Chapter 840: 834. Ten Billion USD as a Practice Run (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

That's right, from the very beginning, Zhang Ran intended to participate directly in the competition; this was also one of the reasons why he never looked at the project proposal from start to finish.

As long as it was confirmed that the South Africa Development Bank truly had this cooperation project, then there would be no problems.

If he could participate directly, he could both achieve his goals and gain massive benefits; this was exactly what Zhang Ran liked to do.

Prince Haiman pondered for a moment and said, "There is no problem with the qualifications. If I step in, then everything is easy to handle, but you must know, this is not a small investment; the amount of capital required is enormous."

"There is one more point: the technology you just mentioned? We don't really have any technology to speak of in this regard, do we?"

The South Africa Development Bank was also cooperating with a subsidiary company; only with technical support would they think about investing in this project.

Now, as far as Prince Haiman knew, neither he himself nor Zhang Ran's side seemed to have any technical accumulation in this area.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "This is very simple. I have two plans for the technology. First, directly obtain technical authorization through a Huaxia domestic telecommunications company; this is absolutely no problem, and I can resolve it by stepping in myself."

"The second is to obtain technical authorization through a telecommunications company here in Europe and America; I can also guarantee that there will be no problems."

Zhang Ran had already considered all of this very clearly; otherwise, he would not have wanted to enter this industry directly.

Upon hearing these words from Zhang Ran, Prince Haiman suddenly understood.

"Huaxia technical authorization is fine, but it would be best to obtain technical authorization through a company here in Europe and America. You also know that recently, due to certain reasons, there is a certain amount of friction between Huaxia and Europe and America."

"Moreover, as far as I know, the Telecommunications Business in Huaxia is all State-owned Enterprise, so to avoid unnecessary trouble, the best thing is European and American technical authorization."

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "No problem. I will get the technical authorization issue settled in these two days. You go ahead and establish a company, and both of us will inject capital together."

With Prince Haiman stepping in, there was absolutely no problem regarding participation qualifications and credibility.

And because of his own status, Prince Haiman could naturally obtain certain advantages.

This advantage was enough to crush many things.

One must know that rather than handing such a project to someone unfamiliar, it would be better to hand it to Prince Haiman.

"Hmm, then how much will both of us contribute, and what percentage of shares will each of us hold?" Prince Haiman asked.

Although he did not care about some share issues, some things still had to be agreed upon beforehand; otherwise, no matter how good the relationship between the two was, they might become estranged or even hostile toward each other in the future because of these reasons.

Zhang Ran thought for a moment and said, "I will contribute 7 billion USD, and you will contribute 3 billion USD. The shares will be 70 percent for me and 30 percent for you, but regarding voting rights, both of us will hold half."

After listening, Prince Haiman shook his head directly and said, "No, that would be taking too much advantage of you. Since the two of us are doing business, then we should follow the rules. How about this: you send people over to negotiate, and I will also send people to negotiate. Whatever it ends up being, that's what it will be; it depends on the level of the people under us."

Prince Haiman did not want to take any advantage of Zhang Ran; that would make him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Therefore, his proposal was the best. With the agreement between him and Zhang Ran, the rest would just be the issue of shares and equity.

Zhang Ran thought that was true, so he did not say anything more on this issue.

In fact, Zhang Ran felt that he hadn't given away too many benefits just now. Although he provided the capital and technology, it seemed he had paid much more than Prince Haiman.

But don't forget a premise: without Prince Haiman, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to participate.

Furthermore, Prince Haiman still needed to use his status and position to exert influence on this project.

These were all resources!

Zhang Ran could not act as if he didn't see them.

As for the issue of equity, there was also a consideration in this regard, but there was also the need to pass the review by the British side.

If an investigation revealed that this was a company completely controlled and fully owned by a Huaxia person, then whether or not they could win the bid would be another matter entirely.

Prince Haiman did not want Zhang Ran to suffer a loss, and naturally, Zhang Ran did not want Prince Haiman to suffer a loss. People are mutual; if you consider things for me, I will also consider things for you.

Zhang Ran and Prince Haiman were both such people.

Therefore, Zhang Ran directly called for He Qing and told her about the matter.

"This negotiation will be left to you to handle. Do you have confidence?" Zhang Ran asked.

After hearing this, He Qing was stunned, then pointed at herself in disbelief and said, "Zhang Shu, I am going to negotiate? And I am the main person in charge?"

"You heard me right, it is you. Why? No confidence?" Zhang Ran said with a smile.

He Qing immediately nodded and said, "I really don't have confidence, and I truly have zero confidence. Such a huge project, ten billion USD.

If you don't hand it to Yin Shu to do, how can you be at ease handing it to me?"

He Qing would not be arrogant enough to think that she could already control such a large situation; she had enough self-awareness.

Zhang Ran said, "Why don't you have confidence?"

"This is ten billion USD. A mistake of a single decimal point would mean a loss of money counted in the hundreds of millions. How could I have confidence?" He Qing couldn't understand why Zhang Shu had so much confidence in her.

Zhang Ran looked at her appearance and nodded in approval; this attitude was very good. He did not want He Qing to become arrogant just because she was by his side.

This was not something Zhang Ran wanted to see.

One must know, by following him, what kind of people did she come into contact with every day? What kind of projects did she accept?

The funds passing through her hands were also astronomical figures. It is actually very difficult not to lose oneself, but He Qing was doing very well.

Unlike people like He Yong and Meng Shu, who clearly were not adaptable after leaving Zhang Ran and overestimated themselves.

That was why they all faced failure.

"It is very good that you can think this way, but you must also have confidence in yourself. This time, you only need to achieve the goal I gave you; it can also be considered as accumulating experience. If you never do it, how can you truly grow up?" Zhang Ran said earnestly.

He Qing opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Although Zhang Ran said so, she still had no confidence and did not dare to take on such a large project.

No matter what Zhang Ran said, He Qing just didn't have the confidence and wouldn't take on the project.

Finally, after thinking about it, he said, "How about this: I will let Siyan be the person in charge of the negotiation, and you follow along."

Zhang Siyan had already started taking over Kangshilan. For a ten-billion-dollar project, although she had never truly done one, she could be considered to have a little experience, which was better than Zhang Sicheng.