Chapter 511: Egyptian Customs
"Mr. Li, the first vein we walked through is 110 kilometers long from east to west, the second is 260 kilometers long from north to south, the first one we walked in a straight line, the width is about 1 kilometer, and the second one we took is an S-shaped route, the width should be about 10 kilometers. In this case, what Mr. Li wants to buy is 370 square kilometers, plus some necessary roads, etc., the total area will be 400 square kilometers. β
Wuyang said, "Mr. Wilson, is there any problem?" β
Wilson shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "Mr. Li said that there is no problem, then it must be no problem." β
Wuyang said: "I still have questions, Mr. Wilson, one question is, after we buy the mountain land, what are the regulations on the mining period?" β
"Nope. Our gold has been mined for 500 years, and for a few more 500 years, no one can say now. β
"Did you buy all this timber from the mountains along with the mountains?"
"Yes. However, Mr. Li is not allowed to cut down the trees, and China has banned the export of round logs, and can only export processed timber and wood products. β
"We build our own timber processing plant and pay taxes to your government, no problem, right?"
"Yes, no problem at all. China is also one of the few countries in the world with low tax rates. Mr. Lai, let's go over, the helicopter has started. β
After another two hours of flying, he finally took a look at the Akwapim Mountains, and after Wilson's rough calculations, minus the mountains that had already been purchased, Wuyang decided to buy an area of 1,300 square kilometers, that is, 130,000 hectares. $19.5 million is needed. Inside these mountains. Only a small fraction of the gold veins are present. But because it's cheap, you don't have to worry about others mining the veins when you buy it, and it's all forested land, so it's worth it.
Speaking with Wilson, Min Jian asked a somewhat childish question: "Mr. Wilson, what is the reason for your country to sell its mountain land at such a low price?" β
Wilson smiled and said, "Mr. Min, think about it. If we don't sell these lands, we won't have a penny of income, and if we sell them, we will have income immediately, and you will have to pay taxes when you mine and cut down and process timber, and these taxes are dozens of times the amount of land transferred every year, and you are faced with such a huge amount of income. Why do we say no? Besides, it doesn't matter how many years you have been mining these mountains. In the end, it's our territory, so why wouldn't we? β
Wuyang said: "Mr. Wilson, no wonder your country's economic development is so fast, it turns out that your minds are very open-minded, and I believe that your future will be better." β
"Mr. Lai, you are our true friend, and I hope that you can reap great rewards in our country. We also have two flights scheduled for today, I would like you to go to the Volta River Valley to observe, there is a volcanic rock mountain, containing extremely rich diamond resources, the bottom of the valley, is the main production area of sand gold, the area mined in this area is less than 5%, you may have a very good harvest if you go. β
Wuyang said: "Mr. Wilson, we have just decided to buy such a large land, I am afraid that if it is increased, we will not be able to mine it in a short period of time." β
"There is no rush in the matter of mining, buy it now, you can mine it at any time, if you have the ability to mine, either it is gone, or the price has risen to a high level. If you can't turn over funds in a short period of time, we will fence off the place, and you can pay within 3 years or offset the goods in your country. β
"Of course, this is good, but our main problem is the shortage of skilled workers."
"This Mr. Li can rest assured that as long as you ask for it, we can train all kinds of skilled workers within half a year. It's more convenient for ordinary workers, we have cheap labor. β
Wuyang said: "Min Jian, remember?" In the future, please ask Mr. Wilson to introduce you to the personnel of the relevant departments, so as not to delay your work. β
"Okay, I'll keep in close contact with Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson, the two of them are my sister and brother-in-law, what is this relationship called in your country? β
Wilson was mistaken, "Mr. Min, are you saying that Ms. Min is your sister and that she and Mr. Li are husband and wife?" Ms. Min and you came to open a gold mine, which is the same as Mr. Li came to mine. β
Wuyang said: "Mr. Wilson, I don't want the income from these mines, so I don't come to mine. But for your country, it should all be the same, and there is no difference between zΓ i, right? β
Wilson smiled, "What's the difference, it's all the same." However, if Mr. Li comes to buy these forests and river valleys, because Mr. Li has an official background and does not care about money, it is inevitable that some people will wonder if it is related to your country's global strategy. Now it's finally completely figured out. β
Wuyang said: "Mr. Wilson, I am here to inspect the veins, I am not involved in other things, besides, I am just a local official, and I have nothing to do with the national strategy." β
"Our country does not take these factors into account, mainly for fear of touching the nerves of some countries. It's okay now, let's go. β
Two flights in the afternoon were made to the Volta Valley and the Northeast. The Volta Valley is actually a canyon between the high mountains, with a river flowing out of the mountains in the middle and mountains flanked by volcanic rocks. Wuyang saw from the helicopter that there was a gold panning operation not far from the river valley.
"Mr. Wilson, are these gold diggers from your country?"
"No, there are companies from the United States, Germany, and most of them from Canada. Due to the thick layers of golden sand, they only bought a small stretch of the river valley. If Mr. Li wants to come to the mine, he can enjoy the same treatment as them. β
Wuyang smiled: "That is, it is purchased according to the mine that has already explored for gold?" β
Wilson said, "Yes, you're absolutely right. β
"Mr. Wilson, the section of the river we may need is relatively large, and it will definitely affect their mining, so let's not come."
"That's fine. You've already seen so many mountains anyway. It's okay not to do it here. Mr. Lai. Are you interested in mining diamonds in volcanic rock? β
"Yes. When I go back, I will definitely arrange for someone to come and mine, but it may take a little longer. β
"Aren't you afraid that there will be no veins if you come late?"
"No way, I don't have the technical skills. Even if you buy the vein, you have to wait until the gold mining here is on the right track and you can send in technicians. β
"Understood. We're waiting for you anyway. β
On the morning of the second and third days, the survey of the territory was basically completed, and Wilson made a rough approval. The area purchased reached 5,600 square kilometers, or 560,000 hectares, and the land purchase price required was nearly $100 million.
Back in Accra at noon, Pei Lei and Boss Qiu and his party went to other places, and Rosside accompanied them, but the special plane was still arranged. Wuyang's own things are done, and the time is relatively tight, so there is no way to wait for them, so I have to go to Ethiopia first.
In the afternoon, while waiting for the plane to fly to Addis Ababa, Wuyang gave 200 million to Min Jian. Min Ying should try to let Min Jian operate as much as possible and cultivate his ability to work independently. It is also suitable for the construction of wood processing plants, mining and other specific work. Seeing that another counselor who took Wuyang on the plane came, Min Ying's eyes immediately turned red.
"Ying'er, help Min Jian lay the pile, go back to China, and I will send someone over for other mining matters." They are my brothers, they have a good character, and they are very familiar with mining, so you can return to China with confidence. Min Jian, after your roads, transmission lines and smelters are built, call me quickly, and I will have people send equipment. β
Min Jian said: "It depends on the situation, it will take half a year at the earliest." You still have a lot to do when you go home, and it's enough for you to be busy, so take care of your health. β
"I'll take notice. Bye. β
After getting off the plane in Addis Ababa, it was already dark, and I saw Yu Huijuan approaching with 3 girls, all holding a bouquet of flowers in their hands, "Why did you get into the airport?" β
Huijuan smiled: "Here, just give money." Girls, this is our husband. The latter sentence is said in English.
Several girls looked at him with big eyes of "fluttering, fluttering", and Wuyang said, "Girls, have I let you down?" β
A few girls came to their senses, held the flowers above their heads, and handed them to Wuyang. Wuyang raised his hand to take it and said repeatedly: Thank you, thank you.
"Wuyang, they also asked me to give a Chinese name, this is Aiping, this is Aihe, this is Aitang, the begonia of begonia flowers. They can only understand simple Chinese, and their English is very good. β
"No problem, I learned slowly. Why are you standing here, let's go. β
Yu Huijuan said: "Didn't you say you were going to find a beautiful woman?" Did they not get off the plane? β
Wuyang smiled: "I can't be busy at all, and I haven't seen beautiful women." β
"The beauties of Africa are from Ethiopia, they are of Semitic blood, and they are naturally different from women from other African countries. You've seen Aixue and Aijuan, and it's strange if you still have a fancy for black beauties in other countries. Give me the flowers, and you hug the girls. β
"Forget it, it's not that you don't know me, will you let me bend over and walk."
Yu Huijuan smiled: "Look at you like that, after so many women, you are still so unproductive." Let's get on the bus with flowers and enjoy it slowly at night. β
Yu Huijuan drove, Wuyang sat in the co-pilot's seat, and as soon as it started, Aiping leaned forward, leaned closer and said, "Wuyang, shall we kiss?" β
"Okay, let me eat the saliva of the beautiful woman." After speaking, he hugged Aiping's head and gnawed his mouth.
"How is it salty?"
"Don't throw up. Wuyang, this is the local custom, young boys and girls kiss for the first time, and girls are going to spit salt, indicating that you sincerely love each other and are in love. β
"Then why didn't Aixue and Aijuan do this at the beginning?"
Huijuan smiled: "Didn't you enter our township and follow our customs?" When you get here, you naturally have to follow the local customs. β
Wuyang then kissed with Aihe, because he was afraid of salt, he didn't dare to open his mouth, let alone spit out his tongue, Aihe also had a trick, he opened his mouth and bit Wuyang's lower lip, and it was quite powerful, Wuyang grinned in pain, and the tip of his tongue pushed the salt in.
Aihe and Aiping both laughed, and Wuyang hurriedly took a sip of mineral water. Aitang didn't dare to laugh, she still had salt in her mouth.
Wuyang smiled and hugged Aitang, "Don't bite, I opened my mouth wide, okay?" β
Aitang saw that Wuyang really opened his mouth up close. The lips were immediately covered. The tongue reached the mouth of the afternoon sun. Wuyang was prepared this time. Aitang wanted to retract his tongue, but he was sucked tightly.
The two kissed wet for a long time, and Aiping next to her said, "I want it too." β
Aihe also said: "Wuyang, I bit you just now, you won't hate me." β
Wuyang let go of Aitang and said with a smile: "It's too late for me to love you, why hate you?" In the future, there will be some episodes between husband and wife, and it will be much happier than respecting each other. β
After speaking, he kissed Aiping and Aihe for a while.
Yu Huijuan said: "Wuyang." Just kiss it, let you live together at night, whatever you want. Now we have to go to get a visa on arrival, and Aixue, Aijuan and their families are waiting for us outside the airport. β
As soon as Wuyang heard this, he touched their lips and it ended. "Why did they return home?"
"They have already planned it, and they are afraid that you will not agree, so they will not sue you."
"It's not good to run around with a big belly."
"It's okay, how can it be so delicate."
When I got out of the airport, I didn't see Aixue and the others waiting. Yu Huijuan didn't stop, only honked the horn. The Mercedes convoy parked on the side of the road followed.
"Xiaojuan, why did so many cars come, this is a private matter, I don't want to alarm the government departments."
"There is no one from the government department here, all of them are family members of the five of them."
Aiping said: "Sister, there are still a few cars that are not Mercedes-Benz cars, not from our family. β
"Do you know who it is?"
"It's a taxi, I'm guessing it's a classmate of the Hose."
Huijuan said, "Aihe, do you know what's going on? β
"I, we ......", Aihe was already a little shy, and when she heard Yu Huijuan's blame, she couldn't say it.
Aiping said, "I'll tell you." These girls and their parents also approached me to see if I could take them with me, I didn't dare to agree casually, Aihe, Aitang, you didn't agree. β
Aihe and Aitang said at the same time: "Yes." β
Wuyang said: "Aiping, you will go and tell them later, if they are willing to live with my brother after they pass, it will be no problem, if they have to come to my house, I don't want so much for the time being, there are too many, I can't hide after giving birth to a child, and I want to establish a black tribe." Also, I don't just like black beauties, whites, yellows, brown beauties, I like them all. Again, my woman must have a reasonable age structure, otherwise she will be old all of a sudden, and I will be 7 or 80 years old, so I have to find a girl. β
Aiping said, "Okay, I'll tell them like this." β
Yu Huijuan said: "Wuyang, you are thinking far away. However, the age structure of the sisters is very reasonable now, here Aihe and Aitang are only 13 years old, and Sister Li Ning is 34 years old, according to age, they are as old as their mothers. β
Aiping said, "Sister Huijuan, how old are you this year?" β
"30 years old."
"That's exactly my mother's size."
Huijuan smiled: "Then you can call my mother from now on." β
"How's that going to work? We are all women of the afternoon sun, that is, sisters. Besides, I haven't eaten your milk either. β
"You will also give milk to Wuyang in the future, will you want Wuyang to call you Mom?"
Wuyang scolded with a smile: "A big sister, a big intellectual, how can there be such nonsense?" The road conditions are not good, drive seriously. Hey, where are we going? β
"It's far from the best hotel. Aiping, you can introduce the customs and habits here, and pick and choose to use them immediately. β
Aiping said: "When you see them, you have to bow and call your father and mother in English, and if you need to call your grandfather or grandmother, we will introduce them next to you." When a parent brings you coffee, praise it whether you really like it or not. In the next chat, you can ask them about their health and harvest, and you can tell them truthfully about their problems. β
"Can I tell the truth with so many wives and children?"
"People already know about it, and they usually don't ask. If asked, of course you have to tell the truth. β
"What gift am I going to give them? I only brought cash, and the rest was a change of clothes. β
"Cash is the best gift," Aiping said. If you can give $500, it's a big gift. Wuyang, you have to save enough money for your own expenses. Otherwise, you can't use credit cards here. β
Yu Huijuan said: "It's okay. I have money here. You just came by special plane and didn't ask you to declare the cash you carried, how much did you bring? β
"A little over 200,000."
"Then everyone will send 5,000, and when everyone is seated, Aiping, you will take Wuyang to send it."
Aiping said: "What if those students who came with them also came in, and they accepted Wuyang's conditions? β
"Also, the brothers in Wuyang are all rich people. Don't let people look down on you. If it's not enough, I have it here, so if I can't do it, I'll pay for the meal tomorrow. I've made a lot of profits with the hotel in the past few days, and we won't leave right away, so we should be able to slow down. β
"Xiaojuan, how are you doing these days?"
"I went through the official channels, through the Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Ethiopian Embassy, the Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Embassy of my country, and then contacted their Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, and informed me of my intention and amount of investment. As soon as I arrived, negotiations began, two days yesterday and today. We have negotiated the intentions, with a total of 28 projects in 11 categories. There are 48 projects, and there are a few that you have to inspect before you can consider whether to settle down. The contract of intent is in my bag, you can take a look. β
Wuyang Yu Huijuan took out a letter of intent in Huijuan's bag, which first wrote about agriculture: 1. Establish 5 coffee gardens and plant 50,000 hectares of coffee; 2. Establish 5 production bases of khat grass and plant 100,000 hectares of khat grass; 3. Establish 5 flower production bases and plant 200,000 hectares of various flowers; 4. Build 10 grain production bases with high and stable yields, covering an area of 2 million hectares.
"Xiaojuan, how can there be so many agricultural investment projects in your investment projects?"
"This is what you want to give to Aiping and her family, but it is closely related to my investment project, so I simply included it in my project, I funded the purchase of land, my personnel organized the construction, and their family provided technology, implemented management, and then harvested."
Wuyang said: "Xiaojuan, I know all about growing coffee, flowers, and grain, what is Khat grass?" β
"Khat is a pharmaceutical ingredient that contains the stimulant chemical cathinone. Locals call it Qiao Tea, also known as Arabic tea, which is chewed and eaten, a bit similar to our betel nut, and can be addictive to chew. β
"You need this ingredient?"
"Yes, there are many medicinal materials, such as medicines for colds, that need this raw material."
Wuyang asked: "I know, I don't need to understand these things." You have done so many agricultural projects, is it related to these hydropower stations? Wuyang saw that there are 8 hydropower stations in the project.
"Yes. When I build a hydropower station, I must not only consider power generation, but also agricultural irrigation, because there are no drawings now, and their government officials can't think of it, so I naturally take the opportunity to buy these land with the worst conditions at a low price, and if everyone understands, we won't be able to buy it. β
"Thank you for being so thoughtful, the money spent, it's all mine."
"It's nature. But if you keep looking down, you'll know that my money will definitely not be able to turn over, and you have to give me money to turn around. β
"No problem. When you want to, sue sΓΉ me. β
Next is the traffic asphalt road, which connects the hydropower stations with nine asphalt roads, all of which are marked to connect the major cities with a detour, plus access to the cities, with a total length of 2,860 kilometers. The other is an 840-kilometre-long railway connecting the southwestern city of Mega.
"Xiaojuan, do you have the right to operate this road and railway?"
"There is no road, the railway government wants to give me the right to operate for 50 years, I gave it up, in exchange for the ownership of part of the land on both sides of the road and railway, and then you look down, it is the factory I want to build."
Then there is the industrial aspect: CNC machine tool factory, precision instrument factory, wire and cable factory, electrical factory, machinery factory, computer factory, mobile phone and chip factory, air conditioning factory, refrigerator factory, washing machine factory, TV factory, cement factory, steel factory, glass factory, textile factory, grain processing factory each two, wood processing factory, leather products factory, coffee processing factory, Khat grass processing factory each one.
"Xiaojuan, after your factories, electricity, transportation, etc. are built, it will be a complete economic system."
"These are some companies with uncertain futures, and the key issues depend on you."
"Rely on me?" (To be continued......)