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

He really couldn't get used to the food here, nothing was to his liking.

So Li Zitao would rather eat canned food on the plane than pairing 'milk tea' with 'pancakes'.

"Lily, is there any dessert?" On the plane, Li Zitao had seven or eight empty cans in front of him and was leaning comfortably on the sofa, preparing for some dessert.

"How about strawberry pudding? Let's have another glass of margarita. I'll try to add new elements to it." Lily walked over with brisk steps, holding the dinner plate.

"You are so considerate." The Margarita with ice wine tasted a little cooler and astringent, but the taste was pretty good.

The cream pudding is great, made by Lily herself. Her spare time is very busy.

In addition to learning dance, she also studied 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: "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 almost jumped up with excitement. After kissing him excitedly, she hugged his shoulders lovingly, and then obediently leaned down and lowered her head.

Li Zitao likes this well-behaved healing stewardess very much because she never makes demands or creates trouble. Seeing her just makes people feel relaxed.

Simple summary: beautiful, good at work, not clingy.

The dancer last night made Li Zitao waste a lot of energy, so he didn't indulge on the plane, but hugged her and had a good night's sleep.

The plane will land at the Indonesian capital airport tomorrow morning, and he needs to meet with the Indonesian Minister of Energy and the head of the national mining industry.

According to detection and testing results, the Grasberg open-pit copper and gold mine has nearly 10,000 tons of mineral reserves.

Among them, the gold content is the highest, about 3,500 tons, the copper ore is about 3,300 tons, and the silver ore is about 2,000 tons, with a value of more than one trillion.

This news has been completely blocked, and only ad-b’s major shareholders and senior officials of the Indonesian government know about it.

The negotiations are coming to an end, and no one wants to create complications at this critical juncture.

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

Arriving at the Indonesian capital airport smoothly, Li Zitao met the deputy minister of the Ministry of Energy, the head of the national 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 that was established urgently after ad-b began negotiations with the Indonesian government. Li Zitao did not know the need for its existence.

"Mr. Minister Perry, our negotiations have been going on for half a year. I don't know what the problem is?" Li Zitao had a brief exchange with the deputy minister in the car.

The deputy minister was also embarrassed by the question raised by ad-b. This matter should not have been so troublesome in the first place.

ad-b obtained the exploration and mining rights, but the main reason is that the benefits generated from this are too great, which makes countless people jealous.

If it were not for the influence of ad-b, Indonesia would have wanted to unilaterally break the contract and directly take the mine as its own.

"Sir Charlie, the government needs to consider the people's feelings and protect their interests. We will be called traitors."

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

"Isn't Indonesia worried about the international impact? If you want to overturn the commercial contract signed in the name of the country, ad-b will not give up." This is not change in the wet market, just don't take a few cents if you say you don't want it.

Already.

If Indonesia wants to break the contract, ad-b will make it pay a heavy price.

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

And Indonesia's credibility in Western countries will become worthless, which is what they are afraid of.

Indonesia does not have the ability to resist such a huge interest group. They cannot hold on. Everyone knows that compromise is 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 these words and left. Even though he was a deputy minister, he could only be reduced to an errand boy in this matter.

"Where is ad-b's negotiation team?" Li Zitao asked his secretary.

"We are waiting for your arrival at the hotel, Your Excellency." The serious-looking secretary led the way, followed by Li Zitao and two bodyguards.

Well-informed people recognized his identity when he first appeared. Interested people are paying attention to this negotiation, but they do not know the reserve capacity of the mine.

They just want to get a share of the pie after ad-b reaches an agreement with Indonesia. Transportation, equipment, workers, etc., all aspects are waiting.

In the hotel conference room, Li Zitao met ad-b's negotiation team. This time the team was led by his old acquaintance, uncle, Jean.

"The last negotiation with Indonesia, what are the other party's conditions?" Li Zitao asked while looking through the minutes of the meeting.

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

The past six months have been his most troublesome time. There are endless general meetings and small meetings every day, and he has to maintain communication with ad-b's shareholders.

In order to ensure that the information would not be leaked, they even invented a password and sent information to each other by telegram.

"Let's have lunch together with our minister." After reading the key points marked in the meeting, Li Zitao and Rang agreed to return to the room.

He needed some time to think alone, until his secretary reminded him that it was time to go downstairs, and then he came to the restaurant wearing his coat.

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

"Minister Bekard, nice to meet you." Li Zitao squeezed the other person's hand and said enthusiastically.

"It is also an honor for me to meet you, please take a seat." Bekard bowed slightly and said with a smile.

The two parties sat down again, and the dishes were served. Becard pointed to the French 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 straight to the point after taking a sip of wine to moisten his throat.

"We are businessmen and we abide by business rules. Contracts are everything. Finding Glasberg is the reward ad-b has spent countless manpower, material resources and funds on. Now you want to get a share of the pie, which is against business principles.

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

"Don't always mention such high-sounding reasons, okay? Why do you always have to say that you are so great? ad-b is willing to let you give an explanation to the people, but don't talk about it endlessly."
Chapter completed!