PS: I wrote half of it yesterday, and I finished it secretly this morning, and now I'm sending it to everyone to see, if I have enough time today, it's still two more!

Chapter 958: Future Development

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After pondering for a while, Liu Dong took out his mobile phone and dialed it.

"Young Master!"

The respectful and familiar voice appeared in his ears again, and Liu Dong had become accustomed to it from the initial strangeness, "Well, Jose, how are you doing there? Has the situation stabilized?"

José Aquilar said respectfully: "Not yet, after the young master eradicated Carlos, in order to compete for the inheritance he left behind, the Colombian drug industry is now very chaotic, coupled with the intervention of the United States and the Colombian government, there is no one or two years, I am afraid the situation will be difficult to stabilize! But don't worry, even if the situation is chaotic, no one will dare to provoke us!"

Liu Dong knows the prestige that Muñoz has accumulated in Colombia, so he doesn't doubt José's words!

"How's going on with the company?" Liu Dong then asked.

According to the young master's instructions, the pace of expansion of Bank of America has slowed down, and the number of branches will remain at 468 by the end of this year...... The construction of the 212-kilometer-long Buenaventura Railway, which connects Buenaventura with the port of Alfonso, has begun, and according to the instructions of the young master, the construction party is China Railway Construction Group!"

The company under Liu Dong did not have the ability to build railways, so they could only ask for help from outside! The railway construction company in his own country was naturally the first choice!

"How long will it take to finish?" said Liu.

"Because the second half of the railway passes through a large area of uninhabited rainforest, the construction conditions are very poor, so it can take two years to complete!"

"Two years?"

Liu Dong frowned. It took longer than he expected. There is no such railway. At least more than half of the 5.3 billion tons of coal mines, 60 million tons of iron-rich ore, 3,500 tons of manganese ore, 8 million tons of copper ore, 6 million tons of bauxite, 90,000 tons of emerald, 6,000 tons of silver, 500 tons of gold, etc., cannot be developed on a large scale!

But this is also something that cannot be helped, under the constraints of the road, unless Liu Dong is willing to be a miner again.

Obviously, he didn't want to do that, if it was a bonanza like gold, silver, and diamonds, it didn't matter, but he really didn't have much interest in ordinary industrial ores.

Fortunately, the reconstruction of Quancheng No. 2 Steel Plant will take at least nearly two years, and it can afford to wait.

"Has the construction of the port in Buenaventura begun?"

Buenaventura is located on the island of Cascajal in Buenaventura Bay and is connected to the mainland by a bridge. It is the largest port in Colombia and the most important city on the Pacific coast. The port has excellent facilities, with a water depth of 7.5 meters and a water depth of 12 meters at high tide, which can dock large sea vessels.

Output coffee, sugar, cotton, platinum, gold, etc. There is a railway and an oil pipeline to Toncali. The main industries are tanning, tobacco, sugar, canned food, winemaking and wood processing.

In 1970, it was established as an industrial and commercial free trade zone, with Medellín and Cali as the hinterland, and handled nearly half of the country's foreign trade materials.

However, Buenaventura was unable to dock a 300,000-ton supertanker, which obviously could not meet Liu Dong's requirements, so the Darren Port Company, a subsidiary of the Darren Group. Under the command of Liu Dong, the construction of a 300,000-ton wharf and a special LNG terminal has begun.

"It's already started. It will be completed by the end of this year!"

After nodding, Liu Dong suddenly said: "By the way, did I let you place an order for the supertanker, LNG carrier, and large bulk carrier you ordered?"

"We asked several large shipbuilders in South Korea and Japan, and we haven't placed orders yet because the price has not yet been negotiated!" José Aquilar said.

"Don't talk about it for the time being, all orders for ships that have not signed the order contract have been stopped, and I will notify you again when it will start in the future!" Liu Dong said immediately.

"Yes, young master!"

"Has the expansion of the Chimbot Steel Plant begun?" said Liu.

"The installation of two new 100-ton electric furnaces has begun, and two of the four blast furnaces have begun to be retrofitted without affecting the output of the steel plant, and it is expected that in another year, the reconstruction of the Chimbot steel plant will be completed, and the company's steel output will reach 10 million tons!"

"Well, that's good, but in addition to the iron and steel plant, iron ore, coal and manganese ore, which are the main raw materials for steelmaking, must also keep up, and a 200 million ton Botu iron ore mine is far from satisfying us!"

"I understand the young master, but Peru's iron ore is not rich, but Bolivia's iron ore reserves have reached 45 billion tons, second only to Brazil in South America, so the next development of my Kedi mining is focused on Bolivia, but ......!"

"But what?"

"But Bolivia is landlocked, the economy is underdeveloped, and the transportation is extremely backward, if we want to develop Bolivia's mining industry, I am afraid we will invest heavily in railways, roads and other facilities!" said José.

Liu Dong of Bolivia is no stranger to this landlocked country in South America, Cambodia's status in Asia is the same, and almost the same poverty, but in comparison, Bolivia is more like a beggar guarding the golden rice bowl, because her 1.1 million square kilometers of land is buried with extremely rich resources, known as 'donkey sitting on the gold mine', but it is such a country, her top three export commodities are soybeans, natural gas and tourism.

As high as 1.15 million tons of tin ore, more than 100 million tons, the world's largest lithium mine, and 44.5 billion tons of iron ore second only to Brazil actually did not appear in the list of export earners!

And the result is Bolivia's extremely backward transportation facilities, in this vast land, the road does not exceed 50,000 kilometers, the lowest in South America, and the railway is still narrow gauge, not even 4,000 kilometers, you can imagine how difficult it is to travel to the whole country in this land, let alone develop industry!

But its abundant and eye-catching resources are unwilling to let go, especially when Liu Dong is determined to open up the upstream and downstream industrial chain of the steel industry, a 200 million ton Portu iron ore, even with 60 million tons of iron ore from Colombia, is far from satisfying him, and Bolivia is a huge supplement for him.

Moreover, as the most backward country in South America, the Bolivian government's thirst for foreign investment and strong desire to develop the country also made the Bolivian government not refuse his olive branch.

"Investment is not a problem, but all investment must have a return!" After a pause, Liu Dong said again, "How much money do we have in our hands now?"

"Counting the 150 tonnes of gold that has been fully smelted, we now have $4.5 billion in our hands. Of course, if the young master needs money urgently, the Bank of America can now provide a loan of 5 billion US dollars!"

Of course, Liu Dong understands where José Aquilar's $5 billion comes from, and if he uses $2.1 billion worth of gold as collateral, he can get double or even more loans from bank deposits!

"I don't need the funds for the time being, but then you let the people from Cody Mining go to Bolivia and talk to them about the development of the mine, we can invest a lot of money, but the Bolivian government must protect our interests from being violated, otherwise, you know what to do!"

Listening to Liu Dong's last cold voice, Jose Aquilar was shocked and hurriedly said, "Yes, young master, don't worry!"

"Well, let me know as soon as you get the result!"

"Understood!"

"Has there been any real movement in the secret door recently?" Liu Dong is still most concerned about the elite killer team under his command who have just returned to their hearts.

"No, after being recovered by the young master, they have always been very peaceful, but Nuwa once looked for the young master!"

"Nuwa?" Liu Dong had a pretty figure as cold as a thousand years of ice in his mind!

"Did she say anything?"

"I asked, but she didn't say!"

"I see!" Liu Dong nodded thoughtfully.

"By the way, there's one more thing you need to do!"

"Please command, young master!"

"In the next three months, we sold all the shares in Bank of America, as well as Standard Chartered Bank, which was held by Cartagena Oil. Remember, you have to sell slowly, you can't cause turmoil in the bank's stock price, you know?" Liu Dong explained.

"Yes, young master!"

Liu Dong's most fundamental bank is Hanhua Bank, Bank of America, the rest of the Dingsheng fund belongs to the investment bank, in addition to these three business cores, the standard Standard Chartered Bank is more convenient for Liu Dong financing loans, so now 83.27% of the shares are a bit too high, in fact, as long as 51% of the shares, it is enough to get a controlling stake!

Therefore, Liu Dong plans to take advantage of the current inflated stock price of Standard Chartered Bank, and slowly sell the excess 32.27% of the shares in his hands, as long as the current price of $72 per share can be maintained, then Liu Dong will be able to make a huge profit of $23.2 billion!

Of course, this is only the ideal scenario, and a large-scale sell-off in equities will inevitably trigger a decline.

If Liu Dong wants to stabilize the stock price at a high level, then Standard Chartered Bank must have a new move to stimulate the stock price, and the most effective new move is undoubtedly the acquisition of good assets!

So, after Liu Dong hung up the phone with Jose Aquilar, he quickly dialed Sally Kraucek, now the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank.

"Sally, how's it going, did you do a good job in your new role?"

"Boss, you should give me a raise!" complained Sally Kraucek.

For months, the consolidation of 10 banks was about to keep her busy!

"It's okay to raise wages, but you're going to help me buy Sequoia Capital first?"

"Sequoia Capital?"

For this 'Dune Road in Monroe Park', California, Sally Kraucek, the leader of hundreds of venture capitalists, naturally has no unfamiliar reason! (To be continued......