"It's time to go."

Traust received a call from Yang Tian, who only said this sentence and hung up the phone.

However, Traust had already understood what Yang Tian meant, and quickly called his assistant and asked him to send an invitation letter to invite Minister Siddle to dinner.

In the week since he arrived in Khartoum, Traust's schedule has been very full, busy socializing with the political officials of the North Soviet Union, and also leading a team to visit the oil refineries in Khartoum.

The main thing, of course, is to visit the vast barren grasslands north of Khartoum, where the proposed wind base is located.

Everything is like an investment mission.

No one doubted it, at least not the vast majority of political axe officials such as Siddle.

……

At Khartoum's most luxurious hotel, Traust received Siddle, in addition to several officials from the Ministry of Commerce, as well as the governor of the Central Bank of the Northern Soviet Union, O'Hard.

O'Hard, a strict black man and an economics student at Birmingham University in England, has the feeling of a slumdog millionaire when he looks at him.

O'Hard was surprised by Traust's invitation.

This week, the news that General Electric is going to invest in the North Soviet Union spread very quickly, yes, it is General Electric, Messes Wind Energy, there are few people who have heard of it, and when it comes to this delegation, they will always choose to ignore Messers Wind Energy and remember the words General Electric.

Moreover, the scale of investment is very large, to build the largest wind energy base in North Africa, which can provide 70% of the country's electricity, and the project is expected to invest 2 billion US dollars.

Either way, it's been talked about for a long time.

Therefore, in the face of Traust, Ohard couldn't help but be a little flattered, and he was extremely polite at the dinner table.

After three rounds of drinking, Traust also said the topic: "Your Excellency, although this is not an official notice, I think this good news should be notified to you in advance. ”

"Good news?" The eyes of several political axe officials in the column lit up, and Siddle instantly became excited.

Strauss nodded: "That's right, I think this must be good news, we have studied and formalized, and we plan to start this project to build the largest wind energy base in North Africa, which is very successful to think about." ”

Since the beginning of the week, Traust has done a lot and said very little, and Siddle has always vaguely asked whether Messes Wind Energy wants to invest, but Traust has avoided talking about it.

So much so that Siddle was a little frustrated, feeling that this investment might be in vain.

But unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed, and Messes Wind Energy had decided to invest and officially started the project.

"That's really good news, very good news." Siddle raised his glass, a little speechless, and his hands trembled a little.

He was so excited that the big project of two billion US dollars was introduced and negotiated by himself, which was an unparalleled political achievement.

Traust accepted the respect of Siddle and the others without modesty, but his tone changed abruptly to look at Ohard.

"There's a small problem, though."

Traust's words made Siddle's heart jump a few times, and he almost choked on a sip of wine, and his face turned red.

"What is the problem, Mr. Traust, you can rest assured, we will definitely give you the greatest policy preferences to help you solve all problems." He didn't have time to pay attention to the diplomatic rhetoric, and in his hurry, Siddle even said such absolute words.

The political axe officials present did not find fault with Schidel's words, and looked at Traust with great urgency, eager to know what was wrong.

"That's right." Traust looked ashamed: "Your Excellency the Minister should know that for this project, our company expects to invest about two billion US dollars. It will be built gradually over five years. However, now the company has opened more projects, and can only come up with 500 million US dollars in a short period of time, and there is still a relatively large gap. ”

Only $500 million can be taken out!

Siddle was stunned, two billion dollars, cut three-quarters at once, this is also too scary.

"Then this project ......," Siddle was unsure of Traust's intentions.

"Of course, the project will continue, but you must know that we have a large number of projects in Western Europe, and the investment of two billion US dollars seems to be very large, but for our company, it is not a big project. ”

The tone of this is very loud, but no one in the audience refutes it, think about the backstage of others, General Electric, the world's top 500, two billion dollars project, I'm afraid it's really not a big project.

"So the idea at the top is to take out a loan from your country and pay it off gradually after the wind energy base is built." Traust threw out the solution.

Finally, he said tactfully: "I know that this request may be excessive, but I hope that Your Excellency the Minister will fully consider our sincerity and understand the financial situation of our company." ”

Siddle didn't speak, and O'Hade didn't speak, and he somewhat understood why Traust had invited him.

At the end of the day, Mercedes Wind Energy is not willing to come up with $2 billion at once, but only $500 million to support the project with loans.

There is nothing wrong with this, maybe people are really short of funds, or the funds are of other uses, and they don't want to invest in the North Soviet Union all at once.

"Mr. Traust, we still need to discuss your request, and we can't give you an accurate reply immediately." Siddle came to his senses.

This is a huge matter, and the shortfall of 1.5 billion US dollars, about 3.5 billion Sudanese pounds, is a huge amount of money.

Strauss nodded: "Of course, I will not leave Khartoum in a short time, and Your Excellency Minister can come to me at any time if you have any matter." ”

The meal continued, but the atmosphere was no longer as warm as before, and the two news, one good and one bad, made Siddle's group completely lose the mind to eat.

……

Seeing Siddle and his party leave, the assistant asked with some uncertainty: "Traust, do you think they will agree to the loan?" ”

Traust's eyes also flickered a little, and he shook his head and said, "Who knows, if it doesn't work, then you can only implement Plan B." ”

The so-called Plan B is to use Yang Tian's 300 million US dollars to make a fortune in the foreign exchange market, but if the capital is too small, the profit will be less.

Therefore, Trauster can only pray that the political axe of the North Soviet Union will agree, because only then can he earn his own million dollars.

……

On the way back, Siddle deliberately sat in a car with Ohard, just to discuss the problem of Traust.

"What do you think, Ohard?" Siddle asked.

O'Hard's face was still serious, and he held his chin and said: "With General Electric's credit, as long as there is no problem with the contract, it is okay to lend to them, and in this case, we still have a certain amount of interest to earn." ”

Siddle understands this truth, the other party's name is very big, General Electric, the world's top 500, does this credit need to be said more?

Moreover, investment project loans are not a single exception, which businessman is not willing to use small to make a big deal, even if he really has so much money, he is not willing to take it out.

"Then lend them money." Siddle's eyes flickered.

He was eager to broker the investment and add to his legacy, and he couldn't find any problems with the project.

The other side is willing to invest 2 billion yuan to build the largest wind energy base in North Africa to support the economic recovery of the North Soviet Union and meet the country's huge shortage of electricity demand.

Of course, the other party is a businessman, and it is also a normal business strategy that he is not willing to shell out two billion dollars at once.

So Siddle sees no reason not to lend to the other party.

O'Hade seemed to mean the same thing, thought for a while and said: "But I think that if we lend to them, the relevant policy preferences will be less, such as taxes, and we can't suffer too much." Moreover, this cannot be an interest-free loan, there must be interest. Since they want to reduce the backlog of funds and are unwilling to invest too much, they will not get the best policy preferences. ”

"By the way, there are still 500 million US dollars, I hope they can take it out, and it will be used as a deposit, preferably in the central bank." Ohard remembered a little more.

O'Hard thinks about it holistically, which is what Siddle meant.

If you can spend two billion dollars at once, of course, you have to give the biggest policy incentives, taxes, small interest-free loans, and so on.

But if you are only willing to pay 500 million US dollars, then you are sorry, and the policy preferences will be gone.

"This still needs to be discussed again, and I am afraid that it will not work if we don't give a little policy preference at all, and if we force the other party to withdraw and not do it, it will only outweigh the losses." Siddle Dow.

Of course, O'Hard understands this truth, and he doesn't give any policy preferences, and he can't scare the other party away.

ps: There will be another chapter later, don't complain vigorously, YY novel, please complain about the surname.