At this time, Zhou You knew that his intelligence network was still very inadequate. In the information about Kabila www.biquge.info although there is information about Kabila's military training in the mainland and two visits to the mainland, there is no hint that he is proficient in Chinese, which also surprises Zhou You.

Kabila's hand and Zhou You's hand were clasped together, and he said with a smile: "In 98, I received military training in the capital for half a year. But then because of the rebellion, I had to interrupt my studies, which was one of the biggest regrets of my life. ”

Zhou You nodded, shook his hand heavily, and said with a smile: "It seems that we can find a lot of common ground, and it will be easier to eliminate the different differences between us." ”

He laughed and said, "Of course, I have a lot of respect for the Chinese, and I have even more respect for Mr. Zhou." From having nothing to becoming the richest man in the world, we have a lot to learn from Mr. Zhou. ”

Afterwards, Kabila gave a serious introduction to Zhou You, and almost half of the main figures in the political arena came, just shaking hands one by one and greeting each other, and half an hour passed.

When the convoy was finally ready, Zhou You was invited by Kabila to sit directly in his car. In front of the car, there are also Congo and five-star red flags on the left and right. This is not to treat Zhou You as a Singaporean, but as a mainlander.

After driving out of the airport, Zhou You realized the high-standard treatment he had come to visit. Starting from the airport, all intersections are manned by police and military personnel, and all roads are closed, and in this large city of more than 10 million people, you can enjoy a super high standard of hospitality.

Because of the road closure, although it takes the entire city to pass through the entire city from the airport to the presidential palace, the 30-kilometer distance only takes 20 minutes to reach the presidential palace on the Congo River in Gombe district.

According to Kabila's introduction, even this presidential palace was built with the aid of the mainland, and he did not spend a penny.

With such a high-standard hospitality, Zhou You's heart was actually a little uneasy. Of course, this is not because he is afraid that Kabila will have any bad intentions, but because he holds himself so high, of course he has something to ask for.

What do you ask for? Aside from the comprehensive comparison of all aspects, the main thing is money.

Zhou You has power, and under an order, more than 400,000 employees under the group, including the shareholding company, will be directly affected, and there will be even more cooperative companies, just three barrels of oil, nearly 30 mining companies, and more than 10,000 enterprises in various places, and the lives of millions of people will be affected. Coupled with their relatives and friends, the groups that can be directly affected by traveling around can be as low as tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.

However, Kabila is even more powerful than him in this regard, he is directly the president of a country, and he directly affects more than 70 million people.

Zhou You's subordinates had rifles, chariots, and other people's armies had artillery, warplanes, and even rockets. Therefore, all he has to ask for is money.

Raise yourself so high, although you are here to be a good money boy this time, but if you let yourself be the wronged leader, then of course you don't want to.

The itinerary of the tour had been passed down before he arrived, and he could only stay in Kinshasa for one night at most, because tomorrow morning at half past ten he would have to return to Luanda to personally bid farewell to the ashes of the first victims.

Therefore, after a sumptuous dinner at the presidential palace, Kabila also directly stated his purpose. "Mr. Zhou, your business development package in South America is a model for modern business. Whether it's a comprehensive development upgrade after the two sides of the Colombian civil war, or a development plan based on the current situation in Venezuela, including Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, you can design a different overall development plan for each country according to its national conditions. So, what do you think we need to adapt to and cater to in the DRC compared to other countries? ”

This was not a private chat, but an official questioning in front of dozens of government officials, so Kabila did not use Chinese, but French. Zhou You did not understand French and could only understand his words by relying on the on-site translation of a Chinese translator.

Although the main purpose of coming here today is not for business planning, on such an occasion, Zhou You certainly does not stiffly pull the topic to the SPLF.

He thought for a moment and said: "There are three main reasons why Nanyang Holdings can carry out such a large operation in South America. First, Nanyang Holdings has sufficient financial strength to influence the business strategy of each company in its entirety, so that all companies can come together and work towards a common goal. ”

After the interpreter relayed Zhou You's answer, everyone nodded, looking forward to Zhou You's answer. "Second, Nanyang Holdings relies on the strong strength of Nanyang Security Company to fully intervene in every level of a country, even some of the more sensitive levels. At times like these, it is very important that each of the companies we work with, including the local government, should be open to compromise with each other, rather than opposing each other. ”

Kabila nodded and said: "I believe everyone can understand this, since we are willing to accept Nanyang Holdings to carry out a series of business operations on behalf of the government, then we will naturally not firmly grasp the power in our hands, let alone use the power of the people to do things like killing chickens and eggs." ”

Zhou You feels that this translation is very level, the translation is very good, and he can also use some idioms to express the meaning of the other party, which is very rare.

He nodded, and said: "The third point is that as a responsible company, Nanyang Holdings has always adhered to the business philosophy of going hand in hand and developing together, and we are more willing to earn value-added profits than predatory profits." However, such a long-term project will increase our company's own risks, so it is necessary to have a foundation of honest cooperation. But we are not willing to put everything in the hands of the other side, but prefer to take the risk ourselves, so you must be able to endure our closure and expansion in some links. ”

This time, after the interpreter relayed Zhou You's words, he saw that most of the people's faces showed doubt. Kabila did the same, he frowned and asked, "Can Mr. Zhou speak a little more clearly?" Is there any difference between this point and the second point? ”

Zhou You laughed and said: "The second condition is more of the opposition and cooperation conditions in terms of business behavior, each country has different national conditions and different customs, and all business activities in different countries need to be adjusted to a certain extent. But the third point is more about the restraint and forbearance that we must exercise outside of business in order to ensure our own safety. For example, if we come to the DRC to cooperate, you have to accept that all the company security, transportation, including the bank must be handled in our way, so that we can protect our own interests. ”

He asked, "But as far as I know, although you use your own banks, security companies, and transportation companies for cooperation in South American countries, you will recruit a large number of employees from the local area. ”

"Yes, the so-called closure means that we will not easily hand over the management rights, but it does not mean that we will not promote local employment problems. In fact, we prefer to hire people from the local area, because it will greatly reduce our operating expenses, but it is very difficult for them to have the opportunity to enter the management level. Security guards recruited in the DRC, they don't have much chance of promotion in their home country, unless they are willing to work abroad, I say that, do you understand? ”

He nodded and asked, "What about the so-called expansion?" ”

"This kind of large-scale business overall upgrade program takes at least three years to pay off, and it takes 10, or even 20 years to make a profit, and in that long time, a country's leader may change, may step down, and may even be overthrown. At that time, how can we ensure our own interests? We can only rely on the guns we have in our hands and the economic interests that are already closely tied to the locals. Therefore, if you want us to help your country's development, you must allow us to have the ability to protect ourselves. ”

At this time, everyone understood and began to discuss. And the people who attended the meeting also asked Zhou You about the details from the industry they managed.

People in the Ministry of Minerals will be concerned about the establishment of refined processing of mineral products, and will not want to rely on the sale of cheap primary ore all the time. People from the Department of Transportation will be concerned about how much money the traveling companies are willing to put up to build infrastructure. Someone from the Department of Taxation will look at the percentage of taxes in various areas, and someone from the Department of Security will look at the scope of privileges that the security company has in the local area.

Zhou You also tried his best to answer them one by one, of course, more details were pushed to the back by him, and when it was time for formal negotiations, professional negotiators would go through them one by one.

Even so, the symposium lasted until midnight, when Gracia persuaded it to end. It can be seen that everyone is very excited, because as long as Zhou You is willing to take the lead in doing this, it means that more than 20 billion US dollars will be invested directly in the territory of the DRC.

This is not the most tempting for them, because the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been able to attract more than $3 billion in investment every year in recent years. But most of these investments are in oil extraction, mining, and will not help them build their own industrial system at all.

In 2006, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached $12 billion, with the mining sector accounting for about 28 per cent. However, they exported 400,000 tons of copper ore, 100,000 tons of cobalt fines, and 16 million carats of diamonds, in exchange for only about 10 percent of the gross domestic product.

This means that all the minerals they export are rough processed products, and the contribution of this pure resource export to the country's economy is far less than its own value.

They have many industrial processing projects, mainly food, textiles, footwear, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical appliances, automobile assembly, wood processing, and building materials, but their output value accounts for only 1.3 percent of their GDP.

Due to the shortage of funds, the insufficient supply of raw materials, and the backwardness of processing capacity, the operating rate in 2006 was only 30%. What is this concept? It's almost the same as the Qing Dynasty in the mainland, where industrial processing capacity accounts for only one percent of the economy, and that's still in the 21st century.

Zhou You didn't know what kind of decision these people in the business community would make, but he believed that if the South American countries would accept his terms, the DRC would certainly accept it. Because no one can see the risks he brings, but the promotion of the country's economic development can be seen by everyone. Just to win public opinion, they should also accept it.

Although most people have left the presidential palace, there are still many who remain. But now it's time to talk about the purpose of this time. Kabila is also well aware of this, and the two aides left behind are both high-ranking military officials.

This time, instead of staying in the large conference room, they moved to a small conference room next to it. This time it was Zhou You's turn to take the initiative, he made a look with Liu Rui, the head of the security company, and he immediately took out a prepared document and handed it to Kabila with both hands.

Zhou You explained: "This is some information that I prepared after I got the real culprit of this kidnapping, Alsace, and fled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Domingo, the current leader of UNITA, Alsace has several industries in the Katanga region and has come to the DRC to take refuge whenever Angola is under pressure. You may or may not have this information, but none of this is the point right now, the point is that I need your authorization to go directly to the DRC to carry out our retaliatory actions. ”

Kabila took the information, but he didn't look at it, but threw it on the glass coffee table in front of him and asked: "Alsace also has several allies of government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not to mention that he has at least hundreds of people under him, just for revenge, is it worth it?" ”

"It depends on how you look at it. If it's just for those nine lives, it's certainly not worth it. What's more, because of these nine people, more than eight hundred people have died and one thousand and five hundred have been seriously injured. For their sake, twenty-three more of my men were killed and more than forty seriously wounded. However, when you look at the development of my company, it is totally worth it. Because I want all to know that my dignity is not to be violated, and my interests are not to be violated! ”

Kabila pondered for a moment and said: "In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are two areas where the control of the government army is relatively weak. One is the northeastern province of North Kivu, on the border with Rwanda, where separatist groups have been fighting against government forces in their quest for independence. One is the Katanga Plateau on the border with Zambia, which is rich in minerals and the original center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has been seeking more benefits in the political arena. So, it's hard for us to provide any support for your actions. ”

Zhou You shook his head and said, "I believe in my soldiers. ”

Only then did he ask: "Allowing your army to enter my country directly to carry out military operations is a serious violation of a country's sovereignty. I'm not going to say that's not going to work, but what do we get? ”