"...Mr. Liang, do you think Cao Mo played a role behind the whole thing?"
The situation in Akwa took an unexpected turn for the worse, forcing them to suspend their plans for the Usan River copper and gold mine. Ryan Fortis intuitively felt that Cao Mo was behind all this, but he couldn't find any obvious clues.
, to convince senior members of the council of this.
Although Ryan Fortis somewhat despised Liang Yuan, who had a shady background and was obsessed with harming his compatriots, in order to find more clues from the whole matter, after he returned to Kanem, he still
Take the initiative to find Liang Yuan.
"..."
Liang Yuan received Ryan Fortis at a private estate in Catero, the capital of Oyo State.
The weather is sultry, but there is a Yoruba maid fanning herself under the shade of a tree, which is very relaxing.
Husseini, the second son of President Sewiy of Akwa, ordered the suppression of demonstrations in Terero, triggering successive protests among the Cante people and frequent bloody and violent incidents. This is the hottest news in the mainland along the Gulf of Guinea in recent times.
As a member of the Economic Community of West African States, President Kanem Buhari and other political figures have also written to Akwa President Sewiyi to express their concerns about this matter.
Liang Yuan has naturally been paying attention to the situation in Akwa and the progress of the Evans Foundation and the Savvy family's plans for the Usang River copper and gold mine, but he is not a player in the game.
There is no direct relationship with the foundation. Ryan Fortis and Badinay Jr. have met him several times before, and it is impossible to reveal any information to him.
Liang Yuan's information sources on the Gulf of Guinea coast are limited.
Apart from public media reports, the people he had the most contact with were middle and low-level officials of the Akwa National Mineral and Petroleum Company. How could he possibly know the details of the Telero suppression incident?
At this time, he learned from Ryan Fortis the many details of the Tellero suppression incident and the subsequent chain reactions, and Liang Yuan couldn't help but take a breath.
I didn't expect that such a serious crisis would lead to Cao Mo's grandson temporarily escaping?
"Although you haven't been able to find any clues to prove that Cao Mo was involved, I can tell you with confidence that Cao Mo will never be clean," Liang Yuan said.
A series of collaborations, but everything is so similar to the destruction of the Jidam family and the Steel Fist Brotherhood. The taste here is too familiar..."
"...Why are they so similar?"
Ryan Fortis asked doubtfully.
The destruction of the Guidam family and the Steel Fist Brotherhood was a huge event in Draculamore. However, the Guidam family had made too many enemies in Draculamore, and the gunfight they had caused was far from over.
Not only the Tubman family, but also who was behind the scenes to bring down Gidam and the Brotherhood of Steel Fist, there are also different opinions.
The truth has long been lost in the chaos of rumors and speculation.
After Jidam himself fell from a building and died, Tianyue did not directly participate in dividing the Jidam family's wealth. The Oppenheimer family and others were the biggest beneficiaries. Ryan Fortis was a bystander at the time.
However, there is no way to directly connect the mastermind of the destruction of the Jidamu family with Cao Mo. At most, it is believed that Cao Mo added fuel to the flames.
Of course, Ryan Fortis befriended Arwina and intentionally encouraged Arwina to join forces with Nitz Oppenheimer to seize control of Fulco Investments from Sturgeon. We still know some basic information.
He knew that Liang Yuan had cooperated with the Jidam family through Atlantic United Oil Trading Company, which was subsequently acquired by Sturgeon's Fulkov Investment.
However, it only goes so far.
Because of this, Ryan Fortis even suspected that there was some ulterior secret deal between Liang Yuan, Sturgeon, and Nitz Oppenheimer. Liang Yuan, who had just had a hot face before, even more
It's indifference.
He has never delved deeper into the destruction of the Jidamu family and what role Cao Mo played in it.
Liang Yuan hesitated for a while, then looked at Ryan Fortis and asked, "The woman named Zhou Han next to Cao Mo must not be too impressed by Mr. Fortis, right?"
"As far as I know, she was once the woman beside Lu Yan, the young master of Cao Mo's old rival Taihua Group, but she turned to Cao Mo for some unknown reason. Could it be that there is some unknown story behind this woman?
?" Ryan Fortis asked doubtfully.
"You plotted the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine, but you never really seriously regarded Cao Mo as a formidable opponent. No wonder you lost so confusingly!" Liang Yuan was also concerned about Ryan Fortis's previous indifferent attitude.
Resentful, I couldn't help but ridicule him at this time.
"It was true that we underestimated this opponent too much before!" Ryan Fortis put down his arrogant attitude and did not take Liang Yuan's sarcastic attitude seriously at all.
Liang Yuan knew that in order for Ryan Fortis to realize his role, he would have to tell some details that were unknown to outsiders. He muttered: "Zhou Han has never been a member of the Lu family or the Taihua Group. It can even be said that
She had a specific purpose from beginning to end, approaching the Lu family and infiltrating it..." :(/
"Mr. Liang, why are you so sure?" Ryan Fortis stared into Liang Yuan's eyes and asked seriously.
"Because I was Zhou Han's partner at the beginning, and in the end it was not the Lu family that Zhou Han betrayed, but me!" Liang Yuan couldn't help but twitching his face slightly as he thought of all the past events. He took a deep breath and then
Suppress the hatred in your heart.
"..." Ryan Fortis knew that he had come to the right place this time, but he also waited calmly for Liang Yuan to continue.
"In the early days of China's rapid development, social security was poor, and some people were accustomed to using all kinds of shady means to get rich in business operations. Naturally, the rise of the Lu family was not glorious. In the process, Zhou Han's family suffered
"Zhou Han was very seriously injured," Liang Yuan said. "Zhou Han grew up in the UK, but she has never forgotten this matter. After she finished her studies, she found me as a partner to retaliate against the Lu family and we acquired Atlantic United Oil Trading.
The company approached the Taihua Group and persuaded them to cooperate with the Jidam family to build a refinery and other projects on the south bank of Lake Cornero. From beginning to end, it was a trap set by Zhou Han for the Lu family. The purpose was to get rid of the Lu family.
The wealth she plundered for many years was trapped in Africa, and she finally became penniless. It was obvious that she believed that Cao Mo was more conducive to achieving this goal, so she took refuge there without hesitation and became a beautiful dog under Cao Mo's step. I
At this point, Mr. Fortis still thinks that the destruction of the Jidamu family has nothing to do with Cao Mo? If Mr. Fortis is still not sure, I will reveal one more detail to Mr. Fortis, that is, Baha Ji.
Dam was killed in a conflict with the Benin Navy in the waters south of Cotonou. At that time, Baha Jedda actually secretly led a small fleet and was preparing to smuggle oil to Akwa, while Baha Jeddah
Even if Zhou Han, a woman, did not know the most accurate information, she could roughly estimate Mu's whereabouts at that time. Because Atlantic United Oil Trading Company was a collaborator of the Jidam family at the time, and I did not expect this woman at the time.
Will betray me. Therefore, I have no doubt that Baha Jidam actually died in Cao Mo's hands; and the Tubman family, currently one of the five pillars of Tianyue's foothold in the Gulf of Guinea, has nothing to do with Jidam.
Mr. Fortis must have heard a lot about the family feud, right?"
Ryan Fortis wanted to slap himself.
The scale of construction carried out by Ibogu Mining in Drake is huge, how much machinery and equipment is imported from Akwa Customs, how much funds are remitted through Akwa Central Bank and converted into local currency, and large-scale material procurement is organized from the local area.
, has a clear impact on the economy of Drake, Northern Province and even the entire Akwa, not to mention that as long as the Akwa national department is not paralyzed, it is impossible not to monitor the domestic economic operations.
Therefore, it was not that Cao Mo wanted to keep a low profile, the Wusang River copper and gold mine could be hidden deep under the water surface and not be noticed by the world.
According to the laws and regulations of Akwa, the exploration, construction, and mining of the Usang River copper and gold mine require official reports or applications for many matters.
The railway transportation capacity from Kruno, Drake to Pemé is so tight. After submitting an application and receiving support from the Ministry of Transport, Ibogu Mining was able to sign a contract with Akwa Railway Company for 300,000 tons of copper per year.
Transport Agreement for Concentrates.
Therefore, it was impossible for Cao Mo to completely conceal the true reserves of the Wusang River copper and gold mine.
The first time Ibogu Mining reported a C2-level reserve scale of four million tons to the Akwa authorities, it shocked all miners rooted in this land, not to mention that the subsequent reserve scale quickly increased to a scale of 10 million tons.
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When Ryan Fortis saw this public information, he thought of his old classmate Badil Jr. Savvy who was enjoying the free and luxurious life of the West in the United States, and saw the opportunity to truly become famous.
Only then did the Fortis family sell the trading company to the Evans Foundation, and he took up a position at the Evans Foundation, and Badil Sevi Jr. returned to Akwa to work with him to promote the Evans Foundation and Sevi
A series of family cooperation events.
He boasted that he had done a thorough research on Ibogu Mining and the Chinese capital hidden behind Ibogu Mining during this period. He even thought of encouraging Awenna to seize control of Fulkov Investment from Sturgeon and join forces with Austria.
The Guheimer family created big trouble for Tianyue in Kanem, causing him to flounder and finally have to let him control him!
Who would have thought that he had despised this man named Cao Mo from beginning to end!
He couldn't even reveal this to senior members of the council!
That would only make him appear arrogant and stupid, and he might lose the trust of the council!
No, this is definitely not what he wants to see!
"Mr. Liang, based on your understanding of Cao Mo, do you think there was any part in the Terero incident where he had any influence?" Ryan Fortis asked, looking seriously into Liang Yuan's eyes.
"I've been exhausted by the Bosso Iron Mine incident recently. How can I have the energy to think about what Cao Mo did in the Telero incident?"
Useful information in this world is always priceless.
Even if Tianyue's development in the Gulf of Guinea is getting better and better, making him more and more troubled, Liang Yuan doesn't feel obligated to tell so many secrets to Ryan Fortis, who once despised him from the bottom of his heart!
"Can't you solve such a small problem as the Bosso Iron Mine?" Ryan Fortis asked with his arms crossed.
Liang Yuan wanted to slap Ryan Fortis in the face.
He had known that Yang Xiaofeng was hiding behind his back and instigating the miners from the Bosso Iron Mine to go to the Catero Steel Plant and the Iron and Coal Terminal to cause trouble, but the three most powerful families in Oyo State, Blake, Felician, and Sika,
They are all on Cao Mo's side. It's too late to see the commotion here. How can we expect them to take action to suppress the riots among the Bosuo miners?
And the matter has already been stirred up. Even if he can deal with Yang Xiaofeng now, he can't solve the problem of the Bosuo miners.
To be honest, if the Bosso miners hadn't caused trouble and prevented the expanded Catero Steel Plant from being put into operation so far, he wouldn't have waited until Ryan Fortis came to the door to find out that these idiots had been killed by Cao Mo in Akwa.
Playing with it in the palm of your hand.
Before Taihua's financial crisis completely broke out, Liang Yuan personally took over a small share of the shares.
Liang Yuan’s personal shareholding in Xihai Steel Investment Co., Ltd., which currently fully owns Catero Steel Plant, increased to 22%.
The combined shareholdings of him and Huamao Capital in Xihai Steel exceed 51%. Han Shaorong has no intention of directly transferring people from Huamao Capital to Kanem, and he cannot find a suitable candidate. Therefore, the current operation of Catero Steel Plant is
The team sent by New Steel Alliance is in charge, and Liang Yuan is involved as the vice chairman, executive director, and co-president, and also represents Huamao Capital’s shareholding to a certain extent.
Most of Liang Yuan's energy was still tied up in Catero Steel Plant.
And all his savings and wealth were bet on the Catero Steel Plant, and there was no room for him to be careless.
To be honest, he definitely didn't want to see Cao Mo get better, but he was still afraid that if Cao Mo broke out, he would directly use the power of Oyo Governor Blake to attack the Catero Steel Plant.
Ryan Fortis came to him to give him advice. If there were not enough benefits, would he dare to wade into this muddy water at this time?
"Mr. Fortis, you think the Bosuo Iron Mine is a small problem, but I want to tell Mr. Fortis that anything Cao Mo gets involved in will not be simple." Liang Yuan deliberately pushed the issue of the Bosuo mine to Cao Mo.
I want to see what Ryan Fortis has to say.
“If I remember correctly, when Oyo State developed the Boso Iron Mine, it borrowed US$60 million from the Draculamo Bank. Today, the Boso Iron Mine has defaulted on the borrowings from the Draculamo Bank, including the interest, and the total debt owed to the Draculamo Bank should be
It’s more than 200 million U.S. dollars,” said Ryan Fortis. “As the foreign shareholder holding more than 40% of the shares of Draculamore Bank, the Evans Foundation actually does not want to see the Catero Steel Plant get rid of Bo.
Iron ore is purchased separately from Akwa...I may be able to introduce it to Mr. Moberly, who is responsible for contacting Draculamore Bank for the Foundation!"
As the most prosperous city in the Gulf of Guinea and the heart of black Africa, Dracula Moor is naturally the core base of the Evans Foundation in this land.
Liang Yuan has long been aware of Draculamo Bank's loan to the Bosso Iron Mine and the fact that the Evans Foundation actually controls Draculamo Bank, the largest financial institution in the Gulf of Guinea, behind the scenes.
When he was investigating whether the Evans Foundation was involved in the Bosso miners, he noticed the special relationship between Ryan Fortis and Badine Savvy. He had approached them with the mentality of causing trouble, but he didn't expect that he
It wasn't taken seriously and it was very boring.
Of course, if Ryan Fortis is willing to come forward and speak out, the issue of the Boso miners will no longer be unresolved.
The Bosso Iron Mine is located in the easternmost part of Oyo State. It was initially constructed simultaneously with the Catero Steel Plant. At that time, the Kanem military government wanted to build the largest steel base in Africa in the eastern part of Oyo State. In fact, the first phase of the project was only
It was built with great difficulty.
The Bosso Iron Ore Concentrator did not invest in the construction, nor did it invest in the construction of the railway between the mine and the Catero Steel Plant. Instead, it relied on rugged and circuitous mountain roads to transport iron ore 200 kilometers away directly into the steel plant.
The furnace cannot achieve economies of scale at all.
The Catero Steel Plant is still in operation until now.
Huamao, together with the New Steel Alliance, Liang Yuan and the Taihua Group at the time, invested a total of US$100 million to establish Xihai Steel in Draculamo, fully acquired the Catero Steel Plant, and borrowed US$80 million from the Export-Import Bank of China.
U.S. dollars to renovate and expand the Catero Steel Plant.
At that time, the Oyo State government promised to close the Bosso Iron Mine, and Xihai Steel would directly purchase high-quality concentrated iron ore from the Mamba area of Akwa and send it to the furnace. To this end, it also built a coal and iron terminal in the middle reaches of the Ogun River.
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The Oyo State government kept its promise, but hundreds of Boso miners organized themselves to cause trouble. Governor Blake stood aside and watched. Who among the other officials would be willing, or who had the power, to step in and forcefully disperse the troubled miners?
Of course, it is not impossible to accept the supply of Bosuo iron ore, but first of all, a concentrator must be built in Boso, and at the same time, a railway must be built between Boso and Catero. Only then can it be possible to ensure that the Catero steel plant has considerable future prospects.
Profit prospects.
Whether it is New Steel United or Huamao, it is not that they are unwilling to make additional investments.
The debts and equity of the Bosuo Iron Mine are complex. If this problem is not solved, neither New Steel Union nor Huamao will blindly spend another two to three billion US dollars, even if the money in their hands is blown by the strong wind.
Come in!
Ryan Fortis was willing to come forward. When Liang Yuan saw that there was an opportunity to resolve this matter, he suddenly became excited and happily patted Ryan Fortis's hand and said: "Mr. Fortis, you have to believe that it is definitely not the only one."
You don't want to see Cao Mo get better by yourself! You should look for allies from China..."