Chapter 309 Good Faith Third Party
After dealing with Xuan Ruanlong, Chen Shen could be said to be relaxed.
This time, the Dongfeng Corps once again received $150 million, removing the $200 million budget allocated in the early stage for the purchase of equipment, as well as the bonuses issued to "employees", and then deducting about $100 million in equivalents that could not be quickly realized.
The business is extremely healthy, and it can even be said that it hangs some of the debt-ridden giant companies in the north.
After all, some companies have assets of hundreds of billions of yuan, and they can't find out the liquidity of 1 billion RMB.
Chen Shen is very satisfied with the current situation, and after the wounded have been properly resettled and training has been carried out normally, he has also entered the rhythm of further operation.
And the first thing he has to do is to get rid of the gold mine.
In fact, if a mercenary group like him intervenes in other businesses, especially a highly complex business such as minerals, it will seem a bit "miscellaneous but not sophisticated".
Therefore, he chose to participate in a very conservative way, that is, he did not participate directly, but took a stake in the gold mine in the form of a security team.
This form of participation has a natural advantage in Pubei and the Golden Triangle, because here, you can have no technology, no funds, and even resources, but you must not have security.
Some time ago, the shooting murder that broke out over there is a typical tragedy caused by weak security forces-—— this thing doesn't mean that you have a few guns, and a few people are called security, you must have a strong enough background, have a hard enough backstage, and this backstage must be the kind that dares to fight, so that it can be stable.
Of course, the coalition forces themselves dare to fight, but it is impossible for them to run to the Lao side to garrison troops, right?
You can help everyone grab something, just don't you leave?
That's a bit annoying.
Therefore, choosing a "regular" international security company like Dongfeng Group is the most rational and reasonable plan.
Based on this plan, it is quite reasonable for Chen to take a 20% stake in the future gold mine.
According to his estimates, combined with some news he has seen in later generations, this 20% stake can bring him 20 to 30 million US dollars a year, which does not seem like a lot, after all, the profit of the gold mine alone in the north of the Purple Mountain alone is more than 10 billion a year, but in fact, this output is really not small.
In particular, these earnings are still relatively stable and can be used as a new "moat" for Dongfeng Group, so Chen Shen is very concerned about this.
After taking advantage of Xiaoyu's relationship with Minmetals, he almost didn't delay any time, and immediately made an appointment with the business leader of Minmetals to meet in Huisha, and he himself flew to Huisai with Li Bang, Bao Qi and Bao Xiaomei, and arranged a "business meeting" in the park of Ruan Long Group.
I have to say that these business managers of Minmetals have really seen the world.
You must know that at this time, the Ruan Long Group Park has not been cleaned up, and there are still a group of heinous drug dealers who have not had time to deal with it in the corner building, and the ground of the park is full of bomb craters, and the walls are full of bullet holes, but this young man named Xu Zhiyuan was stunned and didn't blink his eyes, and after seeing Chen Shen, he walked up enthusiastically and took the initiative to shake hands, without any panic or rudeness.
"Boss Chen! I've admired the name for a long time! Fortunately! Respectfully! ”
"We just saw the deeds of the Dongfeng Corps on the news, and that is really a great joy!"
"We have also seen the video of the destruction of drugs, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this incident is a bit of the momentum of Humen's cigarette sales back then!"
"Boss Chen, your merit is not shallow!"
Chen Shen is basically online with his real name now, and the code name of the wreck is basically only called by people who are particularly familiar with it during combat-—— such as jackal.
Therefore, he was not surprised at all when Xu Zhiyuan called out his name, but smiled modestly and replied:
"Mr. Xu, this is a fallacious praise, we just did a little bit of work, it's not worth mentioning."
"Don't talk about comparing with Lin Zexu, it's insignificant compared to your anti-narcotics police."
"Be humble, Boss Chen!"
Xu Zhiyuan's smile did not diminish at all, he glanced at the factory behind him, and continued to speak:
"I really can't imagine that this kind of factory that looks so modern is actually the biggest poison nest in the Golden Triangle!"
"It's also thanks to you guys who knocked it down, otherwise. Woe for 10,000 years. ”
"Yes."
Chen Shen did not deny it this time, but added:
"Xuan Nguyen Long has been ambushed, and most of the backbone of this group has been arrested, and we will continue to cooperate with the Lao side to clear other planting bases scattered everywhere in the future, and strive to catch everyone."
"Great thing! At this point, I think we can work together! ”
Xu Zhiyuan's words are very sincere - in fact, it is also true that people who come from the north to station abroad sometimes have a very low threshold.
Huang, gambling, can be tolerated, and sometimes in order to grab a standard, they will do insidious, even disgusting things such as stuffing unknown women into the beds of competitors and pouring laxatives into their canteen meals.
However, basically no one can tolerate poison, which is also a dead line.
At that time, Chen Shen heard two cases of the same company's overseas personnel, which were very representative.
The first is that an account manager in Iran slept with the daughter of a local magnate.
O Iran! So what the hell is it that you dare to do such a thing?
The account manager was sentenced to death on the spot, and later the head office used various connections to rescue him, paid a lot of price, and finally ransomed the person, and after he came back, he was not fired, but was transferred to another country and other positions.
The second, at the same company's location in Africa, had an employee who smoked leaves and brought goods to others, and was caught by the local police and sentenced to 6 years.
The country's legal system is inherently imperfect, and logically speaking, a six-year sentence is not a big deal, and it can be fished out by casually operating it.
But no one went to fish, and no one dared to mention it.
By the time Chen Shen crossed over, this kid was still locked up inside, and it is estimated that when he comes out, he will lose half his life if he doesn't die.
Therefore, Xu Zhiyuan's attitude is actually very credible.
——
But of course, attitude is attitude, and business is business.
His words are still mostly polite, and when it comes to really speaking, these businessmen who are good at the bones are still so easy to deal with.
That's why he deliberately pulled Bao Xiaomei.
After all, this is the best and most experienced ally in business negotiations that he is familiar with.
If Jiya was here, she could have tried it, but then again, it was impossible for me to hand over such an important matter to her.
The matter of asking the jackal to investigate Jiya's whereabouts has not yet been concluded, maybe when he returns from Indonesia, there will be some progress.
Chen Shen's thoughts were chaotic, but fortunately, he didn't need to interfere in the negotiation at all, he just honestly acted as the final decision-maker.
Minmetals share by revenue? No, dismissed.
Minmetals Holdings? No, dismissed.
30% shareholding? Many, dismissed.
Don't offer technology sharing? Overrule.
Anyway, Chen Shen just said one word, how you play with the local warlords in Chebang, you have to play with us.
Don't think that we are outsiders, and we are not regular soldiers, so we will be sent with some conditions like feeding dogs.
After all, this is business, no matter how good the personal relationship is, no matter how strong the plot of the homeland is, Chen Shen will not be stupid.
After talking, even Bao Xiaomei was a little angry, she couldn't wait to take out a gun and put Xu Zhiyuan's head on his head to make him submit, so she also said a few cruel words.
But Xu Zhiyuan is completely true.
"Miss Bao, it's useless for you to threaten me with me."
"When I was in Africa, the local military pointed an AK47 at my head and told me to count a box of bullets before I could start negotiations, and if I counted one wrong, they killed me on the spot."
"Do you know how I do it?"
"I counted 30 rounds because 30 just filled a magazine."
"Miss Bao, you have to be ruthless and unreasonable, the old black over there in Africa is much more ruthless than you, so let's sit down and talk calmly."
"It's useless to be angry, you can't solve the problem."
Looking at Xu Zhiyuan, who was always calm, Chen Shen also nodded secretly in his heart.
This person is really not an ordinary person-—— is also, who dares to come to the Golden Triangle to talk about business, which one is an ordinary person?
So, after a short interlude, the negotiations continued.
Bao Xiaomei also changed her strategy, began to draw a big pie and throw away expectations, and after talking for 6 hours, the two sides finally reached a preliminary intention.
Minmetals holds a 28% stake, and at the same time, it will share technology and carry out personnel training, and it is expected to take three years to realize the localization of grassroots employees and achieve stable production.
This condition is still quite good, after all, Chen Shen and they really need Minmetals' technology.
Large-scale gold mining is not as simple as many people think, and in the case of low grade, it requires a high-tech team to escort it.
The intention was reached, and the atmosphere eased again.
Xu Zhiyuan shook hands with Chen Shen, and then said:
"Boss Chen, to be honest, this negotiation is quite pleasant in my experience."
"I hope that our follow-up cooperation will be as pleasant as today's negotiations."
"But there is another problem, I heard that the exploration and mining rights of this mining area, originally Nguyen Long Group planned to cooperate with the Thai side."
"I'm afraid you'll have to find a way. Got the company in Thailand done. ”
"They shouldn't let go easily, after all, it's a big piece of fat."
"If you can't get commercial means, they may try to use other means, but you still have to be careful."
"Understood."
Chen Shen nodded and replied:
"Don't worry, in this area of the Golden Triangle, in a short period of time, there should still be no one who dares to get along with us"
"That's good."
Xu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, said goodbye and left.
After he left, Chen Shen and his entourage also returned to Dachili by helicopter-—— leaving Bao Xiaomei alone in Huisun.
Her eyes were a little resentful, and when she said goodbye to Chen Shen, she wanted to say something several times, but in the end, she still didn't say anything superfluous.
Chen Shen is not really a ruthless and unrighteous person, after returning to Daqili, he asked Cheng Lei to lead the team to fly back to Huisheng to provide protection for Bao Xiaomei.
After such an operation, Bao Xiaomei's originally low tone when she reported to Chen Shen became excited again.
Of course, Chen Shen was still as polite to her as ever.
Soon, a few days after Chen Shen returned to Tachili, a formal letter of intent for cooperation was signed.
At this stage, the two parties have not signed a contract, but it has legal effect.
But at this time, no "outsiders" have learned of the news, and the same is true for Fulai Company.
In their opinion, Huitan is still a big piece of fat that no one cares about, whether it was in the hands of Xuan Ruan Long or the Dongfeng Corps before, in fact, there is no difference.
Anyway, these local warlords always have to find someone to cooperate!
So since you can cooperate with Xuan Ruan Long, why can't you cooperate with Dongfeng Group and the coalition forces?
Therefore, Fulai Mining is still quite confident in winning the meeting.
In his office in Chiang Saen Province, the general manager of Fulai Mining sat in his office, studying the latest business intelligence he had gathered, and said:
"Now that the situation has stabilized, I've heard that there are already people in Tachili who have been there."
"Hyun Nguyen Long has been wiped out, his industry has basically been uprooted, and hundreds of tons of drugs and raw materials for drug production have been destroyed."
"The Ruan Long group has also been arrested hundreds or thousands of people, and this group should be said to have been abolished."
"We have to make adjustments quickly and get in touch with Dachili as soon as possible."
"They must be looking for partners, and they must not let others take the lead."
"Understood."
The secretary nodded hurriedly and replied:
"It doesn't matter, we have a formal contract with Ruan Long Group, no matter what, we should have the right to cooperate first."
"Or, even if they don't want to cooperate with us, they have to bear our losses."
"These expenses are enough for us to get through this difficult time."
"I'm afraid that they won't be reasonable."
The general manager said with a sigh.
"If they want to be big, it's impossible not to be reasonable."
"We are not Nguyen Long Group, we are bound by the law and protected by the law."
Hearing his words, the general manager nodded slightly, but at this time, the phone on the table rang.
He frowned slightly and picked up the phone, and from the other end of the phone, an unfamiliar voice came out.
"Hello, I am the business representative of Dongfeng Group, my name is Peng Xucheng."
The general manager was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied:
"Hello, I am"
"Don't tell me who you are."
Peng Xucheng interrupted him and continued:
"This call is to inform you that the cooperation you have reached with the Nguyen Long Group regarding the nearby gold mines in Huisai has all failed."
"We won't work with you anymore, and you won't have to come to us again."
"We are not responsible for any loss caused by this change in cooperation."
"If you have any requests for further communication, please go and communicate with Ruan Long Group."
"How is this possible?!"
The general manager was instantly anxious, and he hurriedly spoke:
"If we do that, we'll lose too much!"
"Mr. Peng, we have the technology and the strength, we can cooperate!"
"You need us, and in the same way, we need you."
"It's a win-win opportunity, so why not think about it anymore? We"
"I'm informing you, not discussing."
Peng Xucheng's voice was unwavering, and then he repeated again:
"You go to the Ruan Long Group, if there is a loss, it should be compensated by them."
"Where do I go to find Nguyen Long Group, Mr. Peng, legally"
"Then I don't care."
Peng Xucheng interrupted again, and then, he spoke:
"Your contract is your business, legally speaking, we Dongfeng Group is a bona fide third party, what does it have to do with us?"
(End of chapter)