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Chapter 2158: Industry continues to export
"I'm worried he'll never get out again!"

Jie Xia also read all the news. There was no sign of Ji Donglai returning to China this time. As former insiders, Mr. Yu and his wife are now super rich.

Like many wealthy people in the country, he would not hesitate to change places.

There are many people who do the same as Master Yu. They are all watching Ji Donglai's every move after he returns to China. Master Yu originally wanted to call him to say hello, but when he thought about Ji Donglai's situation and was worried about being exposed, he gave up the idea and just kept concerned about Ji Donglai's every move.

"Boss Ji, Boss Hu is calling!"

Ji Donglai has started eating cold-water seafood. The shrimps are now getting fatter, and more and more seafood is being shipped in from Liaoning. Ji Donglai has finally tasted the unique Chinese flavor.

In the whole world, only Chinese food is the most delicious, and in the whole of China, only Northeastern cuisine is all-encompassing. Of course, many of them are still recorded in the criminal law, so Ji Donglai will first help fulfill his seafood dream.

"Come in, take a picture for me and post it on WeChat Moments, it's comfortable!"

Ran Bo was holding a mobile phone, and Ji Donglai asked him to take a picture of him eating. The next moment, Ran Bo asked Ji Donglai's secretary to edit and post on Weibo and Moments, and put Ji Donglai's phone on the table.

"Boss Hu, what is this?"

Ji Donglai showed the seafood in his hand to the camera, his eyes full of excitement.

Hu Xinyu was envious. She hadn't eaten seafood from Northeast China for a long time. She tried to hold back her saliva and adjusted the camera.

"Boss Ji, Hanchar now has a business, do you want to join? The partner of our friend von Casiman has fled to Europe, and the local area has been occupied by Banban."

"We have two friends over there, and this part of the industry is pretty good. It's mainly a small oil refinery, and these industries used to belong to the tribe. Then Connor and his gang came, and then they were gradually bought out."

"Banban needs military funds and hopes to sell these refineries, so he hopes we can take over, but some of the conditions are a bit harsh..."

Hu Xinyu took the time to show Banban the conditions. The most unacceptable thing was to build a road from the northern border to connect with the southern border.

The border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan is very long, and the oil transportation area is relatively concentrated in Khanchar.

The former authorities had been negotiating with Turkmenistan for more than twenty years, and the other party's pipeline had already been built to the border, but there was no news after entering the Afghan border.

Long-term wars, numerous tribal forces, and inconsistent government policies are the biggest problems facing the other side now.

According to the terms negotiated between Hu Xinyu and the tribe where the refinery is located, the road will belong to the local tribe after it is built, and the operating rights will then belong to Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

Large trucks carrying crude oil pay $300 as tolls when driving on this road, and the tribe pays half of the toll. After ten years, the operation rights of the road are returned to the tribe.

In exchange, Ji Donglai's Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing can build a larger refinery locally, as long as Ji Donglai has money. Of course, it needs to hire a certain number of local people to work, and everyone can cooperate with each other.

"Can the person in charge be trusted? I'm talking about the road repair!"

Ji Donglai got some horseradish and peeled a northern shrimp, which tasted so delicious in his mouth.

The closer to the border, the more difficult it is to manage, especially the tough Pashtuns. These people are extremely pious, and if there is a conflict, the other side will just pray and then send you to heaven with a gun.

Moreover, Pashto is not very easy to translate. The people trained by Ji Donglai in the early stage were mainly in the east. Many people in the east were unwilling to be brought to the west to serve as translators.

Years of war have caused the people of this land to form various separatist factions, not only in the military and economic fields, but more importantly in the cultural field.

It's like sending people from Northeast China to Guangxi to work as English translators, which often leads to jokes or even conflicts.

"The old chief had a friend here who is also a chief. The person who contacted us this time is von Casiman's secretary, a European who left the tribe."

"If we can reach a cooperation this time, the other party is willing to return to the tribe to help us translate. In addition, Mr. Ji, this is a geological report..."

Hu Xinyu said this with a mysterious smile and showed something to the camera. Ji Donglai was immediately attracted and then watched it carefully.

"Is it reliable?"

This report is an unfinished geological inspection report. Ji Donglai has seen similar reports before. It is used to inspect oil and gas fields. Ji Donglai carefully read a section of it at the Uzbek gas field.

When we first started working with Mayou, Ji Dong came to see it more than once.

The document in Hu Xinyu's hand was an exploration report of a piece of land in front of the refinery. At the beginning, von Casiman and his gang did not expect the coalition forces to withdraw so quickly. According to the geological map, this area is located in the same place as the oil and gas fields on the border of Turkmenistan. If possible, Ji Donglai can extract oil and natural gas.

Then the next thing is easy. Ji Donglai can make a fortune just by selling oil and natural gas.

More importantly, we can build a bigger refinery here, the chemical fiber industry is particularly lacking locally, the fertilizer industry, paint, and most importantly, asphalt.

After Banban took over, Afghanistan was about to start a major infrastructure project. Asphalt roads were the best choice because they were shock-absorbing and durable. There was no shortage of gravel in the area, and with asphalt compaction, they would become highways.

By the way, Ji Donglai’s Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing can output high-net-worth labor on a large scale, coupled with large-scale manufacturing.

Mixing plants, trucks, road rollers, engineers, steel... Of course, you can also negotiate with Banban and the local tribes to negotiate with them over employment and gain greater voice in the local area.

Of course, food from Uzbekistan and Russia can also be transported here as payment for workers, and garment factories can be built locally...

Today's unified intelligent manufacturing is an entire industrial chain, which also helps to bring China's industries overseas.

"It's reliable. I've had three rounds of talks here. The content has been uploaded to the company's server. They are still concerned about one thing and hope that we can build a school locally."

"Because they know we have built some schools in the east, and now it is easy for these people to find jobs in Afghanistan, they also want us to train their people as workers."

"They also hope that we can build a signal tower and a communications company here. The biggest problem now is that they only give us five years of oil and gas field mining rights. Starting from the time we start drilling the well, we can at most recover the cost. It's not cost-effective!"

When Hu Xinyu talked about the conditions offered by these people, she was very dissatisfied.

According to the old practice of horse oil, mining would start from 20 years, otherwise it would not be done. Besides, the cost of mining a well is too high, and if the other party messes up, it will take even longer, and no one likes to do the wedding dress.

"Understood. I'll contact you after I finish reading the contents of the negotiation!"

Knowing what Hu Xinyu meant, Ji Donglai immediately asked Ran Bo to open the content on the server for him. In fact, Ji Donglai understood that Hu Xinyu was worried that some accounting costs were too high, so she just let him make the final decision with the boss.

The entire negotiation process was recorded, and the translator provided subtitles, which surprised Ji Donglai a little. Several younger bearded men from the tribe spoke entirely in English.

Hu Xinyu's English was not bad either. Only the old man's words needed intermittent translation, so it was not difficult for Ji Donglai to understand the content.

"Mr. Hu, tell them that we want the right to exploit the oil field for 20 years. In exchange, one of the satellites we will launch next year will be named after them!"

Ji Donglai continued to eat seafood. The white wine in front of him had become hot. Hu Xinyu was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.

Facts proved that Ji Donglai made the right move this time. Soon Hu Xinyu called him for a video chat, and the conversation took place in a white house.

"Boss Ji, we hope to have our own communication satellite. If you give it to us, we will give you the mining rights of this oil field for 20 years, as long as you don't violate the rules!"

The person who spoke was a burly old man. He had a very similar temperament to the old chief, but the difference was that he was younger, and the translator was a young man.

"Old man, do you know how much a satellite costs? Our satellites are all useful and are launched according to plan every time. You are forcing me to do something against my will!"

Compared to the old chief, Ji Donglai was not flustered at all. He asked Ran Bo to take his food away and wiped his palm with his fingers. Hu Xinyu was also listening quietly and recording what was in her hand.

"Mr. Ji, we know you are rich, but we are not short of money either. You are not the first person to come here to exploit the oil field. So many people come here to look for oil, which proves that there must be oil here."

"A satellite doesn't cost much. Our children were often killed in the past, so we hope to have a satellite that serves us so that we can communicate with each other without being monitored."

"I don't want my children to suffer the same fate in the future. You are helping a group of great people. We can reach an agreement. If you agree to this condition, we can give you a piece of land for free. You can do whatever you want."

"We can also start some of your other work. We can also cooperate to build roads. My cousin and relatives are in other tribes. We can jointly build roads between several tribes..."

Seeing that Ji Donglai refused, the old chief started to spend a lot of money.

Ji Donglai knew that he had achieved his goal. The piece of land on the other party’s map was within the scope of the oil and gas belt discussed by Ji Donglai and Hu Xinyu, and it was even larger.

Once he acquires the two pieces of land, Ji Donglai can easily take root here.

(End of this chapter)