"First make the filing and then develop it in two years."
After pondering for a moment, Li Jie made a decision. Compared with the copper mine, the coal mine has a greater impact, and the Jiazigou Coal Mine is a very large coal mine and is not suitable for mining now.
Da Jinli hesitated for a while. Although he didn't know why Li Jie made this decision, the boss must have his own intention in doing so. He was stunned for a moment and nodded.
"good."
After obtaining the copper mining rights, Li Jie no longer needed to stay here. Early the next morning, he set out on his own and left Qiqihar.
Three days later, Fengtian, Consulate Street.
Li Jie pretended to be a middle-aged man and came to No. 22 Sanwei Road. In 1906, the beautiful country established a consulate in Fengtian. At first, the consulate was in a hotel, and later it was moved to Consulate Street, where foreigners gathered.
The first consul of the Fengtian Consulate was an M-countryman named Steady.
In this era, the beautiful country is not the number one in the world with its nostrils turned upward. Compared with the established powers in Europe, the beautiful country is just a rising star.
"Nice to meet you, my friend."
Steide's Chinese was very standard and his accent was not strong. This was entirely due to his past experience. As early as 1902, Steide was admitted to the Qing Dynasty Customs. After arriving in the Qing Dynasty, he first studied Chinese at the Jinling School.
Language, and later served as a fourth-class deputy and was transferred to the General Taxation Department in Beijing.
When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, he also served as a reporter for the Associated Press and Reuters.
Therefore, Steide, who has been in China for many years, is completely a China expert.
"Friend, I'm glad to see you too."
Li Jie laughed and stepped forward to give Sidde an American hug. This guy smiled happily every time he saw him, not because of how good the relationship between the two was, but because he was rich.
What Steide valued was the money in his pocket. In addition, there was also some rather 'secret' information, such as the movements of Mao Zi and the movements of the Japanese.
This information was at least confidential at the time, but in later generations, as long as you are willing, you can get it from public files, although occasionally the information will be different due to differences in time and space.
But the general direction is basically consistent.
Steady hugged Li Jie equally hard, and then used a very Chinese opening statement.
"I asked why there were magpies chirping again at the consulate this morning. It turned out that there were distinguished guests coming to the door."
Later, under the guidance of Steady, the two came to the reception room. As a China expert, Steady naturally did not serve Li Jie with coffee, but instead served Chinese tea.
"Li, try this. This is the tea someone just gave me some time ago. It is said to be a tribute from the royal family."
Li Jie smiled and nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
This smell is obviously wrong. In all likelihood, Stade has been fooled by someone, but he has no obligation to point out this matter. Anyway, these ghosts don't understand, and it is useless to say it.
"Yes, it is indeed a rare product."
Steady laughed: "As long as you like it. I'll put this tea here. In the language of your country, I'll tell that cow to eat peonies. Come back, I'll ask Qiao to pack the tea, and you can take it and taste it slowly."
."
"That would be disrespectful."
Li Jie cupped his hands and didn't bother to correct the other person's use of the wrong idiom.
After the two chatted about the current situation for a while, Steady gradually lost his patience and asked proactively: "My friend, is there anything I can do to help you this time?"
"I have a friend who won the mining rights of a copper mine some time ago, but he did not have the means to purchase related equipment, so he asked me to help him purchase a batch of equipment."
Steady patted his chest and said, "Of course it's no problem, just leave this matter to me."
In addition to being an official at the consulate, he also joined Morgan. Last year, the beautiful country encountered an unprecedented financial crisis, and the center of the storm was the New York financial district. The stock market plummeted and brokerage firms went bankrupt.
If we encounter such a crisis in later generations, the Federal Reserve will usually step in to rescue the market. However, the Federal Reserve was not yet born at that time. As one of the financial giants, Morgan & Co. replaced the Federal Reserve and stepped forward in this rescue operation.
It was a copper company that triggered the banking crisis, and many banks and trust funds involved in voting on copper mines collapsed.
Of course, Morgan's intervention to rescue the market was not without purpose. It was precisely because of this crisis that Morgan had the opportunity to acquire the Tennessee Mining and Ironmaking Company at an ultra-low price.
If he were looking to purchase other equipment, Steady might not make a decision on the spot, but this time Li Jie was looking to purchase equipment for copper mining, which happens to be the business scope of Morgan Company.
"Thank you my friend."
Steide shook his head and showed a gentleman's smile: "Li, you Qing people are just too polite. We are friends, aren't we? As friends, isn't it right to help each other?"
"By the way, Li, does your friend have any needs for funds? If so, I can persuade the parent company to provide a loan."
As an employee of Morgan, Steady will naturally not forget the business of his old bank. Although this business is small, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. Moreover, in his opinion, this loan has no risk at all.
Because the other party has a copper mine as collateral, and copper ore is hard currency no matter where it is, Morgan will not suffer losses even if the borrower goes bankrupt.
"Of course, my friend needs this loan very much. I wonder how much you can provide?"
Steady chuckled and thought to himself that another amount of foreign money had come into his account.
"It depends on the specific model of the equipment and the size of the copper mine. Li, do you know all this information?"
Li Jie pretended to be embarrassed and hesitated for a moment.
"This... I really don't know. As you know, I have been in the arms business before. I really don't know much about mining. How about this? I'll ask my friends when I go back.
How about I give you an answer tomorrow?"
"No problem at all."
Steady smiled, not showing any urgency at all. After all, this was not the first time the two of them had cooperated. Furthermore, the funds involved in a mere batch of copper mining equipment were not even as much as the previous arms trade.
A quarter of the amount.
What's there to worry about in this small business?
After saying that, Sidde continued to look at Li Jie with a smile, obviously expecting something.
When Li Jie saw this, he didn't beat around the bush and directly told an innocuous piece of information.
"My friend, a few days ago, I got a very interesting piece of information. I wonder if you would be interested in hearing it?"