Chapter 299 Wanting to Contribute to Global Warming

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"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 meant the sentence before that!" Oliver said. "The sentence before?" Zhang Menglong paused for a moment, "This deal is rather big, I'm not sure if it should be brought up?" "It shouldn't be!" Inside the office, Oliver was overwhelmed. He had originally thought that Zhang Menglong 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 Menglong would start off by wanting to buy his coalfield? Was this some kind of joke? "Mr. Oliver, you really play these word games from Huaxia quite well," praised Zhang Menglong. Such stunts, typically seen only in Huaxia, and here he was, an Australian, playing them so smoothly that even Zhang Menglong was taken aback. "Mr. Zhang, let's talk something substantial. Let's properly discuss business, making these kinds of jokes really isn't very meaningful," Oliver said. "Mr. Oliver, I'm not joking, I really want to buy your coal field," Zhang Menglong 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 Menglong's approval for operations. Even if they were willing to sell, would the country agree? "I urgently need them!" Zhang Menglong 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 Menglong 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 immediately 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 me here to talk business or to show off your wealth?" "Then, Mr. Oliver, could you help me get in touch with your government to see if they are willing to sell these three coal fields to me?" Oliver sighed and said with a bitter smile, "Mr. Zhang, I know you are the richest man in the world. Even if the Australian government 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!" "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 anytime... " "How... how is this possible?" Forbes's list of billionaires had Zhang Menglong's assets at 800 billion US Dollars, but Oliver was sure, this pure crap, Zhang Menglong'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 moment, 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 government 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 Menglong looked troubled, "That's true, if I bought all your coalfields, what would you use?" Stay connected via My Virtual Library Empire "You know that and you still ask?" Oliver suddenly felt an impulse to curse Zhang Menglong'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 Menglong was finally about to engage in some regular business practices. "Of course, what's business if not to deal?" Oliver said with a laugh, "As per national requirements, 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 Menglong 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. Come 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 Menglong needed with so much coal. Was he planning to build his own coal field? That's not how you play the game! "Mr. Zhang, forgive me for asking, but what do you need so much coal for?" "Ahem, ahem!" Zhang Menglong cleared his throat, "Actually, I'm an environmentalist. 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 somewhat 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?"

Chapter 299 Wanting to Contribute to Global Warming

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