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After the opening of the new shipping routes, Africa gradually became the backyard of Europeans, and Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands came to them, and then they were reluctantly defeated, and were replaced by Britain, France, and Italy.

Standing in front of a huge map of Africa, Situ Nan smoked a cigarette with his hands crossed, his eyes staring at the map on the wall, focusing on North Africa on the Mediterranean coast, contemplating deeply.

The map is divided into several sections, colored in different colors, from left to left, French Algeria, Italian Libya, and Egypt, which was charged by the British.

Sinclair stood behind Situ Nan, his eyes swept over the Suez Canal, and landed on a few black spots in the valley of the two rivers, which represented the stronghold of the Anglo-Polish oil company, and in the entire Middle East, only the British oil company had successfully explored a few oil fields, and the rest of the region was blank, including the vast North African region.

"Oil exploration in the desert can be unimaginably difficult, and you better be prepared. I've got you ready, workers, and tens of thousands of Chinese unions have joined them. Oil ports, highways, etc. can be handed over to them, they are the best workers. ”

Stuart turned back to Sinclair and circled Algiers, the port of Algiers, on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria, with a red pen, and then circled several basins in the desert region of southern Algeria.

Before deciding to explore for oil in the Algerian region, Chevron commissioned a French geological exploration team to go into the southern desert to investigate the local geography and find some iron ore mines, but no oil fields.

This is normal, the previous geological exploration is only a preliminary result, and if you want to get serious, you have to burn money to drill dozens or hundreds of exploration wells hundreds of meters deep, and this is only capable of oil exploration by large oil companies.

The preliminary geological exploration results were enough for Situ Nan, and after he darkly contrasted several target areas, he roughly found the areas with relatively large grasps.

"What if oil is found?" Sinclair asked casually, frowning, "The outback is too far from the port. ”

"Let's find it! Someone will pay for it. Situ Nan encouraged.

"Alright! I'm sure we'll be lucky. Sinclair laughed.

In order to enter the international market. Chevron Oil Company urgently needs to open up new oil sources in areas closer to Europe, and he can't go back to the United States for the time being, so he can only follow Situ Nan to fight overseas.

With the support of Situ Nan, Sinclair left France for North Africa with a passion for entrepreneurship. He first had to establish a Chevron base in the port of Algiers, and then organize technicians from the United States to enter the southern desert.

Chevron's actions are in the eyes of the French, and they are happy to see it. Shortly after Sinclair's departure, another French giant came to the door.

"Mr. Reynold, are you also interested in oil, and I very much welcome you to join us in our adventure." As soon as they met, Situ Nan joked about France's largest industrial giant.

"No!" Renault shook his head.

"Oh! That's a shame, damn Africa is not the right place to invest. I vaguely regretted it. Situ Nan's face was a little disappointed, and he guessed in his heart the old guy's intention.

"Oh no! In fact, I also have a fancy for Africa, and I came to you today to talk about cooperation in Africa! Renault laughed.

"Please!" Situ Nan was a little puzzled.

It turned out that Renault was not interested in oil, but in the iron mines discovered by Stuart in Africa, and France was not rich in iron and steel, although they recaptured Lorraine and Alsace from the Germans.

Situnan's iron ore mines in Algeria are of high grade, although they are a little far from the port. With reserves of up to 400 million tons, it is easy to mine, and the only problem is transportation.

The staff of Renault calculated. It was found that building a railway into the mining area could solve the transportation problem, and such a large investment in the construction of the railway would naturally not be the responsibility of Renault alone, and the best way was for the government to come forward and use the government's money to do things.

The best reason is to speed up the local economy and meet the supply of raw materials for French industry.

"Mr. Renault is so shrewd! To be honest, if it weren't for the bad traffic, I would have wanted to develop that iron mine. Situ Nan smiled, secretly admiring the influence of an industrial giant like Renault.

"Make an offer! I'm going to buy you the iron ore in your hands. Renault said angrily, looking at Situ Nan confidently.

Renault is famous for making automobiles and is also a major steel manufacturer in France.

Limited by iron ore production. France has always been pressed by Germany in the steel industry, and even the Germans, who were oppressed by the Versailles jump, were not inferior to the French in steel production.

The discovery of iron ore in Algeria gave Renault the hope of expanding steel production, and after obtaining iron ore, he pushed the government to invest in Algerian railways.

"Offer?" Situ Nan looked at Renault with an eager face with interest. It's not a big deal to give up the iron ore to the French, and I won't be able to develop it for a while anyway.

"That's a good fellow, the real reserves are said to be much higher, and I'll need to think about it before I can reply. However, I would like to work with Renault. ”

Situ Nan smiled, there was a kind of reserve in his eyes, he didn't expect this guy to be not interested in oil, but instead took a fancy to a few freshly baked iron mines?

"Alright! I hope to receive an early reply. Renault smiled and nodded, not discouraged at all, and when he left, he left a sentence, "Without that iron mine, there would be no railway." ”

"I'll think about it." Situ Nan sent Renault to the car, understood what the other party meant, but it happened suddenly, although he did not object to cooperating with Renault, but he also thought it out and sold it at a good price.

In fact, if the railway can really be built, it will also be conducive to transporting oil from the south. Watching the Renault car go away, Situ Nan thought to himself.

Renault's arrival was just a small episode in Paris, and after reviewing the Algerian iron ore report, Situ Nan already had an idea in his heart, and replied to Renault that he was willing to sell half of his shares to the other party at an offer of $1 million.

Situ Nan's offer did not exceed Renault's ceiling, and Renault responded positively, and the two sides immediately completed the deal.

As Renault promised, it was not long before Renault pushed for the construction of the railway in Algeria. The plan has aroused the interest of a number of consortia.

The French national oil company, which has been following Chevron Oil's adventures in the southern desert, has also taken a positive attitude towards the railway schedule, secretly praying that Sinclair's adventure will succeed and that there will be more reason to build a railway in Africa.

The French had little interest in tossing Situ Nan in his back garden, although he had provoked it. He was more interested in China's Southwest Railway than in the African Railway program.

To this end, he met with the shareholders of Crédit Agricole CIB several times and persuaded them to take out a loan to build a railway from Guangxi to Yunnan and connect the Guangxi Railway with the Annam Railway on the model of the Guangdong-Guizhou Railway.

According to Situ Nan's plan, the ownership of the railway belongs to China, and after the completion of the railway, a French company can be hired to participate in the management of the railway, and the proceeds of the railway company can be used to repay the debts of the French bank.

"Mr. William, this is not quite in line with our practice, you know that in Annan, we built a railway, it's—"

Crédit Agricole CIB's chairman Peel shook his head.

"Nope! In fact, inviting French companies to participate in the management is already the biggest concession, without the participation of the Chinese, they will not agree to the construction of this railway, and they will not get the support of the people.

You know, the locals have a considerable impression that if their enthusiasm is discouraged, the project will be difficult to complete. You should have heard enough about the hardships of the construction of the Southern Yunnan Railway, right? ”

Situ Nan retorted that he had already said something similar to the other party once. If it weren't for the fact that he had not fooled the French into investing money in the construction of infrastructure in the southwest, he would have done it himself a long time ago.

Peel hesitated, the Chinese have built the Guangdong-Guizhou Railway, connecting the Annam Railway with Nanning, Guangxi, it should not be too difficult. In this way, the influence of the French could be extended along the railway to the more affluent Pearl River Delta and even central China, which would greatly benefit the strengthening of Crédit Agricole CIB in China.

After all, the Guangdong-Guizhou Railway and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway have been connected together, which means that Crédit Agricole CIB's Wuhan, Guangzhou Bay, and Annam Saigon will be closely linked by the railway?????

Thinking of this, Peel secretly made a decision in his heart. However, his face was indifferent, and he bargained with Situ Nan: "Almost all the money is ours, and I ask us to take 51% of the shares of the railway company!" This makes perfect sense. ”

"Nope! Sir, I can only guarantee that you have 40% of the shares, the local government will hold 30%, of course, this part of the money is borrowed by you, and 10% is set aside for other international investors, and the rest is raised from Chinese businessmen. At least legally, the Chinese should have more than 51% of the shares, so that all parties are more satisfied, right? ”

Situ Nan explained.

The Guangxi-Yunnan railway and the Guangxi-Annam railway will have a total investment of more than 20 million US dollars because of the difficulty of the project.

"Alright! I'll go back and talk to the shareholders. Peel nodded in satisfaction and left.

"Young Master, is this appropriate? The French are wolf ambitions, huh? He Xiangu looked at Situ Nan with some concern, not very optimistic about the negotiations with the French.

"It's not appropriate, but if the southern government keeps a tough attitude, the French won't be too arrogant. It should be worth it to let the French occupy the nominal majority shareholder, in exchange for the economic development after the opening of the railway.

Compared with the lost interests, I am more interested in the rise of Chinese businessmen in the Annam region. The French develop our resources, and we also get what we want from the resource-rich region of Annam? ”

Situ Nan explained with a smile.

A few days later, Peel replied to Situ Nan, and Crédit Agricole CIB generally agreed with Situ Nan's construction. Affected by this, the long-dormant Guangxi army began to march into the Yunnan border, and the war in the southwest began. RV

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