Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

Huaxia, Muhammad is here.

Huaxia was very enthusiastic about Muhammad's arrival, but did not show any surprise, as if everything was under control.

In order to show its importance, Huaxia personally called Xu Huasheng over. Xu Huasheng has a special relationship with Muhammad and Colonel Kada. At the same time, Xu Huasheng has also invested a lot in Libya, and many companies in the entire industrial park are invested by Xu Huasheng.

"Mr. Muhammad, building a railway is a very wise choice. My suggestion is that you build a railway connecting Omar City in the middle of the Gulf of Surt. It can run through Libya's coastal cities from east to west. Whether it is Tripoli or Benghazi, the distance to this hub is not too far. The standard can be adopted from our Chinese standard, 10,000 square meters. We have more advanced diesel locomotives here. The passenger speed can reach 160 kilometers per hour, and the freight speed can reach 120 kilometers per hour. At this speed, it will take about twelve hours for passengers to travel from Tripoli to Omar City..."

In the conference room, Xu Huasheng took out a map of Libya and began to draw lines on it.

Build a railway from the Gulf of Surt directly to Omar City, and at the same time, a new large port can be built in the Gulf of Surt.

The current population of Libya is concentrated in the northern coastal cities, and an east-west railway can be built through the northern coastal areas.

In this way, the entire Libya can form a T-shaped railway transportation line. According to this plan, the entire railway construction mileage is only about 1,800 kilometers.

1,800 kilometers of railway can connect most cities in Libya.

Including the current capital Tripoli, the current second largest city Benghazi, and the new capital Omar City, etc.

"Mr. Xu, your suggestion is very good..."

Mohammed looked at the plan with expectation in his eyes. This plan is indeed quite good.

If it is built according to this plan, the newly built port will definitely become the largest port in Libya. At the same time, these two railway lines will greatly facilitate the travel of Libyan people.

"Mohammed, we have also given a plan for the cost. According to the conditions given by our technical department, if super coagulant is used on a large scale, the cost of each kilometer of railway is 20 million yuan. The total length of these two railway lines is about 1,800 kilometers. The entire railway line will cost about 36 billion yuan, which is about 4 billion US dollars. If the station and other facilities are added, the total funds will not exceed 5 billion US dollars. If this project is handed over to us, we are willing to provide a ten-year loan with an annualized interest rate of 6%..."

Xu Huasheng began to tell Mohammed about the specific plan.

The cost of the entire project will not exceed 5 billion US dollars. China can lend this money to Libya, and the interest rate is not high, only 6% annualized.

In 1994, this interest rate was already very low. You should know that China's commercial loan interest rate is very high now.

In the original time and space, the commercial loan interest rate of more than five years during this period was as high as 14%. But now it is different. In the past two years, China's economy has taken off, and the interest rate of the Central Bank of China has been continuously reduced.

However, even so, the current loan interest rate of more than five years is as high as about 8%. The current loan interest rate of 6% for Libya is already a very good condition.

The reason why China gave this plan is naturally for its own plan.

First of all, in addition to earning loan interest, the project profit is very high. If Libya provides a large amount of low-priced super coagulant, then China's comprehensive cost of building one kilometer of railway will not exceed 10 million yuan.

And China's offer to Libya is 20 million per kilometer, which directly earns half.

In other words, Huaxia Construction can earn 2.5 billion US dollars for this 5 billion US dollar project. The total interest of the 5 billion US dollar ten-year loan is more than 1.6 billion US dollars, which is also a huge sum of money.

Compared with making money, exporting the Chinese railway standard is more important. Once this standard is exported, the railways with Chinese standards may slowly spread in Africa in the future.

If the railway from Libya to Tanzania is built with this standard in the future, it will be even more amazing. If neighboring countries want to integrate into this railway network, they must also use the railways with Chinese standards.

Once the Chinese standard is used, many things on the railway can make money in the future.

Whether it is maintenance, or future locomotives, train carriages, etc., a series of Chinese standards and Chinese products will pass.

As long as the railway is open, many things in the future will slowly pass.

"Mr. Xu, ifIf the entire project is handed over to you, China, these two railways will take several years to complete. "

Mohammed asked directly.

A loan of 5 billion US dollars is not a lot for Mohammed, not to mention that China's payment method is more flexible. If there is no money, you can use other things to settle, not only oil, natural gas, other mineral resources, including super coagulant, etc., as long as they can be sold for money.

Libya has a lot of these things. Oil may be limited by many factors and its annual production capacity is certain. But super coagulant is not limited in production. Now China wants as much as it can get, provided that the price is low.

For Libya, selling super coagulant may not be as profitable as selling oil. But super coagulant is not limited in production, and it can be produced at will.

This is very important for Libya, because Libya has plenty of oil.

Not only Libya has it, but many African countries have it. Sudan also has a lot of oil reserves, but Sudan's oil exports have not been much due to its geographical location, political situation, mining costs and other reasons.

But in the past year , Sudan exported a lot of oil to Libya. Of course, the price of this oil is relatively low, but for Sudan, even if the price is low, it is still money.

The oil imported by Libya from Sudan is not for export, but directly processed into super coagulant in the new capital. Super coagulant is actually a petrochemical product. Libya imports oil from Sudan and processes it into super coagulant. On the one hand, it uses it for itself, and on the other hand, it sells it to Huasheng Group to make money, killing two birds with one stone.

Libya now has also learned to do business and tasted the sweetness of doing business. Otherwise, Colonel Ka would not attach so much importance to the industrial park and this railway.

Libya has now tasted the sweetness of foreign trade. No matter whether it is a person or a country, as long as it tastes the sweetness, it will not stop.

In the future, if Libya can build a railway with Sudan, Libya will benefit a lot from it. Not only can it make money, but it can also increase Libya's influence. Over time, Libya will become a real regional power, a more powerful country than South Africa now.