Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 2146 Private Manor
After Niu Xiaoqiang got off the car, he saw a small garden built on the left and right sides of the building. There were hundreds of flowers blooming in the garden, which made people feel bright under the light.

Smith smiled and put his arms around Tina: "This private estate was designed by Tina, how about it, isn't her vision and taste very good?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded with a smile: "Miss Tina is indeed a person with great vision and taste. Smith, you have a good vision too. You have found such a capable woman like her."

Smith laughed, and told the dozen or so African women who came out of the house: "These are distinguished guests, you can't be negligent, take everyone to rest quickly."

These women are all over 30 years old, and they look like servants here.

After Smith gave the order, they hurriedly nodded in agreement, beckoning Zhang Guangmao and Niu Xiaoqiang's men to go to the room to rest.

The team brought by Niu Xiaoqiang and Zhang Guangmao consisted of more than 50 people, who could not fit in the room at first. Fortunately, Smith got the news in advance and ordered people to set up more than [-] tents on the terrace on the third floor.The temperature here is very moderate, and living in a tent is very comfortable.

The only disadvantage is that there are many mosquitoes. In order to prevent mosquitoes, Smith specially asked people to build a large mosquito net on the roof.There are no mosquito nets in Africa. The mosquito nets mentioned here are actually stitched with fine colored cloth strips. Although the shape is different from the mosquito nets, the effect is the same.

The tent on the terrace was prepared for half of the entourage. As for Niu Xiaoqiang and Zhang Guangmao and the few people with high status in the gathering, they naturally arranged to rest in the room.

Smith took the lead and brought Niu Xiaoqiang and others to the top floor of this private estate.

There are four rooms on the top floor, connected to a large terrace.Niu Xiaoqiang visited it, and found that there was actually a swimming pool built where the terrace meets the mountain.

Smith has always been by Niu Xiaoqiang's side. He said with a smile: "This is the private swimming pool for me and Tina. It is usually not open to outsiders. Of course, Mr. Niu and Minister Zhang are exceptions. If you want to swim anytime."

Niu Xiaoqiang thanked him, and after a few pleasantries, he entered his room.

Xie Jun lives next door to Niu Xiaoqiang and is ready to protect Niu Xiaoqiang's safety at any time.

After Niu Xiaoqiang entered the room, Xie Jun walked up to Smith and asked Smith to provide him and other bodyguards with guns and ammunition.

Smith nodded immediately and told Amos to take care of the matter.

Not long after, Amos drove a pickup truck to deliver guns and ammunition.

All he shipped were Aka semi-automatic rifles with plenty of magazines.Xie Jun distributed the guns and magazines, briefly taught the bodyguards how to use the guns, and then said: "Everyone go to rest first, and tomorrow I will ask the boss to arrange you to shoot targets."

Twenty elite bodyguards nodded one after another, took a rest with guns and ammunition.

There was nothing to say all night, and Niu Xiaoqiang didn't wake up until eight o'clock the next morning.

He stretched himself, then got up and took a shower.

Before he finished washing, a maid came in with a breakfast.

This breakfast was specially prepared by Smith according to the taste of China. It included a millet porridge, a deep-fried steamed bun and a small dish of kimchi.

Niu Xiaoqiang thanked him, and went to the terrace on the top floor after breakfast.

Zhang Guangmao is doing Tai Chi on the terrace, which is a health-preserving method he has learned recently.

Niu Xiaoqiang waited until Zhang Guangmao finished a set of Taijiquan, and then said: "Uncle Zhang, if possible, we'd better conduct a survey as soon as possible. After the survey is completed, we can sign a contract with Smith."

Zhang Guangmao nodded slightly: "I will ask Director Li to assign people later, Xiaoqiang, can you tell me how you talked with Mr. Smith?"

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded with a smile and said: "Even if uncle doesn't ask, I will tell you that I have reached a preliminary agreement with Smith, and he will get 40.00% of the shares in the oil field, and the Charles consortium will get the same shares as Smith. 20.00% of the shares belong to Uncle Zhang, are you satisfied with this?"

Zhang Guangmao laughed: "Satisfied, of course I am satisfied, I will assign tasks to the prospectors."

The reason why Zhang Guangmao is so happy is because the way for him to get shares is really easy.If the formal operating procedures are followed, the Ministry of Petroleum needs to participate in the bidding of oil fields to obtain shares.

The auction is no joke, the deposit alone will cost at least 3000 to [-] million US dollars, regardless of whether the competition is successful or not, the deposit is non-refundable.In other words, you spent tens of millions of dollars just to buy a ticket to participate in the competition.

The bidding process is even more inhumane, and the competition is who pays more.Although the Ministry of Petroleum is a big foreign exchange earner, the money it earns is basically handed over to the national treasury. In terms of financial resources, it is not the opponent of those international energy giants. Therefore, even if Zhang Guangmao sells the ticket to participate in the competition, the consequences are not optimistic.

Even if Zhang Guangmao breaks through these two barriers and successfully bids for the exploration and exploitation rights of an oil field, he still can't guarantee that the deal will definitely make money.Among them, the exploration cost alone needs to cost at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to previous auction experience, at least half of the successful bidders lost money.Many people have not even explored the shadow of oil, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in vain.

Because of this, not everyone can afford the oil industry. Zhang Guangmao got 20.00% of the oilfield shares so easily, and the price he paid was almost negligible compared with the bidding. No wonder he was so happy.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at the surrounding scenery on the terrace, and within 10 minutes, Smith returned with Zhang Guangmao.

Smith smiled and said: "I have already appointed a guide, and I will take Minister Zhang and his people to carry out preliminary exploration later. Mr. Niu, do you want to go with me?"

Zhang Guangmao's equipment has not yet arrived in Zambia, so he can only conduct simple geological exploration and simple chemical analysis in the early stage. Experienced technicians can use this to roughly estimate the reserves of the oil field.

Niu Xiaoqiang felt that idleness was idleness, he might as well go out for a stroll.He nodded happily and said, "No problem, let's follow along."

Xie Jun has been following Niu Xiaoqiang all this time, and when he heard this, he said in a low voice: "Boss, I want the bodyguards to have target shooting training, let them get familiar with the guns here, and practice marksmanship by the way, please tell Mr. Smith, Let him arrange the place."

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