() "If you insist on doing this, I can only tell the governor. No one can answer your question except him. Are you sure you want to see the governor? Sir." The young state official saw this American
The lunatic could not listen to his own advice and replied seriously.
"Yes, when can I see the governor?"
"Please wait a moment..." The young man stood up, opened the door and walked out.
On that day, Schneider and the governor of Western Australia talked directly with the state government all morning and had lunch together. As soon as he left the state government, Schneider ran back to the temporary airport on the outskirts of Perth. Where to use it?
The military radio station sent a telegram to Liu Fu.
When Liu Fu saw the contents of the telegram, his jaw almost dropped in shock. In the telegram, Schneider told Liu Fu that he had purchased 70,000 square kilometers of land for US$18 million, and that the US$18 million, 3
It will be fully returned to the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company after 20 years. In addition, if the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company builds railways on these lands, the state government will
The government will lend US$8,000 per kilometer to South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company, and the federal government will also loan US$3,000 per kilometer to South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company. Both are interest-free loans with a repayment period of more than ten years.
Liu Fei originally thought that this investment would be huge, so she roped in David and Schneider, and also brought along several big American chaebols. Who would have thought that 70,000 square kilometers of land only cost 18 million US dollars?
, and it’s still a deposit. It will be refunded after 3 years, and a long-term interest-free loan will be given to build the railway. Damn, if I had known this, I would have found a partner of p, and I could have done it myself. At worst, I would have given David some shares.
He helped unblock the Australian federal government
fu relationship.
There is no place to buy regret medicine, but Liu Fu is also very happy with this result. Those shares that were given out are not given for free. Whoever wants as many shares can get as much money as they want. According to the current progress, although the deposit of 18 million US dollars is not
It's nothing, but to build railways, roads, mines, ports, and recruit workers in that barren land, the funds and manpower required are not a little bit more. It's hard to calculate how much these subsequent investments will be. And it's still
There is one important point. That is to wait for the Australian federal government to succeed.
After fu reacted, if it weren't for the interests of those big chaebols, David alone would definitely not be able to withstand it, so the shares given were not a loss.
Now that the land problem has been solved, we have to start thinking about the actual mining issues. If we want to mine, we must first build ports and railways. Otherwise, not only the mined ore cannot be transported out, but the mining workers cannot work. According to what is going on these days
According to the information returned by the exploration team, the Pilbara region is simply not suitable for long-term habitation. The climate here is
The temperature is very high, the humidity is very low, and there are strong winds almost every day. The sky is filled with yellow sand and dust. The environment is extremely harsh. Those on the exploration team who have been working in the harsh environment all year round can't stand it anymore, let alone the future. Ordinary workers come here to mine, so there must be convenient transportation to transport ore and mining workers to and from get off work.
And building railways and ports in the desert is just like the state government
The young official from fu said the same thing. No local construction company was willing to do this job. David also inquired in Melbourne and found that no company was willing to do it. In the end, even the big chaebols in the United States were alarmed.
, searched in the United States one after another. At the beginning, several construction companies made huge investments in this project.
They were interested in the port and railway projects, but after their engineering and technical personnel came to the local area, they immediately sent a telegram to the U.S. headquarters. Most of them said: Even if the price is increased five times and the construction period is extended five times, it will not be enough.
No American company would dare to take on this job. This is not a project, it is a huge tomb.
When Liu Fu learned of this situation, he immediately sent a telegram to David, asking him to go to the public relations of the Australian federal government and the Western Australian state government, and promised that as long as he could persuade the local government to agree to use Asian labor
Once the construction of this railway and port is completed, not only will the price not be too high, but the construction period will also be guaranteed.
David's public relations results are very satisfactory. Although the Australian federal government implements the "White Australia Policy", since white people cannot do this kind of hard work, they can only agree to the South Pacific Oil and Mining Company to hire other people. Moreover, in the West
In the Northern Territory of Australia, the Australian federal government does not believe that foreigners can affect the lives of domestic residents because there is no one there. Besides, these workers are just workers hired by the South Pacific Petroleum Mining Company and are not immigrants.
Australia.
In March 1921, two 10,000-ton ships from Helena Shipping docked at the port of Perth. A large number of people wearing light yellow clothing descended from the ship to the pier one after another, and quickly gathered in groups of several hundred people.
Get up, then line up and follow the people from the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company to the north of Perth City. Following these people, there are hundreds of large 6-wheel trucks filled with wooden boxes.
, also drove towards the north of the city.
Most of the residents in Perth were alarmed. They rushed to the city government and state government to report to the officials: Asians were about to attack Perth. Thousands of Asians got off the boat at the pier.
army!!!
However, officials from the Perth City Government and the State Government did not panic. Instead, they told the residents that these were not the army, but workers employed by the South Pacific Petroleum Mining Company. They would go to the Pilbara region to build seaports and
railway.
Go to the Pilbara to build a port and railway!!! The news spread like the wind throughout Perth and the surrounding areas. In this area where life is calm and boring, this topic soon became a topic that the locals talked about after dinner.
Talk and jokes.
The people who disembarked at the Port of Perth this time were an engineering unit of the South China Sea Federation. They changed into the clothes of the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company and suddenly became employees of the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company. Due to the construction of the Pilbara region
The project is too difficult for ordinary construction teams to be effective here.
To carry out the work, Liu Fu mobilized some engineering troops from the Federation to take charge of the construction of ports and railways in the Pilbara region. These engineering troops are not only strictly disciplined and rich in construction experience, but they also possess a large number of the Federation's most advanced construction machinery.
, construction capabilities and confidentiality are the highest.
The first batch to arrive in Perth is 1,000 engineering troops and more than 100 heavy-duty trucks and some heavy-duty construction machinery. They will go to the Pilbara region to inspect the specific construction areas and build temporary camps and living facilities in one month.
Later, the second batch of 2,000 engineering troops will also bring more construction machinery and construction materials, and construction will begin at the port so that later construction materials can be loaded and unloaded nearby.
In fact, both Liu Fu and Schneider are very willing to use local construction materials to build ports and railways, but the Australians are obviously not prepared for this. Schneider and the staff of the South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company traveled all over Perth and several nearby cities.
, have not been able to find a large
Companies that purchase cement, lumber and rails have no choice but to transport these building materials by ship from the South China Sea Federation first, and build the port first. Whether they continue to transport building materials by sea or build local factories for production in the future, they will need to
A port for loading and unloading machinery, equipment and personnel.
In May 1921, South Pacific Oil and Mining Company was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On the fifth day of listing, South Pacific Oil and Mining Company held a press conference. At the meeting, the company's spokesperson announced to reporters
News: After half a year of exploration, South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company discovered a large iron ore area in northern Western Australia.
, with estimated reserves of 15 billion tons and recoverable capacity of 5 billion tons. Later, this news was confirmed by several shareholders of South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company. In the afternoon of that day, the stock of South Pacific Petroleum and Mining Company rose directly from US$2 to
12 US dollars, and as soon as the market opened the next day, the stock price rose directly to 33 US dollars, and it was still rising. (To be continued...)
