Chapter 715 Want more benefits
After a brief flight, the plane landed at Abuja International Airport, the capital of Nigeria. Unlike the last time, Fang You and others set foot in Africa openly.
After getting off the plane and seeing the senior Nigerian government officials who came to greet them in the airport lobby, Fang You felt that Mr. Chu had done too much for him.
If Chu Lao She had not abandoned his seclusion and went to negotiate with various government departments, I am afraid that so many Chinese government departments would not have come with him to suppress the situation this time. Moreover, even if some government personnel could come, they would not have paid any benefits like they are now.
All he can repay is to use his greater achievements to make Mr. Chu and other old men live happily, peacefully and carefree.
Li Zhijun and Wang Zijian did not come on a plane with Fang You. They had already returned to the East District of Gazaka two days ago, continuing to train the soldiers in the base and dealing with some possible impacts due to signing a contract with the Nigerian government.
With the warm reception of these senior Nigerian government officials, they went down to the most prosperous hotel in Abuja, and said that tomorrow, the staff of the Ministry of Commerce will meet with them to discuss matters related to Longyou Art Investment Company's investment in Nigeria.
Fang You and others settled in the hotel first. Through the window and looking into the distance, you can see how unsafe Nigeria is. Even in the capital Abuja, under the actual control of the government, you can often see crowd riots. The dense gunfire sounds from time to time, which makes people panic. Even if you are in the hotel, you will inevitably feel a little nervous.
This Abuja, also known as Nigeria's most prosperous hotel, has investors from a large hotel chain in a developed country abroad. The security measures inside and outside the hotel are extremely strict. There are constantly soldiers carrying guns and ammunitions on the outside of the hotel to prevent unknown militants from attacking together with the hotel.
Looking at the dress and behavior of the soldiers outside, Fang You nodded in a clear way. The security work of this hotel should have been contracted to a mercenary organization.
In Africa, the mercenary industry is extremely developed, and the reason for its development is naturally the ubiquitous chaos. Some people hire soldiers to protect themselves, while others hire soldiers to destroy them. Most of the tasks they have taken on by their Dragon War Organization are now defense tasks. Among them, several hotels have fully contracted the security work, and they need to pay a considerable amount of funds every month as task remuneration.
After signing the contract, his work in Africa will be officially started. Fang You looked at the scenery outside the window and slowly smiled. His development was to better protect the things he wanted to protect.
Before Chen Zongyi's accident, he had wealth that others could not have and developed his career to a small island country. It can be said that he had a certain strength. However, after Chen Zongyi's accident, he came to Africa for a difficult rescue, and realized that his strength was far from enough and could not protect his relatives and friends.
The former enemy, the Li family, and the military family of the small island country, will never give up seeking revenge. Whenever they have the chance, they will definitely put down the wrongs. What Fang You has to do now is to develop his own power and form a deterrent ability to others. In the event of a crisis, he can respond quickly and resolve the crisis.
A huge mercenary organization force needs to rely on its industry to develop and grow. His industry requires the continuous diamonds in the forest to develop at an extremely fast speed. This will form a virtuous cycle, which also means that Fang You has a complete force, a force that can make the enemy frightened.
After communicating with Dong Qilin in the room for a while, then Fang You returned to the room to rest and waited for the next day's investment negotiation meeting.
After resting for a night, Fang You got up just in the morning, and practiced Tai Chi several times casually. After washing up, after dinner with Dong Qilin and others, he went downstairs to join the Chinese government staff to a large conference room on the second floor of the hotel, waiting for the arrival of Nigerian government officials.
Due to the growing influence of China International and its extremely strong strength, the Nigerian government did not dare to be arrogant and did not let Fang You and the others wait for a long time. Just a few minutes later, officials from the Nigerian business department worked with some staff to enter the venue. After the two sides shook hands and said hello, they officially entered the investment negotiation stage.
The main person in charge of Longyou Art Investment Company is still Dong Qilin, and Fang You is just an audience member.
Longyou Art Investment Company, where Dong Qilin is located, decided to invest US$300 million, hoping to obtain land use rights, development rights, and mineral mining rights in some urban areas and surrounding forests in Gazaka. The contract term is 50 years. The mining rights of the minerals and resources owned in this area and term belong to the Longyou Investment Company and its income and interests. In addition to the tax part, they are also completely owned by Longyou Investment Company.
For safety and security, Fang You still won't take this tax seriously. With power, he can naturally carry out private mining without the consent of the Nigerian government. However, there are too many hidden dangers, and signing a contract is almost like getting the Shangfang Sword. Although this Shangfang Sword has no effect on the chaotic forces of all parties, it is better than nothing.
After all, the reserves of that diamond mine are extremely amazing. For huge profits, the Nigerian government may really reconcile with many chaotic forces and then attack the diamond mine under Fang You's control. After all, there is no formal mining documents. The Nigerian government has the right to attack Fang You openly.
Although the two major departments of China and Longyou Company came together this time, which made the Nigerian government pay great attention to it, they refused to give in when it comes to fundamental interests, and the negotiations were in a difficult situation.
Fang You is not in a hurry, because the Nigerian government will give in sooner or later, but because Gazaka is not under the control of the government, they will be more nervous than themselves. They use some uncontrollable land to exchange for huge funds. This is definitely a very cost-effective transaction. They delay so much, but they just want to wait until their side is anxious and get more benefits.
Although Fang You doesn't care about money, he doesn't want to waste money on these incompetent officials who are jealous of money.
During the negotiations, an official from the Nigerian government suddenly asked a question in confusion, "Why don't you invest in the capital Abuja but choose the remote Gazaka? After all, Abuja has a very good investment environment."
Dong Qilin smiled slightly and asked back, "Can you ensure safety? Although we are in the hotel now, we can still hear constant gunfire. We conducted an inspection of Nigeria. Gazaka can be said to be the safest city in Nigeria, and what we need is some of the minerals near Gazaka, which Abuja does not have."
"What's more, it's not that we are belittling your government. Your government does not seem to be able to completely control the domestic situation now and has no control over Gazaka. What I said should be true." Dong Qilin said calmly. If these Nigerian governments want to get more benefits for free, how can Dong Qilin and Fang You make them do what they want?
Dong Qilin's merciless words made the Nigerian officials on the other side a little embarrassed, but they couldn't raise any anger. This is indeed a fact and a common challenge faced by African countries. Chaos can be seen everywhere.
They also received some information about the Gazaka incident. Originally, the northern area controlled by the Gazaka civilians was the safest, but for some reason, Wu Feixiong's power suddenly collapsed by attacks from many forces. The one who occupied Wu Feixiong's power was a mysterious mercenary organization. This organization was rich and powerful. In a short period of time, it recruited many mercenaries, developed and strengthened in the East District, and completely controlled the East District. The policies it pursued were basically the same as those in the North District. No one dared to do anything criminal in the area they controlled.
In addition, this organization has also assisted the government in cleaning up some government rebellious forces. It can be said that it is different from other profit-oriented mercenary organizations, but their leader is a dragon but the head is a dragon. This is the main reason why the organization gives people mystery.
As for whether the Dragon Zhan Organization has something to do with Longyou Investment Company, this is something they can't control. The only thing they have to do now is to sign this contract and strive for more benefits.
Many remote cities in Nigeria are controlled by various forces. The development of minerals and oil has not given the government any benefits. They do not want to care, but are out of reach. Now Longyou Investment Company can sign contracts with them and provide them with sufficient funds. This is what they are extremely happy about, but they want to get more benefits.
"Haha, let's reveal the page just now. Let's continue to talk. Even if the 300 million US dollars of funds are in China, it is a huge amount of funds. Obtaining some land use rights in remote areas of your country, this is definitely a win-win situation." After Dong Qilin finished singing the black face, an official from the Ministry of Commerce came out and sang red face.
Through the words of this Ministry of Commerce official, the Nigerian government official jumped out of the embarrassment just now. He no longer had such an expression of inactivity on his face. If he continues to entangle like this, he will get more benefits. However, it is very likely that Longyou Company will be driven away and offended the Chinese government. The two major departments of China's diplomacy and business were dispatched together, and your Nigerian government did not lose any face. If you don't say it on the surface, it will definitely make some cooperation between China and Nigeria extremely difficult.
These officials asked their superiors for instructions and then directly issued conditions, increasing the amount of funds for obtaining these rights from US$300 million to RMB500 million, and requesting Longyou Art Investment Company to invest in the establishment of Longyou Auction House and some of its subsidiaries in important neighborhoods in the capital Abuja.
After the ambassador to China sent a note from the Chinese government, the Nigerian government conducted an investigation and understanding of Longyou Company. The results shocked them deeply and were shocked by the development speed of Longyou Company. It only took less than a year for the auction house to be opened, but it achieved results that many international big-name auction houses have not seen before.
Fang You and Dong Qilin discussed that $500 million is fine, but the contract term must be increased by 20 years to 70 years, and the mining of minerals must be reduced by half after being sold.
The Nigerian government officials had almost no request for instructions from their superiors and agreed directly. There was almost no large reserves of minerals in the Gazaka area. Even if they had one, they could not achieve the tax rate by half. For them, it was not considered a loss. This condition could be said to be the same as none.
For the Nigerian government to use some mineral taxes that may exist or do not exist in exchange for US$200 million in funds and Longyou's investment in Abuja, this is an extremely cost-effective thing.
Next, the Ministry of Commerce discussed some details of the contract with the Nigerian government department, and then agreed on both sides. The contract was signed by the Ministry of Commerce, Longyou Company, and the Nigerian business department. The contract officially took effect.
The contract stipulates that within five years, Longyou Company must fully implement 500 million funds, and within one month after the contract takes effect, the Nigerian government will transfer part of the land in Abuja, and use it for Longyou Company to start its branch.
Looking at the pride of these Nigerian officials, Fang You shook his head and smiled. If they knew that they had a diamond mine with extremely amazing reserves in the forest near Gazaka, they would probably not be so happy.
With the influence of the Chinese government, even if they know it now, they dare not tear up the contract at all, because in this way, they will not be able to bear the huge consequences of offending China, not only will it also cause investors in other countries to have distrust in Nigeria. If China further fuels the fire, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Nigeria.
Now most African countries do not have the ability to mine their own mineral resources, and they only rely on selling mining rights to obtain some financial and technical assistance to improve their economic level. If no one comes to invest, Nigeria may fall into a more chaotic situation.
The contract was signed, and the two parties shook hands to congratulate each other and took a group photo with the request of the reporter.
What made the staff of the two major departments of China wonder was that such an unequal contract, I wonder why Longyou Company's people agreed to exchange for $500 million in exchange for some possible minerals and land use and development rights in remote areas. This is something that only fools would do.
But this is not something they can manage. When they came here, they mainly followed the orders of their superiors to support the scene for Longyou Investment Company. As for the rest, they no longer asked about it because Longyou Company's background seems to be very large and not something they can provoke. Even if they don't mention the background of Longyou Company, its company's development potential is extremely huge.
After successfully signing the contract, Fang You breathed a sigh of relief. The next thing was to open a Longyou Auction House, beautiful jewelry, and the most important diamond mining.
During Fang You's time to talk to Dong Qilin, he had already explained the existence of the huge diamond mine in the Gazaka Forest. When he learned about the huge diamond mine, Dong Qilin showed a strong shock and disbelief on his face. This was simply unimaginable.
In Africa, most of the proven diamond mines in various places are controlled by large foreign multinational corporations, and others cannot intervene. A small part is controlled by the hands of African governments and foreign forces are not allowed to enter. Other jewelry companies that want to buy diamonds must be purchased from these people, and naturally they do not have any pricing power.
Now that Meimei Jewelry and Longyou Auction are gradually growing, Dong Qilin knows more than anyone else what a huge diamond mine means.
This means that in addition to jade, Longyou Auction House will add another crazy gem. Beautiful jewelry does not need to worry about the supply of jewelry raw materials. Jade and diamonds are the most precious items in the world. With these two pieces, even without gold and other gems, it can also support a huge world.
The reason why he followed Fang You to Africa was to be able to keep the scene at the beginning of its branch establishment, and to see the emergence of the huge diamond mine with his own eyes. The pit was full of diamonds. It was exciting to think about it.
After signing the contract, Fang You invited staff from the Nigerian government and China from two major departments to come to the hotel restaurant for a big meal. Both parties were smiling, but in the end, the officials of the Nigerian government fell down. The staff in China were just blushing and had leisure to eat some dishes while drinking.
Seeing this situation, Fang You couldn't help but sigh that the domestic environment has indeed created a group of people who can drink. If you want to get things done, you must have an extraordinary amount of alcohol. Otherwise, at the table, you will pour it first before the matter is discussed, and then you will finish it directly.
After sending away these domestic government staff and obtaining various formal documents issued by the Nigerian government, Fang You and Dong Qilin and many staff members took a train completely booked by the Dragon War organization to Gazaka City.
Among these staff members, in addition to the staff of Longyou Company, there are also some masters who have rich experience in mining diamonds introduced by Mr. Chu and Mr. Li.
If he was not afraid of arousing suspicion from others, Mr. Li even wanted to come and witness the discovery and mining of the huge diamond mine. However, he had decided that after a period of mining the diamond mine, he would come to watch it with the people of the Jade Association in the name of investigation. After all, for a person who loves jade, it is often attractive to see their own diamond mine.
After all, Dong Qilin and Fang You have no experience in mining minerals, not to mention that each piece of diamond resource is extremely precious. They must be extremely cautious. Fang You only knows that there are many diamonds underneath, but how to dig them out, he is powerless. He knows nothing about what kind of machinery and tools to use.
If his escape technique is powerful enough to control any object in the land, then these diamonds can be completely removed without any effort and will not destroy the land.
The train stopped in the western area controlled by General Patton, but Patton's men had already received orders and had no stop to the people of the Dragon War organization. They allowed them to walk out of the railway station and return to their eastern area through the southern area.
The gangsters near the train station scattered in the moment they saw the Long Zhan mercenaries appear. In the East District under the control of the Long Zhan organization, it is a nightmare place for these gangsters. If anyone dares to dig in it, even if they don’t die, they will still lose their skin.
The western area controlled by General Patton was still so chaotic, which made some staff from the country feel a little nervous, but most of them were more at ease when they saw the soldiers who were protecting themselves with live ammunition.
Through the checkpoint, we walked into the East District controlled by the Dragon War Organization, but there was a peaceful scene different from the chaos in the West District.
The pedestrians on the street are all smiling and walking slowly, which is completely different from the tense faces of everyone in the West District.
Feng Wenzheng led a team of soldiers to greet him, "Everyone, welcome to the East District, this is our territory. You can stay here with complete confidence. There will be no danger. I am the main person in charge of the East District."
When they heard Feng Wenzheng's familiar Chinese language, they couldn't help but be surprised that the person who controlled this place would be a Chinese. After being surprised, their hearts were filled with a sense of security.
Then, Feng Wenzheng arranged accommodation with all the staff members who followed Fang You and the others. After a day off, he would officially establish two major branches, Longyou Auction House and Weimei Jewelry, and explore the forest diamond mine tomorrow.
When Feng Wenzheng, Li Zhijun and others knew that there was a huge diamond mine in the forest near them, their faces were shocked and disbelief that was exactly the same as Dong Qilin.
"My junior brother, please coax us to play. There is a diamond mine in the forest. We have searched in the forest for so long, but why didn't we find it?" Li Zhijun showed a sad face and said in great confusion.
Wang Zijian patted Li Zhijun on the shoulder, "Senior Brother, if someone like you finds it, it will not be called a mine, but a diamond in front of you. Junior Brother, are you really sure there is really a diamond mine in the forest?"
"Haha, I'm sure I can't say it, but I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm sure I'm going to see these two diamonds. One of them was found in the forest. After discovering it, I used an engineer shovel to modify a Luoyang shovel, and then penetrated it into the deep underground. Finally, with the soil, there were also diamonds in this rock." Fang You took out two diamonds from his pocket, and one was the purple diamond he had held in his hand. Fang You completely regarded the rocks around him as nothingness and took it out.
As for another diamond, he did not break the surrounding rocks and diamonds, but took some rocks and took them out from the depths of the land, just to increase the credibility of the diamond mine.
Chapter completed!