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At the word all-mining, Daniel could not hide his embarrassment.
‘That bitch can’t fill my stomach, so I’m trying to sell it to CEO Edward.’
From her point of view, it was more profitable for All Mining to sell Denver at a higher price than to buy Ilka’s mine development rights at a lower price.
Because 20% of Denver’s shares were privately owned by her.
‘Edward’s CEO would be greedy enough for Denver. The biggest weakness a startup has is technology.’
If the gold mine does not work, it may go in the direction of acquiring Denver in order to secure technology.
The woman in front of him had the height, so Daniel had no choice but to curl his tail.
“Wow, I lost.”
“……?”
“Let’s make a $500 million contract.”
Jackie smiled and sat down again.
Daniel looked at her, pulled out a piece of paper and said:
“Yeah, and there’s one more thing to negotiate before you sign.”
“What else?”
“Among the technology patents held by Denver, there was a horizontal drilling method, but I found out that it was only in the name of the president, not in the name of Denver. I would like to include the transfer of the patent right in the terms of the acquisition.”
This was an expected request.
Jonathan frowned on purpose.
“You mean to hand over personal assets?”
“Strictly speaking, you did technology development with the funds of Denver. If interpreted differently, it could be embezzlement.”
“……”
“I made a concession, so please agree to that extent. Having a horizontal drilling method is useless anyway.”
At that, Jackie interrupted.
“I don’t think it’s useless because it’s a patent right that Lao Tinto wants while using the word embezzlement.”
“I’m talking about acquiring Denver’s technology alone. You have to pay 500 million dollars to take care of every little thing.”
“Then do this.”
“……?”
“Why don’t you write a patent license agreement? It’s technical data, it’s in the Denver database, so take it with you.”
Daniel’s eyebrows twitched as he looked at Jackie like that.
***
“Patent license agreement, please withdraw.”
After being alone with Jackie, Daniel spoke straight up.
“I can’t. I’ve already signed the contract.”
“Are you really going to do this? Didn’t Mr. Denver get a picture first because he was in a hurry. And what are you going to do by leaving the ownership of the patent to the Denver president? Are you going to scout him in All Mining?”
“If you’re not with Rao Tinto, you can make a spot at All Mining. The decision is up to Mr. Denver.”
Daniel clicked his tongue at her answer.
“For start-ups like Miss Berry and All Mining, there is a horizontal drilling method, but it’s a little too much. Don’t be stubborn and give it away neatly.”
“If there is an agreement, Lao Tinto also has the right to use the technology patent. Why are you trying to monopolize it? I doubt it.”
“What do I mean? Let’s do things neatly with each other.”
Jackie said with a snort.
“Did the person who wanted to clean it cut the price as soon as the negotiation started?”
“It wasn’t on purpose, as I said, it’s the internal system. It’s the breaking of that that made me write my thesis.”
“Then, you should have given me a word in advance. Is hitting the back of the head at the negotiating table the system they are talking about?”
“Wow, I see. We’ve accepted $500 million anyway, and it’s almost as if we’ve acquired the technology, so let’s move on.”
Daniel waved his hand as if he was in pain, and brought out another agenda.
“And the mine development rights in Ilka. I’ve reviewed it internally, but you have to pay 200 million dollars.”
“Yeah? Two hundred million dollars?”
“The total amount of the burial is expected to be at least 1 million ounces. At the current market price, it is more than $2 billion, so why don’t we get 200 million dollars in calculations.”
“It’s 10%! That’s like giving half of the profits from the mine. What idiot would accept an offer like that?”
Jackie swung his tongue out at the brazenness of asking for 10% because it was not enough to make 250,000 ounces four times.
“Did I tell you. At least 1 million ounces. Internally, it’s expected to be up to 2 million ounces, so it’s not 10%.”
“Do you have any data to support that?”
“sure.”
Daniel raised an eyebrow and handed the exploration data to Jackie.
The amount was so large that it would be equivalent to five or six encyclopedias, so it seemed that it would take several days to review it.
“This is all actual data, isn’t it?”
“of course.”
“It’s strange.”
“What do you mean?”
“Looking at it, gravitational and seismic surveying seems to have started four or five years ago, but drilling is less than two years ago?”
“The geological condition is not good, so it is because of the meticulous preliminary exploration.”
“Dilling has also been concentrated in the last few months.”
She continued, scanning the date only.
“I heard that the Denver boss looked at areas other than Gruyer while he was in Kalgoorlie, but if you look at the date, it starts here… Isn’t this too poorly documented?”
“……!”
“If we can find out the geological structure with this kind of sampling, I think we should get a Nobel Prize. Who, who wrote this report?”
“……!”
Ignoring Daniel who couldn’t answer, Jackie pointed to a specific date.
“Wow, how were you drilling again during this time?”
“What else does that mean?”
“Look at this date here. At that time, it rained for over a week, so the road was cut off due to flooding, and the government issued a movement restriction order. As I remember, the southwestern part of Australia was all covered. I was locked up in the dormitory.”
Daniel wiped away a cold sweat and forced a smile.
“There must have been a mistake when entering the date.”
“Does a global company like Rao Tinto make such a mistake? Even seven-year-olds are the first to check and write in a diary, right?”
“If you’re busy, you make mistakes and that’s because not everyone is perfect.”
Jackie smiled and shook her head.
“My main job is a geologist. If you look at this data if you put your mind to it, finding loopholes is not a problem. It will take some time.”
“……!”
“It’s 100% manipulation. It’s because people unconsciously show their habit. It means that you just need to find regularity between numbers.”
Daniel let out a long sigh and opened his mouth.
“Let’s do 100 million dollars.”
“Ho-ho, you must have made a mistake because you were nervous. You have to remove a ball from there.”
“Are you saying you’re going to sell it to ten million dollars now?”
“When I checked with the federal government, it seemed that he spent that much, didn’t he?”
At Jackie’s question, Daniel’s heart was pounding, but he didn’t show it.
“I don’t know where I’ve heard nonsense, but I’m not going to hand over the development rights to that money. Just give it back.”
“Oh, are you okay?”
“What do you mean?”
“No, that’s right. The fact that we received our offer to sell the mine development rights instead of letting us take over Denver, the documents that are clearly falsified here, and the circumstantial evidence and circumstances are overflowing. ‘Would you like to go back quietly?”
“……!”
Daniel bit his lip involuntarily.
What she said was that the two companies had secretly recorded a secret conversation, and threatened to release it to the industry along with the material they have now.
“Now that you have taken over Denver as you wish, how about handing over the mine development rights?”
As a conspiracy, I signed the acquisition contract with Denver, so there was additional pressure that I could not take it off or put it on.
Daniel’s heart was pounding, but he held it back and asked.
“Do you not know how rude and vulgar it is to record at a meeting? No company will want to talk to All Mining the moment it opens.”
“Ho-ho, we’re a new company. We don’t have a big reputation like Rao Tinto, so it doesn’t matter.
Daniel laughed bitterly at Jackie’s smirk.
“This is how small companies threaten big companies. I learned one thing.”
“It is said that people who have nothing to lose are afraid.”
Daniel said with a self-helpful laugh.
“It’s not a word I don’t know, but I didn’t know it would touch my bones like today.”
“So, have you decided on the sale price? To be clear, we don’t intend to take over until we use the dumpster.”
“Wow, how about 30 million dollars? This is the Maginot line I can offer.”
“I would like to cut down to 20 million dollars, but since I unintentionally made intimidating remarks, I will concede at that level.”
Daniel was stunned at the expression of reluctant consent.
It was because the beauty in front of him did not bend even for a single moment.
‘She has a pretty face, but I’m afraid who will take her.’
***
I opened my mouth at the booty in front of me.
-Sold Denver for $500 million.
– Acquired the rights to develop the Gruyer mine and Ilka for 30 million dollars.
That was the outward achievement, but there was one more thing.
“Will the employees ever come back?”
Denver engineers who went to Lao Tinto thanks to a succession of jobs.
They planned to learn Rao Tinto’s skills and know-how and gather under Jonathan again.
“Come back.”
“How are you so sure? Rao Tinto is a global company, so Daewoo wouldn’t be a joke.”
“Hahaha, they’ve been scouted by a company like Rao Tinto at least once in the past. Some of them go and come back.”
According to Jonathan, the ten engineers, who are particularly key talent, are geeks who can’t adapt to the system’s frustration and the rigid organizational culture unique to mining companies.
Although they have some problems with their teamwork, they have a talent that can be called a hundred per day, so Jonathan instructed them to learn Lao Tinto’s technique.
“Even if you look like that, you know the heart of an engineer better than anyone. Everyone will come back.”
Jackie laughed and added a remark.
“Jackie, can you see me like that? How does this uncle look like that?”
“Look in the mirror. It’s always dusty. How do you still wear field work clothes when you go to negotiate with Rao Tinto? You don’t listen to me even if you talk, huh.”
“What’s wrong with engineers wearing work clothes? And isn’t dust an inseparable symbol for a miner?”
“Yes, yes. Who will stop you.”
Looking at Jackie grunting, Jonathan tapped my arm.
“You’re going to have to be prepared to take that guy. It’s usually not a lot of nagging.”
He lowered his voice, but it wasn’t as if he was whispering to Jackie to listen.
“mister!”
“why?”
“Where are you taking me? Don’t talk nonsense to Edward!”
“No, it’s because I don’t think the two of them are normal.”
“It’s not like that.”
“But why are you treating yourself so comfortably? Isn’t it a personal relationship for an All Mining employee to treat the CEO like that?”
“I’m not that employee.”
“no?”
Jonathan tilted his head and continued.
“Then why did you come all the way here?”
“It’s because the professor introduced us to Denver. I have a relationship with Denver.”
“But you don’t have to follow me? Introductions are just one phone call away, and it’s up to me to decide whether you’re in Denver or not.
“That, that’s…”
Jonathan walked up to her and whispered in her ear.
“You like him, right?”