"I was bored working in Africa, I had some spare money, so I casually invested in a small mine that was very inconspicuous at the time and no one wanted to take over, and then one day I suddenly found that there was a big mine hidden under this small mine, and the copper and gold reserves could barely squeeze into the top 20 in the world, so it was a little developed. I haven't told you many times a long time ago, I am called the 'West African Mining King' in Africa - don't say that in front of our President Shen, last time I was angry for Chen Chang in Hongjin, in front of Ge Jun and Qian Wenhan, I also said so, you don't believe it. Ah, don't pinch, can you give me a little face in front of our Mr. Shen?"

Cao Mo raised his hand and begged for mercy, begging Cheng Xi not to pinch his waist, seeing that Cheng Xi's eyes were a little confused by what he said, he continued,

"Besides, Jiaying's McLaren will arrive in China in a few days, I can give such a car to play casually, how can I be the one who is short of money? Are you right, I didn't hide it from you at all. ”

Cheng Xi was not stupid, he quickly came back to his senses and said: "How can it be right? I thought you were heartless, you didn't count the money you made and spended, you just hurt Jiaying, and you were willing to buy her a good car to show off how much money you make...... You've been lying to me from beginning to end!"

"Yes, I also think he was lying to you from beginning to end," Shen Ji was driving in front, seeing Cheng Xi "cleaning up" Cao Mo in the back seat, he pointed to Cheng Xi's neck, and asked with a smile, "Did Cao Mo tell you how much the stone on your neck is worth?"

"How much is it worth, didn't he buy it at the stall?" Cheng Xi asked suspiciously.

"It's really a stall, then you still hang it around your neck as a treasure, and you are not afraid of falling shares? This rough stone, Cao Mo bought it and spent 160,000 US dollars, but I don't know how much it is worth to open it, after all, it is a bit of a gambling component!" Shen Ji smiled, "I thought that Cao Mo bought this rough stone and would cut it open and give it to you." ”

"Ahh

"I think the rough is beautiful, and I don't plan to cut it when I buy it—if I really want to open it, even if it has a good cut, polished to be crystal clear and colorful, it is vulgar. Cao Mo said.

At this time, Cheng Xi's mobile phone rang "Didi", and a text message came in, she took out her mobile phone and said: "Zhou Shan sent a text message to apologize......

Cao Mo smiled, he will continue to participate in the wedding, can he care about this little thing?

"Where are we going to find a place to stay?" Cao Mo asked.

"Let's go find Gu Xiuna and them......" Cheng Xi said.

She has three college classmates, all of whom came from other places to attend the wedding, Zhou Shan can't get out of her body today, Yu Jing also wants to be a bridesmaid for Zhou Shan, since she has nothing to do, she always has to accompany her classmates.

"Okay, let's go over!"

Cheng Xi called, only to learn that several of her classmates had already arrived at the hotel where the wedding banquet was held in the evening, and they were chatting and playing cards in the hotel's café - Cao Mo and they rushed over directly.

The wedding hotel is also an old five-star hotel settled in Xinhai for many years, with high-end rooms and ordinary Chinese and Western restaurants, as well as a wedding hall, the hotel is located in the bustling commercial street, gathered around the world-renowned luxury brands, standing in the café on the first floor, looking at the lazy crowd in the autumn afternoon, it is also freehand.

Cao Mo and they had just sat in the café for a while, when Zhou Shan, the groom and Yu Jing rushed over when they heard the news.

Zhou Shan was very worried and panicked, she changed into a wedding dress, but she didn't have the heart to rehearse the wedding at this time.

Cheng Xi's family is wealthy, her boyfriend is unknown but low-key, and when she shows up, everyone will be in the limelight, so she can naturally be free to do whatever she wants, and she can completely ignore all the unspoken rules of society, but Zhou Shan can't ignore these.

She also knows very well that Lin Fang's family is actually very realistic, sophisticated and philistine.

It was because she worked hard and was good enough, and it was Lin Fang's parents who felt that she would help Lin Fang's life and career, so they finally accepted her.

What she inadvertently offended today may be the most important guest of the Lin family, and she behaved so stupidly, what would Lin Fang's parents think of her?

If she and Cheng Xi were still close classmates and colleagues, and she occasionally made some stupid little mistakes, Lin Fang's parents shouldn't care too much, but if Cheng Xi and Cao Mo hated her for offending her behind her back today, and estranged her from now on, would it affect her marriage relationship with Lin Fang?

Zhou Shan's intestines were repentant, but she didn't dare to show it in front of Lin, and came over to greet Cao Mo with a flattering tone.

In Cao Mo's eyes, Zhou Shan can be said to be a copy of Chen Chang's previous ones, working hard to climb up, and being calculating-he doesn't have the resentment that he can't get rid of when he was young, his temper has long faded a lot, and he politely beckoned Zhou Shan and Lin Fang to sit down, and said:

"Don't work too hard to do any rehearsals, sit down and rest, and come to the hotel with friends and relatives later, you are busy......"

"When the dinner party is held later, there is no problem with you, Mr. Cao, Cheng Xi and Cheng Xi's parents at the same table as Chairman Yu and President Li, right?"

It was rude before, and the wedding banquet couldn't help but make them careless.

"Okay, I'm sure I'm going to be grabbed by Mr. Ding and them to drink some wine. Cao Mo said.

Lin Fang and Zhou Shan sat down to chat with them.

Even if Shen Ji was present, Cao Mo didn't talk much, mainly listening to Cheng Xi and her classmates catch up, and she was still unfamiliar with many things in China and Xinhai, but at this moment, Zhou Shan's impression was completely different.

Cao Mo was not very interested in some topics before, and even seemed a little unfamiliar, in Zhou Shan's opinion, he was timid, an embroidered pillow with a clothes rack but no connotation, and he looked good with his face and figure - at this time, he secretly observed Cao Mo, but he felt that he was young and had a quiet and calm bearing that his peers did not have, and he was a cloud figure beyond the reach of his newlywed husband Lin Fang.

After all, Zhou Shan and Lin Fang are the protagonists of tonight, there are too many things to prepare and too many guests to recruit, so they can't stay here all the time to talk with Cao Mo, Cheng Xi, and Shen Ji, and get up after sitting for half an hour to do other things.

Zhou Shan originally had the intention of sending Yu Jing today, but she knew that Yu Jing had a closer relationship with Cheng Xi, and it was obvious that she had long been familiar with Cao Mo, so she secretly asked her to stay and help take care of her classmates who were here today, and nothing else bothered her.

"What about the group of groomsmen who smell hormones?" The other classmates did not accompany them to the Lin family's mansion in the afternoon, and at this time, after seeing Zhou Shan and Lin Fang leaving, the best men who circled around Yu Jing like estrus at noon did not appear, and asked curiously.

"I'm going to complain about Cao Mo for this, so that my good peach blossom luck today has been disappointed. Yu Jing complained with a smile. "Can this all be on my head?" Cao Mo said bitterly.

"What's the matter, why are Cheng Xi's parents also at Lin Fang's house, isn't Cheng Xi most afraid that her mother will know about her and Cheng Xi? You accompany Zhou Shan to the Lin family's mansion, what happened?" everyone asked with interest.

No matter what their circumstances and development are after graduation, they are all top students of Xinhai University, how can they not see the change in Lin Fang and Zhou Shan's attitude towards Cao Mo and Cheng Xi just now?

“......”

Who would be stupid enough to count her parents in other people's numbers?

Cao Mo and Yu Jing were all smiling and perfunctory.

............

............

Cao Mo had already arrived at the hotel in advance, Yu Yiming, Li Xiaodong, and Ding Zhaoqiang did not delay until the last moment, and they also rushed to the hotel after the game early.

Knowing that Cheng Xi's parents came over at the same time as Ding Zhaoqiang, Yu Yiming and Lin Yunshan, Cao Mo and Shen Ji walked to the hotel lobby.

Although the five-star hotels in China do not provide parking services, Lin Yunshan has considered these details when arranging the wedding banquet.

Cheng Xi's parents drove over by themselves, and asked how to go down the underground parking lot before parking in the lobby, and there was no need for Cao Mo to offer hospitality, Lin Yunshan came over and asked them to get off, saying that the underground parking lot of the hotel was more complicated, and then a young man didn't know whether it was a relative of the Lin family or an employee of Xinlian Bank, so he took the car key from Cheng Xi's parents and helped park the car.

Ding Zhaoqiang and Yu Yiming both have drivers, so they don't have to worry about parking.

"It's still early, let's go to the small hall to rest first?" Lin Yunshan asked.

The banquet was arranged in the wedding hall of the hotel, but it was more than an hour before the Western-style wedding was held after all the guests arrived, and the Lin family prepared several VIP rest rooms next to the wedding hall in advance.

In addition to the need for a separate retreat hall for the bride and groom to put on makeup and change into different dresses, some important people arrive in advance, and if they are not willing to deal with too cumbersome greetings in the hall, they can also rest in the VIP room before the wedding banquet.

Among the guests and friends who were invited to the scene in the evening, there were not many relatives of the Lin family, but more of them were Lin Yunshan's colleagues and friends in Xinlian Bank and shopping malls, most of these people, Yu Yiming and Li Xiaodong, they also knew each other.

They had only been standing in the hotel lobby for a while, and there was an endless stream of people coming to greet and greet them.

The distinguished guests who were invited to the scene today were still Ding Zhaoqiang, Yu Yiming, and Li Xiaodong were the most prominent - but it was not that Lin Yunshan did not know people of the same level as them, nor did he not send out more invitations.

The directors and shareholders of Xinlian Bank are all masters with great backgrounds.

There are many financial institutions in Xinhai, but Xinhai United Bank, as a local private joint-stock bank, has a much more complex equity relationship than Xinganglian.

Whether it is an industry or an investment, everyone knows how good it is to control a commercial bank!

In the past ten years, Li Xiaodong has been the president of Xinhai United Bank, but the chairman of the board has basically changed every three years, which involves complex and delicate competition between several major shareholders holding about 10% of the shares.

Yu Yiming and several other major shareholders are basically in a state where the king does not see the king, except for some occasions that cannot be avoided, they try to avoid meeting each other as much as possible.

Dongsheng does not hold much of Xinlian Bank, and it is not enough to nominate directors, but Ding Zhaoqiang is also a predator-level figure in Xinhai, which makes today's wedding banquet more complicated.

The management of Xinlian Bank is quite united, but Lin Yunshan will send the invitation to the other major shareholders and directors of Xinlian Bank, but these people only send gift money, but they may not appear.

Lin Yunshan can't have an opinion yet.

Lin Yunshan is the vice president of Xinlian Bank, and he is not qualified to shake face with the shareholders and directors behind the scenes of Xinlian Bank.

Cao Mo also saw Shen Ji and learned that the Lu family had arranged for someone to send the gift money before noon; among the many directors and shareholders of Xinlian Bank, the Lu family was not in the same line as Yu Yiming, but he didn't have to worry about meeting each other at the wedding banquet and embarrassing each other.

Yu Yiming, as the chairman of Xinlian Bank, and Li Xiaodong, as the president, should behave approachably, but they can't be too troublesome and not greet their colleagues in the bank, but Ding Zhaoqiang, Yang Lifang, and Cheng Zhengjie don't need to stand in the hotel lobby, so they sit in a VIP room and chat.

"You kid is shaking now!" When Lin Yunshan came out of the cloud to greet the guests, there were three outsiders in the small hall, Ding Zhaoqiang, Shen Ji, and Dong Chengpeng, Cheng Zhengjie thought that they were all Cao Mo's top bosses, and they should not be regarded as outsiders, so he was not so polite and cautious at this time, and smiled and gestured to smoke Cao Mo, and asked, "Do you know that you are shaking so much now?"

"I know that I don't lack money, and I don't ask about other things," Cao Mo said with a smile, "He has already eaten soft rice, why do you care about how much money I have?"

"You really don't clean up," Cheng Zhengjie said to Ding Zhaoqiang with a smile, "Cao Mo grew up with Lifang, and he didn't make people feel at ease since he was a child, and he deceived my family Cheng Xi to follow suit, and made me worry - we really didn't know that he was developing so well in Africa, it's really strange, Africa is really so easy to get rich?"

"Of course, it depends on the opportunity," Cao Mo said jokingly, "like I have shit luck, I can contract a small mine casually, and then I will find a super mine with 100 times the reserves under the small mine, and I can't find a few people in the whole of Africa!"

Dongsheng really stood with him Shen Ji and Chen Rong, Ding Zhaoqiang had a plot against him, and Dong Chengpeng was even more complicated - Cao Mo had no way to explain to Cheng Zhengjie and Yang Lifang in too much detail, so he could only intercept Cheng Zhengjie's words and avoid giving Ding Zhaoqiang a chance to cut to the point, and when the time came, he would shrink in front of Yang Lifang and Cheng Zhengjie and would not be able to play.

Cao Mo took over the conversation and talked about the old affairs of the Cao Cheng family with relish.

Except that Yang Lifang has always looked down on his family, and even thinks that his family has hindered the relationship between her family and Han Shaorong, and hindered the development of Cheng Zhengjie's career, Cheng Zhengjie has really been good to his family over the years.

During the time when he was committing an affair with his father, everything was Cheng Zhengjie and Chen Rong running around.

Otherwise, even if the country is far less dark than Kanem, it will be difficult for him to get out safely, and his father should not think that he can be sentenced so lightly.

And when talking about the old things of the two families, there are indeed too many clips that make people laugh.

After almost half an hour, Yu Yiming and Li Xiaodong walked into the VIP room.

After all, Cheng Xi is a classmate of the bride Zhou Shan, and there are other classmates and colleagues attending the wedding today, so she sat in the VIP room for a while and then went out first.

Lin Yunshan also invited many familiar government officials, some of whom were colleagues and friends whom Cheng Zhengjie knew, and Yang Lifang had no way to face Cao Mo at this time without embarrassment, so she naturally accompanied Cheng Zhengjie to socialize.

In this VIP room, there are only Cao Mo, Shen Ji, Ding Zhaoqiang, Dong Chengpeng, Yu Yiming, Li Xiaodong, who just walked in to hide from Qingjing, and Chen Tianxin and Zhou Bin, who were entrusted by Lin Yunshan to take care of this side.

In addition to being the chairman of Xinlian Bank, Yu Yiming's output value of Xicheng Group is not slightly smaller than that of Dongsheng Group. Xicheng Group also has a trade sector, although it has not yet developed its African business, but there is nothing to avoid when sitting down and chatting - whether there is an opportunity for cooperation, after all, it is clear until we have talked about it.

sat down to see that there were no unsuitable people, and Yu Yiming went straight to the topic and asked Cao Mo:

"Wusanhe Copper and Gold Mine has received capital injection from Xinhong and Xinhai Gold, how much output value can it make next year?"

Han Shaorong is too strong and too domineering, there are not many people in Xinhai who dare to offend him, but there are definitely not many people who really like him.

Yu Yiming, as a predator-level person, has his own personality and persistence, how could he like a character like Han Shaorong in his heart?

It's just that everyone usually laughs and doesn't offend.

If Cao Mo's grade was lower, it would be impossible for Yu Yiming to risk offending Han Shaorong and possibly being targeted by Han Shaorong and have any friendship with him.

Of course, Yu Yiming can become one of the giant crocodiles in Xinhai, and he is not a person who is afraid of the sky and the earth.

According to the information that Yu Yiming has learned, even if Cao Mo is not at the level of Han Shaorong, he is completely afraid of being retaliated against by Han Shaorong - Qian Wenhan, Zhou Shenhe and Ge Jun of Dongjiang Securities are not insignificant figures in Xinhai, they stand with Cao Mo, and they still have the capital to fight against Han Shaorong.

With Cao Mo and Qian Wenhan, Zhou Shenhe, and Ge Jun uniting to confront Han Shaorong, or attracting Han Shaorong's hatred, Yu Yiming doesn't have those scruples that he has or doesn't have - even if there is no entanglement of interests, he can make friends on both sides and not offend both sides.

"Next year, the plan on the other side of the Usan River is to strive for a full output of 1.5 billion US dollars. Cao Mo knows Yu Yiming's mind very well, and in order to further win the respect and equal treatment of these characters, he can't hide his armpits.

"So much? Xinhai Gold's capital injection was only cashed out at the beginning of the year, can the construction of the mine in Akwa be so fast?" asked Li Xiaodong in surprise.

"The funds injected into Xinhong and Xinhai Gold will be all spent by the end of this year, which many people don't believe in much, but Xinhai Gold has a performance report every month, and we are unlikely to cheat through Xinhai Gold. Cao Mo explained with a smile.

Xinhai Gold will release a performance report every month, since it has injected capital into the Wusanghe Copper and Gold Mine, it will also multiply the corresponding monthly output value and profit data of the Wusanghe Copper and Gold Mine by the corresponding shareholding ratio and convert it into the total monthly performance of Xinhai Gold - financial institutions and professionals can analyze the construction progress and production of the Wusanghe Copper and Gold Mine through the performance report of Xinhai Gold.

Under the governance of Zhou Shenhe, Xinhai Gold has developed rapidly and its management is also very standardized.

This is also the key to Zhou Shenhe's holding of a very small stake in Xinhai Gold, but he can continue to serve as chairman for many years and not be secretly ousted by Han Shaorong.

Li Xiaodong can suspect that Cao Mo is exaggerating, after all, he has not been in contact with it before, but he will not casually doubt the audit information that Xinhai Gold and Zhou Shenhe publicly disclosed to the outside world and is legally responsible for it.

Of course, Li Xiaodong was deeply shocked by the speed with which the Wusang River Copper-Gold Mine digested the funds for construction.

This kind of speed is not difficult to imagine in China, but it is really difficult to imagine that Africa, where the industrial facilities are not complete and the industrial worker group is still very small, can have such a speed.

Before Yu Yiming and Li Xiaodong came to the hotel, they also specially asked the secretary to call up the detailed information of Xinhai Gold's investment in Yibogu Mining, knowing that the full name is Wusanhe Gold Mining Co., Ltd., and that it fully holds the exploration and mining rights of Wusanhe Mining Area and many ancillary supporting facilities.

All of you here are insiders, and you know that there is still a long way to go from a valuation of $1.8 billion to a real value of $1.8 billion.

Affected by the value of copper and gold futures, especially in recent years, the price of copper and gold futures has fluctuated greatly, and it is difficult for any copper and gold mine to guarantee that the annual profit scale will be within a stable range in the future.

At this time, data such as annual output, annual output value, and mining, smelting, and transportation costs are more critical data to measure the value of a mine.

The industry has many critical opinions on Xinhai Gold's investment.

The main reason is that there is a fear of Akwa's economic backwardness and political instability, and the construction of the mine is expected to drag on for three to five years, not to mention other unforeseen risks.

If, as Cao Mo said, an annual output value of about $1.5 billion can be achieved next year, Zhou Bin and Chen Tianxin were shocked when they heard this.

As senior executives of Xinlian Bank, the two of them are familiar with the current venture capital industry in addition to the financial industry.

Of course, they know that many eye-catching start-ups at home and abroad are frighteningly high valuations when they accept angel venture capital, but there are very few companies that can really become bigger and stronger.

Otherwise, how can it be called venture capital?

Especially in the minds of bankers and financiers, a mining enterprise with an annual output value of 11 billion to 12 billion yuan is definitely valued at a valuation of more than 10 or 2 billion US dollars, which is much more down-to-earth and more valuable.

When the annual output value reaches this level, it indicates that the fixed asset investment of the enterprise will accumulate to a certain height, there will be a stable flow of funds, thousands of jobs will be created in the local area, and hundreds of millions or even billions of taxes will be contributed to the local area every year, becoming an indispensable pillar of the local economy and industry.

However, Zhou Bin and Chen Tianxin were very confused, Cao Mo got Qian Wenhan and Xinhai Gold's capital injection, and he could build and develop a mining company with an annual output value of more than 10 billion yuan within a year?

Whether it is Dongsheng or Xicheng, although they have already crossed the threshold of 10 billion output value, how many years have they accumulated from zero to 10 billion yuan in annual output value?

Most of the time, it's not just an investment.

It is definitely not a simple matter to spend two or three billion yuan of investment in one year.

Of course, the Wusanghe copper-gold mine project has the capital injection of Xinhai Gold and Qian Wenhan Xinhong Investment, and Ding Zhaoqiang and Shen Ji are sitting here as Cao Mo's former employers, and everyone is puzzled, but no one will suspect that Cao Mo is talking big and lying.

Of course, no one can expect to reveal all the core secrets of Ibogu Mining......