The fact that a coward turned into a hero did not surprise Liu Ziguang. Captain Gu once said that Mai Jiaxuan's background is not simple. Since everyone is dead, if you make him have the halo of a hero, it will be good for both the dead and the living.
It's a good thing...
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Putting down the phone, Liu Ziguang turned on the TV. The tragedy in West Africa was being broadcast on the news. Many countries expressed their condemnation and condolences. The Secretary-General of the United Nations also said that he would send personnel to investigate the matter. But overall, this matter did not look like Bobby
The uproar was caused as expected by His Highness. The international community is worried about economic recession and has no time to worry about this.
After turning the channel, the deeds of the foreign aid medical team happened to be playing. A slide show of Mai Jiaxuan's heroic photos was played on the screen. The announcer affectionately introduced that Comrade Mai Jiaxuan has been willing to help others and brave in justice since he was a child.
He is an outstanding Young Pioneer and an outstanding member of the Communist Youth League. He honorably joined the party organization in the first year of college. After graduation, he devoted himself to the medical and health industry and volunteered to join the foreign aid medical team. During his work in Africa, he went to the tribes to perform surgeries on poor black people and won the local award.
The warm welcome from the masses won honor for the motherland.
During the riots in Western Saddamoa, Comrade Mai Jiaxuan was not afraid of dangers and protected a large number of black refugees with his colleagues in the medical team. When they evacuated San Juan, he insisted on staying behind and left the hope of life to his companions.
Leave the danger to yourself. Although Comrade Mai Jiaxuan unfortunately died, he will always live in our hearts.
Liu Ziguang turned off the TV. He was no longer interested in watching it. He still had a lot of things to deal with. The first thing to do was to find someone to identify the mysterious ore.
He took a car and went straight to the branch of the University of Mining and Technology in the capital. There should be many heavyweights in the exploration industry here, but when he entered the school, his eyes were blank. Today's universities are focusing on expanding enrollment and running schools industrially, and colleges are becoming more and more popular.
There are more and more majors, and the majors are getting more and more complicated, but there are fewer and fewer laboratories and people who are actually doing research.
I asked several students passing by, but they didn't know where the so-called laboratory was. When I was at a loss, I met an old acquaintance, Mr. Fei, who had once competed in chess in the provincial capital.
Unfortunately, Mr. Fei had almost forgotten about him. Liu Ziguang reminded him before he remembered it and said with a smile: "I remember, the old closed disciple is very good at Go. The young man has also come to the capital. There are
Talking about two games with nothing?"
Liu Ziguang said: "I must accompany you. Mr. Fei still wants me to look at it a few times. What about that? I'm here to find someone to identify the ore. Does Mr. Fei have any friends who are proficient in this?"
Mr. Fei said: "You have found the right person. An old chess friend of mine is a leading figure in the exploration industry. You are right to find him."
So, Mr. Fei took Liu Ziguang to the university dormitory building and knocked on the door. An old man in his sixties opened the door and said with a smile: "Mr. Fei, what brought you here?"
Fei Lao said: "Lao Yu, I wrote a preface for your book about your journey to the Western Regions, and the publishing house has also published a sample. Are you satisfied with it?"
Lao Yu hurriedly said: "Welcome, welcome. I would like to trouble you to run over for such a small matter. Come in quickly. Who is this?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is Xiao Liu, one of my children. I want to ask you about some exploration matters."
Then he said to Liu Ziguang: "This is Professor Yu, Xu Xiake in the exploration world. He once traveled all over the northwest alone. He was the first person to cross Lop Nur."
Liu Ziguang said: "Professor Yu, nice to meet you."
Professor Yu has a weather-beaten face, which makes people feel trustworthy at first sight. His room is also very simply decorated, with camp beds, exploration tools, kettles and lunch boxes all over the table. It doesn’t look like a home, but like a home.
The geological team's dormitory.
Fei Laohe put the printed sample on the table, but Professor Yu was more interested in Liu Ziguang's ore. He said: "Let's talk about work first. Young man, take out your ore sample and let me take a look."
Liu Ziguang hurriedly took out the piece of ore and handed it over like a treasure. Professor Yu took it, put on his reading glasses and looked at it again and said: "This is an ordinary piece of magnetite, with high taste. Where did you find it?"
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"Somewhere in West Africa."
"That's it." Professor Yu's interest immediately dropped. He took off his spectacles and said, "Since it's not in the country, it has no value. We in China actually don't lack iron ore, but most of what we have is poor iron ore, which is associated with
There is a serious shortage of high-grade iron ore with commercial mining value, so it costs huge amounts of foreign exchange to import it from Australia and Brazil. Even with ocean transportation costs, the cost is lower than using low-grade ore."
"The ore in your hand, according to my simple visual inspection, has a taste of at least above 60, which means it has a certain mining value. However, a detailed analysis of the specific situation shows that many large reserves of iron ore have been discovered in Africa over the years, but they are all located in
In land areas, mining and transportation are quite difficult, because mining requires machinery, road transportation, and electricity supply, all of which are not provided locally, not even labor, ranging from large construction machinery to small light bulbs and screws.
, you have to import, build roads, railways, power plants, and docks and ports. If the reserves are not measured in hundreds of millions, then no matter how high the taste is, there will be no mining value."
Liu Ziguang nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand, there is another important factor, the local political situation must also be taken into consideration."
Professor Yu said: "My opponent, Africa is constantly at war, and the warlord government is changing its orders day and night. Which investor dares to invest a lot of money in a place where wars are going on all day long, so it is a pity, young man, you should take your iron ore back."
"Wait a minute, Professor Yu, can you say that if this iron mine is located on the seaside, has a port, a power plant, an airport, a large number of cheap labor, astonishing reserves and the support of the local legal government, then there will be
Is it worth mining?”
"Of course, if the mineable reserves are considerable, then there is definitely mining value! And it is not only commercial value, but also has extremely high political value. The current international iron ore price is controlled by the three giants. Every year, our country has to pay more and more attention to it.
The soaring iron ore price will require you to pay an extra US$30 to 40 billion, which is equivalent to the cost of the Three Gorges Dam. If the iron ore you mentioned is really in such good condition, I think it would have been robbed by others before now.
Already."
"Haha, I understand. Professor Yu, can you please leave me a phone number so that I can ask you if you have any questions in the future. I came in a hurry today and didn't bring any gifts. I'm really sorry." Liu Ziguang said with a smile.
"Fei Lao's friends are my friends. There is no need to be polite. If you need anything, just call this number." Professor Yu tore off a piece of paper from the diary, wrote his phone number and handed it to Liu Ziguang.
"Then let's talk. I still have to catch the train. I'll come back for advice next time." Liu Ziguang said goodbye at the right time.
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While Liu Ziguang was identifying the ore, two thieving black men walked into a grocery store in Brazzaville, Congo, and handed over a half-used laptop. The black boss took the laptop and pressed the power button to confirm that it was not broken.
, threw out a few West African CFA francs, and the two black men were overjoyed and walked away with the money.
The boss fiddled with the computer and found some information about the owner. After hesitating for a while, he picked up the phone book and looked for the number of the U.S. Embassy.
A few hours later, a car and two people came from the embassy. They bought the notebook for a sum of money and flew it back to the United States along with Anderson's body from San Juan to his family and company.
There is no doubt that the secrets in the notebook will be made public in the near future.
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Before leaving, Liu Ziguang found a law firm that specialized in economic litigation, gave them a copy of the contract to purchase the Wood Manor, and commissioned them to translate it into a rigorous Chinese contract.
She originally wanted to take time to go to Beiqing University for snow, but considering that frequent visits would affect her studies, Liu Ziguang gave up the idea. He just made a phone call to ask about Xiaoxue, and took the train back to Jiangbei that night.
After a night of trekking, I finally returned to my hometown. Jiangbei City was covered in snow in winter, and everything was white. Liu Ziguang walked out of the train station in a thin suit. The biting cold wind blew in his face. The station square after the snow was full of people.
With the remaining snow and the migrant workers waiting to go home, the annual Spring Festival transportation has begun again.
After going home and making arrangements, Liu Ziguang found the phone number of the Provincial Mineral and Mine Team No. 5. After some contact, that afternoon, a plainly dressed middle-aged man came to Liu Ziguang's office.
"I am Lang Yulin, the leader of the Provincial Mineral and Mineral Team No. 5. This is my business card." The middle-aged man handed the business card with both hands. Liu Ziguang took it and took a look at it and said, "Mr. Lang, please have a seat."
Lang Yulin sat on the sofa and began to talk: "Our Geological and Mineral Team No. 5 is a provincial institution, mainly responsible for geological exploration work in the central and western parts of our province. Currently, there are 200 employees and 110 professional and technical personnel.
With ten people, including 65 mid-level and senior technicians, you can rest assured of the professional and technical level of our fifth team of Geology and Mining."
Liu Ziguang said: "It's like this. I need a capable exploration staff. They must be young, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, travel for a long time, and their technical level must be guaranteed."
Lang Yulin said: "Don't worry, Manager Liu, our fifth team of Geology and Mineral Resources specializes in fighting tough battles. In the past, under the planned economy, we only explored within the province. Now the public institutions are self-financed and responsible for their own profits and losses. We once organized exploration personnel to go deep into the province."
Exploration missions are carried out in the western plateau and desert. The more difficult the place, the more it reflects the hard work of our miners. Even if we go abroad for exploration, we are mentally prepared."
Liu Ziguang said: "You are right. You want to go abroad for exploration, and it is in Africa. Help me explore for a rich magnetite with unknown reserves."
"When will you leave?"
"The sooner the better."
Lang Yulin stood up suddenly: "Then I will go back and prepare now.