After taking what Ran Jie handed over, Zhu Yu looked at it seriously.
It is not accurate to say that it is an investment base. It should be said that it is a piece of "fat meat" that the Japanese organization took a long time to "attack".
The location is in the Middle East, and the specific thing is oil.
In other words, the Ju organization used various means to build a piece of land in a small country in the Middle East, and based on current information, it was learned that they built an oil field on that piece of land.
The oil field was discovered not long ago, and the Ju Organization was keeping it a secret and did not dare to exploit it on a large scale. Even a small country in the Middle East did not know about it. It always thought that the Japanese country was conducting some kind of experiment to save water in the desert.
This is more fun.
What's more interesting is that what Ran Jie brought was the one with a complete set of information. In other words, as long as Zhu Yu is willing, he can legally become the owner of the desert in a short period of time. The lease period is fifty years. Year!
Of course, this also takes time.
If the Ju organization responds quickly and goes directly to the place where this matter was originally handled in this small country to make a supplementary registration, it can also be retrieved.
Then the next step is to see who of the two moves faster.
Zhu Yu had the attitude of disgusting the other party to death even if he couldn't get this place, so he felt it was necessary to go there.
Zhu Yu doesn't have the slightest moral burden to do this kind of thing, just like not applauding and cheering for certain teams at the Universiade. This thing is naturally established and no refutation is allowed.
"Then get ready. I will receive an expert from China. After this matter is settled, we will leave." Zhu Yu said to Ran Jie, "Should the three of you go together, or should one of you stay... Dalong?" Do you need to rest here because of your injury?”
"No, no, no!" Cao Dalong said hurriedly, "Boss, you can't leave me alone to take advantage of this, otherwise I will have objections!"
"Okay, then get ready. Those maids of yours have been waiting for you. Even if you don't want them, you still have to explain it to others." Zhu Yu joked, "The tribe has been keeping them for you. I heard Jenrona said, people have been waiting for you."
"Boss, this is not kind!" Ran Jie said with resentment, "As you know, we are all the breadwinners, and at the very least, we are also the ones with a partner. If something like this happens, it will really make us miserable. My wife knows..."
"You can't blame me." Zhu Yu said with a smile, with the attitude of a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist, "Look, isn't Zhen Luona here doing well too?"
"That's different!" Cao Dalong was also arguing.
"Okay, okay, people are here, you go handle your matters first, I will do it very quickly." Zhu Yu said.
What Zhu Yu has to deal with is to receive a domestic expert in geology, geologist Xiong Xiangbing from the New Provincial Institute of Geology.
Xiong Xiangbing looks about fifty years old. He does not look like an expert at all, but more like a worker or old farmer who has been working outside all year round.
"Hello, Professor Xiong!" Zhu Yu extended his hands to greet Xiong Xiangbing warmly: "I'm going to trouble you more this time."
"No trouble, no trouble." Xiong Xiangbing said with a smile, "I brought a few students this time, and I also took them out to practice. You also gave us such a good opportunity, and I want to thank you."
Only then did Zhu Yu notice that Professor Xiong was followed by three young men, two men and one woman, who were packing their luggage.
"Come, let me introduce to you. This is a powerful person from our new province, Mr. Zhu Yu. I think, with Mr. Zhu's net worth, he is at least the richest man in new province now."
Xiong Xiangbing introduced Zhu Yu to his students, joking inside and outside.
Xiong Xiangbing was introduced by Huang Jianzhong, deputy director of the New Provincial Museum. He still knew something about Zhu Yu, but he didn't know. He thought it was a bit of an exaggerated joke, but it was actually true now.
The three young men immediately looked at Zhu Yu with curious eyes.
"These are the graduate students I led, all majoring in geology." Xiong Xiangbing introduced them one by one:
"This is Tan Leyu, this is Du Yongshan, and this is Qin Juan, the only girl in our Institute of Geology in the past two years."
Tan Leyu is tall and thin, with dark skin and a bit of a stern look. Du Yongshan is short, slightly fat, and has a naive smile.
Qin Juan wears a baseball cap, short hair, and looks like a sports girl. She looks very energetic.
None of the three of them looked like they were disgraced, but Zhu Yu felt quite good, at least they looked in a good and sunny mood.
"Let's go, let's eat first. The conditions here are worse than at home, so please be patient."
"You're welcome." Xiong Xiangbing said with a smile, "That's it for us in the unit. If we are in the wild, we have eaten instant noodles, naan and so on. If we don't have enough food, we have tasted wild vegetables and fruits."
Zhu Yu smiled and did not answer. He believed that what Xiong Xiangbing said was true, but looking at the three students behind him, it really didn't look like this.
"Besides, Mr. Zhu can persist, so naturally we won't say anything." Xiong Xiangbing observed the surroundings as he walked, "This base doesn't look like the style of building we have there."
"I borrowed the base that the old American left behind." Zhu Yu smiled and didn't explain much.
Looking at the people coming and going, Xiong Xiangbing became more interested:
"Have you developed this place into a market? It seems like these locals are here to sell things?"
"Well, I will exchange our local products for their supplies. Let's exchange what we have." Zhu Yu explained.
The last three students are more curious. However, they could tell that Zhu Yu didn't seem particularly easy to talk to, so they didn't ask any more questions.
From time to time, team members would come over and report something to Zhu Yu. Those team members all carried guns, which made the people coming from the Institute of Geology understand that this was not the country after all.
After a simple meal, Zhu Yu arranged a place for them to stay.
Xiong Xiangbing saw that it was still early, so he strongly requested Zhu Yu to take them to where they worked.
Zhu Yu called the car.
Two Hummers drove out of the base, with seven security team members in front leading the way, and behind them were Zhu Yu and four people from the Institute of Geology.
"Mr. Zhu, isn't it very profitable for you to exchange supplies with them here?" Qin Juan spoke first.
"Qin Juan, don't talk nonsense." Xiong Xiangbing scolded.
"It's okay, Professor Xiong. There's nothing bad to say about this kind of thing. It's indeed very profitable for me to do this." Zhu Yu said with a smile:
"Domestic items are shipped here and basically exchanged for their supplies at eight to ten times the price."
"So high? Aren't you a profiteer?" Qin Juan blurted out a sentence, then realized that she had made a mistake and covered her mouth.
"Xiao Qin, what are you talking about?" Xiong Xiangbing was angry. This student of his was really worried! I'm usually spoiled by others in the institute. I really don't know how high the world is!
"What profiteer?" Before Zhu Yu could say anything, the operative team driving the car became unhappy:
"Do you think anyone can come here to exchange things? Our boss took the risk to come here to help them do many things and improve their living conditions, and only then did he gain their trust.
Do ordinary people dare to come here? Can you come over? Are those things shipped free of charge? How much does it cost to fly over by plane?
Apricots from Nova Scotia sell for 10 yuan per kilogram locally. Why do they cost 50 to 61 kilograms when sold to the mainland? Isn’t air freight expensive? That’s still in the country! This is abroad! "
Qin Juan lost her temper after being directly criticized. She whispered a little aggrievedly:
"Don't you...don't you know? This..."
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!" The action team member didn't tolerate him at all. Working as security guards in China, they earn a salary of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month, but here they can earn more than 20,000 to 3,000 yuan a month, and there are subsidies for work, all of which Zhu Yu brought to them.
Besides, Zhu Yu has done things that they couldn't do when they were in the army, and it's too late to worship him! They will never allow others to say bad things about Zhu Yu!
Not even beautiful women!
As the favorite of the institute, how often had Qin Juan been so angry? The eyes were red at that time.
But no one comforted him.
Where is this place?
Qin Juan didn't know, but Xiong Xiangbing, Tan Leyu, and Du Yongshan knew it very well.
The people here are well-known in the news and propaganda for being conservative, militant, etc.
If you disagree, you will be shot!
Is it easy to open up trade routes here?
"Photovoltaic power generation!" Du Yongshan suddenly pointed outside and said, "Look, photovoltaic power generation panels!"
"This is what our boss, Mr. Zhu, helped them do locally." The driver, Xiao Hu, said proudly, "Including this highway, and those electric tricycles you see running on the road!"
Only then did others see through the windows that on the asphalt road outside, an electric tricycle would pass by from time to time.
It's a bit similar to encounters on rural roads in China, but the driver is replaced by a bearded man carrying a gun and covering his head. This scene is a bit inconsistent!
"Mr. Zhu, this is well done!" Xiong Xiangbing smiled and gave a thumbs up, "This is much better than building a college!"
"It's different, it's different." Zhu Yu waved his hand, "Essentially, I still want to make money. This is unintentional." He didn't want others to praise him too highly, which would affect making money.
"But doing business is also about making friends for me. It's about exchanging what I have. It's also with the help of the country's strong east wind, otherwise people wouldn't be able to trust me. The one hundred tons of pine nuts sold so fast, let them know The kindness of us Chinese people."
Zhu Yu's explanation resonated with everyone else in the car.
After the car drove on the asphalt road for a while, it turned onto a gravel road. After driving for a while, the gravel road disappeared and went onto a dirt road and entered the mountains.
Fortunately, the Hummer has good off-road performance. It drove into the mountains for almost half an hour and stopped on the edge of a hillside.
After the raised dust dispersed, they got out of the car and Zhu Yu explained:
"The main reason I invite you to come here is to see the reserves of this coal mine, the quality of the coal, etc. The locals have actually discovered this coal mine a long time ago and are also mining it on a small scale. However, if you want to develop it, you still need a lot of investment, so it is necessary Evaluate it.”
"It's quite far from the asphalt road here. If we want to mine, we need to build a road." Xiong Xiangbing said as he glanced at the road under his feet.
"Those are all trivial matters." Zhu Yu smiled, "If the output of the coal mine is valuable enough, opening a road is nothing."
"Then let's go and see how the coal mine is doing." Xiong Xiangbing followed the direction pointed by Zhu Yu and walked over.
The security team members who had disembarked from the leading Humvee had already dispersed and were on guard in all directions.
This made the three students a little surprised and a little excited, but they understood it after thinking about where this place was.
Zhu Yu took Xiong Xiangbing to the foot of the mountain, where there were traces of someone digging. Under less than half a meter of soil, a thick seam of coal was exposed.
"I studied geography when I was in school. I know the formation process of coal. I also know that according to the direction of the mountains, we can actually tell the direction of the coal seams." Zhu Yu walked to the edge of the coal pit, picked up a piece of coal and said:
"I think the quality of this coal should be good, but I don't know what the reserves are. You still need your professionals to take a look."
"This coal - the quality is so good!" Xiong Xiangbing also picked up a palm-sized piece of coal and looked at it. After throwing it away, he quickly walked to the edge of the coal pit, looked at it carefully and said:
"If it's all coal like this, it's definitely worth mining - Leyu, take out the tools and let's work!"
"good!"
Tan Leyu put the bag he was carrying on the ground, opened it, and took out the tools inside.
"On the surface, everything here looks like anthracite." Xiong Xiangbing said to Zhu Yu while holding the tools:
“On the surface, these coals are of very good quality, no worse than coal from several major high-quality coal mines at home and abroad.
If you want to see more accurate data, you need to take the sample back for testing. Let's take a look around here first, look for veins, and initially explore the reserves.
Of course, our hands alone may not be able to do this. We also need some instruments and equipment, which requires your cooperation. "
"That's absolutely no problem." Zhu Yu said with a smile, "For me to do things for myself, of course I won't just let you do this kind of thing."
Zhu Yu was an outsider, and he could see with his clairvoyance that the coal mine below was very deep. At least with his celestial eye, he could not see the bottom of the coal seam.
As for the quality of coal, he is an amateur.
Fortunately, he had already discussed this matter with the tribal elders. If it can be developed, he will contract it and promise to build roads and hire people from the tribe to work on it.
Hassan and the others were naturally happy. This is equivalent to attracting a large amount of investment!
At least from Zhu Yu's description, they can see the real benefits that this investment has brought to them.
Can't blame them for being short-sighted or anything. If you have no ability or ability, you can't even have enough food to eat, so you are not qualified to talk about development or anything like that.
Xiong Xiangbing and the others went straight to the evening as soon as they were busy, and then returned to the car with a lot of samples.
"This coal mine is very large." Xiong Xiangbing was very excited when he spoke to Zhu Yu, "And the burial is very shallow. Let's put it this way, at least from the samples I got, I can see that the quality of this coal is very high, very high !
Judging from the current preliminary estimated reserves, it is at least more than 100 million tons! Of course, it could be higher. This requires more precise measurements.
So now I can actually tell you that this coal mine has extremely high mining value, and the investment is not much... almost comparable to an open-pit coal mine! "
"Then I'm relieved." Zhu Yu smiled, "If you say that, I can definitely contract this coal mine now."
"Is it easy to contract? Are the people here easy to talk to? After all, it is such a big coal mine..." Xiong Xiangbing became worried for Zhu Yu.
"Don't worry." Zhu Yu said with a smile, "They will not contract for others. If they want to contract, they will only contract for me."
Hearing Zhu Yu say such confident words, Qin Juan couldn't help but want to see him being slapped in the face, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do it.
Being able to walk sideways within the tribal area with a gun, being able to be exchanged for things by many nearby residents, being able to build roads for tribal residents, doing photovoltaics, and contracting a coal mine, should be no problem, right?
That night, back at the base, Xiong Xiangbing studied the coal sample until very late.
Early the next morning, he and three students had breakfast. When he went to find Zhu Yu excitedly, he found that Zhu Yu was surrounded by several bearded men.
"Professor Xiong, you are just here. Let me introduce you to these elders from nearby tribes. This is Elder Hassan, who can speak Chinese. This is Elder Bager..."
When Zhu Yu saw Xiong Xiangbing coming, he immediately introduced the elders to him with a smile.
Then he said to Elder Hassan:
"This Professor Xiong is the geological expert I invited. He said that the coal mine you introduced to me has great potential, so I plan to contract it and prepare for mining."
"Hello, Professor Xiong!" Elder Hassan was overjoyed when he heard this. "You are very welcome to come to us! Thank you very much for helping Mr. Zhu make this decision!"
As he spoke, Elder Hassan saluted Professor Xiong Xiangbing.
After hearing what the translator next to him said, Bagel also smiled and nodded at Xiong Xiangbing.
This is great news!
At least I guarantee that Mr. Zhu will not be able to leave here in a short time.
Elder Hassan was not distracted by this topic, and then he said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, we want to contract the coal mine. But the most important thing now is the exchange of supplies. Can you transport more things?
You have also seen that not only the tribes near us, but also the residents of tribes further away come here to exchange supplies. The price is easy to negotiate, you can raise the price, as long as the things are shipped over..."
Zhu Yu smiled bitterly and said:
"As you can see, I bought a C-130 transport plane specifically for this matter. But the transportation capacity is just like this. It is transported every day, which is already a very hard work. Besides, I also hope that more of our domestic businessmen will come to do it. Business……"
"But, we believe you!" Hassan blocked Zhu Yu's next words with one sentence, "We have no problem with those people exchanging some fragmentary things, but we only believe you when it comes to large-scale transactions between tribes. !”
"Yes, we only believe in you!" After hearing what the translator said, Bager also stammered in Chinese. Although it was not standard, everyone could understand it.
Xiong Xiangbing now realized Zhu Yu's status here.
The three students behind him also knew why Zhu Yu could confidently say that only he could mine this coal mine.
Because those people don’t trust others!
Qin Juan was ashamed of her previous thoughts.
She couldn't help turning her head, and then she was surprised to see that at the exchange point not far away, a local resident took a large piece of raw lapis lazuli, exchanged it for a bag of clothes, and left happily.
It feels like I’ve taken a big advantage!
This... this is so magical!
(End of chapter)
