The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Belitung Island is under the jurisdiction of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The island county, the largest major town and port, Tanjung Pandan, is not big, about 25 nautical miles from the salvage point, on the west coast of the island.

Zhang Nan sent a supply of supplies for the cargo ship, and then left the salvage area. On March 22, he transferred directly from the airport of Tanjong Pandan to Australia by his own private plane, instead of returning to Kundian, saving time.

The runway of Tanjung Pandan Airport is 2,250 meters, and the take-off distance is enough. The Boeing 767 does not need to take off with a full load, and half of the fuel is not used. It will arrive in Bruno, a small seaport in Western Australia, Australia in more than two hours.

A small coastal town with a resident population of only 3,000 actually has an international airport capable of taking off and landing Boeing 767 aircraft: The airport on Belitung Island in Indonesia is Indonesia’s domestic airport. It only took a bribe of US$50,000 for Zhang Nan’s aircraft. open. Broome Airport is an open international airport. This is not only due to Australia's sparsely populated area, but also because of the small number of international chartered flights that attract many tourists throughout the year.

A very beautiful seaside town, once the center of the pearl mining industry, is now a holiday resort. There is no shortage of five-star hotels. The most interesting thing is that every building in the town has a different architectural style-no building has the same appearance. of!

On the outskirts of Broome, there is the world-famous Haibul Beach. The turquoise water of the Indian Ocean gently washes the 20-meter-wide white sandy beach. Go to that stop and relax.

After a rest night in the small town, I changed to a feeder propeller plane to go to the mining area, inspect the industry, and enjoyed the fun of hunting wild boars in Australia.

On April 1st, April Fools' Day, Thomas Jackson, Xie Jianliang, and seven or eight mining security personnel in rotation came to the mining area together. They were transferred from Sydney.

Thomas was busy. After Zhang Nan finalized the cooperation with the Chinese community in the Quentian area a few days ago, Thomas returned to the United States in advance.

This time his own security chief, Thomas also needs to understand the work of his subordinates, and there is good news about Africa, otherwise he doesn't have to bring Xie Jianliang.

When I saw Zhang Nan, Zhang Nan was planning to go out hunting.

But work is important. First listen to the situation in Africa: not Botswana or Zimbabwe, but Angola!

As soon as he saw Zhang Nan, Thomas said: "Boss, the person we sent earlier, in the north of Saurim City, the capital of Lunda Province in the northeast of Angola, is the approximate location you mentioned. Two huge kimberlite mining areas have been discovered. ..."

I contacted Zhang Nan by phone before, but it was a few days ago, only one spot was found, and now it is two!

On the other side, Xie Jianliang's mental head seemed to be a bit bad. This was because he changed six planes in three days and leaped over half of the earth.

Previously, the "United Forces" sent people to Angola to contact the diamond purchase, but it was not smooth. Although Cuba began to withdraw its troops and South Africa's troops also withdrew, the diamond producing areas in Angola were basically in the southern regions close to the South African army.

It is close to Namibia, and although Namibia has been independent from South Africa more than half a month ago, the diamond mining rights in Namibia are in the hands of De Beers. Similarly, the diamond-producing areas in Angola are also De Beers' sphere of influence.

Xingchen Group and United Forces cannot take advantage of Angola's existing diamond resources, and cannot even share the pie.

what to do?

The boss is a god. When talking about diamonds in Angola, he once said that there should also be a diamond mine in the northeast, which is about 35 kilometers north of Saurim.

But the civil war in Angola was still fighting at that time, and Shaorim was not spared. Not to mention the city, even the airport was beaten up!

Except for the "volunteers" and American planes that directly participated in the war, foreign forces should not even think about going to the war zone: too chaotic and too dangerous.

Life safety is not guaranteed, let alone prospecting and mining.

In the first two months, the situation has stabilized slightly. The joint force finally sent personnel to Shaorimu, together with Xie Jianliang, a brave mining expert.

At this time, Xie Jianliang took out a small plastic bag from his small bag. Zhang Nan took it and saw that there were more than ten crystal-clear diamond rough stones in it. The largest one should have exceeded 10 carats.

He didn't look carefully, and said to Xie Jianliang, "You are brave enough. You have been fighting over there for more than ten years, and you have turned into a pot of porridge. It's cruel!"

Ruthless, ruthless to others, more ruthless to yourself!

Angola, where?

The most messy Tanjung country in Africa nowadays, there is almost no need to say the word "one"!

Xie Jianliang has the face of an East Asian. Even if there are a group of people who understand the protection of mercenaries in Africa, plus the legal disguise, it is bold enough.

The chaos in Angola cannot be simply described as a civil war. It is more complicated than the Three Kingdoms War!

Beginning in the 1960s more than 20 years ago, with the rise of the world colonial independence-liberation movement, Portuguese colonies in Africa have also successively erupted in liberation wars, causing the old Western imperialist countries to be devastated.

Especially in Angola, the "Angola People's Liberation Movement" supported by the Soviet Union and Cuba carried out extensive guerrilla warfare, making the Portuguese colonial army exhausted!

In the 1960s, Portuguese war expenses in Angola accounted for 40% of Portuguese government expenditures.

By 1975, the Portuguese government couldn't stand it any longer, and reluctantly agreed to Angola's independence and transfer of power to Angolans.

At the height of the Cold War, the United States certainly did not want the pro-Soviet and Cuban Angolan movement to come to power, so it quickly spent effort to support the other two major factions in Angola: the "National Alliance for the Complete Independence of Angola" and the "Angola National Liberation Front". Confrontation with the An'an People's Movement.

In order to increase its chances of success, the United States has also attracted the South African white racist government and Zaire as allies, and used the bases of these two countries to provide arms for UNITA and the Anzia Front.

Who will do this?

Of course it is the Central Intelligence Agency, which is a typical "black project" that will not be admitted to death, but it is a secret that the whole world knows and is open.

In 1975, Portugal reached an agreement on the independence of Angola with the Angolan People’s Movement, the Anjie Front and UNITA to jointly organize a transitional government.

The background is different, the backer is different, and the concept is different, and they can’t fit together: within a few days, the Anthropocene and Anjie formations, and UNITA once again fought.

In November of the same year, Angola became independent, but the government created two: the Angolan People’s Movement established the People’s Republic of Angola; the Angolan Front and UNITA established the People’s Democratic Republic of Angola.

On the day of Angola's independence, the low-intensity armed conflict between the two factions and the three parties immediately broke out into a full-scale civil war.

Since the Portuguese ruler withdrew from Angola in 1975, Angola seemed a bit unable to fight last year. The three parties will be negotiating again, and foreign troops will begin to withdraw.

If you can't move, let's talk about it.

Judging from the current trend, it is very likely that real peace will emerge. The three factions that do not remember Zhang Nan's name are thinking of establishing a coalition government, and the prospects for peace are bright.

But that is an illusion!

"We have to fight!

What kind of government, to put it bluntly, are three big warlords with similar strengths."

Zhang Nan had never wanted to participate in Angola because he knew that the intermittent civil war in Angola seemed to have hit the 21st century. At least when 9/11 broke out, news of the Angolan civil war could still be seen on TV.

Zhang Nan couldn't remember how many years he played, but it was actually 27 years!

In 2003, the United Nations reported that 80% of the population in Angola lacked basic medical facilities, 60% of the population lacked water, and 30% of Angolan children died before the age of 5, and the national average age was 40 years old...

The battle was fought off and on for 27 years. Approximately 1 million people in Angola were killed in the civil war, and about one-third of the population was displaced;

Even more exaggerated: the total number of landmines left under the land of Angola is about 12 million, that is, one landmine per capita in the country's 12 million people!

It is a bit difficult for Angola to eat a full meal for everyone, but it is convenient for everyone to play with a landmine.

While the civil war has left Angola traumatized, the "warlord sequelae" is actually still there more than a decade after the end of the civil war: not to mention those landmines, the domestic barriers are like forests, and compared with the civil war, there is less blood.

Around 2015, Zhang Nan had a friend's child who worked in Angola and was a company expatriate.

Speaking of Angola, the most important thing is not the high-sounding topic of battle trauma, but the level and greed!

"Only a few hundred kilometers, there are more than a dozen larger checkpoints, and countless smaller ones, and each one requires money.

Certificates and passports are checked, and there is no problem. Just like grabbing money, I will ask you blatantly!

Dare not to give it?

People don't use violence, and even the big gangsters can't eat them.

But the gangsters have a way. If they don't give it, they will consume it with you, and you will not be able to leave.

The whole of Angola is such a national atmosphere, and there must be something hateful in the poor country! ..."

Speaking of Angola, that person has almost nothing to say!

"Working on projects over there is like Journey to the West. We are like learning from the past. As long as we travel far away, there are greedy monsters everywhere, and we have to sign and write customs clearance discs along the way. This makes us dumbfounded, because we This is really dumbfounding..."

Why can't you smile?

It's already one country, but it's still the tradition of taxation for warlords and local governments.

The big deal is to replace the "taxation" more than ten years ago with the "toll tolls." Such bad luck urges the country, and the prospects of the people can be imagined!

In fact, Angola's resources are not bad at all. It has a large enough land, a long enough coastline, and abundant oil and mineral resources.

But the three kingdoms are fighting, no matter how rich the resources are, it's useless!

Angola in this society is a "three-part world" situation: the Anjie Front controls the northern oilfields with 18,000 troops, while UNITA occupies the southern diamond mining area with about 21,000 troops, while the Angolan only retains the capital Luo. Anda and several surrounding provinces.

Even if a new government is organized this year, the unequal interests will still have to be dealt with: no one will give up their territory.

Now why does Zhang Nan think that he can send someone to Angola to get in the way?

The Shaorim of this society is in the Anjie Front, and this faction is supported by the United States, so it will naturally welcome American companies to invest.

It doesn't matter what you invest in, just give some benefits: it's fine if you can come, this will be a company with courage and strong enough, who dares to go to Angola!

No choice, it's not bad if someone comes.

There is also Saorim in the northeast of Angola, where it can be regarded as a large area and sparsely populated. The rule of the Anjie formation is still stable. Except for a few wars a decade ago, it is unlikely that a large-scale war will break out.

The last point is the most important: there are two super huge diamond mines, each of them is as big as the Argyll mine in Australia, and the scale can be ranked in the top eight in the world!

Not only big, but also high quality!

For a diamond mine with a fairly good general nature, after 20 years, the average price of a half-carat rough stone is about US$120, and the rough diamonds produced by those two giant mines can reach more than 10 times the average value!

Like the Catoca diamond mine in Angola, it was discovered only in nine years, and it became a multinational cooperation project in another ten years. It soon became the largest diamond mine in Angola: reserves of more than 130 million carats. In 2015, diamond production accounted for more than 70% of Angola's total!

And this time, there will be almost a wasteland, and there will be almost no farmers.

In just one year in 2015, Angola unearthed 8.837 million carats of diamonds from the ground ~www.readwn.com~ with a total value of approximately US$1.1 billion, which is also the benefit of the sharp drop in diamond prices.

One mine is enough to dig for almost thirty years. In the 21st century, diamonds became the second largest export product of Angola, and Angola became the fifth largest exporter of diamonds in the world at that time.

There is also the Luluo Mine, which is 20 kilometers away from the Catoka mine. During the 2015 exploration stage, 31 diamonds weighing more than 10 carats were continuously discovered in more than 30 days, and an average of one diamond was found every 1.2 days: before this mine, the world No other diamond mine can do this, and its average quality is the best in the world!

This is the Luluo diamond mine. On average, the rough stones found are "large-grain" diamonds. The average price in 2015 was more than $1,600 per carat, while other mines sold for only $120 per half carat!

The Luluo mine was the richest and highest quality diamond mine in the world in the 21st century, and it was just explored at that time.

On September 28, it was announced that another giant diamond was found, weighing 90.32 carats, belonging to the D color; type IIa diamonds, only 2% of the world's diamonds belong to this category. In the past week, 56.52 carats, 29.94 carats, 21.16 carats, 18.71 carats, 17.06 carats, and two 11-carats of super-large particle diamonds were obtained in the No. 8 detection section. It may surpass the country’s current largest diamond mine, Catoka, which is currently the world’s fourth largest diamond mine. At present, in terms of diamond output value, Angola ranks fourth in the world; in terms of output, it ranks sixth.

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