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- Chapter 478 The show is about to begin
After walking through the tropical rainforest and wandering on vast grasslands and deserts for nearly a month, the medical team finally arrived at Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.
This is the largest city in the Central African Republic, and of course, it is also the only big city.
Although it is a big city, it is still extremely crude compared to cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Especially the airport you see after the plane lands is extremely shabby, and it is not even as decent as the small airports in our domestic third-tier cities.
But despite this, all members of the medical team are still filled with happy smiles.
You know, after walking around what can be said to be the most desolate land in the world, suddenly returning to the city - even though it is a relatively shabby city - is exciting enough.
At the very least, you can take a hot shower here.
Before the medical team arrived, Captain Li had already passed various international organizations, had dialogue with the current government of the Central African Republic, and arranged the location.
The hotel is the only three-star hotel in the capital of Central Africa. It is also the only foreign-related hotel in Central Africa. It has always been a place to entertain important foreign guests.
Of course, because of the war, foreigners left the country one after another, and this hotel was already empty.
Now the members of the medical team are living in it. It is extremely spacious. You can choose any room. There are even seven or eight members of the medical team who have suffered from malaria along the way and have stayed in the presidential suite.
You must know that this kind of treatment is not easy to get in normal times. Such rooms are all used to entertain foreign dignitaries.
Following the time of lunch again, the upper -class lobster is extremely delicious.
"From what we saw along the way, aren't Central Africa very poor? How come there are still big lobsters to eat in the capital?" He Jianyi was very puzzled.
"This is a common problem in poor countries, just to save face." Chen Zheng said with a smile.
It is true that a country and a person are actually very similar. The richer the people are, the better they are at hiding their wealth. The poorer the people are, the better they are at saving face.
He Jianyi nodded repeatedly, because he had heard such a joke before. In the early years when China was very poor, the people finally got a piece of fat meat, but instead of eating it, they hung it on the beam at the door.
Why are you hanging here? Because it is convenient to wipe it on your mouth when you go out, and it will be full of oil stains. In this way, when you go out and meet an acquaintance, you can say that you just ate roasted whole lamb, which is a great honor.
"No wonder I heard before that North Korea doesn't allow casual photography. If you want to take photos, you can only take photos in luxurious areas. It turns out it's all for this reason." He Jianyi was filled with emotion.
That¡¯s right, just like the large lobsters they eat now, in this country in Central Africa, it is difficult for rich people to eat them.
However, when entertaining foreign guests, they were always unambiguous and satisfied. In the end, everyone only ate lobster until they burped and drank red wine.
This meal can be said to be the most delicious meal everyone has had since arriving in Africa.
The accommodation was settled and the food was full. In the afternoon, Chen Zheng and Captain Li of the medical team took a leave and asked He Jianyi and others to stay in the hotel. He only took Anna and Jones with him. They went out and asked the hotel's reception vehicle to take them to the home of Major Depses, the Central African Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Resources.
Chen Zheng already had the address, and it was given to him by Mr. A. In fact, this was exactly what Chen Zheng and Mr. A had negotiated.
Mr. A first contacted Major Depses through his channel, and then waited for Chen Zheng to arrive before visiting him personally.
Why a door-to-door visit? It's very simple. In Chinese terms, this can be regarded as a back door. At the very least, it is a behind-the-scenes operation.
¡°When a major national event needs to be done behind closed doors, it naturally has to be done at home, and it is impossible to go to government departments to discuss it.
After getting out of the car, Chen Zheng discovered that Major Depses's home was completely different from the thatched huts where the Central African tribesmen lived before. Instead, it was a three-story mansion with a vast area.
The decoration is very luxurious and full of exotic style.
¡°It¡¯s just that guns and live ammunition guards can often be seen at the gate of the mansion or on the way into the mansion, which greatly destroys the artistic conception of the mansion.
Being led by a black African sergeant, Chen Zheng walked across the regular lawn and up two steps, all the way to the inner court of the mansion.
The first thing that comes into view is a square swimming pool, and next to the swimming pool, there is a pavilion with internal light and sun protection, which is a good place to enjoy the cool air.
A person is sitting in the pavilion.On the sofa, smoking a cigar, four or five sergeants stood not far away on both sides, all holding guns.
You can guess that the black man sitting there must be Major Depses.
As expected, the sergeant who led the way took Chen Zheng to the pavilion and spoke English with a strong local accent. Anna translated and said, "He said this is Major Depses."
By this time, Major Depses had stood up, opened his arms, and gave Chen Zheng a simple hug.
Chen Zheng is not very accustomed to this kind of etiquette, but it's okay, just do as the Romans do.
Afterwards, Chen Zheng looked at Major Depses carefully.
Actually, to be honest, in Chen Zheng¡¯s eyes, all Africans seem to look very similar.
"If we exclude the most obvious differences between men and women, height, fatness, etc., it would be difficult for Chen Zheng to distinguish A, B, and D. In short, the hair is the same short and the skin is the same black.
However, this Major Depses left an impression on Chen Zheng to some extent, that is, his eyes were like the eyes of an eagle, very sharp. If he stared at you when he was not smiling, he seemed to be able to see through your heart. .
After the two sides sat down, Major Depses first picked up a cigar and signaled Chen Zheng.
"He asked you to smoke a cigar." Anna translated.
Chen Zheng shook his head, and Depses said something else.
"He said that you capitalists may not look down on African products, but this cigar is not from Africa. It is made in Cuba and is the best cigar in Cuba." Anna translated again.
Although Chen Zheng didn¡¯t know the exact value of the best Cuban cigars, he expected that the best and most expensive ones might not be inferior to those of red wine. They were completely luxury goods and definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Looking at this mansion, Chen Zheng couldn't help but feel that it was the common people who were suffering. Looking at the lives of ministers and the people in the tribe, it was simply the difference between heaven and hell.
Chen Zheng refused again, and Major Depses said something else.
Although Chen Zheng didn¡¯t understand what he was talking about, Chen Zheng had an intuition.
Although Major Depses hugged Chen Zheng when he first met him, Chen Zheng could feel that Major Depses was not very enthusiastic about him.
Because his face was always cold and stern, his eyes never left Chen Zheng, and he looked full of caution.
Sure enough, Anna translated and said: "Major Depses, he thought you were an American too. He said, you Americans are ignorant. Your industrial products are not the only ones in this world that are good. Cuban cigars are better than your American cigars." Too much."
Chen Zheng smiled bitterly: "Tell him that I am not an American."
After the translation, Major Depses was a little unconvinced: "How could you not be an American? Although you have yellow skin and look Asian, you must have become an American citizen."
¡°I¡¯m really not an American, I¡¯m Chinese, and I¡¯m also a Chinese national, a Chinese without immigration.¡±
"Well, even if you are not an American, you are still doing things for Americans."
Chen Zheng corrected him again: "I am neither an American nor do I do things for Americans. I only do things for me."
Depses was obviously a little surprised: "Then why do people from the CIA want me to help you? And there are two American girls with you? Aren't they from the US government?"
Chen Zheng didn't know why Major Depses thought so. He spread his hands and said, "The people from the CIA are willing to help me because I have given them benefits. I am just using them to achieve my own goals. And if I achieve my goal, it will not bring any benefits to the US government. The only benefit is to add another corrupt official to the US government. "
Then Chen Zheng smiled again and pointed at Anna and Jones: "As for the two of them, they work for me, but they are not from the US government. Major Depses, you are too caring."
"Really?" Major Depses still couldn't believe what Chen Zheng said was true, but he didn't dwell on the issue anymore. He just said, "I don't care which country you are from, or what you have with the Americans." Relationship, but as long as you do business with us, you must abide by our rules!¡±
Seeing that Major Depses was not very polite, Chen Zheng did not show weakness and said: "I came here because a senior official in the CIA promised to help me facilitate this deal. Compared to what you already know The business I want to do is to develop oil fields. Let¡¯s not beat around the bush. Are you willing to give me this mining right?¡±
¡°Our country, thisCome and be nice, the reason for the turmoil is all because of you foreigners dictating things! Especially Americans. Since the Americans came, this place has not gotten better, only gotten worse! "
Chen Zheng feels that Major Depses is not a fool and sees the problem very clearly.
You know, what do Americans come here to do? They don't want to help you improve the country's economy, nor do they want to help you govern into a democratic, free and equal country. They just want to get benefits from you.
"If your country becomes powerful, can he still make money from it?" Obviously not.
??According to the logic of Major Dempses¡¯s words, Chen Zheng thought that his plan to come to Central Africa was going to fail, but unexpectedly Major Depses changed his tune.
"I can give you the mining rights," Major Depses pointed at Chen Zheng, stared into Chen Zheng's eyes, and threatened: "I hope you can do business honestly, on our territory, and use our resources. , make your money, but don¡¯t interfere too much in our country¡¯s political affairs, let alone act as an American spy, trying to steal our country¡¯s economic lifeline! Otherwise, don¡¯t blame me for not warning you if something goes wrong! "
After Anna¡¯s translation, Chen Zheng couldn¡¯t help but feel strange: ¡°Since you are worried that I am an American spy, why are you willing to hand over the mining rights to the minerals to me? Wouldn¡¯t it be better if you just refused me?¡±
"If possible, I certainly don't want to hand it over to you, but our relationship with the Americans is difficult to explain clearly." Major Depses leaned back and leaned on the sofa, his face became even heavier: "We don't want to We are dealing with the CIA, but we cannot offend it and may even use it, so this time, I have to compromise.¡±
Chen Zheng doesn¡¯t know the relationship between the CIA and Major Depses, but just listening to what he said, you know that the relationship is complicated and difficult to explain.
???????????????????????? It seems that politics is such an insidious, dark, and capricious thing, and it is indeed difficult to control it with my character who must retaliate and distinguish right from wrong.
Therefore, it is better to leave political matters to villains, and leave it to Zhou Zhili after negotiating the project. As long as you can make money, it is more suitable for you to practice medicine and treat diseases by yourself.
"I can hand over the mining rights to you. At this stage, our government plans to authorize foreign companies to exploit two large oil fields, and the others will be planned later." Major Depseth added: "But I will give it to you. It¡¯s for you, but you have to make an open bid, otherwise, other tribes in the country will accuse me.¡±
This is indeed true. Chen Zheng thought for a while and asked: "In that case, what other companies are participating in the public bidding together?"
After Major Depses¡¯ introduction, Chen Zheng finally learned that after nearly a month, Major Depses had sent invitation letters to many energy companies around the world, inviting them to come and participate in the bidding.
¡°After all, for China and Africa, two oil fields are already a huge project.
The final letter and decided to compete for the bidding, eliminating Chen Zheng's enterprises, and seven companies.
Among them, four of them are the most powerful, but unfortunately they are integrated government-enterprise companies.
What is meant by "integration of government and enterprise" is that just like some large companies in China, they are said to be enterprises, but in fact they serve the country's policies. Given the situation in Central Africa, they do not want to cooperate with such companies, so even if these four companies come, they will not win the bid.
There are also three companies, one of which is similar in size to the company Chen Zheng asked Zhou Zhili to acquire in Europe, so even if this company loses to Chen Zheng, the outside world will not talk about it.
But the other two are different. Their company scale is stronger than Chen Zheng¡¯s, their company qualifications are older than Chen Zheng¡¯s, and their international influence is greater than Chen Zheng¡¯s.
One of them is a long-established energy company in Europe. Its oil fields are all over the world, so it is not very concerned about the two oil fields in the Central African Republic. The boss did not take action personally, but only sent a middle-level manager to be responsible for the bidding.
The other one is a Japanese family-owned group company. The group has many businesses, mining is just one of them, but it has developed rapidly in the past two years.
"If you go by what you said, it would be difficult for me to win the bid with these two companies." Chen Zheng is very self-aware. After all, his company is just a small company that Zhou Zhili went to Europe to acquire, with a market value of several billion. How can he compete with others? comparable to large companies?
"Yes, you have no chance of winning in a normal bidding, but who made you the one chosen by the CIA!"
Major Depses seemed quite reluctant, but if there was anything he could do, he took out two prepared documents from the coffee table next to him.
"This is thisTake a look at the bidding plans submitted by the two companies, and if the conditions proposed are just a little lower than theirs, I will have a reason to ask you to do the project. "
Don¡¯t look at it as just a proposal, but in business competition, it is very important.
Such plans are all commercial secrets and are almost impossible to leak out from within their respective companies, in order to prevent competitors from knowing where their bottom line is.
Generally speaking, the party receiving these plans will not leak this information, so as to keep the various conditions and quotations of the bidders as low as possible.
Of course, it is unusual for Chen Zheng to see these two bidding plans.
After knowing yourself and the enemy, you can set conditions that need to be provided by the Central and African governments, which are a little lower than these two companies, and then your own investment situation is a little higher than these two companies.
Although it¡¯s only a little bit, it¡¯s enough for Major Depses to choose.
Chen Zheng took the two plans and couldn't understand them anyway. He just waited to hand them over to Zhou Zhili for her to study.
But at this moment, Jones whispered: "Hattori Co., Ltd.!"
"What Hattori Co., Ltd.?" Chen Zheng didn't understand.
"This is Hattori Co., Ltd.!" Jones pointed at one of the two plans and said: "Look, on Party B of this company, it says Hattori Co., Ltd. of Japan."
Anna has been in the United States and has just come to Chen Zheng. She doesn¡¯t know what happened between Chen Zheng and Hattori Co., Ltd.
But Jones came early and had heard a little bit about it. She also knew that the first batch of guns used in Africa this time were bought from a Japanese organization, and this Japanese organization has deep ties with Hattori Co., Ltd.
So after seeing the English and Japanese on the signature, Jones couldn't help blurting it out.
"So that's how it is." Chen Zheng sighed. We really were enemies on a narrow road. He had long wanted to run into Hattori Co., Ltd., but this time it seemed that it was true.
Major Depses could not understand the Chinese spoken by Chen Zheng and others, but he could make a rough guess based on their expressions and movements, and asked: "What, do you know the boss of Hattori Co., Ltd.? Their boss is called Hattori. Takeo is a very arrogant Japanese!¡±
"We have interacted with each other, but we can't say we know each other." After Anna's translation, Chen Zheng smiled.
Chen Zheng did not lie. Back in Canghai City, Chen Zheng and Hattori Takeo did fight for several rounds. However, business wars in today's cities do not require the two parties to meet. Instead, they are like two flag-bearers, standing on a high place and using their hands. The chess pieces fight each other.
This time, it was probably time for the real showdown. Chen Zheng smiled: "Major Depses, it was a very wise choice for you to finally hand over the mining rights to me, because in this way, not only will there be oil fields Build it to help your country develop its economy, increase taxes, and there will be a good show to watch. It is estimated that this show will start soon. "
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