1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 64
"[-]%, as long as you set up a factory in California, I am willing to transfer [-]% of the shares of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company in exchange for the shares of your factory in California."

This is the price given by Liang Yao. When the mining company was established, the reason why it was called Xiangshan Gold Mining Company instead of Xiangshan Mining Company was to separate the gold mining business from the mercury mining business.

With so many people staring at the sweet pastry of the gold mine, it is unrealistic for him who is weak and weak to want to monopolize it.

Now that he has mastered the mercury mine in California, he can bear a piece of the big cake of gold.

Anyway, in the future, other gold panning companies, no matter how big or small, want to pan for gold on a large scale through efficient means. Mercury is a threshold that they can't get around.

Mastering the mercury mines is equivalent to indirectly mastering the gold, and now, all eyes are on the gold mines in California, not the mercury mines.The external pressure and competition that Liang Yao has to face to monopolize mercury mine resources are not as great as gold mines.

"What about the labor problem? Setting up a factory requires a lot of labor, and the labor cost in California is too high." Simonsen expressed his concerns.

He has learned about labor costs in California, and California's labor is not cheap at all.

"I will solve the labor problem for you, but I can't provide senior technicians and engineers. You can sign a contract with them in the east, preferably a long-term contract, and set a higher liquidated damages." Liang Yao said.

"Thirty percent?" Vanderbilt squinted his eyes and shook his head. "It's too little. This share is not enough for me and my old buddies to share."

Vanderbilt's admiration for Liang Yao is appreciation, but business is business.

He will not affect his business because of his personal likes and dislikes.

The bait given by Liang Yao was tempting enough, but not big enough to catch Vanderbilt, a capital predator.

The people below Vanderbilt had different opinions. Van Daze felt that this condition was attractive enough. After all, where the gold production of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company was, the dividends that [-]% of the shares could get were considerable enough.

The remaining few are different from Van Daze, they hope to get closer and take more shares.

"At least seventy percent!"

Simonsen's appetite is obviously bigger than Van Dazer's, he opened his mouth and said.

Liang Yao knew that Simonsen offered this price to bargain with him, but Liang Yao would not accept such a result anyway, and neither would the original shareholders of Xiangshan Gold Mining.

Vanderbilt guessed that Liang Yao's bottom line is to control the controlling stake in Xiangshan Gold Mining. He has more foresight than others, and what he cares about is the huge real estate with gold buried in Liang Yao's hands.

Vanderbilt and Liang Yao looked at each other, and Liang Yao knew what Vanderbilt wanted.

"I will not make a bigger transfer of the transferred shares of Xiangshan Gold Mining.

However, I can sell you some land at a favorable price. If the dividends from Xiangshan Gold Mining Company cannot satisfy you, you can also open mines for gold in the Sacramento area by yourself. "

This is exactly what Vanderbilt wanted. In addition to occupying a part of the shares of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, he also wanted to open his own mining company to search for gold in California.

The eyes of several other people focused on Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt pondered for a while, calculating the gains and losses. Finally, he nodded to express his attitude.

"Mr. Liang, it's a happy cooperation. Next, let's talk about the details of the cooperation. Although these are minor details, they are necessary."

Vanderbilt held out his hand.

"With all due respect, Mr. Vanderbilt."

Liang Yao smiled and shook hands with Vanderbilt.

"Mr. Vanderbilt, I think we can fight for it just now, and maybe we can get a better result.

It's not your style to negotiate such a big deal so easily.

You are known to be a penny-pincher in business. "

After the negotiation was over, Simonsen, who had just walked out of the VIP room, was not very satisfied with the result.

"Simonson, what do you think would be a better result? Seventy percent of the shares in Xiangshan Gold Mining Company?"

In response, Vanderbilt responded.

"As long as we take a stake in Xiangshan Gold Mining Company, we will have ways to slowly dilute Liang Yao's shares in the future."

"Like with the Stonington Railway three years ago?"

Clark thought of the Stonington Railway Company, which had been annexed by Vanderbilt.

"It's not exactly the same. Liang Yao obviously has more vision and ability than those gangsters from the Stonington Railway Company." Vanderbilt shook his head.

Two years ago, because of the financial crisis, he had to resign as the president of the Stonington Railway Company, suspend his footsteps in the railway transportation industry, and concentrate on running his shipping empire.

If there is improvement here in California, maybe next year he will return to the position of president of the Stonington Railway Company and restart his plan for a railway transportation empire.

"The most important thing is to be willing to sell us the land. Only Liang Yao in California has these lands where gold has been discovered." Nigel, Vanderbilt's assistant, said, "With these lands, we can establish our own mining company here , which is more attractive than those shares of Xiangshan Gold Mining Company.”

In the end is Vanderbilt's assistant, or Nigel knows Vanderbilt better.

Nigel knew that Vanderbilt was not the type to hang himself from a tree.

"Liang Yao is a smart little fox. For these lands, we have to run around as lobbyists for him when we return to New York. Only when the government recognizes the legitimacy of these lands can we legally obtain them from him at a relatively reasonable price. bought his land."

Vanderbilt always felt that he had fallen into Liang Yao's trap, but for the huge amount of gold, he was willing to give it a try.

As the saying goes, seeking wealth and risk, there are not many such opportunities in life, and he is just a person who is good at capturing business opportunities and grasping them.

After returning to San Francisco, the members of the prospecting team sent by the Astor family were in a panic, and they all stood in ragged clothes at the gate of Tingtao Garden, waiting for Liang Yao.

"Mr. Liang, thank God, I finally waited for you. If you don't come back, I'm afraid we will starve to death here."

After these days of beatings, Adal Astor had no choice but to lower his proud head in front of Liang Yao.

Their supplies were exhausted, and without Liang Yao's permission, no businessman in San Francisco dared to sell them supplies, and their exploration operations could not be carried out.

As for hunting birds and beasts in the mountains for food, it is not as reliable as fishing in the sea to satisfy their hunger. These days they only hunted three rabbits in the nearby mountains.

"Have you paid the berthing fee?"

Liang Yao looked at the two small steamers moored in the docking area of ​​the port and asked.

"Pay it, pay it, this is our bill."

A'dal took out a few crumpled receipts from his pocket to prove that they had paid the parking fee.

"no."

Liang Yao waved his hands impatiently and said to them in a cold voice.

"I know what you are here for. It is your freedom to mine in California. I have no right to stop you. I have only one condition. You are not allowed to mine on my private land. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you will get enough supplies. and your personal safety."

These days, Adal has a rough understanding of the distribution of gold mines in California. Almost all of the known gold mines in California are located in Sacramento, especially near the American River.

These places are all owned by Liang Yao, and if he wants to avoid Liang Yao's land prospecting, he has to travel two to three hundred miles, not to mention whether he can find gold or not.

What's more, there are other dangers to face, such as Indian attacks.

In this case, the task assigned to him by the Astor family will be difficult to complete.

But A'dal can't take care of that much now, the most important thing right now is to get supplies to survive. He and his prospecting team haven't had a decent meal for five days.

"We will never violate your private territory."

In front of Liang Yao, A'dal had no choice but to give in, and he gritted his teeth and agreed to Liang Yao's conditions.

　Trading results are in the next chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)