Chapter 210: Confession
Cao Mo left the Lana Dere Hotel and looked indifferent, but his heart was not relaxed.
He had recently spent some time researching Kanem's gang forces.
Unlike most gangs, the Brotherhood of Steel Fist, which is secretly controlled by the Jidam family, not only has thousands of peripheral members, but also has a headquarters-like headquarters-like headquarters, which also directly manages a stormtrooper that specializes in violent crime, making it more organized, combative, and destructive.
In recent years, the Brotherhood of Steel has infiltrated the southeastern coast of Rivers State, where Kanem's crude oil smuggling is most rampant, and fierce and bloody clashes have frequently erupted with local gang forces.
Cao Mo didn't think that his tough attitude just now could really bluff the Brotherhood of Steel Fist, which had a bad reputation and didn't want to commit many bloody and violent cases in his hands, mainly because there was no fundamental conflict of interest between the two sides on the surface, and there was no need to pay a huge price to go to war.
However, from Baha's eyes, Cao Mo could feel the looming killing intent, that is, when it was really necessary, Baha and the Jidam family would definitely not have any bottom line in their actions.
In front of the Lana Dere Hotel, after Cao Mo and Brahm separated, they returned to the staff dormitory of the Kennett community directly with Xu Bin and Zhao Xinyu, and saw two off-road vehicles of the Brotherhood of Steelfist following them all the way into the community.
Although Baha did not gather a large crowd of men, and the intention of sending chariots to follow him was mainly to deter and intimidate, it also showed the position and attitude of the Jidam family.
Cao Mo just wants to do business in Kanem honestly, but as he gets to know Kanem and the land of West Africa, the clearer he becomes:
Either they will nest in Longta, control the current scale and no longer engage in any expansion and development, and others will reach in and honestly give up their interests step by step, or they will be strong enough and weaken and strike at potential enemies in advance, and try to defuse the threat before it breaks out, otherwise one day it will be impossible to avoid conflicts with other forces.
"The Brotherhood of Steel Fist's car is gone!" Du Ganjie walked in and whispered to Cao Mo.
"Are they really gone?" Zhao Xinyu asked with sharp ears and some uneasiness.
Although Zhao Ling left the Lana Dere Hotel early and returned to the staff dormitory, she just heard two off-road vehicles speeding outside, and the roaring engine sound was still mixed with one or two gunshots from time to time, so anyone would be frightened.
When she heard that the gang members were all gone, she couldn't help but ask Cao Mo what was going on: "What is the relationship between these gang members and Lu Yan and Taihua? Why did it become like this, why do you have to be so frightened every time you see Lu Yan?"
Cao Mo pinched his swollen brows, and did not blame Zhao Ling for pointing the finger at him.
Zhao Xinyu, Zhao Ling, Xu Xin, and even Xu Bin, Xu Lizheng, and Zhou Jianming have some complaints in their hearts, it is normal, after all, it is not a risk they should take.
"The deputy governor of Ogun region, Jidam, as the former military junta of Kanem
The people who have been left behind have not only obtained a very key position in the elected government, but also secretly control the Brotherhood of Steel Fist, a gang force that can be said to be in the top five in Draculamo,"
Cao Mo saw that even Zhao Xinyu didn't seem to know much about the situation, so he picked out some things that they needed to have a clear understanding to tell them.
"Taihua's young owner Lu Yan, together with Mr. Yang and some Chinese businessmen in Draculamo, initially joined forces to acquire facilities such as the East Banquet Building of the Lana Dere Hotel and leased it to Yan Zhicheng to open the Lana Dere Beach Casino, which was purely a property investment on the surface, but in fact, the partner Yan Zhicheng was controlled by the Jidam family behind it, and the Lu family actually participated in the investment in the operation of the casino in the future. After Mr. Yang, Xie Sipeng and others knew about this relationship, they withdrew from the casino's investment one after another, but Taihua took a fancy to the power of the Jidam family in Kanem, and instead of severing the relationship, the two sides even reached a closer and larger-scale cooperation on the south bank of Conero Lake——"
"If the Jidam family wants to wash their hands and engage in industrial cooperation on the south shore of Conero Lake, there should be nothing, but what does this have to do with your fierce rivalry with Lu Yan and Baha?" Zhao Ling asked.
"What do you mean by that? We were bitten by a mad dog, and we didn't want to pick up a stick and pull it back, do we still have to reflect on why we were bitten by a mad dog?" Xiao Jun was more anxious, and when he saw that Zhao Ling continued to target Cao Mo, he couldn't help but ridicule each other.
"Although Manager Zhao has been working in Draculamo for half a year, he still doesn't know the actual situation, of course, mainly because we haven't explained it clearly before," Cao Mo asked Xiao Jun to calm down and continued, "You can see that there are no violations on the surface of the Taihua Industrial Park project, but Kanem's crude oil extraction and export seem to be mainly controlled by Kanem National Oil Company, but its huge debt and Kanem's fuel oil imports are actually controlled by European and American consortiums. The benefits here are very big - in 05 years, Kanem's crude oil exports were 72 billion US dollars, and fuel oil imports were 46 billion US dollars, from these two figures, Manager Zhao should be able to understand that the power group that controls this interest chain behind the scenes will definitely not easily tolerate Kanem's local or other forces building oil refineries in Kanem, right?"
"Manager Cao is ......," Zhao Ling asked hesitantly.
Regardless of whether Zhao Ling figured it out or not, Cao Mo still directly pointed out the meaning and said:
“...... European and American interest groups are now packaging themselves very well, and they will not shout and kill easily, but one thing is clear: the refinery built by Taihua in the industrial park has no way to get crude oil from Kanem and the whole of West Africa to produce crude oil through normal channels. In recent years, the Brotherhood of Steel Fist has infiltrated Hezhou, where crude oil smuggling is rampant, and Mr. Shen has long believed that the Lu family is building a Taihua Industrial Park and an oil refinery on the south bank of Conero Lake, with the purpose of cooperating with the Jidam family to digest the crude oil they steal. Of course, snakes have snake paths, rats have rat roads, Taihua insists on making this fortune, originally it has nothing to do with us, and it is not impossible to get along, but at the beginning of the year, Taihua took the lead in establishing a Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Draculamo, and its intention was to think that in case of an incident, they could pull all the Chinese businessmen in Draculamo over to give them backs, but this is not something that Shen and I can accept. This is also the fundamental reason why Mr. Shen and I have to stop them even if we turn our faces......"
Seeing that Zhao Xinyu's eyes were full of suspicion, Cao Mo laughed and said: "
Mr. Zhao, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, you can directly ask Mr. Ding about the situation - I don't know why Mr. Ding didn't explain these things to you in advance, maybe Mr. Ding has his thoughts, and I can't guess. ”
Cao Mo's words were too discordant, but Zhao Xinyu really couldn't help but wonder if Ding Zhaoqiang was worried that he would refuse Kanem, so he deliberately did not explain all the stakes in advance.
"Actually, Lu Yan, he thought that Mr. Zhao had a number in your heart, so he mistakenly thought that you took the initiative to greet him warmly in the restaurant to provoke them!" Cao Mo spread his hands and said, "I said this, you all understand?"
"......" Zhao Xinyu opened his mouth, he didn't expect Cao Mo to be clever and able to put the responsibility for inducing the incident today on his head, but Cao Mo said it so well that he couldn't find the words to refute it for a while.
Cao Mo continued:
"Of course, the Jidam family may not necessarily hope that the Lu family can really become a Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Draculamo, so that Taihua will have the power to balance them in Draculamo. The reason why Bahá is engaged in this battle today is that it looks like he is standing up for Lu Yan, but in essence, he still wants to show off his power and engage in deterrence and intimidation. And this is also multifaceted, and Bahá's doing this is not only to intimidate us, but also to show off his power to Thai-Chinese. However, you don't have to worry about what will happen to you in your day-to-day work...... To put it bluntly, we just stopped Taihua from pulling all the Chinese merchants in Draculamo onto their thief ships for some reason, and isolated Taihua and the Lu family in Draculamo, not only did they have no fundamental conflict of interest with the Jidam family, but even made it convenient for them to restrain Taihua. Again, we and Dongsheng are not bullied in Kanem. ”
"Okay, that's all I have to say...... Cao Mo patted his ass and stood up, and walked with Xu Bin, Zhou Jianming, and Xiao Ming to Tianyue's rented staff dormitory nearby.
Of course, Zhao Xinyu would not fully listen to Cao Mo's words, and today's situation was enough for him to report it, but he did not look for Shen Ji, nor did he directly disturb Ding Zhaoqiang, but dialed the phone of Guo Guangxin, vice president of the group, who is also the president of the president's office and the president of the overseas investment department.
Guo Guangxin first started a business with the old man Ding Xuesheng, and within a few years, he assisted Ding Zhaoqiang to work hard in the world, and it can be said that Ding Zhaoqiang is absolutely trusted in Dongsheng.
If even Guo Guangxin didn't know the inside story, Zhao Xinyu would basically be able to judge that what Cao Mo said just now was nonsense.
Yang Deshan has broken away from Dongsheng, Wang Jianzhong and Li Qixi, as Shen Ji's descendants, are too close to Cao Mo, although Zhao Ling was transferred to be the financial director half a year ago, but in fact, everything has been kept in the dark, and many things are only superficial.
Xu Xin didn't expect that Kanem's situation was complicated and sinister, far beyond her imagination, and she was shocked and speechless for a while, and sat silently watching Zhao Xinyu call Guo Guangxin.
From the change in Zhao Xinyu's expression, she was basically sure that what Cao Mo just said was true, and she couldn't help but think that Cao Mo was two or three years younger than her, how could she deal with all this calmly?
And Guo Jian, as a veteran employee who was stationed in Draculamo with Cao Mo and Yang Deshan, didn't know these things, or was he afraid of taking on these responsibilities, so he went further and further away with Cao Mo and Yang Deshan?