"Mr. Zhang, what did you just say? I must have heard it wrong."
"I was asking if your coal field is for sale?"
"No, I ant the sentence before that!" Oliver said.
"The sentence before?" Zhang nglong paused for a mont, "This deal is rather big, I'm not sure if it should be brought up?"
"It shouldn't be!"
Inside the office, Oliver was overwheld. He had originally thought that Zhang nglong was about to discuss a coal business deal with him. Their Bowen Coalfield had enormous reserves, enough for all of Australia to mine for over a hundred years, with an average holding of more than 1,500 tons per person. What kind of offer could they not handle?
But he had never imagined that Zhang nglong would start off by wanting to buy his coalfield? Was this so kind of joke?
"Mr. Oliver, you really play these word gas from Huaxia quite well," praised Zhang nglong. Such stunts, typically seen only in Huaxia, and here he was, an Australian, playing them so smoothly that even Zhang nglong was taken aback.
"Mr. Zhang, let's talk sothing substantial. Let's properly discuss business, making these kinds of jokes really isn't very aningful," Oliver said.
"Mr. Oliver, I'm not joking, I really want to buy your coal field," Zhang nglong said, "if possible, I'd like to buy the Sydney Coal Field and the Latrobe Valley Coal Field too.
"Mr. Zhang, are you trying to monopolize the entire Australian coal mining industry?" Oliver asked with a bitter smile.
These three coal mines were the largest in all of Australia, and with coal-fired power surpassing 70%, if he bought all of them, all of Australia would subsequently depend on Zhang nglong's approval for operations. Even if they were willing to sell, would the country agree?
"I urgently need them!" Zhang nglong said.
"Mr. Zhang, even if it's urgent, this request is too absurd," Oliver said, "We only have the mining rights and the export rights for this coal field, but the ownership is still in the hands of the state; it's just that our freedom is relatively greater."
"Well," Zhang nglong suddenly felt a bit disappointed, "I thought your country's coal fields could be privately owned just like my diamond mines and gold mines!"
Oliver imdiately rolled his eyes, thinking, "I never asked if you had diamond mines or gold mines, why do you have to overdo it? Did you call
here to talk business or to show off your wealth?"
"Then, Mr. Oliver, could you help
get in touch with your governnt to see if they are willing to sell these three coal fields to ?"
Oliver sighed and said with a bitter smile, "Mr. Zhang, I know you are the richest man in the world. Even if the Australian governnt is willing to sell them to you, but to buy these three coal fields, I'm afraid no matter how much you have, it wouldn't be possible. Do you know the coal reserve of these three coal fields?"
Oliver continued, "Just our Bowen Coalfield has a total reserve of over 30 billion tons. Based on our export price this year, the base price for quality coal is about 840 Huaxia currency per ton, which is 25 trillion Huaxia currency! Plus various taxes, the total value of the coal field wouldn't be less than 30 trillion Huaxia currency! That's about 4.65 trillion US dollars!"
Oliver added, "As far as I know, your country's foreign exchange reserves in US dollars might just be over 3 trillion, right?"
"That much?" Zhang nglong exclaid.
"1 million US dollars is 1 Cred Point, 10 billion is 100 Cred Points, 4 trillion US dollars, that's more than forty thousand Cred Points, I can directly summon 400 teachers!"
"Mr. Zhang? What are you talking about? What teachers... I don't understand?" For so reason, Oliver could sense Zhang nglong's surprised tone, but amidst this surprise, there seed to be a lack of disappointnt, replaced instead by delight.
Why was he so delighted when he couldn't possibly take out so much money?
"Oh, oh, nothing!" Zhang nglong quickly ca back to his senses, "4 trillion, right? Who should I contact to buy it?"
"No!" Oliver almost lost his balance, what does "who should I contact to buy it" an?
He had clearly told you, it's 4 trillion US dollars, a figure simply unreachable.
Not just for an individual, even a country couldn't co up with that!
"Your Bowen Coalfield is 4.65 trillion, then adding the other three together, probably a few trillion US dollars should be enough, right?"
"Mr. Zhang... you..." After hearing Zhang nglong's words, a terrifying thought suddenly occurred to Oliver: Zhang nglong could bring out several trillion US Dollars!
"No, no, no, this must be a joke, right? Hahaha."
"Hong Yi, how long would it take
to gather several trillion US Dollars?" Oliver only heard the voice of Zhang nglong and a woman from the other side.
"Yasha, you understand Huaxia language, quickly help
listen to what they are saying!" Oliver activated the speakerphone.
"Yes, boss!"
...
"Mr. Zhang, if we were to transfer from your Huaxia accounts, we could gather the amount by the day after tomorrow morning at the latest, but if we were to transfer from an overseas account... even if it were ten tis more, it would be available anyti!" Hong Yi said, "The industries you have in Arica generate earnings in US Dollars, not to ntion your annual ground rent, all of which are just sitting in your Arican accounts."
"Boss..." Yasha's gaze beca sowhat vacant; she seed to have just heard the most inconceivable conversation in the world.
"What the hell did they say?" Oliver quickly covered the mouthpiece.
"Boss, he said if they use the Huaxia accounts, they can gather several trillion in just two days, but if they use foreign accounts... it would be available anyti... "
"How... how is this possible?" Forbes's list of billionaires had Zhang nglong's assets at 800 billion US Dollars, but Oliver was sure, this pure crap, Zhang nglong's total assets absolutely exceeded one trillion US Dollars!
But to extract several billion US Dollars, even in cash, he wanted to first ask, which country could do that?
"Mr. Oliver, several billion US Dollars is no problem, why don't you ask if they can sell it?"
"Mr. Zhang," at that mont, Oliver felt as if he was speaking to a god, and not just any god but a living God of Wealth, "Mr. Zhang, even if you truly have that money, the governnt wouldn't possibly sell it. Our country's mining laws state that national energy resources can only grant mining rights and a few other powers, and it's not possible to sell them outright."
"I see," Zhang nglong looked troubled, "That's true, if I bought all your coalfields, what would you use?"
"You know that and you still ask?" Oliver suddenly felt an impulse to curse Zhang nglong's family.
"Then... how much is your annual production?"
"Last year, it was roughly 170 million tons, and this year's extraction is estimated at 182 million tons."
"Since you're not selling the coalfields, the coal itself is still for sale, right?"
Oliver breathed a sigh of relief; Zhang nglong was finally about to engage in so regular business practices.
"Of course, what's business if not to deal?" Oliver said with a laugh, "As per national requirents, we reserve about 50 million tons for the country annually, and the rest is all exported. Mr. Zhang, how much do you plan to buy?"
"I'll take it all!" Zhang nglong said without a second thought.
"Pfft!" Just as Oliver took a sip of coffee trying to calm his nerves, he ended up spraying his female secretary with it.
Co on, can you do business properly? Even if you're rich, that's not how you do business, right? If the mine can't be sold, you want to package the whole year's production? What kind of weird logic is this?
And he really couldn't understand what on earth Zhang nglong needed with so much coal. Was he planning to build his own coal field? That's not how you play the ga!
"Mr. Zhang, forgive
for asking, but what do you need so much coal for?"
"Ahem, ahem!" Zhang nglong cleared his throat, "Actually, I'm an environntalist. Every year, the world burns a large amount of coal, causing severe pollution and global warming. I plan to buy all the coal and then hide it away, contributing sowhat to alleviating global warming."
If Oliver were Huaxian, right now in his mind there would definitely be a curse about to slip out, "Are you fucking stupid?"
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