Eight hundred and fiftieth chapters go hand in hand
Chapter 850: Taking advantage of others
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"It's missing?" After being stunned for a moment, Alfonso shook his head, "It must have been taken away by that bastard 'Munoz'! Give it to him, it's not a valuable thing anyway!"
After hearing Alfonso's words, the old housekeeper hesitated and sighed: "The oil painting you put in the study was also taken away by the other party!"
"Oil painting? That oil painting was stolen by that bastard?"
"That's your favorite one!"
As soon as the old butler finished speaking, Lonrado Alfonso's face turned from white to red, from red to blue, and the veins on his forehead jumped so high!
"Master, are you okay?" Fano asked worriedly.
"Damn 'Munoz', you despicable bastard, you'd better pray that I don't find a chance in the future!"
The furious roar resounded in the quiet night! It startled a flock of birds and at the same time, it also startled the vast Alfonso Manor!
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"Ah squirt...!"
After sneezing, Liu Dong rubbed his nose and said, "It must be Lonrado. Alfonso, the old guy, is scolding me, but it doesn't matter! Just curse a few words, I can't hear you anyway, even more
The important thing is that there are unexpected gains from this trip!”
Looking at the sheep's head and snake's head that he placed in the mustard space, Liu Dong's face showed excitement.
Originally, after missing the tiger head and pig head at the Christie's auction in New York due to special circumstances, he thought that he had basically missed the twelve animal heads of the Old Summer Palace. Unexpectedly, he had just seen the sheep head and the pig head in the Alfonso family's study.
Since the trace of the snake head is a precious antique in China, Liu Dong will naturally not be polite.
But what surprised Liu Dong the most was that there were too many precious antiques in the large study room of the Alfonso family. If it were anything else, forget it. When Liu Dong met one of the three masters of the Renaissance, he was honored by the Western painting community as
After seeing the authentic work of 'Painting Saint' Raphael, I couldn't bear it anymore!
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael are truly palace-level art masters in the history of Western art. Over the centuries, their paintings or sculptures have become a symbol of the Italian Renaissance in people's minds, and even the entire history of Western art.
Logo!
Any of their works is an artistic treasure that cannot be measured by money!
So when he encountered Raphael's original work, Liu Dong didn't even think about the consequences of taking it away, he just took it away so naturally!
Moreover, this painting is also the second authentic work by Raphael after the "Portrait of Medici Archduke" he obtained in the Netherlands!
The content of the painting is the Virgin and the Holy Child, which Raphael most often expressed, but Liu Dong has not seen a description of this painting in the description of Raphael's paintings.
But judging from the content of the picture, it is somewhat similar to "The Madonna of the Goldfinch". Although there are also three characters, the Virgin, Jesus and John, the background is replaced by a pastoral and blue sky. It can be called the "Pastoral Madonna"!
"If Lonrado Alfonso knew that I had taken away his cherished Raphael oil painting "Pastoral Madonna", he would probably be furious!"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong shook his head.
He doesn't care what happens to Lonrado Alfonso in the end. He's a bastard if he doesn't take advantage of him. And he also knows in his heart that the so-called 'Bombasto Copper Mine' will definitely not be as simple as it seems.
Otherwise, the Alfonso family might have already invested money in development!
“But no matter what, I have to go and have a look first!”
After making up his mind, Liu Dong flew there based on the address Lonrado Alfonso told him.
Only after Liu Dong walked out of Cajamarca Airport, the capital of Cajamarca Province, and came to this city located more than 2,700 meters above sea level, did Liu Dong understand why Lonrado Alfonso put
Give up the copper mine.
Not only because the largest armed forces in Peru exist here, but also because the residents here have launched demonstrations and even riots more than once because of their opposition to mining!
Moreover, Cajamarca Province is a major mining province in Peru. There are a large number of silver mines, copper mines, and tin mines here, and there are correspondingly more miners. Therefore, once the people here oppose mining, for those who operate minerals here,
It is unimaginable for foreigners.
Compared with the national advantages of Peruvian mine owners, mine owners from abroad are likely to suffer losses due to political risks.
However, even if there are many risks, Liu Dong's determination to enter the Peruvian mining industry cannot be changed!
Because the resources here are so rich. And Peru is one of the 12 largest mineral-producing countries in the world.
Mainly include copper, lead, zinc, silver, iron and oil. Bismuth and vanadium reserves rank first in the world, copper ranks third. Silver and zinc rank fourth. Proven oil reserves are 400 million barrels, and natural gas reserves are 7.1 trillion cubic meters.
ft. The forest coverage rate is 58%. It covers an area of 77.1 million hectares, second only to Brazil in South America. It has extremely rich water and marine resources and rich fishery resources, and its fishmeal production ranks among the top in the world.
In 2001, Peru ranked first in the world in silver production, second in the world in copper production, second in the world in zinc production, third in the world in tin production, and sixth in the world in gold production.
How could Liu Dong let such a big mining country off!
Especially after seeing the high returns brought by a series of minerals in Muñoz's hands, Liu Dong's attention to mining investment suddenly increased by several levels.
So much so that even the largest gold mines gave up and chose to enter the Peruvian mining market!
So even after understanding the situation in Cajamarca Province, Liu Dong still headed firmly towards Chota, which is located deep in the Andes!
In fact, Chota is not far from Cajamarca, the straight-line distance is no more than 100 kilometers, but the distance in between is too difficult.
Liu Dong could originally ride a motorcycle at the beginning, but after entering the mountainous area, he couldn't even ride a motorcycle because the mountain was too steep and full of cliffs. There was only a winding road less than three meters wide for people to walk on.
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Moreover, this section of the Andes Mountains in Peru is the widest part of the entire 7,000-kilometer-long mountain range. The height of the mountains is generally more than 5,000 to 7,000 meters! It is really difficult to cross such a high mountain!
"Originally, I thought that my hometown in Qingzhou, with its mountains and rivers, was already closed-off. Compared with this place, it was dwarfed!" Liu Dong couldn't help but smile bitterly as he looked at the huge mountains in the distance shrouded in white mist and with no peak visible.
He shook his head.
Now he finally knew why the Alfonso family had left this copper mine undeveloped. Putting aside political factors, the cost of building the road alone was not a small amount!
Although Liu Dong didn't know how much it would cost to build a road from here to connect with the outside world, he thought it would definitely cost no less than 500 million US dollars!
After shaking his head and letting go of his thoughts for the time being, Liu Dong finally climbed up to the tall mountain ridge in front of him. Standing on a high place, he looked down at Qiaota Town, which was at the bottom of a mountain valley. Liu Dong was shocked and sighed.
When he finally arrived, he quickly walked over.
When we got here, there were gradually more people carrying guns around. Although Liu Dong's yellow face was very rare here, others saw him alone, and Liu Dong was dressed like a travel companion, so for a while
No one came to ask!
Following the mountain road, Liu Dong came to this ancient town that is said to have existed since the Inca Empire. The town is not big, with only seven or eight long streets. It has a population of less than a thousand people, and most of them make a living by farming. If
If there weren't too many people with guns here, Liu Dong would be willing to stay in this paradise-like place for a while longer.
With the help of Relic Yuanguang and the description of Lonrado Alfonso, Liu Dong quickly found the location of the copper mine. The copper mine is located in the northeast outside Qiaota Town. Except for part of the surface, it is a rocky beach.
, most of it is the cornfield of Chota Town residents, and more importantly, the 'Peruvian National Revolutionary Front' guerrillas also built a military training ground on it!
Therefore, if Liu Dong plans to mine, he must overcome three major difficulties. First, build a road that can at least go from Chota to Cajamarca, because only Cajamarca has a road to it.
Seaport on the Pacific coast of Peru.
Of course, let’s not talk about the difficulties involved. After all, if Liu Dong is willing to spend money, he can still do it.
Second, it is basically impossible to persuade the Peruvian National Revolutionary Front guerrillas to move their base, because this is a group of violent elements who only look at fists and ignore reason! And find a suitable person like Jota who is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Setting up a base is no simple matter!
Of course, if Liu Dong also used his fists to play violently, it would not be very difficult to drive away or eliminate these guerrillas with poor combat effectiveness. Moreover, Muñoz had done this a lot in the past to compete for minerals in Colombia.
Kind of thing.
The third and most difficult one is to convince the residents of Chota Town to give up farming and go mining for him!
But this goal is obviously difficult to achieve, because not everyone likes to be a miner, and even if the salary is high, some people will disagree. Otherwise, there would not be so many demonstrations and riots in Cajamarca due to mining!
The demands of ordinary people are precisely the most difficult and troublesome for Liu Dong to solve!
"I'm afraid Lonrado Alfonso also knew these difficulties and gave me this huge copper mine with rich reserves and excellent taste!" Liu Dong guessed in his heart.
But thinking about the difficulties at hand, Liu Dong himself actually had a headache.
He really couldn't let go of the copper mine in front of him, because after looking at the relic Yuan Guang, Liu Dong discovered that the reserves of this copper mine were probably more than the 10 million tons mentioned by Lonrado Alfonso!
Because anyone who knows something about mining knows that there is a difference between proven reserves and potential reserves!
Of course, Liu Dong had no idea how rich this deposit was, because he did not get the specific grade of this deposit from Lonrado Alfonso!
We can only use rough estimates to calculate how many tons of copper ore this deposit can produce. (To be continued)