My 1999

The long motorcade began to drive towards the farm.

Arrive at the farm and enter the villa hall.

Jiang Xiaoyang, who had changed his clothes, was already waiting here.

Mother and daughter were naturally very excited when they met.

Liu Jihong immediately came upstairs to see the child.

Li Yuan and Zhao Feng also followed.

The family watched the little guy for a long time before Xu Liang took him away, leaving the space for Jiang Xiaoyang and Liu Jihong.

"Xiaoyang, this kid looks so much like you."

"He is my son, of course he looks like me, but his nose and ears look like Xu Liang."

Looking at the baby in the cradle, Jiang Xiaoyang said with a gentle expression.

"Well, that's true."

After watching it for a while.

"Now that you have a baby, have you gotten what you want?"

"I got it. Xu Liang gave it to me on the third day after Yangyang was born."

"He still has a conscience."

Liu Jihong also felt relieved.

"Mom, Xu Liang said that when Yangyang turns 100, we will hold a wedding."

"Really? He really said that?"

"Um."

“Oh, this is great.

With this wedding, you are the royal wife that his matchmaker is marrying, and with the support of our Jiang family, no one can try to take away what belongs to you two. "

Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and nodded.

"Mom, Xu Liang doesn't want to make a fuss about the wedding. The two families can just sit down and have a meal."

"This is too simple, no way."

"Mom, not only Xu Liang thinks so, I also think so.

If we were to make it big and invite all our business friends and partners, there would probably be thousands of people. How could there be such a big place for our wedding?

Moreover, I just gave birth to a child and my body has not recovered yet. Such a wedding will definitely exhaust me to death.

I am only 27 years old. If I have any sequelae, the rest of my life will be ruined. "

Jiang Xiaoyang deliberately made the matter serious.

She also accurately grasped my weakness.

Liu Jihong is also someone who has been here before, so he doesn't know his daughter's little thoughts.

The index finger of his right hand poked the girl on the forehead, and she lost her breath.

"You just want to be angry with me."

Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and hugged his mother's arm.

"Mom, just promise me."

"Do you really think so, or are you just following Xu Liang?"

"Mom, I really think so. Hanhua is getting bigger and bigger now, and I work a lot. If I have time, I might as well spend more time with Yangyang. How can I waste time on the wedding?"

"Okay, okay. It's all your own business. Just don't regret it in the future."

"Don't you know me yet? I never regret the decisions I make."

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Three days flew by.

"Mr. Xu, this is the information I collected about Andrew Forrester and FMG Mining Company."

He took the document handed over by Lu Hui and started to read it.

After a long time.

"I didn't expect this guy to be a wonderful person." Xu Liang said with a smile.

When Andrew Forrester was young, he was a stockbroker who rode a luxury motorcycle to and from major financial institutions and was known for his high fees.

His professional characteristics have allowed him to develop a eloquent mouth.

In the 1990s, he established a company called Anaconda Nickel, and he used the skills he learned as a stockbroker to deceive investors into the company's operations.

High revenue expectations were given to shareholders to gain their investment and support.

It's a pity that the pace was too big and the egg could not be caught.

Revenue fell short of expectations and was kicked out by shareholders.

Although he left the company, he made a lot of money.

But the experience of leaving in embarrassment is considered a failure no matter how you look at it.

Forrest, however, remained undeterred.

This man, who grew up herding cattle and sheep on a farm in the isolated Pilbara region of Western Australia, soon thought of the rich iron ore in his hometown.

So in 2003 he took action again.

Acquired 47% of the shares of United Mining and Processing Company for A$8.4 million and renamed it FMG Mining.

Forrester is clearly a guy who believes in 'cows take maternity leave if they dare'.

I hold the firm belief that ‘as long as I believe what I boast, others will believe in me’.

Without a shred of evidence, the media trumpeted that there were still large undiscovered iron ore deposits in the Pilbara.

As the largest iron ore region in Australia, the Pilbara region is a target of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. In order to avoid competitors, they often publicize the news in the media that the iron ore in the Pilbara region has been exhausted.

Of course, a small businessman is no match for a giant.

What's more, Forrester is indeed a big liar.

Two extensions and one hit.

In August 2004, he was sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for allegedly publishing false information. Forrester and FMG were ordered to pay A$10 million in civil damages.

Among them, FMG and Forrester paid compensation of AUD 6 million and AUD 4.4 million respectively.

At the same time, ASIC applied to the Federal Court that Forrest was no longer qualified to serve as a director of FMG.

Andrew Forrester, who was beaten hard by the two companies, is already a notorious figure in the Australian business world, and no one wants to believe him anymore.

But this guy is a Xiaoqiang.

After being hammered, he was not discouraged.

After regrouping, they turned their attention outside of Australia. After some inspections, they gradually placed their hopes on China, which has a huge demand for Australian iron ore.

Successful people all have one big similarity, that is, they have a strong ability to act.

Just after the lawsuit in Australia ended, he came to China in September with a Pilbara iron ore and infrastructure project with a total investment of about 1.85 billion Australian dollars.

You must know that FMG's market value at this time was only 20 million Australian dollars.

Using 20 million Australian dollars to leverage a 1.85 billion Australian dollar super project is more courageous than 99% of people.

However, in the face of cautious Chinese steel companies, Frist's lobbying did not go smoothly at first.

The reason is that he cannot produce a true geological report and the resource reserves cannot be determined.

What does that mean?

Give a simple example.

Zhang San pointed to a piece of land and proudly said to Li Si who was running the steel factory, "This is all the land I built. Ahem, I'm wrong. This is the iron ore I bought, with reserves of 2 billion tons."

Let's sign a supply agreement. I will supply you with goods for a long time and the price will remain unchanged.

You no longer have to worry about running out of high-quality iron ore.

Li Si did need high-quality iron ore to open the steel mill, but he was not stupid either.

You said there are 2 billion tons of iron ore in this land?

Don't be ridiculous, bring the geological report to us first, and then we can sign the agreement after confirming whether it is true or false.

In this way, Zhang San, who could not produce any evidence, was kicked out.

As a young player, Forrester was undeterred.

I don’t know if he woke up on his own or if he got help from some comprador.

He decisively gave up the state-owned steel factory and began to contact private enterprises.

Private enterprises are different from state-owned enterprises. The latter's procedures are on track, large investment projects are subject to top-level supervision, and there are abundant ore procurement channels.

Without Zhang San and Wang Wu, there is no shortage of iron ore. It's just a matter of spending more money.

But the same cannot be said for private enterprises. They are all wild people and lack everything except money.

Especially high-quality Australian iron ore is something you can only dream of.

So, when Forrester came to the door, after a good deal of deception, he quickly found a buyer.

In October 2004, FMG announced that it had signed a long-term purchase contract with Hebei Wenfeng Steel Co., Ltd., agreeing that FMG would sell 2 million tons of iron ore to Wenfeng Steel every year within 20 years.

For this purpose, Wenfeng Steel paid an advance payment of A$10 million to FMG.

In the same month, FMG signed long-term supply contracts with Suzhou Fengli Group and Ganzhou Pingxiang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. The contracts also stipulated that Chinese companies need to pay large sums of money in advance.

Although the advance payment has been received, it is impossible to leverage a 1.85 billion Australian dollar super project with this money alone.

Ordinary people may be really worried to death.

But Forrester didn't. As a former stockbroker, what he was best at was the "empty wolf" method commonly used by the assholes in the financial industry.

After getting the forward supply agreement from Huaxia Steel Plant, he quickly found local private equity and banks in Australia.

You see, I am not a liar. We have even found a market for the iron ore, and they even gave me a big advance payment.

Seeing that our cooperation was quite pleasant in the past, I came to you for cooperation.

If you are willing, then we are still good brothers, we can hang out with girls and never eat alone.

If you still can't believe me, that's okay. Anyway, the money I make is enough to cover the expenses of prospecting.

When we find the mine, we will make money, so don’t be envious.

I'm not short of money, I just take care of my brothers.

As long as it works, forget it if it doesn't.

His unapproachable statement successfully attracted the attention of private equity and investment banks.

After some investigation, they found out that this guy was indeed not lying. These iron ore futures orders were all real.

Soon they investigated again and found that the current iron ore market is good. It has been rising for two consecutive years and the market is good.

Therefore, Forrester successfully obtained money from private equity and investment banks.

The two amounts added up to more than 100 million Australian dollars.

The money was used by Forrester for prospecting.

As long as he can determine FMG's iron ore reserves, his empty-handed strategy will be fully realized.

"You contact Forrester, I want to talk to him."

Lu Hui nodded, "Are you planning to invest in him?"

Xu Liang nodded.

"But the Australian business community says he is a liar."

"Liar?" Xu Liang said with a smile, "Most businessmen in this world are liars.

A good businessman must be a good liar.

Forrest is great.

Being able to rise after several failures, and even after being suppressed by the giants of the two expansions, he did not feel sorry for himself and quickly found a way to solve the difficulties.

It’s strange that such people don’t succeed.

In addition, FMG has found a path to success.

Continue to go to China to sell iron ore futures, and then take these futures documents to private equity and bank financing in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Using the financing money to prospect, as long as he finds the ore, all his difficulties will disappear.

This is a complete closed loop. "

"Mr. Xu, what if Forrest can't find iron ore?"