(Thanks to the new league boar knight, Xiao Ke and the big league night blur, drunkyong, and Sentaoyu for their support - the recent shoulder and neck occupational disease is a bit ferocious, and the code word is very hard, so I don't want to change it...... ）

"Your requirements are really not low......

Lu Jianchao took a sip of tea and stared at Cao Mo with a cloudy face.

Lu Yan and Huang Hebin were also drinking tea slowly and methodically, looking calm and relaxed.

At this time, the waiter had just put six plates of cold dishes on the table, took a bottle of Moutai and came over to ask Lu Jianchao if he wanted to open it.

Seeing Lu Jianchao's inquiry, Cao Mo said: "For the New Year, there is no need for drunk driving - whether things can be done, Mr. Lu gave an accurate sentence, we have had a light meal, and we have something to be busy in the afternoon." ”

"You and Shen Ji both know very well that Taihua is not something I can call the shots, and no matter how urgent I am, I can't give you an answer right now. Lu Jianchao said.

"Do you think you've got us to eat, and you think that Taihua has no other way than to cooperate with you?" Lu Yan, who had been silent for a long time, asked with a smile at this time.

He didn't know how much benefit Cao Mo and Shen Ji could get from matching Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company to inject capital into the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, and he didn't care about this, after all, the Lu family just came forward to match, and there would be no loss if it succeeded or not.

However, Cao Mo proposed to take over the Beiku Cement Plant and Xintaihua Grinding Station first, and the payment would be delayed until two years later, which was not a condition they could accept.

The key is that after two years, it is still uncertain whether these grandchildren will pay honestly.

"Hey, our conditions are not excessive?" Cao Mo asked pretending to be stupid.

Lu Jianchao signaled Lu Yan to be calm, and he said directly: "I still said just now, you want to buy Beiku Cement Plant and Xintaihua Grinding Station, there is no problem, and even the price is negotiable, but after you take over, you have to delay the payment for two years, which is unacceptable to Taihua." ”

Cao Mo said: "It's true that Taihua has no other choice, but bypassing us, it is estimated that it is impossible to solve such a complex problem in two years." We are now coming forward to coordinate and solve these problems, to ensure that many investment projects on the south bank of Conero Lake can resume construction as quickly as possible, and to solve all your worries, is it to buy you two years? Then we ask for two years to occupy your funds, I think it should be a reasonable remuneration, right? Or does Mr. Lu think that Shen Ji and I are now playing a delaying tactic, just to trick you into signing an agreement first, and then after two years, we will find a way to rely on this money?"

Of course, Lu Jianchao was afraid that Cao Mo would play a delaying tactic, but he didn't expect him to stab him directly.

However, in addition to the distrust in his bones, he had no way to refute Cao Mo's statement.

"It's really difficult to gain Mr. Lu's trust!" Cao Mo picked up the chopsticks and played with them in his hand, frowning and said, "Tianyue doesn't have too many assets in China, but after the year, we will inject a total of 30 million US dollars into the domestic subsidiaries of Conero Foods and Tianyue Trading for the expansion of the food factory and the construction of a new motorcycle product development and testing laboratory - Mr. Lu is really relieved, we can only mortgage all the shares of the domestic subsidiaries held by Tianyue to Taihua." ”

"Then we can wait for your domestic subsidiary to complete the capital injection before discussing cooperation, and we can afford to wait for three or five months. Lu Jianchao said.

"I don't hide it from Mr. Lu, Tianyue has already received an order from Akwa National Building Materials Company, whether the Conero Cement Plant will immediately start construction of the third phase of the new project, or acquire the Beiku Cement Plant and the new Taihua grinding station to expand production capacity, it will be necessary to make a decision within half a month!" Cao Mo looked at Lu Jianchao and said indifferently, "That is to say, if Taihua can't sign an agreement with us within half a month, even if I personally want to make Mr. Lu a friend very much, there will be too many people to stop me!"

"What do you mean by this, if you can't be a friend, you must be an enemy?" Lu Yan asked as he held his hand on the tabletop and stared at him.

"Lu Dashao, are you asking this a little self-deception?" Cao Mo's eyes sharpened, and he said unceremoniously, "I said today, 'If you can't be friends, everyone can forget each other in the rivers and lakes', can Lu Dashao believe it? Zhou Han is here, you used to think about how to calculate my affairs, I can not blame the past, and I can sit down calmly to help Taihua solve the problem, what higher requirements does Lu Dashao have for me personally?"

Lu Yan held his breath and did not compete with Cao Mo for the benefit of his tongue.

"Can Dongsheng endorse this cooperation?" Lu Jianchao looked at Shen Ji and asked.

"Mr. Lu thinks too much, this is the cooperation between Taihua and Tianyue, what does it have to do with Dongsheng?" asked Shen Ji rhetorically.

"As far as we know, Tianyue International also holds a 30% stake in Conero Energy, if Taihua asks for this part of the shares as collateral, will Dongsheng be willing to endorse it?" Lu Jianchao asked.

"I don't think there's any need to make things so complicated," he still holds 30% of the shares of Conero Energy, but he already has plans for this part of the shares, and he can't use them to pledge them to Taihua, Cao Mo said bluntly, "Mr. Lu believes in our sincerity or not, you can think about it slowly when you go back, we will draft the agreement first, and bring it to Mr. Lu in half a month." Success or not, Mr. Lu can give us a clear answer at that time - there is no need to add snakes to say those who have and don't at this time, hurting each other's feelings. ”

Hearing Cao Mo's words, Huang Hebin was about to spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

If you are aggressive, you will give a half-month deadline, so that you won't hurt each other's bullshit feelings?

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Cao Mo and Shen Ji didn't drink, they ate something hastily, and left with Zhou Han's farewell.

Even if the two sides pinch their noses and sit down to talk about cooperation, they will not be able to change the essence of seeing each other and hating each other.

It is impossible for Cao Mo to disgust Lu Jianchao and Lu Yan and make him unhappy when he eats, he would rather leave early and find a place to eat later.

Shen Ji was in his position, and he couldn't get out of his body when he was approaching the Spring Festival, and when he came out of Xinhongyuan, he was ready to drive directly to Jinchen, and Zhou Han could only take Cao Mo's motorcycle back to Dongsheng Mansion miserably.

"Sure enough, the beauty is the best decoration," Shen Ji drove the Porsche over, saw Zhou Han holding Cao Mo's shoulder and sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle, and smacked praise, "Zhou Han sits on, your broken car is shining!"

"It's just that her sitting position is too dangerous, and the speed is a little faster, and I'm afraid of throwing her off. Cao Mo said dissatisfied.

Zhou Han ignored Cao Mo.

Shen Ji laughed and talked to Cao Mo through the car window

"You just put forward the matter of promoting the cooperation between Xingang Union and Catro Iron and Steel Plant, as a condition, you still want to do a big job in the Mangba iron mine?"

"Involved in iron ore investment, although the amount of funds to be used is extremely large, we are still a little unqualified, but if people don't have a little dream, what is the difference between them and salted fish?" Cao Mo asked with a smile.

"In that case, the matter of the Catro Iron and Steel Plant is still worth our efforts to promote - during the Spring Festival, the Xinhaizheng business district will privately organize large and small card games, if you are interested in participating, I will see if I can make an appointment with the senior management of the New Iron and Steel Federation...... Shen Ji said.

"I'm not going to participate in these high-end games, but I still have to do it with all my might......"

Even if Cao Mo didn't have as many worries as before, he still didn't want to get too close to Xinhai's political and business circles.

The Lu family was so miserable in Kanem this time that they had to bow their heads in front of him and beg for each other, but in Lu Jianchao's heart, he still felt that all this was caused by their own bad luck and misjudgment.

And Dong Chengpeng, who knew a lot about them, thought in his heart that they had just eaten shit luck in Kanem.

Cao Mo knew that he was now forced into Xinhai's political and business circles, and he didn't gain much respect.

Besides, he is not willing to be old-fashioned and gloomy all day long, "talking and laughing" and intriguing with those so-called big people.

That's too tiring.

During his time in China, he would rather have nothing to do with Song Yuqing and Cheng Xi, so that he could be regarded as a real vacation.

However, the matter of the Catelo Iron and Steel Plant, as Shen Ji said, is indeed worth their vigorous efforts to promote, and they cannot completely pin their hopes on Lu Jianchao.

And he was so concerned about the affairs of the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, he didn't think that he could make a fortune by selling an extra three or five hundred thousand iron ore to Catro Iron and Steel every year.

Xie Sipeng paid attention to the Mangba iron ore mine in Akwa and the huge domestic demand for overseas iron ore before they did, and Xie Sipeng even hoped that Shen Ji could help match the bridge and win a small part of the purchase order from Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company, which is almost 100% dependent on overseas iron ore.

The annual demand for overseas iron ore in 06 years exceeded 10 million tons, and even though their iron ore at this time mainly came from Brazil and Australia, it did not mean that they had no idea about high-quality iron ore from West Africa.

The core problem is the long distance of maritime transport in West Africa, the unstable political and economic situation, and the serious lag in infrastructure construction.

Without a giant ore ship of 200,000 or 300,000 tons, a supporting deep-water port, and a railway line connecting the mining area, it is unrealistic to want to transport millions or even tens of millions of tons of high-quality iron ore in the Mangba area to Xinhai Port and into the furnace of Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company at a relatively economical cost every year.

At this time, it is impossible to expect Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company to spend billions or even billions of dollars to transform the backward infrastructure of the Akwa mining area and port.

The steps should be taken step by step, and the rice should be eaten one bite at a time.

The Catelo Iron and Steel Plant was Cao Mo's first step in luring Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company to intervene in the large-scale development of iron ore resources in West Africa.

It has only been five or six years since Kanem came under military rule, and there are still a large number of state-owned and state-owned enterprises in the country.

The Catelo steel plant, which is an asset of the Oyo state government, is currently developing with problems and poor efficiency, but the demand for steel in Kanem and the entire West African region is growing, and the potential for profitability in the market is considerable.

However, from the construction and development of the Conero Cement Plant in the past two or three years, Cao Mo clearly knows that the problem of the Catelo Steel Plant needs to be solved, and it is also a large-scale system project.

It's not like someone took over the Catro Steelworks, and if you change the management at the plant, everything will be fine.

Even though Catro Steel's plate is not large, he doesn't have much energy to lean resources around at the moment.

He now prefers to get the Xinhai Iron and Steel United Company to take over the Catro Iron and Steel Works, and they will support them in any way they can.

Only when this step is completed, if they want to participate in the large-scale development of iron ore resources in West Africa in the future, can they be regarded as a strategic partner in the true sense.

Xinganglian, formerly known as Xinhai Iron and Steel Group, is a large state-owned enterprise founded in the early fifties and has developed into a super-large industrial group in the late nineties.

In the mid-to-early 90s, the new steel union expanded very rapidly, in order to solve the increasingly huge debt problem of the new steel union, tried to introduce a large amount of private capital, at that time the new sea city government gave up the controlling interest, and at the end of the 90s the new steel union was listed as a whole, the state-owned equity of the new steel union was further diluted by the introduction of social capital.

At present, although the Xinhai Municipal Government is still the largest shareholder of Xinganglian, but the shares have been less than 20%, and other shares are scattered in the hands of many private and social capital, Xinganglian is more like a public enterprise, fortunately, the management is relatively stable, the ability to govern the enterprise is trusted, and the development and efficiency in recent years have been good.

Dongsheng and Taihua are both shareholders of Xinganglian, and Lu Jiancheng and Ding Zhaoqiang are both members of the board of directors, as long as it is reasonable, they have the right to make suggestions.

Since it was proposed to Lu Jianchao as a formal condition, Shen Ji could of course guess what Cao Mo's ultimate ambition was, and said jokingly: "If one day you can really develop iron ore in West Africa with the New Iron and Steel Union, the 'West African Mining King' that you boast about every day can be worthy of the name!"

"Then I have to do more for you," Cao Mo said, "If Dongsheng wants to get involved, I can give up more of the equity of Gulf Guinea Mining!"

Whether it is to supply iron ore and coal to the Catelo steel plant at this time, or to participate in the development of the Mamba mine in the future, Cao Mo plans to use the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company as the main body.

At present, the registered capital of the Gulf of Guinea Mining Investment and Trading Company is very low, only one million US dollars, Galleon Tangrian and other colonial descendants management holds 15% of the shares, Brahm holds 10% of the shares, Cao Mo and Shen Ji, Abacha, Ojosan and others jointly established Tianyue Investment, holds 75% of the shares.

The Gulf of Guinea Mining Company, with a total registered capital of only US$1 million in the early stage, is far from being able to renew the coal and iron supply agreement with the Mangba mining area, or Cao Mo will take out an additional US$30 million to solve the problem of insufficient working capital of the Gulf of Guinea Mining Company by means of borrowing.

If he wanted to use the money elsewhere, the Gulf of Guinea Mining Company would have to bring in new strategic investments to address the shortfall.

However, at present, their circle of contacts in China is too narrow

It is impossible to gain trust by rashly contacting other investment institutions and investors, so Cao Mo can only let Shen Ji continue to do the work of his uncle and Dong Chengpeng.

Although Dongsheng's current funds are fully inclined to real estate projects, as long as Xinganglian can take over the Catro Iron and Steel Plant, Cao Mo believes that Ding Zhaoqiang and Dong Chengpeng will not mind injecting capital and equity into the Gulf of Guinea Mining, which has mastered the Catelo Iron and Steel Stone Supply Agreement; it can even be said that Cao Mo really wants Ding Zhaoqiang to say a few words to help them in Xinganglian, and the Guinea Gulf Mining will have to open an investment window to Dongsheng.

These two aspects are actually mutual.

"Okay, I'll try to hook up with all aspects of this first. Shen Ji agreed, waved his hand, and started the Porsche to leave......

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Back in Dongsheng Building, Cao Mo sat in Song Yuqing's office, and was just about to call Xu Bin over to tell him about Tianyue Trading's equity, when an emergency phone call from Kabuja disrupted his rhythm.

"We have signed an exploration cooperation agreement with the Akwa National Petroleum and Mining Group on the Drake gold mine, and we are bringing people into the field to carry out exploration work in the past few days. In the afternoon, a miner came to me and claimed that he had been an engineer at the mine and had a piece of material to hand over to us. I just scanned and uploaded this material to your mailbox, do you have time to take a look at it now......"

Cao Mo turned on her mobile phone and listened to Kabuja's concise explanation of the reason for the incident while looking at her mailbox.

It's not complicated.

As early as the end of the eighties, the British Strouge Gold Exploration and Mining Company cooperated with the then Ministry of Industry and Mines of Akwa to carry out gold mineral exploration work in the Drake area.

Strugold has drilled a number of exploration wells in the Drake area, confirming the existence of placer gold and a small amount of copper in the ground, but the ore rock strata are too deep, the gold ore grade is not high, and the comprehensive mining cost is too high, and the actual mining work has not been carried out.

After the Saviyi authorities came to power through a coup d'état, they expropriated gold, oil, coal and iron and other mineral resources into the state and expelled foreign companies.

Akwa National Mining Group attempted to develop the Deguk gold mine, but was eventually abandoned due to high costs and limited technical and capital strength.

This is an open secret of Akwa.

The main reason why Cao Mo set the main target at the Drake gold mine from the beginning is that the cost of mining deep placer gold in the Drake area is high, and at the current international price, it is almost necessary to increase the comprehensive mining rate to more than 90% in order to ensure a certain profit - it is also because of this that most of the strong competitiveness is excluded, and they can smoothly sign a cooperative exploration agreement with the Akwa authorities, and there are no complications.

The material from Kabuja in Akwa points out that Stroul Gold's gold discovery at Drake was not of high value, mainly because the early exploration was placed in the folded hills, which were generally considered to be more prone to mineralization. Stru's technicians later found that the plains of the Drake area were formed by the sediments of an ancient river that had long been diverted, and that the porphyry layers underneath were very prone to mineralization.

Prior to the coup d'état, Strux Gold followed a new approach by drilling two new exploration wells in the Drake Plains, eventually discovering the potential for high-grade copper-gold deposits at a depth of 100 metres underground.

However, the subsequent coup d'état by the Saweiyi authorities left the political situation in Akwa in chaos and the latest exploration discoveries were not made public, and the Strugold Company was expelled from Akwa, so that the sampling records of the last two exploration wells became a dusty secret.

"The bonanza zone is 20 metres thick at 4.69% copper and 4.52 g/t gold, while the non-bonanza zone averages 1.5% copper and 1.7g/t gold......"

The material contains data on ore samples collected from two exploration shafts at the time.

Perhaps there was still too little information to be confirmed from the two exploration wells, and the exploration depth was extremely limited at that time, with both exploration wells being less than 200 meters deep, and it was impossible to confirm the size of the underground copper-gold reserves.

However, the miner who found Kabuja at this time, Almududi, a descendant of British colonists who had been a senior geological engineer at Stru Gold Company in his early years, personally presided over the two exploration shafts.

After the Saviyi authorities staged a coup d'état and the Stru Gold Company withdrew from Akwa, Amududi was abandoned, did not emigrate to the United Kingdom, and spent several years in prison in Peme before returning to Drake to work as a mining worker to earn a living, but he did not give up his geological research on the Deguk copper-gold mine and the entire Deguk region.

The Almududi study believed that the entire porphyry layer in the southwest of Drake had been mineralized - this was fundamentally different from the study when Strew Gold Company withdrew from Akwa, and at that time it was still inclined to believe that the Drake porphyry layer was only mineralized in a small area of contact area, which would lead to a deviation of more than ten times or even dozens of times the judgment of Drake's underground copper-gold reserves.

"So, there is very likely to be a super copper-gold mine underneath the Dragu?" Song Yuqing was a little short-sighted, leaned over to look at the email opened on the computer screen, was too shocked, and pressed his plump chest affectionately on Cao Mo's shoulder without intentionally letting go.

Song Yuqing is in charge of the cooperation between the Conero Cement Plant and the Fellician Gold Mining Company and China, including technology introduction, equipment procurement, and personnel training and hiring, and she knows very well what this dusty material and Amududdi's follow-up research means.

Of course, Cao Mo also knows very well that if the research direction of Almududi in the next ten years is correct, the significance of the Drake copper-gold mine is that the reserves can be extremely rich in copper ore, and gold is an associated product.

Cao Mo thought that he was calm enough, and at this moment, he couldn't help but want to buy a ticket directly, fly back to Akwa, and have a personal interview with Amududdi.

Of course, he knew that there was little point in rushing back to Akva.

What Kabuja has to do now is to adjust the direction of the exploration work that has been carried out, the first is to find the old well excavated by the Strugold Company, verify and verify the old materials, and then confirm the extent of the Drake porphyry layer on the basis of the theoretical research of Amududi, and select and excavate new exploration wells for sampling.

In order to ensure that Drake's exploration work can produce results as soon as possible, Cao Mo asked Kabuja to seconded the exploration team and equipment of the Oguta and Ibogu mining areas to Drake, and allocated another 10 million US dollars to Kabuja for use......