Chapter 144: Money Paves the Way
The efficiency of the Government of Burundi is unusually high.
Only the next day, Li Quan received a message from President Pierre that Congress had approved his request that Burundi would meet all the legitimate needs of the Heart of the Forest.
It is no exaggeration to say that the $1 billion investment banner pulled out by Li Quan has caused no less waves in the Burundian parliament today than a nuclear bomb falling on their territory.
This kind of large-scale investment is unprecedented, and even members of Congress cannot take it too seriously.
The Burundian parliament simply postponed all the other issues of the day, went straight to the subject, and began voting almost in ten minutes, which naturally passed unanimously.
Of course, there are also reasons why President Pierre has made it happen. The gold had been properly kept by him, and no one knew about it except Li Quan and him. President Pierre quietly had the gold coin examined, and when he got the results, he summoned all his staff almost non-stop, hoping that the Forest Heart Company building would be built in an instant.
Registering a company, selecting land, and recruiting workers, the Burundian government gave Li Quan's Heart of the Forest Company the green light all the way, and Li Quan hardly bothered about it.
In terms of capital injection, Li Quan took the European channel. Instead of going to Europe, he used his money to open his way, hired a professional manager who was said to be the best professional manager in England from the Internet to Burundi, and then exchanged a large sum of gold coins for dollars in a Swiss bank by remote control. After many turnarounds, it finally arrived at the heart of the forest company.
With money as a guarantee, and the government as the backstage, and Li Quan's habit of using gold to open the way, what else can't be done?
Large numbers of black laborers were recruited outside the planned plantation sites, and building materials purchased from neighbouring Tanzania were airlifted. All water and electricity consumption is imported. A series of problems that stood in front of us were all solved under the financial offensive, and the construction site was immediately started, and the efficiency was frighteningly high.
President Pierre was also very efficient, and he sent a promised group of policemen to stand guard for Li Quan.
There were more than 30 black policemen, divided into 10 posts, who were on the construction site 24 hours a day to supervise the black laborers who came and went on the construction site.
Almost every day after the hired black laborers were found nails, steel bars, steel pipes, wires, gypsum boards, and other strange building materials. In addition, Li Quan also received reports from black policemen from time to time, and searched for all kinds of building scraps from these policemen.
In this regard, Li Quan turned a blind eye and didn't bother to ask. This kind of problem, which involves the quality of the population, cannot be changed by criticism, education, and punishment. That is what needs time to precipitate and the dual evolution of life security to really solve. I'll leave this to President Pierre. As long as these workers don't delay the construction period, he really doesn't want to take a few nails to heart.
Li Quan was more concerned about the real intention of President Pierre in sending these black policemen.
He knew very well that in addition to helping him guard the home, President Pierre had sent these black policemen to be responsible for monitoring him.
Because President Pierre was afraid that he would run away. A wealthy businessman with such a large investment as he is hard to find in Burundi. He is probably the largest investor in Burundi's history. Except, of course, for those national projects, which are the subject of international humanitarian contributions and political considerations, rather than commercial investments.
It's not hard to see why. There's nothing worth developing here at all. Li Quan knows this, and President Pierre knows even better. In fact, even though Li Quan explained that night, President Pierre still wondered what Li Quan had taken a fancy to Burundi. Why did he choose to come to Burundi?
There's an interesting thing.
The crude blue uniforms worn by these black Burundian policemen resemble domestic plumbers no matter how Li Quan looks at them. When these black policemen first arrived, Li Quan really thought it was a group of plumbers, and he was still wondering when he had hired so many plumbers.
In the first few days, Li Quan met with President Pierre almost every day. With a friendly attitude and the principle of mutual benefit and trust, the two sides have conducted many in-depth negotiations on the preliminary construction of the plantation and the next investment intention......
Li Quan summed it up in just one sentence, President Pierre asked him when he would spend the next sum of money.
The answer given by Li Quan is intuitive every time: right away. The hired professional manager then submits the report to President Pierre. Li Quan's style is that he is only responsible for planning the general direction and paying for it, and don't ask me anything else.
In the days that followed, President Pierre would personally come to Li Quan's hired professional manager, and under Li Quan's authorization, Pitt, a professional manager from England who was said to have a quarter of Chinese ancestry, did a good job of coping with these tasks for Li Quan.
These days, Li Quan has a more intuitive understanding of Burundi.
Burundi is nominally a republican government, but in reality, it is a coalition of warlords. Every large plantation in Burundi is controlled by a few warlords. These warlords all have a big say in Congress. And the Tucson he killed was one of them.
Speaking of Tucson, as he expected, Tucson's death was not even reported by the outside world. Not to mention Burundi itself, a country where there are no media or newspapers at all. Even if it is disseminated, it is only news on a small scale. Few people in the outside world would pay attention to the death of a warlord in this small and inconspicuous country in East Africa. That's exactly what he's happy to see.
Li Quan has always been vigilant against these Burundian warlords.
As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. He is so high-profile and shows such financial resources without concealment, it is really impossible to say that he will not be targeted.
He didn't care, though. First of all, it is impossible for the other party to start before the plantation is completed. Secondly, after that, if there are so many claws that dare to reach in and pick peaches, he will unceremoniously chop off these claws, and chop as many as he wants, so that these blacks know that he is not easy to mess with.
In the past few days, he has experienced first-hand what President Pierre said about the "friendliness" of Burundians towards the Chinese.
The local blacks have shown him not only friendship, but even flattery.
The reason is actually very simple, Burundian blacks are friendly to Chinese because Chinese have money. These poor Burundian people call Chinese Chinese very directly, like Baburu. If Chinese hired them, they would consciously guarantee their status as slaves.
A few days ago, Li Quan met several compatriots from China at the presidential palace and had dinner with them. He found that these people were very ordinary Chinese businessmen, mostly from Wenzhou. Even these ordinary Chinese businessmen have great privileges in Burundi. Again, for that reason, because of the money.
At the banquet, Li Quan learned from the conversation with these Chinese fellow villagers that the black girls here are proud to marry Chinese, and a Chinese carpenter can casually take care of several black girls, and these black girls hope that they can take them back to China earlier. Of course, most of the time this is not possible.
The common people here are also very willing to work for Chinese merchants. Because there will be more money to be made in this way. Although you can only earn about $1 to $2 a day, that's a lot for Burundians.
Here, Chinese and white Europeans and Americans came with aristocratic treatment. The Government of Burundi will give them the green light in all respects. A middle-aged businessman from Wenzhou bluntly told Li Quan that once he was driving on Bujumbura Road, accidentally violated the traffic law and was caught by a black policeman. But after discovering that he was Chinese, the black policeman not only did not issue him a ticket, but also enthusiastically helped him show the way.
They also often ask themselves why.
Some say it's because the country is so poor. Just look at this, Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, has a population of only 200,000 including Chinese, which cannot be compared with some small towns in China.
Except for basic foodstuffs, there is almost zero manufacturing here, and not even a single nail can be produced by itself. Li Quan is well aware of this, and even all kinds of construction materials needed for his construction site have to be transported from neighboring Tanzania.
Burundi's light industry, with the exception of banana beer, is almost entirely non-existent. The vast majority of the people's production and living materials can only rely on imports, and because it is a landlocked country, the transportation channel is single, and the prices here are very expensive. The only people who can really afford to consume normally are Chinese.
Some people say that China was not the same during the period of poverty. Even now, there are many people who pursue the principle of foreigners. At the end of the day, only time can erase all of this.
After that meal, Li Quan exchanged contact information with these compatriots in a foreign country. When asked what Li Quan did in Burundi, Li Quan just smiled and replied simply: "Planting professional." ”
A few days later, on the outskirts of Bujumbura, a brand new prefabricated house was built. Another three-storey main building is under construction. Around these buildings, the general structure of the plantation has been completely planned, and the area has reached a terrifying range, just waiting for Li Quan to plant at any time.
Adhering to the principle of not wanting to delay for a moment, Li Quan decided to move into the next step of the plan, and it was time to hold a press conference. At a press conference, he will announce to the world the arrival of Super Barley and the Crop Golem.
In the days that followed, Li Quan invited media from all over the world to Burundi, and the travel expenses would be borne by Heart of the Forest, and these invitations were sent to media around the world through online channels. These include famous mouthpieces such as CNN, CCTV, BBC, etc.
Li Quan is confident that Super Wheat and Wheat Golem will be able to make a splash, which will be his first step to the world stage after leaving China.