Of course, the iron boss is not so easy to take advantage of, for these two short-distance freight lines and one passenger line, the current negotiations have not made much progress. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The key reason for this is that the Colombian government has no money, and the conditions given are not too good, and the requirements are relatively high.

Originally, the mining company wanted to use the domestic construction company to build two short-distance special freight lines, which could transport ore directly from the mine to the port.

However, Colombia has a strong demand that the two freight lines be linked to a single passenger route that bypasses several populous areas. The main problem is that they don't want to pay a penny, but they want the right to operate passenger transport, which is a bit outrageous.

For this investment plan, Zhou You did not participate. He is well aware that transportation conditions in Colombia are very poor, and even after a decade, some cities have built airports, but there is not a single road, let alone a railway.

There are several main reasons for this, one is that there are many mountains, many rivers, and many forests. This kind of terrain is more, which leads to high construction costs, and then there are fewer people, the economy is underdeveloped, and the return on investment is far away, which is not profitable at all.

In addition, there are many organized crime gangs, that is, there are many road robbers, and security is a big problem. More importantly, both sides of the civil war want to gain control of the road, and for the sake of profit, the two sides are also fighting for this.

Therefore, Zhou You made up his mind from the beginning and will definitely not participate in the construction of any infrastructure. With so many people and so many cars in the country, the transportation sector still loses hundreds of billions a year, not to mention Colombia, which has even worse conditions.

In the afternoon, he received the group of guests and accepted their invitation to visit Valle del Cauca next week, and then began to prepare for the banquet in the evening.

Today is the Lantern Festival in China, and hundreds of guests from the mainland have adjusted after a day's rest and adjustment, and they can be regarded as adapting to the time difference here, so President Uribe arranged a welcome banquet for tonight as early as a month ago.

This banquet was nominally a joint hospitality between the government army and the guerrillas, but in fact, it was Zhou You who paid for it. After all, the government is not well-off, and the guerrillas are even poorer, so Zhou You simply became this "good person".

Accompanying her evening was Gracia, a Spanish who had no problem communicating with fellow Spanish speakers.

And her dad is also one of the protagonists of tonight's dinner, and her presence will also make the atmosphere a little more harmonious. Although everyone knows that Zhou You has three wives, it would be too uninteresting for him to really bring his three wives to such a formal occasion together.

Yan Fangqing is also because of this reason, so she has been a little knotted in the past few days, and she has been left to count in the past few days. Anyway, she can't let herself change her mind, and her position in Zhou You's heart is to be in charge of Singapore and the mainland.

As for Paris, she seemed a little indifferent, for she was familiar with this kind of banquet, and regarded it as a boring entertainment.

Although the temperature dropped to about 20 degrees at night, Gracia only wore an off-the-shoulder and backless evening dress, and today she was specially asked by Paris's hairstylist to do her hair, and her hair was curled high, revealing a slender neck, delicate collarbones and a straight back.

Looking at her makeup, while traveling amazingly, she couldn't help but snicker. "Are you cold?"

"Of course it's cold, look at my sweat and pores."

Zhou You smiled: "In our country, this is called goosebumps." ”

She hugged her arms and giggled and said in Chinese: "It's quite similar to chicken skin." ”

After stepping into the car, she let go of her arm and asked, "Is there anything that needs special attention tonight?" ”

"Nothing." Zhou You beckoned, the first car started, he sat in the car, and Batistuta quickly followed and sat in the co-pilot's seat.

The car started slowly, and Zhou Youcai said: "Mainland companies will not deliberately build relationships with you, what you need to do is to maintain social relations with Colombia, which is not a problem for you." However, don't make any promises, even a small donation. ”

Curious, she asked, "Why?" Isn't it the company's policy to donate in Colombia? ”

Zhou You leaned back in the chair, and she leaned over too, in order to maintain her hairstyle, she didn't put her head on Zhou You's shoulder as before, but just wrapped her arms around him.

"Because the negotiations between the government and the guerrillas have not yet ended, and some of the benefits have not been negotiated, I don't want to pay two parts."

Gracia was a very intelligent woman, and when she heard it, she understood the meaning of travel. She nodded and said, "In that case, it means that I can't show any tendencies on both the government and the guerrillas, right?" ”

Thinking of the conversation with old Volando at noon, Zhou You shook his head and said, "Look at your father's attitude, I personally think that you can be a little biased towards the side of the guerrillas in terms of emotion. However, the tasks of the guerrillas attending the meeting today should all be men, and there are not many opportunities to play. ”

At present, the three leaders of the company, of course, must be impartial. Old Volando, both in terms of national sentiment and historical origins, was of course closer to the guerrillas. Arango, on the other hand, is a former president who stepped down last year, and he belongs to the government faction, and of course he is closer to the government.

So, in order to deliberately show the tendencies within the company, allowing the two of them to be close to one side and then travel around to balance it would be more humane than being neutral all of them.

The convoy arrived at the entrance of the Hilton Hotel, where the dinner was held, and was completely enclosed, except for business leaders and government officials from the mainland, where only representatives of the guerrillas stayed.

Since it was a convoy of security companies, they did not receive any hindrance to the tour, but the car could not drive directly to the door of the hotel, but parked directly in the parking lot. This is to prevent someone from planting a bomb on the car and injuring the people staying at the hotel.

To the surprise of Zhou You, there were two groups of people gathered at the entrance of the hotel who did not interfere with the river water, the less group was led by Herrera, and the more crowded group was greeted by Marulanda himself, which was a bit high.

Zhou You saw Marulanda and immediately stopped the car and got out of it. But instead of hurrying to the crowd, he went around to the other side of the car, took Gracia's hand, and told her to get out of the car.

The glamorous Gracia really attracted the attention of almost everyone, which made Zhou You feel extra face-saving. Their car stopped on the aisle, so that the cars behind had to stop.

In addition to the security cars in front and behind, Volando and Sanchez Sr. got off the car behind them, Arango and Bernard got down on the third car, and a bus followed, all of whom were master middle managers.

Zhou You waited for old Volandor and them to come together, and then walked to the door of the hotel together.

When I came to Colombia yesterday, I did not communicate with any government or guerrilla personnel alone, and this was also to maintain my neutrality. But letting the legendary Marulanda wait for him at the door of the hotel is too much face, and he must also give the other party this face.

The government did not send an important person out, I am afraid it is also to show respect for this legendary figure. Because even Marulanda's enemies have to admire this heroic revolutionary fighter, no matter how different the political views are, but Marulanda's spirit of self-denial for the country is definitely worth learning from anyone.

Zhou You took two quick steps, bent down slightly, held Marulanda's outstretched hand with both hands and said, "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief personally greeted you, I think it is a great honor." Allow me to introduce to you, my wife, Gràcia, my father-in-law, Mr. Diego Alfonso Volando......"

Marulanda said with a smile: "I don't need to be introduced, I know that I have heard of Volando, who can cultivate the Basque Tigers. ”

Old Volando also respectfully shook his hand with both hands and said, "Your Excellency is the person I have always admired the most. ”

After shaking hands, Marulanda turned his gaze to Arango, who was following behind. One of them is a former president and the other is the top leader of the opposition, but this should also be their first meeting.

Marulanda smiled, couldn't help but shake his head, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Arango, "Hello, Arango, although this is our first meeting, we are also old friends. ”

Arango stretched out his hands and said: "Although we have different political views, Your Excellency has always been one of the objects of my greatest respect, and now that I have changed positions, I am more aware that some of my previous actions have deviated, and I hope to be forgiven by Your Excellency." ”

"When you are in a different position, your understanding is naturally different, and even if there is a deviation, it is worth forgiving."

Arango said seriously: "Although I have left that position, I have always hoped that both sides of the civil war will put down their steel guns, and I am willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of peace to create a favorable environment." ”

The last sentence was guessed by Zhou You based on his pronunciation, his Spanish was not very good, their accent was heavy, and if he didn't listen carefully, he really couldn't understand it.

Hearing his words, Marulanda paused for a moment, looked back at Zhou You, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and then he became serious and said: "Although the wish for peace is good, we cannot ignore the many problems that exist in reality. However, on behalf of the guerrillas, I can say that we, the guerrillas, also want peace. ”

At this time, Herrera also came over from the other side and whispered: "Mr. Zhou, Your Excellency Marulanda, President Uribe has also arrived, let's go in and talk again." ”

Marulanda smiled and nodded, and said, "Evan, please go in with me, an old man, I have something to ask you." ”

Zhou You smiled and said, "That's exactly what I thought." He glanced at Gracia, who walked to his other side, took Marulanda's arm, and accompanied Marulanda into the hotel with Zhou You.

(To be continued.) )