In addition to the main building, Jinhonghui also has three annex buildings, enclosing a carefully crafted French garden.
Jinhong Club is famous for its Japanese food, local Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine and French food. The annex building also has various entertainment facilities; four screening rooms of different sizes, in addition to various high-quality films, can also simultaneously play the latest cinema movies. Online movies.
There haven't been any blockbuster movies worth looking forward to recently. After dinner, three girls, Cheng Xi, Yu Jing, and Chen Chang, went to the screening room and picked out an old movie "Twelve Monkeys" from 1996, while Cao Mo and Qian Wen Han, Ge Jun, Shen Ji and Qian Wenhan's four poker friends were playing Texas Hold'em poker in the next room.
As more and more people return from studying in Europe and the United States, and at the same time, the upper class feels that the traditional multiplayer card game is too simple and crude, in recent years, a small group of people in Xinhai have become popular in playing Texas Hold'em poker.
Although Jinhonghui provides a venue, in order to avoid unnecessary risks and was reported by competitors, there is no full-time dealer here; today, Zhou Weiwei is the dealer herself, dealing cards for everyone.
Today, in addition to Qian Wenhan, Ge Jun, Cao Mo, and Shen Ji, Qian Wenhan invited four poker players. In addition to three of them being well-known wealthy people in Xinhai, one of them is Zhou Shenhe, the chairman of Xinhai Gold Industry.
Xinhai Gold is still a state-controlled listed company. The state-owned asset management company affiliated to the Shangyu District Government of Xinhai City is the largest controlling shareholder. After this share-trading reform, it still holds 40% of the shares of Xinhai Gold.
Although Zhou Shenhe personally only holds 3% of the shares of Xinhai Gold, which is far less than Qian Wenhan, he has served Xinhai Gold for 20 years. Under his hands, the output value of Xinhai Gold has increased more than a hundred times, and he is well-deserved. He is the soul figure of Xinhai Gold Industry.
The first time we met at Jinhonghui was by chance. No one was prepared. Qian Wenhan's understanding of Cao Mo was limited to hearsay, and he didn't know the more specific situation. After a quick meal, they dispersed. , nothing was discussed in detail.
Qian Wenhan didn't take a break these days, mainly trying to find out about Cao Mo through various channels.
After his inquiry, although some things were still vague, he found that Cao Mo's development trajectory seemed to be mainly concentrated in Kanem and other West African countries, but it was actually closely connected with the country.
Cooperation with Dongsheng's Hexi Fund is on the one hand. Cornero Cement and Ibogu gold mine are developing rapidly. Cornero Energy is building thirty or forty small and medium-sized hydropower stations in the upper reaches of Ibogu River and expanding natural gas power stations in Longta. As well as Cornero Food's investment in the construction of three cocoa butter production lines in China and Canem, as well as the construction of the Cornero Lake Industrial Park, the introduction of machinery, equipment and technology, Cao Mo mainly cooperated with Xinhai's research institutes, manufacturers or traders.
Even with the efforts of Yang Deshan and Xie Sipeng, the processing companies introduced to the Conero Lake Industrial Park are mainly new overseas.
Not to mention the infrastructure projects such as Cornero Cement, most of which are undertaken by the Canem Branch of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation.
Speaking of which, Qian Wenhan and Cao Mo were not without indirect connections. Xie Sipeng had earlier raised funds to purchase the ore ship, of which two million US dollars was borrowed from Qian Wenhan.
Both Xinhai Gold, which has long set its sights on overseas markets, and Qian Wenhan himself, have noticed the mining investment opportunities in Akwa very early.
In the early days, Cao Mo was too weak and had to borrow the names of Felician and Sika families to lay foundations in Longta. The equity information of many companies was deliberately obscured to the outside world, but the Jidam family and the Steel Fist brothers
After the fall of the Hui Dynasty, Cao Mo had developed his business to span the three countries of Kanem, Benin and Akwa, so he no longer had to be so cautious.
He also took the opportunity of financing and asset rectification to adjust his holdings in companies such as Cornero Cement, Ibogu Mine, and Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining.
Qian Wenhan not only inquired about these details in the past few days, but also learned the reason why Cao Mo planned to sign a cooperation agreement with the New Steel Federation when he returned to China, but was eventually disturbed by Han Shaorong.
After comprehensively analyzing the information about Cao Mo, Qian Wenhan found that not only was everything Xie Sipeng told him before not false, but Xie Sipeng even underestimated Cao Mo due to his own limitations.
The first is that the domestic heavy and chemical industry is developing rapidly and rapidly, and it is necessary to go abroad to find resource supplies. Against this background, the foundation laid by Cao Mo and others in West African countries should play a greater role.
New Steel Union was previously willing to invest in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company. It actually saw this, but unfortunately it was disrupted by personal grudges.
The second is the potential of the Wusang River copper-gold mine.
The information currently publicly reported by Yibogu Mining Group is that the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine has copper reserves of 200,000 metal tons and 700,000 ounces of gold reserves.
People outside the industry can't see anything strange, but Qian Wenhan has been in this industry for thirty years, and Zhou Shenhe is a leader in nonferrous metals in the country. They can see a lot more from the surface information.
If Wusang River is just a medium-sized copper and gold mine, the total investment will be 100 to 200 million U.S. dollars, but generally speaking, in periods of tight funds, funds will be invested in two to three phases.
Especially in a country like Akwa, where the political situation is not yet stable, we must pay more attention to guarding against risks.
Based on the current actions of Yibogu Mining Group in Drake, it will have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in construction funds within a year. If Cao Mo has too much money to spend, it won't matter, but the key is to raise construction funds. Cao Mo
Mo sold the shares of Cornero Energy to Draculamo Power Group at a low price, and also planned to open up the investment window for shipping and mining companies in the Gulf of Guinea at extremely favorable prices to alleviate the problem of the entire capital market being hungry.
This is obviously an abnormal investment decision.
Another point is that before the official development of the Wusang River copper and gold mine, Ibogu Mining Group spent a lot of money to acquire Stru Gold Mining Company.
It is unlikely that the outside world will pay attention to this information, but Xinhai Gold Industry, as one of the leaders in non-ferrous metals in China, not only pays attention to this information, but also knows the origin and history of Stru Gold Mining Company and Drake Gold Mining Company.
Remaining problem.
Xinhai Gold even considered acquiring the Stru Gold Mining Company as a springboard to set foot in West Africa. However, the assets in the hands of the Stru Gold Mining Company are already extremely limited. The only remaining gold mine in Benin also took too long to mine.
The cost is high and it feels somewhat tasteless.
After the evaluation, Xinhai Gold offered Stru Gold Mining Company a purchase price of US$25 million.
In fact, Ibogu Mining Group spent 55 million US dollars to acquire the entire Stru Gold Mining Company.
Why is Yibogu Mining willing to pay such a high premium? Zhou Shenhe judged that Cao Mo wanted to completely solve the historical problems of the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine, leaving no trace of the exploration rights and mining rights of the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine.
Take it in your hand.
Another point is that if the reserves are almost basically proven in a mining area, in order to tap the potential, there will be further investment in exploration operations, but this will usually be limited.
However, for three or four months in a row, Ibogu Mining has applied to the Akwa authorities for new exploration sites in the Usan River mining area.
These three points determine that what is hidden under the Wusang River is definitely not a medium-sized copper-gold mine.
So after the meal, a group of people sat down at the card table. No one was thinking about poker. Qian Wenhan didn't know how many days Cao Mo would stay in the country, so he quickly asked straight to the point: "Old Zhou's men have contacted him before
After passing the Stru Gold Mining Company, we had some understanding of the gold resources in the Drake area, but in the end we were still a step too slow and let Ibogu Mining acquire the Stru Gold Mining Company first. But now we are very curious about the Usan River.
How big are the copper and gold reserves that can be mined?”
In the past few days, Qian Wenhan was digging for information on his side. Why didn't Cao Mo and Shen Ji learn more about the details of Qian Wenhan, Jin Hai Jinye, and Ge Jun?
"There is no basis. I can't talk nonsense here, but in the past four months of continuous drilling and exploration, some new exploration results will be reported to the Akwa authorities in the near future. I told Mr. Qian and Mr. Zhou in advance, but there was no
What's the problem?" Cao Mo said, "It is currently confirmed that the proven copper reserves of the Wusang River Copper-Gold Mine will increase to 400,000 tons, and the gold reserves will increase to 1.5 million ounces..."
“Where are the prospective reserves?”
Prospective reserves are usually the reserve scale calculated based on geological conditions and individual drilling, and are generally used as the basis for long-term investment and construction planning in mining areas and further deployment of exploration work.
Yibogu Mining has so many unusual operations in the Wusang River copper and gold mine, and Qian Wenhan is particularly interested in knowing their prospective reserve assessment of the Wusang River copper and gold mine.
"We haven't started the C2 level reserve assessment work yet..." Cao Mo said.
Qian Wenhan directly invited Zhou Shenhe to the card table, so he was naturally sincere in cooperating, but Cao Mo was not trying to be mysterious or covert.
There is no need for him to be secretive at the moment. The main reason is that their true reserves of the Usang River copper-gold mine are still in the stage of theoretical speculation, and Almoududi's theoretical research on the metallogenesis of the Usang River copper-gold mine is not enough to constitute a conclusion.
The C2 level reserve assessment even conflicts with the earlier exploration report of Stru Gold Mining Company.
Qian Wenhan revealed his intention to cooperate, obviously because he values the potential of the Wusang River copper and gold mine, but when it comes to cooperation, it must involve the price of cooperation, which is related to the real reserve potential of the Wusang River copper and gold mine.
Directly linked.
At this time, Cao Mo said that according to Almoududi's mineralization theory, C2-level reserves may be twenty to thirty times the proven reserves at this time, and the Wusang River copper-gold mine has great hope of becoming one of the top ten in the world.
Among the copper and gold mines, are Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe very excited to accept his words, or are they wary of him as a big liar?
Cao Mo believed that there would be more of the latter, but he was also unwilling to lower the price and downplayed the scale of C2-level reserves.
Cao Mo hesitated for a moment and said: "With the current exploration technology strength of Yibogu Mining, there are still certain difficulties in making a preliminary evaluation of the C2 level reserves of the Wusang River copper-gold mine in a short time. I am coming back this time. In fact, there are
We plan to seek technical support from the Geology and Mineral Exploration Institute of Xinhai Gold..."
Everyone knows that Cao Mo is lying, but it is obvious that the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, a subsidiary of Xinhai Gold, is involved in the exploration of the Wusang River copper and gold mine. If the two parties really cooperate in the future, it will save a lot of trouble.
Where can I be directly invited to participate in exploration and evaluation cooperation, which can better lay the foundation of trust?
Hearing what Cao Mo said, Qian Wenchao became more interested and asked directly: "For the Wusang River Copper and Gold Mine, Yibogu Mining did not hesitate to acquire the Stru Gold Mining Company at a large premium. There should always be someone within you."
Judgment?"
"There are optimistic judgments and relatively conservative judgments," Cao Mo said. "The optimistic judgment is that the porphyry layer in the southeastern part of Drake has the possibility of mineralization, but we have not yet understood the scope of the entire porphyry layer and the deep conditions.
There are several exploration wells and it is difficult to judge”
Qian Wenhan glanced at Zhou Shenhe. Ge Jun and the other three poker players who were invited were all more inclined towards pure investment, but he and Zhou Shenhe knew clearly what the entire porphyry mineralization concept was.
Cao Mo did not discuss the Wusang River copper-gold mine in depth. It was impossible for Qian Wenhan and Zhou Shenhe to believe it after hearing what they said.
If we really want to cooperate on this project, both parties need to achieve certain exploration cooperation results in the Wusang River copper-gold mine before they can enter into substantive negotiations.
The reason why Shen Ji, Brahm and the Blake family followed without hesitation was because Cao Mo regarded them as real strategic partners and real partners, and they were the ones who brought Wusang River Copper and Gold together.
The potential value of the mine is excluded, and their investment share is converted into net assets.
Shen Ji and the others took original shares.
Not to mention Abacha and Ochosan, Shen Ji, Brahm and the Blake family all contributed to the acquisition of the Usan River copper and gold mine. They had happily cooperated for such a long time before, so they should naturally enjoy it.
This treatment.
However, Qian Wenhan and Xinhai Gold now want to participate in the Wusang River copper-gold mine, so I'm sorry. Cao Mo will include the potential value of the Wusang River copper-gold mine and evaluate the value of the project as a whole.
Let’s talk about cooperation again.
And this is inseparable from key data such as proven reserves and prospective reserves.
At most, they are the first well-intentioned strategic investors to actively participate in this project and provide a certain degree of discount.
Cao Mo waited for Qian Wenhan, and Zhou Shenhe digested some of the vague information he just mentioned, and then said: "Mr. Qian should also know the direct purpose of my return to China this time, and what happened after Han Shaorong intervened. Although with the New Steel Alliance
The cooperation has fallen through, but the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company will continue to seek new investors in the country..."
The cooperation with the New Steel Alliance ended without any problems, and the lack of funding of 20 to 30 million US dollars was just one aspect.
If New Steel Union completes its acquisition of the Catero Steel Plant, the annual iron ore and coal supply business of up to 1 to 2 million tons that the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company originally planned to finalize with the Catero Steel Plant will also be affected by the
Catero Steel Works bypassed their search for a new supplier and failed.
This has a great negative impact on the steady development of shipping and mining companies in the Gulf of Guinea.
No matter what, Cao Mo must actively look for new strategic partners to reduce negative impacts as much as possible.
Only when the Gulf of Guinea shipping and mining companies develop simultaneously can they have a more layered and deeper influence and connection with Akwa and other countries along the Gulf of Guinea.
If Qian Wenhan really wanted to cooperate with him, Cao Mo wanted to start talking about this project first.
Qian Wenhan learned some details about the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company from Xie Sipeng and asked: "New Steel Union has suspended cooperation with you, and as far as I know, New Steel Union acquired the Catero Steel Plant.
The plan will continue. Last night, New Steel Alliance also announced the relevant situation of the project cooperation. It seems that New Steel Alliance may join hands with Huamao to promote relevant acquisitions. The Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company may also lose its business scale.
It is the largest customer and the impact will not be small. Is there anything that can be made up for in the future?"
"The Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company's existing business will not be affected greatly. After all, in terms of transportation, it is mainly responsible for the transportation of Cornero cement to the downstream market and the transportation of freight routes within the Gulf of Guinea. The Draculamo Electric Power Group and Cornai
Luo Cement’s demand for coal also ensures that the company’s coal trading business will not be affected. At most, the expected increase will be temporarily gone. The biggest impact is on the iron ore trade. We can only look for steel in South Africa or Southern Europe.
If enterprises cooperate, the expected profit increase will also be greatly affected,"
Cao Mo has no ability to block the plan of New Steel Union and Huamao Investment to acquire Catero Steel Plant. He has expertise in the industry, and Qian Wenhan and Xinhai Gold cannot rush into the steel smelting industry. That would be too childish. Among experts,
In front of him, Cao Mo had no intention of concealing the negative impact of this part, but he personally still had strong confidence in the economic development of West Africa and said,
“The domestic and BRIC economies are taking off rapidly, strongly boosting demand for commodities. Countries such as Kanem and Akwa will also benefit greatly from the sharp increase in crude oil prices, and investment in national economy and infrastructure construction will increase.
Corresponding increase, I believe that as long as the new steel alliance takes the first step, there will be new steel companies interested in entering Kanem and other West African countries to invest and build factories. I am also confident in the iron ore plant trade, negative
The impact will soon be reduced to a minimum, and with the regional economic development of the Gulf of Guinea, regional shipping demand will become increasingly strong. This will definitely not be a bad investment..."
"Hearing what you said, I can't wait to rush to Africa to take a look in person." Qian Wenhan laughed.
"We welcome this very much!" Cao Mo said.
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Cheng Xi and the others came out after watching a movie. Cao Mo and the others had already talked about the matter and now turned their attention to the card table.
It was said to be an entertainment bureau, but Shen Ji at the poker table could be called a billionaire at the lowest level, so the chip in front of everyone's table was also called Yu Jing. Chen Chang and the others looked at it and clicked their tongues.
For Cao Mo, he was not using his telepathic intuition to peek into other people's cards, but he was practicing how to shield his own terrifying intuition at the card table.
This is actually very difficult.
Texas Hold'em poker, especially the duel between masters, is more of a psychological competition, and sometimes the boundaries between judgment and intuition are extremely blurred.
Cao Mo followed the bet strictly according to the probability calculation. Although his performance on the card table was mediocre, he could almost maintain a small winning state. This was almost the same level as when he first arrived at Draculamore and entered and exited the Golden Dollar Casino.
When the game ended at twelve o'clock, Shen Ji won another 160,000 yuan. Cao Mocai won more than 10,000 yuan. He laughed at himself and said: "Winning too little will damage my reputation as the gambling king of West Africa..."
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"Lao Ge, what do you think of Cao Mo's playing style?"
Shen Ji specially changed into a Mercedes Benz tonight and watched as he drove Cao Mo and Cheng Xi away. Qian Wenhan specially left Ge Jun to stay while Zhou Shenhe talked for a while.
Among them, Ge Jun, who focuses on securities and industry research and has a deeper observation of human nature, is actually better at Texas Hold'em poker than them.
"He plays in a style that he shouldn't have at his age, so I can't see it," Ge Jun said, spreading his hands. "I must give an evaluation, that is, he has been immersed in Texas Hold'em poker for a long time before he can develop it. This impeccable and steady style. All his calls, folds and bet sizes are calculated quickly and accurately. Whether others set traps or steal opportunities has no impact on him..."
"This time, it seems that the trip to West Africa is worth looking forward to?" Qian Wenhan asked with a smile.
"I can't run away at this time, but you and Mr. Zhou should go there. I will send a researcher to go with you then," Ge Jun said with emotion, "The scale of China's economic development today. In the end, we have to go global. It is not just a matter of industries going overseas. When China reaches a certain stage, it will inevitably compete with Europe and the United States for global influence at the national level. It will find that Africa's strategic value will be greater than any other region. Important! If Mr. Qian wants to develop some relatively large industries outside of China, Africa is more worthy of investment than Southeast Asia, Europe and even the Americas..."
"With my little wealth, I don't think about such lofty goals, but if I follow the national strategic direction, I can't go wrong!" Qian Wenhan laughed.