Chapter 429: Meeting (2)
Staying in Draculamo for a long time, Huang Hebin came into contact with the locals, such as Baha Jidam, greedy like Niz Oppenheimer, and even the employees recruited from the local area, some of them were lazy, some were stupid, and some were shrewd, but on the whole, they were far less scheming than the Chinese.
Huang Hebin didn't expect that Sturgeon had already guessed that he had been in contact with Cao Mo, but he could still do it without showing a trace?
And he didn't even notice it before, Sturgeon wasn't cheating on him?
Huang Hebin was shocked, but also calmed down and smiled, as if Sturgeon was telling a very funny joke, but Sturgeon looked at him silently and smiled, his expression did not change, and Huang Hebin's smile became a little embarrassing.
"Cao Mo said how to deal with Xiao Saiweiyi?" Sturgeon waited for Huang Hebin to put away his flirtatious and embarrassed smile before continuing to ask, "I leave the Foster family, I will be useless, what use can he insist on pulling me on the thief ship - in Chinese, it should be called 'thief ship', right?"
"Mr. Foster's Chinese is already very authentic - although I was able to return to Draculamo naturally because I had won Cao Mo's support in advance, but Tianyue's internal affairs and how Cao Mo had to deal with it were indeed beyond my intervention, and my knowledge was very limited. Huang Hebin didn't know what the relationship between him and Tianyue should be, and he also deliberately vaguely said something.
"You said 'coping', not 'coping'," Sturgeon said with a bite to say, "So, you also think Cao Mo is very passive in the face of this situation at this time?"
Huang Hebin had a big headache, Sturgeon has always shown people with a silent and clumsy image, although he was also vigilant that these were illusions, but he didn't expect that Sturgeon would be so sharp and sharp!
Huang Hebin pondered for a moment and said: "From my point of view, the Saiweiyi family is not easy to deal with, but I will not forget that whether it is the Jidam family or Taihua, the strength has been invincible, and the former Cao Mo stood in front of them and looked so vulnerable-but, what was the result? Therefore, the words in my mouth, whether it is 'deal with' or 'deal with', have no substantive meaning, what plan do I have for Cao Mo? I don't know anything about whether I have a plan or not, and I don't want to cause you unnecessary trouble, Mr. Faskin. ”
Sturgeon nodded and said, "Although I guessed that you could return to Kanem with Cao Mo's support, I do believe that Cao Mo will not sit back and watch the south shore ......of Conero Lake turn into a mess, so I am silent and right, so I also trust you - however, I hope you can trust Kajinshan and Dikar more in the future."
After Huang Hebin returned to Draculamo, he recruited middle and senior executives from the local area who have expertise in refining and chemical process production, safety and fire protection, and have many years of work and management experience, and strengthened the management team - some of these people were recruited through headhunting, and some of them took the initiative to apply for jobs after posting recruitment advertisements.
Of course, if Sturgeon had already guessed that he was involved with Cao Mo, it would be normal for him to have such an arrangement, in the final analysis, Sturgeon just wanted to borrow his hands to complete the continuation of the refinery and supporting projects, and then use the power of controlling a large stake to reorganize the management, kick him out, and replace Kajinshan and Dikar with the real helm of the Volkov Petrochemical Group for him.
Until the refinery and ancillary works are finally completed, he and the original Taihua team will still be valuable, and Sturgeon will remain silent about all this.
This was Sturgeon's wishful thinking, but the breakthrough situation not only disrupted Cao Mo's deployment, but Sturgeon was also caught off guard.
Huang Hebin felt that his throat was a little astringent, and said: "I will do my duty not to live up to your trust Mr. Foster, but I think Mr. Foster should talk to Cao Mo openly and honestly." ”
Sturgeon was noncommittally silent.
Seeing that Sturgeon did not respond, Huang Hebin waited in silence for a few seconds before getting up and leaving Sturgeon's humble office.
When he returned to his office inside the refinery, Huang Hebin took out his mobile phone, entered the phone number left by Cao Mo, and dialed: "I have your support to return to Draculamo, Sturgeon has already guessed this in his heart, he just wants to promote the refinery as soon as possible - I come back from you, he will directly break this, I hope that if there is anything, you can talk to him directly, it is more appropriate......"
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Cheng Xi saw Cao Mo take the phone, stared at the blue lake under the trestle with a little contemplation, sat quietly, next to his shoulder, and stretched his smooth feet out of the cool lake water.
"This world is not other smart people! The Anglo-Saxons were able to colonize the whole world and establish an empire on which the sun never sets, and they also had two brushes!" Cao Mo said with Xie Sipeng, who had only returned from Akwa in the evening.
The Anglo-Saxons first came from the Germanic peoples in the southern part of the Danish Peninsula and adjacent areas, and formed the main body of the invasion of Britain with the Saxons; after the eighth century, the Anglo-Saxons occupied an absolute advantage in today's England, making England's ethnicity, language, culture, etc. completely Anglo-incorporating - and before and after the Industrial Revolution, the Anglo-Saxons spread all over Africa, Australia, America and other places with the British colonial expansion.
Nowadays, the United States has many allies in the West, but the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada are the most dog-friendly to the United States, mainly because the mainstream of social class in these countries is the English-speaking Anglo-Saxons.
Although there are conflicts of interest between these five countries from time to time, they often come together when it comes to the interests of the Anglo-Saxons as a whole - these five countries form a "Five Eyes" alliance that is not particularly well-known now, so that the five countries can cooperate closely in the field of communications surveillance, and they can communicate with each other and speak with one voice.
Kanem, Akwa and other countries were once Anglo-Saxon colonies, and theoretically the descendants of the colonists of these countries, most of them also have Anglo-Saxon blood in their bodies, but if they want to say that they know and are familiar with pure Anglo-Saxons, it is Sturgeon.
"What's going on over there?" Xie asked.
"Huang Hebin is my support for returning to Draculamo, but Sturgeon has already guessed this, and even started to install his own people in Huang Hebin's newly formed team, but Huang Hebin is also an old fox, but he didn't notice it at all - you say this Anglo-Saxon, isn't it simple?" Cao Mo said to Xie Sipeng with a smile.
Because Huang Hebin didn't notice it at all, and this short contact with Sturgeon, Cao Mo didn't think in this direction at all, so no matter how terrifying his instincts were, he only knew that Sturgeon had a lot of eyes and couldn't distinguish the details.
Sometimes acting entirely on instinct can be flawed.
Of course, Cao Mo did not have any sinister intentions in the matter of Huang Hebin's return to Draculamo, even if Han Shaorong was aware of this, he had nothing to be embarrassed about - he initially hid himself in this matter, but he just didn't want the three families to fight each other, adding unnecessary resistance to Huang Hebin's return to Draculamo, so as to promote the reconstruction of many projects on the south bank as soon as possible.
"Anglo-Saxons?" Xie Sipeng saw that Cao Mo referred to Sturgeon as "Anglo-Saxon" twice, and realized that Cao Mo should not simply be ridiculed.
"......" Cao Mo nodded.
Xie Sipeng guessed what Cao Mo was thinking, or what he was hesitating, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Seeing Cheng Xi staring at the lake with some distraction, Cao Mo realized that he and Xie Sipeng had been in this land long enough, and there was a tacit understanding in many places, so he only needed to emphasize the concept of "Anglo-Saxons", and the sophisticated Xie Sipeng could guess what he was hesitating, but this was a dumb riddle that was difficult for Cheng Xi to figure out.
"Just as the Chinese all over the world have a certain degree of identity with each other, the Anglo-Saxons have the same species and the same origin, and they also have a considerable degree of identity in the world - theoretically, West African countries such as Kanem and Akva, as the former colonies of the Anglo-Saxons, whether it is Abacha, Brahm, Nsanger, and the Maye Mantal we met yesterday, are descendants of colonizers, and they both have Anglo-Saxon ancestry at their core, and it's hard to tell how different they are from white Western Europeans even in terms of physical features. However, the Anglo-Saxons, who are relatively tolerant of mixed race with other races, are extra harsh with mixed race with African people. This is related to the early black slavery in the United States and the principle of a drop of blood, and it can be said that it is a law that is not in federal law that has penetrated into American society so far. The 'one drop of blood' principle, in layman's terms, is, 'If you have a drop of black blood in your body, you are black'. Thus, Abacha, Brahm, Nsanger and others, as well as Juan Mantal and his daughter, who, as descendants of colonizers, were in fact severely excluded from the Anglo-Saxon community. In Kanem and Akwa, although from the depths of the economic, cultural, and even social ruling classes and ordinary citizens, they cannot escape the influence of hundreds of years of colonial rule, but this also reflects the anti-colonial ideology of this land - Juan Mantar, as the chairman of the Akwa Democratic Front, has worked closely with us, and at this time he has become cautious and cautious, why I am not angry at all, because I know that the root cause is here. And how we are going to deal with the current situation, this can also be said to be a starting point, but everything has pros and cons, and I haven't thought it through, so I have a bit of a headache ......"
Cheng Xi has also been working hard to understand the humanistic history of Africa recently, and to understand the social, political, ethnic and cultural characteristics here, so Cao Mo can understand what she said, but she is also shocked by the complexity and danger of running a business in Africa.
Cheng Xi put Cao Mo's shoulder next to him, put Cao Mo's arm in his arms, and said with emotion: "It's still simple in China, and you only need to consider the market to run a business." ”
"The country of Akwa has only 30 million people, which is not much more than Xinhai City, and the total economic volume is only one-tenth of that of Xinhai City, so in this country, any output value or development potential reaching the level ......of one billion US dollars will inevitably be involved in national politics," Cao Mo said, "and in China, where are the billion-dollar enterprises, where can they reach the level of national politics?"
Cao Mo looked at the yacht parked on the lake not far from the plank road, Jiaying pulled Lily, who came from Catro in the afternoon, as well as Yu Jing, Wu Ruifang, and Cheng Xin, happily playing and diving, and said with a smile: "Let them play happily for two days first, and then arrange courses for them, I have already asked them to make an appointment with the teacher of the political culture class——"
"Jiaying must have 'hated' you to death!" Cheng Xi said with a smile.
"I really thought that when I came here, I could eat and live for nothing, and let me pay for the air ticket!" Cao Mo said with a smile.
Jiaying, Wu Ruifang and Cheng Xin, are talented in investment, and have considerable knowledge reserves in related majors.
After experiencing the "setback" from 08 to mid-09, they learned from the pain, and in this round of economic stimulus rebound due to the dual turn of fiscal and monetary policies, the operation can be said to be quite perfect.
They basically entered from the lowest point, but by the end of June, when the Shanghai Composite Index rebounded back to 3,500 points, they decisively withdrew, and they didn't even want to worry about the follow-up long-tail market, so they simply took a big vacation to have this trip to Africa.
In addition to locking the shareholding of Dongsheng Group, Cao Mo also took an additional 100 million funds, as well as his own funds, plus investment from other channels, the 200 million funds raised by Wood Elephant Capital finally increased to 560 million - after deducting the principal and income of returning customers, Wood Elephant's own capital income plus the share income of foreign wealth management on behalf of customers, a total of 80 million, is now preparing to apply for the qualification of formally preparing for the establishment of private equity funds.
Such success is actually a lot of chance.
Cao Mo has a deep understanding of this.
In the process of Tianyue's rapid development, in the eyes of others, he felt that every step he took was extremely perfect, but Cao Mo himself was always worried about the lack of control.
Tianyue industrial market has not been opened, the production system has only a little scale, but the vehicle technology development has invested so much, in the final analysis, Cao Mo is looking for a stronger support point for Tianyue, and also for himself to control Tianyue to find a stronger support point.
If Wood Elephant Capital really wants to step into the field of private equity funds, it will also face the dilemma of insufficient control.
Cao Mo didn't want to hurt Jiaying's confidence, nor did he want to sit and watch them experience new setbacks and grow again, but it didn't prevent him from giving them the opportunity to get in touch with the more complex side of the world.
There are some detours, and there is no need to take them.
Just like Shen Ji, who grew up with a golden key, and only two or three years after returning from studying abroad, he directly held a senior management position in Dongsheng, and he has not experienced any setbacks from beginning to end, is he not a qualified business manager?
"Let's go, let's get on the yacht, we should meet our old friends and have a good talk - since we are all smart people, there is no need to complicate things too much. Cao Mo stood up, and asked Ade to inform the yacht to return to the small dock to pick them up, and take advantage of the twilight to rush to the south shore of Lake Conero to have a real talk with Sturgeon.
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Conero is basically connected to the Atlantic Ocean on the outside, but the sea outside is a deeper blue, while the lake on the inner side is about the blue of a sapphire, and the fields are intermittent, gray-brown reefs and embankments, and there are some wild coconut and palm trees scattered among them.
"If it weren't for the rampant pirates in the Gulf of Guinea and the lack of reverence for the military and police of Kanem, the construction of some buildings of different styles on those reef forts would have been a wonderful place. Picking up Sturgeon from the small dock of the refinery, Cao Mo let the yacht sail to the boundary between the lake and the sea, stood on the top deck of the yacht, blowing the wind and chilling, looking at the sea and lake on both sides under the twilight, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Have you found a solution to your current problem by asking me to meet alone so soon, or have you found a strong enough collaborator to worry about it when you return to Kanem?" asked Sturgeon.
"If there is a way to think about it, I don't have to ask you to go to sea so late behind someone's back?" Cao Mo smiled, "To take an old Chinese saying, I am now in the dark, I haven't even figured out whether Avena is involved with other chaebol forces outside the Foster family, what confidence do I have to say that I have found a solution to the problem?"
"I don't see any definite benefits, how can I help you come up with a plan to tell you Avenna's message for nothing?" Sturgeon shook her head and laughed, as if she was laughing at Cao Mo's thoughts or expecting a little naïve.
"Avenna may not be smart enough, as long as you are humble and obedient enough, she may be willing to let you go, and maybe she will believe that you and her really have a brotherhood that is thicker than water, but I think Avenna's search for little Seviyi and the bloody drama within the Forts family must be far more complicated than it seems, right? In such a short period of time, the information I have available is very limited, but I can be sure that something must have happened, like the moment you step on deck, I can be sure that I am your only help...... ”
Sturgeon stared at Cao Mo for a long time before he sighed faintly and said, "My mother fell into a new love network a year ago, and this time she was extra vigorous, not hesitating to give up her luxurious life to live with a new lover - this man named Assenmo, a year younger than me, has an incomparably perfect resume, but is so perfect that I can be sure at a glance that he is just sweet bait." Unfortunately, when I found out about this, I didn't have enough time to convince my mother that she was lost before this family scandal became public—and of course, even if I found enough clues, I probably wouldn't be able to convince a stupid and insanely middle-aged woman to go back—"
Cheng Xi's eyes widened, and when he saw Sturgeon's calm tone, he seemed to be talking about a woman who had nothing to do with him at all.
Sturgeon didn't care about Cheng Xi's curious and confused eyes, and continued:
“...... In addition to a brief marriage in France, Avenna has had three lovers, the most recent of whom is named Ryan Fortes. Born in the English Fortis family, he was a classmate of Bardinay Saviyi Jr. when he studied in the United States, and for many years he worked for the Fortis Ore Trading Company, a member of the Fortis family, and was eventually responsible for the company's operations. Like the Strut Mining Company you bought before, the Fortis family had a long history in West Africa, but now it is long gone, and apart from a few inconsequential investments, the company that trades ore mainly between the United Kingdom and the Gulf of Guinea is very unknown. The company was growing even if it was in the hands of Ryan Fortis, but that was it. Maybe I don't mention it, but you may not have heard of this company before. Fortis Mining Trading Company has business dealings with Banco Nacional Ultramarino, and it should be after doing business with Banco Nacional Nacional that Ryan Fortis will go out of his way to get close to Avena and become her lover. A year ago, Ryan Fortis persuaded the family to sell Fortis Mining Trading Company to the Evans Foundation, and he joined the Evans Foundation at the same time, and when it comes to knowing the Evans Foundation, I believe you are not much inferior to me......"