Chapter Ninety-Two: Officially Begins
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Zhou You really doesn't understand politics, and he doesn't want to get involved in politics. So at this sensitive moment, he didn't dare to stay in the company, all the personnel of the company were busy, but the next day he took his family to the Tekendama Waterfall, which is 30 kilometers away from Bogotá.
At least before signing the contract, he didn't dare to mix it in, and it was just a day today, and he dragged it out.
The entire base is now fully mobilized, and there are more than 300 lawyers and accountants staying in the base alone. Some of them were arranged by the tour, some were from the mainland, and more were arranged by the Colombian side.
They will review every contract, and when it comes time to sign it, there will be no time off at all.
Uribe couldn't help but laugh when he learned of Zhou You's actions, and Marulanda couldn't stop laughing. Although it is a bit slippery, I have to say that Zhou You's statement is acceptable to both of them.
Recently, due to the temporary ceasefire between the two sides, and the relatively strong protective force around Zhouyou, they also boldly came to play.
The Tekendama Falls is a famous attraction in Colombia, where the waterfall stretches for more than a dozen kilometers, forming a scenic spot like a dreamy paradise, which makes people linger.
Monday, February 17th. The Colombian Congress voted on the business plan, which was almost unanimously approved, with the exception of two abstentions.
On 18 February, President Uribe and Economy Minister Sebastián signed a $1 billion loan agreement with Zhou You, Spain's Banco Santander and Singapore's DBS Bank.
In this agreement, Santander and DBS will provide Colombia with a billion dollars in goods, machinery and equipment, industrial investment programs, on the contrary, Colombia does not ask for much in terms of cash.
Moreover, a whole piece of paper-making equipment was provided for the guerrillas, and in addition to this, the guerrillas had a total of 35 percent of the loan agreement.
These loans will be repaid over 10 years in the future business proceeds on the basis of interest first and principal repayment. Among them, Zhou You will bear half of the interest, which is almost a share of more than 200 million US dollars.
In this regard, of course, Zhou You loses money, and he doesn't expect to make money here, because this is equivalent to his road money.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Colombian government, the guerrillas, representatives of 17 enterprises in the mainland, government representatives, and Zhou You signed a contract with a total investment of $51.7 billion. The initial investment that has been made within this year alone has reached $20 billion.
Among them, there are three oil fields, four large mines are joint ventures, and twelve medium-sized mines are wholly-owned, but most of the supporting enterprises outside the mines need to directly select Colombian enterprises, and the terms are inconsistent, so there is no need to list them one by one.
In short, the government will share nearly 70 percent of the future dividends in this cooperation, and the guerrillas will receive 30 percent of that. At the same time, the guerrillas will return from the areas they currently occupy, and all the areas in which they have invested will be classified as non-combat zones, and both sides will have the obligation and responsibility to protect the normal operation of enterprises.
Of course, these are just treaties, and what they can create is a general environment of basic peace. In fact, they are often not counted on in emergencies, and the security protection problem still needs to be maintained by the security company formed by Zhou You.
Because of the ceasefire on both sides, Colombia now has more than 200 organized drug lords and bandits. Many of these drug lords and bandits have their own financial chains abroad, so they will naturally take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. At this time, the guerrillas and government forces could not act casually, but could only rely on traveling companies to maintain them.
Since February 19, everyone has been busy.
Although the establishment of an enterprise has sufficient preparation and a reserve of various technical talents, it is not easy to establish it from scratch.
Zhou You and those leaders are in constant meetings every day, constantly meeting different people. Involving 19 mines in Colombia, local governments of oil fields, water and electricity supply, transportation, logistics and other departments, all need to be negotiated and coordinated one by one, and this workload is something that Zhou You did not expect at the beginning.
Some problems are prepared at the beginning, such as road traffic, such as the contagion of tropical diseases, such as the supply of vegetables. However, some problems are indeed after the construction starts, and it is only after the construction that I realize that the ideal is plump and the reality is skinny.
Colombia's regional development is unbalanced, and the power supply is also unbalanced, and the Colombian side has repeatedly promised that the power supply can keep up, but once the construction sites are opened, the electricity everywhere is not enough, and many machines and equipment can only rely on diesel engines to work.
Zhou You held nearly 20 meetings in a week, and three meetings a day were only arranged on the schedule, and one more meeting would be added in case of temporary circumstances.
At this time, Yan Fangqing and Gracia became the best helpers for travel. Gracia is Spanish and has no problem communicating with Colombians, so he is in charge of communicating with Colombians.
Yan Fangqing became a liaison with mainland companies, and although she was inexperienced and needed the help of Sanchez and Rodriguez many times, she was soon on the road.
Only Paris, a chick, dared not count on her, and she had no interest in this business. Zhou You traveled to various venues every day, and she occupied Zhou You's office and was busy preparing for her own brand new products.
After all, Yan Fangqing is now with children and has not yet officially taken up a position, although Gracia has experienced a lot of money, but she doesn't earn much. Only she has her own brand, and in the past two years, she has become a billionaire.
On March 3, he traveled to a place called Saraki in the department of Chocó, in northwestern Colombia on the border with Panama. Coming from Bogotá, Zhou You first arrived at Medellín Airport by connecting plane, and then flew from the airport in a Bell 230 helicopter for more than an hour before arriving in this remote primeval forest.
Originally, there were no inhabitants here, and it was only in the eighties that a forest farm was built here. At present, there are less than 300 loggers in the area, and their families are less than 1,000, and the necessities are basically transported by a small river with an average depth of less than two meters.
It was the construction of this forest farm that allowed them to discover a large copper mine here, but unfortunately, due to the inconvenient transportation and the active guerrillas around here, even if they knew that the copper mine here was worth hundreds of millions, it could not attract investment to develop.
But now the environment is different, and Southern Nonferrous Metals decided to invest $200 million to develop this copper mine. But in order to develop the mine, it is necessary to build a 30-kilometer railway through the mountains to bring in equipment from the Pacific Ocean and later use it as a way to export ore.
He traveled with the Southern Nonferrous Metals and Colombians for the purpose of field research and preparation for the construction of Jurado, a village on the Pacific coast. It is a natural and excellent port, because it is a rocky coast, the water depth of the offshore sea is more than 20 meters, and there are few reefs, and the construction cost of the port is very low.
Just as he was about to return to Bogotá, his satellite phone rang. On the other end of the line was Chuckle, who excitedly told Zhou You that a suspected shipwreck of the Liberation had been found.
After receiving this news, Zhou You was also very excited, because the Liberation can almost be regarded as the most valuable shipwreck in the history of shipwrecks in the world, and the only thing that can compare with it is the San Jose that sank in northern Colombia.
After some delay in Jurado, he returned to Bogotá at midnight. But as soon as I entered the door, I found that several of my wives were not sleeping, and a few children were having fun, even Paris, a lazy pig, did not sleep, and when I saw Zhou You, several women couldn't help but look at the time, and then said in unison: "Happy birthday!" ”
Zhou You was also a little touched for a while, he was so busy that he almost forgot his birthday, but someone helped him remember, this feeling of being cared for was really good.
He stepped forward and hugged them one by one, and before he could brew his emotions, Long Long stepped forward and hugged his legs and shouted, "Happy birthday, Dad." ”
Zhou You picked him up with a smile and pricked him with his beard, now he was not afraid, but he was still pricked and giggled.
Several women mysteriously gave Zhou You birthday gifts, looking at this small box, Zhou You asked, "Could it be that this gift was given by the three of you together?" ”
The three of them nodded together, and they all looked at Youyou, as if they wanted to wait for him to see the gift and praise them. Zhou You knew that this gift would not be light, and when he opened it, it was a key.
As soon as I saw the red Bell logo, I knew that it was a helicopter, but I didn't know which model it was. But he deliberately pretended not to know and asked, "What kind of key is this, is it to give me a villa?" Our family has houses everywhere, do we still need to buy a house? ”
Several women laughed and watched Zhou You's treasure. Only Long Long was ignorant, and shouted anxiously: "Dad, it's a plane, Mom said to take me on a plane......"
Zhou You leaned over, gave Yan Fangqing a hot kiss, and asked ambiguously, "Are your relatives gone today?" ”
Yan Fangqing stretched out her hand and pushed Zhou You away, and smiled embarrassedly: "Don't mess with me, not yet!" ”
Gracia put his arm around Zhou You and said in Spanish: "I don't care, there are three places for women, one place that cannot be used, and two places that can be used." ”
Zhou You's anger rose by her, and he smiled: "Then you are ready, and I will teach you a good lesson in a while." ”
Paris stopped hearing this, and said coquettishly: "It should be my turn today, don't cut the line!" ”
Gracia smiled and turned around and pinched her face. "Can you handle it alone without me?"
This time, it was Yan Fangqing's turn to take it anymore, so she picked up Zhongzhen, pulled Long Long and said, "Long Long, go, it's time to sleep." ”
(The rest of the chapter is not in a state, and the cold is serious, so I insisted on finishing this chapter, and now I go to sleep.) )
(To be continued.) )