Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 758 Mindanao Copper Mine
Chu Xiangqian laughed and looked at Baifanyu and said, "Six million pounds was Wuzhui's price two years ago. In the past two years, Wuzhui has received two to three million pounds in bonuses alone.

Besides, the honor of winning the Triple Crown and sweeping all major tournaments is something that cannot be matched by money.”

Although Wuzhui has indeed swept all major competitions in England in the past two years, he has even been to Australia and the Maple Leaf Country, winning several Grade 1 horse racing championships.

But if you add up all the prize money, it's actually less than 1 million pounds, but Chu Xiangqian said it was or million, which was naturally a deliberate exaggeration of the prize money.

However, champion horses can indeed enhance the reputation of the horse owner and the family he represents.

If it is the Triple Crown, whether it is in Magnesium or England, it will be enough for most newspapers in the country to report the information of the horses and owners in detail.

This was equivalent to a nationwide front-page exposure that lasted for several days.

For politicians and celebrities, this means both fame and fortune.

Now Baifanyu didn't know what to say.

According to Chu Xiangqian's calculation, 1 million is indeed only the normal price for a Triple Crown horse.

However, Bai Fanyu has been dealing with Chu Xiangqian for such a long time, and knows how dark this guy's heart is.

The offer of 1500 million pounds is definitely a rip-off.

All I could do was bargain and say, "How about 1000 million pounds?"

Chu Xiangqian shook his head and after thinking about it, he pretended that he had deliberately offered an unattainable high price to scare off the seller.

Then he sighed and said, “To be honest with you, although I want to make this money, I am not sure if I can find another Triple Crown-level horse that can win three consecutive races.

So even if you are willing to offer 1500 million pounds, I may not be confident enough to accept the money.

So it doesn’t matter to me whether I buy it or not, after every auction I have enough money to spend.”

Bai Fanyu was now worried that Chu Xiangqian really thought so, so he hurriedly pulled him aside and said, "Ah Chu, this is a business worth more than 10 million pounds. Besides, you haven't tried hard to find it, maybe you can really find a horse that is as good as 'Champion Knight' and Wu Zhui!

Besides, we don’t necessarily have to be better than Champion Knight and Black Horse. Our goal is to win the Triple Crown, so it’s enough to be better than the other horses participating in the competition.”

The champion knight broke the records of three championship tracks in a row. Although Wuzhui is also a triple champion, his performance was better than the champion knight's in the third stop, breaking the record.

The results in the other two stations were not as good as the champion rider.

But the performance of the horse that won the Triple Crown in England last year was not even as good as that of the champion rider, let alone Wuzhui.

So what Baifanyu said is right, as long as we are better than the participating horses, it will be fine.

Chu Xiangqian was secretly happy in his heart, but he said, "It's not that easy, and you don't know that since Wu Zhui won the triple crown, the tribal leaders on the grassland have also become smarter.

Now, no matter which horse I like, the price has doubled or tripled. Otherwise, the auction would not have been suspended for a year last year."

These words were all nonsense made up by Chu Xiangqian. The auction would be suspended for a year because he really felt that it was too popular and needed to be cooled down for a while.

Secondly, at the end of last year, I was either in Tianzhu or my wife was pregnant, and I needed to be with her before and after the birth.

When Chu Jingrong was born, Chu Xiangqian was unwilling to leave him and Xue Jinglan before his son was even a month old, so the auction that was originally planned to be held at the end of the year was kept being delayed until this year.

After hearing what Chu Xiangqian said, Bai Fanyu had no choice but to call and discuss with the people on Luzon Island.

After Baifanyu left, Chu Xiangqian stood at the side of the boat, looking at the still brightly lit snack street in Tsim Sha Tsui.

He secretly thought that Camel had some management skills. At least he had managed this street quite well in the past two years.

Although fights are inevitable, it’s fine as long as it doesn’t affect merchants’ business.

As he was thinking, he heard Bai Fanyu's footsteps sounding a little hurried, and Chu Xiangqian guessed that it must be a good thing.

Sure enough, the footsteps came closer and closer. Before Baifanyu came closer, he said to Chu Xiangqian with a slightly excited tone, "Ah Chu, good news, very good news."

Seeing this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but look forward to it.

Bai Fanyu walked a few steps to Chu Xiangqian and whispered, "In recent years, many copper and even gold mines have been discovered in the north of Mindanao.

It’s just that there is a lack of funds and it has never been mined.

As long as you guarantee that the horse you find can really win this year's Magnesium Triple Crown, Luzon Island will guarantee to provide you with all the procedures and certificates.

For just £800 million, you can buy 5 acres of land in northern Mindanao.

But Luzon said that if the horse really wins the Triple Crown, they will give you 400 million pounds.”

After saying this, Bai Fanyu looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then continued in a low voice, “There is a copper mine in that 5 acres of land, and after preliminary exploration, the ore vein is more than ten kilometers long.

And since there are copper mines, there must be gold mines.

The only trouble is that the local natives are a bit fierce.”

Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes after hearing this. He didn't believe such misleading words.

Even though the other party clearly stated that the local natives did not welcome outsiders and even attacked the exploration team, it was considered a bit of sincerity.

But Chu Xiangqian did not believe the Philippine government and those political families.

In addition, even if there are copper mines and a large amount of forest and agricultural resources in the 5 acres of land, it is not worth 800 million pounds in Chu Xiangqian's eyes.

With this money, I might as well buy a farm or ranch in Magnesium.

At least while the Red Polar Bear is still around, the Magnesian guys will not blatantly steal money from foreign investors.

As for the secret means, Chu Xiangqian was not afraid, because he would not buy the farm in his own name anyway.

He purchased the land with his own and Margaret's funds. In name, the land belonged to Margaret, but he was the actual controller of the fund.

Even though he didn't know much about the Philippines, he knew that there were many anti-government armed forces on Mindanao.

Either they were clamoring for independence all day long, or the flour and tobacco vendors were rampant, and the indigenous people dared to blackmail and even assassinate the mayor even in the 90s and the new millennium.

It would be really terrible if I spent tens of millions to build a copper mining company, but was driven away by the indigenous people in the end.

So Chu Xiangqian thought about it carefully for a while, and still felt that this business was troublesome and risky.

And to be honest, if you want copper ore or finished copper, just spend money to buy it from China.

Although China will continue to be short of copper for the next few decades, that is because the economy is developing too fast. Accordingly, the speed of collecting domestic copper resources cannot keep up with demand.

However, in the past ten or twenty years, although the domestic demand for copper will continue to rise, it will not be in short supply to the point where half of the world's copper will be exported to China in the future.

In addition, Chu Xiangqian knew that there was a copper city in Ganxi of the Celestial Empire, which occupied one-third of the country's copper resources, but had not yet been mined on a large scale.

Once there is sufficient funding, it will not only greatly alleviate the domestic demand for copper, but it should not be difficult to export millions of tons each year.

And copper mines are often accompanied by gold and silver mines.

However, the more Chu Xiangqian thought about it, the more he felt that there was money to be made. But he soon realized that China would not be a good place to invest in the next ten years.

If you want gold, silver, and copper, you can actually go to Middle-earth and exchange or buy them from dwarves.

But in this case, it seems that a mining area is needed as a cover. Chu Xiangqian smoked a cigar, frowned and thought for a while.

Then he looked at Baifanyu and said, “The locals and indigenous people of Mindanao have always been unfriendly to outsiders, and the local business environment is also a pit.

I don't want to spend 800 million pounds and another or million dollars to build a metal refinery, collection equipment, and transportation vehicles, only to have them snatched away by local indigenous forces and anti-government armed forces.

In fact, the mastermind behind the anti-government armed forces is the Zhengzhi family in Luzon Island. "

When Bai Fanyu heard this, he wanted to pat his chest and say that the family who wanted to buy the racehorse had great influence in the Philippines.

With their protection, no one dared to touch Chu Xiangqian's business in Mindanao.

But on second thought, I seemed to be overwhelmed by the benefits promised by the other party.

If the copper mine is really that easy to mine, since they have such great influence in the Philippines, why don’t they mine it themselves?
At worst, they would find partners instead of selling directly to Chu Xiangqian.

If what Chu Xiangqian was worried about really happened, not only would it be difficult for him to explain to Chu Xiangqian, but Chu Xiangqian might even think that he was one of the people who colluded to cheat him.

At that time, he will have to face Chu Xiangqian's revenge.

When Bai Fanyu thought of the way Chu Xiangqian treated his enemies, he sobered up a bit.
-
But what Chu Xiangqian said just now was just an attempt to lower the price.

It is impossible that the people in Luzon say that the copper mine and 5 acres of land are worth 800 million pounds and the deal can be done at the price they say.

Even in Chu Xiangqian's eyes, Mindanao is an area that cannot be effectively controlled by the Zhengzhi family on Luzon Island.

If you can't control it, it's worthless.

Not to mention 800 million pounds, even 100 million pounds would be a huge profit for them.

Chu Xiangqian was just about to have another chat with Bai Fanyu when he suddenly had an idea: why should he talk about copper mines with politicians from Luzon?
It is entirely possible to find a local force to cooperate with in Mindanao.

I might as well invest 1 million pounds. I don’t believe that no one in Mindanao will take the bait.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but look at the white rice fish.

Although the old man is old, he shows no intention of retiring.

The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and then Baifanyu smiled again.

It was not difficult for Baifanyu to help Chu Xiangqian act as a middleman and contact local forces in Mindanao to cooperate in the development of copper mines.

If you find the right person, or even just send a few telegrams, someone should come to Hong Kong Island from Mindanao to talk.

This time, Bai Fanyu really patted his chest and said that he would leave the matter to him and would invite several powerful families to send representatives to meet him.

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but flatter the old man a few words, and was so happy that he got off the boat and made a long-distance call.

Chu Xiangqian knew, however, that this matter could not be rushed. Even if someone from Mindanao really came to negotiate, it would take more than ten days or half a month to conclude the deal.
-
At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Baifanyu actually got in touch with a friend who had quite a few businesses in the southern Philippines.

We agreed to wait for the other party for a few days and ask the partner in Davao City, which is already the second largest city in the Philippines, if he is interested in participating in this business.

As a result, Chu Xiangqian no longer wanted to stay in the Treasure House.

As for the horse racing, Chu Xiangqian originally wanted Bai Fanyu to tell the buyer that it was just 1500 million pounds, and it was up to him to buy it or not.

But on second thought, he made up the excuse that if he wanted to find a horse with championship potential, he would need a long time to hold the opponent back.

And even if you refuse, using delaying tactics to refuse the other party is less likely to offend people than refusing in a blunt tone.

There is no grudge against each other, so there is no need to create more enemies. In the future, if the copper mine in Mindanao really cooperates with local families, it will inevitably come into contact with politicians in Luzon.

After getting off the boat, but before getting into the car, Zhang Tianzhi reported that Ruan Fakui was spotted scouting outside the Kowloon Racecourse.

Chu Xiangqian's face lit up with joy after hearing this.

Now that Ruan Fakui has been found, the rest of the things will be easy.

You don’t have to do it yourself, let Lan Gang lead the team to catch the person.

As long as he enters the police station, Lan Gang has plenty of ways to force other accomplices to reveal their hiding places.

In the 1960s and 1970s, triads and corrupt police were rampant in Hong Kong, and torture, interrogation, hanging and beating were child's play.

Of course, there is also a need not to rush to arrest people. Chu Xiangqian thought about it and quickly decided to let Kumiko and Olivia follow the two South Vietnamese monkeys who were responsible for keeping an eye on and scouting the Jockey Club.

He himself directed the Shanque and focused on Ruan Fakui.

Once we find other accomplices, we might as well try to protect ourselves in case Ruan Fakui and the two guys from the Jockey Club who are scouting the area are tough nut to crack and we can’t get any useful information out of them.

But it doesn’t mean that other South Vietnamese are also tough guys.

Once we find out everyone's hiding places, we will send the Yingguo garrison to arrest them.

Chu Xiangqian said to Zhang Tianzhi, "Brother Zhi, you and Billy take a taxi home by yourselves. I have something to do tonight."

Zhang Tianzhi nodded. Having followed Chu Xiangqian for more than three years, he had long known that he had other people under his command.

And with Chu Xiangqian's skills, Zhang Tianzhi was not worried that someone would do something bad to him.

But when Chu Xiangqian got into the driver's seat, he whispered, "Boss, there are two Thompson submachine guns in the trunk, and there are two pistols and four magazines in the co-pilot's storage box."

Chu Xiangqian knew that Zhang Tianzhi had given up using fists and feet a long time ago because of his words and deeds over the past three years, and instead chose to use guns to protect his boss.

This guy is worthy of being called a Kung Fu master. He has only practiced shooting for two years. Although his shooting skills are far not as good as Chu Xiangqian's, he can at least guarantee 20 rings when shooting at moving targets within 7 meters.

This may not be a big deal in a shooting competition, but in actual combat, it means that six or seven out of ten shots can hit the enemy.

In reality, this is considered excellent marksmanship.

Chu Xiangqian drove across the sea and went all the way to Kumiko and Olivia's villas on Fengwu Street in Wong Tai Sin.

Kumiko and Olivia were naturally very happy about Chu Xiangqian's arrival.

In the past two or three years, the two female ninjas have basically returned to normal life because there have been very few missions.

However, the training and brainwashing they received since childhood made them gradually regard Chu Xiangqian as their psychological support when they faced him.

If Chu Xiangqian really gave them freedom, they would be at a loss as if they had lost their life goals.

That night, Chu Xiangqian naturally couldn't help but enjoy the ultimate island style.

But although Kumiko and Olivia were exhausted, they were in an extremely happy mood.

The long-suppressed mood was released all at once.

The next morning, she was so gentle and thoughtful when helping Chu Xiangqian get up, get dressed, and have breakfast.

But when Chu drove forward, Kumiko narrowed her eyes and muttered, "Anyone who is bad for the boss should die."

Olivia nodded and said, "It's a good opportunity to test the intelligence gathering capabilities of the people we have secretly developed over the past two years."

(End of this chapter)