"Mr. Minister......

"Don't call me Mr. Minister, just call me Kari," Before Chen Geng finished speaking, Karima pretended to be unhappy and interrupted Chen Geng's words, and said, "Chen, we are friends, very good friends, we don't need to be so polite between us." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Okay, Kari," Chen Geng was as kind as he was, since Karima showed such great kindness, of course Chen Geng would not be stupid enough to deliberately be polite to the other party: "That's the case, I have good news for you." ”

"Oh?" Hearing that it was good news, Karima couldn't help but sit up straight: "You say. ”

"According to the judgment of our survey experts, there may be a relatively large copper mine in the Lumwana area, with a total reserve of 3 million tons."

"Really?" Karima suddenly couldn't sit still.

When the Chinese applied for a survey of the Lumwana area, Karima began to mutter: Could it be that the Zambian government's previous exploration of the copper resources in the Lumwana area was wrong? Otherwise, there is no need for the Chinese to ask for a re-survey of the copper ore resources in this area, but he didn't take it too seriously, where is the 80,000-ton reserve in the early stage, and how big the error can be? It's remarkable that 3.5 million tons is amazing, but he never expected it to be 3 million tons!

Three and a half million tons and three million tons are two completely different concepts, with the Chinese's support for Mr. Kaunda County, it is not a big deal to hand over a 3.5 million tons of copper ore to them for mining, but if there are really 3 million tons, then the loss of the Zambian government will be great, and more importantly, how much benefit can such a large copper mine bring?

Looking at Karima's reaction, Chen Geng was a little glad in his heart: I still have 3 million tons, if I tell you that our experts believe that there may be a super-large copper mine with seven or eight million tons and prospective reserves of more than three or four million tons in this area, your jaw will fall, right?

As for why Chen Geng didn't hide it from the Zambian side, anyway, everyone has already signed the contract, and when the time comes, what else can the Zambian side do?

Of course, this is the truth, but many times things can not only be reasonable, but also human, although this kind of thing can be concealed for a while, can not be concealed for a lifetime, at most it will be concealed for a few months, and wait for the day when the reserves of the Lumwana copper mine are detected, that is, the day when the Zambian government knows the specific reserves, once the Zambian government knows that it has suffered a big loss...... Let's not talk about what kind of reaction a country will have, let's just say that we ordinary people, if you know that you have been deceived by a guy who has always been regarded by you as your best friend, what kind of reaction will you have in your heart? Even if you didn't say anything at the time, you still have to be careful when dealing with him in the future?

Ordinary people are still so, let alone a country, from the current point of view, it is cheap, but in the long run, the black buddies are not so easy to fool, after all, although the IQ level of the black buddies is not very high, but the basic IQ is still there, and the most important thing is that compared with Ziluba, President Kaunda is really worthy of the title of "old friend of the Chinese people", and Chen Geng also intends to build Zambia into a solid rear base.

"This is the preliminary judgment made by our experts based on the geological formation, and the specific reserves still need to be surveyed on the spot, but our experts are more optimistic," looking at Karima, Chen Geng said sincerely: "This is what I want to come over and tell you, if there is really such a large reserve, the terms of cooperation we discussed before are a little inappropriate." ”

Karima was greatly moved!

He just thought that Chen Geng was asking the Zambian government to abide by the agreement signed before, but he didn't expect Chen Geng to take the initiative to revise the previous cooperation terms, Chinese he was really the best friend of the Zambian people, but ......

"Chen, this is beyond my ability to handle," Karima said sincerely, saying one thing and two things: "But I will report to Mr. President immediately, and try to come up with a solution as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news," Chen Geng nodded, but he was worried about the IQ of the black buddy, and after thinking about it, Chen Geng still reminded: "My personal suggestion is, is it possible to combine the development of this copper mine with the construction of hydropower stations and economic and technological development zones, as well as the construction of roads?" ”

Karima was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes lit up: yes, what a good opportunity this is? Before, everyone was worried about where to get the money for the construction of development zones and highways, but now the opportunity will come out.

Thinking that although Mr. President and Ziluba finally gained the upper hand in the confrontation, they only had a slight upper hand, Karima could no longer sit still, and Chen Geng also said goodbye with interest.

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As soon as Chen Geng left, Karima could no longer sit still and called President Kaunda's office, saying that he had another very important matter to report to the president and needed to see Mr. President immediately.

The staff of President Kaunda's office also knew that Minister Karima was now a celebrity in front of Mr. President, and they did not dare to slack off, and soon the staff informed Karima that he could come now...... In order to meet him, His Excellency the President deliberately postponed an upcoming meeting for 30 minutes.

When he heard that there might be a large copper mine with reserves of more than 3 million tons in the Lumwana area, President Kaunda was really surprised and delighted: "Really? Are you sure? ”

"I'm not sure, but I think we should be at least fifty or sixty percent sure, otherwise Chinese wouldn't be in such a hurry to explore," Karima calmly analyzed: "Even I think the figures Chinese said are a bit conservative, and there may be four or five million tons of reserves," Speaking of this, Karima couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that the grade of the copper ore in the Lumwana area is too low, only 0.9%, even if there is more than 1.2%......"

What about even more than 1.2%? Karima didn't say it, Kaunda didn't say it, but everyone knew it.

After a moment of silence, President Kaunda asked: "If there really are reserves of 3 million tons or more, what do you recommend?" ”

Karima had already seriously thought about this problem on the way here, and when he heard this, he immediately said: "I don't recommend nationalization, now we need the support of the Chinese, we must strengthen cooperation with the Chinese, but the previous initialed agreement must also be adjusted," Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then continued: "Chen Geng came to me, which is also the meaning, and it seems that there is no intention for us to continue to fulfill the previous agreement." ”

Kaunda nodded again, but this time she smiled, a little relieved.

Now Zambia is still implementing the state-owned copper mine system, not only copper mines, but now Zambia is similar to the republic before the reform and opening up, implementing an economic system based on the state-owned system, but at the same time, the demand for reform, the demand for a certain degree of private ownership is also getting higher and higher, why Ziluba can get so much, so high support, and even once overwhelmed Kaunda before, a very important reason is that his campaign slogan is the implementation of private ownership.

Look at China, the big brother of Zambia, as early as more than 10 years ago, began to carry out reform and opening up, to a considerable extent the implementation of private ownership, so to speak, the current Zambia, from all aspects of the implementation of private ownership has the social atmosphere and soil, to put it more directly, if private ownership is not implemented, even if Kaunda can be the president for another term, but the next term will not have his share of Kaunda, it is really hard to say.

Since the introduction of private ownership is the trend of the times, and no one can go against the tide, it is better to take this opportunity to show the people the determination and willingness of the Kaunda government to carry out reforms.

"If there can really be 3 million tons of reserves, the previous agreement is really not suitable, but it is not appropriate to completely nationalize, Chinese is our friend, the Zambian people have always been enthusiastic about their friends......" After a deep sigh, Kaunda said: "In this way, this copper mine, we want 30% of the dividend shares, but we will not invest a penny in it, all the excavation and transportation equipment needed on the mine need their own money."

In return, we relinquished management of the mine and only retained oversight of the finances.

In addition, on the issue of the construction costs of the development zone and the road, Runhua Industrial will provide a low-interest loan to the Zambian government, and then deduct it from the dividends of the copper mine, but we must ensure that we can get at least 20% of the dividends every year," after pondering for a while, Kaunda finally nodded: "Well, that's basically it." ”

This means that the Zambian government has a 30% stake in the copper mine, but at most 10% of the dividends are used to pay off the debt. Of course, this does not mean that this is the final condition, and the specific distribution of this share can be discussed slowly, but in any case, Zambia's shareholding ratio cannot be less than 20% - considering that Zambia has always been state-owned, this share distribution plan can really be described as friendly.

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Judging from Zambia's previous attitude towards foreign companies, this share distribution plan is called friendly, but Chen Geng does not see it that way, he thinks that he can still strive for a more favorable condition, and he reminds everyone to pay attention to one point: "Gentlemen, what is the biggest problem facing the Kaunda government now?" It's that they don't have a full guarantee that they will get re-election, and this is our chance, and in order to seek re-election, all candidates are the same, and they are willing to pay any price, so use your brains and think about it. ”