Chapter Eighty-Five: Advisor Arango

To avoid the media, Gracia lived in the United States for three days, but she didn't like spending time in Aspen doing nothing. The www.biquge.info then consulted Zhou You, and Dai Ze's bodyguards traveled to Switzerland to meet her father and learn how to deal with the transfer of international capital.

After a week in Zurich, her two children fell ill again because it was too cold in Switzerland, so she had to take the children to Bogotá, where she waited for the arrival of the trip.

And Paris felt bored in Aspen alone, and was sent to Bogotá by Barron by special plane while her belly was not yet big.

Yan Fangqing originally didn't want to come to Colombia, and she had a lot to do in Singapore. The construction of the company's new headquarters, the recruitment of personnel with the headhunter's think tank team, two children to take care of, and some entertainment in Singapore to deal with, she has a lot of things to do.

But both women are gone, and she can't stay in Singapore anymore. In addition, the three-month military control period in Colombia that began in September last year has passed, and the government army and the guerrillas have been relatively peaceful recently, and Zhou Youyou will arrive in Colombia on Valentine's Day, so she finally came to Colombia.

The site at the foot of Montserrat has been transformed into a garden of more than 40,000 square meters by connecting the school and the hotel into two pathways.

The training team from Spain and the mainland has been training 400 security guards for more than a month, and the security team has made a qualitative leap forward in terms of technical and tactical aspects and discipline.

The renovation of the hotel has also been completed, and the renovated base is not only highly secure, but also equipped with two different power and water supply systems, in addition to fiber broadband from the Colombian telecommunications department, and a set of satellite receiving equipment directly to ensure 24-hour uninterrupted power and network signal at the base.

All of this is due to the former Colombian President Arango, who not only created a first-class hardware environment for this base, but also used his prestige to recruit a first-class management team for this base. And this team, at this time, is completely ready for everything, waiting for their arrival on this trip.

After abdicating last May, Arango has lived on the outskirts of Madrid, where he is neighbors with his travelling home. When the elder Volando considered the leadership of Columbia, the first thing he thought was that he was Arango.

Although Arango did not do a good job in the presidency, because he was impeached too much, the final presidential term almost became a symbol and lost any rights. However, he still has considerable prestige in Colombia, and he has close ties with political parties and leaders in South American countries, and has a wide influence in South America.

In his memory, he ended up as Colombia's ambassador to the United States and president of the Colombian Peace Council. Therefore, Zhou You is quite satisfied with finding Arango as the general consultant of his company in Colombia.

Arango is also quite satisfied with the position, which can bring more financial benefits, although the leadership of a private company is not as good as the reputation of the ambassador to the United States.

More importantly, the well-traveled Nanyang Commercial Holding Company is now making huge business investments in Colombia, participating in Colombia's economic development, and mediating the common interests of both sides of the civil war, so this position is more important to the country than being ambassador to the United States.

Last September, the guerrillas surrounded the capital, Bogotá, from three sides, and the situation between the two sides was tense to the point of a full-scale war. President Uribe's state of emergency order added fuel to the fire, but because the strength of the government army was still superior after all, and the two sides had mutual scruples, the final war did not break out.

Since Zhou You proposed a comprehensive economic development strategy, relations between the two sides have eased even more, because both sides of the civil war are well aware that in order to develop the economy, there must be a stable environment. At this time, whoever provokes the war will be the sinner of the country and will be spurned by the people of the whole country.

And Zhou You also grasped the conflict of interests between the two sides very well and became the one who grasped the balance, which made Arango admire. If there is a person like Zhou You in his office, he will not be ousted from power.

Therefore, a month ago, after receiving an invitation from the elder Volando, and after the two sides reached a consensus on many issues, he returned to Colombia in high spirits without even meeting Zhou You, wanting to take this opportunity to re-establish his image.

Of course, he also talked to Zhou You on the phone a few times and exchanged views on many acquaintances. It was also Zhou You's decentralization, emphasis on economy over politics, coupled with his respect for the elderly, that made Arango completely relieved himself and single-handedly formed the Colombian management of Nanyang Holdings.

Zhou You doesn't want to get too involved in politics, and even if he does, it's only for the economy. Arango is a moderate in Colombia, and his position on both sides of the civil war is unstable, but because of this, he is not safe to sit on the presidency, but he can be a good mediator.

As it turned out, Arango did quite well, after he became the general consultant, the management team was selected from both sides of the civil war, and the management team of more than 40 people ensured that every project had candidates from both sides, playing a good balance.

Although he did not get strong support from either side of the civil war, he did not offend either side, which made both sides recognize him as the person in charge.

On the evening of 14 February, two Air China chartered planes that flew directly from Beijing landed at Bogotá Airport, and at the same time, several cargo ships from China also docked at the ports of Cartagena in the Caribbean Sea and Buenaventura in the Pacific Ocean, loaded with instruments and equipment delivered by major enterprises.

Officials from the Ministries and Ministries of Commerce of the two countries will arrive at random, and the two countries will hold another grand investment signing ceremony in Colombia.

Because of this signing, Marulanda, who has never been to the capital, also decided to come to Bogotá to participate in this signing ceremony. Of course, his security was also guaranteed by President Uribe, the leaders of many South American countries, whose presence alone led to no less than 50 negotiations, and many South American dignitaries called for peace.

The only one who is unhappy with this is the US government, because Colombia is almost their last bridgehead in South America, and now it seems that they are also going to be assimilated by the left.

Moreover, one-third of the mainland-invested projects belong to the rights and interests of their own companies, and the three countries have conducted negotiations for two months for these rights and interests, and finally those American companies have to give up.

But at a time when the dawn of peace is on the horizon and the economic wings are about to take off, no Colombian cares what they think. They can only take some compensation and leave gloomily. Because of those projects, the partisans simply could not allow them to develop.

When I came to the base, everyone praised the environment here, which not only gave everyone a sense of security in terms of safety environment, but also belonged to the world-class office environment.

The only thing that has some shortcomings is that it is still a little smaller. Originally a mid-sized hotel with less than 300 rooms on nine floors, the hotel has now reopened some office space with less than half of the rooms. Even with four people per room, the office environment here is still somewhat inadequate.

They also considered this problem, the area of the hotel is still large enough, seventeen companies, the headquarters is placed here, even if each company has only fifty people, there will be more than eight hundred people, plus the number of companies traveling around is at least one hundred, so it is also necessary to build an office building and dormitory building.

But even if another office building is built now, time is running out, and some men can only be arranged to stay in a nearby hotel first. At present, only some women and internal staff are arranged to move in at the base, because most of the people who come this time will still be stationed in the company.

It was not until the middle of the night that all the personnel left behind at the base had eaten dinner and fell asleep one by one.

But Zhou You can't rest yet, and there are still many things waiting for him.

He didn't even bother with a few wives, he just said hello to them during the meal, telling them that the Valentine's Day gifts he bought for them were in the suitcase and let them distribute them freely.

He was busy saying goodbye to the leaders who were staying in other hotels, and then discussing the arrangements for tomorrow's banquet with the representatives of the government and the guerrillas, and it was not until after midnight that he had time to return to his room, but by this time, Valentine's Day had already passed.

"I'm sorry I came back late."

In the room, Paris, the little girl, had already gone to sleep, and Yan Fangqing coaxed Guoguo to fall asleep. Only Gracia, an incompetent mother who never cared about her two children, was still at her desk looking at papers.

"Tired or not?"

"Fortunately, it's all some entertainment, you don't need to use your brain, you just can't get out." Zhou You stepped forward and hugged her, and gently kissed her on the forehead. "Happy Valentine's Day."

She grinned and pinched Zhou You's lower body. "I'll make it up to me later......"

Zhou You just wanted to kiss it, but she avoided it and said, "Let's get down to business first...... Elizabeth just said that tomorrow's reception banquet, the ranking of Chinese guests needs to be rearranged, and Advisor Arango and my father do not understand some of the unspoken rules of you Chinese, so this still needs you to determine. ”

Zhou You sighed, indeed, many things that are not important in foreigners, but Chinese are particularly particular. Don't underestimate this seat, if there is a little bad arrangement, it will offend people. "Didn't Advisor Arango serve as president, not to mention that this time there are people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia and people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Mainland, so I am needed to do it? Come, comfort me first......"

(To be continued.) )