The trio's dinner at the Michelin-starred restaurant announced White's strong return.

Stone is a master at running the fund, and the success of Newtech's stock in a month, which has risen by 46.8% and attracted $12 million in investment, is technically operated by him through the Blackstone Fund.

However, White knows very well that if he hadn't talked to Jimmy first, he was confident that he would have won the "exclusive agency right to obtain the full MD of high-purity rare earth concentrates imported from China", where would there be room for the fund to operate?

Yes, it doesn't seem like there's been much going on so far, but White isn't entirely talking.

Because he has one of the biggest reliance - that is Janet, the deputy minister of the MD economy!

Although the last time the automatic drilling and blasting system failed to enter the Chinese market, it seemed that Janet, who was only the director of the Asian Development Agency of the MD Economic Department at that time, did not show special "care" for the entire White Mining Equipment Factory, but at that time, after all, because of the limited position, and Janet was at the critical node of promotion, she did not make up her mind to help the White Mining Equipment Factory come forward and give an ultimatum to the Ministry of Industry in the name of the MD Ministry of Economy.

But now is different from the past, it is precisely because of the sacrifice of the White Mining Equipment Factory that Janet withdrew in time without stain, and after several successful investments in Southeast Asian countries in a row, she also went one step further before the end of the year and became the deputy minister of the MD Ministry of Economy!

Janet, of course, will not forget the "dedication" of Wright Mining Equipment Factory, and she later took the initiative to find Wright himself and asked him if he had any ideas for a comeback!

This is not because Janet understands that we Chinese people "repay the favor", but because of interests.

As the new deputy minister of economic affairs of MD, Janet of course also urgently needs a good result after taking office, just during that time, the "New York Times" repeatedly reported on the contradiction between the supply and marketing of rare earth concentrates between RB and China, and Janet, who has always been sensitive to this kind of news, immediately noticed it.

Especially when she saw in the original draft of the joint press conference that China said that "it is necessary to increase the export of rare earth concentrates to Western countries in the future", Janet felt that it was necessary to lay out in advance in this area.

After all, MD is also a major consumer of rare earth concentrate in the world, and MD must rely on imports due to the protection of private mines and the fact that capital is unwilling to invest heavily in the rare earth concentrate production industry in a short period of time, resulting in insufficient production and must rely on imports.

This requires MD to find a stable and cheap importer of rare earth concentrate for at least ten years!

Speaking of the adjectives "stable and cheap", both of whom are already the deputy ministers of the MD Ministry of Economy, doesn't Janet understand that there is any other country on this earth that has this characteristic more than China?

And now the relationship between China and MD is so good, far from the situation of the trade war in the second decade of the 21st century, Janet is very confident, as long as the Ministry of Industry of China is contacted in the name of the official, the other party will obediently "increase the export of rare earth concentrates to Western countries" The first choice is placed in MD!

As for the operation of releasing the news before formally negotiating with the Chinese side, Janet did not object to White's approach, but agreed with him very much.

Because in her philosophy, the idea that "there are things that we can unilaterally declare without the consent of the Chinese people" has always existed!

I didn't do this before, and that's because I was still the director at that time, not the deputy minister!

In addition, now it is the longest vacation "Spring Festival" for those yellow-skinned Chinese people every year, and now they just want to work, I am afraid that those officials have not gone to work!

So, after meeting with White three times, the two worked together to make this plan to "release the news in advance"!

Of course, Wright did this to raise investment in the financial markets as soon as possible, to help him stabilize his position in Newtec and take off again in the near future.

Janet also has her own calculations, although she has just been promoted to the deputy secretary of the MD Department of Economy, but according to MD tradition, such officials are "appointed" rather than elected, and her more long-term goal is the California gubernatorial election in a year.

Elections mean the consumption of a lot of manpower, financial resources, and especially campaign funds.

For Janet, because the Western Pacific region, which she used to be in charge of investment, except for RB and South Korea, which she could not intervene in, the rest are poor countries, and naturally she cannot attract large conglomerates to become her campaign funders.

And White said that once this plan is successful, the "White Group" that will make a comeback in the future will become Janet's right-hand man in the campaign, and have full authority to support each other in terms of campaign funds!

In this way, the two took what they needed and embarked on the road of cooperation!

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Huaguo, Beijing, Ministry of Industry.

Zhong Bai, who had completed his "vacation", came to the ministry before going to the Baiyun Obo mining area.

Because Ye Xing called him two days ago to tell him that after the holiday on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Vice Minister Xiang Pan would meet him in the office.

And Zhong Bai of course knows the reason why the other party found himself as soon as possible after the year.

When he came to the vice minister's office, Zhong Bai still brought the local products of Tiandu as usual, of course, this was also required by the hall.

"Happy New Year, Minister Xiang." Zhong Bai said hello and handed the souvenir to the secretary.

"Well, you sit down first, Xiao Liu, make two cups of tea!"

Xiang Pan waved his hand, and the secretary Xiao Liu immediately took the souvenirs away, and quickly brought two cups of hot tea into the office, and then left quickly and closed the door.

The moment the office door closed, the relaxed smiles on the faces of Zhong Bai and Xiang Pan disappeared and were replaced by stern expressions.

"Xiao Zhong, there is an important matter today. Yesterday, the Ministry of Economy of MD has made it clear to us through official channels that they are ready to occupy 30% of the future rare earth concentrate production of the Northland rare earth concentrate plant and must export MD. Xiang Pan's tone was a little cold: "Moreover, they have also appointed a special agency company, which intends to be the sole agent of the future full MD import business." ”

"It's California Newtech, right?" Zhong Bai asked bluntly.

"Did you get the information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" Hearing Zhong Bai accurately say the words "Newtech Company", Xiang Pan's expression was a little surprised.

"No, but the point in time when I got this news may be earlier than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and you." Zhong Bai said: "On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, I heard about it from a reporter friend at The New York Times. He found that MD had a tabloid in China first revealed the news, and then Newtek's stock had risen on the NASDAQ for half a month. This is the first report to reveal the news. ”

After speaking, Zhong Bai immediately took out the fax that David had sent to him from the other side of the ocean thousands of miles away that day from his briefcase and handed it to Xiang Pan.

Xiang Pan immediately took it with one hand and read it carefully.

His English level is no problem in reading ordinary MD newspaper reports, and he finished reading this short report in less than three minutes, but at this time, Xiang Pan's brows were already furrowed, and his expression was very serious.