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Old Booth Manor.

Lin Yi came over for the second time.

This time there was no deal, and the two sides seemed more relaxed.

Old Booth invited Lin Yi to tea and said, "Mr. Jack, I heard that you want to do a bigger business, I don't know how much you can eat?" ”

Lin Yi put down the teacup, "Behind me, there is a large company with absolutely sufficient funds, tens of millions of dollars. ”

Lin Yi said unceremoniously.

"Then does Mr. Jack have any plans to go elsewhere to buy it, and I promise it's cheaper there?"

"Where?"

"Mali."

Mali

Full name Republic of Mali,

It is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordering Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal, and is the second largest country in West Africa by area.

Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world.

This is Lin Yi's understanding of Mali.

And he also knew that Mali also produced gold, and that in later generations Africa produced the first amount of gold, Ghana was the first, South Africa was the second, and Mali was the third.

However, it is now 2005, and South Africa is still the largest gold producer, Ghana is second, Sudan is third, and Mali is not yet on the list.

"Don't hide it from Mr. Jack, I have a channel to buy gold in Mali, the Malian government announced a few years ago that anyone can mine gold, at first I and others dug for gold there, built a gold quarry, and later also bought gold and secretly brought it to Johannesburg to sell."

"But you know, although Mali is lax in controlling gold mining, it is strict in regulating gold exports, because they want to collect taxes and make money through gold exports, and they are very strict in smuggling, and I bring them to South Africa to sell, and the transportation cost is as high as 20%."

"If you have the means to get the gold from Mali yourself, I am willing to help you buy it there, and the price is 7 achievements of gold on the market."

smuggle

The biggest key is always transportation.

Almost all costs,

It's all in the transportation link.

The danger is also in the transport chain.

And this,

For Lin Yi, it is not the problem.

In fact, the government also collects gold, so why don't miners sell it to companies run by the government, the simplest reason.

The price is low.

Regular companies want to make profits, to purify and process, but also to pay taxes, gold export tax is 20%, sell to others, always give the other party a certain profit margin, it is impossible to follow the international gold price, otherwise who buys you.

The international gold price is constant, this can't be moved, if you want to make money, then you can only ask for profits inwardly and lower the price of gold farmers.

The black market can sell for 60% of the price of gold, while the government gold company buys only 50% or even 40% of the normal gold price.

Four or five percent are still buying mining companies, and those ordinary scattered gold diggers may not even be able to reach the price of two or three percent.

The price that Lao Booth and Lin Yi said must have added their own profits, and he is estimated to earn much less than Lin Yi.

black market gold,

It is the interests of the exporting country that are harmed.

A 20% tax is a lot of money.

For this business,

Lin Yi was very interested.

The profit of buying gold from the place of origin, paying in cash in US dollars, and selling the gold to the system is about 30%, which is simply too impressive.

And it's an infinite loop.

His money can keep swelling and inflating.

"Mr. Booth, I'm very interested in this business, as for the transportation channels, leave it to me to dredge, I don't know how much gold you can buy?" Lin Yi asked.

"I don't think it's a big problem to have one or two tons a year, and you can ask other gold merchants, but the price will increase a little." Old Booth Road.

The middleman makes the difference, this Lin Yi understands.

He is not against middlemen, as long as it is within reason.

"Are you the one over there?" Lin Yi asked.

"No, no, I'm old, and I'm going to retire in Johannesburg, and I've handed over the affairs over there to Barcia."

Barria is the young man Lin Yi saw here last time in Lao Booth, he is the nephew of Lao Booth, and he is the successor he cultivated, the last time he came, he sent a batch of gold over, just in time to trade with Lin Yi and them.

Old Booth gave Lin Yi the contact information of Barya, "If you arrive in Mali, you can call him, and he will go back to pick you up." ”

"He'll take care of the deal, too."

got a channel to make money, Lin Yi was in a very good mood, said goodbye to Old Booth and returned to the company, Lin Yi called Tommy, Kent and Marty, and told them what he was talking about with Old Booth, Lin Yi said:

"I'm going to go to Mali to have a look, Tommy, Kent, when the time comes, you two will accompany me, Marty, you get another 300 kilograms of gold transaction order, I will sell the gold, the money will be transferred to the account, and you will use the money to continue to register the company at that time."

The three nodded together.

Lin Yi set off for Dubai again, it was the same company last time, this time the transaction was smoother, weighing and testing, payment and transfer, the whole process was done in one go, and Lin Yi had another four million more in his account, which was enough for Marty to register a company.

Back in Johannesburg, the next day he took Tommy and Kent to Mali, before leaving, Lin Yi called Barcia Sr. Booth's nephew, and it was obvious that Barcia had received a notice from his uncle that he would pick them up at the airport.

The plane was small and broken.

It can only ride more than forty people.

The flight altitude is so low that the cars and trees below can be clearly seen.

Trembling all the way.

Lin Yi was afraid that he would plunge headlong.

And it's slow,

After flying like this for five or six hours, I finally arrived at the airport in Mali.

Push the door down,

The desolation of the eyes,

People got off the plane directly with their luggage, and the security check was extremely simple, just like getting out of a long-distance station, and at the exit, Lin Yi saw Barya.

Barsia is tall and strong, the last time she met Lin Yi, this time they felt much more cordial, and gave Lin Yi, Tommy and Kent a hug each.

"Welcome to Mali."

The car is an old Mitsubishi Jeep, this kind of car is placed in the United States, and it is estimated that it will be thrown directly to the scrap yard, but here, it is one of the few luxury cars on the street.

The car drove into the city.

There are low buildings, laterite bungalows, half-dirt roads, and the only tall point is the temple, which is Bamako, the capital of Mali, but in Lin Yi's eyes, it is not as prosperous as the eighth-tier small county town in China.

maybe

This is the real Africa.

Johannesburg is just an illusion, after all, it is the City of Gold, one of the most prosperous cities in Africa.

walked for a while,

Lin Yi said to Barya: "Where is the largest car trading market here? ”

"Do you want to buy a new car or a used car."

"Used cars."

Baria took Lin Yi directly to them, the market was in a big open space, there were dozens of cars parked here, the car was old and dilapidated, the off-road vehicle was old and dilapidated, Lin Yi took a fancy to an old off-road RV, the dark green body looked very heavy, I don't know which rich man who came to Africa to travel here threw it here.

Lin Yi called the boss and went up to try it, and with his experience as a top driver, he felt that the overall performance of this car was okay.

can run bad roads, and can be used as an RV, which is very suitable for him.

At night.

They stayed at a hotel in Barcia.

duration

Lin Yi said to Tommy and Kent and Barya, and went out alone after answering a phone call, Barcia originally warned that it was not safe here and wanted to follow, but Lin Yi refused.

The three of them watched Lin Yi drive away in the RV.

More than two hours later, Lin Yi drove back, didn't say anything, and lay down to sleep.

Depart the next day,

Lin Yi drove an off-road RV and let Tommy and Kent sit in a Mitsubishi Jeep in Brazil.

drove out hundreds of kilometers and came to another small town, which was a small town in Lin Yi's opinion, Barcia parked at the entrance of the supermarket and said to Lin Yi that the road was a little far from here, so buy some things by the way.

Lin Yi thought about it and got out of the car.

This small supermarket can't even catch up with China's township-level supermarkets, no, the village supermarkets are bigger than him.

There is no basic industry in South Africa, and there is no light industry, so there is a shortage of all kinds of materials, and all kinds of things here are said to be almost all, most of them need to be imported, and imports need foreign exchange, for a country that relies on agriculture for 80 percent, where does foreign exchange come from.

Lin Yi listened to the words of the residents here, and found that he couldn't understand it, and he suddenly thought that if he wanted to make money here, it was best to master the language here.

"System, buy French."

"System, buy Bambara."

The official language of Mali is French, which is due to historical reasons, but the locals have their own language, called Bambara, and Lin Yi bought two languages for $4 million.

Now that those locals are communicating, Lin Yi has no obstacle in his ears, listening to them talk about their family routines and secretly talking about their foreigners, Lin Yi feels very interesting.

However, Lin Yi didn't plan to let others know that he knew the local language.

At most, he shows that he can speak French.

He might be able to hear a lot of things he couldn't hear before.

Lin Yi bought 10 pieces of mineral water in the supermarket, and some other things to eat and drink, I have to say that the price of these things is not cheap.

When moving things to the car, Tommy, Kent and Barcia all found that there were many boxes piled up in the space behind the RV, covered with bitter cloths.

When buying a car, these things are definitely not available.

Barcia didn't know what it was, but Tommy and Kent had some guesses, and a thought flashed through their minds.

Organization.

Jack went out last night and must have been fit to organize the joint.

Another roadside gas station was refueled, and the convoy officially set off into the dirt road.

Red dirt road.

Smoke billowed up.

The car swayed all the way.

No wonder this broken jeep is used, because a good car is a waste here.

The gold-producing land is about 200 kilometers away from the capital, deep in the wilderness, most of the land in Mali is desert and desert, and the arable land is only 2% of the country's land area.

As for industry, it's basically a blank.

Because it can't feed itself, the Malian government has enacted a policy of free gold mining, and the government is responsible for collecting gold, and now Mali's financial revenue comes from gold.

The car continued to drive forward, and on both sides of the road, you could occasionally see mining sites, and Barcia had told Lin Yi that almost everyone in the whole country was mining gold, from adults to children, there were countless gold mines.

The government has no way of counting how many gold mines there are in the country.

At dusk,

Finally arrived at the gold mining mines in Pasia and the conditions here were very poor, with only a dozen box houses, and such conditions were already the best in the neighborhood.

There were several guards in the courtyard with AKs around their necks.

Not far away, there are gold farmers panning for gold.

Lin Yi is not idle,

Curious to see how they mined gold.

After reading it, it can only be said that it is too primitive, digging the soil with a head, and then washing it in the river, washing out the whole pot of soil, and finally leaving a little gold slag.

God is very obsessed with Africans,

They were given fertile land and gold everywhere, but they were always struggling with food and clothing.

At night

Barcia entertains Lin Yi.

Roasted whole lamb with beer.

While eating and chatting about the purchase of gold, Barcia had two proposals, one was that he buy gold and sell it to Lin Yi at a price of 7%, and the other was to help contact the surrounding miners and sell the gold to Lin Yi and them, no matter how much the price was, he would get a 10% commission.

Lin Yi believes that no one is stupid, and since Barcia dares to say the second one, it means that the price is probably in this range.

As outsiders, Lin Yi and others may need a long time to operate if they want to really gain a foothold on African soil.

Lin Yi does business,

Like the pursuit of speed,

And don't like to pursue absolute profit margins.

Squeeze out those dots more.

It's far less profitable than one more round.

"Barya, I choose the first one, as long as you buy or introduce gold, no matter how much the price is, I will give 7% of the price."

Hearing Lin Yi say this, Barcia was very happy.

Inside,

He earns 10% more than enough.

If Lin Yi wants a large amount, he will be able to make a lot of money, of course, this money is not his own, his uncle still has a share, and he has to support a group of people, which is also a cost, but overall it is definitely a big profit.

"But there is one thing, if it is a source of gold that I found myself, it can't be counted as your commission." Lin Yidao.

"Of course."

Barcia felt that it was very reasonable, and he would not have his points if he did not participate.

At night

Tommy and Kent live in a board house, while Lin Yi lives in the car himself.

Following.

As soon as Lin Yi got up, Barcia came in with a few people and a few canvas bags, each of which was heavy, and when it was opened, it was full of small yellow gold cakes.

"It's about 68 kilograms here, and the purity is about 22k, you can measure it."

Tommy and Kent have also practiced their skills these days, starting to test and weigh, calculate the price, and finally quote the total amount to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi calculated.

The gold should be worth about $884,000, and at the price of 7 percent, he only needs to pay Brazilia $618,000.

In just this one transaction, he earned 260,000.

This is only the price sold to the system, and if it is used as money laundering funds, it will increase the profit by 20%.

Lin Yi didn't leave the lake, went back to the RV and took a canvas bag down, opened the canvas bag, and it was full of piles of US dollars.

Seeing the money, Tommy and Kent were already 100% sure that Jack must have connected with the organization yesterday, and the money was shipped by the organization, because when they came out, they didn't have any money with them at all.

I can't get on a plane with so much money.

The organization got the money to Mali so quickly, and they admired it even more.

As for the gold, Lin Yi took back the off-road RV, and of course, when they couldn't see it, they directly earned the space.

In fact, there is no money in the car at all,

Those boxes are just decorations, just to hide people's eyes, he doesn't need to press the money out, he has a system wallet, he can withdraw cash at any time, and the size of the amount can be controlled.

Having made the money, Barcia became more concerned about buying and selling gold, and immediately said, "I'm going to contact the mine owners and ask them to send gold here." ”

"By the way, do you have enough money with you?" Baria was worried that too many people would come, and Lin Yi would not be able to pay.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, the last thing we lack is dollars." ”

Afternoon

Basia brought two lots of gold.

When asked whether it was directly given in US dollars, a small miner sold more than 60 kilograms, and a small miner sold more than 50 kilograms.

As for how Barya divides the money, it's none of Lin Yi's business, but looking at Barya's happy appearance, you know that he got his share, Lin Yi doesn't care, anyway, he earned his share.

evening

Here came 3 more waves of people.

In total, more than 120 kilograms were purchased.

At night

More people came,

A total of 5 waves of people came, and Lin Yi purchased more than 260 kilograms.

All day down,

Lin Yi actually purchased as much as 558 kilograms of gold, which is only one day, and the ancients said that 'daily gold fighting' is nothing more than that.