The next day, little Felician, accompanied by her daughter Lily, ran to the mine again.

Regardless of Cao Mo's rhetoric, Ojosan Felician Jr. certainly knew the truth about the cooperation.

As a professor at Oyo State College, Ojosan has a deep knowledge of Kanem's history, and he knows that the land is suffering.

From the beginning of the 16th century to the middle of the 20th century, Canem was colonized by Portugal, France, England and other countries.

At the height of the slave trade, more than two million people were sold into slavery in North and South America, and the colonizers continued to plunder Kanem in other ways.

After the overthrow of colonial rule, more than 90 percent of the federal government's financial dependence on oil and gas extraction, various metal deposits and the export of cash crops were monopolized by European and American companies or the descendants of the colonists who remained in Kanem.

Ojosan himself has a natural psychological rejection and resistance to foreign-funded enterprises.

However, as a scholar, he also knew that Kanem needed to develop at this time, and it was inseparable from the investment of external capital and technology.

In the past two years, more and more Chinese-funded enterprises have entered, most of them are backward industries that have been eliminated from China, and the means of opening up the market are also quite barbaric, and there are widespread bribery of local officials, and there is little awareness of the environment and tax payment, and at the same time, there is no confidence in the future development of Kanem, and there is no long-term development plan in Kanem, in short, all kinds of shortcomings.

However, he did make some contributions to Kanem's employment and development.

Ochosan knew that there was an old Chinese saying that "the lesser of two evils" was far from being picky and picky, so he himself was not very enthusiastic about foreign-funded enterprises, but he was able to accept it.

His personal attitude towards the tribe's cooperation with foreigners in gold mining was just that, and at first he only thought that Cao Mo wanted to make a quick buck in Ibogu and left.

Ojosan's relationship with his father was not tense for a day or two, and he was indifferent to the affairs of the tribe, but his father called to explain the situation, even if the Yibo gold mine was constantly disturbed by the local nuisance, and the actual loss was greater than Cao Mo, but in any case, the four policemen were directly targeting the Felician family.

There was no way for him to stand idly by.

Of course, after seeing it on the ground, Ojosan's mind has changed a lot.

Although the Lunta region is backward, Ojosan still has some insight as a scholar at the Catro College of Specialized Colleges, the capital of Oyo state.

He has to admit that Cao Mo is still different from some of the foreign investors he has contacted in the past.

Cao Mo's investment in the Yibogu gold mine is not large, but the investment and construction of the mining area are all aimed at formal mining enterprises and long-term development.

The construction of the operation area is clearly planned and is being implemented step by step.

The road built from the tribe to the mining area is not simply convenient and trouble-free, and the standard is also high, which is conducive to the development of the tribe to the north.

Instead of pouring the tailings of the placer gold and the turbid sewage back into the Lujiaochuan River, a stone dam wall was built at the location of the river by taking advantage of the terrain of the valley.

The placer metal machine is placed on the inside of the stone dam wall, and the stone dam wall can intercept the tailings mud water, which can prevent the tailings from silting up the river, and the sewage will flow back to the Lujiaochuan River after precipitation, which can also further reduce the pollution to the water body.

Hiring teachers to provide vocational training to tribal workers shows that Cao Mo has a long-term investment in the development of Yibogu Village.

As for the investment in the development of farms, when Ojosan returned to the tribe, he directly met with the officials of the Chinese consulate and agricultural experts in Africa, which proved that Cao Mo was not just talking about it.

No matter what prejudice Ojosan has against foreign investors, he will not reject investors like Cao Mo.

Not exclusive, but the conditions still have to be mentioned.

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Regardless of his relationship with his father, Ojosan Felician the Younger was the heir to the land, and the villagers and mine workers revered him.

Seeing that Ojosan, accompanied by Lily, walked directly into the operation area to visit, Cao Mo saw that in addition to Kabuja, Owema, Botu and others took it for granted, and no one ran over to inform him.

Cao Mo could only be glad that he didn't play any tricks when he cooperated with the old chief.

The company registration and the signing of the agreement are all in accordance with the current laws of Kanem, and the state government's mining license has been honestly reissued.

Otherwise, Ojosan had the heart to drive him away, and he had no room to struggle.

"Little Mr. Felician, get up so early!" Cao Mo walked over to say hello.

Ojosan was a burly man, but still had the temperament of a scholar, dressed in the traditional local robes, walked up to the riverbank, and when he saw Cao Mo walking alone, he directly talked about what Abacha had told him before he left last night.

Abacha rushed to the village of Ibogu yesterday with the intention of doing so.

To put it bluntly, it has to do with the chaotic local tax system.

Oyo local tax laws stipulate that in addition to a small mining licence fee, which is levied directly by the state government, smaller businesses such as the Ibogu gold mine will only have to pay more taxes to the tribe.

The problem is that the Ibogu Gold Mine is a mining enterprise registered by the Felician family, and Cao Mo's equipment leasing and technical service company is a partner, and the gold mine is located on the private land of the Felician family.

This is also the practice of foreign investors in Kanem.

Abacha's intention was not to find Cao Mo to pay additional taxes to the Longta Municipal Committee, but such a tax structure was obviously unreasonable, and everyone knew it.

The Patriotic Construction Front is not only the ruling party in Kanem, but also the number one political party in Oyo State, but in any case, as the party that holds power in the elections, the usual expenses and the cost of the election every four years are staggering.

To put it bluntly, Abacha and other municipal councilors of the Patriotic Construction Front who hold power in the Lunta area provide the necessary facilities for the Ibogu gold mine, but Cao Mo needs to donate a certain percentage of the funds to the Patriotic Construction Front on a regular basis.

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"Little Mr. Felician, let me consider it first. ”

Cao Mo understands that this is a political donation, which can also be regarded as an additional tax burden or local protection fee, but it is only not paid to the Longta area, but directly to the Patriotic Construction Front.

If his intuition was correct, yesterday Abacha wanted to directly put forward this condition and put pressure on him to agree directly, but Zhou Jianmin's arrival disrupted Abacha's plan.

Abacha softened his attitude and left the whole matter to Ojosan, which meant that there was room for bargaining.

Even if Cao Mo could accept such conditions, he would not directly agree to it so quickly.

He said that it would be after careful consideration before replying to Abacha and other Lunta municipal councillors of the Patriotic Construction Front through Ochosan.

Ojosan was not in a hurry.

Since he asked Abacha to solve the problem of the corrupt police extorting the Ibogu gold mine, he must help Abacha bring these words.

In addition, although he is also a senior member of the Patriotic Construction Front in Oyo State, he has always been in the academic circles, does not directly participate in politics, and will not directly interfere in such donations.

Ojosan passed the word and returned to the tribe, Cao Mo walked to the residence and saw that Song Yuqing had just gotten up.

At this time, the cook prepared breakfast and sent it to Cao Mo's room.

Cao Mo first briefly explained today's work to Kabuja, Owema, Portu, Parry and others, and also asked Lucy, who only comes to the mine every half a month, to follow Kabuja to familiarize himself with the situation in the mine.

The glow of the morning sun reflects the flickering light on the leaves, and the Shikajiao River meanders from afar.

Originating deep in the jungles and mountains on the border between Kanem and Benin, the river flows steadily, even at the end of the rainy season.

"What is little Mr. Felician looking for you to talk about?" Song Yuqing saw the figure of Ojo Sang leaving, and asked Cao Mo curiously.

"You also know that I rent out equipment and provide technical support, and I get a commission in proportion to the amount of gold mined," Cao Mo said, "Abacha hopes that 3% of the profits from the Ibogu Gold Mine will be donated to the Patriotic Construction Front, and Ochosan should have promised Abacha that I would also contribute a portion of the money in proportion......

"Are you going to agree to their conditions?" Song Yuqing saw Cao Mo tearing the bread in her hand and hesitated, and asked, "To be honest, a total of 3% of the profit is used as protection money, which is not too harsh, if it is in China, your income, personal income tax can make you cry for a few nights......"

......Of course, Cao Mo knew that the money was not much, but the federal government of Kanem was elected once every four years, and if he made up his mind to pay attention to making a handful of money, it would not matter if he took $350,000 in the past two years and stuffed it into Abacha's personal pocket, and it would definitely be more beneficial than harmful to have a good relationship with the Patriotic Construction Front.

It's just that he wants to develop in Kanem for a long time, which is a bit wrong, so he didn't rush to agree to Ojosan, thinking about weighing the relationship in it more thoroughly.

"Of course, if you want to cooperate with the Felician family for a long time, or from the perspective of the long-term interests of the Felician family, it is still a bit problematic. The last election was two years ago, and there will be two more years to go for a new election, and when the time comes, not to mention whether the Patriotic Construction Front will be able to continue to govern Kanem, it is not clear what will happen to the Oyo State Council elections and the regional municipal council elections - in the long run, even if you are willing to pay this money, you still have to think clearly about how it will be paid."

Song Yuqing, as a financial officer, pays attention to the adjustment of Kanem's tax policy at any time, and said,

"The Patriotic Construction Front and President Buhari have been emphasizing during this time that they should strengthen the taxing power of the regional treasury for infrastructure construction, and if you and the Felician family directly pay this money into the Lunta district treasury as a local tax, then no matter what changes in Kanem's political situation due to the election in the future, it will not have much impact on you. However, it is difficult to say whether Ojosan can convince Abacha......"

"Let's talk about it first, anyway. Cao Mo said.

He's not very worried about that, he's resilient on his side.

He first thought about some questions clearly, what kind of attitude Ojosan and Abacha had, and how much room for negotiation, when talking, he could completely follow the changes in their attitudes and adapt to changes.

The worst result is nothing more than to donate this money directly to the patriotic construction front, and to survive the most critical development period of the first two years.