Chapter 744: As Long as You Are Brave, the Cow Will Take Maternity Leave

The long convoy began to drive towards the farm.

After arriving at the farm and entering the villa hall.

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

The mother and daughter were naturally very excited to meet.

Liu Jihong went upstairs to see the child as soon as possible.

Li Yuan and Zhao Feng also followed.

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

"Xiaoyang, this child looks like you."

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

Looking at the baby in the cradle, Jiang Xiaoyang said gently.

"Well, that's true."

After watching for a while.

"Now that your child is born, did you get what you wanted?"

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

"He is still kind."

Liu Jihong was relieved.

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

"Really? Did he really say that?"

"Yes."

"Oh, that's great.

With this wedding, you will be his first wife, and with the support of our Jiang family, no one can take away what belongs to you and your mother."

Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and nodded.

"Mom, Xu Liang doesn't want a big wedding. The two families can just sit down and have a meal."

"That's too simple. No."

"Mom, Xu Liang doesn't think so. I think so too.

If we hold a big wedding and invite our friends and partners in the business world, it will probably take thousands of people. How can we have such a big place to hold a wedding?

Besides, I just gave birth to a child and my body hasn't recovered yet. I will be exhausted to death after such a wedding.

I'm only 27 years old. If there are any sequelae, the rest of my life will be ruined."

Jiang Xiaoyang deliberately made the matter serious.

She also accurately grasped the weakness of the old lady.

Liu Jihong was also an experienced person, so she knew her daughter's little thoughts.

After poking her daughter's forehead with her right index finger, she said unhappily.

"You are just trying to piss me off."

Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and hugged her mother's arm.

"Mom, just promise me."

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

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

"Okay, okay. It's your business anyway, 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 passed in a flash.

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

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

After a long time.

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

When Andrew Forrest was young, he was a stockbroker who rode a luxury motorcycle in and out of major financial institutions and was famous for his high fees.

The characteristics of his profession have trained him to be a good talker.

In the 1990s, he founded a company called Anaconda Nickel. He used the skills he learned when he was a stockbroker to fool investors in the company's operations.

He gave shareholders extremely high revenue expectations and obtained their investment and support.

Unfortunately, he took a big step and failed to hold the egg.

The revenue was not as expected, and he was kicked out by shareholders.

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

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

However, Forrest did not lose heart.

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 he made another move in 2003.

He acquired 47% of the shares of United Mining Processing Company for 8.4 million Australian dollars and renamed it FMG Mining.

Forrest is obviously a guy who believes that "as long as you are brave, the cow will take maternity leave."

With the firm belief that "if I believe what I say, others will believe me."

Without any evidence, he widely publicized in the media that there are still a lot of undiscovered iron ore in the Pilbara region.

As the largest iron ore region in Australia, the Pilbara region is the forbidden fruit of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto. In order to avoid competitors, they often publicize in the media that the iron ore in the Pilbara region has been mined out.

A small businessman is certainly no match for the giants.

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

Two Tinos hit one.

In August 2004, he was sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for allegedly publishing false information. Forrest and FMG were fined 10 million Australian dollars in civil damages.

Among them, FMG and Forrest paid 6 million Australian dollars and 4.4 million Australian dollars 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 Forrest, who was beaten up by the two Tuos, has become a bad name in the Australian business community. No one is willing to trust him anymore.

But this guy is a cockroach.

After being beaten up, he did not get 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."

After 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?"