Later, in 1998, 14 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Jia Lanpo, a famous paleoanthropologist and one of the discoverers of the "Peking Man" skull fossil, began to call on relevant people to mobilize the power of the people concerned to start searching for the Peking Man skull fossil. In 1999, the relevant departments of Fangshan District also issued an appeal for "searching for the end of the century."

On July 2, 2005, the Fangshan District Government of Beijing officially announced the establishment of a working committee to search for the fossilized skull of "Peking Man". The search for fossils began, with news reports flying all over the sky, and the rest of my life had seen photographs of fossilized Peking Man skulls. However, it was not the complete Peking Man skulls found that year, but the fragments found when they were excavated again in later generations.

After the war, in 1949, the excavators led by Jia Lanpo excavated the Zhoukoudian site again. During the re-excavation, several Peking Man teeth and some other animal fossils were found. In 1966, during the excavation led by the paleoanthropologist Pei Wenzhong, a frontal bone and a occipital bone were discovered, and the newly discovered skull fragments and the two temporal bones of the fifth skull in 1931 and 1936 could be put together into a relatively complete skull. This is the only surviving specimen of the skull of Peking Man in later generations.

But the bones put together are not so complete. Due to fragmentation, a lot of information about important characteristics of human evolution is not so obvious. It can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

Yu Shengzai had seen the only surviving specimen of the Peking Man skull in later generations, so after seeing the skeleton found by the two teenagers from the iron box, he almost immediately determined its true identity. The color and details of ancient fossils cannot be imitated, and there is an indescribable unique atmosphere.

The ship sailed back to Australia. In the name of empty ships, moored in the harbor and not unloading antiques to Australia. Once these things are seized by Australian Customs and publicized, it will always be a trouble. Unloaded and transported back to several pastures for the rest of life. It's just that some things are large, recent, and of little value, and even in the eyes of the Australian government, they are not antiques at all. For example, some furniture and daily utensils from the former Qing Dynasty. These things were collected by Yu Sheng and Ye Wuguang in the major black markets in Japan. It doesn't seem worth much now, but decades later, it's worth a lot.

As for these priceless things, the rest of your life has other arrangements. Though. The purpose of going to Australia with Yu Sheng was mainly to see the Peking ape-man skull and take Chen Tian back to Japan. However, there is a need for another way of saying it.

At the behest of Yu Sheng, the news of the discovery of large-scale high-quality iron ore deposits in the primeval forests of the Turner River Valley in the pastures under his name was reported. This incident immediately shocked the whole of Australia!

After telling Chang a few people about the true purpose of buying three huge and barren plots of land in Australia for the rest of his life, Chang Bu and a few people began to prepare for the exploration of mineral deposits.

in Australia. What kind of land is what kind of thing is done, and various laws and regulations are very strict. An area that is designated as a pasture. Mining deposits will never be allowed. Unless, a concession granted by the government to the discoverer is obtained.

However, the Australians do not believe that after countless experts assert that large iron ore mines will be found in this iron-deficient land. At this time, all mineralogical experts and scholars, as well as the Australian government, were convinced that Australia's iron ore reserves did not exceed 250 million tons, and as a result, the export of iron ore was strictly prohibited from 1938. All Australians generally believe: Australia's iron ore will only continue to be mined for more than 30 years at most, and by 1965 Australia will become an importer of iron ore. Therefore, it will not be easy for the Australian government, which has no belief in the existence of high-quality iron ore deposits on its land, to formally confirm the development privileges of the Turner Valley region for the rest of its life as a discoverer.

But. After the influence of the rest of his life spread all over Europe and the United States, Australia, as the younger brother, had to sell a face to the rest of his life. Even if you don't believe that there will be high-quality iron ore deposits here, you have nothing to lose by issuing a mining concession.

In the operation of the concession, it is not uncommon for several people to learn the basic methods of exploration and extract a large number of ore specimens. And I got my driver's license, bought two small private jets, and spent all day in the sky over the Turner Valley region for aerial prospecting. The total flight time is in the tens of thousands of hours. If it weren't for the fact that several people took turns to fight, and with sufficient financial support for the rest of their lives, it would have been impossible to complete this task.

After obtaining the iron ore, several people often check the purity of the ore specimens again and again, confirming that the iron ore here is indeed of extremely high quality. With an iron content of up to 70 percent, it can be fed into a smelting furnace for smelting without any pretreatment. And the concentration of veins is huge.

According to the continuous exploration of later generations, the total proven iron ore reserves in Australia are about 35 billion tons, and 90% of the iron ore reserves are concentrated here. In many years to come, it produced more than 90 per cent of Australia's iron ore production.

And the world at this time is a time of iron shortage! At this time, the high-quality iron ore deposits discovered in the United States in the Meshabi Mountains of Minnesota in 1887 were about to be exhausted, and they could only support mining for another three years at most. The Americans and the Soviets, when they realized how powerful each other, became vigilant, and the arms race quietly began.

Steel became the constraint and pillar of the development of human society earlier than oil, and since the elimination of bronze, steel has become the most important material needed for human production and war. Modern industrialization is mainly supported by steel. There is hardly a machine that does not require steel, and even most machines use steel as the main raw material. Without steel, there would be no machines, no modernization and no mechanization. If there is no productive force, there will be no weapons, and the national strength will be exhausted.

Therefore, steel was a more important metal than gold in the era when the hot war ended and the cold war quietly began. This is true for any country. So, in the years that followed, the "European Coal and Steel Community" was quickly established in Paris. The six contracting states of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will henceforth relinquish part of their sovereignty over the coal and steel industries to the regional organization and be exempt from the relevant tariffs. The treaty is valid for half a century!

The United States because of the Korean War. The demand for steel has increased dramatically. International iron ore prices have been rising. The planned economy of the Soviet Union made steel production a top priority. The ancient countries of the East also began to make steel......

In this day and age, mastering steel is basically mastering wealth. Just like Hancock, the original discoverer of this iron ore. After obtaining the concession, he quickly became rich. In the first year, he earned $25 million. That's the equivalent of the net income of hundreds of Australians in a year. And this money will be there every year. His daughter relied on the development of leftovers in this mining area. He became a well-known tycoon in the steel industry.

After Yu Sheng got the mining concession, he did not directly announce the news, but bet on announcing it at this time. Naturally, it caused a sensation all over Australia and even the world. With the concession in the hands of the rest of his life, strong funds, and extensive network support. The wealth he gained would be countless times greater than that of Hancock.

After many geologists and mineralogists confirmed the news, it was discovered that a predator who could monopolize the Australian steel industry and have a significant influence in the international steel industry appeared! And the net worth for the rest of his life. This time it was not skyrocketing, but directly rising by two orders of magnitude!

You know, the accumulation of wealth is not easy. A penniless grassroots may need to spend half a lifetime if he wants to earn a million. A middle-class person with a net worth of one million, if he wants to earn 10 million, it may take a lifetime. A small millionaire with a net worth of tens of millions. If you want to have hundreds of millions of assets, you may not be able to achieve it safely in this life. And a billionaire with a net worth of hundreds of millions. If you want to make your wealth billions, tens of billions, it takes the efforts of several generations.

And after being recognized by everyone as the only iron ore and having the ability to mine iron ore independently, the net worth was directly assessed at the level of 100 billion! The unit of calculation is the purchasing power of the day. The dollar that has not yet depreciated!

At the same time, the news also brought extremely high added value benefits to the rest of your life. Hamer, who had a close relationship with Yu Sheng, called Yu Sheng the day after the news appeared: "Dear Yu, you want to buy a few small islands. The French agreed! ”

"Oh? How did you agree so happily? What are the conditions? ”

"The French need some iron ore. You know, the French are now recovering economically, and it is exactly when they need iron ore! ”

"There is no problem with this, let the French come to me to talk about the specific matter!"

For the rest of his life, after the end of the war, he wanted to buy the ownership of several small islands in French Polynesia from the French. It's just that the French don't agree. The ownership of the island that Yu Sheng bought now has a huge coverage of power, and even after more than ten years, it is not impossible for him to be in a bad mood for the rest of his life and want to build a country by himself.

Moreover, the influence of the rest of his life in Europe is not as great as that in China or the United States, except for a few movies that French people love to watch, "crazy love" perfume and illusion drink, there is no inevitable connection at all. Therefore, it is normal that the French are not willing to buy the account for the rest of their lives.

But with this big iron ore mine that can almost influence the world's steel industry, things are completely different. In World War II, although the Vichy government of France surrendered to the Germans in time and did not allow the Germans to cause much damage to France, the war and the plundering of the Germans still paralyzed the French economic system.

The situation has been exacerbated by a cold winter that has lasted for several years. With high unemployment and a succession of social unrest caused by food shortages, growth in Europe is almost impossible. By 1947, the European economy was still hovering below pre-war levels, with little sign of growth.

It was urgent to restore the economy after the war, and France wanted to restore the economy. The biggest help is the Americans. Before the Marshall Plan was formally implemented, the United States had already invested a large amount of money in the reconstruction of Europe, and from 1945 to 1947, the Americans invested as much as $9 billion in Europe!

However, this is only a drop in the bucket for Europe, which has been devastated by the war, and more investment is needed to restore the economy. Almost all the people of Western European countries, including the French, are looking internationally for wealthy people to invest in their countries' economies. If the qualifications for the rest of his life were not enough at the beginning, then when he is worth hundreds of billions of dollars and has a large iron ore mine in his hands that affects economic development, he is fully qualified to negotiate conditions on an equal footing with the heads of state of any Western European country.

Therefore, after investing in the fragrance "Crazy Love", Yu Sheng proposed to the French that he wanted to buy the ownership of several small islands in the French Polynesian archipelago as his vacation and pastime, which was quickly put on the agenda by the French. Then, it was passed.

In fact, it is really normal for the world's richest people, who are worth hundreds of billions, to want to buy a private island. It's just that what most people want to buy is just the right to use it for a period of time. Most countries that own islands are only willing to sell their right to use them. Buying ownership is one of a kind. What if this rich man can't think about it in the future and wants to build his own country?

Therefore, it is generally prudent to sell ownership. French Polynesia, on the other hand, consists of 118 islands, including the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, the Gambier Islands, the Tubuai Islands, and the Marquesas Islands. The main archipelago is the Society Islands, and Tahiti is the largest of the 118 islands, and the highest peak on the island, Oroheina, is 2,241 meters above sea level!

It was discovered by the Spaniards in 1595, just at the beginning of the Age of Discovery. This is because the scenery and climate are very beautiful, and the products are abundant, and there are rich and diverse ecosystems. In addition, French Polynesia is strategically located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, not far from Hawaii. Therefore, the Portuguese, the British, and the French have all participated in the struggle for ownership of this land.

By 1880, Tahiti had become a French colony. By the end of the nineteenth century, the other islands of French Polynesi were also occupied by the French. Although it would not become a legitimate French domain until 1946, the French had no problem selling a few small islands in advance for the rest of their lives. (To be continued.) )