According to the agreement signed between China and Tanzania, the Chinese side has priority in the exploration, mining and development of Tanzanian mineral resources, and there are no restrictions on the relevant applications made by the Tanzanian side.

In fact, in the past, it was good for the authorities to be able to get 20 or 30 percent of the actual value of these mineral resources from Western companies. Of course, this is also the reason why people of insight on the Tanzanian side insist on close strategic cooperation with China, because in this matter, the Chinese not only have an attractive profit distribution plan, but also have a complete set of plans for promoting local economic development through the exploitation of mineral resources, so the sincerity shown is undoubtedly the most sufficient.

He now has Oriental Mining in his hands, and after getting Vice Premier Wu's verbal promise, he now has the armed guarantee of the People's Liberation Army to ensure the safety of investment in Tanzania, in this case, what else is there to worry about?

Therefore, Cai Siqiang instructed his subordinates to take substantive steps, first, to let the survey team enter the territory of Tanzania for resource exploration, and then discuss the follow-up investment according to the exploration results. It can be said that no matter how big the scale, Dongfang Mining has enough capital to develop.

Who knew that at this first pass, Cai Siqiang's people ate a closed door.

"According to the regulations, we are currently not open to private enterprises in Africa to carry out large-scale mineral resource exploration of more than 5,000 square kilometers," when the staff of Oriental Mining approached the relevant departments to apply for exploration permits in Tanzania, but got such a cold answer, "According to the two cooperation agreements between China and Tanzania, large-scale mineral resource development in Tanzania must first be approved by both China and Tanzania. For the time being, private enterprises are not included in the list of licensed companies that can conduct large-scale exploration. ”

Cai Siqiang didn't expect to get such a result, like being poured a basin of cold water on him, he couldn't cry or laugh, and he was busy for a long time, it turned out that Vice Premier Wu was too out of touch with the following, and the middle situation has not been completed, and this time difference is inevitably too long in Cai Siqiang's opinion.

Cai Siqiang thinks so, but he has wronged Vice Premier Wu, this matter, there was only a framework of a big plan, in the eyes of the National Development and Reform Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, these departments, since it is a national strategic development, of course, it is the national brand as the main force, private enterprises here can only be a supplementary role, of course, very few of them have thought about how to solve the financial problem if they let the national brand enterprises go out.

Maybe these things are too far away from them, so they don't have to think about it at all, that's something that Vice Premier Wu will worry about. As long as they follow the practice of domestic mineral development, they will be stuck at the threshold of preventing private enterprises from developing large-scale mineral resources.

However, after Cai Siqiang reported the situation, Vice Premier Wu couldn't help but have a headache when he heard that it was such a question. At this time, Vice Premier Wu realized that he had thought too simplisticly, and this was not just a financial issue, but also a very important political issue.

This is a major issue involving who should be in charge of private enterprises and state-owned enterprises in the national economy.

Before Duke was born, these problems were not very prominent, although there was a family like the old Li family quietly appeared in various domestic industries, but they have never been as eye-catching as Duke companies, as long as they entered an industry, this industry soon fell into the world of Duke and his companies, so far, unconsciously Duke and his enterprises have become the international computer and communication industry, nuclear energy industry, machine tool industry, automobile industry and special industrial raw materials are one of the few giants, In the foreseeable future, Duke's military enterprises will also be a major player in the world's military industry.

This makes those who insist on the national team in all walks of life feel a great threat, and it is really unknown who will have the final say in the future. If we say that the industries of Duke in front of us were formed naturally by chance.

So today, when the private consortium led by Duke Capital Group can already call for wind and rain and completely and concretely compete with the national brand, this relationship is very delicate.

In the strategic decision of the large-scale development of the East China Sea and the South China Sea, although the private consortium has invested a large amount of money, the subtle thing is that the actual control of these two giant companies is all in the hands of the government, and the Lao Li family has invested a huge amount of money in the Oriental system, that is, they have obtained a board seat in each of the two companies, so most of the capital of these private consortiums only has the right to invest in shares and dividends, and cannot affect the operation of these two giant oil companies.

Today, Duke, a mining company founded by a private consortium, wants to play a major role in Africa's development, and this relationship makes Vice Premier Wu feel very difficult to manage.

Cai Siqiang and Eric both clearly rejected the initial idea that SAL was only a shareholder and did not participate in the specific business process, which was different from the large-scale oil development in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

However, in the complex environment of Africa, the development of resources is much more complicated, and the requirements for the management team are much higher.

"The government still has a natural vigilance against a capital group like ours." Eric said to Cai Siqiang in a regular weekly video conference, "I think this matter has the approval of Vice Premier Wu, but due to institutional reasons, I think there will be a lot of trouble in the future, and this matter looks like it will be a lot of trouble." In the end, it is still two to say whether it will succeed or not. ”

"What do we do now?" Speaking of this, Cai Siqiang also looked helpless, and now his blood is half cold.

"Wait." Eric paused for a few moments before those two words came to mind.

Since this matter has aroused the taboo of some people at the top, it is very inappropriate for both SAL and Lao Li's family to use their influence to forcibly promote it. Even any superfluous action may trigger negative effects, making the core decision-makers make decisions that are even more unfavorable to Dongfang Mining, and in this regard, the experienced Eric can see it very clearly, although he only said the word wait.

Hearing this unsurprising and helpless ending, Cai Siqiang could only shake his head.

Vice Premier Wu also heard the clear attitude of the SAL side, sitting alone in a somewhat indifferent office, frowning and uncomfortable, smoking one cigarette after another, but he couldn't think of any good way to solve the current predicament in his mind.

This kind of institutional problem, not to mention that he is still a vice premier, even if he joins the Standing Committee, it is not a problem.