1512. The Lion's Mouth Wides

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The world's nickel ore resources are divided into many kinds, but among them, the highest nickel ore taste, of course, is laterite nickel ore, and in the world now, there are two countries with the richest laterite nickel ore resources, one is the Philippines, and the other is Indonesia.

Originally, Indonesia and the Philippines were the same, both of them were open to the outside world in terms of mineral resources, allowing foreign capital to invest in their countries and develop those mineral resources independently.

But last year, the Indonesian parliament passed a bill, that is, foreign capital is strictly prohibited from developing various mineral resources in their own country, and even if it can be developed, it must be open to state-owned capital, allowing the domestic government or individuals to finance those mineral resources.

To put it bluntly, you are not allowed to play alone, and if you want to make a fortune in silence, then you have to ask our local people, whether they are willing or not, whether they agree.

And their wrists are very tough, anyway, you have to promise if you promise, and you have to agree if you don't.

If you don't agree, then you won't even be able to keep the mine, and the national government will give you a low and pitiful compensation, and then you have to get out.

The Indonesian government's tough hand really makes many mineral investors helpless, after all, the Indonesians have chosen the timing very well, and the Americans are focusing on the Middle East at this time, and have no time to take care of their side.

And it is very difficult for other countries to be able to impose on them. Influence in the country. So those mineral investors can only stare at the same time. Either accept the terms of the Indonesians, or obediently pay the pitiful low compensation and get out.

But the choice of the latter is pitiful, after all, although it is necessary to share a large amount of profits for the Indonesian monkeys, those mines are still profitable.

Especially a big chaebol like Mitsui, whose ultimate goal is to control resources, compared with giving away a part of the profits, controlling resources is their lifeblood.

But no matter what. Last year, the Indonesian government's actions still cost them a lot.

What's even more terrifying is that the Japanese are afraid that after the Indonesians make such a start, the Filipinos and Malaysians will follow suit, knowing that in these Southeast Asian countries, they have a lot of mineral resources.

When we first invested in the mines, they were all good, and everyone signed the contract, and according to the terms of the contract at that time, the price paid by the Japanese at that time was very small. These countries have suffered greatly.

But now, if everyone is like the Indonesians, they see that we are making money. Just forcibly tear up the contract, and then come over to get a piece of the pie, this is too unauthentic?

If there are Indonesians who have made such a bad start, what can other countries do if they all follow the same example?

So these Mitsui found the head of this Betonio today, and this Betonio is the leader of the Philippines that they are very optimistic about in the future.

Over the years, the Japanese have done a very good job of infiltrating these countries in Southeast Asia in terms of economy and politics.

Economically, they opt for investment, infiltration, and control, while in politics, they prefer to invest more in young politicians who have the potential to become the future leaders of these countries.

Whether it is financially or otherwise, the Japanese have all kinds of resources in their hands that are beyond the reach of these guys.

This time, Mitsui Yukara found Betonio, on the one hand, to test him against the governor of Naparawang Province, Andal. On the other hand, the attitude of the proposal proposed by Bangkok Da is also to see if this person has any prospects worth investing in.

And Bertonio, as a politician, why doesn't he know the mind of this Mitsui Yura?

At this time, his face did not change much, with a paralyzed face, it is difficult for others to analyze this guy's joy and anger from the expression on his face, from this point of view, this guy is definitely a qualified politician.

And Mitsui Yura, at this time, was gently shaking the red wine glass in his hand, looking at the red liquid in the wine glass, constantly shaking in the wine glass, and then hanging on the wall of the wine glass, slowly sliding down.

Neither of them spoke, in fact, they were speculating on each other's thoughts, and the atmosphere in the living room fell into an unspeakable silence and embarrassment.

After a long while, it was Mitsui Yukara who took the lead in speaking: "Mr. Betonio, the reason why we found you is also because your father, the former president of the Philippines, he is a great man, when he was in power, the elders of our family and he have always been good friends, and our two laterite nickel mines in Palawan Province were approved by the president to invest when he was in power. Those two mines, but we Mitsui family and the Nuojia family in the Philippines are witnesses to the friendly relationship, and now the governor of Palawan Province, in a vain attempt to challenge the order, he actually threw out such a bill to sensationalize, which is not a good thing, as far as I know, this Andal. Governor Bangkok, it seems that in the second half of this year, he will enter the National Assembly and become a member of Parliament, right? He is a well-known hardliner in the Philippines, and his attitude towards foreign investment is very unfriendly, and he often advocates that foreign investment is a thief, a robber who comes to steal the wealth of the Filipino people, and he advocates that these foreign investments should be treated with the most forceful means. It is necessary not only to impose heavy taxes on taxation, but also to abolish the preferential policies for foreign investment in the past. Although I don't agree with his theory, his theory seems to be very popular in the Philippines, and it is very popular with ordinary people, and I heard that the reason why he is engaged in this set seems to be very interested in the next presidential election, and he is so high-profile now, he is paving the way for the election of the next Philippine president......"

Mitsui Yukara had something to say, and by the time he had finished saying this, Bertonio, who had been sitting across from him and paralyzed. Nuojia V, at this time, his face finally changed.

"Yes, Andal's guy, it's true, the one he advocated, but he offended many people, but in China, it is very popular with those little people, but in my opinion, this is not a very good set of policies, our Philippine economic development is very backward, we need foreign capital to invest vigorously, how can we oppose foreign investment?"

Although he didn't say it directly, just a few short sentences already showed his attitude.

And Mitsui Yura, after seeing that this Betonio was moved by him, he was also full of joy, after all, saying that this guy was moved, it means that there is a way to do things later.

And Li Yifan and Li Annie, who were sitting in front of the monitor, and Heidi were also thinking about it at this time, Heidi didn't care much about the changes in this guy, but Li Yifan and Li Annie were very concerned about the changes in this Betonio.

Both of them hope that this Betonio can show the fox tail earlier, and today this matter is obvious, this Mitsui Kora found Betonio and talked to him about these things, in fact, he hoped that Bettonio could promise him to help veto that Andal when the Congress was in session. Bangkok Da proposed a bill to ban FTAA.

And in return, he will definitely give this Betonio a lot of benefits, and this is the handle they need the most, as for the Filipinos, how to fight, they don't care at all.

What they care about is only the future development of this Bertonio, and they hope that this Bertonio will go higher and higher in the future, and finally become the president of the Philippines, because only after this guy is called the president of the Philippines, then his value can be maximized.

Not only for Mitsui Kora, but also for Li Yifan and Li Annie, who have mastered his handle.

Betonio finally stopped pretending to be paralyzed, but made a statement, which made Mitsui Yukara very happy, and hurriedly talked to Nabertonio warmly and talked a lot.

In the end, as predicted by Li Yifan and Li Annie, this guy wrote a check directly to Bettonio.

Bettonio looked at the check on the coffee table that had been returned by Kora Mitsui, then glued it with two fingers, glanced at the numbers on it, and then flicked the check lightly, and put it in his pocket.

Mitsui Yukara was very happy when he saw that he had received the check, although the expression on Bertonio's face was still very strict at this time, but he still held it up, ready to hold a glass with Bertonio to celebrate the success of this cooperation.

Bettonio also gave him face, and he was lifted up, but his movements were very stiff, Mitsui bumped a glass with him, and then got up and stretched out his right hand, wanting to shake hands with Betonio.

But Bettonio, instead of getting up, raised his head and began to look around the villa.

"Mr. Mitsui, your villa looks very good, can you please admire it?" Originally, I wanted to buy a villa like this in Singapore, but ...... Hehe, you also know, we are civil servants and don't have so much money? ”

Listening to Bettonio's words, the look on Mitsui's face was stunned for a moment, but it quickly turned normal.

"Haha, is it like this? Monsieur Bettonio, you have a good eye, my villa was bought a few years ago, I paid three million dollars, and it is one of the best on the island, and it was specially designed by designers from New York, and the furniture was all Italian. But you and I hit it off at first sight, Monsieur Bertonio, we are good friends, since you like this villa so much, then I will give it to you, so that tomorrow I will have the deed of this villa sent to your house......" (to be continued......