On a sunny morning, it would be nice if the temperature could be a little higher. Of course, it would be nice if there could be a cup of soft coffee... Of course, it would be nice if there could be another plate of air-dried beef. If there could be another... Just be a woman!
A mine protection team member sat on the sentry tower, holding a cold rifle in his arms, his eyes wandering back and forth near the labor camp. The temperature in the west has dropped to freezing point. The outdoor temperature is about minus fifteen degrees. The whistling cold wind is trying its best to get in through the gaps between the clothes, just like the moment when life is born. Full of emotion.
It's very cold outside, but it's not that cold inside the mine. The temperature gets higher as you go down. At the current mining stage of the deposit, the temperature is about seven to ten degrees.
This is an iron mine with a medium iron content. Last year, the owner of the iron mine earned about 700,000 yuan. This year, a group of 600 slaves were added. These slaves were just shipped from the West Coast a few days ago. We are in the adaptation period. Therefore, the mine protection team at the iron mine cannot roast the fire in a warm room and eat beef while discussing girls' affairs.
Based on experience over the years, these newly arrived slaves are often the ones most likely to get into trouble. After they adapt to the environment here in a short period of time, they begin to think about how to escape, how to go home, or how to expose everything here. According to the experience of western mine owners, one hundred slaves will survive in the end, and no more than forty will be able to work honestly. The rest were either hanged for escaping, or contracted diseases because of missing their hometown or other reasons, and finally died here.
As long as they can survive the first half-year period, the subsequent management will be relatively easy. All those who still have the chance to go home will naturally feel relieved when they see the black and red crosses in the camp and the dried corpses on them. You will be honest.
Just when the mine protection team member monitoring the camp on the sentry tower was a little sleepy, the increasingly loud sound of horse hooves in the distance woke him up. He looked outside the camp and saw a dozen horses spitting on the cold ground. Streams of white energy rushed towards the camp quickly.
In fact, there are cars in the west, and there are many cars in many cities, but people are still willing to ride horses in the wild. Who knows if those cars will encounter some problems in the wild and be unable to move, such as being hit by stones in the grass? The chassis may suddenly collapse, or it may suddenly sink on seemingly stable ground. The longer the journey, the lower the safety factor of the vehicle, and those expensive cars will not tell you where there is water or where to go home.
But horses can, they can find water sources and the direction home, which is very important for people walking in the endless Gobi and even the desert areas in the core area of the west.
The mine protection team member on the sentry tower immediately picked up a corded phone and made no sound. Immediately, about twenty people came out of the villa area separated from the miners' camp. They walked towards the gate of the camp with guns in their hands. . When they first arrived at the camp gate, the guests also arrived outside the gate.
"This is the mining industry of Andorra, who are you looking for?" The captain of the mine protection team stood inside the door, looking at these guests wearing thick furs with a careful look, and did not open the door immediately.
Many horse bandits and robbers here have their own way of survival. It seems that there are many people hiding in the Gobi desert. As long as they are tricked into opening the door, they will suddenly rush out and swarm out in the next moment. Enter the camp, wash the place clean with blood, and then walk away to wait for the money after the auction.
The guy wearing a certain hat jumped off the horse. He walked outside the iron gate and took off his hat, revealing his whole face. Then he said loudly: "We have contacted Mr. Andorra. This time we are here." If you are talking about business, you can go to Mr. Andor for confirmation.”
"I will do that!", the captain of the mine protection team told the team members to keep an eye on these people, then turned around and ran back to the villa area quickly. After a while, he ran back again and asked someone to open the door, "Mr. Andor is inside Waiting for you, please come in."
Ellis nodded, put on his hat again, led the horse into the iron gate, and then handed the reins to the members of the mine protection team. They know how to take care of these big babies in winter, especially in winter, when these horses have been sweating after running for a long time. If they are driven directly into the stable without any treatment, these horses will be exhausted in a few days at most. Will get sick and die. They first wiped the sweat off the horses' skin with a large, dry towel, then brushed it several times with a horse brush and wiped it again. Then they took out a special cotton cover from behind the saddle and put it on the horse's body, and gave it a delicate Concentrated grains replenish the horse's energy, and later there will be some roughage.
In fact, some of the problems that humans and horses need to face in nature are basically the same. They cannot eat too good or too poorly.
After the group entered the largest and most luxurious villa in the camp area, they met the mine owner, Mr. Andor.
Mr. Andorra was in his forties, with thick hair, gray eyes, and an impressively hooked nose. Wearing formal clothes, he warmly entertained these visitors to sit down, but after looking at them carefully, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Isn't Mr. Dulin here?"
Ellis clicked, "Yes, I'm very sorry, Mr. Andorra. Mr. Dulin encountered some urgent matters, so he can't get away for the time being. He asked me to convey my apology for this matter, and I hope you can understand, After he is done with what he is doing, he will definitely come to see you in person."
Andor's face looked a little strange. He raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled, "It doesn't matter. It's not an important matter anyway. As long as you can make the decision on behalf of Mr. Dulin."
Dulin wants to buy the iron mine in Andorra. This iron mine has been mined for seven years. According to the assessment of those geologists, the iron mine can continue to be mined for five to ten years. Although there will still be output five years later, the ore output at that time will be far less than it is now. This is a mine that has entered the countdown to mining and has a certain value, but not much.
I got to know Andorra through Mr. Jack, whose poker organization operates more than a dozen mines in the western part of the empire. Some mines do have stable output and can bring benefits to the organization. This is a formal and normal investment, but there are also some mines that have no output for a long time, but are still "profitable". This is a very common money laundering method. Different companies in your hands make good accounts by falsely purchasing ore. After paying a tax, the money from selling the "ore" becomes laundered money.
This money will be invested in certain companies according to the customer's requirements, or it will be transferred out of the country through legal channels to bank accounts in other countries. As for what will happen in the future, that is outside the business and Poker will not interfere.
After Dulin revealed that he wanted to buy several mines and had no requirements on the output and quality of the mines, Mr. Jack introduced him to many mine owners who were interested in selling, and Andorra was one of them.
Although this iron mine will have a steady stream of income in the future, Mr. Andor's idea is to take a large sum of money, advance future profits, and then continue to invest in industries with higher returns and better prospects. This kind of people are actually very common in the West. Mining is just a way for them to get rich. After they get rich, they will find ways to enter other industries, because the scale and development of mining limit the rate of return in the next stage, just like Luke After making a lot of money like that, I just wanted to jump out.
Only those who have no ideals and no pursuits will be content with the current situation and continue to run the mining industry.
"I have two sales contracts here. Once signed, this iron mine belongs to Mr. Dulin." Andorra asked his assistant to bring the two agreements and put them in front of Ellis, and attached I got a pen that doesn’t look cheap.
Ellis did not sign immediately. He had many shortcomings, such as not knowing how to adapt and not being flexible enough when doing things. But he also had his own advantages, which were carefulness, caution, caution and seriousness. He took the two agreements in his hands and read them carefully. Dulin found a teacher for them to learn literacy. So far, the results are very gratifying. It was just the way Ellis read the agreement that made Andor frown slightly.
About twenty minutes later, Ellis put down the two documents and asked with some confusion: "Mr. Andor, this seems different from what we agreed before?!"
"Is it different?" Andor put down the cup in his hand and walked over, picked up one of them and looked at it quickly, and asked: "Is there anything different? I think it's normal!"
Ellis turned to the fifth page expressionlessly and pressed his finger on one of the lines. "The amount, the amount is different. The price you negotiated with Mr. Dulin is 2.6 million, but here is 3 1.6 million, one million more than the number we agreed on!”
Andor put down the document lightly and shrugged, "I rehired a young geologist. He told me that the guaranteed profit from my iron ore output in the next four years is this price. I think this is very reasonable. , even if Du Lin is here, my answer is the same."
"I'm sorry I can't sign, it's different from what I know, sorry!" Ellis shook his head and stood up. He didn't dare to make a decision for Dulin, and it was a decision worth a million!
Seeing these people about to leave, Andor's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his voice became a little sharp, "Du Lin is not here, and you are unwilling to sign. Do you really think anyone can come and play tricks on me?"
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