Chapter Twenty-Three: Arrival
It is not difficult for Cao Mo to guess that Guo Jian and them have been tossing in vain again in the past two months.
The formation of gold deposits is extremely complex, and the rock formations and landforms of gold deposits in different regions may be completely different.
Guo Jian: They don't have sophisticated survey tools and a professional prospecting team.
Xu Sheng's gold panning experience may be rich, but he is also from the grassroots in the rivers and lakes, and has not studied in any colleges and universities, and his theoretical understanding of geography and geology may not be as strong as Cao Moqiang.
Just run around in the nearby jungle with a pair of naked eyes, and then negotiate with the local tribe to choose a few locations to dig and sample, not to mention a month or two, no discovery in a year or two, Cao Mo will not feel any surprises.
And Guo Jian's grandson, obviously came to the mine to see it, but he didn't pay attention to the nearby rock formations and landforms at that time, and he had to run back to beg him at the end, probably because he had been scolded by Yang Deshan to the point of blood, right?
Cao Mo felt very happy when he thought about it.
He won't give convenience to these grandsons, but he can't blame the old chief Felician as a villain, he hides here and doesn't come forward.
Liukabuja watched from the scene, and he drove his motorcycle so that Lily could hold him firmly from behind and drive back to the tribe.
Not only Guo Jian took Xu Sheng and Xu Ling's uncle and nephew, but Xie Sipeng took his secretary and accountant Zhang Min, as well as the driver and bodyguard, plus Song Yuqing, Lucy and two other local employees, and 11 people rushed to Yibo Ancient Village in three cars.
Although Cao Mo had greeted him in advance, Felician had received two gifts from others before, and he couldn't help but drive people away without the friendship of the landlord.
In his wooden house, Felician specially instructed the cook to brew the Longjing tea that Cao Mo had sent from China to entertain Guo Jian and Xie Sipeng.
"Hey, you're really here to be a chief in Africa, even if we want to go one more step into the forest to the north, everyone insists on getting your permission, is this your gold mine, or the gold mine of the Felician family, don't bluff me?"
Xie Enpeng saw Cao Mo, who was tall and sturdy, wearing wearable jeans and boots, stained with a lot of oil, and looked like a contract foreman, and said jokingly,
"There is no mobile phone signal except for the Ronta Market, so you can buy a satellite phone, so we can't contact you in advance even if we want to come and have a look?"
"That game is something I can afford? A dollar a minute for a call, Mr. Xie thinks I can afford it? That's really worthy of me," Cao Mo sat down cross-legged on a special local straw mat, and said with a smile, "Mr. Felician is sitting here, the gold mine belongs to the Felician family, or is it mine, can I still deceive you, Mr. Xie?" That is, Mr. Felician saw that I had really helped the mine a lot during this time, so he trusted me to manage the gold mine and help him lead a team, but in the end, I am still the life of a wage earner. As for the entry of different people into the mines, this is indeed something that I have repeatedly emphasized with Felician - the criminal gangs of Lonta are also rampant, even if they are not careful?"
For more than two months, he sold less than three kilograms of gold from Xie Sipeng, worth 40,000 US dollars, Xie Sipeng did not deduct his fineness, and the handling fee was also discounted - he could not give Guo Jian face, Xie Sipeng's love still had to be accepted.
In front of the tea table, the teacups in front of everyone were shallow, he picked up the iron kettle that Felician received as a baby, poured a full cup for Xie Sipeng and Felician, took another teacup, poured it for himself, and put the iron kettle on the bamboo holder.
"Can't even look at it?" Xie Sipeng asked.
Cao Mo said to Xie Sipeng slowly:
"Mr. Xie, you came here in person today, I definitely can't turn you away, why do you have to ask Mr. Felician for convenience, but before that, I want to tell a story to Mr. Xie......"
Cao Mo spoke to Xie Sipeng in Chinese, and his intuition told him that the old chief Felician was interested in their conversation, so he repeated it to the old chief in Yoruba.
For more than two months, he has almost spent time in the ancient village of Ibogu, and the level of Yoruba's language can be said to have increased by leaps and bounds.
The old chief Felician smiled and nodded, signaling that everything was decided by Cao Mo, and Cao Mo then told Xie Sipeng about his grievances with Guo Jian:
"Mr. Xie still wants to take a look at the mine?"
"......" Xie Sipeng frowned.
Cao Mo put aside Guo Jian, and even put aside Yang Deshan to go it alone, Xie Sipeng has always been very puzzled, and he also knows that there must be some problems and contradictions that outsiders don't know.
He asked Guo Jian about it, but Guo Jian pretended to be stupid to avoid this topic every time, but he didn't expect that the two of them would tie this relationship, even if he wanted to persuade peace now, he couldn't say it.
Seeing Cao Mo's clear attitude and refusing Guo Jian and Xu Sheng, Xu Ling's uncle and nephew who were with Guo Jian to go to the mine, Xie Sipeng thought to himself that he was really going to enter the jungle today, and Cao Mo, who was not easy to mess with, would inevitably ask him to draw a line with Guo Jian and Yang Deshan behind Guo Jian first.
Xie Sipeng is a businessman, so naturally no one wants to offend.
Besides, here in Yibo Ancient Village, no matter what Cao Mo said is true or not, he can't get involved, he really wants to invest in gold mines, or he still expects to follow Xu Sheng to make discoveries in the nearby tribes.
"Haha, we're just here to visit today, we don't have to look at the mine. Xie Sipeng said with a sleek smile.
Guo Jian's face turned red.
If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing to be gained after another month of running around, he was scolded by Yang Deshan so bloody, he would have broken his arm and left.
Xie Sipeng is very good at being a person, and he didn't mean to make Guo Jian uncomfortable, so after drinking a cup of tea, he stood up and said goodbye: "It's really not early, we are still rushing back to Draculamo - when will Brother Cao go back to Draculamo, you must call me, we will get together again, and now I want to see you, it's really difficult!"
"Certainly, definitely......" Cao Mo stood up and sent Xie Sipeng and them away.
Cao Mo didn't look at Song Yuqing much at first, and when she got into the car, she said: "When Sister Yuqing comes alone, I'll take you to see the primeval jungle here - although people are lonely, the scenery is still good." It's not that I deliberately ignore Sister Yuqing today, I just don't want Sister Yuqing to embarrass you. ”
Song Yuqing glanced at Cao Mo with a look that she could understand, then lowered her head and got into the car, and sat with Xie Sipeng's secretary and accountant.
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Cao Mo thought that he could stop for a few days, but he didn't expect Xie Sipeng to leave Longta at all that day, and the next day he rushed to Yibo Ancient Village with his secretary, driver, and bodyguard.
"Originally, I was going to go back to Draculamo directly yesterday, Xiao Zhang didn't know where to hear that there was a waterfall in Longta, and the scenery was particularly beautiful, so we decided to stay in Longta for two more days, and Guo Jian and they went back first,"
Xie Sipeng stood outside the old chief Felician's wooden house, saw Cao Mo rushing back, and said with a smile,
"I just thought that since I stayed in Longta, I had to come to Brother Cao for a meal first, so that this trip would be in vain. ”
It doesn't take any keen intuition, ghosts can guess that Xie Sipeng is lying, Cao Mo is curious how Xie Sipeng can tell such a naked lie without any psychological barriers?
Cao Mo thought to himself that he was too young to open his eyes and talk nonsense.
Guo Jian and Xu Sheng shouldn't have returned to Draculamo, so they stayed in Longta at this time to wait for Xie Sipeng's news, right?
However, Xie Sipeng was cheeky and shamelessly entangled, he must take a look at the rock formations near the gold mine in Yibo Ancient Village, what can he do?
Refuse to cooperate with Xie Sipeng in the future, and never take the gold ingots mined and smelted to Xie Sipeng's gold shop for sale, nor do you ask him to exchange them for dollars?
There are too many lies to tell for all kinds of purposes.
Cao Mo will not turn his face categorically because he sees through other people's lies.
Lies can sometimes be well-intentioned, and even if they have an ulterior purpose, that purpose is not malicious or vicious.
Cao Mo is not a young man who has not been beaten by society, and he is not a straight boy who can't rub a grain of sand in his eyes.
"As Mr. Xie said, business is business. Mr. Xie, you came here again today, I definitely can't refute your face, and Mr. Yang is still my boss, and I still need him to take care of me in Dongsheng. It's mainly Guo Jian's bad breath, I can't swallow it......" Cao Mo no longer made any detours, and said calmly.
"The new company, Yang Deshan is called Guo Jiandai to hold shares, Brother Cao, you don't look down on me, if I want to cooperate with Yang Deshan, there is no way to kick Guo Jian away,"
Xie Sipeng is a businessman, and when he saw that Cao Mo made it clear that Guo Jian was a hurdle that he couldn't overcome, he no longer hid it and said,
"Xu Sheng just wants to go in and take a look, what should I do, you bring it up, I'll find a way to make this happen. ”
"Thanks to Mr. Xie for seeing it, I am not qualified to put forward any conditions to Mr. Yang,"
Cao Mo lowered his posture and said,
"Since Mr. Xie is my brother, then I won't be polite to Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie also knew that I rented out gold mining equipment to the Felician family to make some hard-earned money. This hard-earned money is related to the increased production and profits of the Ibogu gold mine. I have a limited amount of money to come up with now, so I can't make enough money to earn. If Mr. Xie trusts his younger brother, he will lend him $200,000 and buy some equipment to use in the mine, with an annual interest rate of one and a half cents. The loan will not delay Mr. Xie for too long, with the commission promised to me by the Felician family, as long as the amount of gold mining is raised, I believe that in less than two years, I will be able to pay off Mr. Xie's money. In addition to this, as long as Guo Jian doesn't come, everyone else will come over as a guest......"
"Okay, I can call the shots on this matter, so happily decided. Xie Sipeng was also very simple, so he agreed directly.
The scale of the Ibogu gold mine seems to be small, but Cao Mo sends people to him every ten days and eight days to exchange about five or six hundred grams of full colored gold, which at least shows that the output here is still quite stable; after adding new equipment, the output will increase, and the commission that Cao Mo can get will also increase.
No matter how much commission Cao Mo can get from the Yibogu Gold Mine, as long as Cao Mo borrows the money, he does purchase equipment and invest it in the mine, Xie Sipeng does not have to worry that Cao Mo will disappear.
Besides, even if he doesn't want to lend this money, he can still find Yang Deshan and Xu Sheng to share it, and it is not a way to spend it in the Longta area.
Seeing Xie Sipeng walk to the side and take out a satellite phone to contact Yang Deshan, Guo Jian, and Xu Sheng, Cao Mo was also envious, the satellite phone was really convenient, and he thought that after he got Xie Sipeng's loan, he would also buy a satellite phone as soon as possible, so that he didn't have to contact Lucy every time, and he had to make a special trip to Longta Town to find a signal.
Seeing that Xie Sipeng had the sincerity to lend him money, and besides, he was not too harsh when he mentioned such conditions, and Cao Mo did not ask Xie Sipeng to leave any notes.
After waiting for half an hour, I saw Song Yuqing and two local employees, accompanied by Xu Sheng and Xu Ling's uncle and nephew in two Toyota cars.
Now Cao Mo only has three motorcycles in Yibo Ancient Village, except for a second-hand pickup truck.
On the sidewalk on the east bank of the Lujiao River, there are still several large trees that have not been cut down by three or four people—mainly because they are too labor-intensive, and they are still there for the time being—pickup trucks and cars are not yet able to drive directly to the mine.
Fortunately, Xie Sipeng and Xu Sheng came over this time, and they didn't think about fast in and out, they all took the initiative to propose that the tribe was not far from the gold mining point, so they walked over.