Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 16 Construction Begins

"Oh, it's unbelievable. The impurities in these two pieces of nugget gold are quite rare, and they are mainly silver. They are rare products."

Bullock looked at the results on the metal analyzer and exclaimed.

Wang Lu has been searching online for information about nugget gold in the past two days. Nugget metal is naturally formed, so it will inevitably be contaminated with some underground ore impurities. Generally speaking, there may be as many as ten types of impurities, but there is no doubt that the types of impurities are The less rare it is, the more valuable it is.

Obviously, this news is a good thing for Wang Lu.

"I think our Sotheby's auction house would be happy to represent you in the auction of these two gold nuggets. Perhaps you would like to know the specific rules and matters."

After Bullock finished speaking, another Moreno was already taking out a large stack of documents from his briefcase.

Wang Lu waved his hand quickly when he saw this:

"You big auction houses have so many rules that it gives me a headache. Mr. Sanders will take care of them for me!"

He casually left the matter to Sanders and left professional matters to professionals. This has always been Wang Lu's philosophy.

And Sanders does everything he can, this is his duty.

Sanders once again demonstrated his professionalism in negotiation. He negotiated the terms with the other party in almost half an hour and secured the most favorable conditions for Wang Lu.

"I have to say that you have an admirable lawyer. If I hadn't met him earlier, I would have even mistakenly thought that I was negotiating with a gangster!"

Brock smiled helplessly.

"If we hadn't had a recent auction with unsalable items as the finale, I wouldn't have agreed to such a stringent condition!"

Sanders, on the other hand, disagreed and even looked proud.

"Brock, my friend, don't say that. You are the famous Sotheby's auction house. If you only think about how to earn my employer's commission, I will look down on you! This is a win-win situation!"

The condition that Sanders obtained for Wang Lu was that Sotheby's auction house could only extract a commission of 5.00% from this cooperation, which is an extremely low ratio in the global industry.

Moreover, Sotheby's auction house can advance Wang Lu a check for US$200 million in advance!
Wang Lu was dumbfounded when he heard this condition!
Two million U.S. dollars, converted into dollars, is more than 200 million. This is different from what I thought!

Fortunately, Wang Lu reluctantly accepted this condition, adhering to the concept of not taking advantage of others.

After the two appraisers from the Sotheby's auction left, Sanders explained to Wang Lu.

"Boss, your gold nugget is different from those works of art that are time-consuming, laborious and risky to identify. It is not easy to identify the authenticity of those works of art, but your gold nugget only requires a simple machine. A metal detector can identify authenticity.”

"And it seems that we have all underestimated the value of these two pieces of nugget gold. It has surprisingly few types of impurities, and its value will be greatly increased. The higher the value of the auction items, the more competitive and famous it will be for the auction house. Chance."

After hearing this, Wang Lu finally understood.

But he soon focused his attention on the check worth 200 million US dollars. Is he now worth tens of millions?It’s a bit unreal!

Wang Lu's mood quickly stabilized and he began to think about the use of the money.

If it had been before, Wang Lu's first choice might have been to deposit the two million US dollars in the bank and just sit there and eat the interest every year!
But now, I have such a fertile pasture in my hands, and with this money as start-up capital, the money in my account will only become more and more. This is just a starting point!

Everything he had imagined before could be put into action, and the entire ranch was about to undergo a major construction project!
In the entire northern area of ​​the Woulu Mountains, Wang Lu, the grassland that occupies 50.00% of the pasture area, has already planned to turn it into a private hunting ground, which is also the most ideal choice.

In the north of the Woulu Mountains, there is a large amount of fertile land on both sides of the upper reaches of the Dom River, all of which can be utilized. Whether it is planting rice or various crops, it is a good choice.

There are even many plots of land available for sowing in the Woulu Mountains, and according to Parker, the Woulu Mountains are likely to be a dormant small volcano.

This also means that the surface of the mountain is likely to be covered with volcanic ash that is more fertile than black soil.

This is simply a blessed place!
But before that, Wang Lu must first consider his living conditions.

There are two small wooden houses with no water, electricity or internet. It can be said that they are almost in a primitive state.

If Wang Lu hadn't relied on the two large power banks he brought from China in the past two days, he would probably have had his mobile phone turned into bricks by now!

Parker mentioned earlier that drilling wells could solve the problem of drinking water. The electricity problem became the first thing Wang Lu had to solve, but it was not so easy to solve.

This is not China. Even in the mountain village where I live, every household has electricity and there is a cement road leading to the village.In fact, the nearby town center of Bahria has a systematic power system, and some surrounding local villages don't even know about electricity.

The only good news is that the town of Bahria, as a tourist distribution center, has a fairly complete power system. There is even a team of power engineers stationed there to ensure the experience of these tourists who come from all over the world.

What Wang Lu has to do is to connect electricity from the small town of Baria to his ranch.

It is also very simple to achieve this goal. Wang Lu personally donated [-] US dollars to the power system of Baria Town, and the matter was easily solved.

After receiving the news, the mayor of Baria Town personally went to Wang Lu's ranch to express his gratitude for his good deeds. Especially after Wang Lu expressed his willingness to privately sponsor the mayor with a thousand dollars, this black man named Eamon The mayor patted his chest and promised Wang Lu that his ranch would be electrified.
Of course, this is inseparable from the guidance of Sanders and Parker, the local snakes.

By the way, Parker also contacted the engineering team responsible for drilling the well for Wang Lu. The other party arrived at the ranch that afternoon. What surprised Wang Lu was that the engineering team only had about ten people, at least half of whom were black employees. Even the person in charge is a black man named Hubble.

"It's a pleasure to serve you, Mr. Wang! Speaking of which, this is my first time serving Chinese people. I hope I won't leave a bad impression on you!"

Hubble is a typical black man, with only one white tooth all over his body, but Wang Lu was a little surprised by the fluent English he spoke and the knowledge displayed in his words.

"Boss Hubble is one of the few black people I know in the area who has gone to college. He is also an engineer. Don't worry, Hubble won't do things like other lazy guys!"

Parker seemed to be afraid that Wang Lu would be worried, so he explained. After all, the local black people were famous for their laziness.

Hearing this, Hubble, who was wearing work clothes across from him, also showed a helpless smile:
"In fact, even I often lose job opportunities because of the stereotype that black people are lazy and unruly. So I am grateful that you give my engineering team this opportunity. Please believe that I will not let you down."

Looking at Hubble with a sincere face, Wang Lu thought for a moment before reaching out his hand and shaking his hand firmly.

"Happy cooperation!"

Having gained trust, Hubble was obviously more motivated. The construction workers under him also knew that he and others had work to do, and they all showed excited expressions.

The first step to dig a well is to explore the direction of the groundwater. Fortunately, this step went smoothly. The underground water system under Wanglu Ranch seems to be quite rich, otherwise there would not be a Dome River.

After the exploration is completed, the drilling rig will come into the factory and start drilling the well directly.

However, even a layman like Wang Lu could see that the drilling rig used by the Hubble engineering team was very backward and incomparable with domestic ones.

It actually takes four or five days to dig a well. Even the experienced masters from Wang Lu's hometown wouldn't be able to use this much time by manual digging.

But this is Africa after all, and Wang Lu won’t ask for so much. Moreover, in some places, the depth of groundwater is shallow, and water can be released only if it is drilled to a depth of 30 to [-] meters, while in some places, it is only possible to drill to a depth of [-] meters. This is the difference caused by different geographical locations. .

Since he has left this matter to the other party, Wang Lu will not ask any more questions, but the fee of [-] US dollars is really ridiculously expensive. Who asked us to stay in Africa?
In addition to the construction team for drilling wells, the electrical construction team from the town of Baria also arrived at the ranch.

What they had to do was to connect a power line from the town of Baria to the ranch. Fortunately, the ranch was not far from the town of Baria. A few telegraph poles were sufficed in the middle. The purpose of going to the ranch in the early stage was to survey the terrain first.

After all this effort, the sky turned dark, and Wang Lu was so tired that he didn't even have time to take care of the Lovol 704 that was still in the river. No one could drive it without the key.

Sanders had left the ranch long ago. As a well-known lawyer, his duty was to appear when Wang Lu needed legal services and provide professional and high-quality services. There was no need to stay at the ranch all the time.

However, Wang Lu also asked him to help him find some qualified construction companies in big cities to build a villa for him in the pasture.

After all, those two wooden houses were too simple.

Parker didn't leave. He had to escort Wang Lu to the National Bank in the town to cash the check worth 200 million US dollars as soon as possible. For safety, this guy even brought the rifle.

"Are you a little too careful?"

"Boss, this is 200 million US dollars, and this is Africa. Believe me, this is very necessary!"

Wang Lu always listened to others' advice and had enough to eat. Thinking of the gangsters he met last time, he was already thinking about whether to purchase more weapons for self-defense.

After all, from Parker's information, Wang Lu already knew that the local security was not very good.

Forget it if they are tourists who come to visit for a few days and then leave. Foreigners like Wang Lu who obviously want to live in the local area for a long time will probably be targeted by some interested people soon!

At least when Wang Lu drove the Ford Raptor into the town of Baria, he had already felt a lot of eyes on him secretly. Wang Lu couldn't tell how many of them had malicious intentions!

(End of this chapter)