April 5.
The auction was held in Kinshasa as scheduled.
The form of hidden bid adopted in this auction can be said to be quite "creative", but for the purpose of directional "profit transmission", this form is a common practice of the "industry".
Otherwise, if it's taken in the open.
There are too many people to control.
They are not afraid to be suspected of operating in secret by the public. Suspicion is always suspicion. The reason is never a matter. Besides, this auction is not reported to the public. Secondly, there are many participants.
It almost covers all major interest groups in the DRC.
Even if many people on MOI's side can't get a share here, the idea that the $4 billion project funding has not been approved by the Congress and is in the hands of the DRC government.
They dare not jump out and say no.
So.
A "feast" ended so quietly.
In the end.
Several enterprises controlled by Heiyu have won four layers of high-quality assets, mainly in minerals, which is what Tang Qing means. In this way, there will be fewer competitors.
Tang Qingsi is not interested in real estate, automobile, low-end manufacturing enterprises and so on.
In Tang Qing's eyes.
Non renewable resources.
Only in this way can we truly be called "valuable resources".
And these.
Tang Qing only spent less than 100 million US dollars, and the rest of it was only a loan. Although it was only a five-year loan with an annual interest rate of 8%, five years was enough for Tang Qing to earn the money.
As for the seemingly high interest rate.
Tang Qing turned her lips.
Congo Brown's inflation rate is higher than the interest rate, and even the final calculation may be negative interest rate. At that time, if it is exchanged on the black market, he can save a lot of money, and it is hard to lose.
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April 8.
Kinsar airport.
A Kenya Airways plane landed slowly.
Thirty seven people with Chinese faces came out.
The leader is a big man over 30 years old, with a national character and a strong temperament. At first glance, he is a soldier who has received professional training. Everyone is carrying a military green travel bag of the same color.
I'm wearing the same clothes.
"Captain, is this the DRC? It's nothing. " A man in his twenties, with his eyes rolling around, came up to him and asked, looking at the exotic customs.
All right.
He was disappointed.
All black faced uncles.
"What else do you want to see? Let's go and get out first. Our company car is waiting outside." He Liang, the leader of the team, was in the front. This young man was a member of the team when he served, so he was always called the team leader.
He retired the year before last.
He Liang obeyed the job transfer arrangement and worked in the Security Department of a municipal enterprise. However, his income was too low. He had many brothers and sisters in his family and had a heavy burden. Therefore, he was introduced to the company by his comrades in arms last September.
At first, when I entered the company, the main business of the company was domestic security and bodyguards, but the salary was not low and the base salary was very high. Most importantly, the company promised that there would be many opportunities to go abroad to earn extra money in the future.
It's possible to earn more than 10000 yuan a month.
Two months after joining the company.
Here comes the opportunity.
The company has undertaken a large number of mine security projects in Africa, and its basic salary is twice that in China. With all kinds of subsidies, the salary directly exceeds 10000 yuan, which has completely become the level of domestic gold collar.
This is 2006. What a temptation it was to earn more than ten thousand yuan, and there was a month's paid vacation every year. Without hesitation, he Liang signed up, passed the selection, and set foot on the land of Africa.
He remembers that his first task was an open-pit coal mine in equatorial province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were 18 people in their second security team. He served as the vice captain of the second team and managed more than 20 black security guards.
There is another security team, 20, but it belongs to mining companies, not third-party security companies like them.
At first.
He Liang's impression on this side is that he is in a mess. He may encounter life danger at any time. He even has to sleep with a gun in his arms. In fact, as he thinks, most parts of the country are not very stable.
Tribes.
Armed.
Underground forces.
The robbers.
Or you could be a gangster at any time.
It is widespread in this area of 2 million square kilometers.
Before he went to the mine, he had heard that the mine is a very unsafe place. Stealing mines and collecting protection fees are very common. If it's not good, you may be punished because you have a pack of cigarettes in your hand.
They don't dare to offend the locals too much.
But these things have been prepared for a long time.When they came to the mine, they were overwhelmed by the local enthusiasm. On the first day, the leaders of the mine invited them to have a big meal. They were all wild game. The surrounding residents sold it to them, which was quite cheap.
And the next day.
It's a treat from a nearby tribal chief.
He also took them to eat and drink a lot. His attitude was extremely good. He thought it was too much money bribed by the mine that made these people so talkative and smiling.
But later.
He found that was not the case.
The people here are not in awe of their money, but an unknown force. They don't know what it is, but they can imagine that it must be very powerful. The leaders of the mine also implicitly said that as long as we are reasonable, we must not be afraid of those Africans.
If you should.
Don't counselle.
After the event, the other party never dares to retaliate.
Facts also proved that the words of the mine leader were true. Once, several people from that tribe got drunk and made trouble in the mine. They even shot and injured a Chinese security guard. In the end, he never saw those people again.
After chatting with the security guards of the tribe, he learned that they were all dead.
He Liang seems to have heard that the tribal head was fined a lot of money for this. As for how much and who was fined, he Liang doesn't know. In this country, he dares to kill people for 1000 dollars.
Who knows how much a lot of money is.
Gradually.
Over time.
He Liang knows more and more.
All kinds of weapons in the mine, and even later equipped with a lot of American military Humvees, I heard that these are the goods processed by Iraq war equipment, not only these military Humvees.
It's said that other mines even have potassium trucks and unconventional weapons.
What he liang thought for the first time was that the government of the DRC must be behind this, otherwise it would be impossible. This let him know thoroughly, this mining company's background is how deep.
In the following days, they had a very smooth life. They trained, patrolled and occasionally hunted. They had a good relationship with the local aborigines and often ate and competed together.
It was early last month.
I heard that the business is expanding rapidly.
The company became a branch in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He Liang was promoted to be the deputy manager of the branch because he could speak French during this period of charging. His main task was to bring new people to report.
Usually also part-time training instructor, need to run on each mine.
Think of the job the company took.
He Liang was a little shocked.
There are more than a dozen new mines, and the number of security guards in each mine ranges from 20 to 40. This time alone, there will be at least 300 people from China, which can basically drain the current reserves of domestic company personnel.
He estimated that the next expansion of the company would be crazy.
No wonder before the company crazy recruitment, as long as there are veterans background people want, it is a big job waiting for them.