"Unexpectedly, this day has really come. ”

While Xu Zhenbo was lamenting the earth-shattering reversal he had experienced, an old man in a wheelchair was exclaiming the same exclamation next to the mining site of a large open-pit copper mine on the other side of the ocean.

This is Chile's Chuma copper mine, with 40 million tons of copper reserves, and is one of the largest copper mines in the world. Not long ago, an investment company led by China's Honghedu Mining Group and invested by Luoye Group and several other enterprises acquired a 35% stake in the Chuma Copper Mine at a price of about 4 billion yuan, becoming the largest shareholder of the mine.

The old man in the wheelchair is the predecessor of the Honghedu Mining Group, the former director of the Honghedu Mining Bureau, named Zou Bingzheng. More than 20 years ago, in order to solve the problem of Luoye dump truck sales, Feng Xiaochen went to Honghedu Copper Mine and had a thrilling contest with Zou Bingzheng, and finally persuaded Zou Bingzheng to accept Luoye dump truck. After that, Honghedu Copper Mine not only no longer rejected domestic mining equipment, but also took out funds to set up an experimental research center for domestic equipment in the mine to help Luo Ye, Lin Zhong and other mining machinery enterprises improve technology and optimize products.

At that time, Feng Xiaochen used to persuade Zou Bingzheng to believe that China could not always rely on the export of mineral resources in exchange for advanced equipment, but should develop its own equipment manufacturing industry, so that one day it could exchange its own equipment for foreign mineral resources.

From then to now, nearly 30 years have passed, and Zou Bingzheng has long since retired from the position of director of the Bureau of Mines and is at home. However, after his retirement, Zou Bingzheng still actively supports the research and development of domestic mining equipment, and many times when there is a conflict of interest between Honghedu Copper Mine and Luoye, Lin Zhong and other enterprises, he stands up as the old leader of Honghedu, and asks the copper mine to focus on the overall situation of the national equipment manufacturing industry, and not to care about the interests of small collectives.

Zou Bingzheng has been a leader in Honghedu for decades, and he is a decent person, and most of the leaders who succeeded him are his former subordinates, so his words are very effective. His old subordinates obeyed his arrangement and maintained good cooperative relations with Luo Ye and other enterprises, and at the same time, they repeatedly sighed in their hearts that the young cadre of the Heavy Equipment Office in his early 20s had completely brainwashed Lao Zou.

Feng Xiaochen predicted that China would develop foreign mines in the future, and store its own resources for future generations. Most of the cadres in Honghedu are skeptical about this. At that time, "foreign" was an unattainable place, and even South American countries, which ranked low in the range of "foreign", were very advanced compared to China. Isn't it a fool's dream to expect foreigners to buy Chinese-made equipment and use their mineral resources to pay it back?

However, this day has actually come. When Wang Weilong, deputy general manager of Luoye Group, personally went to Honghedu to discuss the acquisition of the equity of the Chuma Copper Mine with the leaders of the mining group, everyone was not surprised, because it was commonplace for domestic mining groups to buy mines overseas.

After more than 50 years of mining, Honghedu, the country's largest copper mine, is on the verge of depletion, and the only way to survive is to open up this path overseas. Mining groups have already begun to look for partners overseas, but they have not yet decided on the best choice.

Chuma Copper Mine is a new customer of Luoye. Although the reserves of this copper mine are large, the development is very lagging behind, limited by funds, the equipment used in the mine is relatively backward, and the production efficiency is low, which leads to the mine's meager profits, so that it is difficult to raise funds to update the equipment, and falls into a vicious circle.

At this time, Luo Ye's business personnel approached the board of directors of the Chuma Copper Mine and suggested that they bring in strategic investors from China and use the funds provided by Chinese investors to purchase advanced large-scale open-pit mining equipment and expand production capacity. After careful consideration, the board of directors of the Chuma Copper Mine accepted the plan, which led to Wang Weilong's trip to the Red River.

Needless to say, Honghedu Mining Group has applied for a large loan from the State Investment Bank to buy a 35% stake in the Chuma copper mine. The state issued the loan on the condition that 70 percent of the loan must be used to buy Chinese-made mining equipment, and the remaining 30 percent can be used to invest in the mine's infrastructure or to buy equipment that Chinese companies cannot make.

This loan condition is not harsh for the Chuma copper mine. Previously, South American companies had to accept the same conditions when they received investment from Western countries. In the 70s and 80s of the last century, South America's economy developed rapidly, and many large-scale infrastructure facilities were built, including the Itaipu hydropower plant with an investment of up to $17 billion, most of which came from Western bank consortiums. When these Western banking consortia invest construction funds in South American countries, they often require that the countries receiving the loans must purchase equipment from Western companies. As a result, the money received from Western banks was transferred back to Western companies, and did not create opportunities for local manufacturing companies in South America.

Borrowing money for construction, but failing to cultivate local manufacturing enterprises, the end result is that when it is time to repay debts, they find that they have no ability to pay their debts at all. As a result, a financial storm swept through all South American countries and made the term "Latin Americanization" the most vicious curse on an economy.

"We didn't fall into that curse. ”

Standing next to the mining site of the Chuma Copper Mine, looking at the deep pit in front of him, Wang Weilong said proudly.

Most of the money from the purchase of a stake in the Chuma copper mine is returned to China to buy equipment made by Chinese companies, and Luo Ye is one of the manufacturers of this equipment. In the early years, Luo Ye introduced the technology of Haifei Company of the United States to manufacture 150-ton electric wheel dump trucks. Over the years, Luo Ye has digested and absorbed the imported technology, and has developed various dump truck models of 180 tons, 220 tons and 300 tons, and has already achieved complete autonomy in technology. Now Luo Ye sells a dump truck, which can be exchanged for thousands of tons of copper metal, which is really a million profits.

"Standing here, I really understood what Xiao Feng said to me back then. Zou Bingzheng was also embarrassed. exchanging ore for equipment, and in the end, it will inevitably fall into a state of nothing, which Feng Xiaochen told him more than 20 years ago. At that time, Zou Bingzheng was confident that the Honghedu Copper Mine could earn tens of millions of dollars in exports every year, and he did not take Luoye and other equipment manufacturing enterprises seriously, but felt that their demand to accept domestic equipment was delaying mine production. As a result, Feng Xiaochen broke into the Red River Crossing, borrowed wine to go crazy, pointed at Zou Bingzheng's nose and scolded him for being old and backward and shameless, and finally woke him up.

Now it seems that Feng Xiaochen's words are correct, China's equipment manufacturing industry has developed and become strong, using the equipment produced by Luo Ye and other enterprises, Honghedu has obtained 35% of the equity of Chuma Copper Mine. According to the calculation of the 40 million tons of copper reserves of the Chuma Copper Mine, Honghedu's equity is equivalent to 14 million tons of copper metal, which is more than half of the total reserves of the Honghedu Copper Mine.

"This time, I invited Director Zou to Chile, and it was Xiao Feng's board. You're so old, we really don't dare to let you fly all the way here. Wang Weilong said to Zou Bingzheng with a smile.

Hearing that Honghedu Mining Group had obtained an equity stake in the Chuma Copper Mine, Zou Bingzheng applied to come to Chile to have a look. According to him, he is already a person buried to his neck, and before he goes to see his old comrades-in-arms who have sacrificed, he must go to see this mine, where 1/3 belongs to China, so that he can be regarded as having an explanation for his life.

Zou Bingzheng made such a request, and neither the mining group nor Wang Weilong dared to agree. Because Lao Zou is 90 years old at this time, although his body is usually passable, but if there is a mistake along the way, who can bear the responsibility?

Because he knew that Feng Xiaochen and Zou Bingzheng had a good relationship, Wang Weilong told Feng Xiaochen about it, originally hoping that Feng Xiaochen could persuade Lao Zou to give up this unrealistic idea. Who knows, Feng Xiaochen instead stood on Zou Bingzheng's side, claiming that if the doctor thought that Lao Zou's body could withstand the toss of more than 10,000 kilometers, then it would be better to fulfill his wishes.

In the end, the incident also alarmed the central government, and a senior leader instructed that it was understandable that an old revolutionary like Zou Bingzheng wanted to see the country's achievements with his own eyes. If Zou Bingzheng's physical condition allows, then arrange for him to go to Chile. To this end, the leader also personally arranged for a medical team to accompany Zou Bingzheng on his trip and provide him with medical care services at any time.

"That's what he owes me. Zou Bingzheng pretended to be indignant and said, "In order to persuade me to accept your dump truck, he scolded me for being backward and shameless. Now that you've made it, he won't let me see it. I'm old enough to be his grandfather, can I be scolded by him for no reason?"

Wang Weilong knew about this old story, and he laughed and said, "This Xiao Feng was really young and frivolous back then. That is, Zou Lao, you are high-spirited and bright, and you are not as knowledgeable as him. If it were replaced by any narrow-minded leader, I am afraid that it would have been unbearable for a long time. ”

He's right. I'm a backward old man, but I'm not shameless. Zou Bingzheng also said with a smile, "To engage in construction, we need young people like you who dare to fight." This is not called youthful frivolity, but sharpness. If the country is in your hands, we old people can rest assured. ”

"Haha, Zou Lao, I am also over 60 years old, Xiao Feng is still young, but he is also in his 40s. The real young people are them!"

Speaking of this, Wang Weilong pointed to the front, where several 20-year-old Luo Ye technicians were explaining the driving and maintenance of dump trucks to the engineers of the Chuma copper mine. Those Chilean engineers look very old, the youngest has to be Ben Si age, Luo Ye's young technicians stood in front of them, not cowardly at all, but faintly proud, that is the confidence that technology brings to them.

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