with the Old Continent.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the anti-colonial independence movement in Africa was raging. These people were the first to smell something amiss. They carried huge amounts of wealth and fled frantically from the land where they had committed serious crimes. They moved back to their mother country to settle down, but they never forgot this continent.
It also contains wealth that may not have been completely plundered by them.
On the one hand, they are lobbying in Western society to promote the intervention of European and American government forces in the political situations of African countries in order to preserve their property, industries, and various economic privileges confirmed during the colonial period that they have not yet completely withdrawn from Africa.
Secretly bribed and supported new agents, and even launched coups and riots to create conditions for returning to Africa.
When the situation in Africa gradually stabilizes and European and American plutocrats and large companies use financial and direct investment methods to regain control of Africa's economic lifeline, which is dominated by oil exports, these people will be the vanguard of returning to Africa.
The Evans Foundation, headquartered in London, England, was only a loose trade and shipping alliance established by some small and medium-sized shipping and trading companies traveling between Western Europe and the Gulf of Guinea in its early years - the Evans family got its name as the main sponsor.
When the descendants of colonists were frantically withdrawing from Africa in the 1950s and 1960s, the Evans family at that time firmly believed that they would one day return to Africa. They not only materialized the Evans Foundation, established a new headquarters in London, and injected a large amount of funds to recruit personnel.
At the same time, it also received a large number of assets and properties that were too late or impossible to withdraw from Africa at extremely low prices, such as exploration and mining rights for minerals in a certain place or interests in some factories and fixed assets.
In the 1970s and 1980s, when the political situation in Africa became slightly more stable, the Evans Foundation organized manpower and cooperated with major European and American financial institutions and consortiums to raise a large amount of funds to return to Africa, which quickly expanded to control tens of billions or even thousands of dollars.
With assets of US$100 million, it is a very large consortium spanning the Gulf of Guinea coast and Central African countries as well as Europe and the United States.
The Evans Foundation's current industries in the Gulf of Guinea and Central African countries are mainly finance and oil exploration. However, the Lekki Mining Group controlled by the Evans Foundation, as the largest gold miner in West Africa, controls the northeastern part of Kanem.
With the main gold mine resources in the country, plus the gold mine resources in Central African countries, the annual gold mining volume of Lekki Mining Group reaches up to three million ounces.
After the construction of the first mine of Usan River Copper and Gold Mine by Ibogu Mining, the scale of gold mining and refining merged in was only half of that of Lekki Mining Group.
However, the Usan River Copper and Gold Mine has richer reserves of metallic copper. In addition to the annual production capacity of the first mine, which has a total financial copper of about 60,000 tons, Yibogu Mining is building a large gold refinery on the north shore of Lake Conero, which also provides Yibo
Ancient mining has added extremely considerable output value.
Strictly speaking, Ibogu Mining and Lekki Mining still have business cooperation.
Lekki Mining returned to Africa very early. Even in the early 1990s, it and two other gold miners monopolized all of Kanem's shallow rock gold mineral resources with the lowest mining costs.
The gold resources near Ibogu have not been discovered, but the cost of mining is too high. Several gold miners such as Lekki Mining are unwilling to invest resources in larger-scale exploration, let alone mining.
The former Benin-Oguta gold mine in Lonta was abandoned by gold miners such as Lekki Mining for this reason.
But who could have imagined that the international gold price would rise four or five times continuously after entering the 21st century?
At this time, gold miners such as Leki Mining were interested in entering deep rock gold mining, and were forced to stand on the same starting line as Ibogu Mining.
Among the recently released gold resources in Benin, Kanem and other countries, Ibogu Mining has also successfully obtained three prospecting licenses.
Because of the painful memory of its previous withdrawal from Africa, Lekki Mining not only gave up on deep rock gold mineral resources with huge investment scale and high mining costs, but also crudely and simply exploited shallow rock gold resources.
They didn't even invest in building a refinery in Kanem.
After the coarse-grained gold with the largest content that can be directly removed by flotation is mined, a large amount of gold-containing ore sand has limited economic value compared with the cost in the early years, so it is abandoned in the mine as tailings or backfilled into the mine.
In the pothole.
After the international gold price continued to rise, the economic value of these gold-bearing ores was rediscovered.
Ibogu Mining built Kanem's only large-scale refinery on the north shore of Lake Conero. Since its completion in the middle of last year, Lekki Mining has sold gold-bearing ore sand through middlemen at its two gold mines along the Ogun River.
Refining for Ibogu Mining.
However, Ibogu Mining's own gold mining scale is expanding rapidly. The refinery mainly accepts its own gold-bearing ore, and the capacity for gold-bearing ore from gold miners such as Lekki Mining is limited.
Kabuga proposed to increase investment by US$100 million on the north shore of Lake Cornero to build a second phase project with greater capacity for the refinery. However, to make an investment decision, he needs to sign a long-term supply agreement with gold miners such as Lekki Mining and monopolize Lekki Mining.
The source of gold-bearing ore is the source of gold miners such as Base Mining Industry.
Kabuga was advancing all these tasks, but Cao Mo did not expect that Tianyue would be in contact with the Evans Foundation, the parent company of Lekki Mining, from another dimension.
"Ryan Fortis..." Cao Mo chewed the name in a low voice. He really had no impression of this name and the Fortis Mining and Trading Company.
Sturgeon did not hide her trust in Ryan Fortis, covering up anything, but everything was as Sturgeon said, Ryan Fortis
Si has not only been interested in the Foster family for a long time, but he also persuaded the Fortis family to sell the Fortis Mining and Trading Company to the Evans Foundation a year ago. He also took this opportunity to directly join the Evans Foundation.
Yes, it seems that Tianyue has been targeted for a long time?
It was at his instigation that Badinay the Younger Seviy returned to Akwa?
"You have been unable to deal with Ryan Fortis until now. Ordinary methods should have no effect on him?" Cao Mo looked at Sturgeon and asked.
"He personally has no interest in the shares that Furkov invested - of course, it may not be that he is not interested, he is just more cautious than I thought - you can use these methods to test it again.
Nothing is lost anyway," Sturgeon said.
"We can't afford to lose time!" Cao Mo looked into Sturgeon's eyes and asked, "Since Ryan Fortis is a very cautious person, he has already opened his mouth to me.
Being able to hide behind the scenes in a low-key manner may be a really tough opponent, but I believe Awenna won't be too tough. It's just that from your standpoint, you're worried about backfire, so you can't do anything to her directly, right?"
"..." Sturgeon did not directly answer Cao Mo's question.
"Okay, I understand what you are thinking. If anything happens, I will contact you directly!" Cao Mo said.
The speedboat was waiting to take Sturgeon back to the south bank. The speedboat cut through the waves and drove towards the north bank in the night.
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Back at Yashe by the lake, the old chiefs Felician and Owema were leading everyone to have a bonfire party on the beach.
The rack of sheep was rotating slowly on the bonfire, and the fat dripped into the fire with a sizzling sound. Lily and Stena were teaching Cheng Xi, Yu Jing, and Wu Ruifang to dance the local traditional dance.
Jiaying lacked artistic talent. She didn't learn these dance moves last time she went to Kanem, so she simply gave up this time and pulled Cheng Xin to sit by the campfire and take care of the roasted lamb.
Seeing Cao Mo, Xie Sipeng secretly went to see Sturgeon and returned. Abacha, Yang Deshan, Ochosan, Bram and others who had stayed on the north bank waiting for news came over and sat down in front of another bonfire on the beach.
Xie Sipeng told everyone about the meeting on behalf of Cao Mo, and said:
"I will immediately arrange for someone to verify the information Sturgeon said, and I will rush back to Akwa early tomorrow morning. But if it is true as Sturgeon said, the problem will be really difficult..."
Yang Deshan, Ochosan, Abacha, Brahm and others all frowned. It was obvious that they all believed that the Evans Foundation was behind the scenes, and that the situation was even more worrying than what they had guessed before.
Oops.
In addition to its powerful strength, the Evans Foundation's political and economic penetration into West African countries is not comparable to that of Tianyue at this time. More importantly, it was founded by a colonial family and has thousands of connections with the descendants of colonists who stayed in West African countries.
Inextricably linked.
This is enough to explain why Juan Mantal remained silent before.
And Juan Mantal is currently their most important political ally in Akwa.
It was hard for Xie Sipeng and the others to imagine that the Evans Foundation would push out Badinay Jr. and open its mouth to Tianyue, while Juan Mantar would completely fall to the Evans Foundation. It would be very difficult for them.
What an unfavorable situation!
Juan Mantal was an idealist, but for the sake of the descendants of the colonists in Akwa, he also believed in the spirit of pragmatism. After he came out of the prison of the Sabine military government, he promoted the policy of national reconciliation and actively
Move closer to Akwa’s former dictator and current President Sevi——
Juan Mantal's initial choice to cooperate with them was actually completely driven by profit.
Xie Sipeng is completely unsure that Juan Mantal will continue to side with them this time, not to mention that Juan Mantal did not inform them of some extremely critical and even fatal information in advance this time...
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"Is Mei Mantar still staying with Avina in Draculamore?" Cao Mo asked.
"Yes, I rushed back to Lonta in the afternoon and contacted Mei Mantar. She seemed to have no intention of leaving Draculamore in the past two days." Xie Sipeng said.
As senior vice president of Ibogu Mining, he actually took over all matters other than the production and operation of the Usan Mine and other mines. In African countries such as Akwa, these matters are even more important than production and operation. He also communicates with Hu at any time.
The Ammantar father and daughter maintain close contact.
It was precisely because of this that Juan Mantal did not leak any information in advance. Xie Sipeng felt both dissatisfied and disappointed.
Bram confirmed more firmly: "Nsangge has a good impression of Miss Mantal, and went to the hotel where they were staying in the afternoon. If it is not wrong, he should still be pestering Mei Yi and Awenna at this time.
Around here!"
Cao Mo pondered for a while and then said to Xie Sipeng: "Don't rush back to Akwa. No matter how urgent the situation is, it doesn't take more than a few days. Give Juan Mantal a few more days to think about it carefully!"
Xie Sipeng had some doubts in his heart. He knew clearly that the Evans Foundation was behind all this. He didn't know why Cao Mo believed that Juan Mantar would choose to side with them.
Cao Mo could see the doubts in Xie Sipeng's heart and explained directly: "Sturgeon is a shoo-in, so why not Juan Mantar? You must know that the Evans Foundation's influence on the Akwa Democracy Promotion Front does not just stop at Hu.
Ann Mantal alone - Juan Mantal knew my itinerary. He didn't stop May Mantal from accompanying Avina to Draculamore, which shows that he was still hesitant in his heart...
"
Xie Sipeng thought about Cao Mo's words and remained silent.
Abacha asked: "Are you saying that Juan Mantar may not really be willing to cooperate with the Evans Foundation and the Sevi family? It's just that the Evans Foundation has too deep influence and penetration into the Democratic Promotion Front, and the Sevi family
The family held huge power in Akwa, so he had to remain silent - however, May Mantar accompanied Awenna to Draculamore. In addition to May's own attitude, it was also due to Hu to some extent.
Ann Manthal’s tacit approval?”
"...
"Cao Mo nodded and said.
"Why doesn't he just tell us that he needs to make such a simple thing so complicated?" Abacha said with complaint.
"Because he is afraid that we are too stupid to be worthy of our hopes. There is an old saying in China that 'nothing can be entrusted to anyone'," Cao Mo said with a smile. "Sturgeon and Juan Mantar are both in a situation that is more complicated than ours."
It is a more delicate and dangerous position, so they will be more cautious."
"Doesn't it mean that until we can do something, Juan Mantar will always hide in the grass like an old fox and remain silent? Has Sturgeon not fully given any promises?" Abacha asked.
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"Yes!" Cao Mo said, "They need us to act first before they can make any further statement, and our actions cannot be small, they need to be effective - they are big!"
"What moves can we do?" Abacha asked.
"If you look at the Evans Foundation as a whole, it is indeed somewhat invincible. However, the structure of the Evans Foundation is more complex than that of ordinary corporate organizations, which means that its internal personnel relations are also more complex than ordinary ones.
The organization is more complicated - for now, in the Evans Foundation, the person who is directly staring at us and studying us deeply is Ryan Fortis. It is also this person who connects the Savvy family and Fox
The Trump family is connected in series. Ryan Fortis is hiding behind the scenes, and we can't even have direct contact with him. Sturgeon should also try to do tricks on him, but they all fail. But we change our thinking and turn our sights to Ah.
Will things be simpler for Wen Na?" Cao Mo said, "In addition, the Saiwei family cannot be a monolithic, seamless whole - Lao Xie, even if you rush back to Akwa, don't rush there.
If you want to tangle with Juan Mantar, you can first think about it from some people and things related to the members of the Sevi family..."
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Not to mention Awenna's arrogant attitude, relying on the close cooperation between Tianyue and Akwa Democratic Promotion Front in the past two years, Cao Mo hosted May Mantar again at Lakeside Yashu the next day, and brought Awenna to
, it was a matter of course that the Sturgeon siblings were invited together.
After the lobster barbecue feast at noon, during the Texas Hold'em poker game with the breeze blowing by the lake in the afternoon, Cao Mo unabashedly proposed to Awenna:
"Miss Foster has been in Cornero for two days. Are you satisfied with the construction progress of many projects here and the future development prospects? The economic situation is not very good these days, and China can hardly stay out of it. I am at home.
The investment is very affected, and the funds here are somewhat difficult to arrange. I wonder if Ms. Foster is personally interested in our shareholding in Fulkov Petrochemical Group?"
Although the completion of the refinery has been postponed until March or April next year, this delay is a comprehensive supplement to the refinery.
Among the many projects along the shores of Lake Conero, the profit prospects of Conero Cement can be compared with that of an oil refinery.
Not to mention Awenna, Mei Mantar was stunned and couldn't figure out Cao Mo's intention.
May Mantal is quite familiar with the many projects along the shores of Lake Conero and the Ibogu mining industry.
After the replacement of overseas projects by Tianyue Industrial, the Conero Lake Industrial Park currently holds a 25% stake in the refinery, which is the Fulkov Petrochemical Group.
Tianyue Investment, in which Cao Mo personally holds 100% of the shares, only holds 35% of the shares in the Conero Lake Industrial Park. How did he convince other shareholders of the Conero Lake Industrial Park to agree to give up their shares in the refinery?
Obviously, if Cao Mo really wants to show his favor to Awenna, he must show enough sincerity in his price for selling these shares.
"Me personally?" Awenna did not expect that Cao Mo would be so obedient and asked with some uncertainty, "How could I personally spend so much acquisition funds..."
"My quotation will definitely not disappoint you, Miss Foster. I hope to recover the cost so that I can explain it to other investors - and Miss Foster doesn't have to worry about anything even if she doesn't have much money. I believe
Sturgeon serves as the senior vice president of Bank Atlantic, and there will be no problem in getting $89 million from Bank Atlantic for Miss Foster," Cao Mo said. "Even if Miss Foster doesn't want to trouble Mr. Sturgeon, she can get the
If the shares in the refinery are mortgaged to any bank, wouldn't it be possible to loan out the funds? Of course, if Miss Foster thinks the price is still high, then just pretend that I haven't said anything and let's continue playing.
Card!"
Borrow US$890 million from Atlantic Bank to acquire 25% of the shares of Fulkov Petrochemical Group held by the Conero Lake Industrial Park. With Canem's current fuel and crude oil price difference, the refinery only needs to be built. This part of the stock price
The corresponding annual dividends are likely to be as high as 40 to 50 million U.S. dollars. If some manipulation is done when crude oil is imported, the annual profits will definitely be even more crazy.
More importantly, the significance of acquiring this part of the equity personally and by the Foster Family Foundation are completely different.
If the Foster Family Foundation acquires this part of the equity, all the proceeds will belong to the family foundation. Even if she has corresponding inheritance rights in the family foundation, she will only have a small part. Even during her lifetime, she will not have any rights to this part of her name.
There is no actual right to dispose of wealth.
And she personally directly registered an investment company and acquired this part of the equity, which means that she will have an inexhaustible amount of wealth in her future life.
"I'm afraid things won't be that simple, right?" Awenna closed the cards in her hand and asked.
"Just like I can get a full house in my hand now, and the cards are not small, but I know Miss Foster that you have a straight flush in your hand, why don't I just give up the resistance?" Cao Mo
Spreading the cards in his hand, he said, "What Miss Foster has to do is very simple. She just needs to convince Ryan Fortis to give up cooperating with Badinay Jr. Savvy. I want Ryan Fortis
Even if Si can promote the cooperation between the Evans Foundation and the Savvy family, he personally will not be able to get much huge benefits!"
Awenna spread out the trump cards in her hand, and she was indeed able to make a flush with the community cards...