We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Mount Isa is a mining town in Queensland, Australia, near Australia's historic mining area.

This includes large areas such as Hilton, Lady Loretta, and Dugald River.

140 kilometers southeast of Klonkalini, if you look down from the sky at this time, you will find an exploration team of hundreds of people working below.

"Brown, there are results."

In a temporary laboratory command post in the entire exploration area, Brown looked at his deputy who pushed the door in without saying a word but stared at him.

The deputy wasted no time and spoke quickly while handing over the report in his hand.

"Under a crust of 10-60 m of Cretaceous and modern sediments, there are metamorphic feldspar containing variable amounts of garnet, pyroxene, and hornblende.

We have tested a lot of mineralized materials, including fluorite, galena, sphalerite, etc., but now it seems that the grade of these mineralizations is relatively low."

Brown frowned, his eyes never leaving the report in his hand.

This did not match the information he had received. According to current tastes, unless the mineral deposit was extremely huge, it was not worth mining because the cost was too high.

"Call the headquarters and apply for personnel and funds, and expand outward from the current exploration area. I want to see what this thing is."

Thirty minutes later, everyone who should know the news at the headquarters in Melbourne knew about it, and Lorton also convened an emergency high-level meeting.

"Tell me what you think. Now that a mine has been discovered at Mount Isa, Brown is asking me for money and people. What do you think about this?"

"So what? This doesn't match what that guy described. And don't forget that it was originally our mining area. The prospecting rights are in our hands.

That guy is a thief. Why do mining companies know exactly what is underground in the area where we have prospecting rights? We should sue them."

After taking a look at the furious Holmes, Lorton turned his head to the others.

Now Holmes has obviously lost his mind over Luo Nianzhong's issue. Suing him? Is there any point in having evidence?

Compared to these things that seem to be of no use at all now, how did the other party figure out that there is a silver mine on Mount Isa that is more worthy of investigation without anyone knowing?

“I think Brown should be given more funds and personnel. It is an indisputable fact that Mount Isa has provided the money. No matter what the result is, we must find out the specific situation.

Otherwise, we will be passive in this negotiation and there will be no results."

"John, are you crazy? The exploration rights of this land are originally ours. Sooner or later, it will be fat meat in our mouths. Now you want to give half of the rights to the other party for free?"

Is Luo Nianzhong stupid? He wants to give away the world's largest existing silver mine?

How is that possible? If BHP had not been unwilling to sell the prospecting rights in Queensland, and if it had not been afraid of alerting the enemy by offering a high price, how could it have taken out this piece of fat meat and shared it with BHP?

So Luo Nianzhong took a shortcut and did not tell the other party that the silver mine was in the hands of Bihe. He just told the other party that he was willing to explore it together and the two parties would split the future mining profits in half.

Of course, if BHP acquired Lead Mining, these problems would not exist.

This has invisibly raised the valuation of Leading Mining once again and increased the temptation for BHP shareholders.

"I don't agree. The prospecting rights for that area are already in our hands. As long as we are willing to sue the other party, we can enjoy the entire mine with our local power."

Seeing that everyone was silent and no one supported him, Holmes became a little crazy and said, "You are all crazy. You are giving such a huge benefit to an outsider for free."

Is it free? The board members sent by these major shareholders are not stupid, especially the European and American capital.

Luo Nianzhong dared to take out the silver mine now without fear that they would play dirty tricks and go back on their word. He understood these greedy guys, and when there were more possibilities, they would be more rational than anyone else.

In other words, they are greedier than anyone else and want to squeeze every penny.

The fact that the silver mines in Mount Isa were discovered without anyone noticing was already frightening.

However, compared to fear, they are more concerned about whether the other party has other mineral data.

Everyone knows that the other party also has a mining company in Rabbit, but in Australia, Europe and the United States, some projects can only be obtained by BHP, not Rabbit's Leading Mining.

You know what, there really are some, and quite a few of them.

As long as these people are willing to exchange power for benefits, Luo Nianzhong doesn't mind making BHP a bigger super mining giant than in the previous life.

In the conference room, Holmes was still chattering and even cursing Luo Nianzhong.

The others remained silent, each thinking about their own interests.

"Bang" the door opened, and Lotton's secretary came in, whispered a few words in his ear, and then left.

After hearing the news conveyed by the secretary, Lorton was in a trance for a moment and found that everyone was looking at him.

Lorton spread his hands and smiled, “It seems that we have to hold a shareholders’ meeting.

Brown just brought back news that silver mines have been discovered in the southern part of Mount Isa, and the silver grade here is very high.

According to Brown's conjecture, if the veins at the north and south ends are connected, there must be 10,000 tons."

This news made everyone present look happy, except Holmes.

"Give the man money and let Brown find out the specific reserves of the silver mine as soon as possible. I hope to know the answer before the shareholders' meeting."

This group of Europeans and Americans finally expressed their stance, which also means that the Bihe family has accepted the Luo family.

Now it depends on how many shares the Luo family can get in this game, but there is no need to rush, there is plenty of time to prepare.

The shareholders' meeting would not be held for half a month. After Luo Nianzhong got the news from Lorton, he left Melbourne. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask his men to check the details of the Acott family.

……

"I never thought that one day the three of us would meet together in Australia."

"We didn't ask you to come. You were the one who shamelessly came over."

"What are you talking about? Don't you know what it's like to meet an old friend in a foreign land?"

Watching the bickering between Michael and Zheng Jiachun, Luo Nianzhong felt that the relationship between the two had developed well in Australia recently.

Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is where Luo Nianzhong came after leaving Melbourne.

Whether it is Zheng Jiachun's Western Environmental Water Company, the second largest water company in Australia, or the New Australia Power Company under the China Light and Power Group, which is now managed by Michael, Luo Nianzhong has not interfered too much over the years.

This time when I came to Australia, I knew that both of them were here again, so naturally I had to come and take a look and inspect them.

Luo Nianzhong’s first stop must be the Western Water Environment Company. This was all that Zheng Jiachun had when he started out independently, but now this company has become a subsidiary.

After Luo Nianzhong constantly instilled the idea of ​​developing towards Rabbit and Southeast Asia, Zheng Jiachun established the Nanyang Water Group in Hong Kong Island. Now the Western Water Environment Company is just a subsidiary of the Nanyang Water Group.

In addition to the Western Water Environment Company, Nanyang Water Group also has investments in various Southeast Asian countries. The Guangdong Province and Shanghai Water Plant in Rabbit also recently cooperated with Nanyang Water Group to establish a joint venture company to exchange market for funds and technology.

Nanyang Water Group grew and developed under the leadership of Zheng Jiachun, and Luo Nianzhong did not treat him unfairly, selling him a lot of shares at low prices over the years.

The Zheng family now holds a 36% stake in the Nanyang Water Group, which has become another major industrial pillar of the Zheng family.

Shark Dantong knew that this was a favor from the Zheng family to the Luo family, and proposed to sell 20% of Chow Tai Fook shares to Luo Nianzhong.

However, Luo Nianzhong still refused, not because he thought the offer was too little, but because he did not want to mix too much money between the two families.

The Zheng family is different from the Jiadaoli family and the Bao family. The Jiadaoli family came here to seek refuge, while the Bao family was the son-in-law of the shipping tycoon whom Luo Nianzhong looked down upon.

Therefore, according to family rules, brothers on both sides of the family should settle accounts clearly. If the Bao family gives Luo Nianzhong a chance, he will devour the other side without hesitation.

But the Zheng family is different. The two families have had a close relationship since their father’s generation. Now owning shares in Chow Tai Fook is not what Luo Nianzhong wants.

If there is a financial crisis in the future and Chow Tai Fook encounters difficulties, Luo Nianzhong would not mind helping out and taking some shares at that time.

Now, forget it.

When he arrived at the Western Water Environment Company, Zheng Jiachun naturally had to report on the business.

"Now Nanyang Water's largest business and profits are still with Western Water Environment Company, which accounts for more than 60% of the company's business and profits."

No wonder Zheng Jiachun always comes here every now and then. Two-thirds of the group's profits are here. It would be abnormal if he didn't come.

“Is water expensive in Australia? How can the profit be so high?”

Luo Nianzhong knew that Australia was a country with an extreme water shortage. According to statistics, although Australia has a lot of land, the population suitable for living is only 10 million.

Australians have been taught the importance of water resources since childhood, and it can be considered a course in school.

There is also the Western Water and Environment Company, whose main business scope is the entire state of Western Australia.

Although it occupies one-third of Australia's area, its population is only two million, less than one-tenth of the country's total.

“There are pros and cons. There are more people in the East and more competition.

The situation is different in the west, where per capita water resources far exceed those in the east.

Therefore, the water charges here are not as high as those in the east, and the corresponding per capita water consumption is also much higher, and the concepts are also different.

As for the profit you mentioned, it is really very considerable, so we are not afraid of losing money even if we spend a huge amount of money to build a seawater distillation system.

As time goes by and costs come down, we may even be able to use this to enter the eastern market."

Generally speaking, there are only two other water sources that become fresh water.

One method is distillation, which uses rainwater and river water to distill and filter. However, no one in countries with scarce water resources will use this method because it is too expensive and costly.

Another method is to convert seawater and filter it through reverse osmosis membrane technology. This is the most common practice in Middle Eastern countries.

But this technology is available to other countries except Australia.

The conversion of seawater will produce a large amount of high-density salt water into the ocean, which will cause the ecological balance of nearby waters to be destroyed.

There are many coastal countries in the Middle East. Have you ever seen anyone fishing?

Don't want to fish even though you have money? Don't be silly. Who wouldn't want to make money? If you don't have to work, you can hire someone to do it. The key is that there are no fish in it.

Australia is a country that is extremely sensitive to environmental protection. On the one hand, it is due to the country's environmental reasons, and on the other hand, it has gained too much from nature and feels the need to do so.

We always see news about crab and rabbit infestations, and they are all in Australia.

Therefore, even if Australia's water shortage becomes more and more serious decades later, the proportion of seawater conversion is controlled very well, less than 10% of water consumption.

It’s not that the government doesn’t want to increase it, but that the people don’t want to do it. They would rather use less water than damage the environment.

Distillation is different. After the rainwater and river water are distilled, it is okay to just spill the remaining water on the ground. You can even find a desert as a treatment plant.

Therefore, Luo Nianzhong suggested that Zheng Jiachun develop distillation in Australia and find a place in Southeast Asia to study seawater conversion.

Distillation is to seize the Australian market and will not be vigorously researched. Judging from the future technological trends, various problems in seawater conversion will be solved or the side effects will be controlled.

After walking around, there wasn't really anything to see.

It's not like you're going to the water plant. What can you see in the office? Documents?

"Let's go. It's been a while since the three of us got together, right?"

"It's true, it's been almost two years.

Come to my place, whoever falls first tonight will be my son."

Everyone knows that drinking is harmful to the body, but sometimes people like them also need alcohol to vent and release their emotions. Zheng Jiachun directly suggested going to his home in Perth.

"What do you mean? You just want to visit the water company and not come to my place?"

Luo Nianzhong turned his head to look at Michael who was standing still and said to Zheng Jiachun beside him, "This is a man who likes to serve his leader."

With their arms around Zheng Jiachun's shoulders, the two men continued to walk forward with a gangster-like swagger. Luo Nianzhong waved his hand and shouted, "If you can't drink better than me today, you'll have to wait for the financial team sent from above to check your accounts tomorrow."