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We have already mentioned the joints that need to be opened to open a mine in Western Australia, as well as the monopoly of the two mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Western Australia.

In this case, few local enterprises in Western Australia have the courage and ability to compete with the two extensions, which not only means that the initial investment will exceed billions or even tens of billions of dollars, but also the later returns are difficult to guarantee that they can generate surpluses, and the most important thing is that they may face the tilt of the two expansions at any time, which is what everyone is most worried about.

Rio Tinto's position in BHP Billiton is deeply entrenched in Western Australia and in Australia as a whole, and the influence is extremely far-reaching, and Australians have become accustomed to living in their shadow. As for the sense of resistance, there may be some, but few people will be stupid enough to stand up and say no to them, which is also the result of Australia's long-standing conservative style.

Therefore, when Henderson asked Yang Peiqi about iron ore, he said very directly that even if the government allows and supports it, this matter is not easy to operate, and it is really a combination of manpower, material resources, financial resources and luck to achieve this breakthrough, and there is also a premise, that is, the two extensions will not lag behind.

Henderson said to Yang Peiqi: "The distance from the development area to the port is at least two or three hundred kilometers, how much money and how much time does it take to build such a long railway?" Moreover, most of the nearby areas have already been explored, and the only way to explore is to go deeper inland, and it is more difficult to ensure various resources such as power supply. Generally speaking, according to our inference, the establishment of a new mining company, even if the mining area is explored at the beginning, but it will take at least five years to officially mine and ship out, and not many companies can afford such a large investment. ”

Yang Peiqi nodded, and said in her heart that this guy's words were quite pertinent. The iron ore industry is a relatively low-tech industry in Australia, and in addition to the relatively intensive capital investment, it is far from being comparable with other high-tech industries.

However, mining is the most suitable industry for Yang Peiqi, and he has Explorer No. 8, and in the matter of mining, it is completely cheating. Therefore, it was imperative for Yang Peiqi to obtain the mining rights in Western Australia, so he said to Henderson: "If we want to explore mineral resources in Western Australia, can this application be approved quickly?" ”

Henderson said with a smile: "The current policy of our country is to welcome economic liberalization. If your company is willing to come to WA for development, we are of course very welcome. It goes without saying that the larger the investment, the greater the contribution to our local economy. I think Governor Barnett is of the same opinion. ”

Yang nodded and asked Henderson to continue drinking. As a senior economic expert of the state government, Henderson's words can basically represent the attitude of the Western Australian government, and there will be no big deviation.

Originally, the current environment was that Australia was undergoing economic reform, and Yang Peiqi took this express train. In addition, most of the workers and technicians will come to Australia from mainland China, which is also in line with the principle of building a strategic partnership between China and Australia, and there is no possibility that there will be any opposition from the state government.

After sending Henderson away, Yang convened an internal meeting to learn about their investigation into Western Australia during that time.

The negotiation team was led by Bai Yawei, the chief negotiator of Explorer Mining, who was poached by Yang Peiqi and Bai Xueying with a high salary from a Fortune 500 company, and his ability is very good.

At the first meeting after the establishment of the company, the development idea of mining in Australia was established, and Yang Peiqi asked the company to make every effort to collect information about the Australian mining industry. And this matter is in charge of Bai Yawei, the chief negotiator. Now seeing Yang Peiqi asking, Bai Yawei immediately reported the information obtained by the company to Fan Wuxian.

In the intervening time, they have figured out the presence of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton in Western Australia, and have clearly marked the developed and undeveloped mining areas of both on the map.

"Now it seems that only the northern interior has not been explored, but if you want to get there, the investment will be astronomical." Bai Yawei said helplessly after explaining to Yang Peiqi the curve indicated by the lock on the map.

"I never thought I'd go over there to grab food with Liangtuo." Yang Peiqi shook his head and said, in the eyes of everyone, he used a pencil to draw two lines on the large map, enclosing an area.

Yang Peiqi said to the surprised employees: "My goal is to take such a large area, how much do you think it will cost?" And what will be the reaction from the WA government? ”

Bai Yawei has been studying the issue of the Western Australian Mineral Resources Division for a long time, and he immediately said to Yang Peiqi: "Boss, are you really sure that this is the prospecting area that our company wants to take?" ”

Bai Yawei is really incomprehensible, because as far as he knows, there are no large iron deposits in the southwest of Western Australia. Here, bauxite is more abundant. In this part circled by Yang Peiqi, there is not even a large bauxite, only a few small bauxite.

Therefore, Bai Yawei was very puzzled, when he went to explore iron ore here, the boss's brain was not broken, right?

Yang Peiqi naturally knows what these guys think in their hearts, but he won't tell these guys directly, your boss has special abilities and has already discovered a big iron ore here. He just said very seriously: "I am very sure that what we need to win is the prospecting rights in this area!" ”

Bai Yawei saw Yang Peiqi with a persistent face, and was a little speechless in his heart, this boss is really rich and willful.

However, he quickly reacted, anyway, this is the boss's opinion, he is just a wage earner, what do you care about so much? He scratched his head, visually surveyed the area marked on the map, and then said to Yang Peiqi: "This is probably less than 10,000 square kilometers, and it is an area that the WA government has basically abandoned, so the valuation here will be very low." Probably, I'm guessing we'll need less than $10 million to get this place. ”

Yang Peiqi couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, and said: "It's only 10 million Australian dollars, it's really cheap." ”

It's no wonder that in this land, there have been many people who have explored, and no large mineral deposits have been found, only a few small mines are scattered and not worth investing, so the land price is also very low, Bai Yawei gave an estimate of 10 million Australian dollars, which is already overestimated.

Yang Peiqi thought for a while and then confessed to Bai Yawei: "Okay, then I authorize you, within 20 million Australian dollars, you can make your own decisions and find a way to buy the exploration rights of this area." ”

Bai Yawei nodded and promised: "Ten million Australian dollars, if it exceeds this number, even if I, the chief negotiator, are too incompetent!" ”

"Also, arranging for me to meet with Governor Barnett at the appropriate place, I hope to get everything sorted out at once, and even though Henderson says it will take at least five years to see profits, I hope to be able to get this done within two years, so we're running out of time." Yang Peiqi then put forward her own request.

Bai Yawei confidently assured Yang Peiqi: "Boss, please rest assured, Australians are used to being lazy, and the five years they say, in our opinion, two years is enough." Moreover, because the area you have demarcated is very close to the coast, and the nearest city with a harbour is only 30 kilometers away, or even less than 100 kilometers from Perth City, as long as you hurry up, you may see a profit in a year. ”

"If you can achieve this goal in two years, I will make you the vice president of the company." Yang Peiqi also proposed her own incentives to Bai Yawei.

Vice President! After Bai Yawei heard this, he was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, this is not a height that can be reached by just anyone, he is now the company's chief negotiator, and he is also a senior member of the company, but compared with a figure like the vice president, it is far behind. After all, the company now has only three vice presidents, plus an assistant to the president. These people are in charge of the company's personnel and financial powers, and they are not at all comparable to the person in charge of the company's external negotiation department.

Not only is it a matter of status, after becoming the vice president of the company, there are also stock and option awards given by the boss, although there may not be many, but it is enough for me to live a happy life with my family for several lifetimes.

After Yang Peiqi saw Bai Yawei's expression, she also felt very satisfied. People are heroes, money is guts, and when it comes to the critical time, the role of soft sister coins is incomparable.