Chapter 272: Conversation (3)
Cao Mo held a night banquet in Akwa's manor to entertain Nsange and others, who had been busy taking over Western Union Oil in Akwa in the past few days.
In order to put out the pomp, this time the table was set up on the coconut grove meadow by the sea.
The bright court lamps and the candles of the silver candlesticks contrasted with each other, the snow-white cloth was piled with delicious delicacies, and the tall crystal glass was filled with scarlet wine, and Cao Mo gently shook the wine glass.
The wine produced by Akwa is sour, and Cao Mo doesn't like to drink it, so he pretends to be like it, mainly listening to Ensanger's excited account of their successful takeover and entry into Western Union Petroleum in the past few days.
Western Union Petroleum does not have many physical assets, and a 30,000-ton medium-sized oil tanker is still leased, which was used to smuggle crude oil on the high seas in the early stage.
Whether it is Western Union Petroleum or Crown Cement operated by Zhou Han's adoptive mother Liang Yanling, whenever there is any money in the account, it will basically be transferred to the secret account......
Now the funds in the secret account have been swept away by Liang Yuan, and as a condition for receiving equity, all debts involving the original holding shell company have been wiped out, which means that the funds swept away by Liang Fan cannot be recovered from the original holding shell company, and Western Union Petroleum has defaulted on debts of more than two million US dollars elsewhere.
However, that's not the point.
In addition to the 40,000 tonnes per annum crude oil supply agreement for Akva, Western Union also holds a cooperation agreement with the Lu family to build an oil refinery on the south shore of Lake Conero, as well as an equity transfer agreement with the Gedham family for Lake Conero Port Investment Co., Ltd.
Although the agreement signed with the Gyndam family on the transfer of shares in the Port of Lake Conero will not take effect until the corresponding payment is made by Western Union, Nsange is no longer coy in front of Cao Mo, making it clear that they have the means to rely on the total payment of $15 million and directly take over the 20% stake of the Gnesham family in the Port of Lake Conero.
Even if the fate of the Jidam family is not worthy of sympathy at all, Zhou Han was secretly frightened when he saw the unconcealed smugness on Ensanger's face.
The Oppenheimer family and the other two families want to rely on this payment, in addition to the equity transfer agreement currently held by Western Union Oil, the people of the Jidam family need to be silent forever, so that they can directly take 20% of the equity of Lake Conero Port without leaving hidden dangers.
"I can only wish you all the best here. Cao Mo smiled and raised a glass of congratulations.
"By the way, there is a question that I am very confused about, how can the controlling stake of Western Union Petroleum be in the hands of Mr. Cao? I thought that Mr. Cao, you have always been hostile to the Jidam family, and it is impossible to cooperate with them, and the facts seem to prove that I was wrong before?" Engasan Labram rushed to the lakeside Yashe and saw Cao Mo take out a complete set of documents and seals for the West African Union oil trade, and he was also startled, so that his perception of Cao Mo rose to a new level, and he was confused for several days, but he still couldn't help but ask at this time.
"Ensanger, you probably don't think that I can do these things with my own strength, do you? More often than not, I'm actually just helping others, but everyone has their own secrets, Ensanger, don't even think about asking me everything," Cao Mo said with an unfathomable smile, "The most important thing for us now is that we can continue to cooperate happily all the time?"
Nsanger laughed, indicating that he would not go into such details.
"I think the most important thing for you next is probably to seize the time to negotiate with several other small and medium-sized investors of Western Union Petroleum to buy the other 40% of their shares, right?" Cao Mo asked.
"That's really what we're going to be doing in the next few days. Nsanger didn't hide him
We want to completely control the ambition of Western Union oil and eat it clean,said.
Seeing that Nsanger's words stopped abruptly at this point, and did not mean to let him or the Rupert family share a little juice, Cao Mo glanced at Brahm and could see that he was disappointed in his heart.
Nsange was unaware of it and asked Cao Mo: "When will the people from the Taihua Group return to Kanem, do you have any news?"
It is not enough for them to control the United West African oil trade and to take a 20 percent stake in the port of Lake Conero, which is under construction.
This doesn't translate directly into a steady stream of profits.
It is even more important that the Conero Lake Port, as well as the Xintai Refinery and Taihua Industrial Park, continue to be built until they can actually be put into operation.
In that case, even if it is 400,000 tons of crude oil trade every year, the profit will be enough for them to have a good meal.
However, they can now press the Jidam family with their fangs pulled out to the ground and rub it, but they don't dare, or they don't have the ability, to blatantly encroach on the Taihua and Lu family's projects on the south shore of Lake Conero.
What's more, projects large and small, including the Lake Conero port, the Xintai refinery, casinos, hotels, and grinding stations, have not yet been fully completed.
They don't want the project to rot completely, so they need Taihua and the Lu family to return to Kanem, and even at least hundreds of millions of dollars need to be invested in construction in the future to make the main project operational.
This is the key to whether the Oppenheimer family can truly reap the fruits of this incident.
How to get in touch with Taihua and the Lu family to discuss their return to Kanem, Fart Oppenheimer felt that Nsanger needed to test Cao Mo's attitude first.
"I'll wait for Akwa's affairs to be dealt with, and I'll go back to China for a trip, and I'll talk to Taihua myself when the time comes......" Cao Mo pretended not to see that Nsanger was just tentative, and said enthusiastically.
"Mr. Cao, you don't have a good relationship with the Lu family, will they accept your suggestion?" Ensanger asked suspiciously, although he couldn't see through Cao Mo's bottom at all.
"There is an old saying in China, 'no one will get along with money' - again, we Chinese do things, pay attention to a 'virtual is real, real is virtual', before this incident, Nsanger, you would never have thought that the control of Western Union Oil would be in my hands, right?" Cao Mo said with a smile, "And since I have made a commitment, I have to promote the cooperation between Taihua and the Oppenheimer family." Of course, before I return home, the Hebenheimer family and Western Union Petroleum would do well to sign a power of attorney to me - as for the remuneration of the special adviser, I will not take it, haha - I should be able to give the Oppenheimer family a satisfactory answer......"
"......" Ensange hesitated, diverted the topic, and finally left without mentioning whether to give Cao Mo this power of attorney......
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The complacent Ensange and the others got drunk and drove back to the hotel first, Brahm stood in front of the gray and white stone paved steps, and before getting in the car and leaving, he couldn't help but hug Cao Mo and said:
"They don't seem to be willing to be long-term partners with Mr. Cao......"
"The Oppenheimer family has already obtained control of Western Union Oil, as long as Taihua and the Lu family are reluctant to lose their investment on the south shore of Lake Conero, they have seized the initiative, and they will directly take over the follow-up negotiations and end this cooperation with us ahead of schedule, there is nothing wrong with it,"
Cao Mo was not surprised by what choice Niz Oppenheimer would make, and the reason why he used words to make them show their attitude today was also for Brahm to see, and of course he said disappreciatively at this time,
"And if they really want to sign this power of attorney for me, they still have to worry about whether I will take any benefit from it, which is also human nature - this
It should be Niz Oppenheimer who thinks about it, and Nsanger can't be the master yet!"
"I had thought that the Oppenheimers would have more influence in politics, and that it would be necessary to have Nsanger join the Democratic Front as well – and now I think I was wishful thinking. Brahm said with regret.
As the descendants of the colonizers, the Oppenheimer family, like the Rupert family, has always had deep roots in Western society.
If the Oppenheimer family is not so greedy, allowing Nsanger to directly join the Democratic Promotion Front on behalf of the Oppenheimer family will not only make the Democratic Promotion Front more influential and powerful in Akwa and West Africa, but also a great boost to what they are currently doing in Akwa.
Now he realizes that he was too wishful thinking!
Cao Mo said softly:
"Xintai Oil Refinery and Lake Conero Harbor have attracted all their attention now, and they don't want to do anything out of the ordinary, right?
Brahm thinks about it, no matter what, the next thing is a rare honeymoon period between them and the Oppenheimer family, and Nsange wants to gain a foothold in Akwa and organize the daily business of Western Union Oil, but he can only rely on their side - at this time, they declare to the political circles of Akwa that Oppenheimer and other families are their indestructible allies, who will question it?
At this time, if you talk directly to Nitz Oppenheimer, you don't know what price he will have to ask to satisfy your appetite!
Cao Mo watched Brahm leave in the car, and then walked to the building with Zhou Han.
"The interests involved on the southern shore of Conero Lake are huge, you don't really want to see Niz Oppenheimer unite with the other two and eat without even the juice left?" Zhou Han asked curiously.
She has confessed to Cao Mo in the past few days, but she still can't figure out Cao Mo's thoughts.
"It's also good to be able to end my promise to Niz Oppenheimer ahead of schedule,"
Cao Mo glanced at Zhou Han and saw that she was purely curious, so she said,
"As for whether they can eat any juice left? The hardest thing about people is building trust. The Lu family is now a frightened bird, Canem really lacks the necessary rules and constraints, and the Lu family does not have a home advantage at all, this time, it seems that Niz Oppenheimer is secretly dominating, how can Lu Jianchao believe that he is not another Rumisu Giddam? They certainly want to revitalize their investment on the south shore of Lake Conero, and they will not even mind cooperating with Niz Oppenheimer, but the problem is that the port, the oil refinery, the grinding station, In order to complete a series of projects such as casinos and hotels, it is still necessary to invest $145,000 in funds, and without the participation of a strong third party, will Taihua dare to continue to invest? Don't worry, I will have to take over this work in the end! The only thing that causes people a headache is that they don't know how big Ding Zhaoqiang's appetite is. Of course, I don't care how much appetite they have, I just have a little bit of a mind about the grinding station......"
The production of finished cement can be split into two processes.
In the early stage, limestone, clay and iron substances are mainly used as the main raw materials, which are prepared according to appropriate proportions, and then calcined until they are partially or completely melted after preliminary grinding.
On the one hand, the products at this stage are easy to expand production capacity, have limited consumption of electricity, and are easy to preserve, so they are suitable for long-distance transportation, as long as the transportation cost is low enough.
The real bottleneck of cement production and the subsequent need to quickly connect with the market and strict storage conditions are the back-end grinding process, which also consumes the largest amount of electricity.
Cao Mo made no secret of the fact that the most coveted thing on the south shore of Lake Conero is the grinding station under construction, which is expected to have an annual production capacity of one million tons of finished cement.
As for the rest, he didn't dare to be too greedy for the time being......