Hong Kong, Hutchison House Headquarters:

"Chen Sheng, Hutchison Mining has been successfully registered, and we have negotiated the final price with McClain Exploration Company in Europe, and the other party's offer is 35 million US dollars, here are their details." I had already learned that the boss Chen Zhiwen was coming over today, so Zhou Jiayang prepared the relevant information in advance.

"I'll see." Chen Zhiwen took the information, flipped through it and said: "The scale of this company is not small, with a team of more than 400 engineers, and the historical results are also okay. ”

"Yes, McClain Exploration has purchased a lot of the latest exploration equipment in recent years, and has also hired a variety of technical personnel, and the performance over the years has been very good, and his boss also values this company, but because of the oil crisis, his other companies are short of money, so they can only sell other companies." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"It's a good opportunity." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the oil crisis is a major disaster for many enterprises that operate normally, especially those that rely on energy, but for those who have been prepared, it is the best time to go around to acquire various high-quality assets.

"In terms of price, our acquisition team has compared many peers, including some listed companies, and Deutsche Bank's recommendation is that this price is more suitable and you can start." Zhou Jiayang said again.

"Okay, let's get it, but Deutsche Bank needs to confirm the legal risks to avoid subsequent troubles." Chen Zhiwen thought about it and agreed.

In the acquisition of Europe and the United States, Chen Zhiwen generally does not directly do it himself, and even in Hong Kong, many of the acquisitions are also entrusted to professional institutions such as Dorry, this time Hutchison is ready to acquire an exploration company, so he entrusted Deutsche Bank in Europe and Goldman Sachs in the United States to find suitable acquisition targets in Europe and the United States.

Looking for these people, although it costs a lot of money, but you can save a lot of your time and energy, and more importantly, avoid certain legal risks, the most important thing for such companies is reputation, which acquisition if it causes huge trouble to customers, it is also a big blow to them.

"Okay." Zhou Jiayang nodded, and asked again: "Chen Sheng, if we buy McClain, what should we do next?" ”

Chen Zhiwen said: "It's good to maintain the status quo for now, but we have to dig up Chinese engineers in this area from various exploration companies around the world, not to mention all, but I hope that there will be at least three or four percent of Chinese in this kind of enterprises with particularly strong technical requirements, and when this aspect is almost over, Hutchison can slowly control this McClain, and then complete the task I arranged." ”

"Okay, in fact, there are many companies in Southeast Asia, but the technical strength is not good, but there should be a lot of Chinese talents in it, and it is not difficult to hire some people to come." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Okay, tell me when it's almost time." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "The Midea laboratory in the United States is testing a project to use supercomputers to use the earth's environmental change data to analyze where there may be minerals, oil, coal and other resources, and now there are some results. ”

"And this technology?" Zhou Jiayang said in surprise.

"Of course, big oil companies, coal companies or some metal mining giants are doing research in this area, and although the probability of finding a mineral is still very low, it is much better than digging around with your eyes closed." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "In the mining industry, many giant companies have been established for a hundred years, if it were not for such an opportunity, I would not have been able to enter this field, and in the future, Hutchison's mining company, if it wants to become a giant, it will have to rely on high technology." ”

This kind of technology actually exists, but even in the 21st century, the accuracy rate is very low, and many large oil companies have a history of investing more than a billion dollars in one place because they believe in this kind of data, and the result is nothing. But as long as it really exists, then Hutchison will dig out some mineral deposits in the future, and it will be said that it is over, everyone is betting on probability, but I am lucky.

Of course, this aspect itself is also a technical direction, and after Hutchison has achieved certain results, he will also invest funds in in-depth research in this area.

"I'm really unheard of this, and I can't imagine that the development of the computer field can affect the mining industry." Zhou Jiayang said.

"There are many more that can be influenced in the future." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, the computer and the subsequent Internet, can be said to be half of the industrial revolution, no matter what industry, because of the emergence of the Internet, resulting in a significant increase in efficiency, in this process, how many traditional enterprises were eliminated, in the final analysis, or because they did not keep up with the pace of the scientific and technological revolution.

"Then I'll need to know more about computers." Zhou Jiayang said.

"It doesn't hurt to learn more." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

"On the domestic side, probably because we don't have too many excessive requirements, the Yanjing Municipal Government and the TJ Municipal Government have agreed in principle to cooperate with us to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway, I am ready to allocate an additional $2 million first, arrange the domestic construction team, first investigate the possible problems on the entire route, determine the route, and wait for the approval of the domestic government, it is estimated that the route can be determined, or at least part of the road can be determined, so that When the time comes, you can start construction directly. Zhou Jiayang continued.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if this money is made, time is more important, has it been disclosed in China, and when will it be determined?" Chen Zhiwen asked, just 2 million US dollars, for today's Hutchison, is just a drop in the penny, if you pay in advance, even if you save a few months of time, it is worth it, besides, the money advanced now, when the follow-up cooperation is confirmed, can also be counted.

The construction of the highway is a very complex project, demolition or something is a trivial matter, now the domestic aspect is very good to arrange, and Huang will not be stingy, when it comes to demolition, it will be built in the vicinity of a new one, of course, this land has to be arranged by the local government.

The more troublesome thing is the water network and mountains that may exist along the way, and these places either build bridges or tunnels, which requires very early planning, and may even have to prepare many different plans, each plan calculates the cost, distance, impact on the surrounding environment and economy, etc., and then internal approval and submission to the relevant state departments for approval, which takes a long time.

However, a high-speed itself will be completed one by one, which section is determined first, this section will be built first, and even if it is a section of the road, it will take a long time, during this time, there will definitely be other sections of the road to complete the approval, so that one ring after another will not be a waste of time.

"Okay, then the domestic side can start construction first, but on the side of Hutchison Infrastructure, there are no talents who are proficient in highways, and this part still has to rely on the country." Zhou Jiayang said.

"There shouldn't be any in China, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked, before the reopening, the main mode of transportation in China was still trains, and there was basically no high-speed, and even many officials of the Ministry of Communications did not know much about it.

"Yes, no, but the domestic side has also invited some experts in this area from abroad, which can be regarded as a bit of a foundation." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Then we have to send some of our people, even if we don't know too much professionalism, but at least the basic things to know, in the future, our investment in China, the highway will be one of the key points." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, Hutchison's team has a good understanding of port infrastructure, and there should be no problem in copying this aspect to China, but if it is high-speed, it is all 0 foundation, and it is still necessary to learn more.

"Okay, I'll arrange for a team to come over too." Zhou Jiayang nodded in agreement.

(End of chapter)