General Woji smiled and said: "Okay, Mr. Wu, please stay at my house today. I will treat you with the best."
Wu Bei nodded: "Thank you, General. My friend is still in the hotel. Let's visit again in the evening."
General Woji then sent an officer to take Wu Bei to the hotel. When he arrived at the hotel, the officer did not leave. He was always ready for Wu Bei's orders.
Zhu Qingyan waited for a long time and was very anxious to know the result. As soon as they met, she asked: "How is it?"
Wu Bei smiled and said: "General Woji has promised us to buy out the bauxite mine."
Zhu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. The next step is to negotiate the price. For such a large mine, the initial investment must be very large."
Wu Beidao: "The early output of this bauxite mine is not large, but the future production capacity can reach 50 million tons. It would be too uneconomical for us to buy it directly. God knows how many years General Woji can be in office. What if?
If he falls and his successor does not recognize our contract, who will we turn to to reason with him at that time?"
Zhu Qingyan nodded: "Then buy it out for fifteen years."
Wu Beidao: "Yes, let's buy it out for fifteen years first. We can agree with Woji that for every ton of bauxite sold, he will get a share of the money."
Zhu Qingyan: "The CIF price of high-quality bauxite is generally US$50 to US$55 per ton, and the transportation cost is about US$10 per ton, and our mining cost is at least US$15 per ton. Calculated in this way
, our profit is only twenty to thirty dollars."
Wu Beidao: "Then based on twenty-five US dollars, we will give Woji five US dollars per ton. If 50 million tons are mined every year, he can earn US$250 million."
Zhu Qingyan: "The fifteen-year buyout is also a huge expense, at least one billion US dollars."
Wu Bei: "If you calculate it this way, if the annual output is 50 million tons, the annual profit will be one billion US dollars."
Zhu Qingyan: "Profit comes second. The competition for resources among global aluminum giants is very cruel. If we don't make arrangements early, we will suffer losses sooner or later."
Wu Bei nodded: "Then buy more mines and increase the output to 100 million tons."
Unconsciously, it was getting late, and Tang Jian said that General Wo Ji invited Wu Bei and Zhu Qingyan to attend a dinner, and they went happily.
In the luxurious manor, General Woji was in good spirits. He was very grateful to Wu Bei and specially took out the wine from his collection to entertain Wu Bei and Zhu Qingyan.
After a few glasses of wine, Wu Bei mentioned that he wanted to buy out some mineral deposits. General Woji agreed and gave him a very favorable price.
In the end, Wu Bei decided to buy out the mining rights of three mines, including 3.5 billion tons of bauxite, 2.3 billion tons of bauxite, and 4.5 billion tons of iron.
All three mines were bought out for 15 years at a cost of US$2.8 billion. Moreover, for every ton of bauxite sold, Woji received US$10. As for the iron ore, no fee was charged.
Most of these mines are located inland and require freight railways. Fortunately, Yanlong Kingdom has invested in two railways earlier. As long as dozens of kilometers are built and the railways are connected, the minerals can be transported directly to the port.
After discussing the business, General Woji invited Wu Bei to visit his residence. The palace was very large and had different functional areas. What Wu Bei didn't expect was that General Woji was also a collector.
He built a special collection hall in the palace and divided it into different areas, some for storing paintings, some for gems, and some for coins.
Wu Bei and Zhu Qingyan walked around the collection and were shocked by General Woji. A rough estimate is that the value of his collection is at least tens of billions of dollars!
Wu Bei took a glance and found that they were all genuine. It seemed that there should be professional people around him to collect them.
When you enter a small room, it is filled with various stones. Africa is rich in various stones, the more precious ones such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, etc.
The stones in this room may not be very precious, but they are definitely unique. For example, huge diamonds, human-shaped tanzanites, and heart-shaped rubies.
Among them, there was a red gold stone the size of a washbasin. It was opaque. However, as soon as Wu Bei saw it, he vaguely felt that it was very unusual, so he opened the Eye of Dimension to check it. At this glance, he was stunned.
Come on, there is a finger hidden inside this red gold stone, with a ring on it.
This method looks like it was cut off by something sharp. It is much larger than an average person's hand, measuring 25 centimeters and about three centimeters in diameter. The surface is blue-black, with thin blue-black scales, and the nails are pointed.
It would be a stretch to say it is a human finger. But if it is not a human finger, why is it wearing a ring?
General Woji smiled and said: "Mr. Wu, this stone is very good, isn't it? It looks like a frog. Although it is not worth much, it is very collectible."
Wu Bei smiled and said: "General Woji, this stone is good, can you give it to me?"
General Woji smiled and said: "This thing is not valuable, so I can give it to you. But Mr. Wu, I have a lot of gems here, you can pick some and take them away."
Wu Bei was not polite and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, General."
He asked Zhu Qingyan to pick out some beautiful gems and diamonds, which were worth tens of millions at least. General Woji was very generous and even gave Wu Bei some paintings.
Wu Bei's favorable impression of General Woji increased a lot. He smiled and said: "General Woji, we must reciprocate as courtesy. I have received your things and I want to give you something as well."
General Woji waved his hand: "Mr. Wu, you saved my life, that's enough."
Wu Bei smiled and said: "Well, I'll give the general some amulets."
General Woji was stunned: "Amulet? Is there such a thing?"
Wu Beidao: "Yes, it can protect the general's safety."
General Woji was very curious and asked: "Can you show it to me?"
Wu Bei took out the talisman paper and talisman pen from his luggage. He pondered, and a mysterious energy entered his body from the void, and then followed the talisman pen and landed on the pen.
He moved his pen as fast as he could and wrote several extremely complex runes in one go. These runes were full of brilliance and had hidden auras, and they were called "life-saving talismans".
This talisman absorbs the power of heaven and earth. If a person is in unexpected danger, this power will burst out to protect the person's life.
In the past, Wu Bei's spiritual power was too weak to draw this kind of talisman. Now, his spiritual power is stronger, so it is not difficult to draw this kind of talisman.
He drew three talismans in a row, handed them to General Woji, and said with a smile: "General, keep this talisman close to your body, it can save your life at a critical moment."
General Woji took the amulet with both hands and was very surprised. He asked: "Mr. Wu, is this amulet blessed by the true god?"
Wu Bei knew that he was an Islamic believer and said: "It can be understood this way."
Woji was very happy, put away the amulet, and took Wu Bei to visit other places.
Finally, they came to a small courtyard, where there were twenty or thirty shirtless black men practicing fighting. The person commanding them was an Asian whose accent should be from South Korea.
This chapter has been completed!