Shenhao started as a military training anchor

In addition to Internet companies such as online ride-hailing, Holly also has two mines in Australia.

One is the opal mine acquired three years ago in Lightning Ridge, the most famous black opal mining area in Queensland.

The other is a sapphire mining area acquired in northwest Queensland two years ago.

At that time, it spent US$6.31 million, or approximately RMB 45 billion, to acquire the ten-year mining rights to a 10-square-kilometer mining area.

Australia's population is concentrated in the southeastern coastal areas, while the central and western regions are sparsely populated and even have large areas of no man's land.

But the mineral resources are very rich.

It is quite difficult to mine sapphires, unlike coal, iron ore, etc., so Holly directly bought an area in a small county town and slowly explored and mined it.

After two years of operation, it has now become the main sapphire production place for Zhaojun Jewelry.

Chairman Chen Xiaoyun called this morning and said something happened at the mine. The first thing that came to Holly's mind was the sapphire mine.

The mining area in Lightning Ridge is very mature. It is surrounded by miners and jewelry merchants. It has its own order and basically there will be no major problems.

The sapphire mining area was mined late, the management is relatively chaotic, and mining problems are prone to occur.

Chen Xiaoyun was at the Zhaojun Jewelry Headquarters in Shanghai and didn't know what was going on there. When he learned that Holly was in Australia, he asked him to go take a look first.

If the matter is serious, she will rush over to deal with it later.

She has been running the Australian gemstone industry here for more than ten years, with deep roots and wide connections.

After hanging up the phone with Chen Xiaoyun, Holly said to the woman at home, "There are some disputes at the mine in Queensland. I'll go over and take a look."

Liang Caixi said: "BB, let me go with you. I am familiar with Australia."

Holly nodded and looked at Zhong Yiwen.

Zhong Yiwen said: "Don't worry, Nuannuan and I will take our daughter to the winery."

The little princess seemed to understand a little bit and knew that Holly was going to work, so she encouraged, "Come on, Dad, Dad is the best."

Use what she learned in preschool.

Holly smiled and nodded.

He held his daughter's face and kissed her, "Daughter, wait until dad comes back to take you to see the alpacas."

"Okay, daddy.", the little princess said sensibly.

Liang Caixi followed Holly out the door.

The distance to the mine is relatively long, and it takes five or six hours to drive there. Holly drove a helicopter rented from the CMC Aviation Base in Melbourne to go there.

When they arrived at the mine, the miners happened to be confronting a group of prospectors.

The sound of helicopter wings interrupted their argument.

"The boss is here."

"Mr. Huo is here, please stop arguing."

"Listen to Mr. Huo's opinion."

"..."

The workers stopped.

Holly got off the plane and walked over. People on both sides dispersed.

Holly asked his foreman, "What's going on?"

The foreman was also a Chinese who was prospecting for gold in Australia. He reported truthfully, "Mr. Huo, these people came to our mine to explore without permission, and we caught them in the act."

Holly looked at the prospectors on the right. The leader raised his hands, shook his head and said, "Mr. Huo, it's not what you think.

We are mineral exploration personnel sent by the company. This is my work permit. "

Holly took it and glanced at it, "Reinhardt!"

"Yes, Mr. Huo, we are prospectors from the Reinhardt Group. We were sent here by the company. We didn't know that this mine has been bought by you.

Reinhardt also has the legal mining rights and relevant documents for this mine. ”, the leader explained.

This is not an unusual thing.

The management of mineral mining in Australia is inherently chaotic.

The major state capitals and the federal government are not unified.

Previously in Lightning Ridge, Holly also took advantage of this loophole to seize the opal mining rights from others.

But when did Reinhardt become interested in sapphire mines?
Holly was a little confused.

Rinehart is Australia's largest ore mining group, covering iron ore, coal, copper, gold and other ore mining businesses. Especially iron ore, 80% of Reinhardt's iron ore is exported overseas.

Gina Rinehart, the owner of the Rinehart Group, is Australia's richest woman and the richest woman in Australia.

It is worth 2100 billion.

Much lower than Holly.

But you can’t look at her personal assets based on her net worth alone.

After all, Reinhardt is not a listed company. If calculated based on the price-to-earnings ratio of a listed company, Gina Reinhardt's worth would have increased at least four to five times, approaching one trillion.

She had previously said that she wanted to be the richest man in the world.

Because ore is cash.

The annual ore output of the Reinhardt Group has reached 4600 million tons, and the net profit brought to Gina has reached 100 billion US dollars.

And there is no need to distribute it to shareholders, because Reinhardt belongs to her personally.

She was able to lead Reinhardt to this day and become one of the largest mining groups in the world. In addition to her own abilities, she also has to thank her father for the foundation he laid for her.

They belong to the rich second generation to inherit the family business and create greater glory with it.

Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman, has a higher social status in Australia than Holly does in China.

Because the two do business under different systems.

Businessmen in Australia can influence political elections for their own benefit.

As Australia's richest man, no matter who comes to power, he will first seek her support to participate in elections.

The mine he bought was targeted by Gina, which was something Holly did not expect.

Holly asked the exploration team directly: "Are you here to explore for sapphire deposits?"

The team leader shook his head, "Mr. Huo, we are here to explore for iron ore."

iron ore?

Holly frowned slightly.

Like the miners around me, I was surprised.

When we first discussed cooperation with the Queensland government, there was no mention of iron ore in this area.

Holly asked directly: "How much iron ore reserves have been discovered in this area?"

The team leader shook his head and said that he could not comment on business secrets.

Holly nodded, "Okay, since you have passed the necessary procedures, we have no right to stop you."

The team leader said thank you and withdrew first.

Holly walked into the miner's house and the foreman poured him a glass of water.

"Mr. Huo, are you going to let them mess around on our territory?" the foreman asked.

Holly said: "He has Reinhardt's work permit and the procedures approved by the state government. Is it possible that you still want to beat him up?"

The foreman said: "Mr. Huo misunderstood me.

Reinhardt Group, who doesn’t know about Australia? What if there really is iron ore down here?
Let Reinhardt come over to mine?
So how do we do business?
How will Mr. Huo make back the money he invested? "

Holly put down the water glass and said, "This is not something you should worry about. What you have to do is take care of all the daily work in the mine."

"Yes, yes, I believe Mr. Huo has his own way." The foreman flattered with a smile.

Holly stood up and reminded: "Don't cause trouble for me."

"Okay, Mr. Huo.", the foreman sent out.

Holly took Liang Caixi on the helicopter, and Liang Caixi said with concern, "BB, Gina is not an easy entrepreneur to deal with.

The three major mining companies of the Federation also want to give her face. "

The three major mining industries mentioned by Liang Caixi are BHP Billiton Group, Rio Tinto Group, and Fortescue Metals Group. Of the four largest mining industries in the world, Australia occupies three seats. They are the federal government’s pocketbook.

The three major mining companies have to give Gina a face, which shows how deep her roots are in Australia.

Holly smiled, "I thought I would meet the richest woman in Australia.

First go to the Queensland state government to find out the situation. "

(End of this chapter)