"Of course, I remember I still owe you two bowls of instant noodles." Jiang Chen smiled as he recalled the past.
"Don't mention it." Yang Yuan awkwardly touched his nose. "I always said I would treat you to lobster when you came to Australia. You're doing so well that I'm too embarrassed to ask."
"You, you are Jiang Chen?"
Jiang Chen noticed the girl next to Yang Yuan was looking at him with excitement as if stars were twinkling in her eyes.
He felt like he had seen her somewhere before. Was it an illusion? Whatever.
"That's right." Jiang Chen smiled and then looked at Yang Yuan. "Is this your wife?"
Because Jiang Chen's generation was an only child, when they were in university, they didn't refer to each other by seniority. It was normal to call each other brother and call a friend's girlfriend sister-in-law.
"My name is Su Fei, I'm a fan of Little White." Su Fei blinked.
"Mhmm." Yang Yuan's expression was awkward.
Jiang Chen saw that he didn't want to talk more about it, so he stopped.
"It's rare to see you. How about I treat you to a meal?"
"That's too kind of you. I said this should be my treat."
"Fine! I'll pay you back for the two bowls of instant noodles. "Jiang Chen interrupted Yang Yuan.
He could tell that Yang Yuan's financial situation was not optimistic. He only wanted to talk to someone. If he brought a burden to his old friend, he would feel bad.
"Then … okay." Yang Yuan understood Jiang Chen's intention as he awkwardly nodded.
…
The two of them arrived at a restaurant by the ocean. From the exterior, it was easy to tell that the restaurant was luxurious and expensive. Yang Yuan's expression was unnatural as he stared at the waiters in formal attire. But when he saw his girlfriend's joyful expression, he didn't have the heart to tell Jiang Chen to go somewhere else.
Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't have any expression of "heartache" or dissatisfaction, he finally felt relieved.
He was worried that Jiang Chen would think that he was not a good friend and that he would take advantage of him. Now it seemed like he was overthinking. His girlfriend's stubbornness and extravagance gave him a headache, but he didn't have the courage to restrain her.
Of course, he was worrying too much. Jiang Chen was so stingy that he couldn't even afford a meal.
At the dinner table, other than Ayesha who didn't speak, the three of them were very familiar with each other. At the dinner table, Sophie frequently toasted Jiang Chen and showed her lively and cheerful side. At the same time, she intentionally or unintentionally inquired about his private life, but Jiang Chen quietly stopped her.
Jiang Chen had seen that look too many times.
Although he didn't know why his old friend fell in love with such a woman, he still had a bottom line, so he kept his distance from this girl named Sophie. Seeing that she failed, Sophie turned to Ayesha and tried to befriend her. But to her enthusiasm, Ayesha's reaction was calm.
Yang Yuan was slow in this aspect and didn't notice anything. After a few glasses of beer, they began to talk about what happened in the years after graduation.
Perhaps because they were drunk, Yang Yuan dragged him to the balcony outside the restaurant. With the cool sea breeze, they leaned against the railing and continued chatting.
As they chatted, the two began to talk about the "beginning of the company." Jiang Chen selectively skipped over the sensitive topics and explained the process of him finding a partner to create Future 1.0. He only talked about the development of the company.
"Not bad! The prettiest girl in the business school, Xia Shiyu, you actually hooked up with her! Sigh, calling her Brother Chen is not a bad thing. "Yang Yuan used the drunkenness to exclaim.
"What hooked up?" Jiang Chen jokingly said, "She is the CEO of my company. But … our relationship is a bit unusual. "
There was no need to worry about bragging between men.
"But isn't she your wife?"
Jiang Chen felt awkward. "Uh, that's true."
"… Too corrupt." Yang Yuan paused for a moment before punching Jiang Chen's shoulder.
"Ahem, with a relationship as a foundation, it's not corrupt. Let's not talk about this … Let's talk about you, what's going on with you and Sophie. "
Yang Yuan let out a sigh.
"What else? It's just like that."
"I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
"She also graduated from Wanghai University, two years younger than me. I only took her abroad at the end of last year, so I might have seen her at school," Yang Yuan said nonchalantly.
"Is that so … Maybe."
"I thought I got a secure job, but I didn't even get a bite of rice before I lost my job. If I knew this would happen, I would've signed the contract when the people from PetroChina talked to me about work. "Yang Yuan's tone was filled with regret.
Although the salary in a state-owned enterprise was not as high as a foreign enterprise, the stability was still commendable. Even if it was a loss, even if it was subsidized by the government, the country would not let the workers who contributed to the country lose their jobs. Just from this point alone, it was many times more honorable than the capitalists.
"Secure job?"
"Yes, I signed a contract with Rio Tinto during my first year as a graduate student at the University of Western Australia. But this year, the iron market was in a slump, the price of oil dropped, and Rio Tinto started a large scale layoff, so I was unfortunately targeted. "
[What bad luck …] Jiang Chen couldn't help but ridicule in his mind.
"Now that PetroChina doesn't want you?"
"Yes, why not? In any case, I'm still a 'sea turtle', and I'm studying in the resource exploration department. With my family's connections, I can go back and train for two years, and then become a section leader. "Yang Yuan was confident in his abilities.
"Then why don't you go back?" Jiang Chen glanced at him.
A bitter smile appeared on Yang Yuan's face.
"I want to go back, but …" Yang Yuan looked at Sophie in the cafeteria.
The little girl was excitedly dissecting the lobster and chatting with Ayesha.
Jiang Chen instantly understood his difficulties.
"She didn't want me to go back. From her perspective, it would be a waste to waste the skilled immigration qualification that I worked so hard to obtain. When I mentioned going back, she cried and wanted to break up with me … "
"Is that really okay?" Jiang Chen asked.
To be honest, Jiang Chen didn't like Sophie's personality. He didn't know what was so attractive about her. But since Yang Yuan liked her, Jiang Chen couldn't say anything.
"What else can I do?" Yang Yuan smiled bitterly.
"Do you love her?"
"Mhmm."
Jiang Chen couldn't tell that this engineering guy was an infatuated type. When they lived in the same dorm, Jiang Chen only thought this guy was passionate on the inside, but he didn't realize this.
"… Then I'll try to satisfy her. Although it might be a bottomless pit. "
Yang Yuan sighed. "I know. I just want to wait until next year. If the market picks up, the demand for jobs should increase. "
Listening to Yang Yuan's words, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.
To be honest, he was worrying about the molybdenum mine. Other than molybdenum, there was also niobium, tungsten, and even rare earth resources. The wasteland lacked all of them. But based on what Oliver said, these things would be hard to obtain in any country, so Jiang Chen decided to mine them himself.
Pannu Islands was extremely rich in marine resources. Although there were no oil and gas deposits in the territorial waters, the minerals at the bottom of the sea had yet to be discovered. Jiang Chen didn't believe that there were no minerals in the vast territorial waters. Iron and bauxite were low cost and could be bought on land. But for rare earth resources, if he had to spend money to buy them, it would still be painful.
As to how to find the minerals at the bottom of the sea, Jiang Chen already had an idea in his mind, although it was still in the conjecture stage …
Would the distribution of the mineral deposits in the apocalypse be the same as in the modern world?
Jiang Chen didn't pay attention to this issue before. The history of the apocalypse was completely different from the real world. He selectively ignored the idea of using the information advantage in the future to make a profit.
Lottery? The numbers and digits might be different. Hugging the legs of the future leaders? PAC never showed up. Music? That would be even more ridiculous. Would Indian pop music become popular in Han? If not, bringing PAC's music over would not necessarily make it popular. After all, India was also an inseparable part of the Pan-Asia Cooperation …
But minerals were different! This thing does not increase or decrease because of human activity. In other words, the mineral deposits in the apocalypse that were already emptied before the war may not have been excavated yet, or maybe they hadn't even been discovered yet.
The more Jiang Chen thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. Why didn't he think about it before? Selling the location of mines and oil fields had a much better future than selling gold! But it was hard to explain the source …
"Speaking of which, I have a job and I'm still missing someone. Are you interested?"
Yang Yuan paused for a moment before he shook his head with a bitter smile.
"I don't know anything about IT. I appreciate your kindness, but I won't trick you."
Yang Yuan was an honest person. He knew he didn't have the skills in that area.
"Who said you're going to Future Technology? You're asking a resource explorer to work in IT, aren't you blind?" Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at him. "I'm talking about Future Mining. Are you interested?"
"Future Mining?" Yang Yuan paused.
"That's right," Jiang Chen said with certainty.
Although it was possible to hire a manager from a headhunting company, it was not as trustworthy as someone he knew. As to technology, he didn't lack technology.
"Are you serious?" Yang Yuan put away his joking expression.
"Of course. But do you know ocean resource exploration? "
When it came to his profession, Yang Yuan immediately became excited.
"Of course. My supervisor at the University of Western Australia specializes in ocean resources. Whether it's seabed deposits or seabed oil and gas projects, I've worked on them all."
"Then it's settled. Tomorrow I'll go back to Xin to register Future Mining … Mhmm, I'll also register it in Australia." Jiang Chen nodded.
"What, your company hasn't been registered yet?" Yang Yuan's eyes widened.
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