Diary of the life of a working wizard

In many African countries, the chief is the emperor of his tribe and has absolute authority in all aspects. Even today, although African countries have entered a legal society, chiefs still have great power in many countries. They are still formidable but mysterious figures on the African continent.

Even when a chief at the level of a local king appears in a public place, he usually shouts in front of him and is surrounded by others. The bells ring to clear the way, and the people bend down and kneel to worship him. They cannot stand up until the chief leaves.

Chiefs in Africa are generally divided into first, second and third levels, or called big, medium and small chiefs. The first-level chief is also often called the big earth king, and has two to three hundred second-level chiefs under his jurisdiction. The second-level chiefs have dozens or even thousands of third-level chiefs under their jurisdiction. In many African countries, administrative units below the county level basically do not have management agencies. Affairs in towns and villages are often the responsibility of second- and third-level chiefs.

The iron ore mine Fang Zibai was talking about was actually a mountain village called Kambu located under Gabe Town, and the local chief he was talking about was the chief of Kambu village, which is a village-level small chief, equivalent to a domestic chief. The head of the village. However, the power of the village chief is much greater than that of the domestic village chief. He is the local king of the village. All matters in the village, big or small, must be approved by him with his nod.

Xia Yunjie was still driving, but it was Eminem who led the way.

Su Zhiyan was used to riding in Xia Yunjie's car, and now it was difficult for Su Zhiyan to endure the bumpy ride when her mother drove.

Gabe Town is not far from Remalan City, but Kambu Village is a bit far away from Gabe Town. You need to drive over three hills, pass through a date palm forest, and then climb another hill to see Kambu Village. .

Kambu Village is a village with a strong original flavor. The houses in the village are almost all conical grass roofs with four walls made of mud. Only a few are built somewhat like country villas. Among them, one facing east has two The high-story stone house looks the most majestic.

In the middle of the village is a small square, and the thatched houses in the village are surrounded by the square. In the center of the square grows a mango tree that is at least twenty meters high, with a large umbrella underneath.

When Xia Yunjie's car arrived, a fat and black man, about forty years old, with a gold necklace as thick as his thumb around his neck and gold rings with precious stones on six of his ten fingers, was holding an umbrella. Enjoy the coolness underneath. Behind him sat three almost topless black women, some about his age, and some very young. But no matter they are older or younger, they all look fatter, with round butts like a zebra's butt. There were eight or nine naked black children playing around the mango tree.

"That is Chief Luku of Kambu Village. The three women around him are his wives, and those playing around him should be his children. In Agia, chiefs can have multiple wives and concubines, but Chief Luku only has He has three wives, which is relatively rare among the chiefs. It is said that in ancient times, in the Abome Kingdom of Benin, Africa, there was a chief who had more than 4,000 concubines in his life." From a distance, I saw Chief Luku sitting under a mango tree to enjoy the shade. , Fang Zibai introduced.

Hearing that there was once a chief who had more than 4,000 concubines in his life, Xia Yunjie couldn't help but be dumbfounded, thinking that it would take more than ten years to sleep with all the concubines, one every day! And Su Zhiyan also I don’t know what suddenly got on my nerves today, but when I saw Fang Zibai’s eyes sparkling when he talked about African chiefs marrying wives and taking concubines, he couldn’t help but sarcastically said: “Manager Fang, you must really hope that China will do the same, right?”

"Ahem! No, no." Fang Zibai didn't expect Mr. Su to be sensitive to this aspect, and said sarcastically after hearing the words.

"Duplicity!" Su Zhiyan rolled her eyes at Fang Zibai and said.

Fang Zibai smiled coquettishly again and did not dare to answer.

Fang Zibai had been here before, and Lu Ku recognized his car. When he saw the Volkswagen off-road vehicle approaching, he immediately stood up with bright eyes.

As soon as Luku stood up, several black people from the village ran up and stood on both sides of him.

"Kambu Village welcomes guests from far away!" Lu Ku stood up and went up to give Fang Zibai a warm hug. Not only that, he also put his dark cheeks on both sides of his face, making Fang Zibai's face close. He frowned, but unfortunately he couldn't push away the overly enthusiastic Chief Luku.

"Chief Luku, this is my boss, Ms. Su Zhiyan." Finally getting rid of Chief Luku's kissing gift, Fang Zibai hurriedly introduced Su Zhiyan to Luku.

Su Zhiyan was much smarter, and before Chief Luku could reach him with open arms, she had already taken the initiative to extend her jade hand towards him.

Chief Luku obviously wanted to hug the beautiful Chinese female boss, but seeing that she had already stretched out her hand towards him, he had no choice but to extend his hand to shake her and said: "Welcome, beautiful Ms. Su."

When not talking about money, Africans are still very simple and enthusiastic. After the two parties greeted each other, Chief Luku warmly entertained Su Zhiyan and his party, and personally took them to visit their village's cottages, grain processing workshops, and even showed them the rooms of their three wives.

But when it came to investing in the Horseshoe Mountain iron mine in the mountains behind their village, Chief Luku revealed the shrewdness and cunning of Africans. Mining iron ore here not only has to pay personal income tax of up to about 40% to their country, which is required by any enterprise, but also shareholders' tax, which is aimed at foreign investment and shareholders. The tax is 25% of profits. In addition to this, they also own 30% of the dry shares.

Su Zhiyan asked him: "Mr. Luku, aren't you afraid of scaring away foreign investors with such high taxes? If investors don't come, how can the economy develop?"

Although Chief Luku was only a village chief, his answer was to the point and full of confidence: "If there is no money to be made, you will not come even if the tax rate is low. If there is money to be made, especially if you make money from mining resources. Big money, no matter how high taxes are, as long as there is money to be made, you will still invest. To be honest, there is another neighbor of yours in China, the Koreans, who also want to develop our ore. "

Although Xia Yunjie couldn't compare with Su Zhiyan's vision in business, after listening to Chief Luku's words, he couldn't help but secretly lamented that although the African tribes were backward, if he really regarded these black people as fools, he might become a fool himself. In particular, the last words of Chief Luku were very well spoken, which put a lot of psychological pressure on Su Zhiyan.

Sure enough, when Su Zhiyan, who was eager to implement the mining project and return to China as soon as possible, saw what Chief Luku said, her negotiation strategy obviously changed, and she made some conditional concessions in many aspects. Of course, Su Zhiyan is a top student at the University of California in the United States, and her business talents are naturally not comparable to that of Chief Luku who is enclosed in Shanwowo. Although she made some concessions, they were still within her plan.

After some negotiations, the two parties reached a preliminary intention to cooperate. Just because of time constraints, specific cooperation matters and contracts need to be discussed and signed in detail tomorrow.

Back at the hotel, Su Zhiyan was a little tired from a day of running around and negotiating, so she went back to the bedroom to rest early after dinner.

The next day, it was another hot day.

Su Zhiyan and her party came to Kambu Village again at the agreed time, but unexpectedly someone came earlier than them, and one of them was known to Xia Yunjie, and was the Korean Cui Yongjun, the shareholder of the "Black Beauty" nightclub.

Accompanying Cui Yongjun were not only the black bodyguards Xia Yunjie saw that night, but also a black man wearing a green robe, many colorful rings on his arms, and a thick gold necklace on his neck. Holding a wooden staff with a golden head.

This black man obviously has a higher status. Not only are there two tall, shirtless black men standing behind him, but he is also sitting in the master's seat that originally belonged to Chief Luku.

Seeing Xia Yunjie and his party coming, everyone present had different expressions.

Chief Luku looked troubled, and the black man wrapped in green robe looked at Xia Yunjie and others with curious eyes. However, when his eyes swept over Su Zhiyan, his turbid eyes became obviously fiery, and his eyes were on Her thighs and breasts were glanced back and forth harshly several times.

Cui Yongjun and others, who had a problem with Xia Yunjie, saw that Xia Yunjie's face became obviously gloomy, and there was a fierce look in his eyes. But when Cui Yongjun saw Su Zhiyan's pretty face, graceful figure, and noble temperament, a charming smile immediately appeared on his gloomy face, and he took the initiative to reach out to her and said: "Hello, I am Cui Yongjun, you must be Ms. Su Zhiyan, the boss of Weida Company that Mr. Luku mentioned before. I didn’t expect that you are not only a beauty but also so young.

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"Thank you, Mr. Cui." Su Zhiyan gently shook Cui Yongjun's hand, but glanced at Xia Yunjie with confusion.

Just now, Cui Yongjun and others looked at Xia Yunjie's fierce eyes, and it was naturally impossible to escape her observation.

"Could this gentleman be Miss Su's personal bodyguard? He is very skilled and courageous!" Seeing Su Zhiyan looking at Xia Yunjie, Cui Yongjun said with a cold look in his eyes.

Su Zhiyan couldn't help but become more and more confused after hearing this, but she did not take the initiative to ask. Instead, she nodded noncommittally, then turned her gaze to Chief Luku and said with a smile: "Mr. Luku, we meet again. According to what we talked about yesterday, I brought Here comes the contract sample, take a look..."

"I'm sorry, Ms. Su, Luku has changed his mind. His current partner is Mr. Cui Yongjun." Before Luku could answer, the black man in green robe sitting on the main seat waved his hand and said carelessly. said.

Seeing the black man in green robe say this, Luku's expression became more and more embarrassed, while Cui Yongjun's lips showed a hint of pride.