Before the Spring Festival Gala in 2004, Chu Luo, who was busy with his iron ore business, appeared in front of Liu Ruoyi, looking haggard.

"Annie, this time I was taken into a ditch. Chu Luo began to complain as soon as they met, and it could be seen that he was under a bit of pressure during this time, and his whole spirit was full of exhaustion.

"Why do you look like this now, don't worry, take a break. Vivian, go and pour a cup of coffee for Mr. Chu. Liu Ruoyi looked at Chu Luo's appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little heartache inexplicably.

When the online gathering was successfully listed and left, Chu Luodu was still a radiant person, but he didn't expect to become like this in a few days.

"Dozens of kilometers away from the iron ore mine I originally bought, there is a new mine that has discovered a large amount of iron ore, with an estimated reserve of 4 billion tons and a mining capacity of more than 3 billion tons. ”

"Next, I found professionals to carry out feasibility studies such as risk exploration and beneficiation test studies on the Carrara iron ore project, confirmed that there was no problem with reserves and mineability, and took out a loan to buy half of the equity of this iron ore. ”

"I feel like this mine is not bad, what's wrong with you?" Liu Ruoyi didn't hear anything wrong. With Chu Dashao's current net worth, there is no problem with a loan of 2 billion, and a part of his online stock mortgage can be done.

"There is nothing wrong with the mine itself, the problem is in the later stage of mining, and I estimate the difficulties too little. Chu Luo smiled bitterly.

"It turned out that the small mine I was involved in was a mature mine that someone else had already completed the preliminary construction, and what needed to be solved was a difficult transportation problem. Speaking of which, it is also a matter of transportation costs, and road transportation is much more expensive than railways. ”

"But the Carrara mine is a brand new mine, and when the experts calculated the initial development costs, I almost didn't faint!"

"Not counting the construction of transportation roads, the upfront cost is nearly 15 billion yuan, if it is considered to be about 50 kilometers of road construction costs, I am afraid it will cost 20 billion yuan. Where can I afford such a huge expense now? ”

I see.

Liu Ruoyi understood, Chu Luo was playing a snake swallowing an elephant, and as a result, he choked himself!

Although Chu Luo has been playing in the mine for a long time, he is obviously still not familiar with all the routines of this industry, so he made this seemingly low-level mistake.

Of course, he can't be blamed, with the rising price of iron ore, the first mine has brought considerable profits to Chu Luo, and when he sees new opportunities, he will naturally be more attentive, there is nothing wrong with this, and there is no cat in the things he buys.

The point is that Chulo underestimated the massive demand for investment capital in the mine.

With his net worth, there is no problem with billions of yuan in financing, but don't even think about tens of billions, the Chu family can't add up now!

Unless all the possessions are emptied and sold.

But with such a desperate bet on an iron mine, it is clear that no one would make such a decision.

The purpose of Chu Luo's visit is also very clear, that is, he wants to find Liu Ruoyi to see if he can solve this financial problem.

To be honest, with more than 20 billion funds, Liu Ruoyi did have no problem taking it out. She now has more than 100 billion funds in the futures market.

However, these funds are all financial capital that is used to make money continuously, and once they are withdrawn, they will have a great impact on Liu Ruoyi's layout.

In the financial market, being able to become a top player in futures trading is all about having the upper hand with strong capital.

Now Liu Ruoyi can make money through the layout of foresight, relying on his own high capital, not afraid of the danger of liquidation, and can hit the trading position to the peak without fear of fluctuations.

But looking at Chu Luo's state, if there is no money to go in, his investment will be a bit wasted.

Two billion yuan is nothing for Liu Ruoyi, but it is already a little painful for Chu Luo.

"If 20 billion yuan is invested, the solution is only the problem of road transportation, but according to what you said before, the cost of road transportation is several dollars more per ton, and if such a large mine adopts road transportation in the future, will it not cost tens of billions of dollars?"

"After we chose lower personnel wages and lower truck procurement costs, it was about $3 a ton more expensive than the railroad, and I used to be a small mine of about 100 million tons, and I gritted my teeth and put up with it.

However, if such a large mine is to be developed on a large scale, the use of road transportation may not only be economical, but also encounter transportation bottlenecks. ”

"Then according to you, building a railroad is almost inevitable?" asked Liu Ruoyi.

"Yes, in terms of overall cost, railways have to be built and transported efficiently by rail. Chu Luo nodded.

"But now the construction projects of mining alone have required such a large amount of money, and there is really no money to build the railway. ”

"How many kilometers of railway will it take, and how much will it cost?" Liu Ruoyi then asked.

"I calculate, it is not too expensive to build a railway in Australia, the current price is more than 100 million per kilometer, and the mine is about 230 kilometers away from the port, and it is estimated that more than 30 billion can build the railway!"

"But in this way, the overall development cost will be as high as more than 40 billion yuan to build. The stakes are just too great. ”

"Don't be afraid of risks, now your equity structure is unreasonable, is the other party unwilling to take the investment in a 50-to-50 way?" asked Liu Ruoyi.

"Yes, they just want to invest in the resources and the rest of the investment is up to us. ”

"There is no problem with resource shares, but we have to reallocate equity according to the overall input cost, for example, the mine valuation is 4 billion, and the total investment and construction cost is more than 40 billion, so their shares in the mining company in the future will be adjusted to less than 10%. ”

"Or, they just sell the mine to us. ”

Chu Luo didn't expect Liu Ruoyi to have this idea, in his opinion, he just wanted to borrow the cost of development and construction, but he didn't expect Liu Ruoyi to think so far-reaching that he actually took the railway into account.

However, Chu Luo knows that for a large mine like the Carrara mine, the use of rail transportation is the king, saving $3 per ton, and 3 billion tons can save $9 billion, which is much more than the cost of railway construction.

In particular, the railway has much less restrictions on mine capacity, if it is road transportation, I am afraid that 100,000 tons per day will not be able to deal with the transportation problem, and such a large iron ore, 100,000 tons a day is the minimum requirement.

Normally, it should reach more than 100,000 tons, and the annual output of more than 50 million tons has high economy.

Therefore, a railway with strong transportation capacity is a must.

Chu Luo was a little stunned by Liu Ruoyi's idea.

Such an investment is even possible, so how much money did Liu Ruoyi make?

Thinking that he had been on the mine all this time, he really didn't know much about Liu Ruoyi's recent situation.

"No, my mind is a little messy, let me take care of it," Chu Luo was really a little dizzy, "Annie, you mean you still have the funds to intervene in the construction of the railway of this iron mine? This is more than 40 billion yuan." ”

"If you can make money, you don't have to worry about the capital, but I'm worried that in this way, your shares will also be diluted a lot. Liu Ruoyi said with a smile, more than 40 billion yuan, which is about 5 billion US dollars when converted into the current US dollar.

At present, the renminbi has not been adjusted and appreciated, which is also the reason why Liu Ruoyi insists on investing in commercial real estate in the mainland.

"It doesn't matter if my shares are diluted, the problem now is that if there is no money to go in, all my funds will be lost. Chu Luo smiled bitterly.

"If there is no problem with the funds, it is best for us to operate according to the business rules in business. ”

"I can find the funds, and," Liu Ruoyi looked at Chu Luo, and suddenly felt a little soft-hearted.

"The two of us don't have to calculate this matter so clearly, the funds are calculated to be lent to you, I will invest and come up with ideas for this matter in the future, and you will implement it specifically, and the final income will be half of the family." ”

"How can it be done, to be honest, I don't have so much confidence in whether this money can be harvested or not, although iron ore has been rising, but now it is more than 20 US dollars and less than 30 US dollars a ton to the port price, I think it will rise to 50 US dollars in the next three or five years, and the recovery period of this mine is still very long.

If Annie thinks it's too risky, then forget it, I'll think of something else for this part of the investment. Don't trap everybody. ”

Chu Luo said this sincerely, and he really cared about Liu Ruoyi.

"As long as you can handle many things such as equity and mining and railway construction procedures in Australia, I will definitely make money for this matter. Of course, Liu Ruoyi knew that Chu Luo was saying this in his heart, after all, he didn't have the superpower to see through the future.

But for Liu Ruoyi, this matter is not about the capital, nor about the market, but about whether it can handle the local affairs in Australia.

"There is no problem in these aspects, I am also a little famous in the local area, for the local government, it is definitely a good thing that someone invests, quite supportive, as long as the local people are inclined to do the jobs that are suitable for the local Australians, then everything is easy to say." ”

"As for the matter of mine equity, I will go back and talk to the other party, either buy it out, or pay it at the current price premium in the form of a royalty per ton. ”

Chu Luo is still very confident in these things, he was originally an elite who had been cultivated in London, and now he has changed his identity to a resident of Xiangjiang Investment, and there is no restriction on investment in Australia.

"In fact, in terms of railway construction, you can learn about some inland Daqin Railway," Liu Ruoyi saw that Chu Luo said so surely, and reminded him,

"I can be sure of the cost of building a railway, if you do it according to the construction of the inner subway, not only the time and construction period are guaranteed, but the cost is much lower than your budget. ”

Liu Ruoyi's understanding of the Daqin Railway stems from the fact that when he did the analysis of the energy industry in the previous life, he deliberately investigated this coal transportation artery, and if nothing else, it should have opened a special train for 10,000 tons of coal by now.

This is a magic weapon for bulk transportation, and the low cost can kill several streets of road transportation in seconds.

According to Liu Ruoyi's memory, at the current price, I am afraid that it will be tens of millions per kilometer of construction with construction workers from the mainland.

"Okay, I'll go back and find out first. "Chu Luo is a person with a family, and of course he will not let the power of the family go.

This kind of thing is difficult for others, and for him, he can get very detailed materials quickly.

Even the relevant departments and related equipment manufacturers involved in the construction of this railway, Chu Luo quickly found a contact person.

After this operation, Chu Luo tossed for more than ten days, but after Chu Luo learned about it, he didn't feel tired at all, but seemed quite excited when he went to Xiangjiang to see Liu Ruoyi again.

"Annie, you are really amazing, the Daqin Railway has opened the normal operation of 10,000-ton heavy-haul trains since September 1, 2003.

And as far as I know, when this railway was built, one kilometer was about 50 million yuan, of course, this was the nineties, and the price was much lower at the beginning.

However, according to the people of the railway construction, the current construction cost, if there are fewer bridges and tunnels, at most only 80 million one kilometer, if the land is relatively flat, the construction of the project is convenient, and the sand and gravel are easy to obtain, the cost can be reduced a lot. ”

"And the situation of my iron mine, just most of the plain area, only the dozens of kilometers close to the mine are mountainous road conditions, relatively speaking, the construction of the project has been opened to traffic as the road as the basis, as for the sand and gravel and other building materials, there is really no problem at all, there is a lot of it. ”

"It just so happens that the workload of the railway construction department in the mainland is not very saturated, and it is very convenient to transfer from construction machinery to workers, and I have calculated that if the construction is carried out according to the domestic railway construction, the main steel and cement of the railway will be transported with large transport ships transporting iron ore, and the cost will be much lower than that of local purchases in Australia. ”

"For these highly polluting building materials products, Australia's import tariffs are also relatively low, import and export is quite easy to operate, we really want to build this railway, I don't know how many people in China will benefit from it. ”

"Not to mention anything else, many people over there came to the door to block me in Jinhai, and their leaders patted my chest and said that tens of thousands of people can be mobilized! Not to mention Australia, Africa is the same! They are not afraid of hardship, and they are not afraid of death, as long as they have work to do!"

Chu Luo Balabala said a lot, although Liu Ruoyi didn't know the details of these situations, he could also imagine what kind of impact Chu Luo would have after understanding the situation.

Although there is a lot of railway investment in the mainland, compared with the huge army of railway construction, there are still too many monks and too little porridge. Suddenly, such a big order came out.

They must not have gone mad.

If Liu Ruoyi is a black-hearted boss, she can completely reduce this construction cost to at least the same level as in China through bidding.

But Liu Ruoyi will not do this, after all, it is in Australia, for these workers, not only is it hard, but the local cost of living is indeed much higher.

This money, Liu Ruoyi does not intend to save on these people who make hard-earned money. On the contrary, if the construction project is progressing well and the construction quality is high, Liu Ruoyi will also send them a big red envelope.

Of course, this is the incentive for the future, and there is no need to say it in advance now.