"...The new cook is still not good at it. She ordered someone to kill a sheep today, but she even forgot to remind the person who killed the sheep to drain all the blood - the meat was so delicious that it was almost inedible. I
She will return to China in a few days, and I don’t know if she can learn to cook some authentic new sea vegetables.”
Compared to the big affairs in the company that often cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions, Song Yuqing was more concerned about the fact that Cao Mo didn't have a good cook around him.
How miserable it would be to live in a foreign country and not be able to eat a few delicious meals all year round.
Only then did she realize more deeply that when Lucy asked Cao Mo to teach her, she could cook Chinese food first-hand, which was definitely a sign of a good education.
In order to highlight Benin's status in Tianyue's industrial development strategy, the headquarters of the West African Agricultural Group abandoned Draculamo and Lonta and was finally located in Cotonou, Benin.
Cao Mo also bought a private estate on the shores of Lake Noqua in the south of Cotonou as his private residence and office in Benin.
When she came to Africa this time, Song Yuqing nominally represented Tianyue Investment and presided over the merger of the West African Agricultural Group, but the specific work was still done by Guo Donghu, Yang Deshan, Tubman Jr., Li Qilu and others.
She went to the newly established group headquarters every day to attend various meetings, but her thoughts were more about returning to the private manor and how she could lead the cooks to prepare a delicious meal to reward Cao Mo.
Lake Noqua is one of the many lagoons between Cotonou and Portonov. Its upper reaches are fed by the Oueme River, and it is not completely isolated from the Gulf of Guinea. The river water and the incoming seawater meet here. The fish and shrimp are plump and the meat is tender.
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The water area of Lake Norquay is similar to that of Lake Conero. In order to escape the dark slave trade in the early years, many tribes from nearby land moved into the lake, forming lake villages that are famous far and near.
Cotonou is located to the north of Lake Noqua, relying on the best seaport on the Gulf of Guinea coast. It currently has a population of more than 800,000 in Benin, which is twice that of the capital Bodonov. It is a well-deserved industrial port in Benin.
"Important Town".
The private estate covering an area of more than 200 acres is close to the "prosperous" town, and you can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lake Norquay. The conditions are quite superior——
However, the service quality of the staff recruited from the local area is somewhat unsatisfactory, and the cook can only cook local traditional dishes. Even after Song Yuqing's hard work and education these days, the service quality is not satisfactory.
"It's not bad, you've handled it well!" Cao Mo first ate the roast mutton that Song Yuqing had cooked by herself and prepared as the main course for tonight's dinner. It was already quite delicious compared to the poor cooking skills that the cook asked him to learn a few days ago.
He was satisfied.
He is also the most relaxed in front of Song Yuqing, and he enjoys the atmosphere and atmosphere of life with Song Yuqing very much. He almost doesn't have to think about the worries other than enjoying life.
When he's with Stari and Zhou Han, he can't help but think about the development of Tianyue and the intricate political and economic relationships in West Africa. When he's with Cheng Xi, he can't help but think about family and family matters.
Of course, apart from Cheng Xi who prefers to stay with Cao Mo, Stari and Zhou Han are very enterprising, especially Stari who occasionally returns to Cao Mo to stay for two days and disappears without a trace.
Only with Song Yuqing, Cao Mo didn't have to think about anything, just like two otakus and otakus just sitting at home.
"It can only be said to be average!" Song Yuqing was a little proud of the subsequent treatment. She stretched and complained that she had been too busy in Africa these days. Even if she did yoga very frequently, her waist was still not thick enough. "Look,
There is an extra layer of flesh on my waist and thighs..."
Cao Mo turned around and wanted to discuss with Song Yuqing what "a good girl is all fat" meant, and then conduct an on-site experiment enthusiastically.
"Don't make trouble!" Song Yuqing saw the evil light in Cao Mo's eyes and knew what he was thinking. But these days, Cao Mo was living well in the manor and all his energy was released on her, which she couldn't bear.
Besides Zhou Han, Stali might come over tonight, and she didn’t want them to see her so overdrafted that she couldn’t even get up.
"...I'm telling you something serious," Song Yuqing stood up, opened the window, looked at the lake in the distance, turned around, half sat and half leaned against the window sill, her legs became more slender, and said
, "Cotonou will usher in a more intensive construction period than the east coast of Conero in the next three to five years. After you arrive in Africa, you may live here most of the time. Someone really needs to take care of it for you..."
Tianyue's series of industrial layouts along the shores of Lake Conero have almost taken shape. Subsequently, they will recruit thousands of external companies. The company will move in to develop and improve the entire business format, thereby promoting urban development.
In the next few years, the focus of Tianyue's industrial development and construction in the Gulf of Guinea will be fully shifted to Cotonou, Benin.
The West African Agricultural Group’s headquarters in Cotonou is a first step.
After the cross-border power grid spans the three countries of Akwa, Benin and Canem, it seems necessary to move the headquarters of Cornero Energy to Cotonou.
New steel plants, oil refineries, copper smelters and new gold refineries, a series of investments amounting to billions of dollars, will be followed by the construction of the Mamba-Kotoro Railway and the Kotoro Ocean Terminal. What does Cao Mo do?
Maybe taking it lightly?
I bought this private estate covering an area of more than 200 acres on the shores of Lake Norquay just for the convenience of long-term living.
"We also need to be able to find the right person!"
Cao Mo also wanted to choose a suitable person to come over and take good care of the manor here.
Stena, who has been managing the Lakeside Wooden Hotel, has just received a correspondence diploma in hotel tourism from the University of Dracula, but Cao Mo hopes that she will have better career development in the future and has arranged for her to be the assistant to the president of Yang Deshan.
went.
Owema is getting older, and neither he nor the old chief is willing to leave the Ibogu tribe.
Du Ganjie, Ade, Orlu, the big and small Kusky brothers, Taya and others, in addition to taking turns working with Cao Mo to be responsible for security, external liaison, intelligence information collection, etc., they all also worked at Cornero Security Company and Tubman
The security consultants were responsible for their own affairs, and it was impossible for them to take care of the trivial matters around Cao Mo.
As for dispatched employees, there are some very capable people who are emerging, but Cao Mo hopes that capable people can directly make greater contributions to the company's development rather than stay around.
But Zhou Han had stayed with Cao Mo for a while before, and all the trivial matters were arranged properly, so Cao Mo didn't need to worry about anything.
However, after he and Zhou Han broke through that relationship, Staley, in addition to entrusting her with some affairs of Tubman Security Consulting Company, also took her away at every turn for a month or two.
Stari said frankly that she was too busy to eat Cao Mo, but she would never let Zhou Han have the opportunity to eat it secretly.
Cao Mo really couldn't complain.
Song Yuqing had a suitable candidate in her mind, but she was afraid that pushing this person to Cao Mo would simply lead the wolf into the house or send the sheep into the tiger's mouth. She hesitated in her heart for a long time and did not take the initiative to say it out loud. At the moment, she just followed it.
Cao Mo said in a tone of voice: "Yes, this candidate is really difficult to choose!"
Cao Mo silently complained: Women always tell the truth.
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The manor is located on the lakeside and covers an area of more than 200 acres. Except for a four-story main building and two rows of bungalows where the cooks, servants and drivers live, there are no other buildings in the manor.
The main building is also quite dilapidated and has not been properly cleaned up for many years. The predecessor was a rundown chieftain's family. It is precisely for this reason that the manor with such an excellent location was sold.
The terrain of Lake Norquay is very low, and the sea water flows back and meets the water of the Weime River, so the salty and fresh water mix to form a lagoon.
The terrain on this side of the manor is not high. Cao Mo and the others had just moved in for more than half a month when they encountered a heavy rain that flooded a third of the manor.
Fortunately, neither the main building nor the nearby living areas suffered flooding.
It is not far from the famous water village. Standing on the lakeside, you can see dense wooden houses or iron shacks, supported by tall trees and suspended above the lake.
The fact that water villages can exist in coastal lagoons for a long time proves that the coast of the Gulf of Guinea is calm.
This is a completely different experience from the tropical storms that the southeastern coast of China experiences several times every year.
Because he couldn't spare any manpower, Cao Mo stayed with Song Yuqing in the manor during this period. He wasn't too busy, but he and Song Yuqing were the ones planning the renovation of the manor.
Cao Mo likes to be close to nature, but doesn't like it to be too deserted.
In addition to digging a few more ditches in the manor to add water features and enhance the drainage capacity, he mainly wanted to build the dormitories for dispatched employees directly in the manor, or directly expand it as a manor-style hotel.
In this case, he will no longer live here for a long time, and resources will not be wasted.
In short, he has no intention of taking this place as a root.
In order not to occupy the resources of Cornero Construction Group and ensure that the foundation stone of Cotonou's second thermal power plant and refinery is laid as quickly as possible and the construction is promoted, the renovation and expansion plan of the manor is still in Cao Mo's private record book.
There was no project manager from Cornero Construction Group to take charge of this.
"Why didn't you play your childish games in the house today and why did you go out to enjoy the breeze?"
As dusk approached, Stari and Zhou Han rushed back to Cotonou from Oguta. Six off-road vehicles drove into the manor. Stari and Zhou Han jumped out first and saw Cao Mo and Song Yuqing sitting by the lake admiring the scenery.
The setting sun shone on the lake, and he asked like a poisonous snake.
During this period, in addition to hiring cooks and gardeners directly from the local area to tidy up the old main building inside and out, the biggest project was just to connect a dedicated Internet line to get rid of the people who played web games.
The pain of relying on satellite communications to surf the Internet at a snail's pace.
Yang Xu received an injection of capital and sufficient manpower. In a little more than two months, two copies have been updated continuously.
Yang Xu had been working hard in this industry for several years to figure out the way. He was thinking about financing and entering a new level of development. He didn't expect to step into a big pit and almost be doomed.
After Yang Xu received 30 million yuan in financing from Muxiang Capital, in addition to investing tens of millions in operations to activate the dormant popularity, he also gave up nearly half of the turnover in the future and put it into operation in a continuous cycle.
The game "General" has a very good foundation of quality and efficient operation. With the continuous development and updating of new content, the activity level has naturally increased, and a new server has to be opened every day.
Although the operating investment is very high, with the daily activity, the turnover continues to climb to new highs. After deducting the operation, daily maintenance and content development costs, after the Spring Festival
This month, an additional 4 million can be spent to support the development of new games - which is almost equivalent to the net monthly profit of the browser version of General.
Although the profit scale of Yunbo Games is not enough for Tianyue Group, as a game company, it is a very impressive figure.
Especially at present, online games are an emerging Internet industry that attracts great attention from the capital market in China. Around the Spring Festival, there are several stocks in the securities market that are related to the concept of online games and have received a round of hype. Ge Jun's fund manager has contacted Yunbo Games.
It is recommended that Yunbo Games start the A round of financing and directly find new investors starting with a valuation of 400 million.
In order to avoid the equity being diluted too much, Yunbo Games’ A-round financing plan only provides a 10% quota, and is currently in contact with several investment institutions.
Cheng Xi used to drag Cao Mo to play games, and she felt a little guilty of self-destruction and wasting time. Now she justifiably drags Cao Mo to play dungeons online, and she and Cao Mo drive Tianyue's off-road vehicles and pickup trucks on a daily basis.
, so called.
Now, every time Stari sees Cao Mo sitting in front of the computer, she does not hide her disdain and contempt for him: At this time, the casino spends a lot of money, doesn't the young model in the club look good? It is really childish to the extreme.
Of course, when Cao Mo went online to play a dungeon, there was a novice account with a female swordsman character who often came over to get experience and equipment, shouting at him and Cheng Xi as "little brother" and "little sister". The network was bad and they called for voice.
Intermittently, he also pretended not to know that this new account was played by Starlie hiding in the room.
Just like when he "complained" about Starlee now, he pretended to be "dissatisfied" and waved his fist, but when he saw little Tubman getting out of the off-road vehicle behind him, he didn't compete with Starlee for the latest news.
Having just made some progress in wrestling, he stood up and walked towards little Tubman: "Why do you have time to come to my place today?"
At this time, two young men and women got out of the last Hummer.
Cao Mo knew the Aja girl. She was the niece of Baddeli, the speaker of the Benin Congress, and Honorina Baddeli, the youngest daughter of Jiapo Baddeli, the great chief of the Aja coastal area.
Honorina Baddeley has a model-like figure and a delicate face. She can be said to be a standard African beauty, but her shiny black and smooth skin is beyond Cao Mo's aesthetic standards.
At present, the Tianyue family needs a core figure with strong mobility, who can integrate into Benin's upper class society and establish closer relationships with celebrities and dignitaries in Benin's upper class society. Little Tubman is the most suitable candidate; and Tubman
The Mann family also needs to put down deep roots in Benin.
Therefore, in the past year or so, Tubman's main job has been to have extensive interactions with local dignitaries and dignitaries in Bodonov, Cotonou and other major areas of Benin.
However, after all, little Tubman was not born and raised in Benin, nor did he grow up in Benin. He also has European blood mixed in his body, so there is always a barrier between him and the local dignitaries that is difficult to break through.
However, it was the Speaker of the Benin Congress, Baddeley, who was willing to forge a closer relationship with Tianyue and intended to bring his niece Honorina into a relationship with little Tubman, who has been single since breaking up with his ex-wife.
Although little Tubman had already passed the stage of love at first sight, he was satisfied with Honorina's appearance, temperament, and especially the Baddeley family's deep-rooted position in Benin. After a brief relationship, their relationship has developed rapidly to
It's time to talk about marriage.
So when Cao Mo came to Benin this time, he had already met Honorina several times and gave her generous gifts. However, the young man traveling with Honorina looked to be in his early thirties, with a broad nose.
The lips are also typical of the Aja tribe, and the temperament is sinister, but this is the first time he has seen it.
"Theron Baddeley, Honorina's brother, major of the Second Division of the Benin Army, is on vacation from the military camp these days - when I went to pick up Honorina, he thought of coming over to see you, so we came together
Come here..." Little Tubman introduced Theron Baddeley.
"It's a great honor to meet Mr. Theron!" Cao Mo took the initiative to reach out to Theron Baddeley, exchanged a few words with him, raised his finger and pointed at his watch and said, "We have an important conference call to attend at this time.
I can only ask Mr. Tubman to take Mr. Theron around the manor first..."
After that, he left little Tubman, Honorina and Theron by the lake, and he took Song Yuqing, Stari, Zhou Han, Taya and Duganjie to the main building not far away.
When he reached the second floor, Cao Mo walked straight to the window. At this time, the setting sun was shining on the window glass. He didn't have to worry about being able to see what was going on in the building from the outside. He stared quietly into the distance, where little Tubman was taking the lead.
Theron, Honorina, brother and sister walked along the lake path to a yacht dock on the west side.
They were far apart, so Cao Mo couldn't see clearly the subtle expressions on their faces, but he could still tell roughly from their body movements: Little Tubman was probably proudly introducing the situation of the manor and Tianyue's big moves in Benin.
, Honorina was dancing a little, seeming to be excited about the upcoming sumptuous banquet and the beautiful scenery at dusk, but Theron looked around absentmindedly...
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Theron Baddeley?" Zhou Han and Starly asked in shock when they saw Cao Mo's solemn expression.
"When he got out of the car, his eyes gave people the feeling of peeping at prey!" Cao Mo said softly, "Usually this means a very dangerous aura - Taya, you should cooperate with Miss Zhou now and get it as quickly as possible.
Get detailed information about Theron Baddeley, but be careful not to alert the enemy!"