Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

Ander and Paul sat quietly, turned to look at Wang Hui, and smiled.

Come on, let's compete and see who's afraid of whom!

With reserves of 20 billion tons, it's certain that they can't be extracted within 20 years. Even if 500 million tons are extracted each year, it would only amount to 10 billion tons, which is already the limit.

At $15 a ton, that's $150 billion! Spending a few hundred million to bid is a piece of cake! Anyway, we have a billion dollars on hand.

At this time, you have to act like a tycoon!

"Eight hundred million US dollars!" Wang Hui raised the sign again.

The audience gasped in disbelief. Wow, so incredibly rich! It's true, it's good to be rich. Hundreds of millions? It turns out that this is just a small goal for the wealthy.

On stage, Lourenço was even more excited. In the past, their country's resources were sold off cheaply and controlled by the colonizers. Their country could not get any benefits at all. After years of war, the colonizers left, and the country was a mess that needed reconstruction funds.

However, they didn't know exactly how to proceed. Now, they've finally found a suitable approach: bidding!

Hundreds of millions of dollars came just like that!

Moreover, the trick is to find someone among the bidders to deliberately inflate the price, otherwise the other party won't fall for it! If they win the bid at the reserve price, how can they make any money?

At this moment, Ander and Paul exchanged a glance, already feeling somewhat uneasy.

Eight hundred million!

They only received a total of one billion yuan, and that was enough to change their position as the largest shareholder of the company. Are they going to throw all of that money into the market?

They seem to have forgotten that their opponent is very wealthy!

"Eight hundred million dollars at a time!"

"Eight hundred million dollars twice!"

"Eight hundred and twenty million US dollars!" Ander shouted out directly. He had no choice but to keep adding, but adding only twenty million US dollars was enough to show that they were already short of funds!

"Nine hundred million!" Wang Hui shouted out the price with a smile.

The price has already reached 900 million. The bidding is too fierce. Will it break 1 billion next?

Just as the reporters were in an uproar, a voice shouted out.

"One billion!"

Paul has decided to give up entirely.

They have a billion dollars at their disposal. They're betting it all on it. If it works, great; if not, forget it!

As for the funds needed for mining... as long as they win the bid, they will still be favored by the capital market and can raise enough funds. They can also bring over mining equipment from Australia to save expenses, and they can go to Vivian to raise more funds... In short, there are many ways, but the premise is that they can win the bid!

Will the other party raise the price?

They looked at Wang Hui with concern, only to see him deep in thought, sometimes wanting to raise his bidding paddle, and sometimes putting it down.

"One billion dollars at a time!"

"One billion dollars twice!"

"One billion US dollars in three bids, sold! Congratulations to the Angolan mining group on their successful bid!"

Ander and Paul breathed a sigh of relief; they had finally won the bid. But... why did they have this strange feeling? Like they had fallen into a trap?

Yeah, it must be because of all the bad news lately, making me paranoid.

Before they even left the bidding site, they were surrounded by a group of people.

"Mr. Ander, please tell us about your next steps."

"Mr. Paul, does this mean you've given up on the Australian market?"

“No, no, of course not.” Paul explained with a smile, “Of course we won’t give up the mineral resources in Australia. At the same time, we also want to add new mineral sources. We are very optimistic about Africa. It is rich in resources and has low labor costs, which will help to further reduce iron ore prices, thereby supporting the development of the entire world’s industry and economy…”

After Paul finished speaking, Ander added, "Our two mining groups remain the most powerful groups in the world. Moreover, we will merge in the future to form a new mining group. Please rest assured that our century-old company will continue to strengthen its capabilities through innovation, and our future will be even better..."

Originally, these two giants were competitors, and they did a lot of things to trip each other up back then. But now... circumstances are beyond their control. Without cooperation, they simply cannot compete with the newly emerging Eastern giant. Regardless of whether they eventually merge, it is still very attractive to talk about it now.

Stock investors, hurry up and buy stocks!

The news spread and the stock market reacted instantly. Everyone was overjoyed to see the ever-rising red line.

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"Come on, cheers! We've finally escaped the crisis!" Ander raised his glass, full of excitement.

“Yes, cheers! After this rebirth, the future will be even better!” Paul was also very happy. In the past, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton’s previous subsidiaries had all experienced crises, but each time they survived.

Even now, they still believe that they are moving towards the light!

"It's a pity that Vivian has taken control of both of our companies, and we..."

At a critical moment, it was Vivian who provided a billion dollars, giving them a chance to turn things around. But now that they've turned things around, they've started to reject this outsider again.

"That's right, Vivian is of no benefit to us!"

"Then, shouldn't we think of a way to refuse her entry into the board of directors?"

The group exchanged glances, and then Louis spoke up: "We can find loopholes in the contract and tell Vivian that her initial purchase of our shares for one billion dollars was invalid, and that she'll have to come up with even more money to get the corresponding shares!"

The West outwardly proclaims itself to be so civilized, but at its core it still operates on a robber's logic. Even if the other party is a large company, like Chinalco in later years, they will still be cheated. Not to mention now, it's just a newly rich person who made his fortune through Bitcoin. He has money in his hands, but no power behind him. Such a person is simply a fat sheep.

“That’s right, let’s do it! Louis, this is your job.”

"But we're going to start a mine in Angola, and there's a lot of work to be done there..."

"We'll keep an eye on it ourselves!"

"Ok."

Louis accepted the task. In his eyes, it was no challenge at all—just bullying a woman, and who knows, he might even make her beg for mercy from below…

Australia, the land of kangaroos.

Beaches, seascapes, kangaroos... these attract countless tourists. However, a trip here is incomplete without visiting the Great Barrier Reef, home to the world's largest coral reef bear and a diver's paradise!

In the sea, a woman who looked like a mermaid swam around, playing underwater for a full half hour before finally coming ashore, satisfied.

On the shore, Louis's eyes were filled with longing for the opposite sex; this woman's figure was truly exceptional!

"Mr. Louis, you were looking for me?"

"Well, Ms. Vivian, it's like this, the board of directors, after some investigation, believes there are problems with your previous investment of one billion dollars..."