After a journey of thousands of miles, Liu Ziguang and his entourage finally returned to the motherland, and after shaking hands with Chen Jinlin at the airport and saying goodbye, he took Lang Yulin straight to find Hu Qingsong, and began to call on the airport bus.

turned back and finally saw Hu Qingsong in the terminal building of the airport, Lang Yulin hurriedly opened the box, took out the ore sample and report to hand him to see, but Hu Qingsong said: "No need, I believe in you, but the key problem is not here." ”

"Where's that?" Lang Yulin looked confused.

"The key is who rules this country, this is where the destiny lies, otherwise whether it is 30 million tons or 3 billion tons of reserves, it is also meaningless for us." Hu Qingsong looked at his watch, stood up and shook hands with Liu Ziguang, and added, "I mean, you know." ”

"I understand, have a good trip." Liu Ziguang said goodbye to Hu Qingsong, turned around and left, Lang Yulin followed behind with a suitcase and asked, "What does he mean, is he unwilling to invest?" ”

Liu Ziguang stood up and smiled: "No, he is willing to invest, but asks us to do something more important first." ”

"What?"

"We need to establish a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with those in power in Western Sadamoa, and that is the first priority."

"Isn't this difficult for a strong man, Kuba is a murderer who doesn't blink, we have no money and no power, why should we make friends with him."

"Of course I won't make friends with him, I'll break him down and put my own people on the throne."

Lang Yulin's face was full of incredulity, this is too exaggerated, a debt-ridden Chinese businessman actually wants to intervene in a foreign civil war, Mr. Liu is afraid that he will lose his mind and go crazy.

……

The two visited Professor Yu with mineral samples and gifts, this time not in the dormitory on Xueyuan Road but in a mansion in Dongcheng District, Professor Yu carefully looked at the map, analyzed the mineral samples, took off his reading glasses and said: "You are right, this deposit is quite complicated, the reserves must exceed 100 million tons, but the specific estimate will only be obtained after further investigation, I am old, I can't go to that kind of place in Africa." ”

Liu Ziguang said: "Professor Yu, you just need to sign the report, if it weren't for the points you pointed to, we wouldn't have found the veins." ”

"Okay." Professor Yu readily agreed, signed his name on the report, and said: "Let me give you a tip, Xiao Liu, aren't you very familiar with Fei Lao, he has a friend who is a senior executive in Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group, and he should be able to help." ”

Without waiting for Liu Ziguang to answer, Professor Yu called Fei Lao's phone, greeted him very warmly and said: "Fei Lao, please help me with such a thing...... and then walked to the balcony with his mobile phone and talked about it in detail, and it took ten minutes to come back, and said with a red face: "It's done, you go to him now, I'll write down the address for you, by the way, it's best to give Fei Lao a gift too, and human etiquette must always be done." ”

Professor Yu was referring to the cabinda bark brought by Liu Ziguang, which was so hot that it was hard to find, and it was definitely a gift choice.

Coming out of Professor Yu's house, Liu Ziguang said: "Lao Lang, I'm sorry for you, although this is your achievement, but only by signing Professor Yu's name, this report will be recognized by others." ”

"I understand." Lang Yulin said very sincerely, and asked again: "Is Fei Lao still going?" ”

"Go, of course you have to go, there are dates and no dates to hit a rod."

Obviously, Lang Yulin was frightened by the name of Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group, Fei Lao he didn't know, but Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group he knew, that is directly under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council key backbone giant state-owned enterprises, the implementation of transnational operations, strong capital, since the late nineties in the Shanghai securities market financing listing, successively selected a variety of constituent index sample stocks, is a well-known blue chip stock in the domestic securities market, the stock price is as high as more than 100 yuan, in the Forbes list is also among the best, is an internationally renowned ferrous metal comprehensive service provider.

March is still cold in spring, the two have just returned from Africa, wearing old winter clothes that have been in the box for a few months, looking crumpled and shabby, when they came to the door of the high-end residential community where Fei Lao lived, they were stopped by the security guards, and they were strictly entangled before they were released.

Fei Lao warmly entertained them, and after gladly accepting the gift, he gave Liu Ziguang a business card and said: "This person is the secretary of the board of directors of Huaxia Mining, young and promising, and has a broad vision, you must have no problem finding him." ”

Liu Ziguang saw that Fei Lao was neatly dressed and even put his bag in the foyer, and understood that people still had something, so he took his business card and got up to say goodbye, and went straight to Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group with Lang Yulin.

In the palatial hall of Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group, a polite guest receptionist received them, and after calling and confirming with the office of the secretary of the board of directors, she carefully pointed out the direction of the office of the secretary of the board of directors.

The two walked towards the elevator, and the luxurious furnishings in the hall made Lang Yu dizzy, especially the bright giant crystal chandelier, which made him full of praise: "Good girl, this chandelier is at least a million!" ”

The office of the secretary of the board of directors is on the 58th floor of the building, which is also the floor where the high-level of the group is located, the corridor is playing with light background music, and the thick carpet is very comfortable to step on, and no one comes to check them, because their every move is under the ubiquitous camera monitoring.

When he came to the door of the secretary's office, he knocked lightly, and a loud voice replied, "Please come in." ”

When you open the door, you will feel a sense of openness, and the large office is full of sunlight, with unobstructed views, and the furnishings are unconventional, full of modern and luxurious.

Secretary Dong is a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old young man, tall and handsome, with a bright look, he very enthusiastically invited the two guests from afar to sit on the sand, and pressed the intercom to let people bring two cups of coffee, and then pulled a chair to sit down in front of them, and said very earnestly: "Fei Lao called me, saying that you have a very rich iron ore in your hands. ”

"That's right, here's our exploration report, here's the sample of the mine, and a copy of the legal documents for the area where the deposit we hold." Liu Ziguang said straight to the point.

"Oh, that's right." The secretary of the board of directors picked up the report and looked at it intently, then took the mineral sample in a small plastic bag and checked it, and said approvingly: "The taste is very high." ”

Liu Ziguang and Lang Yulin glanced at each other, secretly happy in their hearts, this time they finally found the right person.

At this time, the service staff came in with coffee, and the secretary of the board looked at the Vacheron Constantin watch on his wrist and said, "I'm really sorry, the board of directors will be held in ten minutes, so you can sit down for a while." ”

Liu Ziguang hurriedly stood up and said, "Then don't bother, if you are interested, you can call me." As he spoke, he handed over his business card, and the secretary of the board took it with both hands, took out his business card and presented it to the two of them with both hands, and introduced himself: "Yi Yongheng, just call me Xiao Yi." ”

"Thank you, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate, goodbye." The two sides said goodbye, Yi Yongheng politely sent them to the door, turned back, threw the report into the wastebasket, pressed the electric bell and said, "Call the cleaner to collect the garbage." ”

A minute later, the cleaner came in and took away the box of ore samples, while Liu Ziguang and Lang Yulin were still happily discussing the prospects for future cooperation in the elevator.

In their opinion, this is enough explosive news to sensation Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group, maybe the board of directors is already meeting to discuss this matter, but until midnight there is no call, until the next night Liu Ziguang really couldn't hold back, took the initiative to call Yi Yongheng.

"Mr. Yi, I'm Liu Ziguang, we met yesterday, and the ore matter ......"

"Hello Mr. Liu, I have reported the matter of the iron mine to the high-level, if there is any news, I will inform you as soon as possible, I am about to board the plane, and I will contact you when I return to China, okay?" The background sound of Secretary Yi's mobile phone is very noisy, obviously in a bar.

"Well, okay, goodbye." Liu Ziguang put down the phone and looked calm.

"How?" Lang Yulin leaned over and asked hopefully.

"It's no fun." Liu Ziguang said.

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It wasn't until a week later that Lang Yulin knew the reason for the failure, and he saw Yi Yongheng on the CCTV noon news program, at this time, Yi Dong Secretary was accompanying the president of Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with African mining companies in Sierra Leone, Africa, Huaxia Mining will invest one billion US dollars to obtain 20% of the shares of the Tangkrili iron ore project, which is also the third Chinese company to invest in the Tangkerili iron ore mine after China Railway Materials Corporation and Shangang Group. The recoverable reserves of the Tangkrili iron ore mine are as high as 10 billion tons, which can fully meet the needs of Chinese steel enterprises.

The news spoke highly of Huaxia Mining Exhibition Group's behavior of going abroad to take the initiative to bypass the monopoly of the three giants to obtain high-quality and cheap iron ore supply, and said that this is a win-win cooperation plan, which not only solves the urgent needs of the Chinese team for iron ore, but also promotes China-Africa friendship and solves a large number of local employment opportunities.

Lang Yulin turned off the TV angrily, took a taxi and went straight to Liu Ziguang's office, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Do you know that we have been tricked?" ”

"What's wrong, old man?" Liu Ziguang was holding a calculator to settle the accounts, and looked up and asked in amazement.

"What is the secretary of the board of directors of the Huaxia Mining Exhibition, it is clearly perfunctory to us, they invested in an iron mine overseas, Tang Krili everyone knows, the taste is only 29%, such poor iron ore is everywhere in China, they are willing to seek the near and far, they have to give money to foreigners, what a mess!"

Lang Yulin was angry, but Liu Ziguang disagreed: "So what, state-owned enterprises, what they want is results, is it possible that well-known foreign companies do not cooperate, and they have to invest money in little-known ordinary people?" ”

"However, that African mining is a leather bag company at all, don't look at the name is quite bluffing, in fact, the boss is a Romanian and Australian dual nationality, and the African mining, African oil, international oil, green energy and so on under his name are all leather bag companies registered in Bermuda."

Liu Ziguang smiled: "Old man, I don't see that you know a lot." ”

"I also just came out of Baidu, in short, this business is not suitable, foreigners and us Chinese do business differently, they don't want to face as long as money, get benefits and turn their faces and don't recognize people, which is like our state-owned enterprises, doing business in the international market is as long as the face does not want money, do some stupid things to lose money and make money." Lang Yulin said indignantly.

"Forget it, old man, dissipate your anger, don't care if you want face or money, people are always a win-win situation, our own affairs are enough of a headache, how can we care about them." Liu Ziguang said and handed Lang Yulin a cigarette.

Lang Yulin was stunned: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"I'm bankrupt and have no money to pay for your labor." Liu Ziguang said calmly.

Lang Yulin was stunned, the flame of the lighter burned for a long time, and when he shook his hand, the lighter flew into the wastebasket.

He hurried to the wastebasket to look for a lighter, only to see a pile of inconspicuous stones.

"Mr. Liu, where did you get these jade rough stones?" Lang Yulin exclaimed.