Duke was busy with his super electromagnetic wave generator, on the other hand, after Cai Siqiang talked with Vice Premier Wu, he knew that the development of resources in Africa could do a lot, so he rushed to the ground, this matter is related to the national strategy, of course, not the SAL company can bear it, because this matter has completely exceeded the scope of enterprise operation and investment, involving the national development strategy. Free eBook download

"Eric, what do you think about this?" After knowing the spectrum, Cai Siqiang visited the head of the old Li family again, and after explaining his intentions, he wanted to get some feasible advice from this wise old man, and more importantly, Cai Siqiang knew that he could not eat alone in this matter.

"I think it's a good thing," Eric said, "in the long run, non-renewable resources always have a tendency to be in short supply, although in recent years the sluggish economic development in Europe and the United States has led to the current commodity resources are at a relatively low level, but once the world economy recovers, there is no doubt that the price of mineral resources will have the opportunity to rise sharply, and now should be a good time to get involved." ”

Although Eric also received that the country is planning to develop African resources on a large scale, this matter is still somewhat controversial within the family, because according to domestic policy, there are great restrictions on the entry of private enterprises, and there is no problem in making small troubles, but a giant family like the Lao Li family has invested tens of billions of dollars in every move, and it is impossible to act rashly without the support of a clear policy.

The news brought by Cai Siqiang today made Eric feel more excited, "Since the country is ready to open up to private enterprises in this area, how much does SAL plan to invest in it?" Eric asked.

"We are ready to invest a lot," Cai Siqiang has no need to hide it from this old man, "If possible, we have no problem investing hundreds of billions." ”

Hundreds of billions! Rao is Eric is also a person who is used to seeing big numbers, and he still can't help but be startled by Cai Siqiang's number, and his face twitches involuntarily. This young man is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and dares to play a heavy hand at a critical moment.

"Are you going to use the funds raised by the SAL listing to invest in this?" Eric was quick to associate this with the sal, "Frankly, I personally don't think the time is very ripe for such a huge investment of this magnitude. Eric shook his head and said to Cai Siqiang.

"Why, didn't you just say now is a good time?" Cai Siqiang was a little confused by Eric's words.

"Just now I thought that the amount of money you were ready to invest was not more than tens of billions, and at that level of capital investment, even if there is a risk, it will be insignificant for your SAL company," Eric said, "and at that scale of funds, the impact on the current international mineral resources industry is not very large, and it will not cause a chain reaction in the international situation." ”

"But if you are ready to invest hundreds of billions of dollars, it will be completely different, it will have a huge impact on the entire industry, and for the European and American interest groups behind the mining giants, this will greatly harm their interests, so they will definitely not sit idly by, but will find ways to destroy." Eric continued.

Since the 911 incident, in the name of counter-terrorism, the U.S. military has long established a series of military presences around the natural resource sources and transportation routes in Africa, and has established military bases in more than a dozen African countries to ensure the core interests of the United States, including the fight against terrorists and the monopoly and priority of Africa's resource development.

In order to unify command, the US military has also set up the Africa Command in Africa, which now has more than 4 combat brigades stationed in Africa, with such a strong military presence, plus the US military supports and controls more than 20 African countries, which are located in North Africa, Central Africa, and the Atlantic coast, it can be said that the US military is also ubiquitous in Africa, and they have the largest military force on the African continent and can escort the core interests of the US at any time.

If there is a strategic change involving hundreds of billions of dollars, it will be difficult for us to ensure that the US military does not use its hands to carry out sabotage, and in the current situation, it is difficult for me to believe that the PLA can defend such a huge interest in Africa. After all, the PLA has only signed an agreement with Tanzania, and it will take time to prove that the real military presence will be able to secure our interests.

In the vicinity of Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, and Kenya now have US military bases, and their armed forces are also trained by the US military. ”

Hearing Eric's words, Cai Siqiang was shocked, and realized that he had thought a little simpler, only saw the huge benefits of this matter, but did not expect that behind this matter was so dangerous, if it was not for a thorough understanding of the entire international political and economic situation, he would not be able to see it at all. If you rashly invest huge sums of money in it, in the event of events like Libya and Iraq, won't all of them be wasted?

"Eric, according to what you say, it is not appropriate for us to participate in the development of Africa now?" Cai Siqiang asked.

"That's not true," Eric shook his head and said, "Actually, according to the information we have obtained, Zhōng Yāng has already deployed the tone for the large-scale development of Africa, depending on the specific implementation steps, the most critical of which is the actions of the PLA, we need to observe how determined the PLA is to defend our African interests, if the military force invested is enough to deal with the challenges in the surrounding area, then it is also beneficial to participate in this large-scale development." ”

Although the military has signed an agreement with the Tanzanian side on the construction of a military base, the PLA side has not revealed the slightest rumor about the future scale and number of troops stationed at this military base.

"Understood, do you mean that we keep an eye on this matter, but are not in a hurry to get involved on a large scale in terms of input?" Cai Siqiang asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, although there is a new trend in the changes in the world situation, the United States' position of dominating the world is still unshakable, and if the PLA does not show its ambition in Africa, we can only try to make some preliminary preparations in Africa, but the main funds cannot enter rashly." "But it looks like the time is right for us to start a new mining company." ”

A few days later, a signboard named Dongfang Mining Development Co., Ltd. quietly appeared in the headquarters building of SAL Rongcheng, becoming another new company in the Dongfang Department, with a registered capital of 10 billion yuan, which was jointly established by SAL and several well-known domestic companies.

When Vice Premier Wu heard the registration of this company from the secretary's mouth, he couldn't help but sigh for a moment, 10 billion yuan is already an astronomical amount for ordinary people, but in the eyes of Vice Premier Wu, this is too far from Cai Siqiang coming to the door a few days ago and vowing to invest heavily in cooperation with his African development plan.

Why did the sal change all of a sudden? Without the chess piece of SALT, Vice Premier Wu really did not know that he could find such funds to support the large-scale African development plan he presided over for a while.

It is impossible to say that Vice Premier Wu can only ask the secretary to contact Sun Hong to understand the reason for the sal's retreat, and when Vice Premier Wu heard Cai Siqiang's euphemistic transmission of concern, he suddenly realized.

"How did you forget about this thing?" Vice Premier Wu slapped his forehead vigorously and smiled bitterly. "Xiao Wang, help me contact Vice Chairman Liu, I want to have an interview with him."

Vice Premier Wu knows that in the large-scale development of Africa, the support of the military is indispensable, and even the most crucial part of it, so this work must also keep up with the work in order to match its own political and economic plan, otherwise if the military does not cooperate or does not demonstrate its ability to protect our core interests, who would dare to throw a lot of real money on the magical land of Africa?

I have been busy with the economic work, and I am a little less concerned about the military's cooperation with the operation, which has led to the current mistakes.

Fortunately, it's not too late to make amends.

After coordination between Vice Premier Wu and Vice Chairman Liu of the Central Military Commission, the Chinese side soon announced a series of new military and economic agreements with the Tanzanian side, and the Chinese side announced that it would sell 30 new-generation Thunder fighters and attached air pre-aircraft aircraft, as well as ground radars, missiles, and other armaments to Tanzania within three years, so as to build a modern air force for Tanzania.

In addition, the People's Liberation Army will also transform two infantry brigades for the Tanzanian Army in accordance with the standards of the People's Liberation Army, so that the Tanzanian Army will also have modern combat strength, and if the PLA can successfully complete this military plan, Tanzania will leap to the top of the list in East Africa in terms of military strength and become an out-and-out regional military power.

The investment of about one billion US dollars required for the modernization of the Tanzanian army is unaffordable for the current Tanzanian finances, so China and Tanzania agreed to deduct the income obtained from China's mineral development in Tanzania in the future, that is to say, the Tanzanian side has obtained the installment payment method for the worries, or it will be deducted from the new income in the future, which has greatly reduced the financial pressure on the Tanzanian side.

If it is just this article, the Tanzanian side will inevitably trigger a backlash from the people and make this plan stillborn, but the Chinese side has obviously taken this into account, and in addition to the military agreement, it has also signed an economic cooperation agreement, and the Chinese side has announced that it will help Tanzania to achieve an economic multiplication plan within ten years, focusing on the development and smelting of mineral resources in Tanzania, and at the same time developing Tanzanian agricultural processing and light industrial product production, and increasing Tanzanian employment opportunities. To achieve both economic development and employment growth in Tanzania, benefiting all strata of Tanzania.

As soon as these two agreements were introduced, they immediately caused an uproar in Africa and even the world.

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