Seeing Tang Feng's palpitating appearance, the leader was also amused. The head of the city has not been to Bolivia once or twice, he has carried out at least five or six mineral exploration activities here, so he must have a deep feeling for Bolivia's transportation.

"Tang, in addition to the natural conditions and infrastructure, you need to pay more attention to the risks from the government and the private sector. First of all, let me tell you a little bit about the Bolivian government. It's not that I want to deliberately smear the Bolivian government, but in fact, the bureaucratic style of the Bolivian government is really serious. In developing countries, especially in relatively backward countries, low government efficiency is a very common phenomenon, so if you really want to carry out mining development in Bolivia, then you must be fully mentally prepared, if you need the relevant government departments to handle something, it is best to prepare early, you must leave enough time and space for them, otherwise you will immediately feel that the efficiency here will be low to a maddening point. ”

"Another thing you have to remember is that because many of the policies of the Bolivian government are not very transparent, there is a lot of corruption among some government workers, and mining companies are often asked for bribes."

"Huh? And this kind of thing? Tang Feng was really surprised.

"Hehe, as I said, I'm just stating one thing. In fact, the private owner of the Hematite Iron Ore Mine and I still have a good relationship, and I led the explorer company to survey the private mine owner here. The reserves of Hematite Iron Ore are at least more than 500 million tons, but now the mine owner takes the initiative to sell the mining rights, why? It's very simple, one is that the ore can't be shipped, and the other is some pressure from the government, do you understand? ”

Tang Feng stuck out his tongue and asked, "Boss." If the three major families jointly develop the Mutong iron ore mine with Huaxia and EMS, will this also be the case? ”

The leader shook his head and said: "The matter of Mutong Iron Mine is too involved, and ordinary petty officials dare not reach out to this project, this is a big matter related to the strategic development of the entire Bolivia, and no one dares to reach out to this project without a long eye, so you don't have to worry about this." But if you're investing privately. I'm afraid some officials won't let you go. ”

"My Jesus Daddy, so ruthless?"

"Ruthless? That's not that bad! If you were to catch up with the civil society movement, you would think how lovely the government officials were doing compared to the corruption and bribery. ”

"You may not know that although Bolivia is a relatively poor and backward country, the inhabitants of this country attach great importance to the people. From time to time, the Lord, will preach to the government the rights of Bolivian citizens, and among them, the Bolivian people regard demonstrations as an important political means. Large-scale demonstrations are often organized, and tens of thousands of people besiege the offices of parliaments and ministries, and some radicals even set off explosives such as detonators in public places to create a tense atmosphere, and violent clashes occur from time to time. Due to the frequent demonstrations, the Bolivian government is often unable to work normally, and social order such as transportation is greatly disrupted. Such large-scale demonstrations have had a serious impact on Bolivia's economic life and inevitably have a greater impact on foreign mining companies in Bolivia. ”

After a pause, the leader continued: "It is precisely because of this kind of mass demonstration by the Bolivian people that some social groups in Bolivia often use the name of protecting the environment. In the area where the mining project is located, it is trying to encourage local residents to gather and make trouble to prevent the implementation of the mining project. In addition, some mining companies do not provide sufficient support for local social welfare. The lack of attention to good relations with local residents and the lack of a concept of mutual benefit and win-win results have also led to the further expansion of such situations. Local governments generally take a tacit attitude towards disturbances by residents, which has had a significant impact on mining development projects, and some projects have been forced to suspend as a result. ”

I heard the boss say that. Tang Feng was really speechless. Although the fundamental purpose of foreigners to invest in Bolivia is to make money, don't forget that when foreigners invest, they add a lot of jobs to the local area. Together with the payment of taxes, it can be said that these foreign investments are saving the entire Bolivian economy little by little. Can ordinary people like Mao not even understand such a simple truth?

Without the investment of these foreigners, how could your mineral resources be developed, and how could they be exported abroad and turned into foreign exchange? And how can there be companies that pay taxes to your government?

Seeing Tang Feng bowing his head and pondering, the head smiled and gave Tang Feng, who had already suffered trauma, a more ruthless blow.

"Don, if you can't stand what I said earlier, then another fact I'm going to tell you next will probably make you directly discourage you from investing in this country. Looked. ”

"No, sir, could there be anything worse than those above?"

The leader nodded and said: "The things I mentioned earlier are basically things that happen outside the mining company, and the next thing I want to talk about is something that is directly related to the production of the mining company, that is, the strike!" ”

"Strike? Hold a big grass, and the workers here will still play this? ”

"Who says people can't play? Not only do people know how to play, but they also play very slippery! Because the labor issue has always been a socialization issue that cannot be agreed between the entire Bolivian government and the mining enterprises and workers, there are often workers' strikes in Bolivia, especially in recent years, the production of foreign-funded mining enterprises in Bolivia has been plagued by strikes and demonstrations under various names, and each time the efforts to solve it will face the next wave of threats, so that the enterprises will suffer large economic losses. Nationwide strikes have also been frequent, with legitimate and unjustified strikes becoming the norm in Bolivian society, and the authorities are out of control, with the right to survive seem to have given way to a growing pool of legal and illegal labour rights. Therefore, the strike problem is the biggest problem that plagues the normal production of the mine, but unfortunately no effective solution has been found so far. ”

"So, Don, if you want to invest in Bolivia on your own, you have to think about these things. I'm definitely not alarmist, I'm just telling you what I've seen and heard. As for how you decide, it's up to you! (To be continued......)