(In the new July, the brothers have a guaranteed monthly ticket in their hands to vote...... ）

The next day, Cao Mo personally joined Shen Ji, Juan Mantar and officials of the Chinese Embassy in Azerbaijan, and accompanied Zhang Chaoyang and his entourage to visit Drake, Mamba, Kruno and other areas.

Drake, Mamba, and Kruno are the major energy and mineral mining centers in Akwa, and the gold, oil, coal, iron and other resources mined in the three places have contributed nearly $20 billion in foreign exchange to Akwa in six years before the economic blockade of Akwa has been completely lifted by Western society.

Akwa's economic policy has been liberalized, and more than seventy percent of the first batch of foreign investment pilot projects are concentrated in these three regions, among which Kruno, which is known for its rich oil production, has undertaken the highest amount of investment, and the Royal Offshore Oil Group has won three oil exploration and technological transformation projects in Kruno, with a total investment of up to 2 billion US dollars.

West African oil, which has been supplied mainly to Western European refineries since the forties, has been interrupted by war for a short time, and the route is relatively close, and the cost of transportation has little impact on oil prices, even if there are not a few deep-water ports that can accommodate supertankers.

Two thousand years ago, the vast majority of iron and steel enterprises in Western Europe had already declined, and the emerging super-large steel enterprises were mainly concentrated in China, which made the iron ore resources in the Mangba area have not received much attention in the economic policy liberalization of Akwa.

However, iron ore giants such as Rio Tinto in the United Kingdom, BHP Billiton in Australia, and Vale in Brazil have also sent inspection teams to Akwa before, but the real ambition of these iron ore giants is to monopolize more iron ore resources in the world at a low price, so as to control the entire iron ore trade, but they may not really want to invest in Mangba iron ore on a large scale.

The authorities in Akwa are more or less aware of this.

At present, the international commodity market is booming, and they urgently need to introduce new investment to increase the development of domestic energy and mineral resources in exchange for more wealth.

Akwa has been semi-closed for a long time, but it is still clear about the latest trends in the global steel industry, so it also gave a great warm welcome to Zhang Chaoyang and his party.

Objectively speaking, Shen Ji dared to follow Cao Mo to bet heavily on Drake, and also saw the line of Kruno, Mamba, Drake and Pemei, as the economic lifeline of Akwa, not only will more and more European and American energy and mining giants bet heavily in the future, but people at all levels in Akwa also have a more sober understanding of this.

As a result, even in the event of unexpected political turmoil in Akwa, more people and interest groups are trying to find ways to affect this economic lifeline as little as possible.

Zhang Chaoyang and his entourage inspected Akwa for seven days, and then Cao Mo and Shen Ji personally accompanied them back to Kanem to visit the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, which has an annual output of 400,000 tons of crude steel, the real destination of this business trip.

With an office in Draculamo's marketing department, the new steel union has a considerable degree of knowledge of the Catro steel plant and the consumer demand for steel in West Africa, and has even talked to the Catllow steel plant about project investment before.

However, the Oyo state government had previously wanted to tie up the Catro steel plant with the Boso iron ore mine in the east to attract new investment, which deterred all investors.

The low grade of the Boesso iron ore and the relatively high cost of refining are only one part, but more importantly, there is no cheap rail or water connection between the Boesso iron ore mine and the Catelo steel plant.

Millions of tonnes of iron ore are currently transported to the Catelo steel plant every year via the worst roads, which is costly.

Coupled with backward technology and equipment, it is difficult for Catelo Steel Plant to maintain its operation in Kanem, where there is a huge gap in steel demand and high prices.

Due to the limited production capacity of the Catelo Iron Works, the cost of building a separate railway between the Catelo Iron Works and the Boesau Iron Mine was too high for any investor to undertake it.

On the one hand, the Catro Iron and Steel Plant is really difficult to maintain, and on the other hand, Cao Mo and Abacha are secretly promoting, and the Oyo State Government is currently planning to close down the Boso Iron Mine, which is like a black hole that eats away profits, so that the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant can be untied from it, and can bring in external investment alone to revitalize the enterprise.

In this way, as long as the Catro steel plant is upgraded to a certain degree and an ore terminal is built in the middle reaches of the Ogun River, high-grade iron ore can be transported from Mangba in Akwa at a low cost for smelting, and the profit expectation is guaranteed.

Pulling Zhang Chaoyang to Kanem to investigate, in fact, it was Dongsheng's influence that was used, and Shen Ji had reported to Ding Zhaoqiang in advance - Dongsheng was also a shareholder of Xinganglian, and Ding Zhaoqiang of course also learned about the specific situation of the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant before allowing Shen Ji to come forward to promote this matter.

After the end of the Cartero inspection, when he returned to Draculamo to take a plane back to China, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin, who had returned to Canem to preside over the construction of the Taihua Industrial Park and Lake Conero for less than a month, hosted a banquet at the Lana Dere Beach Hotel, and Cao Mo and Shen Ji were also rare among the invited guests.

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The Lana Dere Beach Casino has been closed for more than three months, and even the hotel side is deserted, and the hotel's private beach is sparsely populated at this time - the huge sunset hangs on the sea, there is no wind, and the rhythmic undulating water gives people a static and frozen feeling, as if the huge dark green gem is inlaid between heaven and earth.

"Stari escaped into the Lana Dere Hotel after injuring Baha in the parking lot, and we escaped through the iron fence......"

At today's dinner, Lu Yan and Huang Hebin invited a lot of representatives of Chinese businessmen, Cao Mo likes to be quiet, he stood on the beach, and with Tubman, Abacha, and Brahm, they recalled the time when he and Stari escaped from the Brotherhood of Steel from the Lana Dere Hotel.

Who would have imagined that in just two years, the Brotherhood of Steel and the Gidam family, which were once rampant in Draculamo, have disappeared?

Little Tubman sent his two sons to the Oguta estate in Benin and handed them over to his mother's care, and he accompanied the expedition these days, and the devastated depression quickly recovered, but this is also in line with his character, with a cigar in his hand, admiring the bikini girls on the beach.

Cao Mo, Abacha, and Brahm all have common hobbies, and they can't help but comment on it when they talk and laugh, and they all feel that after the casino is closed, the business of the hotel has been greatly affected, and even the bikini girls on the beach have dropped several levels in terms of quantity and quality, which is very regrettable, and I miss the situation when the casino was booming.

Of course, as far as the beach casino is concerned, the property still belongs to the Lu family, which was leased to Yim Zhicheng at the time, and is currently the franchise license of the casino, which was cancelled by the Draculamo Municipality for violent and economic crimes involving the Brotherhood of Steelfist

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Brahm did not accompany Zhang Chaoyang and his entourage to visit and inspect the whole process, he returned to Draculamo in advance to help Cao Mo coordinate the transfer of equity, and today is also the first time he has met with Cao Mo and Shen Ji in this time.

The Brotherhood of Steel and the Gidam family, as the most stubborn forces left over from the former military junta, were completely destroyed this time, and the families of the descendants of colonists such as Rupert and Oppenheimer, who had been targeted, were the most pleasing to hear, and they all contributed more or less behind the scenes.

The descendants of the colonizers, thanks to their close relationship with Western society through the accumulation of the past, have recovered quickly in the economic field of Kanem in recent years, and are now becoming active in the field of investment, even if more people only play the role of threading the needle.

Of course, for most investors and investment institutions, they still prefer targets with low risk and stable returns.

Compared with Conero Cement, Conero Energy's business profit model is clearer and the prospects are clearer.

Cao Mo originally wanted to sell his 30% stake in Conero Energy to Dracula Power Group, and then transfer a small part of Conero Cement's shares to raise some funds, but after Brahm's communication in the past half a month, many investors are more interested in Conero Energy's equity, and they are still worried that Kanem's finished cement market is too volatile.

In addition, there are some people who are interested in Cao Mo's stake in Sanchez and Blue Star Rental Company.

This is what Brahm and the Oppenheimer family plan to put into the portfolio of listed companies.

Sanchez and Bluestar Rental Company not only occupy 45% of Draculamo's motorcycle passenger transport market, but also have public channels for asset securitization once packaged into a listed company, which is favored by Draculamo's emerging capital market.

Unfortunately, Cao Mo's stake in Sanchez and Bluestar Leasing is very limited, only a little more than 6%, and it was agreed that he would have the right of first refusal.

Brahm still suggested that Cao Mo sell his stake in Sanchez and Bluestar, and that if the deal goes through, the Rupert family's value of about 15% of Sanchez and Bluestar Rental would have a benchmark for mortgage financing from financial institutions.

It is difficult for Cao Mo to get the support of financial institutions in Kanem now, but the Rupert family still has some channels.

Although Cao Mo promised to reserve the investment rights of the Igubo Gold Mining Group for the Rupert family within two years, which was actually an investment option, Brahm had been running around Akwa for the past four or five months, and at the same time he had learned about the possibility of a super-large copper-gold mine on the east bank of the Usan River.

Brahm advocated a concerted effort to increase investment in Drake, so that the copper-gold mining of the Usan River began to take shape, so that the underground treasures on the east bank of the Usan River could be revealed more quickly and fully.

Brahm suggested that Cao Mo sell his stake in Sanchez and Blue Star Leasing Company, so that together with the funds pledged by the Rupert family, he could raise an additional $20 million for the development of the Usan copper-gold mine.

"So it seems that I also want to smash the pot and sell iron, and fight in Drake?" Shen Ji asked with a smile.

Now that Cao Mo has opened an investment gap for Yibogu Gold Mining Group and Conero Cement Group to accept capital injection from core partners, Shen Ji is still a little wavering, after all, he can only raise about 10 million US dollars in his hands now.

The current net asset value of the Ibogu Gold Mining Group is calculated at 150 million US dollars, and this time it plans to raise 150 million US dollars, and Cao Mo can only raise 60 to 80 million US dollars in a short period of time, and the remaining shortfall is decided to be opened to Shen Ji, Yang Deshan, Rupert family, Blake family, Felician and Sika family.

The Rupert family is willing to invest more money in, and Cao Mo certainly welcomes it, and the 5% share investment right promised before is mainly to give them a minimum investment share guarantee.

Cao Mo also talked in detail with Blake, Ojosan, Abacha and Yang Deshan on this trip, and everyone had high hopes for the copper-gold mine in the Wusan River.

After this equity adjustment, Yang Deshan will not be able to come up with too much capital to follow-up investment, and the equity will be diluted to 2 percent; the Felician family's stake in the Ibogu Gold Mining Group will be controlled to 8 percent; the shares of the Abacha and Sika families will be increased to 6 percent; the Blake family will give nine million US dollars in exchange for 3 percent of the shares; and the 3 percent stake and options of the management will be retained; while the Brahm and Rupert families will conservatively take 5 percent of the shares, Shen Ji will take 3 percent of the shares, and Cao Mo wants to guarantee the remaining 70 percent Individuals need to come up with $90 million in cash, and the funding gap is relatively large.

Cao Mo actually has a sum of up to 30 million US dollars in cash, but this fund is currently temporarily lent to the Guinea Bay Mining Investment and Trading Company to ensure the smooth implementation of its coal and iron trade cooperation with the Akwa National Petroleum and Mining Group.

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After the dinner began, Cao Mo walked to the open-air restaurant with Shen Ji, Brahm, Little Tubman, and Abacha.

Lu Yan, Huang Hebin and others were enthusiastically pulling Zhang Chaoyang and the officials of the consulate to talk about something, and many representatives of Chinese businessmen who were wandering in Draculamo were also sitting or standing next to them to chat.

After the Lu family returned to Draculamo, they were working closely with the Oppenheimer family according to the negotiated agreement.

NSanger, on behalf of the Oppenheimer family, was very close to Lu Yan and Huang Hebin during this time, and was sitting next to Lu Yan and Huang Hebin talking and laughing at this time.

Nsange beckoned Cao Mo to come over, and asked with a smile: "Where are you hiding, why haven't you seen you for half a day?"

"We went to the beach to see the bikini girls, but after the casino closed, it was a lot more depressed," Cao Mo said, pulling a chair and sitting down next to Nsanger, "What are you talking about?

"It's still too early for Xintaihua to open for business, so why do you have to prepare for a year after the main body is completed," Seeing that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin had no intention of taking Cao Mo's words, Ensange said with a smile, "As for what we are talking about? Mr. Lu Zheng said that the Catro Iron and Steel Plant will be a very wise investment choice." ”

"Oh, I thought that Lu Shao was going to dismantle our stage by carefully organizing this dinner, it seems that it is still my villain's heart!" Cao Mofeng smiled lightly.

Lu Yan's face was a little gloomy, he knew very well in his heart that Cao Mo and Shen Ji were defenseless and allowed them to contact Zhang Chaoyang and his party, in fact, they knew very well what their mentality was, at least this time they were sure that they would not dismantle the stage, so they didn't focus on here, and pretended to be generous and walked aside to talk about other things.

Cao Mo knew everything in his heart, but he still said it on purpose, how could Lu Yan be happy in his heart?

Shen Ji sat down beside Zhang Chaoyang with a smile and asked, "Does Mr. Zhang feel Draculamo's enthusiasm now, I didn't expect that so many Chinese-funded enterprises have come to West Africa, right?

The beach casino is closed for some reason, otherwise it would be even more lively today, and we would have had a place to spend tonight!"

Shen Ji and Zhang Chaoyang's personal relationship has always been good, and these days with the inspection, Cao Mo and Zhang Chaoyang's entourage are familiar to everyone.

There is no entertainment and leisure occasion all the way, and after the formal inspection work and reception banquet, everyone returns to the hotel to drink and play cards, which is very easy to shorten the distance between each other.

Zhang Chaoyang bent over and looked at Cao Mo on the other side: "Lu Shao just said about the beach casino, but he didn't praise your card skills, why did you lose money to us these days?"

"As long as Lu Shao is present, the feng shui in front of my card table is very prosperous, and it sounds strange!" Cao Mo said with a smile, "Do you want us to have dinner and play two more?"

"......" Lu Yan couldn't listen to Cao Mo's words well, but he could endure it - he didn't take Cao Mo's words, but said to Zhang Chaoyang with a smile, "Mr. Zhang must be interested, and he will play an entertainment game later!"

Many people next to me heard that they were going to organize cards at night, and they immediately happily came over to chat.

Cao Mo has been in and out of the Lana Dere Beach casino a limited number of times, but the gamble with Lu Yan is still legendary, and with his undefeated deeds in the past, he is much more famous than the things he really did.

Hearing that Cao Mo actually lost money to Zhang Chaoyang, several people were curious about how much he had lost.

"I haven't been lucky these days, and I have to lose hundreds of dollars to Mr. Zhang and Mr. Shen. Cao Mo said.

For the vast majority of Chinese businessmen in Draculamo, gambling is the main form of entertainment, and the difference lies in the small gambling pleasure or the big gambling loser - Cao Mo is fine in Drake, and he pulls Xiao Jun every now and then to play two cards, but they will be controlled at about 100 dollars when they come and go;

"You're hooking Mr. Zhang!" Xie Sipeng didn't participate in the follow-up trip, but he still rushed back to Draculamo today to give Zhang Chaoyang a trip, and heard Cao Mo say that he only lost a few hundred dollars in half a month, and immediately exposed his "intentions".

Huang Hebin still wanted to try his best to ease the tension with Cao Mo, and said with a smile: "I also think that Mr. Cao should take advantage of Mr. Zhang's carelessness and win a big one tonight!"

Waiting for the officials of the consulate to come over, the dinner officially began.

At the dinner, it was inevitable that the Catelo steel plant project would be discussed, and Zhang Chaoyang wanted to know more about the opinions of the Chinese businessmen in Draculamo, and the opinion of the consulate was even more important.

Huang Hebin and Lu Yan really had no intention of demolishing the stage this time, and they talked about their many views on the project, which were basically positive.

Of course, Cao Mo was very clear about their thoughts.

When Shen Ji accompanied Zhang Chaoyang to Draculamo, he stayed in Draculamo for a day, and met with the consulate and officials of China Civil Construction.

Therefore, they are not worried that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin will dismantle the stage.

The main reason is that the Chinese businessmen in Kanem are too weak and need to huddle together to keep warm, so that they can face the political changes in Kanem more easily.

Xingang Lianneng took over the Catro Iron and Steel Plant project, and then developed more high-quality steel processing projects around the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, and even invested heavily in the Mangba Iron Mine, which can greatly strengthen the influence of Chinese Commercial Capital in West Africa.

How could Taihua refuse to allow such a situation to arise?

Again, Taihua's influence on the new steel union is equal to Dongsheng, both sides hold 4-5% of the shares of the new steel union, and Cao Mo's influence on the new steel union is still separated by two layers, which is much smaller.

If the new steel union really can win the Katero steel plant project, Lu Yan's interaction with the new steel union in Kanem is stronger than him, what reason does Taihua have to oppose the new steel union to enter Kanem?

Cao Mo thought that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin had no grievances in their hearts, even if they would not dismantle the stage, they would not say anything publicly, but they didn't expect that Lu Yan and Huang Hebin still organized this dinner and publicly expressed their attitude.

Cao Mo didn't know if this was decided by Lu Jianchao or Lu Jiancheng, but it all showed that the Lu family could bend and stretch, which was more difficult than imagined.

Of course, this matter is also very beneficial to Cao Mo and them.

Dongsheng and Taihua together only hold 9% of the shares of Xinganglian, which may not have much impact on the fundamental decision-making of Xinganglian, but I believe that there will be no more resistance to make a statement on a project of such scale as Catelo Iron and Steel Plant, and it can even be said that it is a foregone conclusion.

Zhang Chaoyang's attitude at this time was also completely relaxed, his tone was not as tight as a few days ago, and he asked Cao Mo at the dinner table:

"If Xinganglian finally makes a decision to invest in the Catelo steel plant project, I will also recommend that the board of directors inject capital into the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company and the Mining Investment Company.

Xinganglian's investment in the Catro Iron and Steel Plant project will inevitably require the purchase of iron ore from the Mangba Iron Mine in order to ensure a clear profit prospect, and the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company and the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company actually control the upstream raw material supply of the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant Project.

Xinganglian does not expect to fully control the supply of upstream raw materials, but it is also expected to inject capital to hold a certain amount of shares to ensure that it has a certain influence in the raw material supply channels, so that the whole project is more secure.

Cao Mo spread his hands and said that there was no problem at all.

He couldn't welcome it, how could he refuse?

With the new steel union's capital injection, he can withdraw his part of the funds that are occupied by the Gulf of Guinea mining investment and trade to speed up the construction of the Usan copper-gold mine.

This scene made Lu Yan even more depressed.

Cao Mo recruited Brahm to invest in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company, and at that time, he still considered the identity of Gallon Tangrian, so as to cut into the situation in Akwa as quickly as possible, get closer to the Front for the Promotion of Democracy, and also take over the 30,000-ton ore ship in Xie Sipeng's hand.

After crushing the coup plot of Ufu Bonia, the establishment of the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company and the acquisition of a total of millions of tons of coal and iron supply contracts from Akwa were the most direct rewards for Cao Mo's intervention in the political situation in Akwa.

Cao Mo and Shen Ji recruited Xingang to invest in the Catro Iron and Steel Plant project, which is nothing more than thinking that the coal and iron obtained from Akwa will be continuously supplied to the Catro Iron and Steel Plant to cash in stable income.

The Oppenheimer family is also involved in the investment of these two companies, and Lu Yan learned more details from Nsanger, but in the face of such a reality, they still want to promote the investment of the new steel union in the Catelo steel plant project as much as possible, how can he feel good?