Chapter 100: The First Goal
"Dear Jiang, what good news did you bring today?" Chief Urs affectionately beckoned Jiang Minghong to sit down.
The palace is quite luxurious, and it does not look shabby because of the backwardness of the country. Jiang Minghong sat down and looked around.
According to the boss's order, Jiang Minghong personally came to the Emirate of Urs, which is an independent country gathered by many tribes, which is very backward, and there are still very disadvantages compared with other African countries, lacking oil and natural gas and other energy sources that can attract investment from advanced countries. Minerals are also very poor, and copper and iron lack development value, and have not been concerned by the international community.
The only thing that can be commended is that the original environment here is well preserved, as a tourism industry can make a difference, and it is located on a plateau, more than 3,000 meters above sea level, even near the equator, the climate is not hot. Jiang Minghong came to the country in the name of investing in tourism, and funded the construction of hotels, roads and other facilities to attract more tourists.
Urs' full name is Gangdi Urs. As the monarch of a country, he can be regarded as enlightened, he studied in Britain in his early years, and after returning to China, he has the intention to change the backward appearance, but he has no actual power, and other people have backward concepts and are hostile to outsiders, which makes him unable to realize his political ideas, and he is not a decisive person, and there are still a few people who dare to abandon family affection and launch a coup d'état. When it was my father's turn to die, when he was in power, he was over 60 years old, and after he was able to put his ideas into practice, in addition to trying his best to improve local transportation and other conditions, he also sought international assistance, but the hardware facilities here were too poor, and the resources available for development were too long compared with the investment, and the returns were not rich. After repeated rejections, he hired experts and conducted field visits. In the end, it was concluded that the world lacks the experience of similar national development, there is a lack of various resources, transportation is not convenient, human resources are also not abundant, and the quality is low, it is impossible to use labor-intensive industries as a breakthrough, and the only hope is to rely on tourism to break the current closed state and change the concept of the local people. But the upfront investment is really not something that a small country can take out in a short period of time. However, he also did a lot of work in his own situation, developing local craft products, etc., but the traffic obstacles seriously affected the output of products.
Jiang Minghong has gained some prestige by opening hospitals and other livelihood facilities in some African countries. Naturally, Urs sent someone to find help, and although he didn't expect much from many setbacks, he always had to try. What made them happy at first was that the company did not completely reject their offer, and also opened a general hospital in the local area to provide some basic medical services. However, due to transportation problems, it took a considerable amount of time for the hospital to officially open, and there were frequent shortages of medicines. The cost of air freight is quite high.
After receiving the latest order from the boss, Jiang Minghong carefully inspected the geographical environment of all the investment countries so far, as well as their political and economic status, and found that this country is a golden opportunity, not to mention that it was sent to the door on his own initiative. The country is still basically a primitive dictatorship, with the exception of religious beliefs, and the chiefs of the largest tribe, the Urs tribe, which is landlocked and has very little contact with the surrounding countries because of its economic backwardness. The only thing that can be commended is that the law and order are relatively stable, there is no competition for economic interests, the big countries do not care about this place, and there is no resistance in the country.
The country is so backward that there is not a single decent airport, and he still came by helicopter, and there is no route suitable for cars. It's no wonder that even though it's rich in wildlife, no one comes here to exploit it. God knows how the chieftain got to England back then, or rode a horse to a neighboring country to take a plane.
After meeting a few times, the two quickly developed a friendship that transcended their years. As for what this friendship represents for the two parties, Jiang Minghong naturally thinks that it is a benefit, and as for how the chief sees it, it is not an important matter. Maybe he was a little less wary of being Chinese when he was Chinese.
There are many forgotten corners of the world, and people only focus on some valuable places, whether political, economic, cultural or military. The two were talking in this forgotten corner.
"Jiang, I have read the plan you proposed in detail, it is very feasible, and I will help you in all aspects." Chief Urs said.
"This is really a good start, there is no need to worry about the capital, Huanglong has a very abundant liquidity, and it can fully supply the initial investment." Jiang Minghong glanced at Som, who was accompanying him.
Somme understood and handed the chief a plan for the release of funds in batches, along with a million-dollar check.
"A little personal respect for the chief, please don't care." Jiang Minghong smiled.
If you don't accept it, it will make the other party feel uneasy, and if you accept it, you will appear to be a greedy person, and the other party may withdraw your investment. Perhaps a temptation, the man next to Chief Urs took it and handed it over to the Chief.
Chief Urs took the plan, but did not accept the check, and said, "This should be Mr. Jiang's first investment, and you can put it into the account of the Ministry of Construction." The so-called Ministry of Construction, which was also established on the occasion of this investment introduction, was responsible for contacting investors and dealing with practical domestic problems encountered in the construction.
It seems that this person still has a certain degree of moderation, Jiang Minghong secretly thought to himself, there is a difference from the other country officials he met before, but this country is his alone in terms of the laws being implemented, and there is not much difference.
Chief Urs put on his reading glasses and took a closer look at the plan. It was a railroad construction project, starting with the construction of a railway to a neighboring country. In order to bring in the building materials of the later period cheaply, of course, the railway was built first from the neighboring countries, and some diplomatic negotiations were required. This requires him to come out, but there are few contacts between neighboring countries, and if you can't talk about friendship, I'm afraid you will have to pay a little more.
As for why the other party chose this place, Urs is not without his own ideas, because it is too remote, it retains a lot of wild resources, and the other party is an internationally renowned pharmaceutical company, many drugs are extracted from plants or animals, and the other party also has long-term considerations in this regard, and investing in tourism should be a bypassing business.
Of course, such a reason is not sufficient, but as long as it can bring about economic improvement, Urs will not pursue what their purpose is, and it is impossible to endanger his rule anyway. In the end, the merchant still seeks profit.
The two of them discussed the problems that might arise, labor, geography, guides, etc., and he agreed as much as he could to the chief of Urs, after all, the road was repaired and eventually belonged to the country.
After talking about all this, Jiang Minghong temporarily stayed in the palace of Chief Urs, there are not many things that the United States can let him personally manage, and the movements of that group of people, he entrusted his subordinates to monitor, anyway, their attention has been attracted by that new type of biotechnology, and no one will interfere with his current actions. There is also no reason to intervene.
In case of a problem, as long as the boss is taken out, how they conflict has nothing to do with him, anyway, all the technology is under the control of the boss, and it will not take too long to start anew.