The streets of Draculamo in September are hot, chaotic and dirty, the air is filled with the pungent smell of acid and rot, and I don't know where there is a leak, but the pedestrians in the streets and alleys are hurrying, and no one is paying attention.

Sturgeon likes to wander the streets of Draculamo in the afternoon after the rain, when it is a little cooler, looking for the beauty he can appreciate from the messy streets, and occasionally pressing the shutter to capture the scene that he thought touched people's hearts.

Sturgeon prefers to be a senior photojournalist for the European Times compared to a senior vice president at Banco Nacional Ultramarino, with a camera around his neck, making him feel more integrated into the world and no longer feel out of place.

"Hello, Mr. Foster!"

Sturgeon was shocked to hear someone shouting in the distance, and turned back in surprise, only to see a sturdy young Yoruba in a suit walking towards him diagonally across the street and shouting at him.

The face of the Yoruba youth in front of him felt unfamiliar, and Sturgeon looked at him in confusion, wondering if he had found the wrong person, or if he had just heard a problem, and the Yoruba youth who walked through the street did not call him.

"Hello, Mr. Foster, I'm Mr. Cao Senior Assistant Parry Tedosarouo, Mr. Cao would like to invite Mr. Foster to talk, Mr. Cao is across the street, I won't delay you for too long, Mr. Foster. Parry said.

"Did you recognize the wrong person, I don't know Mr. Cao, and I don't want to see Mr. Cao. At this time, Sturgeon saw several Chevrolet off-road vehicles parked at the entrance of the alley opposite Syria, and her heart was slightly frightened, and her pupils contracted slightly.

Even if he was white, it was not uncommon for a few white faces to be kidnapped in the chaotic streets of Draculamo — a country where gangsters dared to kidnap hundreds of employees of American oil companies for ransom, and Sturgeon didn't feel that his white identity could give him much security in a country.

"Mr. Foster, distinguished Senior Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, how could we have mistaken you? Mr. Foster, if you think we have any bad intentions, you can wait for the two personal bodyguards who are three hundred meters away from you to whistle at the Yoruba girl in the street, and then ask you to meet Mr. Cao. Parry said.

"No need, I can go see Mr. Cao now. Sturgeon said in what he thought was standard Chinese.

Although he had never seen Parry, and the appearance of the Yoruba people was not much different in the pictures, he had the impression that several Yoruba people in high-ranking positions around Cao Mo could speak Chinese.

"Mr. Foster, your Chinese level is actually a little more lame than what is written in the materials. Parry pointed out unceremoniously in Chinese.

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Compared to the hot streets, the air conditioning in the off-road compartment is comfortable.

Sturgeon sat in the spacious seven-seater carriage, and saw Cao Mo, who was so young that he was envied, sitting in the last row with black hair and black eyes, wearing a white shirt, and looking at him very calmly;

In addition to the vacant seat left for him in the second carriage, there was also a tall bodyguard sitting with a fierce gaze on him, as if he would pounce on him like a mighty lion if he made a rash move.

In front of the driver, the deputy chairman of the Lonta City Council, the Oyo State Councillor, Abacha, was looking at him with interest through the rearview mirror, with a faint arrogance of examining his prey.

This made Sturgeon feel a little unhappy in her heart, and secretly speculated about when she was targeted by Cao Mo.

At this time, Sturgeon's two bodyguards noticed the anomaly and rushed towards this side, Sturgeon cursed twice in his stomach, opened the window and told them to wait on the side of the street.

"I invited Mr. Sturgeon to come over for a talk, not because of Mr. Foster's status as a photojournalist for the European Times, but because I want to work with you and secretly obey your orders with Banco Nacional Ultramarino and Volkov Investment Co., ......Ltd." Cao Mo looked at the blonde young man in front of him, who was not a few years older than him, and it was hard to imagine that he would be a crocodile lurking in the depths of the swamp, ready to pounce and tear the delicious predator to shreds.

"Mr. Cao is really well-informed, I usually don't like to meet people as a senior vice president of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, and I thought that few people in the whole Draculamo knew my true identity, it seems that I still underestimated you, Mr. Cao. Sturgeon thought to himself about the old Chinese saying "If you come, you will be safe", she sat in the car and calmly looked at the young Chinese who were a few years younger than him, with a jealously handsome, and there was nothing else to see in the talent, it was hard to imagine that he had created a mining empire in West Africa in such a short time.

"Dracula is too chaotic and lawless, and no matter how ill-informed he is, it's hard to say when he will be secretly underground," Cao Mo saw that Sturgeon could be so calm, and thought that he was really not a simple character, so he didn't pave anything anymore, and asked directly, "I don't know what you think of the next cooperation between our two families, Mr. Foster?"

"Since you all know that I am the senior vice president of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, and the Furkov Investment Company is also a secret investment of me, and I have more shares than the Oppenheimer family, then we are already working together?" Sturgeon's eyes contracted, and the meaning of Cao Mo's words made him frightened, but he still said ambiguously.

"Mr. Foster said that Conero Energy and the Atlantic Union Oil Trading Company - I think in Mr. Foster's eyes, this is not a cooperation at all," Cao Mo said pretentiously, "Conero Energy does want to continue to cooperate with Mr. Foster, but now I hope that Mr. Foster can break off the secret agreement with Huamao and join forces with us to take over the ...... of the Taihua Group."

Sturgeon's brown pupils shrank suddenly.

Cao Mo was able to recognize his identity, and he was not particularly surprised.

Cao Mo was able to get to this point, obviously because he was patient and careful enough, and there was definitely no shortage of manpower in Draculamo, and Sturgeon didn't think he might not show any flaws for a long time.

However, few people knew the details of the agreement he reached with Han Shaorong secretly, how could Cao Mo know all this?

Is it purely speculation, that's too strong, isn't it?

"Mr. Foster doesn't need to be confused, I have worked with the Ensanger and Oppenheimer families for a long time, and I have long known their strength and heritage. Ever since the moment Volkov invested in the acquisition of the Atlantic Union Oil Trading Company, I knew that there must be people like Mr. Foster behind the Oppenheimer family, and I have been silently watching Mr. Foster," Cao Mo pretended to be profound, "Although Mr. Foster of the new Taihua refinery, you don't care whether the Conero Marina New City is a trap or not, but the Cornello Marina New City is indeed a trap we have set for the Taihua Group, intending to consume their limited cash reserves- We also expected that Han Shaorong and Mr. Foster would be tempted to attack the Taihua Group. Mr. Foster, you have been silently observing all this for the past few years, and you must have known very well about our grievances with the Taihua Group—am I going to say this, Mr. Foster is still surprised by my invitation today?"

"Niz Oppenheimer did not hesitate to praise you, saying that Mr. Cao, you are a very powerful person, it seems that he still underestimated you, Mr. Cao,"

Sturgeon wouldn't fully believe Cao Mo's words, but she was still shocked in her heart, and the thought that she had been under Cao Mo's surveillance from beginning to end filled her heart with an indescribable sense of frustration.

However, Sturgeon is not an easy person to succumb to, and said with emotion,

"However, since Mr. Cao guessed that we had reached a cooperation agreement with Mr. Han, why did he think that we might tear up the agreement with Mr. Han and turn around to cooperate with you?

"With such an important cooperation, it is impossible for Mr. Foster not to send someone to China to investigate Han Shaorong and Huamao Capital, but presumably after the investigation, he will also feel that the cooperation with Han Shaorong and Huamao is really unsettling, right?" Cao Mo said, "In addition, I don't think that breaking off cooperation with a person who is untrustworthy is nothing to say - as for the benefits of cooperating with us, I think Mr. Foster knows better than anyone else in your heart, and you don't need me to explain it one by one, right?"

"......," Sturgeon was silent.

Cao Mo didn't want to give Sturgeon too much time to think, and said: "I want me to take over the construction of Conero Marina New Town, and Volkov will invest in taking over the follow-up construction of the new Taihua refinery, and kicking Lu Jiancheng, Lu Jianchao and Han Shaorong out of the game is something that can benefit both you and me the most." ”

"How can I trust your sincerity?" Sturgeon asked.

"When the Brotherhood of Steel Fist besieged the Taihua Industrial Park, I did not sit idly by, let alone fall into the trap, and even sacrificed the interests of my hands to avoid making the situation out of control—Mr. Foster, you should have understood from that moment on up to you where my sincerity was in flying back to Kanem to find your cooperation. Cao Mo said.

"......" Sturgeon fell silent again.

If he abandons other ideas and thoughts, he personally appreciates Cao Mo's style of doing things.

Compared with the huge and chaotic Draculamo, the Conero Lake Industrial Park on the northwest shore of Lake Conero is by no means large, but it has unimaginable prosperity and miraculous construction and development speed.

And this speed of development runs through the almost miraculous rise of Tianyue, and is also being more fully demonstrated on the banks of the Usan River in Drake.

Of course, he has reason to believe that Cao Mo's takeover of Conero Binhai New City will develop more steadily and rapidly, and the development of the new Taihua refinery and the Conero Lake Port Area will definitely benefit from all the disadvantages.

It must be said that there is a downside, that is, it will make Tianyue's roots in Kanem and West Africa stronger, so strong that it is difficult to shake with Banco Nacional Ultramarino alone.

"Why, it's all come to this, Mr. Foster, you still don't give up on the Usan River copper-gold mine, and you can't forget it?" Cao Mo stared at Sturgeon with sharp eyes and asked, "If the Foster family can follow your advice, I may still have some scruples, but it's a pity that old Foster is stubborn and conservative, not to mention that he doesn't want to get involved in Africa anymore, and even wants to withdraw the family business from the increasingly chaotic European continent and shrink back to the British Peninsula." ”

Sturgeon was slightly startled, narrowed her eyes like poisonous snakes, and said, "Mr. Cao, you have really done a very meticulous job......

"I always prefer to work with familiar and intelligent people, I wonder what Mr. Foster's preference is?" Cao Mo asked, staring at Sturgeon.

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International crude oil prices have plummeted, and the securities market, which has affected Draculamo's scale, is also bleak.

In addition to the blockage of Draculamo's listed company Starchru's plan to acquire Sanchez Blue Star Leasing Company through a private placement of new shares, Nsanger did not have a particularly deep personal experience of the surging financial crisis.

The Oppenheimer family holds a 30 percent stake in the Sanchez Blue Star Rental Company, and even if it is successfully acquired by the listed company Starchru in exchange for the agreed 4 million shares of the listed company Starchru, it will only increase the family assets of the Oppenheimer family by less than $20 million in the current sluggish market environment.

Three years ago, this was definitely a crazy fortune for the Oppenheimer family, but at this time, the Oppenheimer family, with a 16% stake in Conero Energy and a 30% stake in Volkov Investments, is far more than $20 million in either side, and may even bring more than $20 million in profits to the Oppenheimer family every year.

These were once extravagances that Nsanger did not dare to think of.

Of course, but thinking of Brahm and Abacha who cooperated with Cao Mo, Nsange couldn't suppress the jealousy in his heart.

The Brahm and Rupert families, who hold more than 5 percent of the shares in Ibogu Mining, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, are jealous of each other.

Of course, Nsanger also felt uncomfortable in his heart.

The car turned into the Oppenheimer family's suburban estate, and Ensanger saw several SUV parked in front of the main building from a distance, and many bodyguards with guns scattered around, not his family's bodyguards, but a few faces that looked happy.

When the driver pulled over to the front of the main building, Nsanger saw a large golden Cadillac parked on the side and a license plate hanging from the back, and he suddenly remembered that it was Abacha's new car.

What did Abacha do when he suddenly ran to his family estate?

"Mr. Nsange, you have returned, and your father is waiting for you to accompany his guests to tea in the courtyard behind. The butler came out of the main building and said.

"Who are the other guests besides Abacha?" asked Nsange, confused.

"Mr. Bram has also come, and several of the guests Old Jem do not know, but listening to the tone in which they speak to Mr. Oppenheimer, they all seem to recognize you, Mr. Nsanger—by the way, and two are Chinese. The butler said.

"Mr. Cao?" Ensange couldn't imagine why Cao Mo would appear in his family's manor at this time, didn't Cao Mo just return to China?

When Ensange walked to the courtyard in the back, he saw that except for his father, who was sitting in front of the big fountain with Cao Mo, Abacha, and Brahm talking and laughing, Sturgeon, who had never met them in public and had never even set foot in the Oppenheimer family estate, was sitting there with a spring breeze on his face.

Nsanger had no idea what was going on, so he saw what was happening in front of him.

"NSänger, it's great that you can come back," Nizi Oppenheimer eagerly called Ensanger over and said, "Dongsheng intends to withdraw its shares from Conero Energy, and we and Mr. Cao have the right of first refusal - Mr. Sturgeon intends to take over 10% of Conero Energy's shares in the name of Volkov Investment, and the Oppenheimer family will nominally be the same as Mr. Cao, and will be the largest shareholder of Conero Energy." If you are willing to serve as a director of Conero Energy, you will have to go to China with Mr. Cao to participate in the negotiation of the share buyback. ”

"......" Nsange sat down in shock, still not figuring out what was happening, as if in a dream......

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"On the shores of Lake Conero, I have always emphasized the need for coordinated planning, construction and development - if we can take over the construction of Conero Marina New Town, I hope that Mr. Oppenheimer can work with Governor Blake and Abacha to promote the merger of the Conero Lake Industrial Park, the Lake Bay Processing Park and the Conero Marina New City into a super industrial new city park jointly managed by Ronta and Draculamo, which will become a model of cooperation between different states of Kanem, as well as a model of economic and industrial cooperation between China and Qatar. Dracula has the financial resources and resources that Lonta cannot match, and we will try our best to convince the members of the Lung Ta City Council to agree that Dracula will have at least 70% of the equity interest in this new condominium park......"

Cao Mo's ultimate goal is, of course, to merge the Conero Lake Industrial Park with the Conero Coastal New City and the Lake Bay Processing Park.

However, considering that the different states of Kanem are relatively independent, and the coordination between the two states is much more difficult than the cross-regional cooperation between different provinces and cities in China, Cao Mo does not expect that he may be able to achieve this goal in a short time.

Even if it cannot be directly merged, Cao Mo will make a more reasonable overall plan for industrial and urban development after taking over, and promises that the capital and resource investment in Conero Binhai New City will not be less than 70% of the total investment in the three parks.

This is also what Sturgeon and Niz Oppenheimer value the most, and only in this way can we ensure that the new Taihua refinery and the supporting construction of the Lake Conero port area can be completed as quickly as possible.

Hearing this, Nsanger finally understood, Sturgeon and his father decided to abandon Han Shaorong and cooperate with Tianyue instead?

And it also made Ensange dumbfounded: when Han Shaorong was drinking with Sturgeon and his father before leaving Kanem to return to China, he was also there, and everything has changed in the past few days?

At the same time, he was puzzled in his heart, Volkov Investment knew about Sturgeon's existence with his father, and he usually deliberately avoided any contact, where did Cao Mo know that he was the real investor behind Fulkov's investment, and he returned to China for five or six days and suddenly returned to Kanem to talk about cooperation with Sturgeon?

However, Sturgeon decided to abandon Han Shaorong so quickly and turn to cooperate with Cao Mo, but Nsange understood it.

Tianyue and Taihua have been fighting on the north and south banks of Conero Lake in the past few years, and it is completely clear who has built it in an orderly manner, quickly and steadily, and who has built it unsatisfactory.

As the most prosperous city in West Africa, Draculamo gathers nearly sixty percent of the industrial and commercial manufacturing industry in the entire country of Kanem, but there is no slightly decent modern manufacturing industry, for many reasons, but one of the most critical is the lack of industrial supporting capacity.

The key to the success or failure of the new Taihua refinery is also here-

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In addition to the grand expectations of both sides for the future, the most important thing is what actions the two sides will take in close cooperation in the future.

The Oppenheimer family, as the main shareholder of Conero Energy, has the right of first refusal to repurchase the shares withdrawn by Dongsheng, along with the Abacha and Sika families, the Ojosan and Felicians, and the Dracula Power Group.

When implementing the equity repurchase, it is also necessary to inform and consult them first, and make sure that they give up the right of first refusal before it is Cao Mo's turn to eat all of them.

Sturgeon has always been optimistic about the development of Conero Energy, especially Conero Energy as a power supplier of Binhai New City and a series of projects, it is of great significance, and now there is an opportunity to expand the right to speak in Conero Energy, the Oppenheimer family with Volkov investment as the main body, but also initiated the repurchase of a certain percentage of equity, it is very logical, not to worry about what the Lu family and Han Shaorong suspect.

On behalf of Volkov Investment, Ensanger rushed to China to negotiate the repurchase of shares, and he couldn't get too close to Cao Mo; he still had to get closer to Lu Jianchao and Lu Yan, and he also had to secretly contact Han Shaorong on behalf of Sturgeon, urging Han Shaorong to abide by the agreement and attack Taihua in China as soon as possible.

Jiaying and the others can keenly capture that Huamao Capital has taken some actions against Taihua from the plate, so Cao Mo is more counting on Ensanger to paralyze Han Shaorong as much as possible. Even if he hoped that Nsange would be able to report the news, Cao Mo didn't want him to take the initiative to test something after approaching Han Shaorong, so as not to be seen by Han Shaorong, who was vigilant by nature.

To be honest, no matter how many moves Han Shaorong made in front of him, it was mainly for the layout of the chess, and the real net collection still needed the final cooperation of Sturgeon's side.

The debt problems of the Lu family, Xintaihua Investment, and Taihua Group are extremely complex, and their debts to Banco Nacional Ultramarino were borrowed in the name of the listed company Taihua Group and secured by the listed company's equity in the Xintaihua Oil Refinery.

In the debt system of the Taihua Group, the debt of Banco Nacional Ultramarino is extremely critical and large enough.

In the event of a Thai-Chinese debt crisis, many creditors will need to join forces to deal with the need to avoid losses as much as possible, and Sturgeon and Banco Nacional Ultramarino will have a big role to play......

Whether it is Han Shaorong or Cao Mo, if they want to gain more from the detonated Thai-Chinese debt crisis, Sturgeon is the object they want to fight for.

For Cao Mo, even if there is no way to get a controlling stake in the listed company Taihua Group, he will also spin off projects such as Conero Marina New City from Taihua Group through Sturgeon to ensure that the follow-up construction can continue steadily and will not rot there......