Become a super arms dealer with the workshop system

Chapter 175 The Guinea Project

Under the arrangement of Liu Fangchao, the commencement ceremony was well-organized. In addition to inviting CAF's Minister of Trade and Industry, even President Vatuzela himself attended the ceremony.

Although Huaxia Aluminum did not employ local people in the entire mining area, and this mine will not be required to pay taxes in the next 15 years, it is conservatively estimated that there will be thousands of people in this mining area after it develops.

And considering the demand for ore transportation to the outside world, Huaxia Aluminum even invested in a special dredging of the inland waterway from the vicinity of the mining area to the capital Bangi, which is tantamount to helping CAF, which is highly dependent on water transportation.

As for the fact that BI Group actually sold the mining rights by subcontracting, everyone in CAF chose to ignore it.

On the one hand, half of the national defense of their own country is still in the hands of others, on the other hand, they have not suffered any disadvantages, so they naturally turn a blind eye to such "small things".

After the ceremony, Liu Fangchao found Han Feng at the banquet: "By the way, Boss Han, I don't know where your company plans to continue expanding its business in the next stage?"

"At present, we have obtained some licenses in Algeria, and we are doing some small commodity trade there." Han Feng looked at Liu Fangchao who specially dragged himself to a hidden corner: "Why, is there any special need for the organization?"

"I can't say it's about the organization." Liu Fangchao straightened his hair and said hesitantly, "I remember that Mr. Han is from southern Henan?"

"Yes, from Luoyang in southern Henan." Han Feng nodded, not sure whether the other party was trying to get close or why.

"Then I don't know if Mr. Han has heard of a large-scale GH Group in southern Henan?"

Han Feng looked confused. He was not from Henan before his rebirth, so he knew nothing about the situation there: "I don't know, if Mr. Liu has anything to say, you can just tell him. As long as our BI Group can help, we will definitely help."

"In March 2007, GH obtained a bauxite prospecting right in the Boca region of Guinea, and in 3 it also obtained the mining right there." Liu Fangchao pulled Han Feng to sit on a relatively secluded sofa: "But later, the situation in this mining area exceeded expectations. With the continuous exploration, a total of more than 2010 billion tons of comprehensive resources were discovered in that mining area and its surrounding areas."

"How many?"

Rao is Han Feng who is used to seeing the big world now, and this number really shocked him a bit: "How's the taste?"

"Not to mention other minerals, there are at least 40 billion tons of high-quality bauxite with more than 15% of it, as well as gold mines and diamonds." Liu Fangchao tapped two fingers on the coffee table in front of him.

The wine glass in Han Feng's hand trembled slightly: "There are people in Guinea who are jealous and want to make trouble?"

"Not yet." Liu Fangchao shook his head, so I just said that it is not an organizational need: "But GH is a private enterprise after all, and I understand the reason why it is a crime, so I am going to invite us to develop it together."

"Then this is a big project." Han Feng took a sip of wine to suppress his shock.

"It is actually very troublesome to develop such a large-scale mineral resource. It is not enough to enclose the land and excavate it." Liu Fangchao did not know where to find a bottle of wine and poured it on Han Feng.

"Isn't that equivalent to investing in a set of simple infrastructure and industries in Guinea?"

"Yes, and Guinea is also an important node of the Belt and Road Initiative in western Afrika. Therefore, this investment in aluminum mines, which was originally just a small investment, has now become a comprehensive cooperation between the two parties." Liu Fangchao nodded: "Our two companies and Huaxia Power Investment jointly obtained the entire mining area in the Bokai District, with a total area of ​​558 square kilometers. A megawatt power plant and an alumina plant with a production capacity of no less than 16 million tons per year, oh, and a port. The Guinean government does not interfere with the company’s management, but it needs to share 1900% of the after-tax profits.”

"That is... an investment of about 40 billion to 50 billion US dollars?" Han Feng is no longer the cute newcomer he was back then, and immediately calculated the approximate cost.

"It's about the same. Of course, if there is a second phase of the project, the related investment will be further increased." Liu Fangchao replied, patting the dust on his trouser legs.

"If you only think about it from the economic point of view, this is a bloody business." Han Feng rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "Can't we consider giving them more after-tax profits and reducing some investment quotas? Even if the power plant, railway and port are all needed by the mining area itself, the sum of the 3000 kilometers of roads and the mining area does not matter, right?"

"Now this condition has been negotiated very hard." Liu Fangchao shook his head: "I am worried that once this project starts, it means that we will be deeply bound with Guinea, and the time will be at least ten years. It is hard to guarantee that no one will hinder it."

"So you want our BI Group to enter Guinea?"

"Yes, although Guinea has a high willingness to cooperate with us at present, but you know that the situation in Afrikaans is often not very stable. If something happens in the middle of our project, it will be too late to ask you to come over."

Liu Fangchao's worries are obviously justified. Although the scale of CAF's mining area is small, it has given him a solid taste of the sweetness of having "our own people" in the local area.

If it had been left in the past, the Guinea project might have been taken up as soon as he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, but now Liu Fangchao feels that it is not safe no matter how he looks at it.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Liu, our European branch of the BI Group is indeed considering doing business in Western Africa." Han Feng replied after hesitating for a while, "But to achieve the kind of influence you need, it takes not only time, but also some opportunities. The bottom line of our group is that we can't take the initiative to instigate chaos in others like the Europeans. I think the principle of organization is the same."

"No, no, that's not what I mean." Liu Fangchao quickly waved his hand: "We also know a little bit about the situation before CAF. It is not realistic to do a replica in Guinea. I want your group to cooperate with us and make some preparations for the rainy day, such as... conducting some risk assessments on Guinea. If something happens, we can respond quickly to minimize our losses."

This time, Han Feng struggled for a long time.

"I can't guarantee anything. After all, Western Africa is a place that we have never touched for BI Group, but after the business of the European branch starts, I think we will consider making some preparations."

Hearing what Han Feng said, Liu Fangchao was also a little relieved. The efficiency of the Guinea aluminum mining area could not be compared with that of CAF, so he could afford to wait.

Han Feng's leisurely life in CAF did not last too long. Less than a week after the groundbreaking ceremony, the European Parliament passed the most stringent environmental protection bill in history, including strict restrictions on vehicle emissions and carbon emission quotas allocated to each Europa Union country.

Similar to what he had guessed before, several major countries such as Germany and Gaul have naturally obtained the largest carbon emission quotas, while small countries such as the Czech Republic that have not even joined the Eurozone have only obtained some bits and pieces.

This allocation method is of course extremely unreasonable. The population of the Czech Republic is about one-eighth of that of Germany, but the emission rights allocated are less than 3% of the latter. However, after several large-scale demonstrations were launched by environmental groups deliberately instigated by some forces, the bill was successfully passed.

In the original timeline, the Europa League still needs to wrestle for a while, and now it shows such a high efficiency, I am afraid that Musk and others are behind it.

Almost immediately after the introduction of the Environmental Protection Act, Crozo's workload increased exponentially.

In addition, Han Feng also received a message from Musk, who said that SpaceX has passed a plan to accept a new round of investment of 1.86 million US dollars in exchange for 2.8% of the shares.

In short, Han Feng needs to go to Europe again.

(End of this chapter)