Chapter 744: As long as you are brave, the cows take maternity leave
The long motorcade began to drive towards the farm.
After arriving at the farm, 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.
After the family watched 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 so much like you."
"He is my son, of course he looks like me, but his nose and ears look like Xu Liang."
Liu Jihong also felt relieved.
I am only 27 years old. If I leave any sequelae, the rest of my life will be ruined. ”
When Andrew Forrester was young, he was a stockbroker who rode a luxury motorcycle into and out of major financial institutions and was famous for his high fees.
The index finger of his right hand is on After being poked on the forehead, his daughter felt bad.
In the 1990s, he founded a company called Anaconda Nickel, using what he learned as a stockbroker. The ability to deceive investors is used in company management.
Although he left the company, he made a lot of money.
"Mom, Xu Liang said that we will hold a wedding when Yangyang turns 100."
The revenue was lower than expected and was kicked out by shareholders.
"Really? He really said that?"
"Mom, not only Xu Liang thinks so, I also think so.
"Okay, okay. It's all your own business. Just don't regret it in the future."
Professional characteristics have allowed him to develop a eloquent mouth.
“Now that you have a child, have you got what you want?”
Gived extremely high revenue expectations to shareholders and obtained their investment and support. .
“This is too simple, it won’t work.”
She also accurately grasped my weakness.
After a long time.
"Mr. Xu, this is the information I collected about Andrew Forrester and FMG Mining Company."
"He still has a conscience."
Look Jiang Xiaoyang said with a gentle expression while holding the baby in the cradle.
"Mom, Xu Liang doesn't want to make a fuss about the wedding. The two families can just sit down and have a meal."
"Mom, just promise me."
"You are Do you really think so, or are you just following Xu Liang? "
With this wedding, you are the royal wife that he is marrying, and with the support of our Jiang family, no one can even think of belonging to you two. things were stolen. ”
Liu Jihong is also here, so he doesn’t know his daughter’s little thoughts.
Jiang Xiaoyang deliberately made the matter serious.
Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and hugged his mother's arm.
“I didn’t expect this guy to be a wonderful person.” Xu Liang said with a smile.
Took the document handed over by Lu Hui and read it.
“Yeah.”
If we were to have a big wedding 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 well. I will be exhausted after such a wedding.
"Mom, I really think so. Hanhua is getting bigger and bigger now. 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?"
"Well, that's true."
After looking at it for a while.
"Don't you know me yet? I never regret the decisions I make."
——
Three days passed by in a flash.
“Just be angry with me.”
Jiang Xiaoyang smiled and nodded.
"I got it. Xu Liang gave it to me on the third day after Yangyang was born."
It's a pity that he was too big to hold the egg.
But the experience of leaving in embarrassment is considered a failure no matter how you look at it.
“Oh, this is great.
However, Forrester was not discouraged.
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 deposits 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.
Forrest is clearly a guy who believes that 'cows take maternity leave as long as they are brave'.
Having 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.
The Pilbara region, as the largest iron ore region in Australia, is a forbidden area for 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 exhausted. news.
Of course a small businessman is no match for a giant.
What's more, Forrest 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 be 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 Xiaoqiang.
After being beaten, 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.
As soon as the lawsuit in Australia ended, he came to China in September with the Pilbara iron ore and infrastructure project with a total investment of about 1.85 billion Australian dollars.
You must know that the market value of FMG 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, facing the 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 it 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 not having high-quality iron ore.
Li Si’s steel mill does need high-quality iron ore, but he is 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 man, Forrester was not discouraged.
I don’t know if he woke up on his own or if he got help from some comprador.
Decisively gave up on state-owned steel plants 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 also 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 the high-quality Australian iron ore, I dream of it.
So, when Forrester came to the door and tried to fool him, 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 the Chinese companies need to pay large sums of money in advance.
Although the advance payment was received, it was impossible to leverage a 1.85 billion Australian dollar super project with just this money.
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.
Look, I am not a liar. We have even found a market for the iron ore, and they even gave me a big advance payment.
Since our cooperation has been quite pleasant in the past, I came to you for cooperation.
If you are willing, then we are still good brothers. We will 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 the mine is found and we make money, just don’t be envious.
I am 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 iron ore market is now good. It has been rising for two consecutive years and the market is good.
So, Forrester successfully obtained money from private equity and investment banks.
The two sums add 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.
"Contact Forrester, I want to talk to him."
After Lu Hui nodded, "Are you going to invest in him?"
Xu Liangdian 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.
An excellent businessman must be an excellent liar.
Forrest is very good. Excellent.
People who can still rise after several failures, and who can quickly find solutions to difficulties without feeling sorry for themselves after being suppressed by the two giants. It’s weird to 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.
Use the financing money to prospect, and 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? ”
(End of this chapter)