Vol 4 Chapter 344: Subdued

East Africa, known as the Roof of Africa, the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, at the door of the conference room, there are a few sturdy black men with sunglasses, black suits and white shirts, and bulging waists. Owen, who also wore a suit, walked around the corridor calmly with a few of his subordinates. Although he was empty-handed, he was still slightly better in momentum.

In the meeting room, Feng Yiping sat aside with a few assistants.

On the other side, it is all high-ranking officials of the host country, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Detegna Gettane, and several cabinet members, including Minister of Finance and Economic Development Berhan Hailu In addition, there are several members of the Ethiopian People’s Representative House and the Federal House with a luxurious lineup.

So many high-ranking officials came to meet Feng Yiping on the sidelines of the second ministerial meeting of the China-Africa Forum. Naturally, they are not idle. They have only one purpose, and that is to hope Feng Yiping can invest.

As the last stop of the Prime Minister's visit, they naturally paid attention to the entire process of the Prime Minister's visit. Feng Yiping's US$2.5 billion investment in the United States deeply attracted them.

You know, Ethiopia, which has just been stable for a few years, has foreign exchange reserves of less than 2 billion U.S. dollars at this time. That is to say, the young, gentle, quiet-eyed young man sitting opposite them is more realistic. Their country is also rich.

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Berhan Helu yesterday took the time to meet with several members of the corporate follow-up team. He knew the influence of this overly young young man in their country’s corporate family, so he facilitated this meeting.

They have only one purpose. As long as Feng Yiping can invest in Ethiopia, then, with a little publicity, it will definitely attract more Chinese companies to invest.

As we all know, the best thing about companies invested by Chinese people than those invested by Westerners is that their purpose is simple, and they really come for profit.

The investment of many Western companies does not necessarily have a simple purpose, and there are always additional conditions such as this and that kind of demeanor and superiority.

"Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Minister, and all the Members of Parliament. I understand very clearly that Ethiopia is a very friendly and welcoming country to Chinese businessmen."

When meeting with high-ranking officials, Feng Yiping's words brought some official accents.

"Your country is also a country with very fast economic development and great potential,"

This sentence is really not a polite sentence, because the foundation is very weak. The new federal government has spent a lot of effort to develop the economy in recent years. The development data of Ethiopia in the past two years is very good. The annual GDP growth rate is above 7%. .

Of course, this is mainly due to the low starting point. On the basis of less than 20 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of one billion U.S. dollars a year is really not difficult.

"We are also very interested in your country’s rich mineral resources and unique tourism resources. However, please understand that every investment of ours must have very sufficient preliminary preparations. Therefore, I I look forward to the future and the honor of investing in your country."

With so many people here, and the specifications are still so high, Feng Yiping is naturally not good to say "the scope of business is not right" to bluntly refuse.

After all, they represent a country, even a country with a very backward economy.

For Feng Yiping now, making more friends is actually more important than making more money.

After translating, the people on the other side understood what Feng Yiping meant.

The Ethiopians have a deeper understanding of him. This is indeed a young man who is not easy to reason with common sense. He speaks beautifully and shirks beautifully. Although it is a polite refusal, or a bad check, there will be People feel like spring breeze.

If you were not in person, you would really think that the other party was an old, well-tested old guy.

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Downstairs of the Sheraton Hotel, Feng Yiping stood in front of the hotel and shook hands with the high-ranking Ethiopian officials who came to the meeting. The members of the follow-up team who had finally been free to watch again enviously watched Feng Yiping's dealings with these high-ranking officials.

Strangely, the convoy was gone, but Feng Yiping was still standing at the door with his hands in his arms. They did not mean to come in. They were about to go around for a gossip. Another Mercedes-Benz team with the national flag on the leading car came over, "That is, Mozambique. National flag," someone recognized it.

"Are you looking for Mr. Feng again?"

Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, Feng Yiping, standing still, stretched out his hand to an old black gentleman with curly hair who got out of the car.

Seeing Feng Yiping and his party, under the **** of a large group of security personnel, they were walking towards the elevator while communicating through an interpreter. Several members of the follow-up team couldn’t help feeling, “I don’t know, I thought Mr. Feng is also our country. Where's the senior official,"

"No, you see, these people here are more enthusiastic than the high-ranking officials on the news. Therefore, when you are stronger to a certain extent, you will actually have more influence than the high-ranking officials."

But the excitement did not end. Almost an hour later, Feng Yiping sent away ordinary people in Mozambique and greeted another group at the door of the hotel. It was a team led by a Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who also came to participate in the Central Africa Mission. Centaur...

Several members of the follow-up team looked at the scene in front of them, and it was a bit of what Liu Bang thought when he saw Qin Shihuang's ceremonial battle, "The same is true for the man!"

However, they really don't know the helplessness in Feng Yiping's heart at this time. See you, in fact, he doesn't have too strong investment willingness. Let's not see, then it really doesn't give people, oh no, he doesn't dare to give people the face of the country.

I still have to increase my own strength. I hope that I don’t have to come forward to meet these people in the future, just send a subordinate to socialize.

Those members of the follow-up team, if they know what he is thinking at the moment, I'm afraid they really don't know what to say.

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On a high platform next to the famous Great Rift Valley, it was originally covered with cacti and uneven, but at this time Leng was cleared out of a large flat area, and a long table covered with white tablecloths was placed. .

On the table, it was mainly authentic Chinese food. Several waiters from the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, kept putting silver plates on a helicopter not far away. Seafood, fruits, and beverages are delivered continuously.

About three to four meters away from the table, two black buddies were grilling meat, the aroma was overflowing.

A little further away, some heavily armed soldiers, under the leadership of Owen and several officials from the Ethiopian government’s security department, were patrolling vigilantly.

Although Ethiopia is still peaceful, and because the second ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is now being held, the government has strengthened control. However, this is East Africa, and it borders Somalia, which has not been peaceful for many years. Therefore, the next moment will be None of the black buddies with guns jumped out of the canyon and shouted something like "I planted this tree and I drive this road." Who can tell?

Still be careful and there is no harm in being vigilant.

In this originally uninhabited field, a banquet was more comfortable and safer than in a hotel. In short, this scene, this pomp, was very luxurious, and capitalist, which made people feel very refreshing.

Today's banquet was arranged by Feng Yiping.

In fact, after hearing about this, the relevant departments in Ethiopia took the initiative to come to the door and said generously, "That's not a problem. You can just tell it what you want, and we will arrange the rest."

But Feng Yiping still declined. As the old saying goes, the short mouth of cannibalism, the softness of people's hands, the advantage of a country, is that so easy to account for?

When people say this, they naturally have their demands. Now Feng Yiping would rather spend more money than owe favors less.

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Against the not-so-hot, quite warm sun, I looked at the rolling peaks covered with dense virgin forests in the distance, the vast grasslands with shimmering lakes in the distance, and the flat, open, generous pastures, lush forests and vitality. At the bottom of the lush rift valley, drinking moderate-temperature red wine, wearing sunglasses and rolling up his sleeves, Mr. Wu said, “It’s the first time in my old man’s life to dine next to such a rare scenic spot. Mr. Feng, thanks for your arrangement,"

More than a dozen members of the follow-up team, mainly private company owners, obviously have the same idea as Wu. According to domestic rules, they tapped a wine glass on the table, "Thank you, Mr. Feng, we respect you,"

"You are polite, speaking of it, with so many people in the same group, I am the youngest, so I will arrange these things for granted,"

If you didn’t know it before, the nearly ten days of getting along with each other gave everyone a clear understanding of Feng Yiping. This is really a very humble, unassuming, decent, gentle young man, and his own. Compared to bear children, they are really typical "children of other people".

Feng Yiping's attitude, such a person, convinced everyone even more.

In these years, a super rich and super young person can still be so easy-going without any pretensions. This is the rare thing, this is the real demeanor, the background, the education...

Anyway, many people in the follow-up team are more and more envious of Feng Zhenchang, who has never met before. Why is he so lucky?

"If you are kind, I won't say much about Feng. I am here from the United States. Thank you for your proper arrangement. I will just say a word." Wu said, "When you come to my place in the future, you must let me know. I also do my best as a landlord,"

"Yes, that's what we mean. We welcome Mr. Feng to visit us when he is free."

"Hehe, I really have this idea. After I retire in the future, I will not do other things, just go around everywhere, and I will definitely bother you at that time,"

The saying that Feng Yiping will retire at the age of 40 at the latest is well known to everyone. If someone else said it, it would really be pretending to be 13.

But Feng Yiping said that in addition to envy, there is only envy, and no one is not convinced.

Who tells people to do well in their careers?

"At that time, our President Feng will not be the richest man in the Mainland, nor the richest man in China, or the richest man in Asia, but the richest man in the world who squeezed Bill Gates down. I hope Mr. Feng will really remember us old guys when he arrives. "

They have been running for more than ten days. Before today, all their itineraries have to be ahead of the prime minister. It is really not easy. In the words of someone in the group, "I haven’t even opened the suitcase for so many days. Over,"

In the afternoon, the Prime Minister had finished his visit to the four countries of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Egypt, and returned to China as a special plane. Everyone can finally fall behind him. Whatever they want to do, it is very easy for a while. This will all make Feng Yiping a joke.

However, is this a joke? Who can tell?

"I will work hard, and I hope you can help me," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"That is of course certain,"

It may be too relaxing, or drinking a little too much, or enjoying the extraordinary comfort brought by such a pomp. Everyone did not notice ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the humble Feng Yiping, to them There is no denying this joke.

"Mr. Feng, this country, you see, although it is inland, it is actually quite peaceful, with underdeveloped industries and a large number of minerals. Now it has a good relationship with our country. To tell you the truth, I was very moved by it. Feng Are you always interested in investing a little here?"

"Not too much, as long as you leak a little bit between your fingers, if you do, then we will have confidence."

Feng Yiping suddenly felt that this was very familiar. Oh, yes, didn't those people in Ethiopia and other governments say the same in the past two days?

I am somewhat proud of being mobilized by senior officials from several countries to invest.

"I really can't help much in this regard. Mr. Wu, as you know, the main business of our group is not very compatible with local resources."

In fact, the Congo who came to him has the cobalt mine, which is an important upstream resource in the lithium battery industry mentioned by Cummins, but Feng Yiping still does not want to mine, especially in Africa.

"Oh, yes, then I understand,"

At this time, the person at the other end came over with a wine glass, "Mr. Feng, we are a toy manufacturer. You see, yours is good, or your baby store, can you buy some of our products? Rest assured, as long as you agree, from raw materials to design, I will use the best."

At the beginning of him, everyone immediately recommended themselves, "Yes, Mr. Feng, my family produces...,"

Every family is very proactive and the conditions are very good.

Feng Yiping's performance and deeds these days really impressed them. These outstanding domestic corporate leaders are convinced that there is definitely a future for interacting with and doing business with people like Feng Yiping.