industrial overlord

Chapter 387 Enclosure Movement
"Pretend, you continue to pretend."

After coming out of Nale's mansion, Chen Tian said to Lin Zhenhua with a smile.

"I'm wronged, Chen Chu. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that the African people will become rich." Lin Zhenhua called Qu, but there was a smile on his face.

Chen Tian revealed: "I don't believe it. If you hadn't taken a fancy to the mines in Wusang, you would have agreed to provide financial support to Nale so readily?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "When doing business, we must always seek a win-win situation. Nale is a good comrade. He devoted his limited life to the unlimited cause of liberation for the Usang people. I will provide him with some help. It should be. As for mines, hehe, idleness is idleness anyway, right?"

Lao Dao interjected from the side: "Manager Lin, in general, our harvest today is pretty good. If Nale can fulfill today's promise in the future, we will almost control half of the copper resources in Wusang Country, and A considerable number of other mineral deposits, this business is very worthwhile."

Just after the banquet was over, Naylor and Halloy invited Lin Zhenhua and his party to the office for a closed-door conversation.During the secret talks, Lin Zhenhua promised to provide the Northern Province with a low-interest loan of 200 million US dollars. This money will be provided in the name of supporting the industrial development of the Northern Province, but in fact it will be used for Nale's election.Lin Zhenhua also promised that if Nale is elected president of Usan, he will also provide Nale with a loan of another 800 million U.S. dollars to build a batch of new factories in Usan, which is very important for consolidating Nale's position. useful.

Of course, Lin Zhenhua will not pay the money through Hanhua Heavy Industries. He already has two overseas companies on hand, one is Fenglin Company in Myanmar, and the other is H&H Company in the United States. The legal representatives of these two companies are both Lan Wu Feng, but the actual controlling stake is in the hands of Lin Zhenhua.Lin Zhenhua will use one of these two companies to implement his own strategy in Africa in the future.

In return, Nale promised to first hand over 5 square kilometers of prospecting rights in Northern Province to Lin Zhenhua, and promised that after he was elected president, he would also grant the prospecting rights of another 15 square kilometers in Usan State, which has the best prospects for prospecting. Give it to Lin Zhenhua.In the future, if mineral resources can be found in these areas, Wusanguo will jointly develop these minerals with the organization designated by Lin Zhenhua, and will give Lin Zhenhua special benefits in terms of revenue sharing.

During the negotiation, Halloley spread out the map of Wusang country directly, and marked for Lin Zhenhua the locations of the areas that will be authorized to him in the future. According to Lao Dao's identification, these areas are indeed rich in copper mines and other metal mines .According to optimistic estimates, the reserves of copper metal in these areas may reach more than 500 million tons, which is equivalent to 10 times of China's current annual copper production.

Chen Tian is very much in favor of providing campaign funds to Naylor.But regarding these prospecting rights, Chen Tian was somewhat disapproving. He said to Lin Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, I was wondering, what is the use of such a prospecting right after spending so much money? Now our own copper mines in China are all In terms of export, do you still plan to go to Africa to mine?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "This is for sure. Our country is now exporting copper ore, but we are forced to do so. Who made us lack foreign exchange? I believe that within a few years, our country will gradually become a net importer of resources. These buried mineral deposits cannot escape. Why do we dig them out now? If we can find resources overseas, we can keep our own mines, which can be regarded as leaving a wealth for future generations. Bar?"

"Hehe, I heard that you just got a daughter, why, you want to leave property to the next generation?" Chen Tian joked.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "That's okay. Anyway, mining other people's mines is always much more comfortable than mining your own mines. Besides, helping African friends mine is also to find a way for them to get rich. .”

Chen Tian snorted to show his disdain for Lin Zhenhua's last words, and said, "Zhenhua, don't be too optimistic. The society of Wusang seems to be relatively stable at present, but the overall situation in the African continent is very complicated. , Maybe there will be a military coup at any time. If you build roads and mines in Wusang now, the risk is very high."

Lin Zhenhua nodded and said: "Chen Chu, I know the risks. Don't worry, I don't plan to mine these mines now. I just got the prospecting rights. Next, I will send some prospecting experts from China to slowly Exploration, delay time, wait until our country's demand for minerals grows, and at the same time the country has the strength to protect overseas rights and interests, I will carry out large-scale mining. As for Nale, I will open a mine symbolically at that time, so that He has some gains to account to voters, and that's fine."

"Your behavior is typical of occupying the latrine and not shitting." Chen Tian said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "You're right. I just want to occupy these mines. We don't need them now, but we can't let others take the lead. Vale and BHP Billiton have been coveting these mines for a long time. In case We don’t take these mines, once they fall into their hands, if we want to get them back, the price will be high.”

Lao Dao said: "Actually, it is more appropriate to describe Manager Lin's idea as staking land."

Chen Tian smiled and said, "Old Dao, why do I feel that you are speaking for Zhenhua? Don't make a mistake, you are my subordinate, not Lin Zhenhua's."

The old knife said: "Chen Chu, the one who pays me now, but Manager Lin, our organization hasn't paid me for a long time."

"You are ruthless." Chen Tiandao, "If you have the ability, you can also move the organizational relationship and move to Hanhua Heavy Industry."

"There is no need for this." Lao Dao confessed, "Chu Chen, I work in Hanhua, am I also appointed by the organization? Besides, Manager Lin also helped our organization do a lot of things. For example, today's For one thing, if Manager Lin was not willing to pay, we wouldn't be able to spend $200 million to fund Nale."

"That's true." Chen Tiandao turned to Lin Zhenhua and said, "Zhenhua, to be honest, it's really not expensive to spend 200 million yuan to cultivate a country in Africa that maintains friendly relations with China. But let's take this Two million yuan is too difficult. Not only is the country unable to provide such a large amount of money, but even if it can, there are too many obstacles in various aspects. For example, some old comrades believe that this kind of behavior is interference in the internal affairs of other countries. It's not good."

"Song Xianggong's opinion." Lin Zhenhua sighed, "Where are the big countries in the world that don't meddle in other countries' internal affairs? They are all meddling, and you don't meddle, aren't you stupid?"

Chen Tiandao: "There is no other way. We used to set too many rules for ourselves. Now we have to break these rules. Some people are not used to it. But, Zhenhua, this is what I admire the most about you. You say you A businessman has sharper political vision than many diplomats."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Chen Chu, why do I feel that your words seem to be tricking me."

Chen Tian laughed loudly: "It's too late to know that it's too late. Since we've come to Africa, we might as well go to a few more countries. If we encounter this kind of situation again, we'll have to rely on you, big capitalist Lin."

"It's better to be respectful than to follow orders. Since Office Chen has made arrangements, I'll follow along." Lin Zhenhua said.

Chen Tian patted Lin Zhenhua on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you won't suffer. We divide the work, I'm in charge of politics, you are in charge of economy, let's join hands to start a large-scale enclosure movement in Africa, down-to-earth What do you think of the 100 million square kilometers in the field circle?"

In terms of developing Africa, Chen Tian and Lin Zhenhua's thinking is different and leads to the same goal.Lin Zhenhua's idea is to plan ahead and turn Africa into an important product sales market and an important raw material supplier.From the perspective of national security, Chen Tian wants to develop pro-China forces in various countries to balance the influence of other major powers in Africa.

Africa was traditionally the battleground for the US-Soviet struggle for hegemony, but in the late 80s, under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union was busy with internal struggles and was dismantling its own martial arts, and its power in Africa was greatly weakened.Therefore, what Chen Tian needs to pay attention to is only the forces of the United States, Britain and other countries.

Since 79, China has adopted an open attitude towards the West, and the relationship between the two sides is now in the honeymoon period.However, for the national security sector, it has never been believed that there can be eternal friendship between countries.The so-called intention of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of defense against others is indispensable. China must have its own power in Africa that can compete with the United States and Britain.

In the following month or so, Lin Zhenhua, Chen Tian and others visited several countries in the name of economic and trade cooperation, and signed cooperation agreements with officials from these countries.As Lao Dao said, these agreements have the characteristics of staking land, and the benefits are often not seen until ten years later.

Wherever Lin Zhenhua and others went, they were always warmly welcomed.Thanks to the promotion of Lin Zhenhua a few years ago, industrial projects undertaken by Chinese companies in Africa have blossomed everywhere, and all of them have achieved certain results. This has made officials in many African countries have more expectations for the Chinese.

After making a big circle, the group finally returned to Hanhua Heavy Industry's base in the Siya tribe in southern Sudan.Before they could sit down and rest, Kong Haijiang hurried over with a phone record and reported to Lin Zhenhua:
"Manager Lin, there is an urgent call from China, asking you to return home immediately."

"Did something happen to the company?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"It's not the company, but the country...something happened." Kong Haijiang said in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)