Here I want to complain about it, foreign leaders have an advantage, those who don't understand will not talk nonsense.

And some leaders in China seem to be omniscient and omnipotent, and they can express their opinions on anything.

These foreign politicians should be much more cautious in this regard and dare not speak nonsense.

They all have their own staff, elites of various professions, who act as their staff.

For example, the preliminary planning and design that Yu Qingyang took out, Ronald didn't understand engineering, didn't understand the construction of water conservancy projects, but his staff did.

He gave the drawings to Justler and took them to his staff to study the feasibility of the drawings.

In the end, he made a decision based on the advice of his staff.

Jasler took the preliminary plan to Mayor Ronald's staff to review the drawings.

Yu Qingyang and Mayor Ronald chatted.

In fact, the two sides have no common language, and small talk is just some official polite words.

Ronald tried his best to fool Yu Qingyang to increase his investment in Ajigeria and Butaitan City.

Boasting about their preferential policies for investors and so on.

Listen to Ronald boasting about various preferential policies.

Yu Qingyang secretly said in his heart, no matter how preferential it is, it is not as strong as the domestic discount.

In order to attract investors in our country, we are directly tax-exempt, do you do tax-free?

In other words, land is cheap, labor is cheap, and resources are abundant, but taxes are as much as they should be.

You have the ability to avoid taxes reasonably, how much you can avoid, that's your ability.

But there is absolutely no legal requirement that you are not subject to tax.

After chatting for a while, Yu Qingyang said goodbye and left.

Yu Qingyang is not much interested in expanding the scale of investment.

Investing in industry in Africa is indeed very profitable, and the profits are several times larger than those in the country.

However, for long-term investment, I still choose Ghana, Benin, Cameroon and other countries.

These countries are politically stable and have good law and order, so they are suitable for long-term investment.

In fact, at present, Ajigeria is also suitable for long-term investment in the eyes of many people.

After all, Comrade Lao Ka has been in power for more than 30 years, the political situation is stable, and the United States has just lifted economic sanctions against Ajigeria.

Many investors are looking to Aggie and Lia as a hot spot for investment.

But who would have thought that Lao Ka would be fine after 40 years in power, but he was overthrown in the 41st year, and Ajigeria fell into chaos from then on.

Therefore, Yu Qingyang's investment in Ajigeria is a short-term investment.

Even if it is a large cement plant that is ready to be invested and built, it is not prepared to hold it for a long time.

After making six or seven years of quick money, he sold it for a good price and withdrew from Ajigeria ahead of schedule.

Leaving the city government and seeing that it was still early, Yu Qingyang took a car to a place fifty kilometers away from Butitan City.

This is the barren mountain that Yu Qingyang bought.

The money was spent, and it was the first time for Yu Qingyang to come here to see the land and barren mountains he had bought.

There is nothing to see about barren mountains, and they are no different from barren mountains in China.

From a distance, from the halfway up the mountain, it is all bare.

The lower part of the mountainside is overgrown with various weeds and shrubs.

The Hummer followed the road built by the company and drove in.

Yu Qingyang secretly sighed that he had taken a big advantage.

It is estimated that the people who were in charge of the project were fired by the company.

The people who took over didn't bother to come here to take a look.

I don't know much about what this barren mountain is.

This barren mountain has been fenced off.

Fifty-two square kilometers of barren hills and a small part of the plains were all fenced off.

From the road to the foot of the barren mountain, in addition to the main road, there are three roads, dividing the six-square-kilometer plain into six parts.

But these four million can't be stopped.

Not to mention water and electricity.

On the other hand, the American company G is much worse, with only a fence to enclose its own land.

Although the fence has been damaged in the past few years, it can be repaired a little, which is a lot less effort than building a new fence.

Yu Qingyang got out of the car and stood on the road, looking at the land overgrown with wild grass.

"Mr. Yu, come and see!" Sun Jian shouted, pointing to an open inspection well.

This manhole cannot be said to have been opened, it should be that the manhole cover of the manhole has been stolen, leaving only the mouth of a black hole.

Yu Qingyang looked down, this is a power well.

It was empty inside, and not a single cable was in sight.

"You go find other power wells and see if there are any cables in them!" Yu Qingyang explained to Sun Jian.

In fact, you don't need to look at it, Yu Qingyang can basically know the result.

The cables here must have been stolen.

Hungry black people, what don't dare to steal?

Especially this land, no one has taken care of it for so many years.

It's normal to be stolen, but it's not normal if no one steals.

Fortunately, no one steals the power pipes, just buy the cables and re-lay them.

The water pipes were not forced to break either.

In comparison, it is still on the coast.

There is no shortage of water in the coastal cities of Ajigeria.

In 2000, seawater desalination technology was very mature.

Although desalinated water is not delicious, it is also a happy thing to be able to drink desalinated water in places where there is a shortage of water.

Sure enough, after a while, Sun Jian and others came back to report that there were no cables in all the power wells.

"Let's go, go back!" Although I had been prepared for a long time, after knowing the facts, I was still a little depressed.

The transformer in front of you doesn't need to be looked at anymore, it must have been stolen by someone too.

When I returned to Butitan City, I found a relatively high-end hotel to stay in.

Although Butitan is also a coastal city, there are no five-star hotels in Butaitan.

There are only two hotels that barely meet the three-star standard.

I'm going to stay for the night!

In a small southern city like Aggia, it's good to have a three-star hotel.

Even in China, in the past 2,000 years, not all prefecture-level cities had three-star hotels.

The next morning, Yu Qingyang came to the city government again.

This time, Mayor Ronald was even more enthusiastic.

As soon as he saw Yu Qingyang, he opened his arms, "Mr. Yu, my dear Chinese friend, I have been waiting for you for a morning!"

"Dear Mayor Ronald, good morning!" Yu Qingyang and Ronald hugged softly and greeted with a smile.

This kind of hug between men, Yu Qingyang is not used to it, but he follows the customs.

This kind of international occasion is not the time to show your individuality.

After some pleasantries, everyone entered the reception room.

"Mr. Yu, my staff has already researched!

Your plan is great!

It not only solves the electricity problem of the town, but also solves the irrigation problem of tens of thousands of square kilometers of land!

It's just a little doubt, the measures you mentioned above to prevent the evaporation of artificial lake water have never been seen or even heard of by my staff!"

"Oh, Mayor Ronald, I haven't seen it, I've heard of it!

Because I invented this measure to prevent water from evaporating!

Because patents are pending!

So far, experiments and effects have only been tested on a small scale!

The artificial lake in Butitan City can be said to be the first large-scale attempt!" Yu Qingyang said with a smile.

For plagiarizing the invention of the Americans, Yu Qingyang felt guilty or embarrassed at all.

"Mr. Yu, you said you invented it?

You're not just a successful entrepreneur, you're a great inventor!" Ronald exclaimed: "My staff said that if this measure can really prevent water evaporation, even reduce it, it will mean a lot to us in Ajigeria!"

No, it means a lot to all of Africa!"

"Hehe! My invention is very successful in China!

The effect is remarkable!

It can effectively reduce water evaporation by 60 to 80 percent!" Yu Qingyang said with certainty.

"Can you really do 60 to 80 percent?"

"Hehe, Dear Mayor Ronald, as I said above, our commitment is to reduce water vapor evaporation by 60 percent, if this effect cannot be achieved, we don't want a penny for this measure!" Yu Qingyang smiled confidently.

In fact, this method is very simple.

The most direct way to prevent water from evaporating is to pour water without direct sunlight.

Polyethylene is used to make shade balls and put them into artificial lakes.

The lightweight weight of the polyethylene shade ball allows it to float on the surface of the water, thus isolating the water from the outside world and avoiding direct exposure to ultraviolet rays.

Not only can it avoid water evaporation, but it can also effectively protect the water quality.

Water is exposed to ultraviolet light and produces chemical reactions to produce carcinogens such as bromate.

It also prevents the overflow of microorganisms such as algae in the water.

"Great!" Ronald exclaimed, high-fived.

"It's just, Mr. Yu, your cost seems to be too high, right?

The total cost is more than 1 billion!"

"Dear Mayor Ronald, we have a saying in China called one price, one goods!

It turns out that the artificial lake designed by the Germans for you is cheap, but it is only an artificial lake!

And it can only be used to store water during the rainy season!

This is not only about water storage, but also about a hydropower station that can live in a small town of 10,000 people!

It can also turn 10,000 square kilometers of the next door into an oasis irrigation system!

The most important thing is the technology I invented to prevent water from evaporating!

All of this adds up, do you still feel more than a billion Honorable Mayor Ronald?"

"Mr. Yu, the total investment of the underground artificial river project being carried out in China is expected to be only 3 billion!" Ronald questioned again

"Dear Mayor Ronald, your country's underground man-made river is a very remarkable project!

Tens of thousands of square kilometers of semi-deserts and saline lands in the north have been turned into oases, farmsteads!

However, did he really only spend three billion?

Now that we're just halfway through, may I ask Mayor Ronald, how much did the artificial river project cost?

If you add in the artificial lake, how much does it cost?

I don't think this is a secret, it's easy to find out!" Yu Qingyang asked rhetorically without hurry.

A series of rhetorical questions left Ronald speechless.

Oh, yes!

This can't hide from himself, and he can't hide it from the other party.

So far, three billion has already been spent, but only a third of the project has been carried out.

Seeing that Ronald was not talking, Yu Qingyang did not continue to force him, and changed the topic, "So, Dear Mayor Ronald, can we talk about the return on investment now?"

Although China and Argentina are friendly, as an enterprise, we also need to survive!

You can make small profits, small profits, but you can't be unprofitable!

Even if it's a bank loan, you still need interest!"

"Mr. Yu, Jasler reported that you can help contact HSBC to provide us with a loan, I don't know if it's true?"

"Regarding the HSBC loan, I would like to explain!

The loan was rejected because of HSBC's internal board of directors!

Therefore, this project will be built with China Huaihai Investment Group Co., Ltd. in full advance!"

"Mr. Yu doesn't know what kind of company this China Huaihai Investment is?"

"China Huaihai Investment and China Huayu Investment are brother units, both subordinate to the Chinese People's Government!

As the general manager of China Huayu Investment, he also serves as the chairman and general manager of Huaihai Investment!"

"Oh!" Ronald nodded, understanding what Yu Qingyang meant.

In both companies, he has the final say.

For the Butitan City Government, for Ronald, it doesn't matter who invests.

As long as his interests can be guaranteed!

"Mr. Yu, I don't know what kind of return on investment you need?"

"Well, our requirements are very simple, we Huaihai Investment can build artificial lakes for your country free of charge, and all the supporting projects in the planning and design have been planned!

In return, I ask that all of our Huaihai Investment's investments in your country be tax-exempt!"

This is a quid pro quo that Yu Qingyang just thought of the day before yesterday.

According to the comprehensive tax rate of Ajigeria, it is more than 30 percent.

Among them, the local tax is more than 10 percent.

A cement plant with an annual output of 10 million tons alone has to pay more than $100 million a year in local taxes alone.

"Tax exemption? This is impossible! Taxation belongs to the state, and we can't be the master of Buttitan City!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mayor Ronald! I'm not making it clear, I'm talking about exempting the city of Butitan from local taxes!

In the agreement, it is agreed that all investments or company projects under our Huaihai Investment are tax-exempt!"

"I can't do this!" Ronald said very dryly.

Although Aguigeria did not have a parliament during this period, it had a people's delegation similar to that of China.

In fact, it is a group composed of the leaders of various tribes.

Tax exemption naturally needs to be reviewed by this political group.

"I know, understandable, but I'm sure Mayor Ronald will be able to make this happen!" Yu Qingyang smiled lightly.

After coming up with this plan, Yu Qingyang repeatedly deliberated about it, and even consulted lawyers and relevant people for special advice.

It can only be brought forward on this occasion if it can be realized.

"Mr. Yu, I have a plan, you don't think it's feasible!

This project will eventually create an oasis of 10,000 square kilometers, how about we use the oasis of 10,000 square kilometers to offset the project payment?" Ronald did not answer Yu Qingyang's words, and proposed another plan.

"Dear Mayor Ronald, 10,000 square kilometers is equivalent to a million hectares!

According to the land price of our Aji and Lia, do you think it is appropriate?" Yu Qingyang asked with a smile.

"Mr. Yu, if you don't think it's enough, you can increase it!"

"Mayor Ronald, there is still so much state-owned land in Butitan City that can be sold?

What happens if oil or other mineral resources are explored on the transferred land?

Is it owned by your country or by our company?" Yu Qingyang asked quietly.

Yu Qingyang asked Ronald a question later.

Yes, you sell the land to the engineering department.

So what if there are mineral resources in the field?

To the other party?

Ronald didn't dare to say this, Lao Ka would kill him!

After Lao Ka came to power, the reason why he had a stalemate with Western countries was caused by the nationalization of petroleum and mineral resources proposed by him.