Just like investing in the construction of the Grand Canal Leisure Park for free in Tianqu, if you are poor, you can take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you can help the world. Yang Jing thought that he had not yet reached the level of helping the world, but he thought it was very necessary to make some contributions to Hotan. After all, this place could provide him with a large amount of precious Hotan jade.
This can also be considered as a kind of exchange. Although it is a loss, Yang Jing doesn't care.
In fact, Yang Jing knew very well that if he made such a request to the local leaders 20 years later, they would definitely kick him out. But now, this is a win-win result!
Therefore, Yang Jing prepared to invest 50 million US dollars to acquire a local jade carving factory of considerable size and set up a wholly-owned company; to search for jade mines in the southern Kunlun Mountains for contracted mining with a contract period of 70 years; and to build the Yulong Kashi River embankment and clean up the Yulong Kashi River channel free of charge. These three negotiated projects were all settled in a joking manner.
As for the money Yang Jing spent on purchasing the materials and ornaments, that was calculated separately and was not included in the 50 million US dollars.
Commissioner Zhu's goal is to keep the US dollars brought by Cole Smith in the Hotan area.
If one were to simply acquire a jade carving factory and set up a wholly-owned company, it would certainly not cost 50 million U.S. dollars, let alone 500,000 U.S. dollars. Commissioner Zhu was very clear about this.
Therefore, the bulk of the 50 million US dollars investment was spent on the jade mine contract fee. According to the agreed terms, Yang Jing agreed to a total contract fee of 20 million US dollars for 70 years. Then, after finding a new jade mine, he would invest another 20 million US dollars to build the mining area and simple roads, and hire local workers to mine jade.
The contract fee of 20 million US dollars was simply a sky-high price in this era. Commissioner Zhu had never dared to think that the contract fee could be so high, but Yang Jing insisted on this number, and Commissioner Zhu could only secretly rejoice in private. As for the additional 20 million US dollars invested in the mining area, it was almost like picking it up for free.
Because Commissioner Zhu knew very well that even if Yang Jing found the jade mine, it would be impossible to build a road under such harsh conditions, so whether it was the contract fee or the construction of the mining area, it was actually a joke.
But Commissioner Zhu would not say that. As long as he could keep the foreign investment, it would be a great achievement. As for whether they could find the jade mine or how they built the jade mine, we would not care.
It's not that Commissioner Zhu is trying to trick Yang Jing. It's just that the situation is right here. If you insist on investing, I can't do anything about it, right? I can't just watch the investment and not take it, right?
As for the seventy-year limit, it doesn't matter. Given the current situation, even if it's a hundred years, let alone seventy years, I'm afraid the conditions for jade mining won't improve.
In this way, this negotiation can be said to be a happy ending for everyone.
Although Yang Jing knew that many people would think he was stupid for his "extravagant" investment, how can you know the joy of fish if you are not a fish?
Yang Jing himself is a bit of an angry young man. When he was poor, he also wanted to earn money from foreigners and then return to serve his motherland, but this dream could not be realized at that time.
Later, he obtained the Holy Ring, and all his previous dreams came true. Now, the hundreds of billions of dollars in profits he made were all taken from foreigners, so why not return to serve the motherland? After all, Yang Jing himself knew that in the original time and space, as his wealth continued to grow, although there might be people coveting his property, it was mostly protection from the upper class.
Just like when the Russians learned that I had obtained some precious treasures, if it weren't for the protection of the country, I would have been killed by the Russians long ago.
The ancients also knew that "a drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water". In fact, Yang Jing has also received a lot of favors from the country. For this reason, Yang Jing must find ways to repay his motherland more.
In the original time and space, he did not have much ability to give back to the motherland, but in this time and space, if conditions permit, Yang Jing is willing to make more contributions to the motherland.
That's why Yang Jing made this trip to Xinjiang Province.
Of course, as for the exact agreement of the investment, that would require Wu Dawei to work harder. The big picture had been decided, and the remaining details, as long as they were not too excessive, could all be agreed to.
Anyway, the good stuff stays in the family......
PS: I bow to thank "First Kiss Was Given to the Hand" for the reward of 1,000 and "Very Lazy Fish" for the reward of 100.
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