"You say. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Karima said without hesitation.

Chen Geng raised a finger: "Runhua Industry wants to enter the Zambian copper mining industry......"

"No problem!" Karima agreed without hesitation.

"Don't worry," Chen Geng waved his hand and said, "I want a high-grade copper mine with reserves of no less than 1 million tons, and we will talk about the relevant procedures and costs, but Mr. Minister, I hope that this time you will not fool people with the kind of copper ore with a grade of only a few tenths of a percent and reserves of only tens of thousands of tons." ”

As soon as he talked about the slag with a reserve of only 80,000 tons and a grade of less than 1%, Chen Geng was furious: Even if you fool people, you have to be a little sincere, right?

was thrown in the face by Chen Geng, Karima was a little embarrassed: "Uh...... Chen, I'm sorry, but as far as I know, you Runhua Industrial didn't have a mining business before......"

Chen Geng honestly and unceremoniously asked: "Are we friends?" Is this the attitude you should have towards your friends who are genuinely helping you? ”

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Karima couldn't say a word when he was choked, indeed, although everything was in the interests of his country, but this time some people in the Zambian government were too short-sighted, and no matter how many reasons the Zambian side could come up with, they really did not do much in this matter.

Chen Geng didn't plan to do anything, and after expressing his dissatisfaction to Karima, Chen Geng said: "Mr. Minister, in order to ensure that our cooperation can be reached, I suggest that we jointly set up a working group to ensure the efficiency of communication between our two sides, what do you think?" ”

Karima said without hesitation: "Of course, I have no problem at all. ”

This is an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, if you count the corresponding transmission and transformation lines, the overall construction cost may exceed 500 million, which can be called the largest cooperation project between China and Zambia in recent years, and a working group for communication between the two sides is of course very necessary.

As for how many shares each side holds, neither Chen Geng nor Karima mentioned it: such a large cooperation project, it is already unusually fast to achieve such results in the early communication, and now is not the time to talk about this issue at all.

Why did Chen Geng agree to the Zambian government holding a certain percentage of the shares?

Because electricity is not sent out to finish the matter, as a commodity, the ultimate purpose of power generation is to sell electricity, different from conventional commodities that can be transported by means of transportation, electricity must have a transmission network, in the process of building a transmission network without the cooperation of the Zambian government, in the land acquisition, residents will encounter a lot of trouble in these fields, in this case, it is better to directly turn the Zambian government into a shareholder - since you are a shareholder, you must contribute to the interests of the company, This is a matter of course.

Similarly, for the Zambian government and the Northwest Province, if a 300,000 kilowatt hydroelectric generating unit can really be built here, it will be of great significance, and the industry, agriculture and production and life of the entire Northwest Province will benefit from it, but a 300,000 kilowatt hydroelectric generating unit needs to be dragged in by four or five hundred million US dollars, and even a thermal power plant of the same scale needs more than two hundred million US dollars, which is an extremely expensive figure for the Northwest Province and even the entire Zambia, and they simply cannot afford to pay this money, but now someone is willing to pay this money, for Zambia, it is almost like pie in the sky, even if there is one percent, it has to pay 100% effort, and everything has to be left with this investment.

Both sides have their own needs, and it is a perfect fit.

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"You wait a minute!"

After receiving Chen Geng's call, Mr. Xie didn't react for a long time: "What do you mean, you went to Zambia and negotiated a contract for a 300,000-kilowatt hydropower station?" ”

"It's not a contract, it's an intention."

"Okay, just take it as an intention," Old Man Xie thinks this matter is so mysterious? "If I'm not mistaken, you mean that the Zambian side is begging us to build such a hydropower station for them, and they will hold a part of the shares, and they will also allow us to open a copper mine, right?"

"That's right."

Old Man Xie stopped talking, and he quickly calculated in his heart: Chen Geng's purpose in making this call was to let himself find a few experts in this field from the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Corporation to help see if this hydropower station can be built, how large capacity of the generator set can be installed, how about the annual power generation capacity, and what is the construction cost, this is not a problem, the problem is that Runhua Industry has never had experience in the operation of a power station before, and is not familiar with this, what is the return of this thing?

Regarding Mr. Xie's question, Chen Geng said: "Previously, the experts consulted by Lin Shuyao said that the maximum amount of power generation units can be installed at 400,000 kilowatts, but it is greatly affected by the amount of water, and the most suitable is a 300,000 kilowatt generator set, which is about 2.7 billion yuan based on the cost of 9,000 yuan per kilowatt of our domestic hydropower units." ”

"27 billion?" Old Man Xie was taken aback: "It's really not cheap!" ”

"Isn't it cheap," Chen Geng nodded: "Now the price of electricity in Zambia is about 3.3 cents in US dollars, and the ex-factory price of electricity is about 2.2 to 2.5 cents. ”

Old Man Xie groaned.

10 to 12 years to recover the construction cost, from the perspective of the return on funds, the rate of return on this investment can only be regarded as average, but the advantage is that the rate of return is stable, and it will not fluctuate too much.

Electricity has a particularity, that is, as a special commodity related to a country's national economy and people's livelihood, it must obey the regulation and control of national policies, and it is not necessary to expect to make a fortune, but it cannot be rich overnight At the same time, it also means that as long as you start to use it, unless there is a huge change, you will continue to use it, and your income is very stable.

Because of these two characteristics, the stocks of listed power, oil and gas companies will be sought after by investors who seek stability in the stock market.

didn't hear the old man speak, Chen Geng simply took over: "My idea is to expand the influence of Runhua Industry in Zambia through power resources based on power resources, so as to drive the development of Runhua Industry and even Chinese enterprises in other market areas in Zambia." As for the power station, my idea is that if the conditions are right, it should simply be built into a joint-stock company, so that more Chinese companies that want to develop in Zambia can invest -- if there is a shareholder of the power company, it will also be a big help for them to start a war in Zambia. ”

Well?

Old Man Xie's eyes lit up: This is a good idea.

It is true that the return on investment of power stations is too long, and it would be blind to expect this business to pay for itself quickly, but in any country in the world, the power system has a special position, and it is a good idea to use electricity as the locomotive to develop the Zambian market. Thinking of this, Mr. Xie immediately made up his mind: "I have no opinion, just do as you say, let's first ask the experts of the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Corporation to take a look, if not, then naturally there is no need to say anything, but if this project is operable, then it is necessary to think in the long run, such a good opportunity can not be wasted." ”

"yes, that's what I thought, too." Chen Geng laughed.

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At this point, if Runhua Industry wants to contact any company in China, it will not go through the conventional procedures, and Mr. Xie made a phone call to the office of a deputy chief engineer he knew of the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Corporation: "Comrade Shen Jun?" I'm Xie Minsheng from Runhua Industrial. ”

Shen Jun is in his 40s, but he has a respectful attitude towards Xie Minsheng, who is in his 60s, and said happily: "Hello Xie Jun, I am Shen Jun," and said politely, knowing that Old Man Xie must be in trouble, Shen Jun, took the initiative to ask: "Old Xie, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Old man Xie was also polite, and explained his intention: "It's a little trivial thing I want to ask you for help, yes, we Runhua Industry plans to invest in a hydropower station, can our hydropower construction company send a few experts to help us see?" ”

"You're going to invest in a hydropower plant?" Shen Jun was taken aback: "Old man, the scale of investment in hydropower stations is not small, on average, the installed capacity of one kilowatt-hour of electricity is almost 9,000 to 14,000, and if there is no hard enough relationship on it, the electricity you generate may not be able to be sold......

"I know what you said," waited until Shen Jun finished speaking, and then Old Man Xie said with a smile: "The hydropower project we are going to invest in is not in China, but in Zambia, and the situation there is more optimistic." ”

"In Zambia?" Shen Jun's whole person who listened to it was not good: I know that you Runhua Industrial Niu X, but it is not to this extent, right? Could it be that there is no longer enough for you to toss in the country, and you have to go to Zambia to wave? What surprised Shen Jun even more was: "Old man, let me ask, isn't Zambia in Africa?" ”

"yes, that's right."

"It's all desert in Africa, this ...... Can you build a hydropower station? Shen Jun's tone was full of surprise.

Well, another master who thinks that Africa is full of deserts.

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PS: Excuse me, brothers, this chapter is an update to make up for yesterday.