"It is a bit difficult for us to buy the Cotonou power plant as a wholly-owned company, Benin Guodian does not want to take too many steps, and wants to maintain a certain percentage of the shares, Minister Paboni has some other concerns in addition to not wanting to go too far against the will of Guodian,"

Brahm said of his meeting with the Minister of Industry, Geology and Mines Paboni at the Central Government House in Benin today, when he and Xie Sipeng went to the Central Government Building in Benin.

"I'll meet Speaker Barkley tomorrow, and there should be a chance to fight for it......"

Cao Mo initially wanted to wholly acquire the Cotonou Power Plant, hoping to recruit a group of colonists descendants from Draculamo Power Supply Group to manage and engineer the power plant, lay the foundation for the subsequent expansion of the power plant, and at the same time, directly build the Cotonou Power Plant into a core support point for the descendants of the colonists to gather and develop in Benin.

However, Cao Mo has his own plans, and the relevant departments related to the Cotonou power plant in Benin must also have their own ideas.

Now that Benin's National Power Group and Minister of Industry, Geology and Mineral Resources Paboni do not approve of Conero Energy's wholly-owned acquisition of the Cotonou power plant, Cao Mo asked Brahm not to rush to do the job of the volunteer Barcley, and asked him to talk to Xie Sipeng about where the resistance is.

"The Cotonou power plant is the only large power plant under the jurisdiction of Benin Guodian, whether it can be profitable or secondary, and if they are all cut away, in addition to losing such a large piece of power, they will also be cut off from the transmission and connection of previous interests - so we are not surprised that Benin Guodian will oppose this," Xie said, "and Paboni has political worries - Not to mention that Benin was established as a socialist republic in the sixties and seventies, and although it was changed to a multi-party system in the nineties, the system and all levels of society have retained quite strong socialist colors, and in the fields of electricity and energy supply, all social strata in Benin are more inclined to avoid being penetrated too deeply by foreign capital......

Cao Mo pondered for a while, and said to Brahm: "You will meet with Speaker Barkley tomorrow as planned, but you don't have to insist that we buy the Cotonou power plant in full, we should compromise or compromise, we can't be so aggressive on other people's turf." In that case, what is the difference between us and the Evans Foundation? The question now is, if the Cotonou power plant adopts a joint venture plan, how can we fight for the right to speak in personnel as much as possible, you have to take the trouble to communicate more with the relevant parties in Benin, and the construction and upgrading of the Oguta-Lonta transmission network should be carried out as soon as possible......

At the beginning, Conero Energy signed an agreement with Benin Guodian to build an 11,000-volt simple high-voltage transmission network between Aguta and Lonta, and initially realize the connection of Conero Energy's power stations and power plants in Oguta and Lonta.

Now that the construction of a thermal power base and a cross-border power grid centered on Cotonou, Benin, is on the agenda, the original design of the Oguta-Lonta transmission network is no longer enough, and it needs to be upgraded to the level of a backbone high-voltage transmission network of 33,000 volts.

In addition to the Oguta-Lonta transmission network, the Podonov-Cotonou power grid, which is under the control of Benin National Electric, negotiations are also under immediate action for the backbone transmission line from Cotonou to Oguta, as well as the transmission line from Cotonou to the north to Akva.

If the construction plan of the Cotonou thermal power plant is blocked, the construction of the third phase of the Lunta natural gas power plant will be immediately started - in short, Conero Energy will form a dual-core power generation base with Lonta and Cotonou on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the future.

"Mr. Qian's phone ......" Zhou Han handed over the satellite phone.

Although Cao Mo was very calm, Xie Sipeng still thought that their contact with the relevant parties in Benin in the past two days could not be considered smooth, and after Cao Mo and Qian Wenhan talked on the phone, he saw that he frowned slightly, and it seemed that he heard no good news on the phone, and asked: "What did Mr. Qian say on the phone?"

The Wusanghe Copper-Gold Mine is invested by Qian Wenhan Xinhong Investment and Xinhai Gold, each of which injected US$150 million and held an 8.3% stake in Wusanghe Mining Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned company that wholly owns the exploration and mining business of the Wusanghe Copper-Gold Mine and a series of supporting enterprises such as mining, transportation and concentrators).

Although the greedy fangs and bloody mouths of the Evans Foundation and Sai Weiyi have not been completely opened, it is impossible for Cao Mo to hide such a critical change from Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe.

In the past few days, Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe have also been trying their best to strengthen their confidence in Akwa in China.

In fact, the simplest is that the Wusan River Copper and Gold Mine has introduced central enterprise capital with a stronger political background.

At present, the state-owned enterprises investing in African minerals are mainly China Mining and Huaye Group, as well as some provincial mining companies - these companies are closer to the will of the central leadership than Xinhai Gold, at least in terms of background.

However, Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe have been in contact with many parties in China in the past few days, and the situation is not very optimistic.

The country has resolutely adopted a positive fiscal and monetary policy, the economic development has returned to the track of rapid growth, the securities market has rebounded strongly, and the real estate and heavy chemical industries have set off a new round of investment boom, but it is precisely the case that many people are focusing on the domestic market, and they are still very worried about when overseas, especially in Africa, will be able to get out of the shadow of the economic crisis.

There may have been many private enterprises that have embarked on the journey of returning overseas to seek new opportunities for development, but most of the state-owned enterprises, especially those with a number of overseas projects in hand, are a bit conservative.

After receiving the capital injection of Xinhong Investment and Xinhai Gold, the valuation of Wusanhe Copper and Gold Mine has reached 1.8 billion US dollars, and more than 400 million US dollars of funds have been invested in a solid manner, and the output value is expected to reach 600 million US dollars this year, and the net profit can also reach 200 million US dollars.

Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe talked to the senior management of Huazhi and China Mining separately this time, and only raised the valuation by 2 billion US dollars for financing, but neither of them had any intention of considering it.

Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe invited the senior management of the two central enterprises to inspect Akwa, so that Yibogu Mining could borrow some momentum, and I don't know where the senior management of the two central enterprises heard the rumors, and they all refused.

"Don't think about it, it must be Liang Yuan and Han Shaorong who are letting out the wind!" Xie Sipeng said.

There is also contempt for Chinese-funded enterprises in Africa.

For a long time, domestic aid and diplomacy to East Africa have been more solid and influential, and at the same time, East Africa is closer to China, so the investment activities of central enterprises and many Chinese businessmen in East Africa are more frequent and active.

In the early years, except for a limited number of central enterprises such as China Civil Engineering Co., Ltd., which came to undertake large and medium-sized infrastructure projects, the investment in the countries along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa was mainly carried out by small and medium-sized traders to do import and export trade, and there was not much of a voice at all.

In recent years, there have been many gold miners operating in Akwa, Kanem and other places, but the vast majority of them are scattered guerrillas, and they are not on the table.

Dongsheng and Taihua, which entered the coast of the Gulf of Guinea for investment very early, as private listed companies, cannot be compared with central enterprises in terms of influence and discourse.

The new steel union, which has a provincial state-owned background, joined hands with Huamao Capital to acquire the Catalo Iron and Steel Plant, which is the first industrial investment project with a certain national influence in West Africa.

After the acquisition of the Catro Steel Plant by Xinganglian and Huamao Capital, the expansion project was quickly rolled out.

However, after Cao Mo was kicked out, Liang Yuan, who represented Huamao Capital and himself, and the management team stationed by Xinganglian were naturally unlikely to gain the support of political forces such as the Blake family, the Felician family, and the Sika family in Oyo State.

Some problems seem easy to Cao Mo, but they are difficult to overcome.

The biggest problem they are currently suffering from is the workers of the Boesau Iron Mine and the local small and medium-sized enterprises that depend on the Boso Iron Mine for their survival, and they strongly oppose the unbundling of the Catelo Iron Works from the Boesau Iron Mine.

The situation has now escalated to the point where miners violently sabotage the newly built iron-coal terminal at the Catro steel plant in order to prevent the Catro steel plant from bringing in high-quality iron ore from the Bamang region of Akwa.

The new expansion of the Catelo steel plant was completed at the beginning of the year, but it has not been put into operation until now.

However, this does not prevent Liang Yuan and other Chinese management of the Catelo steel plant from having closer contact with the staff of state-owned enterprises in Africa - no official activities large or small, such as Ibogu Mining and Conero Cement, have had the opportunity to participate.

Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe directly approached the top level of China Mining and Huazhi in China to discuss financing, but they were rejected neatly, Xie Sipeng naturally thought for the first time that it was Liang Yuan, the turtle grandson, who was recklessly spreading news unfavorable to them behind his back-

"Forget it, the iron and coal wharf of the Catro Iron and Steel Plant was smashed by dozens of local workers, and they may still say that I am making trouble behind my back!" Cao Mo stretched his waist and said, "In such a short period of time, it is impossible to negotiate with Huaye and China Mining to achieve any results, and I only thought of deceiving a few high-level officials to come over to inspect, and using the negotiation to make the Saiweiyi family more jealous - now there is no hope for this, and it is not a loss." Juan Mantar is about to join forces with the Beninese Jan-Peace-Building Association to discuss with Beninese officials about the establishment of an industrial park in Cotoro, and it is not appropriate for us to engage in any influential public activities in Benin during this time. Except for Bram and Tubman Jr., who will continue to stay in Benin, everyone else will accompany me to Akwa tomorrow......"

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The Zumshan Hydropower Station will not be officially powered until August, and the Konuto power plant is so weak that the town of Oguta is thankfully able to have four or five hours of electricity a day, and the rest of the time it is supported by diesel generators.

Although the manor house is next to the town, the town of Oguta is soon silent after nightfall, and there are not many lights, but the diesel generators roar in all corners, which sounds somewhat harsh.

No matter how much Cornello Cement, Conero Energy and Ibogu Mining invest heavily in Benin, they will be regarded by the locals as external capital forces, and it will be difficult for people such as Brahm, Garon Targaryen and Xie Sipeng to integrate into them as "their own" no matter how good they are with the members of the Paboni and Barkley families.

The one who really has the potential to fit in as "one of his own" is the little Tubman who moved his family to Benin and has become a naturalized citizen.

Therefore, even if Tubman Jr. has not been involved in the business of companies such as Conero Energy before, he will now accompany Brahm and them to participate in all the important talks in Benin in the future, and strive to establish close ties with important members of the Paboni and Buckley families as soon as possible.

Cao Mo also allocated some funds to Tubman Jr., so that in the name of the Tubman family, he could participate in some diversified investments in the fields of hotels, restaurants and commerce in Podonov and Cotonou, Benin, so as to consolidate the foundation of the Tubman family in Benin.

Therefore, after dinner, Tubman Jr. also accompanied Brahm directly to the hotel in Podonov to prepare for a meeting with the speaker of the National Assembly of Benin, Buckley, early tomorrow morning.

As soon as the three off-road vehicles drove out of the manor, they saw a Tianyue pickup truck driving towards the manor in the night.

Through the dim light in front of the gate of the manor, little Tubman saw a middle-aged Chinese sitting in the driver's seat of the pickup truck, with a thin face, like a traveler walking alone in the wasteland - he also noticed that when he looked over, the middle-aged man subconsciously turned his face away, wondering in his heart: who is this person, and appeared at the gate of the manor at this time.

Little Tubman glanced back and saw that Zhou Han personally walked to the gate to pick him up, so he didn't get out of the car and asked anything, and let the driver continue to drive into the vast night.

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Listening to Zhou Han's instructions, Yang Xiaofeng parked the car in the parking lot on the inside of the manor gate, and then walked from the path by the pond to the independent wooden house.

"It's all pulled the line, the network speed is too slow, and it's stuck like a dog, how can people stand it?"

"There is no way, this is not a problem that can be solved by a few special lines in Dora, Benin's communication base is there, and Podonov's network speed is not necessarily faster than this - now the international communication giants are interested in investing in Draculamo, after all, the actual population of Draculamo is nearly twenty times that of Podonov and Cotonou, and no matter how low-end the market is, the absolute value is considerable......"

Yang Xiaofeng followed Zhou Han to knock on the door and walked into the wooden house, and saw Cao Mo and Xie Sipeng sitting in front of the computer screen studying something, and suddenly felt a lot of emotion in his heart: It's so late, and there are already many professional managers under him, and he even personally pulled Xie Sipeng to discuss such trivial issues, no wonder a character like him can succeed......

Seeing Zhou Han take Yang Xiaofeng in, Xie Sipeng sat back on the couch on the side of the room, Cao Mo also put down the mouse in his hand, and looked at Yang Xiaofeng, the second person he had also seen for the first time and whose status in the fraud gang was second only to Liang Yuan, was in his early forties, but his face was thin and yellow, and he was not good-looking.

Cao Mo took out a pack of lotus flowers, lit a cigarette first, threw the cigarette case and lighter to Xie Sipeng, pointed to the seat next to Xie Sipeng, and said to Yang Xiaofeng: "Sit down and talk—I heard that you have stirred up a lot of rights and wrongs in the matter of the Catro Iron and Steel Plant recently?

"......" What happened recently, Yang Xiaofeng is no longer there, and there is no need to communicate with Zhou Han anymore, but Cao Mo pointed it out straight to the point, and he didn't deny it, saying, "I have figured it out, but the years of hard work of so many people have been swept up by Liang Yuan at the end, this breath is not something that anyone can swallow easily, and I can only accompany them to advance and retreat - I came all the way here to meet you, should you just want to ask about it?"

Cao Mo stared at Yang Xiaofeng's eyes and asked menacingly, "What you did now, but someone has settled the account on my head, why is this matter irrelevant?

Yang Xiaofeng was speechless.

In other words, someone else spoke in such an aggressive tone, he patted his ass and got up and left, but he knew that he was not qualified to argue anything in front of Cao Mo, so he could only sit there and not speak.

"The network speed is better," Cao Mo looked down at the computer screen, picked up the mouse and said to Xie Sipeng while clicking wildly, "This guy actually said that he was going to cut my whole family - now that the children in China are on the Internet, are they so hot-tempered?

Yang Xiaofeng looked at Zhou Han in a daze, completely unaware of what Cao Mo was doing sitting behind the screen with a mouse in his hand.

"You've been playing this game for several days in a row, do you really have such a big addiction? Even if you want to accompany Cheng Xi, can you discuss the business in front of you first?" Zhou Han stood up angrily, snatched the mouse from Cao Mo's hand, and helped him close the page of the online game "The General is so fierce".

"What is there to discuss?" Before he came in, he was fully prepared to pretend in his heart, what other serious matter could he discuss?" Cao Mo glanced at Yang Xiaofeng, looked at Zhou Han with some grievances, and wanted to get the mouse back.

Playing computer games behind the screen?

Yang Xiaofeng's brain is a little stuck, Cao Mo and Xie Sipeng are seriously complaining about the network speed of computer games just now?

Seeing Zhou Han's beautiful eyes glaring, Cao Mo gave up his efforts to regain the mouse, and replied to Cheng Xi with the keyboard, asking them to type a copy first, and then go online when he was busy with business.

"I didn't have any spare work, but Zhou Han thought that you might still be useful, and persuaded me to agree to you coming over to meet," Cao Mo's buttocks did not leave his seat, his feet supported the ground and drove the universal wheel of the office chair, turned to the front of the desk, stared at Yang Xiaofeng more closely, and said on stilts, "Don't pretend in front of me, you can tell me what use you can be, I'll see if we need to talk!"

"......" Yang Xiaofeng swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a deep voice, "The matter of the Saiweiyi family and the Evans Foundation eyeing the copper and gold mines in the Wusang River, Liang Yuan has been spreading a lot in the past few days, maybe these words will not reach your ears - among so many Chinese in the UK, I am the most unsuccessful one, and I have been following crooked paths for half my life, and if I really want to run a business, I don't have the ability, but when it comes to approaching someone, making him relax his vigilance in order to find out the news, I think I can still play a role......"

After the fall of Taihua, Cao Mo was either bright or dark, or supported Yan Zhicheng and Huang Hebin to return to Draculamo, but Yang Xiaofeng no longer contacted him, and he forgot about each other in the rivers and lakes, and it was Yang Xiaofeng who took the initiative to contact Zhou Han two days ago and asked to see Cao Mo.

Zhou Han was still paying attention to Yang Xiaofeng's movements, knowing that he had recruited a few new accomplices to do things, guessing that he might have heard something, so he took the initiative to run to the door to work for Cao Mo in exchange for benefits......