"Are you crazy to use diesel generators to produce cement?"
Abacha's business thinking was still slow after all, and he looked at Cao Mo in confusion.
Cao Mo has been relatively leisurely recently and has a good understanding of the cement market in China and Kanem. He also collected a bunch of information in his hand. He directly pulled Aba to his residence and showed him the information.
"What kind of monster are you?" Aba looked at the information prepared by Cao Mo and yelled like a monster.
"Whether something can be done is nothing more than a balance between cost, profit, and whether it is legal. And if the profits are high enough, there are many people who do murder and beheading. Aren't Kanem's criminal gangs rampant enough?
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Cao Mo complained a little,
"I have calculated the accounts here very clearly. I currently have three diesel generators in the mine, which consume 0.3 liters of diesel per kilowatt-hour of electricity. If I purely use this diesel unit to produce one ton of cement, the diesel consumption will be 30
l; of course, the investment and depreciation of the diesel generator set must also be taken into consideration. The overall energy consumption cost is 30-40% higher than the industrial electricity consumption of Dracula Mo. I have calculated that a generator with a daily production capacity of 300 tons
The cement plant consumes almost 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every day and requires the supply of four medium-sized diesel generator sets to ensure safety. This is the price of newly imported diesel generator sets and ball mills and other equipment. Using the simplest home-made devices, everything can be
After deducting unnecessary ancillary equipment, the total investment is approximately 800,000 US dollars, of which the generator set accounts for half. If it is sold at Kanem's current price of 200 US dollars per ton of ordinary cement, considering the high cost of equipment
Depreciation, diesel consumption and various operating costs, using diesel to generate electricity to produce cement, only have a small profit margin. Once the import volume or the scale of domestic cement production increases significantly, this profit margin will soon be squeezed out and fall into losses.
, so this thing is not worth doing, it is a bit risky. What if this bill is really passed and stimulates Kanem's domestic cement prices to rise sharply?"
"No one can say whether the bill can be passed or not - according to your analysis, if the bill cannot be passed, wouldn't this matter not work?" Abacha asked.
"It is worthwhile to combine the construction of cement plants with hydropower stations," Cao Mo said. "Such a simple cement plant will be put into operation very quickly. If the bill fails to pass, the cement produced can be used in the construction of hydropower stations. With the current cement
According to price calculation, there will actually be no loss and a certain amount of transportation costs can be saved. After the hydropower station is built, cheap hydropower can be used to replace diesel generators, greatly reducing production costs, and the extra second-hand diesel generators will
The machine can also be sold to recover part of the initial investment... Even if there is some loss at this time, it will be very limited - this is a situation where the bill is not passed, but what if the bill is passed?"
"..." Abacha looked through the pile of English information collected by Cao Mo with a serious expression.
"How about Mr. Abacha? Can I give you 10-20% of the cement plant?" Cao Mo asked.
Without pursuing high-quality modern cement production technology, indigenous cement production is very simple. After liberation, many rural areas in the country have the ability to build small cement plants.
Ordinary cement production is divided into three processes: raw meal preparation, clinker calcination and cement production. It can be simply summarized as "two grinding and one burning". From the perspective of simplifying the technology and reducing investment, the dry method can be used for raw meal grinding, while
For clinker calcination, a non-rotating ordinary vertical kiln can be used, with manual feeding and unloading. In the early stage, there is no need to pay attention to high-investment mechanized operations; when the cooked powder is finely ground to make cement, there is no need to even consider dust removal and flue gas.
Disposal and finished product conveyor belts and other equipment.
During this period of time, Cao Mo had gone through the construction and production processes of a small cement factory.
The mine cannot afford ball mills and other equipment, and the quality of the cement produced by local methods in the past was too poor, but it also produced a batch of mixed materials for painting, bricklaying and flooring for the construction of the mining area.
Regardless of whether it is a medium-sized diesel generator set or a ball mill and other equipment, because the demand for Kanem is relatively large, Draculamo's equipment agents have it in stock.
Even if they have to be imported from China, the construction process of a small indigenous cement plant is too simple. If we start building it now, it may not take three months to complete and put it into operation.
"What if I can find a second-hand diesel generator? Will the investment be reduced?" Abacha asked excitedly.
"If you can get a second-hand diesel generator, the investment can be reduced by 200,000 US dollars. The investment in the simplest cement plant can be reduced to 600,000 US dollars. As long as you find a second-hand diesel generator, I can leave you 200,000 US dollars."
% of the shares." Cao Mo said.
The power supply in Kanem is too bad. There is an abundant supply of diesel generators, and there are many second-hand ones, but they are mainly used for small households, and there are very few medium-sized generator sets used in factories, large businesses or hotels and restaurants.
He previously calculated the cost based on a new diesel generator set. If he could buy a second-hand diesel generator, the investment in this area could be reduced by half.
Next, the land will be provided by the Ibogu tribe. Cao Mo considers leaving 5-10% of the equity to the Felician family of the old chief, and the Abacha or Sika family will contribute 20% of the equity. He only needs to contribute 40% of the equity.
A few thousand dollars would be enough.
During the construction period of the next three months, the profit he received from the Ibogu Gold Mine will be able to cover this investment, and there is no need to think about additional financing or delay the construction period.
Of course, there is a prerequisite for all this, and that is that the road from Ibogu Village to Dracula Mo must be connected.
Unlike ordinary towns in China, which can consume more than 100,000 or 200,000 tons of cement annually, the Ibogu Cement Plant was completed and put into operation, with a daily production capacity of 300 tons, which is difficult for the entire Lungta area to absorb.
It is best to directly invest in the Draculamore market where demand is extremely high and there is a large gap.
As the old capital and commercial capital of Kanem, Draculamore consumes approximately one-third of Kanem's total domestic production and imports of cement.
In particular, Draculamore Construction relies the most on imported cement, as high as 80 to 90 percent.
Once the bill is passed, Draculamo will no longer be able to directly import cement, and it is hard to say to what extent prices will skyrocket.
The road from Ibogu to the northern suburbs of Draculamo can be opened slowly, but the two cement bridges must be built as quickly as possible.
Cao Mo even thought about the name and trademark of the cement factory, so he called it "Sika and Felician Family Cement Factory". Yes, by carrying the name of the Sika family this time, he can continue to survive safely.
Behind the scenes.
"Damn it, I have a hundred thousand dollars in my hand, and I'm still a little short of it. I'm going to find a way to raise it and do it quickly," Abacha said. "Although President Buhari strongly opposes this bill, I heard
The news is not optimistic!"
Cao Mo glanced at Abacha's driver and bodyguard standing beside him. It was hard to imagine that this grandson was showing such grandeur with only one hundred thousand dollars in cash in his hand, but it wasn't surprising if he thought about it carefully.
The monthly salary of these bodyguards around him, who are said to have received training from Israeli secret service officers for half a year, is only US$200. With his current income in Dongsheng, he can hire ten of them to travel.
Cao Mo imagined in his mind how he would hire eight hundred black-clad bodyguards in Kanem and whiten his teeth when he opened his mouth...
"What are you laughing at?" Aba looked at Cao Mo and asked in confusion.
"I think after the cement plant is built, it will be faster to make money than to steal money." Cao Mo said.
Abacha also giggled, urged Cao Mo to stand up, and invited him back to the Sika family's manor. Some things needed to be started as quickly as possible, and he needed his uncle's support.
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The Sika family mainly operates a palm plantation covering an area of tens of thousands of acres in Lonta. However, the Sika family estate is not small in area, but it is much less luxurious and dated than the Tubman family.
This also shows that the Tubman family has a deeper background.
It's a pity that Cao Mo has limited contact with little Tubman and doesn't know the details of the Tubman family in Kanem or overseas.
He didn't ask Abacha for information because his intuition told him that Abacha's knowledge was limited.
After parking the car and entering the manor, Cao Mo followed Abacha to sit in a garden to rest. A cook in a maid skirt brought fruits and coffee - but the chocolate skin of the local cook did not match the snow-white maid uniform.
Tali was able to wear this maid outfit, and Cao Mo felt that he could even drink the coffee he usually disliked the most.
Abacha made a phone call and then saw a very muscular middle-aged Yoruba man wearing a local robe walking over.
Abacha introduced the middle-aged man as his uncle.
As the head of the Sika family, Da Sika is the tribal chief of the Yoru people in the southwest area of Lonta. Only then is he qualified to serve as the Lonta Municipal Councilor as the traditional representative of the Lonta area.
Osika is in his early fifties, with a strong build and thick lips. He is a pure Yoruba, unlike Abacha, who is of mixed Italian descent, and more like a brown South African.
As a Chinese, Cao Mo serves the Felician family and is responsible for the operation of the Ibogu gold mine. Last time, he shot and scared away the police who were blackmailing the Felician family. This is no secret among the upper echelons of the Longta area.
When Abacha takes out a batch of agricultural machinery from the family plantation and invests it in the Ibogu farm, which is connected to the United Nations aid project in Africa, he must obtain the approval of Osika.
Even if Abacha is not so loud, Osika does not know that Cao Mo is the actual controller of Ibogu Farm, but he also knows that the cooperation with the United Nations aid experts in Africa is Cao Mo's string and bridge.
As a regional municipal committee member, Da Sika came over and expressed his warm welcome to Cao Mo for visiting the manor. He then sat down to chat and quickly commented on Cao Mo's participation in the construction of Longta.
Cao Mo just said politely that it was his duty to provide whatever help he could with the development of Felician's family business.
An ordinary person would definitely be confused by Da Xika's illusion, but his intuition told Cao Mo that Da Xika was a conservative, stubborn and autocratic person, and he did not like foreigners entering Longta.
The old chief Felician's evaluation of Dasika was the same.
Shet!
It is no wonder that Abacha is not welcomed by his family.
The Sika family is controlled by such a stubborn and conservative guy. How can Abacha be popular with such an out-of-the-box character?
Yibogu Village needs to build a simple road directly connected to the northern suburbs of Draculamo City. It does not want to go around ten or twenty kilometers from Longta Market. One section of it needs to be connected to the Sika family's private road, and even needs to be connected to the Sika family's private road.
The plantation requisitioned more than ten acres of land, opened the Sika family's private road to the Inga River, and then built a bridge to extend southward.
Daxika is difficult to pass. Not to mention other things, even the construction of a simple highway will have setbacks.
Looking at Abacha's expression, Cao Mo intuitively felt that two or three days had passed, and Abacha had not mentioned the Tubman family's donation to build a simple road to Dashika - Abacha was still psychologically afraid.
His uncle Da Xika was probably worried that Da Xika wouldn't be able to pass this test.
However, if Onishika really has a stubborn and conservative character, why should he be so polite and enthusiastic?
Even if he doesn't want to be rude, he doesn't have to respond.
Or is it that Abacha, in the family, treated him as a big shot and made Dasika misunderstand that he was a powerful person?
Cao Mo secretly pondered the subtlety of this. At this time, a tall Yoruba young man walked in, glanced at Cao Mo, and loudly accused Abacha in Yoruba:
"Abacha, are these the rubbish Chinese friends you have made? You are the municipal councilor of Lonta, but you were tricked into growing vegetables by a rubbish Chinese, which made our Sika family a laughing stock in Lonta..."
Needless to say, this young man is Kenhart Sika, the eldest son of Da Sika.
As the heir to the Sika family, Kenhardt had always resented that one of the members of the Lonta Municipal Council was lost to his cousin Abacha, and they often bit each other when they met in public.
This is an open secret in the Lungta area.
When a family is big, there are many complicated things, let alone a tribal family like Kanem with extremely traditional inheritance and autocratic customs?
As the heir to the Sika family, Kenhardt may have believed since he was a child that the entire family's resources would belong to him in the future. He had never looked down on Abacha, who had a rebellious personality, and suddenly became the real power figure in Lonta.
His status within the family has also skyrocketed. How could he accept it calmly?
And because Kenhart often cynicized Abacha in public, Abacha had no authority in the Lonta municipal department, which also made Abacha very distressed.
How could this arrogant grandson fight with Abacha? Cao Mo couldn't care less, but he actually attacked him personally?