Volume 1 Chapter 286 The road is narrow

In many African countries, the chieftain is the emperor of his tribe and has absolute authority in all aspects. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info even today, although African countries have entered the legal society, but the chiefs still have a lot of power in many countries, they are still daunting but mysterious characters on the African continent

Even when the chiefs of the earth king appear in public places, they often hug each other, the bell rings to open the way, and the people bend down to kneel on the ground and bow and worship, until the chief leaves, they can not get up.

Chiefs are generally divided into first, second, and third tiers in Africa, or large, medium, and small chiefs. The first-level chieftain is also often referred to as the king of the earth, and has two or three hundred second-level chiefs under his jurisdiction, and dozens or even thousands of third-level chiefs under the second-level chieftain. In many African countries, administrative units below the county level are largely non-existent, and the affairs of townships and villages are often the responsibility of second- and third-level chiefs.

The iron mine Fang Zibai said is actually located in a mountain village called Kambu in Gabe Town, and the local chief he said is the chief of this Kambu village, that is, the small chief of the village, which is equivalent to the head of a village in China. However, the power of the village chief is much more powerful than that of the village chief in China, he is the king of the village, and all the big and small affairs in the village must be approved by him with a nod of his head.

It was still Xia Yunjie who was driving, but it was Eminem who led the way.

is used to sitting in Xia Yunjie's car, and now Su Zhiyan can no longer bear the bumps when Eminem is driving.

The town of Gabe is not far from the city of Remalan, but the village of Kambu is a bit far from the town of Gabe, and you need to drive over three dirt hills in succession, through a date palm forest, and then climb another dirt hill to see the village of Kambu.

The village of Kambu is a very primitive village, the houses in the village are almost conical grass roofs, mud plastered four walls, only a few are built a bit like country houses, and one of them is a two-storey stone house facing east, which looks the most imposing.

In the middle of the village is a small square, and the thatched houses of the village are all around the square. The zhongyāng in the square has a mango tree at least 20 meters high, with a large umbrella underneath.

When Xia Yunjie and their car arrived, a fat and black man wearing a thumb-thick gold necklace around his neck, six of his ten fingers wearing gold rings inlaid with gemstones, and a black man in his forties was enjoying the shade under a big umbrella. Behind him sat three almost topless black women, some of whom were about the same age as him, and some of whom were very young. However, both the older and the younger ones look fat, and their buttocks are bulging like zebras' buttocks. There was also a black child playing naked around the mango tree.

"That's Luku, the chief of Kambu Village, and the three women around him are all his wives, and the children who are playing around him are supposed to be his children. In Agiya, chieftains can marry more wives and concubines, but Luku chieftains have only three wives, which is relatively few among the chiefs. It is said that in ancient times in the Abomey Kingdom of Benin, Africa, there was a chieftain who had more than 40 concubines in his life. Seeing Chief Luku sitting under the mango tree in the shade from a distance, Fang Zibai introduced.

Hearing that there was once a chief who had accepted more than 4,000 concubines in his life, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but be dumbfounded, thinking that there were more than 4,000 concubines, and it would take more than ten years to sleep all the concubines every day, and Su Zhiyan didn't know what kind of nerves she suddenly had today, seeing that Fang Zibai's eyes lit up when he talked about African chiefs marrying wives and taking concubines, he couldn't help but sneer: "Manager Fang, you must really hope that China will do the same?"

"Ahem, no, no. Fang Zibai didn't expect that Mr. Su was more sensitive to this aspect, and he said when he heard the words.

"Dublitous," Su Zhiyan said with a blank look at Fang Zibai.

Fang Zibai smiled wryly again, but didn't dare to answer.

Fang Zibai had been here before, Luku recognized his car, and when he saw the Volkswagen SUV coming, he immediately stood up with bright eyes.

As soon as Luku stood up, several black men from the village ran up and stood on either side of him.

"Kambu Village welcomes guests from afar" Luku stood up and gave Fang Zibai a warm hug, not only that, but also pasted the black face on both sides of his face, and put Fang Zibai on his frown, but it was not easy to push away this overenthusiastic Chief Luku.

"Chief Luku, this is my boss, Ms. Su Zhiyan. Finally getting rid of Chief Luku's veneer courtesy, Fang Zibai hurriedly introduced Su Zhiyan to Luku.

Su Zhiyan was much more clever, and before Chief Luku could open his arms and stick to him, he had already taken the initiative to stretch out his hand towards him.

Chief Luku obviously wanted to hug the beautiful Chinese landlady too, but seeing that she had reached out to him, he had to reach out and shake her hand and said, "Welcome, beautiful Ms. Su." ”

When money is not discussed, Africans are still very simple and welcoming. After greeting each other, Chief Luku warmly welcomed Su Zhiyan and his party, personally took everyone to visit their village's cottages, grain processing workshops, and even took everyone to visit the rooms of the three wives.

But when it comes to investing in the Horseshoe Mountain iron ore mine in the mountains behind their village, Chief Luku shows the cunning and cunning of the Africans. Mining iron ore here not only gives them a personal income tax of about 40 percent, which is payable by any enterprise, but also a shareholder tax, which is for foreign investments, and a shareholder tax of 25 percent of profits. In addition to this, they also have to own 30 percent of the shares.

Su Zhiyan asked him: "Isn't Mr. Luku's tax fee so high that he is not afraid of scaring away foreign investors? If investors don't come, how can the economy develop?"

Although the Luku chief was only a village chief, his answer was to the point and full of confidence: "If there is no money to be made, no matter how low the tax rate is, you will not come, if there is money to be made, especially if you are mining resources to make a lot of money, no matter how high the tax, as long as there is money to be made, you will still invest." To tell you the truth, there is also one of your next-door neighbors in China, South Koreans, who also want to develop our ore. ”

Although Xia Yunjie's vision in business cannot be compared with Su Zhiyan, after listening to Chief Luku's words, he still can't help but secretly sigh that although the African tribes are backward, if they really want to treat these black people as fools, I am afraid that they will become fools. In particular, Chief Luku's last sentence was very level, which gave Su Zhiyan a lot of psychological pressure.

Sure enough, Su Zhiyan, who was anxious to implement the mineral project and return to China as soon as possible, saw that Chief Luku said this, and the negotiation strategy obviously changed, and made some conditional concessions in many aspects. Of course, Su Zhiyan is a top student at the University of California in the United States, and her business talent is naturally not comparable to Chief Luku, who is enclosed in a mountain nest. Although she made some concessions, they were still within her plan.

After some negotiations, the two sides reached a preliminary intention of cooperation. Just because of the time, the specific cooperation matters and contracts need to be discussed and signed in detail tomorrow.

Back at the hotel, after a day of running and negotiating, Su Zhiyan was a little tired, and after dinner, she went back to her bedroom early to rest.

The next day, it was another hot day.

Su Zhiyan and her entourage came to Kambu Village again at the agreed time, but they didn't expect someone to come earlier than them, and one of them was known to Xia Yunjie, who was Cui Yongjun, a South Korean who was the shareholder of the "Black Beauty" nightclub.

Accompanying Cui Yongjun was not only a few black bodyguards that Xia Yunjie saw that night, but also a black man wearing a green sè robe, many sè colorful rings on his arms, and a thick gold necklace around his neck, holding a wooden staff with a gold rod in his hand.

This black man obviously has a relatively high status, not only are there two burly and tall black men with their upper bodies standing behind him, but he is also sitting in the position of the master who originally belonged to Chief Luku.

Seeing Xia Yunjie and his entourage coming, the expressions of the people present were different.

Chief Luku was embarrassed, and the black man in the green robe looked at Xia Yunjie and the others with curious eyes, but when his gaze swept over Su Zhiyan, his cloudy eyes obviously became hot, and his gaze swept back and forth on her thighs and breasts several times.

And Cui Yongjun and others, who had a holiday with Xia Yunjie, saw Xia Yunjie's face sink significantly, and their eyes showed a fierce sè. However, when Cui Yongjun saw Su Zhiyan's pretty face, graceful figure, and noble temperament, the yin face immediately floated with a charming smile, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to her: "Hello, I am Cui Yongjun, you must be Ms. Su Zhiyan, the owner of Weida Company mentioned by Mr. Luku before, I didn't expect you to be not only a beauty but also so young." ”

"Mr. Cui has won the award. Su Zhiyan shook Cui Yongjun's hand lightly, but glanced at Xia Yunjie with doubt.

Cui Yongjun and the others looked at Xia Yunjie's fierce gaze just now, and it was naturally impossible to escape her observation.

"Could it be that this gentleman is Miss Su's personal bodyguard? He is very powerful and bold" Seeing Su Zhiyan looking at Xia Yunjie, Cui Yongjun's eyes flashed coldly, and said.

Su Zhiyan couldn't help but become more and more puzzled when she heard this, but she didn't take the initiative to ask, but nodded noncommittally, then looked at Chief Luku, and said with a smile: "Mr. Luku, we meet again." Based on what we talked about yesterday, I brought a sample contract, you see......"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Su, Luku has changed his mind, and his current partner is this Mr. Choi Yongjun. Before Luku could answer, the green-robed black man sitting on the throne had already waved his hand and said with a big grin.

Seeing the green-robed black man say this, Lu Ku's expression became more and more embarrassed, and the corners of Cui Yongjun's mouth hooked up with a touch of smugness.