143 Shameless
To put it mildly, Johannesburg is heaven for some, but hell for most.
For people like Roque, Johannesburg is paradise, because there are countless riches and glories here, and Roque's identity and ability can make Roque feel like a fish in water in Johannesburg.
For people like Kevin, Johannesburg is hell, and because there are countless riches and glories here, Kevin's identity and ability are almost meaningless, even if Kevin's father is the director of the Pretoria Mines Bureau, Kevin is still deflated by Roque and Phyllis, if Kevin is no longer entangled, then Kevin can still get out of the way, if Kevin is entangled, then maybe Kevin will be ruined.
The result of being ruined is not bad, with Kevin's virtue, if Kevin's father makes a gold mine for Kevin, it will be to cause disaster for Kevin, in the case of Johannesburg, there is no need for Roque to do it, Aiden and Mike and others can eat Kevin alive.
Nelson Holt is also out of this worry, so even if he has the opportunity, he does not dare to leave it to his son, in Nelson Holt's view, Roque is a good person to entrust.
For those gold diggers who steal gold, Roque can be lenient and merciful, so if he establishes a good relationship with Roque, for the sake of Nelson Holt, even if Nelson Holt is no longer there in the future, Roque will take care of Nelson Holt's son.
"Nelson, don't do this, you can leave the opportunity to your son, and if I need it, I will get what I want by my own ability." Nelson Holt wants to give it, but Roque doesn't want it yet.
This is the difference between people, if it were Kevin, I guess I have begun to kneel and lick it now.
At the very least, Phyllis looked at Roque's eyes sparkling.
"No, no, Locke, there's something that's an opportunity for you, for my son, hehe-" Nelson Holt didn't finish, and that was enough for that.
Speaking of which, Roque has no reason to refuse.
Just the afternoon before yesterday, Nelson Holt discovered a gold mine with great remining value, on the surface, this gold mine called Moses has no remining value, and the gold content in the ore is less than 1 gram per ton, but Nelson Hoult concluded that the Moses gold mine still has huge development value, and only needs to dig down ten meters on the basis of the original mine hole to find a new gold belt.
This gold belt is extremely rich, and Nelson Holt deduces that the gold content per tonne of gold ore is at least 150 grams or more.
What a gift.
Even better, because the Moses Gold Mine was abandoned, Roque did not need to apply to the Pretoria Mines Authority to buy it, but only to apply to the Provisional Government in the name of buying the farm to legally obtain the title of the land near the Moses Gold Mine.
After obtaining the ownership of the land, Roque can apply to the Mining Bureau for a "Gold Discoverer's Ownership Certificate" in the name of the newly discovered gold mine, and at that time, even if the director of the mine bureau is Kevin himself, Kevin cannot prevent Roque from legally obtaining the Moses gold mine.
"Nelson, I can assure you that even if your son didn't learn anything at Cambridge, five percent of the annual profits of the Moses Gold Mine will be paid to your son in the form of a salary." Roque couldn't think of a better way to repay Nelson Holt, so he might as well give money.
Don't underestimate the 5 percent, to develop gold mines, it's not just as simple as digging the gold out of the ground, you need people, equipment, relationships, and taxes, and the final profit is 30 percent.
Of course, 30 percent is for an average gold mine, and if the information provided by Nelson Holt is correct, and the ore content of Moses Gold Mine reaches more than 150 grams per tonne, the profit will be much more than 30%.
In fact, five percent is enough for Nelson Holt to be satisfied, which is Roque, to give such a reward, if Nelson Holt provides this news to De Beers Unified Mining Company, then the most likely outcome is that De Beers Unified Mining Company will pay Nelson Holt a lump sum of cash.
A one-time payment is certainly not as cost-effective as a yearly payment.
Nelson Holt's family is not wealthy, that is, he can get by, and having a large amount of cash at one time is not a good thing for a family like Nelson Holt.
Leaving Nelson Holt's room, Roque thought about it and called Phyllis to go out with him to the train station and board the train to Pretoria.
Well, it's still a special train, there are only two fixed passenger trains a day between Pretoria and Johannesburg, and Roque and Phyllis have already missed the time, but because of Roque's status as a senior inspector, Roque easily applied for a special train.
The kind that requires a fee is actually not expensive, only 50 pounds.
It's not cheap anymore, and the fixed passenger train fare between Pretoria and Johannesburg is only one shilling.
It's good to be rich!
By ten o'clock in the evening, Roque and Phyllis had arrived in Pretoria.
Henry hadn't slept yet, and when he heard the news of Moses' gold mine, Henry was immediately in good spirits.
"Gold Mine! Are you serious? "Henry is still in his pajamas.
"Yes, if there are no errors in the information provided by Nelson Holt, then there is at least 150 grams of gold per tonne of ore." Roque was also amazed that there are very few gold mines of this level in the world.
"Let's go to Johannesburg—" Henry's thirst for gold was truly evident.
"Don't be stupid, the gold mine won't fly away with wings, you will go to the city hall tomorrow and buy all the land near the Moses gold mine in your name, Phyllis, check-" Roark gestured to Phyllis.
Phyllis took out the cheque and looked so proud.
"5 - 5,000 pounds ?!!!" Henry was dumbfounded, Roque and Phyllis had only been in Johannesburg for a few days?
Henry felt as if he was missing out on hundreds of millions!
"Mine!" Phyllis emphasized.
Henry didn't answer, and looked at Roque with an inquiring gaze.
Roque nodded, it was indeed Phyllis's, and Aiden gave him an apology-
Although the money was actually lost to the Matilda family, nominally, the £5,000 did belong to Phyllis.
"Well, I'll take care of it for you, don't worry, I'll buy you a rich dowry." Henry put the check in his safe, apparently not going to return it to Phyllis—
This shameless face is really similar to those guys who coax children to press the New Year's money!