People in the Republic of China era began to rise from industry.

Chapter 162 Luring the Enemy into a Trap: Comprehensive Cooperation

When faced with a challenge, if you're willing to take a bold step, you'll find that things suddenly become much clearer.

So that night, Lin Yi took his men to enjoy the night view of Jinzhou, partying until midnight...

However, Ma Jizu, who had been scolded, did not sleep well all night.

He just didn't understand how mentioning Lin Yi taking out a loan from the bank had alerted the enemy.

What can he do if he can't come up with the money and doesn't borrow from the bank?

If even the biological father is unwilling to cooperate in the development, then should we still extract the oil?

Frustrated, and still not receiving a summons from his father after breakfast, Ma Jizu decided to go find him directly.

In short, this matter needs to be addressed.

Otherwise, if the easy money slips through your fingers, the loss will be huge.

After all, the Northwest will eventually belong to him.

He has a long-term vision.

Disturbed from her nursing session, Ma Yuanqing wiped the milk stains from her mouth and glared at him irritably: "Have you figured it out yet?"

Unwilling to deal with that, Ma Jizu asked directly, "Father, what should we do about this?"

"Since you say that I alerted the enemy yesterday, if I don't give you an explanation soon, that Lin guy might leave."

Ma Yuanqing rolled his eyes.

I wanted to yell at him, but looking at my son's young face, I held back.

Who told him to be his only son?

I don't know what sins he committed in his past life, but he has so many women, yet he only has one son.

There isn't even a potential successor.

So there's nothing we can do but teach them carefully.

"You should think things through more often in the future, and carefully consider what you say before you speak."

"Don't just blurt things out in a moment of impulse."

"Even Lin said he has no money, yet you still encouraged him to borrow money from the bank. Even a fool would suspect we have ulterior motives!"

Ma Jizu blinked, finally understanding.

That would certainly raise suspicion.

"So, we can't rush this now."

"Wait a few more days before you go see him."

“Just tell him that the banks in Jinzhou are financially weak and they are not capable of lending him money to buy oil drilling rights.”

"However, as long as oil is discovered and the price is determined, they are willing to lend him money for the purchase of oil extraction equipment."

“At that time, we can also take a step back and exchange the ten-year mining rights for some equity, but he will still have to pay the rest.”

Hearing this, Ma Jizu nodded first, then frowned: "Father, wouldn't doing this still let him benefit?"

Grinning and taking a deep breath, Ma Yuanqing looked at him with a disappointed expression: "Foolish! Isn't this just asking him to invest money first?"

"Even if we don't lend him the money, as long as he's unwilling to let his previous investment go to waste, he'll be led by the nose by us!"

Now, the young Ma Jizu finally understood.

He chuckled and said, "Dad, that's a great idea!"

"Hmph, you should learn more from this."

He rolled his eyes at him again, picked up the pipe next to him, stuffed it with tobacco and said, "Take a couple of days off before you go see him. Just pretend you've been busy with this for a few days, and it'll be easier for people to believe you then."

"understood."

Ma Jizu nodded, turned to leave, but then stopped.

He turned back and said, "Father, what if the money that the Lin family chooses to invest goes down the drain?"

Ma Yuanqing, who had just picked up a match, froze, then took the pipe out of his mouth: "No way?"

"That's not necessarily true; he's someone who's seen a lot of money."

"Just think about it, eighty million! Have you ever seen that much money before?"

Seeing that Ma Yuanqing remained silent, Ma Jizu shook his head: "This kind of person has too high standards. As long as we don't invest too much money, he won't let us lead him by the nose."

"Besides, we're not even sure how much we'll sell the oil exploration rights for."

"Too little won't make a difference, but too much might just make him back out."

Ma Yuanqing nodded, agreeing that his son's analysis made some sense.

He thought for a moment and said, "So we need to find out how the mining rights should be priced as soon as possible. You can also find out what Lin's bottom line is so that we can act accordingly."

"Besides, asking for favors isn't a business transaction. Without Zhang the Butcher, can we still eat... ptooey!"

Spitting hard, Ma Yuanqing said, "In short, let's get a general idea first and let him start exploring."

"If it's really worth mining, I think there will be plenty of people willing to come. When someone raises the price, why would they not take the bait?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jizu's eyes immediately lit up.

He chuckled and said, "I understand!"

"Well, let's go."

……

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Early on the third day, Ma Jizu, who could no longer contain himself, hurriedly came to Lin Yi to discuss it.

He took it upon himself to say that several banks in Jinzhou were willing to lend money to Lin Yi for this matter.

But the prerequisite is that Lin Yi first needs to explore the oil reserves and calculate their value.

That way they can negotiate a price for the loan.

Therefore, the first step is to conduct exploration.

For Lin Yi, whether it was the truth or a lie was no longer important.

In short, he was determined to get his hands on the oil here.

No matter what means are used.

So on the afternoon of the day the two met, the exploration team, escorted by two battalions of Ma Clique cavalry, headed to Yumen Pass.

At Ma Jizu's enthusiastic invitation, Lin Yi went to Xingxing Gorge for an inspection.

There is an iron ore mine there, which experts say has very rich reserves.

For years, the Ma family has been developing the project themselves, but the output has not been ideal.

According to Ma Jizu, if Lin Yi is optimistic about the business, then they can directly increase investment and expand production.

Including oil extraction, the two parties proceeded directly to comprehensive cooperation in one step.

Unable to refuse such hospitality, and also needing to assess whether this place was worth his investment, Lin Yi gladly accepted the invitation.

Several mining experts were even specially sent by plane from Sichuan Province to accompany him.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Having just returned to Jinzhou after a fruitful exploration of Xingxing Gorge, Lin Yi received a telegram from the oil exploration team.

Given the limited time and the constraints of exploration equipment, the estimated reserves in the Laojunmiao area are currently around one million tons.

However, according to geological theory, the surrounding area should theoretically also contain oil.

The actual reserves are likely more than ten times higher.

In short, it has great mining value!

Good news! Lin Yi paced back and forth for a while with the telegram in his hand, then stopped and instructed Ah Sheng, "Send a telegram back to the exploration team and tell them to return."

"Yes."

Ah Sheng responded and hurriedly left.

Lin Yi glanced at the telegram again, a smile appearing on his lips.

There was no need to explore any further, because he knew that the actual reserves were definitely more than ten times greater.

However, one million tons is enough.

If it's any more, then the amount of money he'll have to pay will be quite substantial.

This current reserve is just right for testing the waters...