Chapter 1167 Suspicion

The city was destroyed! Afterwards, Fan Danbing and the others found the local Chinese embassy. Chechi and the others introduced them and found a local lawyer. The result surprised Fan Wubing and the others. A good mining lawyer in Africa paid an hourly fee. The fee is more than 2,000 US dollars, and the best lawyer charges more than 10,000 US dollars per hour.

"Why is it so expensive?" Fan Wubing's top legal experts are not worth the money. Of course he is a little surprised.

It's not that Fan Wubing couldn't afford the price, it just felt a bit outrageous.

The counselor of the embassy asked people to entertain them while explaining, "The mining laws here are extremely advanced. A complete mining system was established during the European colonial era. There are millions of pages of relevant laws and regulations, which can be filled with A few rooms. Mining lawyers are the most profitable industry here, so a lawyer earning $10,000 an hour is actually not that outrageous.”

After Fan Wubing heard this sentence, he became even more suspicious. He thought of many things. Not only did he think that China's legal system construction had a long way to go, especially China's mining law, the provisions on mineral rights were not clear enough. Don't say anything else.

But now in such a short time. Even hiring a top mining lawyer earning $10,000 an hour could not solve the problems they faced.

Fan Wubing knows very well that the complexity of the law means that there are many places where traps can be set. The mining law here not only requires the ownership of the mine, but also the land use rights above the ground. Otherwise, you will not be allowed to mine, as well as the land underground. Ownership, without which the mine is not yours, and

Neighboring rights, if you want to mine iron ore, you need the consent of surrounding land owners and operators. What other environmental protection requirements are there? At the same time, there are also strict regulations on the impact of mining on groundwater, etc., and The responsibilities to be borne, etc., etc., when the mining is completed, there are also specific requirements and commitments to restore the environment, etc.

Fan Wubing's lawyers talked with the local mining lawyers and found that the mining laws and regulations here are not only complicated, but every regulation can become a trap.

And another very important point is that what is implemented here is case law. Many issues are determined based on past cases. You just read the law. If you don't know what local precedents have been, you will still be deceived without negotiation.

In the end, Fan Wubing and the others finally figured out one thing. The dozens of pages of the contract they were given were still too simple, generally speaking. A formal mining contract here has at least a few hundred pages, and related documents have thousands of pages. This is far from the concept in China.

"Damn, it seems like someone has cheated me!" Fan Wubing and others felt very annoyed when they discovered this.

This feeling made Fan Wubing very depressed.

Once upon a time, I was in Europe, the United States, Australia, and Japan, and I could say that I was invincible. I made a group of foreign devils go crazy. If I threw a dollar in and took out a hundred dollars, the other party's stock market would be the same as my own. It was like a machine, but I didn't expect that this time I came to Africa. I thought it would be very easy to deal with the indigenous people, but I almost capsized in the gutter and fell into the dark man's conspiracy.

"I really didn't expect that these black people would have so many tricks up their sleeves?" Lu Qingtong said with some emotion, "There are traps everywhere in the contract. The warm hospitality before was supposed to lower our alertness, right?"

"As the saying goes, you have a soft hand when taking people, but a short mouth when you eat them. If we were really the leaders of state-owned enterprises, I am afraid we would have been happy to sign this contract. No matter how you look at it, it will be beneficial and not harmful at all. Who would have thought of this? There are many problems inside, and if something happens, the investment here will be in vain," Fan Wubing agreed.

At this time, he felt something in his heart. Some domestic public opinion propaganda is indeed very problematic. It seems that people here in Africa are simple-minded and warm-hearted, but it is really true here. It turns out that this is not the case at all. Fan Wubing had no doubt that if he signed these contracts, these people would immediately fall out.

However, Fan Wubing also felt that he rushed over quickly, only to go back in disgrace. Wasn't that a big loss? With emotion and reason, he should settle this matter before going back, so as not to be regarded as the object of ridicule.

The experts accompanying them were all studying the situation here. Fan Wubing and Lu Qingtong had nothing to do, so they simply took their bodyguards to wander around the streets to kill time.

After they settled in the city, they found many surprises. For example, the hotels here had Chinese text prompts in front of them, which made people feel very friendly. This also shows that there are already many Chinese people here.

After finally arriving here, they wanted to take a walk on the streets, but they discovered a very strange phenomenon, that is, the shops were closed for business, and people who wanted to buy things had to knock on the door and queue up to enter, and they entered one by one. , each store allows at most one person to buy something, and the person in front

People like Fan Wubing and others who came to shop together had to enter one by one. Suddenly everyone lost interest in shopping.

Fortunately, I later met a restaurant owned by a respectable old overseas Chinese and met people from my hometown. The old man was very happy and invited them all in. After everyone sat down and started chatting, they figured out the situation here.

After listening to the doubtful questions of Fan Wubing and others, the old overseas Chinese explained to them, "The security situation here is extremely problematic, and shops are afraid of being robbed. So everyone is very cautious."

According to him, the disorder of public security here has its roots. First of all, there is no death penalty here. Guns can be bought and held at will, and during wars, many are left everywhere. Basically everyone has guns. Of course, there are man-eating lions everywhere in the wild. These lions are used to eating during wars. They killed dead bodies, now they attack people on sight, and confiscate all the people's guns. There are also problems.

Furthermore, if someone is killed here, it is easier to get bail. Now that black people are in power, in order to allow poor black people to afford bail. Murderers here can be released on bail for a few thousand dollars. The final result is the adversarial criminal prosecution rules here. For murderers, if the victim’s family does not pursue the case, no one will try their best to pursue it. There is even no agency to prosecute the murderer for you. You have to prosecute yourself, but you As a foreigner, if something happens here, how can your family have the time and financial resources to pursue the criminals here?

Moreover, the robbers here basically come from mercenaries from the civil war at that time. After the civil war, they had no source of livelihood and moved around many African countries. Any place with a mine is extremely rich, and there are many foreign gold diggers carrying money. This is the place they choose to rob. So this city is particularly chaotic.

These people became soldiers when they were more than ten years old. The military organizations of various countries gave them special training for their own needs. Of course, some of them were trained by China to support the liberation of the African people. Each of them had fought on the battlefield for more than ten years. It can be said that they are only one survivor in a hundred. They have killed countless people and faced life and death many times. They regard life as trivial. Even if China's special forces are trained like them, they do not have the psychological quality to face death. So now The police in their country cannot deal with these robbers. Even if Fan Wubing and the others plan to do projects here in the future, recruiting some ordinary bodyguards will only be for decoration and will not have much effect.

The more Fan Wubing and others listened, the more depressed they became. He thought to himself that although he did have some private weapons. At that time, heavy weapons such as armed helicopters can also be brought in to support the scene, but doing so is a bit too laborious and prone to problems, which is really a headache.

All in all, seeing the friendly Chinese people, and being introduced to them by the old overseas Chinese, Fan Wubing and the others became more wary of these black ghosts, and the relaxed atmosphere of the previous few days disappeared.

This is also understandable, if it is because the contract has loopholes and it becomes effective when signed. So the problem faced by Fan Investment Group is that once the other party plays tricks, the compensation problem will be calculated in billions of dollars!

"We are not in a hurry." After Fan Wubing saw through this problem, he expressed his attitude to the other party members, "Since there is a problem, we must solve it. Everyone should just treat it as a vacation in Africa. Safety issues are also Don't worry, our large-scale bodyguard team will arrive tonight. The problem of legal experts can also be solved. Their mining law is inherited from Europe. Now we are mobilizing 20 mining law experts from Europe. At the same time. Recruit ten legal experts from nearby areas to study this issue together. I still don’t believe that I can be fooled by them!”

Fan Wubing was also cruel this time. There is a saying that it is easier to invite gods than to send them away. You have invited me here. If you dare to hoodwink me with a sleight of hand contract, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

Africans kill people without blinking an eye, and when people from our heavenly country take action, there is no ambiguity at all.

Even when it comes to playing tricks. How many years does it take for you black-skinned ghosts to evolve into human beings? Is it possible to outplay the Chinese descendants who have refined the essence of military strategism for thousands of years?

Once Fan Wubing becomes determined, things will become much easier to handle. Everyone has a very clear goal. Those who need to negotiate will continue to negotiate, and those who need to recruit people will use various channels to recruit people, wait for their own team to arrive, and then play hard.

The small countries in Africa are really out of Fan Wubing's eyes. In other words, starting a war here is also a piece of cake. It just depends on whether it is cost-effective.