Western European countries have colonized the African continent for hundreds of years, and a considerable number of colonists and their descendants who have moved to this continent have united with the indigenous people, but there are also quite a few colonizer families who have stubbornly refused to marry the indigenous people from the beginning to the end, and regarded themselves as pure-blood Anglo-Saxons or Germans.

However, it was these families who plundered the greatest wealth from Africa from the early days of spices, slave trade, and gold mining, as well as timber felling, annexing large amounts of land, enslaving the local indigenous population to grow cocoa, oil palm, coffee and other cash crops, and they always occupied the colonial dominance during the colonial period, maintained close ties with the plutocratic forces of the Old World, and monopolized commercial trade with the Old World.

In the fifties and sixties, when the anti-colonial independence movement in Africa was surging, these people were the first to smell that something was wrong, and frantically fled from this land where they had committed great sins with huge amounts of wealth, and moved back to their suzerainty to settle down, but they never forgot that this continent still contained wealth that was far from necessarily being plundered by them.

On the one hand, they have been lobbying in the West to push European and American governments to intervene in the political situation of African countries in order to preserve their property, industry, and various economic privileges that they have not yet completely withdrawn from Africa, and on the other hand, they have secretly bribed and supported new agents within the anti-colonial independence movement groups of various countries, and even did not hesitate to set off coups and riots to create conditions for returning to Africa.

When the situation in Africa gradually stabilizes, and the European and American chaebols and large enterprises regain control of the economic lifeline of Africa, which is dominated by oil exports, by means of finance and direct investment, these people are the vanguard of returning to Africa.

Headquartered in London, England, the Evans Foundation was named after the Evans family, a loose trade and shipping alliance formed by a group of small and medium-sized shipping trading companies that traveled between Western Europe and the Gulf of Guinea.

In the fifties and sixties, when the descendants of the colonizers frantically withdrew from Africa, the Evans family at that time believed that they could one day return to Africa, not only made the Evans Foundation substantial, set up a new headquarters in London, injected a large amount of money to recruit people, but also received a large number of assets and properties that had not had time or could not be withdrawn from Africa at extremely low prices, such as exploration and mining rights for a certain mineral or interests in some factories and fixed assets.

In the seventies and eighties, when the political situation in Africa stabilized a little, the Evans Foundation organized manpower and cooperated with major financial institutions and consortia in Europe and the United States to raise a large amount of funds to return to Africa, and quickly swelled into a super-large consortium with assets of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars, spanning the Gulf of Guinea and Central African countries, Europe and the United States.

The Evans Foundation's current industries in the Gulf of Guinea and Central African countries are mainly financial and oil exploration, but the Lekki Mining Group, controlled by the Evans Foundation, as the largest gold miner in West Africa, controls the main gold resources in the northeast of Kanem, plus the gold resources of Central African countries, and the annual gold mining volume of Lekki Mining Group is as high as 3 million ounces.

After the construction of the first mine of the Wusan River Copper-Gold Mine, the combined gold mining and refining scale is only half of that of Lekki Mining Group.

However, in addition to the total annual production capacity of about 60,000 tons of financial copper in the first mine, the construction of a large-scale gold refinery on the north bank of Lake Conero by Ibogu Mining has also added a very considerable output value to Ibogu Mining.

Strictly speaking, Ibogu Mining and Lekki Mining also have a business cooperation.

Lekki Mining's return to Africa came very early, even in the early nineties, when it monopolized all of Kanem's lowest-cost shallow rock gold mineral resources with two other gold miners.

The gold resources near Ibogu have not been discovered, but the cost of mining is too high, and several gold miners such as Lekki Mining are reluctant to invest resources in larger-scale exploration, let alone exploit them.

The former Oguta gold mine in Benin was also abandoned by gold miners such as Lekki Mining for this reason.

It's just that who would have imagined that the international gold price would rise four or five times in a row after entering the 21st century?

At this time, Lekki Mining and other gold miners were interested in entering the mining of deep rock gold, and they were forced to stand on the same starting line as Ibogu Mining.

Among the gold resources recently released by Benin, Kanem and other countries, Ibogu Mining has also successfully grabbed three prospecting licenses.

Because of the painful memory of the previous retreat to Africa, Lekki Mining not only gave up the large-scale and expensive mining of deep rock gold mineral resources, but also the mining of shallow rock gold resources in a crude and simple way.

They didn't even invest in a refinery in Kanem.

After the coarse-grained gold with the largest content and can be directly flotated is mined, a large amount of gold-bearing ore, because of the relatively low cost and limited economic value that can be excavated in the early years, is abandoned as tailings on the mine or backfilled into the pit.

The economic value of these gold-bearing ores has been rediscovered after the continued rise in the international gold price.

Since the completion of the construction of the only large-scale refinery in Kanem on the north shore of Lake Conero Lake in the middle of last year, Lekki Mining's two gold mines along the Ogun River have been selling the gold-bearing ore to Ibogu Mining through intermediaries for refining.

However, the scale of Ibogu Mining's own gold mining is expanding rapidly, and the refinery mainly accepts its own gold-bearing ores, and has limited capacity for gold-bearing ores from gold miners such as Lekki Mining.

Kabuja has proposed a US$100 million increase in the second phase of the refinery on the north shore of Lake Conero, but the investment decision will require a long-term supply agreement with gold miners such as Lekki Mining to monopolize the source of gold-bearing ores for gold miners such as Lekki Mining.

Kabuja is advancing these tasks, but Cao Mo did not expect Tianyue to contact the Evans Foundation, the parent company of Lekki Mining, from another dimension.

"Ryan Fortis ......" Cao Mo muttered on the name in a low voice, and he really didn't have any impression of the name and the Fortis Mining Trading Company.

Sturgeon doesn't hide anything about the trust of Ryan Fortis, but it's as Sturgeon says, Ryan Forti

Not only did he have a long mind about the Foster family, he persuaded the Fortis family a year ago to sell the Fortis Mining Trading Company to the Evans Foundation, and he himself took this opportunity to join the Evans Foundation directly.

Was it at his instigation that Badinah Savweiyi returned to Akwa?

"You haven't been able to take this Ryan Fortis until now, ordinary means shouldn't have any effect on him?" Cao Mo asked, looking at Sturgeon.

"He's not personally interested in the shares that Volkov has invested in – not necessarily not, but he's just more cautious than I thought – you can try them again, and you won't have anything to lose. Sturgeon said.

"We can't afford to lose time!" Cao Mo stared into Sturgeon's eyes and asked, "Since Ryan Fortis is a very cautious person, and he has already opened his mouth to me, and he can even hide behind the scenes in a low-key manner, maybe he is really a difficult opponent, but I believe that Avena will not be too difficult, just standing in your position, worried that it will be self-defeating, so it is inconvenient to do anything to her directly, right?"

"......" Sturgeon did not answer Cao Mo's question directly.

"Okay, I know what you want, I'll contact you directly if there's anything!" Cao Mo said.

A speedboat was used to take Sturgeon back to the south shore, where it paddled through the waves and headed for the north shore in the night.

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Back at the lakeside house, the old chiefs Felician and Owema were leading everyone to a bonfire on the beach.

The whole sheep shelf turned slowly on the bonfire, the grease dripped into the fire, and Lily, Sterna, Cheng Xi, Yu Jing, and Wu Ruifang danced the traditional local dance.

Jiaying lacks artistic cells, and she didn't learn these dance moves the last time she went to Kanem, so she simply gave up this time and pulled Cheng Xin to sit by the bonfire and take care of the roast sheep.

Seeing Cao Mo and Xie Sipeng secretly going to see Sturgeon back, Abacha, Yang Deshan, Ojosan, Brahm and others, who had stayed on the north shore to wait for news, greeted them and sat down in front of another bonfire on the beach.

Xie Sipeng told everyone about the talks on behalf of Cao Mo, and said:

"I'll immediately arrange for someone to verify what Sturgeon said, and I'll go straight back to Akva early tomorrow morning, but if it's really as Sturgeon said, the problem will be a bit tricky......"

Yang Deshan, Ojosan, Abacha, Brahm, and the others all frowned, obviously thinking that the Evans Foundation was behind the scenes, and that the situation was even worse than they had previously guessed.

In addition to its strong political and economic penetration into West African countries, the Evans Foundation is not comparable to Tianyue at this time, but more importantly, it was founded by a colonial family and is inextricably linked with the descendants of colonizers living in West African countries.

This is enough to explain why Juan Mantal has been silent before.

Juan Mantar is currently their most important political ally in Akwa.

Xie Sipeng: They can't imagine what a disadvantageous situation it will be for the Evans Foundation to launch Bardinai Savei Jr. to open their mouths to Tianyue, and Juan Mantal to completely fall to the Evann Foundation!

Juan Mantar is an idealist, but for the sake of the descendants of Akwa's colonizers and the spirit of pragmatism, he came out of the prison of the Akwa military junta and promoted the policy of national reconciliation, and actively moved closer to the former dictator and current president of Akwa.

Juan Mantar's initial choice to work with them was in fact entirely motivated by profit.

Xie Sipeng is now completely uncertain that Juan Mantar will continue to be on their side this time, let alone that Juan Mantar has not informed them of some crucial and even fatal information in advance......

"May Mantal is still staying with Avenna in Draculamo, right?" Cao Mo asked.

"Yes, I rushed back to Lonta in the afternoon and contacted Meemantal, and she didn't seem to have any intention of leaving Draculamo for the past two days. Xie Sipeng said.

As a senior vice president of Ibogu Mining, he actually contracted all the other things outside of the production and operation of the Usan mine, which are even more important than the production and operation in African countries such as Akwa, and he also kept in close contact with the Juan Mantal father and daughter at all times.

It is precisely because of this that Juan Mantal did not leak a trace of information in advance, and Xie Sipeng was both dissatisfied and disappointed.

Brahm confirmed with certainty: "Nsanger has a good impression of Miss Mantal, and went to the hotel where they are staying in the afternoon, if it is not bad, he should still be pestering Maye and Avenna at this time!"

Cao Mo pondered for a while, and said to Xie Sipeng: "Don't be in a hurry to return to Akva, no matter how urgent the situation is, it will not be bad for these few days, leave Juan Mantal a few more days, and think about it for him!"

Xie Sipeng had some doubts in his heart, he clearly knew that the Evans Foundation was manipulating all this behind the scenes, and he didn't know why Cao Mo believed that Juan Mantal would choose to be on their side.

Cao Mo could see the doubts in Xie Sipeng's heart, and explained directly: "Sturgeon is a rat thrower, but why is Juan Mantal not? You must know that the influence of the Evans Foundation on the Front for the Promotion of Democracy in Akwa will not stop Juan Mantar alone-Juan Mantar knows about my trip, and he did not stop Maye Mantal from accompanying Avena to Draculamo, which shows that he is still hesitant in his heart......

Xie Sipeng pondered Cao Mo's words and did not make a sound.

"Are you saying that Juan Mantar may not really be willing to cooperate with the Evans Foundation and the Seviyi family, but the influence and penetration of the Evans Foundation on the Front for Democracy is too deep, and the Saviyi family has huge power in Akwa, so he has to remain silent - but Mae Mantar accompanied Avenna to Draculamo, in addition to May's own attitude, to some extent because of Juan Mantar's acquiescence?"

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Cao Mo nodded and said.

"It's such a simple thing, he needs to make it so complicated, why don't you just tell us?" said Abacha, complaining.

"Because he's afraid we're too stupid to hope for, there's an old Chinese saying that 'what is entrusted to you is not a person,'" Cao Mo laughs, "and Sturgeon and Juan Mantal are in a more delicate and dangerous position than we are, so they are more cautious." ”

"Isn't that until we can do anything, Juan Mantar will always be like an old fox hiding in the grass and not making any promises?" asked Abacha.

"Yes!" Cao Mo said, "They need us to act first before we can have further expressions, and our actions can't be small, they also need to be effective—big heads!"

"What moves can we play?" Abacha asked.

"If you think of the Evans Foundation as a whole, it's a bit unbeatable, but the structure of the Evans Foundation is more complex than that of ordinary corporate organizations, which means that its internal personnel relations are also more complex than ordinary institutions - for now, in the Evans Foundation, it is Ryan Fortis who is directly eyeing us and studying us deeply, and it is this person who connects the Seviyi family to the Foster family. Ryan Fortis is hiding behind the scenes, we can't even have direct contact, Sturgeon should have tried to do something to him, but all failed, but if we change our thinking and turn our eyes to Avenna, will things be simpler?" Cao Mo said, "In addition, the Saviyi family can't be monolithic and seamless - Lao Xie, even if you rush back to Akwa, don't rush to Juan Mantal to entangle, but you can think about some people and things related to the members of the Saviyi family first......"

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Not to mention Avenna's arrogant attitude, relying on the close cooperation between Tianyue and the Akwa Democratic Promotion Front in the past two years, Cao Mo hosted a banquet for Meyi Mantal again in Yashu on the lake the next day, and it was natural to invite Avenna and Sturgeon to the sisters and brothers.

After cooking the lobster barbecue feast at noon, at the Texas Hold'em poker game under the lakeside breeze in the afternoon, Cao Mo unabashedly proposed to Avenna:

"Miss Foster has been in Conero for two days, and she is still satisfied with the construction progress and future development prospects of many projects here?

Although the completion of the refinery has been postponed until after March or April next year, this postponement is a comprehensive complement to the refinery.

And among so many projects along Lake Conero, the profitability prospects of Conero cement can be compared with oil refineries.

Not to mention Avenna, Maye Mantal was stunned, and he couldn't figure out Cao Mo's intentions.

Maye Mantar is well acquainted with the many projects along the shores of Lake Conero and the Ibogu mining industry.

After the replacement of Tianyue Industrial in overseas projects, it is now the Conero Lake Industrial Park that holds a 25% stake in the refinery, that is, the Volkov Petrochemical Group.

And how did Cao Mo's personal wholly owned Tianyue Investment, which has a total stake of only 35% in the Conero Lake Industrial Park, persuade the other shareholders of the Conero Lake Industrial Park to agree to give up their shareholding in the refinery?

Obviously, Cao Mo really wants to show favor to Avenna, and he must show enough sincerity to sell this part of the shares.

"Personally?" Avenna didn't expect Cao Mo to be so submissive, and asked with some uncertainty, "How can I personally come up with so much acquisition funds to ......?"

"My offer will definitely not disappoint Miss Foster, I hope to recoup the cost so that I can have an account for other investors - and Miss Foster even if she doesn't have much money, don't worry about anything, I believe that Sturgeon as the senior vice president of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, you will have no problem settling eight or ninety million dollars from Banco Nacional Ultramarino for Miss Foster," Cao Mo said. Even if Miss Foster didn't want to trouble Mr. Sturgeon, and pledged this part of the refinery to any bank at will, wouldn't she be able to repay the money? Of course, if Miss Foster thinks the price is still too high, then let's go on with the cards when I haven't said anything!"

Borrowing 80 or 90 million US dollars from Banco Nacional Ultramarino to acquire 25 percent of the shares of the Volkov Petrochemical Group held by the Conero Lake Industrial Park, with the current price difference between fuel oil and crude oil in Kanem, the refinery only needs to be built, and the corresponding dividend of this part of the stock price is likely to be as high as 40 or 50 million US dollars per year.

What's more important is that the meaning of acquiring this part of the equity with her personally and with the Foster Family Foundation is completely different.

The Foster Family Foundation acquired this part of the equity, and all the proceeds belonged to the family foundation, and even if she had the corresponding inheritance rights in the family foundation, only a small part of it, and even in her lifetime, there was no actual right to dispose of this part of the wealth in her name.

And she personally directly registered an investment company to acquire this part of the equity, which means that she will have an inexhaustible wealth in her later life.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, right?" Avenna asked, closing the cards in her hand.

"Just like I can make a full house of gourds in my hand now, and the cards are not small, but I know that Miss Foster has a straight flush in your hand, why don't I just give up resistance neatly?" Cao Mo spread out the hole cards in his hand and said, "Miss Foster's task is very simple, just convince Ryan Fortis to give up working with Bardinay Smaller. I don't think Ryan Fortis could have facilitated the cooperation between the Evans Foundation and the Seviyi family, and he would not have been able to make much of a profit personally!"

Avenna spread out her hole cards and made a straight flush with the community cards......