Waite sat in the car.

Quietly looking out the window.

Come this time.

He took a big risk, but he came anyway because it could be an important milestone in his political career--- Congo, where there was a chain of heavy industry.

Before, there was only the extractive industry.

Right now.

More smelting.

There will even be processing later.

What kind of benefits the formation of a complete heavy industry chain of steel will have for a country's economy, a look at the history of each country can come to the answer, and the benefits are numerous.

First of all, it is driven by a sharp increase in GDP.

Secondly, solve a large number of jobs.

Third, save foreign exchange for imported steel.

Fourth, derivative related manufacturing.

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Come to think of this.

Waite was also a little excited in his heart.

And that's not all.

Last month, two industrial projects in the DRC's history, an oil refinery and a chemical plant, were set up there, keeping Waite awake for days with excitement.

But.

Think of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Waite let out a long sigh.

In stark contrast to the prosperity here, the rest of the world is still a backwater, with poor security, instability, severe fiscal deficits, and difficult reforms.

These are all problems that he can't escape.

More than half a year after coming to power.

The level of complexity in the DRC is growing.

He wants to develop the economy, get rid of the hat of a pure raw material supplier, learn from the development ideas of other countries, and cannot always sell mines, because there will always be a day when the money from selling mines will be spent.

And this.

Foreign capital is required.

Technology is needed.

But are people stupid?

So many countries in the world don't invest in them? They have nothing but mines, and they have a large population, but the quality of the population makes their competitiveness almost equal to zero.

This is a problem that is almost common to African countries.

Gradually.

Most of the income from the previous mine sales was spent by everyone.

What about the effect.

Hehe.

All of this stuff was invested in infrastructure construction and renovation, and did not create more value, and all of it was swallowed up by various interest groups, similar to his predecessor Moyi.

Waite is also bogged down in politics.

It was at this time.

Wanqing Steel entered his field of vision.

When reporting to my subordinates.

He remembered.

This is Huaxia Capital, which won the bid for many minerals last year, and as more and more information converges into the hands of Waite, Waite is very excited when he learns that its owner is Tang Qing.

This is a man who has worked miracles.

He hopes to bring miracles to the DRC as well.

And the miracle he was looking forward to soon happened, in his opinion, it was under Tang Qing's demonstration effect that the two heavyweight capitals of Huaxia entered, which made him suddenly a little grateful to his predecessor Moyi.

There is no Moi.

It is estimated that Tang Qing still can't take the iron mine over there.

Thereupon.

At the invitation of three or two companies.

Here he is.

Not only to see the steel mills that are ready to be put into operation, but also to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony to express their friendship, because this is related to many of their next policies and guidelines.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Waite came to the steel mill.

At this time.

Security guards here are on full alert.

Looking at the military Humvee and the mighty security guards on the side of the road, although he had a gun in his hand, Waite was relieved that the steel plant was not only Tang Qing's asset, but also a kind of foundation for the future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

With the law and order situation here.

Plus the importance of steel mills.

Waite also wished that there were more of them, anyway, no matter how many of these security guards were, they would not be able to threaten him, and with Huaxia's style of acting, it was impossible to allow Tang Qing and them to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

He wanted to send soldiers to protect him.

But next to this was Sadok, and if he dared to send someone, Sadok might let the soldiers live at the gate of the mines, which was something that Waite did not want to see.

The arrival of Waite.

Naturally there was a warm welcome.

Banners.

Red carpet.

Played.

In terms of face, the steel mill has done a lot of work.

He was received by Guan Songhua, the general manager of the iron and steel plant, and as for the managers of the other two enterprises, they were all standing in the back.

Twenty percent equity.

On this side, Guan Songhua also drove temporarily.

"Hello, Mr. President, I'm Guan Songhua, the manager here. Guan Songhua smiled.

Waite shook hands with him cordially, "Hello, thank you for your support for the construction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, if you have the opportunity, you must convey my gratitude to your Chairman Tang." ”

"Thank you, I will. Guan Songhua said busily.

To their own bosses.

Guan Songhua is completely convinced.

It's like walking sideways everywhere.

After that, Guan Songhua introduced the heads of the other two companies, but no, Waite didn't remember them at all, before coming, Guan Songhua was the one who saw the most information.

Next.

Under the leadership of Guan Songhua.

Waite visited the various factories of the steel plant, although Guan Songhua explained the data he couldn't understand, but he only needed to know the output here, as for the process and implementation method, he didn't care.

Waite kept nodding his head.

The annual output of the first phase is 2.6 million tons.

Hearing this, Waite's body trembled, and he was excited, although this was not as good as one percent of Huaxia's annual output of more than 400 million tons last year, but it could also rank first in the world.

Although very far back.

But it is much better than those countries that do not have a smelting industry at all.

Waite calculated how much money this could reduce foreign exchange consumption, and he was very happy to do so.

If the steel plant is fully built.

They will reduce foreign exchange outflows by at least $800 million a year, and most importantly, the other processing industries derived from steel smelting are what Waite really cares about.

"Good. ”

"Good. ”

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Along the way, he lost count of how many words he had said.

After visiting the steel mill.

It's already noon.

They invited Waite to a meal of authentic Chinese cuisine, which Waite praised very much, and during this period, after friendly negotiations, several more cooperation agreements were reached, which had been submitted to Waite before.

First, the road from the steel plant to the capital of the DRC will be renovated and expanded, funded by the DRC government, to facilitate the future transportation of steel and ore.

Second, for the same quality, the DRC's government-funded projects give priority to the procurement of steel plant products.

Third, encourage civil construction projects to purchase steel plant products.

Fourth, the establishment of the Kivu Industrial Zone, the entire mining area around 200 square kilometers, by Wanqing Mining is responsible for management, planning and investment, but does not have any administrative positions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this is an economic industrial park.

Fifth, steel mills are exempt from tax for five years.

Every single one.

It was all agreed to by Waite after careful consideration.

Since it is done.

Don't be petty.

This is a reform pilot, if it succeeds, the DRC earns, if it doesn't, the DRC earns, so why not.

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Afternoon.

After the groundbreaking ceremony.

Waite did not stop.

Hurry up.

He didn't dare to spend the night here, so he went directly to the capital of Nanji Province. This side is too close to Sadok, although Sadok will not do anything to him if he is not crazy.

But we have to guard against it.