Chapter 600: Rare Earth Layout

"Fart!" Zhou Andong cursed, "Which time wasn't it because of fighting, and which fight wasn't for you."

"Stop, stop!" Yao Jun said hurriedly: "Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about what to take to pay respects to Teacher Cao."

Zhou Andong scratched his head when he heard this: "This is truly a bit difficult. If it's too expensive, the teacher definitely won't accept it; if it's too cheap, it won't look good."

Yao Jun was also troubled, and it took a long time before he said: "When are you coming back?"

Zhou Andong said: "There's nothing left here. I can go back tomorrow."

Yao Jun said: "Then let's talk when you come back."

"Alright, then that's it." Zhou Andong hung up the phone.

He hadn't eaten breakfast yet. He picked up a steamed bun from the desk and took a bite, then picked up the soy milk. Before he could drink it, the ward door was knocked.

"Come in!"

As soon as his words fell, Zhang You pushed the door open sneakily and grinned when he saw Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes: "Why are you here again?"

"Hehe..."

Zhang You chuckled, then his expression changed. He shouted "Mommy!" and stumbled in, then fell to the ground with a plop.

Immediately after, Tang Lin walked in, and with a pretentious air, lifted his foot and flicked the dust off his pant leg: "What kind of habit is this, peeking through the door crack and not coming in."

"Ha!" Zhou Andong laughed. Obviously, Zhang You was kicked in by Tang Lin.

"Brother Dong!" Chang Meng Weihua, who walked in behind Tang Lin, greeted Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong nodded with a smile: "Sit!"

Tang Lin and Chang Meng Weihua sat on the sofa, and Zhang You crawled up grimacing.

"I've found the person."

Zhou Andong ate a steamed bun and drank a bowl of soy milk: "Da Hua, have you thought it through?"

Chang Meng Weihua nodded and said very seriously: "Being able to do things with Brother Dong, no need to think."

Zhou Andong smiled: "What about your dance hall?"

Chang Meng Weihua said: "Gave it to my sister. With Da Lin helping out, there's no problem."

Zhou Andong took out cigarettes and threw one to each of them: "This business is very big, and the market is also very big—so big that you can't imagine.

And we need ten or even twenty years to lay it out. During this period, we might not make a penny, and might even continue to lose money.

However, once we succeed, your names will all be carved on a monument, becoming heroes of our Chinese nation."

Zhang You's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "What business?"

Chang Meng Weihua also looked at Zhou Andong with burning eyes.

Zhou Andong took a puff of his cigarette and scanned Zhang You and Chang Meng Weihua: "Rare earth!"

"Rare earth?" Zhang You was stunned, "I know that stuff. It's everywhere in Jiangxi Province, and it's not worth much."

Zhou Andong said: "Do you know what rare earth is useful for?"

Zhang You shook his head: "Don't know. I only know that a large amount is exported, and it doesn't sell for much money."

Zhou Andong said: "Its strategic importance is comparable to oil; it is known as industrial gold. Airplanes, submarines, warships, missiles, including satellites—many, many high-tech electronic devices cannot do without it."

"So important?" Not only Zhang You, but even Chang Meng Weihua and Tang Lin had their expressions change.

"Right!" Zhou Andong said: "I'm letting you go over to integrate rare earth mines. But we don't sell soil, only refined finished products. So, after you go over, from mining to refining, you have to build a whole industrial chain."

Chang Meng Weihua asked: "Are we going to Jiangxi Province?"

Zhou Andong nodded: "Right!"

Chang Meng Weihua frowned: "But Jiangxi is the territory of the Fan family."

"What the hell is the Fan family." Zhang You stiffened his neck and cursed: "My name is going to be carved on a monument. Whoever blocks my path, I'll destroy him."

Zhou Andong said: "I'm letting you go over, not to let you fight with the Fan family, and even less to let you stop those who steal and mine rare earth."

Now, it is exactly the time when rare earth mining is most rampant, and because of blind expansion, the rare earth industry has fallen into a price war of low-price competition.

Fighting a price war with oneself sounds ridiculous, but this is the fact. And the local government is not blind; they just chose to close their eyes for foreign exchange and other reasons.

Even if Zhang You and Chang Meng Weihua go over, the theft and mining cannot be stopped because this is tacitly approved by the local government. If they dare to mess around, even if they put out the big Buddha of Zhang Qianjin, it would be useless.

As the saying goes, blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents. The interests involved are too great, and the involvement is too wide. Therefore, Zhou Andong arranged for them to go over to build the most important link for his layout abroad.

They don't need to fight, and they don't need to grab; they just need to do their own thing well.

"Good!" Chang Meng Weihua made up his mind, "What do we need to do?"

Next, Zhou Andong explained the plan: "You just do as I say. Once the company is registered, I will transfer the money to you."

Zhang You said: "I'll book the flight right now and leave tomorrow."

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Guangzhou, Jianlibao Building on Dongfeng Middle Road!

At 8:50 AM, in the lobby on the first floor, dozens of reporters had already set up their long guns and short cannons, waiting for the start of the press conference.

"Old Zhang, you're here too. Do you know the content of today's press conference?"

"Don't know. The newspaper office only received the notice last night."

"I feel it should be related to iced black tea."

"Related to iced black tea?"

"Right, iced black tea is too fierce. Jianlibao must be under pressure."

"Zhou Andong is truly amazing. With such a big crisis, I thought he would definitely be in bad luck this time, but I didn't expect him to solve it so easily."

"Isn't it? Especially the China Red Iced Tea he launched. I bought a bottle before I came today, and the packaging is truly beautiful. I guarantee it will set off a wave of sales."

"Once you mention China Red Iced Tea, I think of the 'Rotating Big Stage' last night and the song Jiang Yuyue sang. It was truly good to listen to."

"I also heard that song, it was indeed good, but the advertisement at the end—Li Laoban seeing it, I estimate he will be pissed to death."

"Jianlibao is the sponsor of the East Asian Games, but Zhou Andong snatched the lead and released the advertisement. It's no wonder Li Laoban is not angry."

"They're here!"

The whispering in the venue gradually disappeared. Everyone looked up at the temporarily built podium. Li Laoban stood behind the table with a serious expression and tapped the microphone.

"Hello, media friends!" Li Laoban paused, and then continued, "Since Jianlibao was born in 1984, after nine years of wind and rain, it has grown into a beverage production-led industry, possessing a globally renowned beverage brand..." ===== CHAPTER 601 =====