Chapter 733: Oversized Reception
Wang Hongbo took his assistant, translator, legal department, business department, technical department and a group of more than 30 people to Mozambique by plane.
China does not have direct flights to Mozambique, and even if Wang Hongbo and his team chartered a direct flight to Mozambique, they would not be able to land at Maputo International Airport.
Maputo International Airport, the name is an international airport, but the scale is not as good as the small airports of some third-tier cities in China, only 4C level, can also land Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and other twin-engine medium-range narrow-body passenger aircraft.
Wang Hongbo's Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body passenger plane, which can only land at Cape Town International Airport in the Republic of South Africa, and then transfer to a narrow-body passenger plane from Cape Town to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
After nearly 30 hours of tossing and turning, Wang Hongbo and his entourage arrived in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
The Mozambican government attached great importance to the visit of Wang Hongbo and his entourage, and gave a very high level of national gifts.
Mozambique's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Commerce personally greeted Wang Hongbo at the airport.
Martial law has fallen inside Maputo airport, where a guard of honour and a band stand waiting for the plane to land.
Honor guards, and behind the band stand there was a row of soldiers with yellow faces.
These are the security personnel of Huayu International Security Company, who arrived in Mozambique one step ahead of schedule, and they are responsible for the security of Wang Hongbo's delegation in Mozambique.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Stefano Morrone, had been in China for a long time as a negotiator and had met with Wang Hongbo several times.
Mr. Stefano Morrone stepped up to shake hands with Mr. Wang Hongbo amid the Mozambican national anthem, "Dear Mr. Wang, welcome Mr. Wang to Mozambique!" Mr. Stefano Morrone stepped forward to shake hands with Wang Hongbo.
"Hello, Mr. Morrone, it's a pleasure to be in beautiful Mozambique!
I just enjoyed the scenery of Mozambique in my mouth, and I already deeply like this country!" Wang Hongbo, the former chairman of the jujube mine, can be regarded as having seen the world, and shook hands with Stefano Morrone with a warm and reserved smile.
"This is our Minister of Commerce, Ms. Louisa Olkode!" Stefano Morrone introduced the woman to Wang Hongbo.
Louisa Alkode is in her Chinese New Year's Eve, a mixed-race child, who should be of mixed white and black race, with dark skin, but not black like black, a bit like a healthy wheat color.
"Hello, beautiful Lady Louisa Alcode, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Wang Hongbo warmly shook hands with Louisa Alkode.
"Dear Mr. Wang, welcome to beautiful Mozambique!
After a brief welcome ceremony, Stefano Morrone invited Wang Hongbo and his entourage to get in the car and go to the Presidential Palace, "Dear Mr. Wang, Mr. President of our country has prepared a sumptuous reception banquet in the Presidential Palace, and Mr. Wang will receive the wind and wash the dust!"
The convoy was speeding down the road, and after crossing a street, Stefano Morrone pointed to the wide street in front of him and introduced to Wang Hongbo: "Dear Mr. Wang, this is Mao Ze & & East Street, in order to thank the Chinese government and people for their great help to the liberation cause of the Mozambican people, we commemorate the friendship between our two countries in this special way!"
"This road is really beautiful! Your government has a heart! May the friendship between our two countries last forever!" Wang Hongbo looked at the green boulevard outside the car window and said with sincere admiration.
Mao && Ze&& East Avenue is 50 meters wide, the sidewalks on both sides are full of green trees and flowers, and the middle is a green plant isolation belt, which is really a beautiful landscape avenue.
The car drove to the presidential palace of Mozambique.
Outside the presidential palace was filled with flowers, a long red carpet, and neat honor guards stood on both sides, and there was a band behind the honor guard.
The president of Mozambique stood at the gate of the presidential palace and waited for Wang Hongbo and his party.
This posture made Wang Hongbo a little stunned, how could he have been treated like this, the honor guard, the band, and the head of state stood at the door to greet him.
After being stunned for a while, Wang Hongbo's body seemed to be overpowered, his hair was numb, his heart was full of pride, and his eyes couldn't help but feel a little hot.
He knew in his heart that what people did was not because of how awesome Hua Yu was, but because of how awesome China was!
All this is the treatment that comes with the strength of the country!
Wang Hongbo walked the red carpet under the guidance of Stefano Morrone and Louisa Alcode, and the president of Mozambique waited a little longer to greet Wang Hongbo.
It was another diplomatic courtesy-style welcome speech and a speech of thanks, and Wang Hongbo walked into the presidential palace accompanied by the president.
"Comrade Wang Hongbo, why didn't you Hua Yu greet our Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance when you came to Mozambique to invest this time?" A middle-aged Chinese who had just stood next to the President of Mozambique looked for an opportunity to whisper to Wang Hongbo.
"Who are you?" Wang Hongbo looked at the other party and asked suspiciously.
"This is the ambassador to the embassy in Mozambique, Ambassador Li Xiangnong!" a young man next to the middle-aged man whispered.
"Hello Ambassador Li, didn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs make a deal of money when we came to Mozambique to invest this time?" Wang Hongbo was also a little puzzled, he didn't know that he came to the Mozambican Embassy?
"Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs brokered it?"
"Didn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact the Export-Import Bank to provide a loan to the Mozambican government for the construction of the Zambezi hydroelectric dam?
We, Hua Yu, are here to carry out this task on behalf of the Export-Import Bank of China!" There was no time to elaborate, Wang Hongbo could only explain briefly.
"Oh, I see, we'll talk about it later!" the middle-aged man nodded, no more.
Chinese companies invest abroad, and embassies generally do not participate, but this time the President of Mozambique invited Li Xiangnong to come.
Li Xiangnong arrived to know that there was actually a state-owned enterprise in his country, and it was going to invest in Mozambique, and the scale of investment was huge, and after the investment intention was reached, one-tenth of the land in Mozambique would become the property of the state-owned enterprise called Hua Yu.
Li Xiangnong felt hallucinated, and even suspected that today was April Fool's Day, and only after confirming it again and again did he believe that it was true.
And the two sides have reached an agreement, and today a delegation of Chinese companies will arrive in Maputo to sign a formal investment agreement.
Such a big thing, their embassy didn't know at all, Li Xiangnong was going crazy.
After seeing Wang Hongbo, I couldn't help it, so I found an opportunity to ask Wang Hongbo.
Because this was an unforgivable mistake for Li Xiangnong, Li Xiangnong's tone was not good, and he had a questioning tone.