King of Industry

  Chapter 270 Opportunities for niobium and tantalum mines

  After returning to his seat, Zhao Guoyang politely said thank you to Matilda, then smiled at Susanna and toasted.

   After taking a sip of the wine, Susanna looked at Zhao Guoyang expectantly and said, "Zhao, can you give me and Matilda a taste of the wine in your hand?"

   "No problem!" Zhao Guoyang responded quickly, and then got up to get two empty glasses.

  While pouring wine into two glasses, Zhao Guoyang reminded: "This Alabama wine must be drunk before the ice melts to have a taste, otherwise it will dilute the taste of the wine..."

  After hearing the words, the second daughter hurriedly took the wine glass handed over by Zhao Guoyang and tasted the "Alabama".

  After swallowing the first sip of the wine, Matilda couldn't help closing her eyes, and softly gave her tasting results: "The taste is refreshing, the taste is strong, and it is a rare full-bodied cocktail..."

   "Wow, this wine is so flavorful, even more refreshing than my glass!" Susanna also praised again and again.

  After listening to the second daughter's evaluation, Zhao Guoyang just smiled slightly, and didn't say too many words to show off.

  Indeed, making cocktails is too common for him who has a lot of travel experience in his previous life, and he has nothing to show off at all.

   "Mr. Zhao, thank you very much for the wine you made. I am treating you today! Please use it slowly!"

   After drinking the wine in the glass in one breath, Matilda took a deep look at Zhao Guoyang, and slowly walked back to the bar.

   "Ah? This..." Seeing Matilda walking away, Zhao Guoyang touched his cheek in confusion and said.

   "Susanna, is Miss Matilda so generous? Our two glasses of wine cost tens of dollars, right?"

   "Zhao, don't worry about Matilda. She is not only a bartender, but also the daughter of the owner of this shop..."

  Susanna said with a smile, "Speaking of which, today I can be regarded as being honored by you, thank you!"

   Seeing Suzanne raised his wine glass, Zhao Guoyang could only touch her and sip the fine wine.

  Drinking cocktails, Zhao Guoyang and Suzanne gradually chatted.

   It can be heard that Susanna is very interested in China, a mysterious big country in the East, and has expressed the idea of ​​wanting to visit it several times.

   Zhao Guoyang welcomed this very much. He jokingly said: "If Miss Suzanne really comes to China for fun, she must come to me. At that time, I will also buy you a drink..."

  Hearing this, Susanna laughed wildly: "Giggle, Zhao, I don't have your bartending skills. Buy me a drink, but you must spend money."

   Zhao Guoyang smiled indifferently at Suzanne's teasing, but did not speak.

   Putting down the wine glass, Susannah tilted her head and said, "Zhao, do you know that I want to go to Huaxia, and besides learning about this mysterious country, I actually have another plan."

  Zhao Guoyang froze for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head.

  Seeing Zhao Guoyang's bewildered look, Suzanne blinked her big eyes, as if thinking of something interesting.

   "Let me tell you, I want to go to Huaxia, and I have another purpose, which is to investigate the market. This, Zhao, you must have guessed it..." Susanna said with some pride.

   "Huh? Surveying the market? You?" Zhao Guoyang heard a bit of difference on his face.

"yes!"

Susanna raised her head and said with a little shyness, "Actually, Zhao, you should have guessed something. I am not an official Chinese translator. The reason why I accompanied my father to pick up the plane yesterday was just for fun. It’s all about gaining knowledge. My own job is to run a foreign trade company...”

   "Well, you are not a regular translator. I guessed that. But, I didn't expect you to do business." Zhao Guoyang said frankly.

Susanna crossed her arms and said, "It's not difficult to understand. Before my father ran for governor of Sao Paulo, he was the leader of the Baptista family business. It's just that after he entered politics, he handed over the business to my mother. "

   "And myself, a few years ago, I became independent and set up a foreign trade company, mainly engaged in some fruits, coffee, rum, etc."

Suzanne paused, and continued: "The reason why I want to go to Huaxia is because I want to check the fruit and rum market there. As for coffee, I guess not many people in your country drink it, because your Huaxia tea, The international reputation is far better than coffee."

   Hearing what Suzanne said clearly and logically, Zhao Guoyang's mind gradually came alive.

  Originally, after coming to Samba country, he was still thinking about how to get in touch with the Chinese businessmen here, and asked about the cooperation in the development of non-ferrous metal mines.

   It's good now, someone will give you a pillow when you are sleepy.

  Based on my understanding of Miss Suzanne's personality and the degree of acquaintance with each other, I believe that it should not be a big problem to cooperate in a non-ferrous metal mine project.

   It's just that it's very important whether Miss Suzanne has any understanding of this aspect.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guoyang put down his wine glass and asked tentatively: "Miss Susanna, to tell you the truth, I actually have an idea to invest in a project when I come here this time. Don’t have a certain understanding?”

  Hearing this, Susanna was taken aback.

  In her impression, it seems that people in Huaxia Kingdom are very strict and cautious. They rarely have the idea of ​​setting up a trading company. How can this Zhao Guoyang be so independent?

  However, Suzanne has seen a lot of Zhao Guoyang in the past two days. After thinking for a while, she narrated the situation at home.

"Zhao, you are really asking the right person. Although the types of products my trading company deals in do not include mine resources such as non-ferrous metal mines. But our family business has oil and mining projects. "

  Susanna waved her hand and said: "The biggest business in my mother's hands now is oil. Although the competition is fierce, money is also relatively easy to earn."

   "As for non-ferrous metal mines, due to the high difficulty of development and the small output, after we bought a niobium-tantalum mine, we have not yet found a cooperative development company to invest in mining funds, so we can only stagnate for the time being."

  Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang's spirit suddenly lifted. Niobium and tantalum are both types of non-ferrous metal mines.

  Niobium-tantalum ore is a rare metal ore, both of which are rare metals with high melting point and high boiling point.

  In terms of appearance, the two are somewhat similar to steel, with off-white luster and dark gray powder.

  These two metals have high practical application value, and have the characteristics of gas absorption, corrosion resistance, superconductivity, unipolar conductivity, and high strength at high temperature.

  In the previous life, the new material of tantalum and niobium was used in many high-tech industries.

  Including electronics, precision ceramics and precision glass industry, aerospace and electronic energy industry, superconducting industry, special steel and other industries, these two metals are required to be used in large quantities.

   Now that Zhao Guoyang heard that Susanna's family business had won a niobium-tantalum mine, he was naturally quite emotional.

Suzanne didn't notice the look on Zhao Guoyang's face. She took a sip of her wine and said to herself, "Speaking of which, when I bought this niobium-tantalum mine, my father spent a total of one million U.S. dollars, although the price is not high. , but after buying it back, the family found out that mining would cost more money..."

   "In the past two years, after my mother took over the family business, she has thought about it several times and planned to dispose of this niobium-tantalum mine."

   "Minerals that cannot generate profits are really worthless in the hands. It is better to use this money to invest in other minerals, such as iron ore and manganese ore, which are not difficult to mine and have good sales..."

  Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang knew that his chance had come.

  He coughed, and said solemnly: "Susanna, I wonder if your family is willing to cooperate with foreign companies to develop this niobium-tantalum mine together?"

   "I don't know much about this. My mother has a different way of thinking. You have to ask her in person to find out."

  Susanna shook her head and said, "Moreover, it is also very important to cooperate with companies from which country, just like Bangzi Country, a country with integrity problems, their companies are hard for us to trust."

   "Wait a minute!"

   Speaking of this, Susanna seemed to react suddenly. She looked at Zhao Guoyang in a daze, and said in a low voice, "Zhao, what do you mean by that... Could it be that you want to invest in the development of this niobium-tantalum mine?"

After Suzanna asked, Zhao Guoyang nodded calmly, and said slowly: "Miss Suzanna, you guessed right, I really intend to invest in the development of this mine with your family business. I don't know, can you Do you recommend Lingtang to meet me?"

   Maybe he felt that his words were a bit abrupt and unbelievable, so Zhao Guoyang explained that he was about to get a patent royalty.

  Finally, Zhao Guoyang said to Susanna: "Miss Susanna, don't worry, no matter whether our cooperation can be negotiated or not, it will not affect our friendship."

   "We have a proverb in China, which is called 'Business cannot be done with benevolence and righteousness'. You must have heard of this, right?"

  Hearing this, Suzanne couldn't help laughing out of her mouth. Her big eyes stared at Zhao Guoyang's face carefully for a while, and then she said: "Zhao, of course I trust you 100%. It's just that in recent days, my mother has been in Rio de Janeiro, and When people talk about crude oil trading, they may not be able to come back in time..."

  Seeing that Zhao Guoyang seemed a little disappointed, Suzanne quickly added: "But don't worry, I will communicate with my mother immediately about this matter. Regardless of whether she decides to cooperate with you in the end, I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

  Seeing that Zhao Guoyang's expression was slightly relaxed, Susanna gently took his hand and said, "Zhao, in fact, I really want to cooperate with you, an oriental man full of mysterious charm..."

  (end of this chapter)