Game within game: chess player

"Brother Long, we haven't even scratched the surface yet. Is this a diamond mine? Or is it a different matter? Don't worry." Ye Fang knew that Zhou Guanglong was moved, but at this time, when he still had no intuitive impression of this diamond mine, he He didn't want Zhou Guanglong to get involved.

Zhou Guanglong's idea is also very simple. Seeing is believing in diamond mines. If you can get involved at this time, the investment can quickly see benefits. After all, diamonds are equal to gold in Zhou Guanglong's eyes.

Zhou Guanglong blushed and said with a smile, "I mean, if brother wants to mine this diamond mine and needs funds, I can invest."

"Okay, with Brother Long's words, I feel relieved." Ye Fang then said to Liao Yuanzheng, "This matter can be pushed forward, at least find a professional company to prove the reserves. If it is really a diamond mine, all of a sudden This can solve our financial problem, not to mention that we have Brother Long to protect us."

Hearing Ye Fang's words, Zhou Guanglong knew that if the diamond mine's reserves were proven, it would be able to solve Ye Fang's financial problem in one fell swoop. By then, he might not have anything to do with him, and even the subsequent drug deal would fall through, so Zhou Guanglong Now I am eager to get in.

"Brother, you know my current situation. What I mean is..." Zhou Guanglong was still a little unable to open his mouth. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "If this is really a diamond mine, can you let me invest part of it? Anyway, I Even if the money is lying around in the account, it will be lying around.”

"This..." Ye Fang glanced at Liao Yuanzheng. Liao Yuanzheng obviously didn't want Ye Fang to share this piece of fat. After all, as long as the diamond mine is mined, it can be sold directly without further processing, and the supply exceeds demand. The most important thing is the price of diamonds. Just like its texture, the price rarely fluctuates, which can be said to be another cornucopia after oil.

Zhou Guanglong obviously knew what Liao Yuanzheng was thinking, and said, "Brother will be involved in this business. From now on, our business will be fine even if the brother does not make money, even if the shares are smaller."

Ye Fang pretended to think for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I love making friends the most. Brother Long, if the reserves of this diamond mine are proven, then we will discuss the investment amount and proportion."

"Okay, listen to brother." Zhou Guanglong was overjoyed.

After driving for more than two hours, Liao Yuanzheng pointed to the front and said, "Just turn around the mountain col in front and we'll be there."

Ye Fang sighed, "This road is really not that good."

"There is no way. The company's funds are limited. Fortunately, we have our own terminal. Crude oil is transported by sea. Road problems have little impact on the company's operations." Liao Yuanzheng said.

"When the company has sufficient funds, let's build this road. After all, it is the company's face. If the diamond mine is established, road transportation will still be needed." Ye Fang said.

"Yes, Mr. Ye, I have taken note of this. As long as the diamond mine project is implemented, I will coordinate funds to renovate this road." Liao Yuanzheng said.

Zhou Guanglong listened calmly to the conversation between Ye Fang and Liao Yuanzheng. He watched the convoy turn around the mountain and a large factory area appeared in front of him. What was different from Ye Fang's imagination was that it didn't look like a crude oil company, but more like a small seaside town. town. Not knowing whether the factory was in the town or the town was in the factory, Ye Fang said directly, "This is different from what I imagined."

Liao Yuanzheng said, "Our company mainly focuses on crude oil exploration and oil storage. The group has successively invested two batches of funds in the construction of oil production equipment, oil storage bases and support centers. We do not have crude oil smelting equipment here, so naturally there is no pollution, and the air That's fine. In addition, the company's welfare benefits are good, many workers moved their homes directly near the company. The residential area used to be dirty and messy. Later, Mr. Ye invested a lot of money in purchasing the company, so we re-planned the entire factory area and designated In the residential area and factory area, including workers’ families and merchants who come to do business, this area has exceeded [-] people, and the city center calls our place a seaside oil town.”

"Workers in the factory have a strong sense of belonging. The cost of workers in South Africa is very low. We will use the saved funds for workers' welfare." Theron added aside.

"This is thanks to the group's relatively large financial support. The company will get better and better after making profits." Han Hui said at the side.

Ye Fang nodded with satisfaction and said sincerely, "I never thought that there would be such a clean town in South Africa. It seems that I still have to come down and walk around more. You have done a good job. Workers' welfare benefits have been improved. The motivation will naturally be high, and the high motivation will produce more oil. This virtuous cycle is the guarantee for the company to go further and further."

"Mr. Ye, several of our senior executives have discussed raising the wages of factory workers by one level. I will wait for you to announce this news," Liao Yuanzheng said.

"Oh? Okay, okay, then let me pick a peach." Ye Fang laughed.

The convoy drove into the oil town. Ye Fang saw welcome banners everywhere, and residents and workers spontaneously came to applaud and welcome on both sides. Ye Fang asked, "Isn't this organized by you?"

"Mr. Ye, this is really not organized by us, it is all voluntary and spontaneous." Liao Yuanzheng said quickly.

Ye Fang nodded with satisfaction, put down the window and waved to the people on the street. At this time, the entire town actually played the song "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China", making Ye Fang dumbfounded.

"The ancients said that serving as an official will benefit one party. This sentence is very reasonable. People's support cannot be bought with money and guns." Ye Fang said with emotion.

Liao Yuanzheng and the other three nodded with deep sympathy, and then said, "Mr. Ye, speaking of guns. Now the company's security team is also very large, but it lacks guns and ammunition. Various gun stores in the capital of South Africa have begun selling quotas, and The quality of the guns is very poor, and there are many second-hand guns. There are guns for sale on the black market, but the prices are too high. Now our oil extraction team has to bring a security team with them when they go out. Although the security environment in South Africa has improved significantly, But sometimes you can run into robbers.”

"Don't worry about the gun. Someone will bring it to us shortly." As soon as Ye Fang finished speaking, the phone rang. It was Gorman who had just landed.

"Hi, Ye! I've arrived in South Africa. Please give me the coordinates of where I can go to find you."

"Coordinates?!" Ye Fang wondered why he wanted the coordinates.

"Ye, I brought a helicopter. We should be able to meet soon."

"Dizzy." Ye Fang didn't know how big Gorman's special plane was, and that it could even fit a helicopter. He told Gorman the coordinates of the town where Liao Yuan was coming to.

"Ye, I want to introduce you to a friend. He is the new president of South Africa, his name is Mbeki. You should be ready to meet him." Gorman hung up the phone without waiting for Ye's reply.

"Hey, hey, what is the President of South Africa, the President of South Africa?!" Ye Fang was a little uneasy this time, not only Ye Fang, but also Zhou Guanglong and Liao Yuanzheng in the car.

Ye Fang asked Liao Yuanzheng seriously, "Is the president of South Africa called Mbeki?"

Liao Yuanzheng nodded and said, "Yes, Mandela was the new president of South Africa who took over last year. What's the matter, Mr. Ye?"

Ye Fang shook his head and said, "Change the banner. The new president of South Africa will come to the town soon."

"What?! President of South Africa!" In addition to Ye Fang, Zhou Guanglong and Liao Yuanzheng almost jumped up in the car.

"Brother, isn't this a big deal?" Zhou Guanglong never expected that the President of South Africa would come. There was no way it was Ye Fang's fault. It seemed that he couldn't believe it or not.

After the convoy arrived at the administrative office building of the town, Ye Fang asked Liao Yuanzheng to immediately come up with a welcome plan and at the same time strengthen security around the town, even Zhou Guanglong's security company took advantage of it. In order to facilitate the take-off and landing of helicopters, Ye Fang asked someone to temporarily build a helipad on a huge open space at the entrance of the town. Fortunately, the factory's roller-related equipment was relatively complete, so it was quickly leveled and then painted.

After everything was done, three helicopters flew over not far away. The first helicopter was a small helicopter brought by Gorman himself. The other two were President Mneki and Gorman's security teams. Two people Two more convoys were speeding down the road.

Two security helicopters landed first, and the presidential guard and Gorman's bodyguards disembarked from above. After confirming that everything was safe, Gorman's helicopter landed slowly.

This was the first foreign leader Ye Fang had seen. Gorman's huge body was the first to jump off the plane, followed closely by a black man who looked about forty years old, dressed casually, with a big face. With piercing eyes and a strong sense of oppression, this person should be the new President of South Africa, Mbeki.

"Hi! Ye! Old friend, we meet again." Gorman stepped forward and gave him a bear hug.

"Hello, Lao Ge!" Ye Fang also hugged Gorman heavily.

"Old friend, I heard that the broken ship you bought last time is still in Turkey. Do you need me to use some means to let them release it early?" Gorman said with a smile.

"Don't cause trouble, I have my own solution." Ye Fang said directly.

Of course, Gorman didn't really want to come forward for this matter. After all, it involved a game between countries. He was just using this to have fun with Ye Fang to enhance the relationship between the two parties.

"Ye, let me introduce to you my old friend, Mbeki, the new president of South Africa." Gorman was obviously very familiar with Mbeki, and came to Ye with his arms around Mbeki.

"Hello, Mr. President!" Ye Fang said politely.

Maybe the simultaneous translation in Mbeki's ears was a little slow, or maybe Mbeki was distracted when he looked at Ye Fang. Mbeki was stunned for a moment, then held Ye Fang's hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Ye, welcome to invest in South Africa." .”

Ye Fang was very surprised that what Mbeki spoke was not official English. This sentence was actually in Chinese. It was obvious that Mbeki came prepared and learned this sentence specifically for Ye Fang.

This undoubtedly shortened the distance between him and Ye Fang. Mbeki's enthusiasm obviously exceeded Ye Fang's expectations. Mbeki also imitated Gorman and hugged Ye Fang.

This scene was captured by the professional camera crew arranged by Liao Yuanzheng. This is the best time for the company to promote to the outside world. Even if it is not convenient, it is good to frame a huge photo to enhance the company's image.

Zhou Guanglong was also deeply touched. Such a scene was something Zhou Guanglong had never dreamed of. He could not imagine that a young man like Ye Fang, who was also involved in the drug business, could one day have sex with a Russian oil tycoon and the President of South Africa. friend. At this moment, Zhou Guanglong had already made up his mind to transform and expand his business to the whole world like Ye Fang.

Ye Fang also introduced Zhou Guanglong to Gorman and Mbeki, which flattered Zhou Guanglong and shook hands with Gorman and Mbeki tremblingly. Mbeki also expressed his condolences to the company's management, Liao Tianyuan. After all, Ye Fang is not often in South Africa, and Liao Tianyuan is the actual operator of the local company. To put it bluntly, he creates tax revenue for the country, so Mbeki is particularly concerned. , and directly gave his personal phone number to Liao Tianyuan, instructing Liao Tianyuan to contact him directly if he suffered unfair treatment during the company's operations.

This made Liao Tianyuan's scalp numb, and he immediately felt that now was his highlight moment in the group. Who in the group besides Ye Fang could have the private phone number of a country's leader. Of course, this kind of private phone call is more of a symbolic meaning. Liao Tianyuan really would not be bored to call Mbeki, but it is a great recognition for Liao Tianyuan.

Liao Tianyuan organized a motorcade to drive Ye Fang, Gorman and Mbeki around the town, and at the same time inspected the company's oil storage base and the nearest oil production plant. Liao Tianyuan took this opportunity to introduce the entire company to the three of them. Zhou Guanglong accompanied him and further understood the operating conditions of the entire company. He did not expect that the Ye Fang oil field was not the chicken that laid golden eggs, but the golden eggs. Diamond’s Chicken will be a super money printing machine from now on.

Although the current international oil price continues to be low, the entire company's input-output ratio indicators are not good, and it is even losing money now, but as long as the oil price rises in the future, the entire company can become rich overnight. It’s just that the current period is the most difficult for the company. It needs strong financial resources to support the continued oil field exploration. Now Ye Fang can only bite the bullet and continue to work, but as long as Ye Fang finds the first pot of gold in oil, he will continue to work hard in the future. We now have sufficient capital to cope with oil price fluctuations.

Take the current Gorman as an example. The family owns several large oil fields in Russia. When the oil price is high, it sells it and when the oil price is low, it hoards oil. At the same time, it also has its own refinery, which can produce products in the entire oil industry chain and has the ability to resist risks. Stronger, so Gorman is not worried about low oil prices at all. Gorman used his own experience to tell Ye Fang that the more he gets to this point, the more he must hold on. If he needs to mobilize funds, he should tell himself that if there is more, $[-] million is still no problem.

Ye Fang certainly knows that Gorman's money is not easy to get. Once he asks for it, he will immediately become passive at the negotiation table. Therefore, Ye Fang does not intend to borrow money from Gorman for financing, not to mention that there is someone like Zhou Guanglong. The victim is waiting.

In the evening, Gorman asked Ye Fang to prepare a private room. There were only three people including Mbeki. Zhou Guanglong was ignored and Ye Fang arranged to take an early rest.

"Ye, I would like to invite you to officially join the R organization today!"

"Organization R?"