The Disujin Valley is the area with the highest concentration of Chinese businessmen entering Akwa to mine placer gold, but in addition, there are also many Chinese businessmen in other areas of Mamba who are involved in the local gold mining industry, and there are even two that directly invest in rock gold mining with one or two million US dollars like Xinhai Gold and Yibogu Mining.

This time, as long as there is no disaster, it is relatively early to enter Akwa, thanks to the sharp rise in international gold prices last year, it is full of money.

Of course, even in the area of the Disugin Valley, there are many gold miners who are very vigilant, they have already invested more money in the infrastructure of the operation area and the camp, and they have been careful about the location selection, and the damage is very limited, and even if some of the camps are flooded, they can evacuate their personnel and equipment to a safe area in time - these people are still staying near their mines, dealing with the follow-up, and directly organizing the rescue of people.

Xie Sipeng contacted several representatives and asked them to rush to the Fagne River mine to discuss the matter.

Xu Sheng's personal net worth was not only invested in the Disujin Valley, but at the beginning of the year, in order to inherit Xie Sipeng's business in the Disujin Valley, he also borrowed an additional 20 million yuan to pay Xie Sipeng.

Xu Sheng's loss this time can be said to be as tragic as bankruptcy, and the whole person was blinded.

After seeing Cao Mo and Xie Sipeng, Xu Sheng didn't say a few words, but Xu Ling, who was young and frivolous and looked at Cao Mo unpleasantly, has matured a lot in Africa in recent years, and cooperated with Xiao Jun, Zhao Xinjin and Zhang Luo before and after running.

Xie Sipeng joined Yibogu Mining, but he certainly couldn't bring Zhang Min in.

Xie Sipeng originally wanted to let Zhang Min be responsible for his investment in China Mall, or directly join the Palm e-commerce network, but Zhang Min has been running around with Xie Sipeng over the years, mainly doing gold shop business and placer gold mining, and she was reluctant to take over the affairs of Hua Mall because her younger brother, who did not find a good job after graduating from high school, was also sent to Africa to help Xie Sipeng manage the gold mine.

Xie Sipeng gave Zhang Min a gold shop in Mangba, as well as a gold placer field, two excavators and some other facilities, which can be regarded as an explanation to Zhang Min for all these years.

At the time of the burst, Zhang Min was in the gold shop in Mangba City, but her brother and two relatives were on the list of more than 70 people who were in charge of the operation of the placer gold mine, and they could not be contacted by noon.

Zhang Min hurried to the Fagne River mining area to meet with Xie Sipeng and Cao Mo, unwilling to stay in the mine and wait for news, insisting on following the second rescue team back to the Disujin River Valley, Xie Sipeng's persuasion was useless.

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At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Min finally managed to find her younger brother and retreat to the Fagne River mining area, but one of her cousins was unfortunately swept away by the flood, and the body was not recovered by the rescue team's assault boat outside the exit of the lower reaches of the Disujin River until 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, the number of corpses of Chinese employees temporarily transported to the Fagne River mine increased to 16.

In addition to the people who have been contacted one after another, there are also seven Chinese employees who have lost contact, and they have sent people to search for the mountains and forests near the mine, but no trace has been found.

Whether it is going to Africa to do engineering, or investing in mining, encountering vicious cases such as robbery and shooting, or perhaps industrial accidents, it is not uncommon in recent years, but it has never been possible to kill so many Chinese employees and Chinese businessmen in one place.

The casualties among local hired workers have been even worse, with more than 90 bodies being recovered along the coast.

Since it is not possible to send enough people to contact the local tribes, there are currently more than 400 local hired workers who have not been able to reach them, and it is not clear how many local hired workers have returned to the tribe on their own, and how many of them have been washed downstream with corpses that have not been found.

Although the local economy is backward and the people are also down-to-earth about life and death, the casualties are so heavy and thrilling, how can it be expected that nothing has happened in the local area?

Zhang Min rushed back to the mine, saw the corpses of his relatives soaked in the flood and turned white, and his face was also pale, and when Xie Sipeng came over, he asked a little depressed: "When I came back, someone asked me that the crematorium in Mamba does not provide services to foreigners, what should I do? How can I explain to my aunt?"

"We have discussed, we will send it to Peimei Port early tomorrow morning, and we will also raise a sum of money first, and arrange for the family members to come over to deal with the aftermath, and the embassy will come forward to help simplify the visa procedures-" Xie Sipeng patted Zhang Min's shoulder and comforted her and said, "You take a rest first, and the rest of the things will be handled here." ”

Zhang Min shook his head, cheered up and said, "I'm fine. ”

At this time, Cao Mo rushed back from outside by car, and saw Stari and Zhou Han in hunting clothes following Cao Mo's side, Xie Sipeng walked over and said:

"Counselor Dong and Mr. Zhao just gathered more than a dozen representatives for a small meeting, and everyone agreed to raise a sum of money first, and as far as possible, the family of the deceased will be brought to Akwa to deal with the aftermath. Because there are victims in the mine, the losses are very heavy, and many people still owe a lot of debts, so everyone is basically willing to donate the condolence money, and strive to make up 100,000 yuan per person. Everyone has a friendship with the villagers, and there are a few who are not very willing, and they all admit it after a few words, that is, the deaths and injuries of local employees, and everyone doesn't think it has anything to do with them......"

The losses of the mines that were washed away by the floods were so tragic that they could not even afford to compensate the Chinese employees who died, while the bosses and investors of other mines were willing to spend money to help the families of the Chinese employees who died to deal with the aftermath, and they agreed to donate an additional amount of condolence money.

It is also the responsibility of the mine owners who directly hired them to compensate the local employees who died, and no one else has this morality.

Again, there are local employees in the mine who have died, and the losses are extremely heavy, where can we get the money to compensate the local employees who died?

Cao Mo frowned slightly.

Stari was silent, and Zhou Han asked, "Isn't Dong Jianwei here at the embassy, and no one else is here?"

"I think the embassy still hopes that everyone can donate more money to take care of the local dead workers, but the problem is back to the dead knot I just said - the loss of the money that should have been paid is huge, maybe not even enough to make up a plane ticket home, and there are still people who have not made a fortune and have a lot of debts; there is nothing to lose, and they do not have this morality. It is impossible for the embassy to force everyone, or even avoid this sensitive issue, so Dong Jianwei has always been here to communicate with everyone, and I haven't heard that anyone else is coming," Xie Sipeng said with a frown, "If it drags on for another day or two, I think the embassy may ask for instructions from China...... However, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation communicate directly with the Akwa authorities, it may not be a good thing. ”

The embassy has very limited resources at its disposal, and when it encounters something that cannot be resolved, it can only ask for instructions from the country, but when the time comes, it is time for the country to communicate directly with the Akwa authorities, and the matter is very easy to politicize.

Xie Sipeng also knows very well that the sand mining in the Mamba area has been too disorderly in recent years, and once it is politicized, public opinion in Akwa and local public sentiment will not be beneficial to them.

"I heard Xiao Jun say that many foreign reporters have gone to Mangba?" Xie Sipeng asked differently.

"It's a couple of reporters from the Associated Press and the BBC, and they're all in Mamba City. We just met with the local press officer and persuaded them to help delay the delay for a while to prevent the reporter from entering the disaster site too soon, but we must compensate the local employees who died – and now we have to arrange for the mine owners who have local employees to die directly to talk to the tribe and show their sincerity,"

Cao Mo said after a while,

"Of course, as you said, there are mines where local employees have died, and the losses are so great that they may not have the energy to talk about it, and there are even three mine owners who are missing, and no one has been found. It is necessary to let Zhao Xinquan take the lead in the establishment of the Mangba Chinese Mining Mutual Aid Association on behalf of Xinhai Gold Industry - there is no need to make the name too big for the time being, so that the Chinese businessmen who invest in the minerals in Mangba will be organized first, and everyone will immediately bring a translator to accompany the mine owner or directly replace the mine owner to solve these matters in the name of the mutual aid association......"

"How to solve the funds?" Xie Sipeng asked.

"No matter how much other people have, they need to donate a little, who is fucking going to pull out a dime a dozen, please get out of here immediately - Ibogu Mining is not directly involved this time, but how much is left to be insufficient, I will personally make up four million dollars for emergency. You will remember to take a tougher attitude later, and make it clear to everyone that if you still want to stay in Akwa for development, the standard should be lower than that of Chinese employees, but you must not forget about local employees - of course, 100,000 condolences for Chinese employees is still too little, and it is not easy for workers to go abroad to earn this food, and each person is guaranteed to have 300,000 condolences money. For those investors who don't want to develop in Akwa and have heavy losses, we should not be stingy with a few ticket money, and we should also take a hand to help them go back, and we don't need to take care of the rest. And if you want to stay in Akwa Dongshan and make a comeback, you will get together to find a way after this time is busy," Cao Mo said to Xie Sipeng and Zhang Min, "You guys think about it for me, what else is not thoughtful?"

In the public mind of Akwa, Ibogu Mining is an international mining company that has risen in Kanem - Cao Mo is not afraid of trouble, but at this stage he still wants to minimize the trouble, and this time he only plans to donate three or four million dollars in his personal name to solve the problem.

He personally didn't even want to come forward, and it was more logical for the embassy and the people who invested in the mining industry in Mamba to come forward as much as possible.

They discussed for a while, and then ran over to find Dong Jianwei, the counselor of the embassy, and told Zhao Xinquan what he meant.

Previously, Zhao Xinjin asked Zhou Shenhe for instructions, and said to donate $300,000 on behalf of Xinhai Bullion, Xie Sipeng personally lost $200,000, plus others, barely scraped together $800,000-

Xie Sipeng gathered everyone together again, and made it clear that the first step was to raise a donation of four million US dollars, and everyone pledged first, and Cao Mo was personally responsible for adding the insufficient part.

In the end, there are still many people who pay attention to the friendship of fellow villagers and take into account the overall situation, and even if they are not as wealthy as Cao Mo, they finally scraped together more than $400,000, and Cao Mo personally pledged more than $2.7 million.

With enough donations, other things will be solved very well, and it was initially decided that all the local workers who died would be compensated with $50 million each, and that the tribes along the Disujin River that had been contracted out of placer gold fields and affected by the flood would send $10,000 in condolences to each tribe.

With sufficient funds, everyone is willing to set up a mutual aid association, and they are not afraid of hard work, and now they represent the mutual aid association, helping the seriously damaged mine owners to go directly to the tribe to solve the aftermath - they are not afraid of hard work if they can go to Africa to eat this bowl of rice.

In short, the Chinese investors are also victims, but they are also willing to compensate the local workers who died in the disaster, which is a sign of responsibility - the embassy also promised to raise some funds from other Chinese businessmen in Akwa to donate to Mamba's education and cultural undertakings.

Although there are people to do everything, Cao Mo does not dare to leave easily until the matter is completely resolved.

There were too many people evacuated to the mining area, and Xinhai Gold couldn't squeeze out too many empty rooms, so Cao Mo made peace with Zhou Han and Stari in the car overnight.

When Cao Mo was woken up by Xiao Jun opening the car door, he saw that the sun had already risen to the treetops, and took out his mobile phone to see that it was more than eight o'clock in the morning.

"You've all come back, every tribe has run through — the Associated Press and BBC reporters are still in Mamba City, or have they gone down, have you sent someone to keep an eye on them?" Cao Mo asked.

"There's nothing going on here, we ran all night," Xiao Jun said, "We just listened to the radio, there was a big earthquake in China, magnitude 8 on the Richter scale?"

"Huh?" Cao Mo snorted, he remembered that the Tangshan earthquake was only 7.8 on the Richter scale, and opened his mouth to ask, "Where?"

"Sichuan ......"

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When the earthquake struck, it was around 2:30 p.m. in Japan.

Cao Mo didn't bother to wash his face, and walked with Zhou Han and Xiao Jun to the staff activity room in the mining area, where the satellite TV was crowded with people, and the Central International Channel was broadcasting aerial images of the earthquake-stricken area, and there were collapsed buildings everywhere, as if the world was apocalyptic.

Because the epicenter was located in a mountainous area, the hillsides and hills were largely collapsed, blocking almost all roads, and the nearby armed police and military could only rescue the nearby affected areas first.

Effective communications were cut off from the earthquake in the epicenter of the worst-hit area, and only aerial images have been transmitted, but just from the aerial images, it can be seen that the casualties of this earthquake will be beyond imagination.

Many people had just escaped the night before yesterday, and they were also stunned when they saw this scene on satellite TV.

Cao Mo talked to Song Yuqing and Cheng Xi on the phone, and Xinhai felt the obvious tremor, but at this time, the communication in the epicenter area had been interrupted, and Song Yuqing and Cheng Xi did not know more news in Xinhai than they did in Africa.

The disaster here cannot be stopped, and Cao Mo also followed the rescue team into the disaster area in the morning.

At this time, the water receded, and the large and small beaches in the Disukin River valley resurfaced, and there were many excavators soaked in the river.

Fortunately, floods in the valley of the Disukin River are frequent, and the tribes on both sides of the river are relatively high, and no tribe except for the fields has been flooded.

The main reason is that the gold diggers who entered the valley to mine placer gold were too eager for quick success, and half of them set up their operation areas and camps on the low-lying river flats, and this time they all suffered a catastrophe.

When the BBC and the Associated Press and other international media reporters in Akwa entered the disaster area, all the compensation had been negotiated, especially the tribes that contracted out the gold placer farms received additional compensation, so these international media reporters did not get the answers they wanted when they interviewed them, even with very strong directional questions.

Subsequent reports by local media in Mamba and the Northwest Province emphasized that this was an unforeseen tragedy, with Chinese investors, employees and local employees suffering terrible losses, while the Chinese Mutual Aid Association in Mamba showed a great and touching humanitarian spirit.

Cao Mo returned to the Fagne River mining area near dusk, when it was just after 10 o'clock in the night, and it was reported in the news that the road leading to the epicenter was completely destroyed by the earthquake, and the military and police had to drive to the epicenter area on foot.

The Air Force is also preparing to directly send airborne troops to the epicenter of the most tragic disaster, but after the earthquake, the weather changes have become very extreme, and the terrain at the epicenter is extremely complicated......