Chapter 2 A Good Start

For Chavez, Zhou You still cares very much in his heart, although in terms of prestige, he is not as good as Castro in Cuba. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoBut Cuba is only a small country and does not have a strong radiation capacity to neighboring countries.

Chávez is different, Venezuela is an important constituent country in Latin America, and Chávez is a long-sleeved and good dancer, and has very good relations with several countries in northern South America. South American countries, including Brazil and Argentina, are also willing to support Chávez as a rebel in the eyes of Americans, setting him up as a model.

And because of the irreconcilable contradictions with the Yankees, Chavez will not accept the cooperation of the United States after turning against the United States. With such a target for confrontation with the United States, the Yankees will mainly try to win over other countries in South America, and other countries can also benefit from this differential treatment.

Perhaps the Yankees have noticed some of the moves of Zhou You, and the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also made frequent moves in recent times, carrying out frequent business cooperation and assistance in South American countries. When US President Bush also decided to visit many South American countries in March next year, and when he arrived in South America on a tour, the Foreign Ministry was making preparations for Bush's visit to South America.

But it is a pity that in addition to Colombia, whether it is Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, they have all rejected the application of the United States to visit, which makes the Yankees very faceless.

Zhou You needs a strong supporter to stabilize the current investment situation and not let the Yankees sabotage his investment plans. Chavez is a good candidate, he has enough prestige and influence, and more importantly, he will never forgive the United States.

Zhou You's courtesy this time was expected, but at lunch, Zhou You refused his mediation and did not forgive Castro.

For Castro, in fact, Zhou You didn't pay attention to it at all, because this country, like the Northern Dynasties, has no commodity economy or market economy at all, they only have a planned economy, and there is no environment for commercial investment at all.

Since it is not profitable in this country, he does not care about Cuba at all.

But rejecting Chavez's kindness, Zhou You wondered if he would have an opinion about himself because of this.

Thankfully, during the formal business meeting in the afternoon, Chavez was still very intimate and didn't seem to bother with it at all.

Zhou You's personal participation in the negotiation has accelerated the progress of the negotiation a lot. In the course of more than a year of negotiations, there are not many unresolved differences between the two sides, but there are a few points that must be decided through a long journey.

The first is the transportation service, because the major mines and oil fields are working in silos, and they have been in production for more than a year now, so many enterprises have outsourced the transportation.

But in Colombia, whether it is transportation or security, it is provided by the company of Zhouyou, and because of this part of the benefits, Zhouyou will be willing to invest in Colombia's infrastructure construction.

Whether in Colombia or Venezuela, toll roads are rare. There is not a single highway toll in Colombia, and there is only one toll road in Venezuela. It is almost impossible to recover the cost by collecting tolls.

In Colombia, because Zhou You has this part of the profits, he is willing to accept Colombian installments and gradually pay for these construction funds in 20 years.

However, Venezuela now does not integrate transport services and security services, so of course it is not possible to make that money from traveling. Without a little profit, Zhou You would not be willing to accept an installment agreement from Venezuela.

The cost of infrastructure development is not a small amount of money, it requires a lot of investment, and although Venezuela is now making a lot of foreign exchange from its oil economy, it cannot fill this hole. What's more, Venezuela's national economy will collapse ten years later, and I am afraid that this money will still be owed to Zhou You.

The second major disagreement is the selection of supporting manufacturers and the issue of technical support. In Colombia, almost all decision-making was controlled by Zhou You, and both sides of the civil war were dominated by Zhou You, making business decisions.

But it is impossible for Venezuela to travel around now, not to mention that they now have a large number of service providers. Now abandon these manufacturers and let Zhou You choose again, no one can accept it.

Even if you take a step back and let each of these supporting manufacturers take out 20% of the shares, I am afraid that many people will not be able to accept it. Having lost this power and this part of the benefits, Zhou You will certainly not be willing to take out the money for urban construction.

Spanish companies have lost access to Venezuela, and Santander is reluctant to lend low-interest loans to help build Venezuela.

These two huge differences are difficult to resolve at present, Zhou You and Chavez have never met, and the two sides have not been able to come up with the determination they should have.

Therefore, this meeting is the first official contact between the two sides, and the purpose is to resolve the biggest differences in cooperation. In Venezuela, Chavez has been in full control of the situation in the country since he came to power in '99, and it can be said that he is a man of his word. And traveling around the company here is almost his own, and in the past investment, no one in the company has any opinions on his decision-making, and it can even be said that he follows his words.

The Venezuelan media gave very optimistic expectations from the beginning of the meeting between the two of them, believing that the meeting of these two strongmen would definitely resolve the most serious differences.

Indeed, on the afternoon of the first day, both sides showed the greatest sincerity openly and honestly, and put all the issues on the table.

The Venezuelan side brought out its own difficulties, traveled around their side and directly talked about all the problems. On each issue, the two sides will jointly come up with their opinions for consultation.

Zhou You has great worries about the collapse of Venezuela's economy ten years later. Therefore, no matter how much the Venezuelan side complains, Zhou You will not back down, insisting that all contracts must be fulfilled by 2016.

For this reason, Zhou You also controls very little of his profits, and if it is only based on the transaction price, Zhou You is not even profitable.

For example, for a road, a mainland company offers $30 million, but it takes Venezuela 10 years to pay for the goods, which only increases the total price by less than 20 percent. If you add inflation, you can even lose money when traveling.

But Venezuela's settlement is not in cash, but in oil, so there is room for maneuvering. When the price of oil rises, the price of oil may rise by 30 percent if the oil is received a month in advance and the goods are pressed for three months. When the price of oil falls, then according to the pattern of spot trading, even if there is a loss, it will not be your own.

When Zhou You showed his sincerity, the Venezuelan side also directly showed the greatest sincerity under the strong promotion of Chavez.

First of all, they forced all companies to stop all the supporting projects that have not been started, and the projects that have been cooperated with must also come up with unequal shares to meet the needs of the tour company.

Secondly, the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Santander Bank also intervened strongly, giving their own plans for Venezuela's industrial upgrading, and the company was responsible for the technological upgrade. Companies that meet the standards can continue to cooperate, but they also have to take out shares, and companies that do not meet the standards will be directly replaced by companies with technology and experience in Spain.

During this period, German and French companies also intervened, and although they did not get large orders, they also got many small orders.

Although a country's industrial upgrading only involves energy and minerals, there are many cooperative projects. In addition, the scope of cooperation has been greatly increased by the follow-up infrastructure construction projects, so there is no fear of no projects to attract companies from various countries.

The main problem in Venezuela is that it doesn't have a strong company like Colombia that integrates all the projects, then uses a portion of the profits to improve people's livelihoods, and creates more projects at a time to guide the development of the whole country.

Now that they are aware of the problem, they can gradually return to normalcy with the strong intervention of the government.

Throughout August and September, Zhou stayed in Venezuela, meeting with entrepreneurs and bankers from around the world, in addition to meeting with Chavez no less than a dozen times.

In his spare time, he also travels around Venezuela in his own helicopter with his children. Venezuela is home to many famous attractions, many of which are even unique.

For example, the Cartatumbo Lightning in Lake Maracaibo, which has lightning for more than 200 days a year, is a unique sight in the world. This lightning, which is formed by the accumulation of thunderclouds, occurs up to 280 times a night on about half of the nights of each year, and the arc formed by the lightning can reach up to five kilometers long, with an intensity of up to 400,000 amperes, and a visual distance of up to 400 kilometers.

According to experts, the reason for the formation of the storm is due to the collision of thunderclouds in the Andes, while the cause of the formation of lightning is due to the accumulation of ionized gases such as methane released by the decomposition of organic matter in the marshes of the region on top of the clouds to form lightning. Therefore, lightning always comes with a storm. Some scientists have also judged the Maracaibo marsh marsh to be one of the world's largest ozone generators, based on the frequency of lightning and the intensity of the discharge.

There is also Angel Falls, also known as Chulenmeru Falls, which is a waterfall on the Chulon River, a tributary of the Caroni River in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela. With a drop of 979 meters and a base width of 150 meters, Angel Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the world and one of the 12 largest waterfalls in the world. The waterfall is sheltered by dense forests and should be viewed from the air. Angel Falls is the largest waterfall in the world, with the Chulon River cascading from the steep face of Mount Oyantepui on the flat-topped plateau almost untouched, with a drop of 979.6 meters, about 18 times the height of Niagara Falls.

In addition, Venezuela is home to the world-famous Table Mountain, Mount Roraima, the least alpine mountain hidden in the jungle where Venezuela meets the borders of Guyana and Brazil. Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World is set in this part of Mount Roraima. It was once home to pterosaurs and other prehistoric monsters, and many fossils of prehistoric creatures have been found in the jungle at the top of the mountain.

The latter two are part of the famous Canaima National Park, which is a great place for adventure tourism.

On August 30, Yan Fangqing returned to Singapore with her children to prepare for school, while Zhou You remained in Venezuela to continue the difficult negotiations.

Although Zhou You and Chavez have already determined the framework of cooperation from the beginning, there are still many details that need to be solved. When working with any company, you have to go through difficult negotiations to determine the terms of cooperation, which is more difficult than planning on a blank sheet of paper in Colombia.

It was not until September 16 that these negotiations finally reached a satisfactory conclusion, with a grand signing ceremony held at the Palazzo de la Flora in Venezuela.

The signing ceremony was indeed grand, involving more than 500 companies, including more than 300 domestic enterprises in Venezuela, nearly 30 enterprises in the mainland, five companies in Singapore, and the rest are all European companies, most of which are Spanish companies.

However, in terms of the contract amount, it is still higher for mainland enterprises, because almost all super projects are cooperation between Venezuelan and mainland enterprises, and European enterprises are more likely to cooperate on small projects.

The signing ceremony also attracted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commerce of more than 20 countries, especially Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, which sent luxury delegations to study.

When all the projects in Venezuela are finalized, it will be time to travel around and cooperate with the three countries, whether it is cooperation with Colombia or cooperation with Venezuela, which can become a template for them to learn from.

In addition to these countries, many resource-rich countries in Africa were also represented, and Colombia's development is now visible to the whole world. In a country that is still in civil war, maintaining an annual economic growth of more than 10 percent has become a miracle for the whole world.

In terms of energy and minerals and import and export projects alone, Colombia has been growing at a rate of more than 50 percent every year in recent years, which is unmatched by any other country in the world.

Therefore, those war-torn countries in Africa also have high hopes for the traveling company. The itinerant security company has now grown to more than 10,000 people, and if this force were pulled into Africa, it could almost occupy a country.

Zhou You will not be afraid of the treachery of both sides of the civil war in those countries, and they will not be afraid that Zhou You will be interested in their land, because the pressure of forming a country is not something Zhou You can bear.

To be honest, Zhou You has so much money now, and he has no interest in building a country at all, because then he will be too tired to live. With the exception of a few superpowers, Zhou You is not afraid of oppression from any country.

He is abroad, and the United States does not dare to target him at will. As for the small nations, if they want to deal with the travelers, they also need to consider whether they can withstand the retaliation of a heavily armed security company that has been rigorously trained.