stjorthotic Chapter 400
Chapter 400
Chapter 400 Someone is Angry
Chen Ling sat in Miranda’s car and went to the forum together.
Miranda had an extra folder in her hand.
“Zero, this is the project to be announced at this forum. Several projects have to sign agreements on site. Just look at it.”
Chen Ling opened the folder, and each project had a paper introduction, some with pictures.
“Uganda Kinjia Expressway, Kenya’s Mombasa Port, Congo Kimbanana Port, Congo Kinshasa-Brazzaville Bridge, Congo Kinshasa-Brazzaville Bridge, Congo Kinshasa-Dilolo Railway… Is Congo so rich?” Chen Ling doubted The economic strength of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Miranda smiled and said: “So, I said you just look at it, don’t think about picking up these items, they are all without money… For example, this Klovich-Dilolo railway, you know where it is. ?”
“do not know.”
“Our Benguela Railway has been repaired to the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dilolo is across the border, and Klovic is the mining center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It needs transportation infrastructure very much…”
“Isn’t that a good project?” This kind of project is similar to the Mbaram iron ore project in Cameroon. It has rigid transportation needs and is worth investing in and operating.
Miranda chuckled and said: “Chen Ling, you are still too young to do it. I think the problem is too simple.”
Chen Ling stuffed the folder back to Miranda: “I’m too lazy to use my brain, you say I listen.”
Miranda smiled and said, “You are angry when you say you are young? Okay, I don’t want to talk about you, just talk about this railway. Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has a vast territory and abundant resources, but the government has no money, and the central government’s ability to control localities is very good. limited.”
“Their gold mines, copper mines, cobalt mines, etc., are very, very large, but they are not in the hands of the government or have been used as loan collateral. The government has no money to invest in this railway. Therefore, this project is impossible to achieve. !”
“Can private companies invest?”
“Yes, now it is going to be a PPP project model, but I still think that it will not succeed. Whoever invests will fall into the abyss… Look at this unit, it looks like a Chinese company, do you know “Miranda pointed to a line of words to show Chen Ling.
CR company? ! Chen Ling was very surprised.
It is clear from the above that CR company will sign a cooperative development agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Democratic Republic of Congo at this forum to invest in the operation of the Klovich-Dilolo railway.
“You know?” Miranda asked.
Chen Ling nodded: “Knowledge and cooperation.”
“Oh, then you’d better remind them not to pick up and invest in this Klovich-Dilolo railway. Because they must lose money.” Miranda said, “They are big companies, sometimes they don’t know what they think. I know all the information, but I still ignore the risks and think things very simple. I heard that CR and a Japanese company broke their scalp and wanted to sign this project. They gave the President and Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo a lot of gifts…”
Chen Ling nodded without saying a word. CR is very large. It is estimated that there is also a team in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is working very hard to promote this railway project. The public signing at this forum is a milestone achievement, and it must be very important to the Democratic Republic of Congo team.
Chen Ling can already imagine a few Chinese in dark suits, wearing uniform color ties, standing neatly on the forum as a background board, the people on the table in front of the sign signed, shaking hands and exchanging documents, they immediately moved neatly. applaud.
“Miranda, what reason should I use to remind them?” Chen Ling asked.
“It’s the best reason to say it from my mouth.” Miranda smiled, Dan Feng’s eyes were strong, “I, and Lilia, many people want to say a word to us, but they can’t rely on it. You and Lilia has nothing to talk about, and now I and you also have nothing to talk about, but this does not mean that what we say has no weight or value.”
Chen Ling blinked, “Oh—”
Miranda nodded Chen Ling’s forehead, and said, “I thought you were very smart, why are you so slow? Many times what we say is what our father meant, understand?”
“Understood.” Chen Ling was a little embarrassed. Maybe it was because they could be found to speak at any time, and Chen Ling really ignored this.
Miranda squinted at him and said, “Let me say that investing in this railway is worse than investing in the Port of Banana in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the only deep-water sea port in the Democratic Republic of Congo and it is very promising.”
“Really? I invested in the port…”
“Stop!” Miranda interrupted Chen Ling, “I just said that it’s relatively better. You don’t want to go to the muddy waters of Congo. You want to do projects. What I have in Angola is that you can’t finish it! Railways, ports, Power stations, highways, etc., we have money in need, and you can choose any project!”
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As Chen Ling guessed, CR Company does have a business development team in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the person in charge is Tang Yongyue.
He originally studied in Belgium, majoring in international economics, and later joined the CR company and was sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was originally a Belgian Congo, similar to a Belgian colony, so it has very close ties with Belgium. Tang Yongyue was like a fish in the Congo, undertook many projects for CR Company, and even entered the mining industry.
The Klovich-Dilolo railway is a significant railway infrastructure. After its completion, it will play a very important role in the export of products from the mining area. In the future, it will be connected with the Benguela Railway in Angola, and the output of the Congo gold mining area can be directly connected to Lobi To the port, and then sent to the world.
It is based on this background that Tang Yongyue has been working very hard to promote this project. As Miranda said, in order to grab this project with the Japanese, he broke his blood and spent a lot of money.
However, in his opinion, all of this is worthwhile, because the cooperation agreement is about to be signed. With the agreement, the feasibility study can be started later, the preliminary financing work can be carried out, etc., and the project will be completed.
This railway, coupled with CR’s minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tang Yongyue believes that the future can be integrated in the mining area of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the influence will become greater and greater, and the benefits will be better and better.
The Democratic Republic of Congo government attaches great importance to this project, and specially arranged the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement on the forum of the Great Lakes Summit. It is said that the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo will personally attend to witness the signing.
For this glamorous moment in life, Tang Yongyue meticulously prepared, dressed the team up and down, and crossed the Congo River by boat one day in advance to Brazzaville.
At this moment, he has entered the forum site, standing near the guest seat, chatting and laughing with familiar local people, and taking the opportunity to get to know some local dignitaries.
Such forums are all retreats, but retreats are also necessary. Sometimes when the time comes, retreats become pragmatic.
According to the arrangement, the forum is the signing ceremony first. It is said that the head of state attended the signing ceremony and left after signing the contract. Then some senior officials and experts spoke and started the discussion.
Tang Yongyue was very satisfied with this arrangement that was a climax from the beginning. He deliberately brought a Montblanc signature pen. After signing, he would learn the usual diplomatic practices and exchange signature pens with the other party. The other party is the Minister of Transport on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is also an old friend.
At this time, Chen Ling also walked into the forum and randomly found a place to sit down. Miranda is a super VIP with a special rest area waiting for the forum to start.
There were many Chinese faces at the forum, and Chen Ling’s appearance was unnoticeable. He looked around and saw a few Chinese people near the guest table, dressed very formally and looked excited.
Chen Ling estimated that they were members of the CR company and couldn’t help but feel a little guilty.
After all, he did not hold back and called Zhou Tianming and told him clearly that the President of Angola believed that the Klovich-Dilolo project in the Democratic Republic of Congo was unreliable and should not participate.
This is the second project that Chen Ling rejected for CR after the Gabon railway project. The interval was only ten days.
However, Zhou Tianming attached great importance to it and said that he immediately asked the Congolese team to take measures to avoid substantive signing.
Chen Ling saw that it was obviously the head of the CR company team that answered a call, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and finally the phone was retaken on the table.