Chapter 400 The Value of Grasberg

"Ava will stay and take care of finishing. I will discuss with Rush about the bar. I will leave first." The next day, Li Zitao went to the airport without breakfast.

He is really not used to the food here, there is nothing like his appetite.

So Li Zitao would rather eat canned food on the plane than the combination of 'milk tea' and 'pancakes'.

"Lily, do you have dessert?" On the plane, Li Zitao had seven or eight empty cans in front of him, leaning comfortably on the sofa, ready to order some dessert.

"How about strawberry pudding? Let me have another Margarita. I'll try to add new elements to it." Lily walked over briskly, holding a plate.

"You are so caring." The Margarita with ice wine tasted a bit cooler and jerky, but the taste was not bad.

The panna cotta was excellent, made by Lily herself, who has a busy spare time.

In addition to studying dance, she also applied for social etiquette, cooking, bartending, and art appreciation. It seems that she has made a lot of preparations for her future life.

Li Zitao didn't intend to disappoint her either: "This is the room key of the Beverly Waldorf Astoria Hotel, I think you need a new home."

Seeing the key in Li Zitao's hand, Lily was about to jump up excitedly. After kissing him excitedly, she wrapped her arms around his shoulder obediently, then bent down obediently.

Li Zitao likes this well-behaved healing stewardess very much, because she never asks, let alone causes trouble. Seeing her only makes people feel relieved.

Brief summary: beautiful, good job, not clingy.

Last night's dancer made Li Zitao waste a lot of energy, so he didn't indulge on the plane, but hugged her to catch up on a good sleep.

The plane will land at the Indonesian capital airport tomorrow morning, and he needs to meet with the Indonesian energy minister and the head of the country's mining industry.

The Grasberg open-pit copper-gold mine, according to the detection and assay results, shows that its ore reserves are nearly 10,000 tons.

Among them, the proportion of gold is the highest, about 3,500 tons, copper mines are about 3,300 tons, and silver mines are about 2,000 tons, worth more than trillions.

This news has been completely blocked at present, and only the major shareholder of AD-B and the senior officials of the Indonesian government know about it.

Negotiations are drawing to a close, and no one wants to cause trouble at this critical juncture.

The arrival of Li Zitao will put some pressure on the Indonesian government to make the negotiations go more smoothly and sign the mining rights contract as soon as possible.

After successfully arriving at the Indonesian capital airport, Li Zitao met the Deputy Minister of Energy, the person in charge of the country's mining industry, and the secretary arranged for him by AD-B beside the runway.

In fact, the so-called national mining industry was an empty shell established urgently after AD-B and the Indonesian government started negotiations. Li Zitao didn't know the need for its existence.

"Mr. Minister Perry, we have been negotiating for half a year. I don't know what the problem is?" Li Zitao and the vice minister had a brief exchange in the car.

Regarding the question raised by AD-B, the deputy minister was also very embarrassed. This matter would not have been so troublesome.

AD-B obtained the right to explore and exploit, but if you want to blame it, you can blame the huge profits generated in it, which makes countless people feel jealous.

If it weren't for the influence of AD-B, the Indonesian side wanted to unilaterally break the contract and directly take the mine as its own.

"Your Excellency Charlie, the government needs to consider the feelings of the people and protect their interests. We will be called traitors."

The deputy minister also has his own worries, and this is also the biggest worry of the Indonesian side. Whoever dares to sign this document will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

"Isn't Indonesia worried about international influence? If you want to overthrow the commercial contract signed in the name of the country, AD-B will not let it go." This is not change at the vegetable market.

If the Indonesian side wants to break the contract, AD-B will make it pay a painful price.

It will not hesitate to completely block trade with Indonesia, raise tariffs, or even start a war.

And Indonesia's reputation in Western countries will become worthless,

This is exactly what they fear.

Indonesia is not capable of resisting such a large interest group. They cannot hold on. Everyone knows that compromise will be a matter of time. Li Zitao's arrival is just to speed up the process.

"Mr. Minister will arrive at the hotel at noon to have lunch with you. I hope you can reach a new agreement by then."

After sending Li Zitao to the hotel, Deputy Minister Perry left after leaving this sentence. Even though he is a deputy minister, he can only be reduced to running errands in this matter.

"Where is AD-B's negotiating team?" Li Zitao asked the secretary.

"Waiting for your arrival at the hotel, Your Excellency." The serious secretary led the way, and Li Zitao followed with two bodyguards.

The well-informed people recognized his identity when he first appeared, and interested people are paying attention to this negotiation, but they don't know the reserves of the mine.

They just want to take a share of the deal after AD-B and Indonesia reach an agreement, transportation, equipment, workers, etc., all aspects are waiting.

In the conference room of the hotel, Li Zitao met AD-B's negotiating team, led this time by his old acquaintance, uncle, Jean.

"The last negotiation with the Indonesian side, what is the other party's condition?" Li Zitao asked while flipping through the meeting minutes.

"From the initial 51 percent, it has been reduced to 15 percent, but the board of directors intends to control the shares within 10 percent." Jean said with a wry smile.

The past six months have been the most troublesome time for him. There are endless meetings every day, and he has to maintain communication with AD-B shareholders.

In order to ensure that the news will not be leaked, they even invented a code to transmit information to each other by telegram.

"Let's have dinner together at noon, and our minister." After reading the key points marked in the meeting, Li Zitao and Rang returned to the room after making an appointment.

He needed some time to think alone, and didn't come to the dining room in his coat until his secretary reminded him that he should go downstairs.

Entering the restaurant, Li Zitao immediately saw Mr. Minister Herang sitting by the window, and the other party also saw him, stood up and smiled.

"Minister Becard, it's a pleasure to meet you." Li Zitao said enthusiastically, holding each other's hand tightly.

"It is also my honor to meet Your Excellency, please sit down." Becard bowed slightly and smiled.

The two parties sat down again, and the dishes were served. Becard pointed to the French-style pan-fried fish steak on the plate and introduced; "The fish steak here tastes very good, you should eat more."

"Thank you, but let's get down to business first!" Li Zitao said straightforwardly after taking a sip of wine to moisten his throat.

"We are businessmen, and we abide by business rules. Contracts are everything. Finding Grasberg is the reward for AD-B's countless manpower, material resources, and funds. Now you want to get a share, which violates business rules."

Hearing what Li Zitao said, Minister Becard put down his knife and fork and said, "But we are not businessmen, sir. We need to be responsible for the people of Indonesia."

"Don't always bring up such high-sounding reasons, okay? Why do you always say that you are so great? AD-B is willing to let you give the public an explanation, but don't get tired of talking about it."

Pressing the fish fillet with a silver fork, Li Zitao picked up the silver knife and cut off a piece from the corner of the fillet, and said with a smile, "It has 7%, how about giving it to you?"