Chapter 261: Meeting (1)
Cao Mo's words made Garon Targaryen quite moved, called the assistant over, took the agreement signed by Cao Mo back to the address of the new company, and handed it to other members of the new company's management team to sign together.
Zhou Han really couldn't control the urge to complain in his heart, walked behind Cao Mo, put his hand on his shoulder affectionately, and complained:
"Garon has not inherited the cunning of white Europeans and Americans at all, and he actually asked you to dispel your inner uneasiness in a few words, which is too gullible for you, right?"
Cao Mo reached out and pressed Zhou Han's tender little hand on his shoulder, and said with Brahm, who was sitting next to him, and smiled: "How are you learning Chinese, can you understand Miss Zhou's tricks and poisonous tongues?"
"How does Mr. Cao know that I am secretly learning Chinese?" Brahm said in awkward Chinese, "I didn't even say Abacha or Garon, and I still thought that one day I would practice speaking more smoothly and scare Mr. Cao—but unfortunately the learning time was too short, listening to Miss Zhou's voice was very pleasant, and it was difficult to understand what it meant at such a fast speed." ”
Zhou Han was also taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but was grabbed tighter by Cao Mo.
She also kept her close to Cao Mo, but she was still secretly shocked in her heart: she really didn't notice that Brahm, who had no Chinese education background at all, spoke Chinese quite well, how could Cao Mo's grandson detect this?
"Miss Zhou has been a lot more proud of me recently, and many things have become familiar, otherwise she can see that your Chinese is very good," Cao Mo didn't intend to say how he could see that Brahm was learning Chinese, and pulled Zhou Han to sit on the sofa close to him, and casually put his hand on her plump and slender thighs, and said with emotion, "Lucy, Kabuja, Wendiscaf, Duganjie, Neither of them had time for formal Chinese education, but they just took some time out to listen to some lessons in one of our in-house Chinese classes, but they were almost able to listen and speak—I found that in West Africa, your locals' language talent is really enviable, and it was really difficult for me to learn English and Yoruba......
Seeing Brahm's efforts to communicate with Cao Mo in stumbling Chinese, Zhou Han could see that he had no other intentions in learning Chinese, mainly to understand Chinese culture better, and even hoped to get closer to Cao Mo through this.
This made Zhou Han secretly surprised, and he forgot to remove Cao Mo's hand from his thigh.
Rupert's family was involved in the formation of Sika Idet Power Grid Company in the early days, and she knew very well that Brahm's initial contact with Cao Mo was very limited, and it was only in the formation of Sanchez and Blue Star Rental Company that the contact between them became closer, but it was only half a year after the full battle.
When did Brahm feel that Cao Mo was worth his effort to please and get close?
Could it be that Cao Mo's personal charm and affinity are really so strong, no matter who he is, he will be infected by his human charm?
Otherwise, a lot of things are really hard to explain.
Although Zhou Han subconsciously thought that Cao Mo should not easily hand over the newly established Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company to Gallon Targaryen and several descendants of the Akwa colonists who had not yet met a few times, it was too risky to do so, but when he calmed down, it seemed that there was never a trust problem between Cao Mo and the local management he had appointed.
Not to mention the core gold mines and cement factories in Cao Mo's hands, even if it is Conero Energy and Conero Lake Industrial Park Co., Ltd., in which Dongsheng is a shareholder, in addition to using Yang Deshan to preside over the daily work, other management positions are basically filled by local management and technical talents.
Whether it is the development of gold mines, or the construction and operation of cement plants, as well as the development of Conero Energy and Conero Lake Industrial Park, there have been no internal problems that hinder development - Sika Idet Power Grid Company has had a crisis on the VAM agreement, but the Oppenheimer family has not succeeded in attracting the support of the Bray family and the Rupert family, and it was easily resolved by Cao Mo with a tough attitude, and Zhou Han did not know this.
In the eyes of Lu Yan and Huang Hebin, this is almost impossible to happen.
This also made them unwilling to believe Guo Jian's speculation, and they had always believed that Cao Mo was a vassal of the Felician family, the Sika family, and Shen Ji.
Even if they experienced danger at the border of Akwa this time, they could see that the more than ten bodyguards accompanying Cao Mo and them had exceeded the level of an ordinary security company in terms of equipment, training, and handling of dangerous situations, but Lu Yan and even Liang Yuan were more inclined to think that Abacha was the one who secretly colluded with the Tubman family.
But it's not that Lu Yan and Liang Yuan are unwilling to face the cruel and even mocking fact that Cao Mo is the mastermind behind the scenes, but the more experienced people are, the clearer they know in their hearts, people's hearts are complex, and the problem of trust between people is the most difficult problem to solve.
Cao Mo is so young, he is isolated in the West African continent, and there is no one around him to help him at the beginning, not to mention that as the core, leading a group of locals to do this business, even if it is integrated into the locals, it is quite difficult!
To be honest, Zhou Han can also recognize that this is a blind spot in her thinking.
Even though she is by Cao Mo's side these days and sees a lot of things in her eyes, the awkwardness in her thinking has not yet been reversed.
Unless, as Cao Mo's people around him secretly circulate, he really has the ability to perceive people's hearts, and at the beginning of contact with all his collaborators, he has already seen everything in each other's hearts?
Thinking that he had just approached Lu Yan to Draculamore, he was almost immediately peeped through by Cao Mo, and the hairs on Zhou Han's back stood up in fright.
Cao Mo glanced at Zhou Han and did not say anything, but continued to discuss the matter of the Front for the Promotion of Democracy with Brahm and Garon, and he will also formally meet with Juan Mantal and other high-level leaders of the Front for the Promotion of Democracy later.
Galleon's main focus is still on the formation of mining investment and trading companies, and strive to open up the upstream coal and iron supply chain as soon as possible, but in order to make the card of the Democratic Promotion Front play a better role in the coming changes, Brahm needs to put more energy into it.
As vice chairman of the Gulf of Guinea shipping company and chairman of the new mining investment and trading company, Brahm has been in close contact with Juan Mantal and others these days, and in addition to the two or three hundred thousand dollars of financial support that has been thrown out in the early stage, he has also helped to advise on the development of the Front for Democracy.
Brahm can be said to have won the friendship of Juan Mantar and others, saying:
"When I met with Juan Mantar yesterday about the details of today's meeting, he asked him to want me and Targaryen to join the Front for Democracy directly – and I haven't given him a clear answer to him about it, and he came over today
I should mention this as a visit, and maybe invite you to join the Front for the Promotion of Democracy as a foreign member. ”
"I'll forget it, but there's nothing wrong with you and Garon joining the Front for Democracy. Even if Hubbonia comes to power in a military coup and adopts a harsher policy of repression against the descendants of the colonists, the worst outcome would be the expulsion of you and the shipping company from Akva, which is not unbearable," Cao Mo looked at his watch and continued with Brahm and Garon, "and if Juan Mantar sincerely invites you to join the Front for Democracy, you should seize the opportunity to push them to resolve some of the most critical and sensitive issues. ”
Cao Mo supported Brahm and Garon to directly join the Democratic Promotion Front in their personal names, in addition to their identity as descendants of British colonists, they would not be rejected by the members of the Democratic Promotion Force, and they could better provide funding, but the main reason was that he and Shen Ji analyzed and found that the Democratic Promotion Front had just been established a little more than a year ago, and it was far from being a mature political party faction, and there were many problems, which required him to directly intervene in it.
As a well-known scholar and social activist, Juan Mantar has a good reputation in Akwa and West Africa, but when it comes to the organizational ability of political parties, he is somewhat unsatisfactory, and even some within the Front pour la démocratie (FDD) consider him to be weak.
In addition to its weak internal organization, cohesion, and ability to plan activities, the Front for the Promotion of Democracy (FDD) has a vague political program even after its establishment, and there are even some extremist voices of white Western supremacy who are trying to restore colonial rule in Akwa.
These problems cannot be completely solved by simply providing financial support and a little external interference, but some of them are very serious, and even seriously interfere with Cao Mo's follow-up plans.
Cao Mo pondered for a while, turned his head sideways and said to Zhou Han: "You call Xie Sipeng, and say that Juan Mantar, chairman of the Front for the Promotion of Democracy, will come to visit me in an hour and ask him if he has time to come and sit down!"
Cao Mo did not hide Xie Sipeng's actions and intentions such as acquiring the Gulf of Guinea Shipping Company and funding the Front for the Promotion of Democracy.
Cao Mo felt that Lu Yan, Huang Hebin and others could also see through this.
However, these actions of his are all on the bright side, which can be said to be a conspiracy, and he is not afraid of what Lu Yan and Huang Hebin can destroy if they hold back the bad water in their stomachs.
As for Xie Sipeng, in the past month or so, Cao Mo has even actively promoted him as a representative of Chinese businessmen in Akwa, accompanied Brahm and Garon Targarion, and had several contacts with Juan Mantar and other high-level leaders of the Front for the Promotion of Democracy.
Xie Sipeng didn't dare to bet real money for the time being, but Cao Mo was sure that he still had intentions for the political changes that could come to Akwa at any time.
Even if he is not optimistic about the Democratic Promotion Front, what better option can he have now than to keep in line with this side and bet his chips on the Democratic Promotion Front?
When it comes to the operation of mature political parties and their rigorous organizational capabilities, the democratic parties in Western society are a little lacking, and Cao Mo believes that Xie Sipeng can give Brahm and Juan Mantal a lot of ideas in this regard.
Cao Mo felt the need to bring Xie Sipeng over for his first official meeting with Juan Mantal......