In the hustle and bustle of the winter street, the sunset is stuck between two high-rise buildings in the distance, red and gorgeous; the sunset shines into the car, Cao Mo sits on the deep second row of seats in the Mercedes-Benz seven-seater business car, leaning against the other side of the open door, but there is no sense of darkness, and it is very bright.

At this time, it was at the beginning of the evening rush hour, and the streets were most lively, but Huang Hebin, who was unexpectedly waiting, felt that the surroundings were quiet.

He looked at Cao Mo in a daze for a while, then came to his senses, locked the bicycle on the side of the street again, bent down and sat in the car, only to see Song Yuqing sitting in the last row.

There was a car blocked behind, and he honked his horn impatiently, and Cao Mo motioned for the driver to drive forward along Jinghai Road.

Walking along this street, you can watch the sunset sink into the concrete forest of high-rise buildings.

"A deputy director of the Rixin Machinery Processing Factory, the annual salary is only 300,000, it's really not high, with your qualifications, you can find a job in China casually, and it won't be worse than this, it seems that you still can't give up Africa!" Cao Mo took out a cigarette case, first lit a cigarette himself, and then handed the cigarette case and lighter to Huang Hebin.

Huang Hebin didn't think that he had told a few people about going to Rixin Company to apply for the deputy director of the machinery processing factory, but he didn't know why Cao Mo could know about it?

Even if Yao Haiming has already taken refuge in Cao Mo, it shouldn't be so fast, it takes him less than a minute to go down the stairs and out of the teahouse, and he can report these inconsequential things to Cao Mo?

Yan Zhicheng?!

Another name quickly popped into Huang Hebin's mind!

Conero Binhai New City fell into a complete shutdown, all the employees of New Taihua Investment and Taihua Group withdrew to China, and the New Taihua Casino Hotel was also closed and could not continue to operate.

Yan Zhicheng has not returned to China for more than 20 years, and this is also a rare time to rush back to China to visit relatives; Huang Hebin specially invited Yan Zhicheng and Yan Ming's uncle and nephew to a meal at a Huanghai seafood restaurant near the rented house the day before yesterday, and he told Yan Zhicheng and Yan Ming his plans for the future during the banquet.

It's like clearing the trick, at this moment Huang Hebin wanted to understand a lot of things, thinking that he was a fool, Yan Zhicheng was already Cao Mo's fucking person, and he was still embarrassed by Yan Zhicheng.

The Lu brothers are all fucking fools, they didn't even think of this, they lost at the hands of Cao Mo and Han Shaorong, they were really not fucking wronged at all!

Huang Hebin trampled on countless grass Nima in his heart, and after a while, he took the cigarette and lit the lighter, sighed and said: "After the collapse of the Jidam family, Yan Zhicheng was in prison, and later he said that he had to be helped by his friends and barely got out of prison, it turned out that his friend was you!"

"His friend is Zhou Han, I don't bother to care about it. Cao Mo said.

Huang Hebin didn't think there was any difference.

Cao Mo said again: "Since you can't give up Africa, you shouldn't mind returning to Kanem, right?"

"Will Tianyue have a place for me?" Huang Hebin smiled disapprerovingly, when Cao Mo was making an irrelevant joke, he couldn't be naïve enough to believe it.

It's the 21st century, there is no shortage of talents, Huang Hebin is not confident enough to think that he is indispensable; even if he has a little effect, can he integrate into Tianyue's existing system?

He doesn't kid himself anymore.

"Of course Tianyue doesn't have a place for you, but there should be a place for you in Conero Marina New Town,"

Cao Mo dropped the cigarette ash bomb out of the car window very unqualified, and said,

"You should also know that Tianyue Industrial's overseas asset replacement has just been approved by the securities regulatory department, but even so, Conero Lake Industrial Park only holds 30% of Conero Binhai New Town, the port and the new Taihua refinery, and does not have the right to make a final decision. And Han Shaorong has lost twice, and he has not seen many people recently, so he has a bit of self-reflection, but Huamao obviously will not give up his shareholding in Conero Lake Binhai New Town, Port and Xintaihua Refinery, and even the part of the equity held by Xintaihua Investment will not give up lightly. And although Vulkov Investment is now eager to promote the follow-up construction of many projects, the interests of the new city, the port and the refinery are very different, and it is difficult to talk about anything in the short term. I think that since you can't give up on Africa, you should be able to find your place back in Kanem!"

"......" Huang Hebin leaned on the car seat and stared at Cao Mo's face, as if he wanted to see through what he really thought in his heart, and after a while, he asked, "Are you sure that I can find this position by myself, not that you see me as 'pitiful' or have other intentions, 'reward' me with a seat, and then put a big iron chain around my neck, and I will listen to you from now on?"

"You have sold yourself to the Lu family brothers all these years, why do you care about these things that you have or not?" Cao Mo asked.

"There are still some differences—maybe I didn't care about it before, but now I suddenly care?" said Huang Hebin in a deep voice.

"Whether you sit in this position, and whether the members of the management team are all up to you to choose and organize, I don't have the right to decide now, I need to persuade the creditor committees of Huamao, Volkov Investment, Huamao, Xintaihua Investment and the Draculamo Municipal Committee to finally accept you," Cao Mo said, "Even if I can vote for you if necessary, but after you get my vote, you finally choose to cooperate with Han Shaoqi, or with Oppenheimer or Sturgeon, can I still take you?" You don't underestimate yourself. ”

Huang Hebin looked at Cao Mo silently, he was not a three-year-old child, he would believe Cao Mo's words so easily.

"Don't think that I persuaded the Rupert family, the Blake family, the Kabacha family, and the Felician family to agree to exchange the equity of Conero Energy to Tianyue Industrial, what kind of promise I made to them - I have some promises to them, but I have not promised that Conero Marina New City and Conero Lake Port must be built and developed successfully, but I am not promising to compensate them in other aspects. I don't want to see Conero Marina New City become a mess, but these are really chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it's really not worth spending too much energy to get in, so I thought you might be unwilling, so I came to find you......" Cao Mo said.

He knew at the time that among these many projects, the most valuable was the Xintaihua Refinery, but 51% of the equity of the Xintaihua Refinery had fallen into the hands of Volkov Investment, and Xintaihua Investment had lost its shareholding in the refinery, Huamao held only 19%, and finally the remaining 30% of the equity was placed under the name of Conero Lake Industrial Park.

Whether it is Conero Marina New City or Conero Lake Port, they were originally for oil refineries, and even if the scale of investment was subsequently expanded, it was only too big to be appropriate.

Volkov Investment occupies a controlling stake in the refinery, of course, it is impossible to give it up, but Conero Marina New City and Conero Lake Port are large and inappropriate, and the current economic situation is severe, Volkov Investment is probably not willing to take too much responsibility for the follow-up investment and construction of these two projects.

In this way, a contradiction arises.

Not to mention Huamao, which has become a little silent recently, not to mention the creditor committee that actually controls Xintaihua's investment, Tianyue's limited shareholding in the refinery makes no reason for it to bear greater investment and construction responsibilities for Conero Marina New City and Conero Port, which are like chicken ribs and have a huge investment scale.

Not to mention that Huamao is like a silent beast, and it also has a stake in these projects.

"I've been throwing all my hard work on Draculamo for the past few years, and I don't want to see these completely hopeless messes - but no matter how fanciful you say, you just want to push me out as a gunman, and I've been a gun for people all these years, and finally ended up here, do you think I'll run back to Kanem again without knowing why?" Huang Hebin took a puff of cigarette and stared at Cao Mo and asked.

"So, don't you have to talk about it?" Cao Mo asked.

"In the eyes of you people, whether we are guns or knives, we all have a price. Huang Hebin said.

"It's easy to talk about the price, and I can say that I have a lot of money now - what price do you need?" Cao Mo said with a smile.

"I want to know what you really think—even if I know one day that I will die on the streets of Draculamo, I can't keep a blind eye," Huang Hebin said, staring at Cao Mo, "Do you want to take a controlling stake in the refinery and eventually force Huamao and Volkov Investments to withdraw?"

"I'm in your heart, really so unacceptable?" Cao Mo asked.

"Oh, so you mainly want to get control of the Cornello Primorsky New City and the port, but now the cost is too high, and you can't ensure that Huamao and Vovkov's investments won't cause any surprises?" asked Huang Hebin.

"Leave it at that. Cao Mo said.

"So, when I go to see Han Shaorong, Niz Oppenheimer, and Sturgeon Foster, make sure they believe that I can convince you, not that you have convinced me?" Huang asked.

Cao Mo nodded.

"However, Han Shaorong is not a person who can be fooled easily!" Huang Hebin said.

"Compared to Guo Jian, you are not easy to buy!" Cao Mo said.

"......" Huang Hebin frowned and muttered for a while, and said, "Since I am not looking to you, but cooperating with you, I want to get 10% of the equity of Conero Coastal New City and Port." ”

"You can't just say that you're 'not easy to buy', and you just give me a breath - even as a collaborator, you're not worth the price, I'll leave you a 2% option." The team you pulled up, I will take 3-5% of the options depending on the situation - you must know that the amount of equity is always secondary, you have the ability to control the situation, you will be the king of Chinese businessmen in Dracula in the future, this is not comparable to three or five billion!" Cao Mo did not wait for Huang Hebin to nod in agreement, and then signaled the driver to stop the car on the side of the road, and it seemed that Huang Hebin was not allowed to bargain at all.

"I can't just run to the door to find Han Shaorong, right?" Huang Hebin said, "In the past month, so many things have happened, but the information I know is too limited!"

"You start with Guo Jian - as for why you want to start with Guo Jian, you can figure it out for yourself, I won't tell you too many details, and as a collaborator, I shouldn't show you too many hole cards. Cao Mo said.

"What if I find Yao Haiming and Yan Zhicheng to cooperate?" asked Huang Hebin.

"As I said, I have nothing to do with Yan Zhicheng, I can't interfere with him; I have a temporary relationship with you, and I will not interfere with any of your decisions, and if your behavior exceeds my tolerance, I can only choose to break off my cooperation with you. Cao Mo spread his hands and said.

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"Why do you want to make it so complicated? Huang Hebin is more clean than Yao Haiming, even if you directly hire him as the vice president of Conero Lake Industrial Park, and then persuade Sturgeon and Oppenheimer to cooperate with Tianyue, there shouldn't be any big problems? Zhou Han won't have any opinions. Song Yuqing sat in the last row of the business car, looking at Huang Hebin standing next to him after getting off the bus, and asked Cao Mo in confusion.

Huang Hebin definitely has no way to support these big projects, and he must gather all the core figures of the original team to be qualified to return to Kanem.

However, what Cao Mo considered was not the question of whether this team could integrate into Tianyue, he had more things to consider, and he had to look further, seeing Song Yuqing's chin on the back of the chair, he tilted his head back, and said against Song Yuqing's greasy cheek:

"Kanem's economic structure is too fragile, and under the economic crisis, its social and political situation will become complicated, which will inevitably lead to Kanem's business logic becoming more complex and gloomy than before, and someone has to do the dirty work, and at the same time, there will be some necessary isolation. Of course, this is only one aspect, in addition, I am worried that Nitsu Oppenheimer and Sturgeon Forts are not trustworthy collaborators, and they may change their minds at any time, and Han Shaorong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so it is better to let Huang Hebin come forward to do this buffer than to involve too much of our energy. ”

In recent years, cement production capacity in Kanem and other West African countries has risen rapidly, but refining capacity has always been extremely scarce.

Cao Mo is not without covetousness for the Xintaihua refinery, but he is still worried that the problem will become complicated, and even if he gives up his ambition for the refinery now, he must be mentally prepared for the problem to become complicated.

And when the economic situation is good, even in the poor and backward land of West Africa, the new wealth is astronomical, everyone has more or less meat to eat and soup to drink, and the contradictions are relatively less acute.

At present, the most important source of wealth in this land, the international crude oil price has gone from the highest and lowest of $150 per barrel to about $50 per barrel in just four months.

Ding Zhaoqiang, Ge Jun, and Qian Wenhan are very confident that the domestic economy will get out of the short-term downturn, but no one is confident that overseas, especially the African continent, which has a fragile economic structure, will be able to get out of the low-tide.

Conservative forecasts suggest that it will take at least a year to see a turnaround.

Tianyue's projects in Kanem and Akwa can still maintain profitability at this time, and even take the opportunity to expand, will it attract hatred even more?

Of course, Cao Mo didn't want anything to happen, but he had to make the necessary preparations, and he couldn't make sure that when something happened, it would become an opportunity for Huamao to sneak up on him.

Cao Mo explained his worries to Song Yuqing in detail, and pushed Huang Hebin out, which could prevent their battle line from stretching too long......

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Stepping out of the car and watching the Mercedes-Benz van quickly disappear into the depths of the sunset, Huang Hebin stood on the endless streets, stunned for a while, as if he had been in the dirty and crowded streets of Draculamo.

Maybe in the past few years, he has poured all his efforts into Draculamo, and then returned to Xinhai, and at the same time became destitute and his wife was separated, and Huang Hebin couldn't suppress the thought that he no longer belonged to the city from the bottom of his heart.

"Didi......" The sound of the horn came from his side, and Huang Hebin turned to see an empty taxi slowing down and honking at him.

Huang Hebin waved his hand, he didn't take a taxi, his mind was a little messy now, and he needed time and space to sort out his thoughts.

In the short term, Han Shaorong doesn't believe it, and he can't be suspicious, maybe it doesn't matter.

After all, Han Shaorong suffered setbacks in two projects in succession, Dongsheng Real Estate and Taihua Group, and became silent at this time, even if he would not choose to withdraw from projects such as Conero Binhai New Town, he should not be in a hurry to tear up Cao Mo again.

However, the construction of Conero Marina New City and Conero Lake Port is a long-term process, and Cao Mo's words, Huang Hebin is not completely unmoved.

Zhou Shenhe only holds a very small amount of equity in Xinhai Gold, and he has been in charge of Xinhai Gold for many years, and no one can shake his position, why can't he Huang Hebin do this?

Although Cao Mo has the intention to gain greater influence on Conero Marina New Town, the core of Tianyue's interests in West Africa is Ibogu Mining and Conero Cement, and he is more afraid that after Conero Marina New City becomes a mess, it will inevitably have a negative impact on Tianyue, right?

To a certain extent, Huang Hebin felt that Cao Mo's words were credible.

Therefore, what he needs to do is not to let Han Shaorong, Oppenheimer and Sturgeon become his obstacles.

Huang Hebin walked slowly along the shaded trail towards the bicycle parking place, and the lights on both sides were also bright.

Yao Haiming had already left the teahouse, and many questions had not been thought through, especially when he had just told Yao Haiming that he was going to the Rixin Machinery Processing Factory, he must not be in a hurry to find Yao Haiming at this time, and he was also hesitating whether to find Yao Haiming.

In addition, Cao Mo directly suggested that he start with Guo Jian first, so in addition to Guo Jian's previous contact with Taihua and his restless, low-eyed ambition, is there anything else in Cao Mo's eyes?

Suddenly, his thoughts were very confused, Huang Hebin pedaled his bicycle and returned to his husband's house that he had just rented in Xinhong Village.

Less than 40 square meters, on one side of the corridor that opens the door is a stove embedded in the wall, and the cracks of the tiles are black grease stains, and on the other side is the bathroom, which is difficult to turn around, there is no room for a small washing machine, and the sliding door is half broken.

Inside, there is a small dining room, a small sofa piled with dirty clothes from a change of clothes, and a small folding dining table against the wall.

A large pile of materials was thrown at the foot of the wall, and Huang Hebin was not willing to sell it as waste paper.

At this time, he picked up the materials, untied the plastic rope, and spread out the most complete plan of the new city of Conero Marina, and looked at it for a long time, until he walked to the stove hungry.

Seeing that there was still a little potato roast meat in the pot, he didn't know when he would burn the leftovers, so he dug two spoonfuls of rice from the rice cooker and added them to heat it together, and decided to sort out his thoughts and go to Yan Zhicheng first......