504 Investment in Africa (Part 1)
In the waters of the South Atlantic near the coast of Africa, Mo Fashi stood on the deck of the exploration ship, holding on to the side and looking at the two white warships not far away. This is a 05 destroyer and a 33 large comprehensive supply ship, serving as
Their escort fleet this time.
Not long ago, Mo Fashi was working on infrastructure construction in Iraq. He didn't expect to be transferred to Africa again. He wondered when the days of constantly jumping around the world would end. But he continued to appreciate the exotic customs and feel the engineering
The sense of accomplishment after the project was completed still made Mo Fashi feel happy.
He knew that pL had won a battle, conquered the capital of Russia, and "liberated" the country that had been enslaved and oppressed. Mo Fashi could not digest such information at first, but now he is a little bit bearish. When he was in Iraq
, he has experienced the strength of his country's military. The PLA troops stationed in the southern Iraqi special zone are an important factor in bringing peace and stability to the region. No one rushes to cause trouble in front of them.
Now the company has come to Angola to expand its business, and it is still followed by the military, which makes Mo Fashi feel very safe while floating in a foreign country.
Xiao Zhao next to him did not feel this kind of security. Instead, he was very worried when he saw the increasingly clear coastline. "Brother Mo, Angola is currently fighting a civil war. I heard that the fighting is very fierce. What do you think?
Can we be safe?"
Mo Fashi couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Why are you worried about this? In fact, it is just like some armed tribes attacking each other, using guns to crack each other, and they don't care whether they hit someone or not, it is no different from us setting off firecrackers during the New Year.
Also, you are the only one who wants to be stationed on a drilling platform. Unless these militants have aircraft and missiles, they will definitely not be able to hit you. Why are you worried about this?"
Xiao Zhao blushed and argued: "But it's impossible not to go to land. If the People's Liberation Movement of Angola (People's Liberation Movement of Angola) armed forces cannot protect us, we will suffer a big loss."
Mo Fashi vigorously patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do you think our company's security guards are hired for free? Those are mercenaries who have gone to the battlefield and killed people, and they are a hundred people younger. Even if they are
The tribal armed forces are coming with all their strength, but I don’t think they can defeat us. Besides, don’t we still have the PLA?”
Xiao Zhao looked at the mighty warships on the ocean and sighed: "But they can't stay here forever, they will have to leave sooner or later."
Mo Fashi hummed, but said: "CNOOC hit a treasure in Angola. The total oil reserves discovered last year were only 600 million barrels. As a petroleum student, you should understand what this concept is."
Xiao Zhao was serious about professional issues and said: "This is probably the total of my country's land oil reserves.
"That's right, and we have reached a development agreement with Angola through negotiation. The 600 million barrels of newly discovered offshore oil fields belong to our family. As long as we share it with Angola, those foreign Seven Sisters will have to step aside.
Stop." Mo Fashi didn't know which powerful person actually ate such a huge piece of cake, but he expected that the price paid was definitely not small.
Angola's offshore oil field development project is an important part of the African strategy promoted by Qi Yiming. The People's Movement of Angola itself was a red force supported by the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it became a little more centrist. Qi Yiming was not finished before the Soviet Union.
It has strengthened its penetration and support of the People's Movement of Angola. The current democratically elected president of Angola is the leader of the People's Movement of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, and his successful ascension to the throne is naturally indispensable for the support of Qi Yiming.
Although the president himself was not controlled by Qi Yiming's red alert spies, many of the successful generals around him were Qi Yiming's red alert spies, especially the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army, which had been controlled by Qi Yiming.
After mastering a bottom move, important generals will either be completely educated and controlled, or they will be Qi Yiming's red alert spies. In short, it is not too easy to deal with African effects like Angola.
On the surface, China has paid a lot to get the five billion barrels of Angolan oil fields. First of all, Angola is still in civil war. Even if the MPLA is strong, it is really difficult to solve it quickly with the fighting power of the black uncles.
Question. Qi Yiming not only assigned Westwood Company's mercenaries to serve the People's Liberation Army, but also promised a large amount of military assistance.
Not to mention light and heavy weapons, the Army Armored Vehicles generously donated 100 VT-IA tanks, 20 VN2 Type 6 armored vehicles, 6 WZ-19 light armed helicopters, and retired attack aircraft. These
The weapons are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and anyone would be happy to give them away for free.
In addition, it is also a big deal economically. The deposit for signing the contract alone was 600 million U.S. dollars. This money was basically given to Angola for nothing. Then China also provided Angola with long-term interest-free infrastructure loans totaling 800 million U.S. dollars, mainly
It is used for infrastructure construction, covering hydropower, transportation, medical care, education, etc., and also includes the support of some key industries, such as industry and mining, basic agricultural production and certain light and heavy industries.
China even did not hesitate to build a basic small industrial system for Angola. It followed the "Five Local Small Industries" path that allowed China to completely industrialize the country. In some qualified cities in Angola, it built a system that can initially self-circulate and supply modern industrialized life.
Products. China's five small industries refer to small coal plants, small steel plants, small fertilizer plants, small cement plants and small machinery plants, which are more in line with China's national conditions.
However, Angola’s coal mine output is obviously limited and it is a big oil country. On the other hand, it even surpassed Nigeria in 2009 to become Africa’s largest oil producer. Therefore, it is not very practical to build a small coal plant. This small coal plant is
Was replaced by a small petrochemical plant
.In fact, a large number of coal plants in China have been forced to shut down, because the country's power generation has been concentrated on nuclear power, magnetic power, hydropower and natural gas power generation. Except for some highly clean Red Alert Allied power plants.
Thermal power, the rest are basically no longer used
Western countries basically maintain an economic model for third world countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, which is to strictly guard against and prevent these countries from achieving industrialization, because it is obvious that this will offset their advantages and prevent them from making money in the most greedy and lazy way.
However, the Chinese have never had such concerns. Perhaps they suffered too much when they were not industrialized, so they can empathize with others.
More importantly, China’s concept of social form is different from those capitalist capitalists who are destined to destroy capitalism. Promoting the progress of all mankind is not just a matter of making money, but also a matter of civilization evolution and the development and progress of the world’s productive forces. Even if it is about making profits.
, with the advancement of productivity, this money will be endless.
, as long as we always stay ahead, and the Chinese themselves don’t think it is necessary to travel thousands of miles to get things like basic industrial products. Furthermore, these small countries will always have gaps, even if China is in another country.
The production of surface steel ranks first in the world, and it does not import a large amount of expensive special steel every year.
Qi Yiming's determination to industrialize Angola was carefully considered. First, Angola is a country governed by a red party, so it is easy to get close to and influence. Second, Angola is not a small country, with an area of 240,000 square kilometers, but a population of only 20 million. It is very
It is easy to get rich quickly. Moreover, this environment also provides conditions for Chinese people to enter and live in this area.
An Angola that has suddenly become rich can become a gold foil business card for China as a leader in the eyes of third world countries. The United States claims to lead the world, but apart from seeing him lead all the interests into his own family, has he ever seen anyone following them?
The third world countries are no longer poor and chaotic. Instead, they are a group of "led" countries, fragmented and with a bleak national future.
The difference between kingliness and domineering is so clear.
It is said that the reason why China spends a lot of dollars on investment is to balance its seriously imbalanced international balance of payments. Due to the emergence of Qi Yiming in this dimension, the spring of China's export trade has arrived early, and it is not just a large amount of light industry, low-tech labor-intensive
Exports of high-end products, such as machinery, automobiles, ships, electronic products and even cultural products, are exported in large quantities. This results in a shocking surplus figure when the trade volume is calculated every year.
A large amount of foreign exchange has been accumulated, and China's foreign exchange reserves have soared like a rocket. This has inevitably put great pressure on the appreciation of the RMB. In addition, many developed countries use purchasing power to argue that China has surpassed middle-income countries and is approaching infinitely.
Developed countries force the RMB to immediately abandon its current seriously inaccurate currency value and rapidly appreciate together with the Japanese yen and the mark.
Qi Yiming studied economics at the time and knew that this kind of argument from the Americans was a scam. After the Plaza Accord, everyone can clearly see Japan’s virtues. It is said that there is indeed a problem with the currency value of BNH, but Qi Yiming does not intend to be as good as the Japanese yen.
Crazy appreciation. Maintaining currency stability is the benchmark principle of economic development. A large trade surplus is a structural problem of the economy. What needs to be noted is that not only is China's trade surplus huge, but domestic consumption has also increased tremendously, and it has also increased by 2-0 every year.
Growing at varying speeds.
This only shows one thing. China's status as the world's factory is accelerating. Not only does its industrial production capacity meet the normal or even extraordinary needs of its people, it also has the ability to supply large quantities to other countries in the world. This kind of industrial capacity has never been greater than in any previous era.
Countries do not exist, including the current United States. However, people with foresight have begun to foresee the rise of an astonishingly huge super industrial power, and they are also trying to strangle it in various ways for their own national interests.
Another reason why Qi Yiming is unwilling to appreciate easily is that with the cheap technology cost, labor cost and material cost, coupled with China's complete industrial system and cluster scale effect, even if China invades for economic interests, this kind of purely relying on
The plunder of wealth through trade is comparable to the primitive capital accumulation poured out by white-skinned pigs with blood and fire in any era.
Chapter completed!