The dinner was held at a seaside hotel. The little actress was very excited because she had never eaten such a big lobster, but in fact lobsters are not expensive in Australia. What is really valuable are the bottles of white wine. During the meal,
, Ma Fengfeng received a call saying that the acquisition case was approved at the hearing.
"Witt, champagne, want the best!" Ma Fengfeng snapped his fingers, and the waiter quickly brought out a bottle of French champagne. There was still a layer of dew on the chilled bottle. The bottle opened with a ping, and the three of them filled their glasses with a few drops of dew.
Pour the light yellow wine and touch it in the air to make a crisp echo.
"Beer Si." Ma Fengfeng took a sip, and the little actress followed suit, pressing her small hands on her breasts in an exaggerated manner to make her drunken, but Zou Wenzhong only tasted it briefly, put down his wine glass and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin and said: "
For this project, we worked for more than a year, negotiated dozens of rounds, and collected several hard drives just for the information. After all our hard work, we finally made wedding clothes for others."
Ma Fengfeng said: "Isn't it? Without our preliminary work, how could such a big project be signed immediately? Don't worry, our achievements are clearly visible above. Otherwise, Lao Zou, now in China
There is no suitable position for you, so you might as well become the vice president of this mining company in northwest Australia. Work for two years and wait for the limelight to pass."
Zou Wenzhong's heart moved. The fraud case of Sijin Company was so involved that it almost ruined his career. Even if he came back, he would have to lie dormant for several years. For the young and powerful himself, it would be tantamount to torture. Ma Fengfeng's proposal was good.
Working as an idle vice president in the Northwest Mining Industry, with a salary of tens of thousands of Australian dollars per month, you won't get sick in idle time, so you can consider it.
"Fengzi, let me think about it." Although his heart was moved, Zou Wenzhong still looked worried. Ma Fengfeng smiled boldly and said: "Don't think about it, it's up to him, I'll make arrangements right away."
As expected, Ma Fengfeng settled Zou Wenzhong's job with just one phone call. The Ma family and the Ye family seemed to have entered the honeymoon period. Ye Han's Wynn Group quietly hired Zou Wenzhong as the vice president of its overseas subsidiary. The salary was quite generous, and both parties
Everyone understands that actually arranging such a dispensable position is just to show attitude.
I thought it would be a protracted, see-saw negotiation, but it took less than a week to sign the contract and pass it at the hearing. Everyone was overjoyed, fearing that the contract would be settled in Australia within 24 hours.
A group of more than ten members of the company's leadership team flew to Sydney. Zou Wenzhong was in Australia, so he didn't even return home and went directly to meet with the leadership team.
Australia's northwest mining industry is located in the wasteland of the northwest of the mainland. The grade of iron ore here is slightly lower than that of Rio Tinto's mines, basically reaching more than 50, which is much higher than the grade of domestic lean iron ore. If it can be used effectively, it can be very
It can effectively solve the problem of domestic iron ore demand.
The new leadership team is led by a highly respected CEO. Most of the people in the team have experience studying or working abroad, are fluent in English, and are proficient in international business. There are also several young and beautiful translators in the team who are with them.
, they all knew Zou Wenzhong’s background and respected this newly born executive vice president, which made Zou Wenzhong, who had just fallen from the position of president of Huaxia Mining, feel a little relieved.
The headquarters of Northwest Mining is located in Brisbane, thousands of miles away from the mines. The leaders from China took over the headquarters, checked the financial files, organized the personnel relations, and were about to start work with great ambitions when a message came from the mine located in the Kimberley Plateau.
Bad news.
The workers went on strike.
The leadership team was immediately in a panic and flew to the mine overnight to investigate the cause. It turned out that the boss workers thought the income was too low and wanted to get better treatment while changing employers.
So the leaders checked the financial records, and were shocked to find out that the most common truck driver had an annual salary of 150,000 Australian dollars, and even the annual salary of a cleaner was 100,000 Australian dollars.
This is not bad, who can bear such labor costs? With a stroke of a pen, the leader will fire them all, recruit hundreds of workers from China, take care of food and housing, overseas allowances, and double salary at the end of the year, which is only 100,000 yuan a year.
Trouble soon came again. The union directly took the company to court. The leaders called in a lawyer for consultation. It was a fantasy to fire the workers. This kind of lawsuit was bound to be lost. If not, it might even cost the family.
, the leader asked if there was any solution, and the answer was that there was no solution. The only way out was to negotiate with the union.
Trade union, this term is very familiar, but it seems that foreign trade unions are not led by party committees like in China. They organize table tennis matches, blind dates for older youths, etc. Mining workers’ unions are similar to underworld groups, with hundreds of years of heritage.
, Australians have the blood of murderers and thieves flowing in their veins, coupled with strong trade union organizations and legal protection, how can the newly arrived Chinese be their opponents.
It is even more unrealistic to introduce Chinese workers. The unemployment rate in Australia is already high. The introduction of miners will cause the already unbearable unemployment rate to fall again. Public opinion is agitated and the government will step down at any time. However, the government does not refuse directly. It just uses various means to
The regulations raise the cost of bringing in miners to an incredible level, so you can just give up on it.
The work came to a standstill, and the intelligence was fed back to Beijing. Wynn Group had already expected this. On the one hand, it started negotiations with the labor union, and on the other hand, it stopped its capital injection into Northwest Mining. The iron ore import countermeasures group under the leadership of the State Council made emergency arrangements and added five additional
We have spent tens of millions of dollars to develop the Shengwood Iron Mine in Western Saddamoa and strive to put it into production as soon as possible.
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Australia, Melbourne, in a quiet bay, a small boat floats quietly on the water. The boss of Brayman Mining, Richard Thorpe, is holding a pipe, wearing a straw hat and sunglasses and sitting on the boat, motionless with a fishing rod in his hand.
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On the shore road, a large-displacement SUV drove up. Ma Fengfeng and Zou Wenzhong got out of the car. Ma Fengfeng shouted to Thorpe: "Mr. Thorpe, we are here."
Thorp smiled slightly, shook the fishing rod, and a big fish was fished out of the water, flopping desperately in the cabin.
The boat arrived at the shore, and Zou Wenzhong walked up diligently and helped Thorpe off the boat. In fact, he was no younger than Thorpe in age, but Thorpe's legs and feet were not very convenient. In Far Cry, Indonesia, a bullet penetrated the car and hit him.
His leg was shot, and although the bullet had been removed, his walking was no longer as smooth as before.
Thorpe's villa is not far away, a house with a view of the sea. He leads the way with a cane, and Ma Fengfeng and Zou Wenzhong follow behind. However, Thorpe does not walk towards the villa, but picks food on the roadside.
I picked up a bouquet of wild flowers, walked to a white marble tombstone, and squatted down with difficulty to place the wild flowers in front of the tombstone.
Ma Fengfeng and Zou Wenzhong looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in Thorpe's gourd.
"Her name is Helen, she is from Shanghai. She was only twenty-five years old when she left this world. She once told me that her biggest dream is to live where she can see the sea." Thorp said this without looking back,
The sea breeze blew his hair, and this middle-aged American looked so lonely.
"Ahem, Mr. Thorpe, we are here to talk..." Before Zou Wenzhong could finish his words, he was interrupted by Thorpe: "I know why you are here. You think the union is controlled by me. If you want to test it, I can tell you
None of you can control the union, and you are in big trouble."
After listening to Zou Wenzhong's translation, Ma Fengfeng said angrily: "Brother, you are so ungrateful. How could you leave such a mess to us? Do you know that it makes me lose face?"
Thorpe could understand Ma Fengfeng's words. He slowed down and said: "Mr. Ma, actually I have always thought that we are friends, or to use a Chinese proverb to describe it, we are grasshoppers on a rope. You know, Brayman is just Rayman."
A chess piece of Tuo, and you are also a part of a huge family. We should help each other and get something for ourselves, right?"
These words touched the hearts of Ma Fengfeng and Zou Wenzhong. After a short silence, Ma Fengfeng said: "Mr. Thorpe, how can we help each other?"
"It's very simple. I'll help you solve the union, and you can help me solve one person."
"Who?" Ma Fengfeng and Zou Wenzhong asked in unison.
"Liu Ziguang." Thorop paused, and then said: "Helen died under his gun, and my leg was also injured by him. I believe you don't have a good impression of him either. His death is the result of our common death."
wish.”
Ma Fengfeng looked at Zou Wenzhong again and felt that this condition was a bit too simple.
"Mr. Thorpe, why don't you just send someone to kill him? I believe you are not a merciful man or woman." Ma Fengfeng tried.
Thorpe smiled: "In West Africa, the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, I have experienced this man's power many times and almost died under his gun. If I could kill him, I would still use
Please?"
This is reliable. Liu Ziguang is simply a monster. The Central Coordination Department wanted to deal with him, but Director Tan was involved instead. Ma Fengfeng also sent a killer, but the result was still the same. This guy is extremely cunning and dangerous, and he deserves it.
He is a top agent trained by the military.
"Can we consider it on this one condition?" Ma Fengfeng asked.
Thorpe shrugged: "Of course not. It's just a human life, not worth anything. This is just a prerequisite for cooperation."
Ma Fengfeng held his arms and asked with interest: "What happens after Liu Ziguang is eliminated?"
Thorpe said: "I will deal with the union's troubles, but if we want to solve the fundamental problem, we still need to bring in labor. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible."
Zou Wenzhong was extremely surprised: "Isn't the government afraid that the unemployment rate will drop again and people will protest?"
Thorpe said: "The people in power in this country are not politicians or voters, but mining giants. The giants can even influence the choice of the prime minister. Is it difficult to introduce a few Chinese miners?"
"But..." Ma Fengfeng was a little confused, "What do you need?"
"14% stake in Wood Iron Mine." Thorpe replied lightly.