Maybe the excitement of being in a desperate situation could not fade, or it could be thinking about how to get the rhenium ore mined, Catherine couldn't sleep, but it was dawn, and she began to feel sleepy.

There is no way, Mu Qingcheng can only continue to open!

It is very difficult to drive in the desert, and the slightest carelessness will overturn, in short, that is, you can not change gears when you rush to the slope, and you can't reverse the direction in the quicksand area.

Mu Qingcheng drove cautiously, and at about noon, he finally drove onto the red dirt road, and after driving for a while, a village and town appeared in sight, this is the capital of Diffa Province, Diffa!

At the same time, an auction is being held in the provincial government of Diffa province.

The provincial government, resembling a village committee in a rural impoverished area of China, has a thatched hut outside the humble gate, in which a few soldiers huddle, lazily hiding from the scorching sun, a chest-high courtyard wall made of mud, surrounded by several flat-roofed houses, and the middle one, outside the gate, a diesel generator roars, providing electricity for a Haier wall-mounted air conditioner.

But it was too hot in Niger at noon, the temperature outside reached more than 50 degrees, and although there was air conditioning, the heat was still rolling in the house, only slightly better than outside.

Today's auction is presided over by Koné, the governor of Diffa and also the chief of the Pall people, an obese middle-aged black man who is seen as a symbol of affluence and glamour due to poverty.

Offstage are the parties involved in the bidding for rhenium mining rights.

There were about 20 people from Huaxia Aviation Industry Group, Dassault of France, Rosneft, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and there were just 30 people from the Black Division.

Koné picked up the microphone and said: "Everyone is here for the rhenium mine, and any of them here have enough mining strength, and they are also good friends of our Pall people, and it was a great joy for friends to gather together today, but I am very embarrassed."

Because everyone is my good friend, whoever gives the mining right will offend another friend, so I can only use the auction method, try my best to reflect the fairness, the auction principle is only one, 20 years of mining rights, the reserve price is 1 billion US dollars, each time the price is increased by 100 million US dollars, the highest price wins, start now!"

"TMD, isn't this a money grab?"

In the Huaxia camp, the second egg scolded on the spot.

Xiao Yang also snorted coldly: "The reserve price is one billion US dollars, plus the infrastructure costs and various construction machinery, and the refinery will be at least nearly two billion US dollars, this is crazy for money." “

Luo Gong and Ambassador Zhang glanced at each other, and they both saw the irrepressible anger in each other's expressions!

Luo Gong said angrily: "Although the price of rhenium is high, the cost of mining is also high, I suspect that this black man is deliberately making trouble." “

Ambassador Zhang whispered: "It is likely that France or Benben are making trouble, and it is unknown whether Russia is involved, after all, in recent years, China's influence in Africa has become more and more great, causing panic in Western countries, although there are also internal struggles in the West, but the attitude towards China is surprisingly consistent."

This kind of thing has happened before, that is, a sky-high price is quoted to scare away Chinese investors, and then they invalidate the bidding internally, and then make distribution, this kind of grandiose tearing up the agreement is unlikely to happen between countries, but here is a tribe in Africa, everything is possible, you see, a billion dollars has just begun. “

Sure enough, the representatives of Dassault and Mitsubishi exchanged a secret look with each other, and among the Russian representatives, Maxim was actually there, silently lighting a cigarette.

Koné said with a smile: "Friends in Huaxia, please calm down, the price of one billion dollars sounds quite scary, I ask you to think about it carefully, the price of rhenium is about 50 million US dollars per ton, and the value of 2,000 tons of reserves is at least 100 billion US dollars."

And the mining of rhenium will bring huge pollution, this is a desert area, the ecological environment is extremely fragile, the cost of treatment is much higher than in other regions, I think, a billion dollars to restore the environment is probably not enough. “

"That's right!"

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' representative Tanaka Fuji stood up and said loudly: "Although the mining cost is extremely high, 100 billion US dollars are really buried in the ground, and the reserve price of one billion US dollars is the price of friendship and conscience.

"Disgusting!"

Xiao Yang chirped.

Senior Sister Ye also smiled coldly: "The memory of this book is really bad, have you forgotten their godsteel?"

The young man named Zhao Ran spread his hands: "I think this matter is mostly out of order, they can quote at will, how to play this, let's go, at least out of sight." “

Another young man named Zhang Zhong said: "Yes, even if we follow the lift, but who knows that this is not a trap, when we quoted an unimaginable sky-high price, they suddenly stopped raising the price, gave us the mining rights, let us eat the yellow lotus dumbly, there is no bitterness to say, bringing huge losses to the country." “

Xiao Yang's face turned red and he asked: "Isn't our country already exploring for rhenium ore? It is said that there are more than 100 tons, why do you have to bid for rhenium ore here?"

"Hey~~"

Luo Gong sighed: "Xiao Yang, you don't know, the rhenium ore explored in China is accompanied by molybdenum ore, located in a densely populated area, mining will bring huge environmental pollution, unless you have to, it is difficult for the country to make up its mind to mine, and the rhenium ore here is pure rhenium ore, the only one in the world!"

Koné glanced at the Huaxia people, then slapped the table and shouted: "Oh, my ancestral god, 10 billion dollars, it's unimaginable, I feel the great sincerity of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the people of this book will always be the best friends of our Pall people, who else wants to ask for a price now?"

Dassault's representative, Henry, also glanced at the Huaxia camp with mockery on the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and said: "Dassault bids $11 billion!"

"Oh, thank you!"

Koné holds his face in both hands!

"Rosneft bids $12 billion!"

"Ancestral God, I love you!"

"The acting skills are very good, let's not leave, let's see how long they can perform in this play!" Xiao Yang gritted his teeth!

......

The hot red dirt road was almost empty, and in the thatched huts on both sides, there were piles of black people looking blankly at the sky.

Mu Qingcheng drove into Diffa, and Catherine couldn't help asking, "I thought about it all night yesterday, but I didn't think about how to deal with the Pall people, and I was worried that they would kill us by force, what can you do?"

Mu Qingcheng said lightly: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, and the negotiation will be under my full control, now we need to figure out where the governor of Konet is." “

"Okay. Catherine nodded cheerfully.

"Hey, there's a guy out there who looks educated, let's ask. Catherine suddenly held out her hand again.

This black man, unlike other black people who wear slippers bare-chested, but wears a flower T-shirt and sneakers, Mu Qingcheng also thinks that at least he has seen the world, so he slowly stopped the car, rolled down the window and asked, "Hey, can you speak English?"

“yes！“

"Where is the governor of Koné, we want to visit him. “

The black man looked wary and asked, "What's the matter?"

"We wanted to talk to him about investing. Mu Qingcheng smiled and handed over a hundred dollars.

"Oh, thank you!" the black man took it, and said with a relaxed smile: "Are you here to participate in the auction of the rhenium mine? Then hurry up, it is already starting, presided over by the head of the Konai himself, go all the way to the front, and soon you will see a courtyard, there are soldiers standing guard at the door, right there!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Mu Qingcheng waved his hand, rolled up the window, and continued to drive.