Chapter 65: Luanda

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Before Xu Yunteng insisted on marching into Angola, Angola was just an ordinary African country in Chen Mo's memory, and Chen Mo didn't even know where Angola was.

However, in Lang Yufu's memory, Angola is a great treasure, and in the coming days, Angola will cooperate more and more with China, and even surpass Saudi Arabia and Russia to become China's largest oil supplier.

This is a very brilliant achievement for a small African country far away from China, and it further illustrates Angola's close relationship with China.

In the future, two oil-producing countries in the world will continue to be loyal sources of oil to China, one is Venezuela, the world's largest oil reserves, and the other is Angola, which is located in West Africa.

Although Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, most of their country's crude oil is heavy oil, which is a raw material for chemical products, and the proportion of oil refined is much lower than that of other countries.

And their oil development is very early, and they are OPEC members, and they are affected by the international crude oil pricing framework, so the supply is constrained and not so flexible.

However, as an emerging country, Angola is not a member of OPEC, so they sell most of the country's crude oil directly to CNPC.

was affected by Lang Yufu's memory, so Chen Mo agreed very much with Xu Yunteng's ******** to go to Angola to open up the market.

With such a good opportunity to participate in the bidding for the Angolan oil fields before the end of the Angolan civil war, Chen Mo was certainly not willing to let it go.

Of course, Xu Yunteng didn't know Chen Mo's mentality, but he was very excited that Chen Mo believed in himself so much and gave him complete authorization, and even had a sense of excitement about the death of a confidant.

At the age of almost sixty, he has reached the final stage of his life. Being able to rise from the lowest point of his life at this time and regain the glory of life made him devote 100,000 yuan of passion to his work in Angola.

Chen Mo took Zhang Jun and three other bodyguards on a flight to Johannesburg, transiting through Johannesburg, and it took a whole day and a night to arrive in Luanda, the capital of Angola.

When exhausted, they stood on the land of Luanda. Chen Mo's first thought was to buy a business jet. In the future, there will be more and more business with Angola, and every time I spend so much time on the road, I will be exhausted, and I will not be able to recover for a few days, which is really not cost-effective.

No wonder the businessman surnamed Xu later bought seven private jets, one for the leader of their company, and two more for Luanda for related customers, each of which has the necessity of buying.

Luanda in November is still in the hottest season of the year, although it has just rained. But the stuffiness in the air made Chen Mo feel like they had entered a steamer as soon as they got off the plane.

Chen Mo was a little better, he changed into a long-sleeved shirt and a pair of thin slacks on the plane, and the sleeves were rolled up, looking very casual.

And Zhang Jun and the others just followed Chen Mo's side, in order to show their professionalism, everyone was wearing a suit and tie and sunglasses, and they all took off their clothes in a panic when they got off the plane.

However, the shirts they wear are not breathable and sweat-absorbent. The front chest and back are soaked with sweat, which looks very funny. This frustrated several of them. Because their first appearance ended in complete failure.

Although Xu Yunteng spent more than US$2 million in Angola during this time, it was clearly worth the cost, and the motorcade that greeted Chen Mo drove directly into the tarmac of the airport on February 4.

The name of the airport, 4 of February, is derived from Angola's National Day of Remembrance to commemorate Angola's overthrow of Portuguese colonial rule on 4 February 1961.

Seeing the two Mercedes-Benzes in the middle, the front and rear guards turned out to be a convoy composed of domestically produced pickup trucks, which made Chen Mo feel a little eye-opening. The style of painting really doesn't match.

Moreover, looking at the posture, not only are there machine guns on the pickup, but the people on it are also wearing military uniforms, which are obviously military vehicles. This made Chen Mo couldn't help but wonder when the domestic pickup truck was actually sold to Africa.

In Africa, domestic pickup trucks have always been a very favorite vehicle for African people, and the main force of purchase has always been the army.

Seeing Chen Mo, Xu Yunteng first looked at the wound on his head and said, "You have an accident in China, which has scared us all, so you have to pay attention to protecting your own safety in the future!" You know, the fate of nearly a hundred of us is now tied to you, and you are not alone. ”

"It's a long memory." Chen Mo also enjoyed this concern, and said with a smile: "Not only me, but also you. The four bodyguards I brought with me this time will leave you two behind, and you can call them with confidence. ”

He nodded and pulled Chen Mo towards the first Mercedes-Benz. "Ovanne is here too, and I'll introduce you to it."

This Mercedes-Benz W126 seems to be quite stylish today, but it has not kept up with the development of the times.

Ovani didn't get out of the car, but Chen Mo also knew that it wasn't because he was arrogant, if he was really arrogant, he wouldn't have come to the airport to greet Chen Mo. He didn't get out of the car, mainly because he was also a public figure and was afraid of being photographed by media reporters.

Chen Mo got into the car, only to find that Ovani was much fatter than his information. In addition to being fat, he is also very tall, and sitting in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz, it is like a black mountain of meat.

Seeing Chen Mo, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand, revealing a mouthful of shiny white teeth, and said with a smile: "Welcome to Angola, Mr. Chen, I hope everything here can make you like it." “

Chen Mo shook his hand and said with a smile: "Being able to be personally welcomed by Mr. Dos Santos also made me feel the warmth of Angola for the first time, and I am very grateful." ”

During his time in Angola, Xu Yunteng has been negotiating cooperation with him, and CM will not only participate in the bidding as a foreign capital, but also set up a joint venture company with him to participate in the bidding.

Of course, the joint venture is only in name. In fact, he didn't pay a penny. The company's funds will all be funded by Chen Mo, with a registered capital of 50 million US dollars, and Chen Mo has arranged for Jiang Feng to remit to the account of the Angolan Investment Bank.

However, the money is still in escrow, and the IMF transfers the amount according to the investment schedule.

The new company, Chen Mo, occupies 51 percent of the shares, and Xu Yunteng has another 5 percent. There are more than ten other shareholders, and Chen Mo only knows one name, whether it is male or female, old or young, Chen Mo doesn't know anything.

After a brief exchange between the two, Chen Mo got out of the car and got into a Mercedes-Benz behind, and the convoy set off and went all the way north into the city.

Xu Yunteng reported in detail to Chen Mo his pioneering achievements after coming to Angola, for an old man who was more than 30 years older than himself. Of course, Chen Mo will not put on the boss's shelf, he has always respected him, only understands the situation, and does not make any evaluations.

And from time to time, he also praised him and expressed condolences, which made the atmosphere between the two people very harmonious.

This is not Chen Mo's hypocrisy, in fact, Chen Mo is indeed very satisfied with his work. CM is now a new company. What is needed is to open up the situation and lay the foundation for future development.

Shanton currently takes over the Acatel oil field in Kazakhstan. Although the handover to Siberian Oil went smoothly, it was not possible to complete the process in a few months.

The Acatel oil field is too small to be used as its own talent training base, and if the company wants to develop, it must have more profit points. And Angola here will be the driving force for the rapid development of CM companies.

Xu Yunteng relied on the friendship he had developed with Ovani when he was at CNPC. During this time, he has been actively carrying out public relations with the Angolan government and the local government of Cabinda, and although the relationship of interest has not yet been established with all parties, the relationship is at least in place.

The national oil company that ruled Angola's energy system in Lang's memory has not yet been established, mainly because the civil war is not over.

It was not until two years later that the civil war stopped. The two sides of the civil war formed a coalition government before the National Oil Company was established.

Oil development in Angola is now monopolized by Western companies, while control is in the hands of the government military and local governments. Because of this situation, although investing in Angola will be more cumbersome now, without the monopoly of the national oil company, the profits will be much higher than in the future.

Xu Yunteng is now able to pull in relationships with all parties, and when the investment is in place and the interests of all parties are balanced, Chen Mo's company will have a basis to compete with Western companies.

And there is another very important reason that makes Chen Mo full of confidence in investing in Angola, that is, the defeat of the rebel army has deprived the West of an excuse to meddle in Angola's internal affairs.

In 2002, the defeat of the rebels also led to the exodus of Western companies, which had been financiers of the rebels and feared that President Dos Santos would settle accounts in the fall.

At that time, oil companies, including BP, sold some oil fields with good prospects at low prices, and this process also had the rapid rise of the businessman surnamed Xu in the future.

Therefore, don't say that Xu Yunteng is doing very well, even if he suffers a little loss now, he can earn back tenfold and hundredfold in the future.

When he first came to Africa, the vague image of Africa that he had in his impression became three-dimensional. Although Luanda is the capital of Angola, it is almost an entire era behind Johannesburg.

The construction of the house here is similar to the county seat in China, everywhere is dirty and messy, along the way, although the greening is not bad, but the environmental pollution here is much more serious than the domestic one, just a gust of wind blowing, it can cause dust all over the sky.

It wasn't until I entered the city that the dust was a little less, and after the chaotic illegal buildings, I could occasionally see two high-rise buildings, but they seemed so abrupt that they didn't match the surrounding environment at all.

Is this Luanda, once hailed as the pearl of Africa? It is said that the production of diamonds, oil and coffee is among the highest in Africa, but there is no prosperity at all, and it seems that the impact of the war on this place is really too great.

Anyway, seeing the current scene, Chen Mo couldn't connect it with the impression in Lang Yufu's memory that Luanda had become the most expensive city in the world.

In Lang Yufu's memory, Luanda was rated as the most expensive city in the world in the selection of cities where people's income and cost of living were compared.

For example, the per capita income here is $800 a year, and the highest in later generations was almost $3,000.

But in Lang Yufu's memory, it costs $200 to buy a pair of jeans here, which is equivalent to three months' salary to buy a pair of jeans. It's the largest producer of coffee beans in Africa, but a cup of coffee at a café costs four dollars, which is two days' wages.

And an international standard apartment, that is, a two-bedroom apartment with an elevator, security, toilets, and a balcony, the monthly rent, just rent, requires more than 6,000 US dollars, which is equal to the salary of ordinary people for eight years.

Even an ordinary bottle of soda costs two dollars, which is equivalent to only one bottle of soda for a day's salary.

Of course, there is only one thing that is relatively low, and that is gasoline. The price of a litre of petrol here is only $0.6, which is still the highest price, so don't just think that Middle Eastern water in the desert is more expensive than oil, even in Africa.

The difference between the current and future prices was tossed in Chen Mo's mind for a long time, and Chen Mo couldn't help but think about those things.

Now that I have come to Angola, it is important to do what is in front of me first, and I will not live in Angola for a long time anyway.

The car entered the rich area, where the greenery has obviously been built much better, and it has a bit of a European feel. The convoy stopped at the door of a restaurant called Miami Beach, looking at this very ordinary small restaurant, Chen Mo's face couldn't help but show a trace of doubt.

Oil companies like theirs are deep-pocketed, so no matter where they go, they generally have to stay in star-rated hotels. Even if it is a meal, it will be arranged in a high-end place, so Chen Mo was very surprised that they placed the welcome banquet in this restaurant that did not look luxurious.

"Mr. Ovani has lent out one of his villas on the seafront for you to use during your stay in Angola, so we don't have to go to a hotel," Xu explains. And the owner of this restaurant is Ovani's niece, Isabelle, the daughter of President dos Santos. She is the eldest favorite daughter of President dos Santos and one of the shareholders of the Sino-Ann Petroleum Company, which we work with, so the welcome banquet was specially held here. Moreover, all the shareholders of the company are here now, and I know you well. ”

"This is a bit of a surprise, am I okay with this outfit?"

"Of course." Xu Yunteng smiled and rubbed his fingers. "What they care about is your purse and how much you can benefit them. As long as you can help them make money, even if you show up bare-assed, they will serve you like an emperor. ”

The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and they both laughed. (To be continued.) )