Highly unlikely because the world of Infrastructure Development Financing (the closest thing to empire building without guns and soldiers) is a highly competitive one.
The American, EU, Australian, and Japanese funds get the best projects, and the remaining ones (mostly in LDCs) go to upstarts in the space like China, Korea, Taiwan, Israel, Türkiye, Saudi, UAE, South Africa, India, Qatar, Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Russia, Mexico, and Brazil.
Most OBOR projects failed because they were projects most other lenders like the ADB or WB wouldn't touch because of their risk profile.
There's a reason why when SK was in a similar position as China today in the 90s and 2000s, they went all in on investing in China and ASEAN. Hell, the Japanese did the same thing in South Korea in the 70s and 80s.
China doesn't really have a similar option. Most of the stable ASEAN members (Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines) prefer Japanese, Korean, or Singaporean FDI, and the only other China-esque market for China to potentially invest in is India, which has made operating a Chinese owned subsidiary a living hell while rolling a red carpet to Japanese, French, Singaporean, Gulf (excluding Qatar), American, and Israeli investors.