Chapter 368: I'm Not a Philanthropist

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After the funeral, Gu Chen and the others stayed in Ningbo for a few more days, and only returned to Hong Kong after dealing with some follow-up matters, but this time there was one more person on the return trip than when they went - Gu Yinxi, that's right, it was Gu Yinxi. In other words, the more I looked at Gu Yinxi, the more I felt that Liu Huiyun, who liked it, really proposed to Gu Zhenjun and his wife that he wanted to take Gu Yinxi to Hong Kong the day after the funeral, but he didn't expect Gu Zhenjun and his wife to agree without thinking about it, in the eyes of them and most of the big 6 people in this era, it is a good thing to be able to go to Hong Kong, not to mention that they still follow Liu Huiyun, they really have no reason to refuse, but they promised that Gu Yinxi had to be willing to do it, a girl who had never even stepped out of Beicang District since she was a child, suddenly asked her to go to Hong Kong so far away, the hesitation of the future can be imagined.

In the end, under the persuasion of Liu Huiyun, Gu Yinxi agreed with a little hesitation, and Gu Chen did not participate in the whole process, but when they were about to leave Gaotang Village, when they saw Gu Yinxi and his mother hugging each other and crying, a sense of guilt for abducting and trafficking girls suddenly appeared in his heart.

When he returned to Hong Kong, he asked the Tang Dynasty Holding Project Department to start the preparatory work for a steel company, and it was undoubtedly very cumbersome to set up a large steel company from scratch. To this end, Zeng Nanxing formulated the future plan of the steel company, and at the same time specially dispatched capable forces to form a working group to Ningbo to negotiate with the Ningbo municipal government and implement various initial matters, such as land acquisition.

This is also the most important point, because the land that a large steel company needs to occupy is very large, and the land is expropriated and provided by the Ningbo municipal government for free, or the company has to pay for it. The difference is huge. In addition, because of the huge land area occupied and the air pollution caused by the production process, the Ningbo Municipal Government needs to fully consider the future urban exhibition in the selection of land location. It can be said that there is a lot of work to be done on land alone.

At the time when Tang Dynasty Holdings and the Ningbo-Bo Municipal Government were negotiating on various matters related to the establishment of a large-scale steel company by Tang Dynasty Holdings in Ningbo. A few days later, a working group led by Zhou Fumin, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, arrived in Hong Kong to negotiate the specific terms of the loan agreement.

The process went smoothly and took only two days. A mutually agreeable loan agreement was released, and for Chinese negotiators, it often came at an additional economic and political cost compared to lending to the World Bank and Western countries. The conditions offered by the Global Bank are entirely based on the loan itself, and the content is not harsh, and can even be described as relaxed.

On the day of the signing of the contract, CDB held a signing ceremony. Witnessed by a large number of media lenses. Adam Drion, Executive Vice President of Global Development Bank? Zhou Fumin, deputy governor of Latin and the People's Bank of China, signed his name on the document in duplicate.

The next day, the news that the Global Development Bank and the Chinese government reached a loan of up to 200 billion US dollars appeared in the media of all countries in the world, which is the largest single loan of the Chinese government in the past two years, with the support of this fund, China's economic reform will certainly add another impetus, and obviously this cannot be the last cooperation between the two sides, and the Chinese government will be able to obtain most of the funds needed for economic reform from the Global Development Bank in the future, at the same time. Dramatically reduce dependence on World Bank funding.

With this loan, Global Development Bank also officially announced its entry into the national financial market. Some countries that were still in a wait-and-see state have submitted loan applications to the Global Development Bank. With the list handed over by Latin, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile dumbly: "This is the application received in the last week?" Are they treating Global Bank as an international charity? ”

Look at the countries on this list: Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Thailand, Bangladesh, Guinea, Myanmar, Australia, Spain, ...... With the exception of a few countries, all of the countries that have submitted loan applications to the Bank in the last week are developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and some of them have even been classified as extremely unattainable by the United Nations.

In Gu Chen's memory, many of the countries on this list are extremely unstable, such as Uganda, which has just ended the war, and if the global bank lends to such countries, the risk is undoubtedly very large, even if the political situation is stable, its ability to repay is also debatable.

Another example is Guinea, which is not only politically chaotic, but also listed by the United Nations as one of the most unattainable countries in the world, and only a fool would lend money to such a country, as he said, the global bank is not a charity, and the economic benefits are the most important.

Adrian? Latin shrugged his shoulders, and he felt laughable and helpless in his heart: "Maybe they saw us lend China 200 million dollars at once, and they think that we are fools with a lot of money." Of course, they may also feel that the boss is a big philanthropist. ”

Gu Chen chuckled and shook his head, threw the list on the table, and said, "2o billion US dollars seems like a lot, but I am optimistic about China's prospects, and I will still lend them money if they need it." After a pause, he continued: "You should carefully consider the countries on this list, and my principle is twofold: first, the political situation should be stable, and the political situation should be stable, and those who cannot meet this point will not be considered; Second, the ability to repay, under the premise of a stable political situation, should consider the ability to repay the loan at maturity, if the repayment ability is poor, it can be seen whether there are high-value natural resources in the country, if there are resources, if not, it can be taken into account. ”

"The main markets for the global bank should be the developing countries with high exhibition potential, such as China, India, Malaysia, etc., then the countries, and finally other countries. You study it carefully, and when you have a decision, make a plan for me. ”

Adrian? Latin fully agreed with Gu Chen's two principles, because only in this way can the risk be minimized, after all, the Global Bank is a private bank, unlike the World Bank, which has the backing of the United Nations and the countries of the West, and is not afraid of any country daring to repay its debts.

"Okay, but in order to get enough information to believe in Nai, I may need half a month, you know, there are a lot of countries."

Adrian? After Latin left, Gu Chen picked up the list again and looked at it, and couldn't help but show a helpless smile on his face, there are nearly twenty countries on the list, even if he doesn't go through any investigation, he can cross out half of the countries on the spot without hesitation, even if these countries lend them money, don't expect the people in power to really use the money to develop the economy. This is Guo Yunxi knocking on the door and walking in: "Boss, Mr. Ye just called from the United Kingdom, and we have seen the oil and gas reaction at the No. 3 drilling-well leveling platform in the Falkland Islands Islands. ”

Hearing this, Gu Chen's spirit was shocked, it has been 5 months since he reached an agreement with Margaret Thatcher, and in these 5 months, Tang Dynasty Oil Company cooperated with Exxon Chemical to carry out oil exploration in the southeastern waters of the Falkland Islands.

The main reason for cooperating with Exxon Chemical is the lack of offshore oil exploration capabilities of Tang Dynasty Petroleum Company, although a lot of money has been invested in this area, but the time is too short after all, and the experience is insufficient, so it can only choose to cooperate with oil companies with offshore oil exploration capabilities.

At the beginning of the drilling-well-leveling and departing for the waters of the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government made a stern protest as Gu Chen expected, but it was only a protest, and now the situation in Argentina is a mess, and its military strength has been severely damaged in the Falklands War, and it has no strength to compete with Britain at all, not to mention that there are still British troops and warships stationed in the Falkland Islands, and Argentina has nothing else to do except protest.

However, the British Thatcher government did not respond to this very much, except for the initial reaffirmation of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, there was no response, and slowly the Argentine government was silent, perhaps in the eyes of the Argentine authorities, the most urgent issue to be solved is to let European countries lift economic sanctions against Argentina, and Britain's oil exploration activities in the Falkland Islands are doomed to be unsuccessful.

In the following months, the exploration activities have not made progress, Gu Chen has almost forgotten that he is investing heavily in oil drilling in the South Atlantic, occasionally remembering that he will call to ask Ye Leixin, although the answers he got are disappointing, but he did not lose confidence, he clearly remembered that the waters around the Falkland Islands contain huge oil and gas resources, unless the land he lives on now is not the earth, otherwise he will definitely be able to drill for oil. Now Ye Leixin finally gave him good news.

He pondered for a moment and said, "You answer Ye Leixin's call for me right away." After a while, Guo Yunxi answered the phone of Ye Leixin, who was far away in the UK, and after understanding the specific situation, he called the British Prime Minister's Office Secretariat, although it is only a reaction to the current oil and gas, and the specific reserves have not yet been proven, but it is obvious that this is only a matter of time, and once the Argentine government knows that there are huge oil and gas resources around the Falkland Islands, it will definitely react, at least the tone of protest will definitely rise, so it is necessary for him to say hello to Margaret Thatcher, Prepare in advance for a possible response from the Argentine government. (To be continued......)