Winning the new financial era

Chapter 649 Lagos

After staying in Milan for another two days, Zhang Yida and his party took a private plane to Nigeria.

This is the first time Zhang Yida set foot on African soil.

Although it feels very strange, in fact, Ruixiang's African business department has been rooted here for several years.

Musical.ly has offices in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and several other countries.

In addition, in the African region, there are also joint ventures Transsion Financial and Transsion Music jointly established by Sharp and Transsion Holdings.

After getting off the plane, the staff of Chuanrui Financial Services and local government officials who were waiting here greeted him.

Knowing that Zhang Yida will come to Nigeria, the country's business and technology departments are extremely excited.

Because Jack Ma came to Africa once before, he announced that he would hold an African Entrepreneurs Competition. The Jack Ma Public Welfare Foundation will invest 1000 million US dollars to discover, select and reward these entrepreneurial heroes in different industries and genders in Africa.

The news shocked the whole of Africa!
Unfortunately, it was launched in South Africa, much to the regret of some Nigerian officials.

In their view, Nigeria, the largest country in Africa, is the most suitable country to undertake and hold these activities.

It's a pity that Jack Ma didn't choose them, but went to South Africa.

Now there is a Chinese entrepreneur who is stronger than Jack Ma and has more wealth, and they must firmly grasp it.

Nigeria was chosen as the first stop of Zhang Yida's tour of Africa, which also gave the country's officials a sense of being valued and respected.

In addition, Ruixiang and Chuanrui Technology also have a lot of technology investment in Africa, a large part of which is scattered in Nigeria, the most populous country.

Therefore, no matter it is to promote Nigeria to hold a similar entrepreneurial competition and steal the limelight from South Africa.

It is still a good opportunity to discuss with Ruixiang to increase investment and cooperation.

In this regard, the Nigerian government attaches great importance to it.

Zhang Yida looked at the huge team that came to greet him. They had different skin colors, some were yellow, some were white, some were black, and there were several teams of black military police with live ammunition standing not far away.

This is the first time we have encountered this battle.

Zhang Yida had already known in advance from the African staff that officials would come to pick him up, so he was not surprised.

There is no major civil strife in Nigeria, but the law and order is not good. Guns are rampant, and kidnapping and robbery are commonplace.

No. 30 military police were sent to protect his travel safety in Nigeria, which is also a normal reception category.

Cao Lu, as the CEO of Transsion Technology, is in charge of the Internet holding parent group jointly established by Ruixiang and Transsion, and has several Internet brands under its jurisdiction.

After he received a call from Zhang Yida that he was coming to Nigeria, he rushed over without stopping.

After Nigerian officials learned the news, they acted very positively, and they must come to the airport to welcome a friend of the Nigerian people——Mr. Zhang Yida from Ruixiang Group.

Cao Lu has been in Nigeria for so many years, and he knew that he wanted to show his favor to Mr. Zhang so that he could attract investment in the future.

It was not easy for him to refuse these officials, so after asking Zhang Yida for instructions, he brought them along.

Cao Lu took the lead, shook hands with Zhang Yida, and said with a smile, "Welcome Mr. Zhang to Nigeria!"

Then, Cao Lu introduced several black buddies around him, all of whom were officials from the science and technology and business departments.

Zhang Yida shook hands with these people one by one, and talked for a while.

Pointing to a white man beside him, Cao Lu introduced: "This is Greg Reeves, the CEO of PalmPay. Has more than 10 years of working experience in the payment field.”

Reeves took two steps forward, smiled and stretched out his right hand to Zhang Yida, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, welcome to the beautiful Lagos."

Lan Lan had been in charge of dealing with the CEOs of these overseas e-wallet subsidiaries before. Zhang Yida had heard of Reeves, but this was the first time he had seen him in reality.

"You are Reeves?"

Zhang Yida laughed, and shook his hand vigorously, "I know you, you did a good job."

After being praised by Zhang Yida, Reeves was not as humble as the Chinese employees, but smiled and thanked Zhang Yida for his praise.

Zhang Yida shook hands with several other executives of the joint venture company stationed in Africa, and got to know everyone present.

Shen Beipeng and Xu Xiaoming also followed Zhang Yida to Europe, and they were standing beside Zhang Yida with a smile at this moment.

Zhang Yida then introduced the two to several African executives and officials, and both sides exchanged salutes.

Wang Yiduo saw that even the army was mobilized, so she leaned over and whispered in her elder sister's ear: "Brother-in-law is really a big face!"

Zhao Erya wanted to scare her, so she threatened: "There is still a war here, can we not send troops? I told you not to follow, but you just didn't listen.

I can tell you that you are not allowed to leave our sight and stay in the hotel honestly. "

Wang Yiduo smiled slyly, "Don't lie to me, it's been 9012, and you can find everything online.

Nigeria has not fought a major war, but small-scale armed conflicts continue.

In the main oil-producing area in the southeast, armed groups have been attacking foreign oil companies in the area for a long time.

In the center of Jos, where many ethnic groups and religions live together, vendettas and bombings occurred.

There are tribal and religious conflicts in the north and northeast.

Social security is not very good, but there is no war!
Don't worry, I'm such an old man, I won't run around like a child. "

Zhang Yida exchanged pleasantries with them here, while several bodyguards including Qian Li, Luo Xiaohu, and Qin Lin followed the military police and the gun-toting security guards hired by Transray to inspect the vehicle.

Cao Lu noticed this scene and didn't say much.

Luo Xiaohu and the others took instruments and carefully inspected the Mercedes-Benz, not missing a single detail.

There were a lot of bombings in Nigeria. They knew that Zhang Yida would come to this country, so they organized a meeting and raised the security level by several levels.

After Luo Xiaohu and the others finished checking, Zhang Yida followed the group into the car.

There are more than a dozen vehicles in the entire convoy, and there are police cars at the front and back to guard and clear the way.

Zhang Yida and Zhao Erya sat in the car, looking at the scenery of Lagos through the glass.

Nigeria is the largest economy and the most populous country in Africa, with a population of nearly 2 million and a per capita GDP of more than 2000 US dollars.

The largest city in Nigeria is the former old capital Lagos, with a population of 2100 million. Its status in the country is comparable to that of China, and even surpasses that of China.

Lagos is a port city with developed commerce and trade, controlling 90% of Nigeria's foreign trade, 80% of import and export, and 70% of manufacturing.

Chinese companies going overseas to Nigeria are basically concentrated in this region.

TransRay's branch in Nigeria is no exception, and it is also located in Lagos.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 10 Chinese in Lagos. They are all small bosses, entrepreneurs who came to Africa to seek gold, or employees sent by large domestic companies.

The convoy passed by the bridge by the sea, and Zhang Yida looked out the window at the endless, breath-takingly beautiful blue sea and straight coastline, and quickly called Zhao Erya to come and have a look.

"It's good!"

Zhao Erya commented, then pointed to a pier in the distance, and asked, "Look there are a lot of yachts there."

Zhang Yida nodded, "It should be bought by the dignitaries in Nigeria and the big bosses of foreign companies."

Zhao Erya pointed to the window on her side again, and said, "Come and see this side."

Zhang Yida stretched his head over to look, and saw a row of children and women, ragged and disheveled, blocking passers-by from begging.

"Hey, one side is heaven and the other side is hell."

(End of this chapter)