During dinner, the two talked the most about China, and Barron pretended to be interested in Chinese culture but didn't know much about many places in China, including the Magic City and Qin Island...
After all, although Barron lived in places like Qindao and Modu for quite a long time in his previous life, what impressed him more was the later urban layout and development.
For example, in China, almost all cities have undergone tremendous changes in the next twenty years, and he also wanted to avoid any negligence in the conversation and "leaking the secret."
Fan Bingbing has the personality of a northern girl, she is quite straightforward, and she is only 23 years old now. When they were getting along, Barron could feel that she was a little different from her later image in some shows and media.
To put it simply, it is probably because he has not experienced too many "ups and downs" later on, and still has some innocence and straightforwardness.
Originally, Barron and Fan Bingbing had agreed that after Barron finished his work here, Fan Bingbing would serve as their tour guide to go to Qindao for two days. But after the two of them had dinner, things changed...
"Bingbing, sorry, please wait a moment, I have to take a call."
"Okay, I just want to take a look at the night view here."
After seeing the female assistant of the Duke of England hurried over and whispered to him, as soon as Barron finished speaking, Fan Bingbing spoke very considerately.
Nodding, Barron took Wang Wanting back to the study upstairs, where he used a satellite phone to call back. On the other end, it was from Kolo...
It turned out that yesterday, a secretary of the Kolo government was arrested because he was discovered by Kolo security personnel when he was secretly taking out detailed exploration results of the Kolo offshore oil fields.
After interrogation, the secretary confessed that someone contacted him and offered a high price to buy the relevant information, but he did not know where the other party came from.
When the security personnel tried to catch the other party through this person, it was not known whether the news leaked or the other party sensed the danger, and in the end they did not find the person who contacted the secretary...
Therefore, they reported it to Barron as soon as possible.
In fact, the news that oil fields have been discovered along the coast of Colo is no secret, because when Colo first conducted a large-scale mineral survey, it was not kept strictly confidential.
But later, when the British Oil and Gas Company sent a team and equipment to Colo to conduct a more detailed and precise exploration of the offshore area, the confidentiality level of this matter was upgraded.
Not only has the number of people in Colo and the West African Mining Group who have access to the final exploration data been reduced to a minimum, but the employees of British Oil and Gas who participated in the exploration have also signed strict confidentiality agreements and are under the supervision of Colo security personnel.
The main thing is that before the exploration results are finally confirmed and all preparations are made, Barron naturally cannot allow such an offshore oil field with rich oil and gas reserves to enter the sight of certain capitals.
Now, after this incident, although according to the confession of the secretary of Kolo during the interrogation, he had not had time to hand over the specific data to the "supervisor", Kolo also needed to make the safest plan - who knows if the other party only asked this secretary to obtain the exploration data?
Therefore, from now on, Kolo has carried out the most stringent monitoring of this matter. In addition to the personnel of their security department closely monitoring the government and relevant personnel of the West African mining industry, the main force of the Kolo Corps also went to the vicinity of the capital Loti to defend it.
In addition, Barron's security adviser and head of his intelligence center, Nigel Inkster, has also rushed to Lottie to take charge of the situation.
"We currently have 1,000 new recruits undergoing adaptive training at the Munger base, half of whom are local soldiers from Kolo and half are retired British soldiers. They have been undergoing two weeks of conflict zone security training here. They were originally planning to go to Iraq a week later to exchange with the armed personnel who have been there for more than three months..."
On the phone, Barron heard Nigel say:
"We are now preparing to carry out the rotation in advance. Tomorrow, we will send these people to Iraq to replace the 'veterans' with rich defense experience and transfer them to Lottie. These people will return to Lottie with a complete set of equipment purchased from the British and American coalition forces to strengthen the defense there."
This could be considered a defensive measure on Chloe's part, and Barron immediately agreed with her opinion.
"What happened? Barron."
When Barron finished talking about this matter, walked out of the study and returned to the living room, Fan Bingbing saw him and asked.
"Yes, there is something. I'm sorry, Bingbing, I'm afraid I have to leave here immediately to deal with something..."
Seeing the disappointed look on the girl's face, Barron suddenly asked,
"Do you have time for the next period of time? Do you have any work to do?"
"you mean?"
"If possible, I hope to invite you to join me this time. Well, we are going to travel in West Africa for a few days and will be back soon."
"To Africa?"
At this time, many people's impression is that Africa is still very backward - of course, this is not wrong. Ten or twenty years ago, the overall economy of some African countries was even better than that of China, but now, compared with China, it is indeed far behind.
Moreover, Kolo, where Barron is about to go, is one of the least developed countries in West Africa.
"Yes, but you can rest assured that we will have strict security throughout the trip. Well, you can consider it..."
"When do we leave?"
"I'm going to leave tonight. There's a place to rest on my plane..."
After hearing Barron's words, Fan Bingbing hesitated for a moment and then made a decision:
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
"Do you trust me so much?"
Barron asked with a smile, looking at Fan Bingbing.
"I just thought, you are a big shot, even you are not afraid, so what should I be afraid of? Besides, I have never been to Africa, so it's a good opportunity to broaden my horizons."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll sell you out?"
"If you say so, then I'll have to think about it carefully..."
But it was obvious that she said this in a completely joking tone.
In fact, although Fan Bingbing's current popularity in China is still somewhat lower than that of "Fan Ye" later on, she is already considered a relatively popular star. It's not that she really has no work for a while. On the contrary, her schedule is quite full.
But she also understood that this was the best opportunity to deepen her relationship with the world-class super-rich man. If she missed this opportunity, she could not guarantee that she would not regret it in the future. It could be said that she decided to make a small bet and use the trip she had canceled during this period of time to exchange for an opportunity that would allow her to enter a higher level and field...