King of Industry

Sitting in the office on the top floor of "Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company" in Pudong New Area, Zhao Guoyang was carefully checking the documents in his hand.

These days, he has been busy collecting information on "Han Bao Steel Company".

Various data show that as early as two or three years ago, the company was already on the verge of bankruptcy and could not continue.

But what makes people wonder is that it insists on supporting itself until now. And it looks likely to continue.

This is not good news for Zhao Guoyang, who intends to acquire it.

On Jin Xiuzhu's side, he just went to South Korea last week and went to inquire about the news for business reasons.

According to her, when she met Li Xiaodong, the boss of "Hanbao Iron and Steel Company", she found nothing unusual.

It seems that the other party is not in the trouble of breaking the capital chain, and everything seems normal.

However, in Zhao Guoyang's view, the calmer the sea, the more likely the storm will strike.

The reason why "Hanbao Iron and Steel Company" is able to support it now is that there are probably some insiders who do not know the inside story.

Only by digging out this inside story can I and "Xingtai International" have the opportunity to get it into the pocket.

After staring at the industrial edition of "Asahi Shimbun" in his hand for a while, Zhao Guoyang was attracted by an inconspicuous piece of information.

In a small strip of information in the middle of the newspaper, there was such a message: "Incheon Iron \u0026 Steel" Tangjin No. 1 Blast Furnace officially started construction, and relevant executives of "Hyundai Group" came to congratulate...

Looking at this unfinished news, Zhao Guoyang's eyes gradually lit up.

The Dangjin area is a well-known steel industry base in South Korea. The top ten steel companies in South Korea, including "Pohang Steel" and "Han Bao Steel", have set up factories here.

Among them, the Asan Bay Works of the Dongfang Steel Company of the "Han Bao Steel Company" is the most famous.

Now that the construction of Dangjin No. 1 Blast Furnace has officially started, and the "Hyundai Group" suddenly congratulated it, the doorway here is a bit esoteric.

The most likely scenario is that the "Hyundai Group" has already promised something to the precarious "Han Bao Steel Company" and is preparing to inject capital into it, thus entering the Dangjin area.

This is also the reason why "Han Bao Iron and Steel Company" is still so calm even when the factory is clearly unable to make ends meet.

After carefully sorting out the previous and subsequent thoughts in his mind, he felt that there should be nothing wrong, so Zhao Guoyang immediately hung up on Jin Xiuzhu.

After Zhao Guoyang dialed the number, the call was quickly connected.

"I'm Jin Xiuzhu! Where are you?" On the other end of the phone, Jin Xiuzhu's stern voice came, giving off a feeling of being in a bad mood.

Because Zhao Guoyang was in a good mood, he laughed and teased: "Miss Xiuzhu, why is it like taking gunpowder early in the morning? Has anyone provoked you?"

Hearing it was Zhao Guoyang's voice, Jin Xiuzhu's tone immediately calmed down.

She smiled and asked, "Guoyang, why do you have time to call me? These days, aren't you busy with the vertical vibrating hoist project?"

The reason why Jin Xiuzhu knew about the vertical vibrating hoist project of "SMS Company" is also because several senior engineers of "Daewoo Heavy Industries Group" are assisting and participating in the design of "SMS Company".

After Zhao Guoyang gave Zhao Siyan some advice not long ago, the progress of the vertical vibrating hoist project naturally accelerated a lot.

After the production master plan came out, Zhao Siyan sent an invitation letter to "Daewoo Heavy Industries Group", asking their engineers to come and work on this project together.

The current "SMS Company" is already the largest shareholder of "Daewoo Heavy Industries Group".

Although Zhao Siyan doesn't have too many shares in "SMS Company", as the deputy general manager, she is definitely qualified to issue orders to the technical department of "Daewoo Heavy Industries Group".

Because they went to Monaco together last time, the relationship between Jin Xiuzhu and Zhao Siyan is also very good.

After receiving her request for help, this Miss Jin naturally gave her full support. It is reasonable to send "Daewoo Heavy Industries Group".

At this time, after hearing Jin Xiuzhu's question, Zhao Guoyang said relaxedly: "The vertical vibrating hoist project has basically no problems, and the following is the detailed design of each component."

"With the help of Xiuzhu and several senior engineers from Daewoo Heavy Industries Group, it shouldn't be a problem to produce samples within two or three months!"

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's confident words, Jin Xiuzhu smiled and said yes.

After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, Zhao Guoyang finally revealed the purpose of his call.

He went straight to the point and said, "Xiuzhu, I'm calling because I want to know more about the situation of 'Han Bao Steel Company'."

Hearing this answer, Jin Xiuzhu was at a loss.

She subconsciously said: "Guoyang, didn't I tell you everything about my meeting with Chairman Li Xiaodong of the 'Han Bao Steel Company' two days ago? Why do you have any details that you need to know?"

Zhao Guoyang gave a definite "hmm" and said, "That's right, Xiuzhu, you guessed it right! I just wanted to know what happened when Chairman Li Xiaodong was talking to you at that time."

"Especially during the conversation, did he reveal that someone is willing to acquire shares in their company or inject capital into their company?"

When Jin Xiuzhu heard this, she was a little confused.

She recalled it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "By the way, Guoyang, I really remembered when you said that. When I met Li Xiaodong, it seemed that he was called out by the secretary halfway. Some important guest invited him to meet."

"At the time, I thought it was a business matter, so I didn't care much about it. But now, hearing what you say, it's really possible!"

After listening to Jin Xiuzhu's narration, Zhao Guoyang became more sure of his guess.

He sighed and said: "If Chairman Li can spare time to arrange a meeting with a big person like you, Miss Xiuzhu, it seems that the other party should be the one I guessed, who wants to buy the 'Hanbao Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.' The company's stake in the people."

Jin Xiuzhu was stunned, and immediately asked: "Guoyang, from what you said, it seems that you have already guessed the identity of this person who intends to acquire? Who is he?"

After hearing Jin Xiuzhu's questioning, Zhao Guoyang did not answer directly, but reminded him.

"Miss Xiuzhu, let me ask you a question. From your South Korea, how many companies can you find that can have enough funds to acquire the 'Hanbao Iron and Steel Company'?"

Hearing that Zhao Guoyang's question seemed to mean something, Jin Xiuzhu was a little at a loss.

She temporarily put aside the distracting thoughts in her mind, and murmured following Zhao Guoyang's prompt: "Uh, although the performance of 'Han Bao Steel Company' has not been good in recent years, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Its market value and fixed The value of the property is still indisputable.”

"We can count the companies in South Korea that have the strength to acquire 'Han Bao Steel Company'. They are nothing more than giants such as 'Samsung Electronics', 'Pohang Steel', and 'LG Group'."

After Zhao Guoyang heard the words, he agreed and said: "That's right, the companies you mentioned do indeed have enough capital to acquire 'Hanbao Iron and Steel Company'."

"However, the businesses of 'Samsung Electronics' and 'LG Group' are not very compatible with the steel industry. The possibility of them acquiring 'Han Bao Steel Company' should be very small. Am I right about this?"

After listening to Zhao Guoyang's analysis, Jin Xiuzhu responded again and again: "Yes, these two companies should be eliminated first."

"Because their total assets are high enough, but they are completely uninitiated in the steel manufacturing industry. Even if they acquire the 'Han Bao Steel Company', they will just continue to lose money, and it really doesn't make much sense."

"That's right!" Zhao Guoyang said with approval, "Then among the remaining enterprises, the smelting equipment and brand reputation of 'Pohang Steel' itself should be higher than that of 'Han Bao Steel Company'. There is no need to spend a lot of money to acquire a company of the same type that is obviously going downhill, right?"

"With that fund, it might as well open a few more branch factories. Or buy some small but well-equipped small iron and steel smelters!"

Jin Xiuzhu still recognized Zhao Guoyang's analysis, and immediately said repeatedly: "Yes, Guoyang. I also think that 'Posco' is unlikely."

"The reason is very simple. The two giants of the steel manufacturing industry had too many conflicts of interest in South Korea. The conflict was too deep. A few years ago, the cold-rolled steel incident of the deck, and the relationship between the two parties almost fell to the ground. freezing point."

"Even if 'Pohang Iron and Steel' wants to acquire 'Han Bao Steel Company', the other party will definitely not just catch it without a fight, but will try their best to deal with it..."

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help laughing and said: "Understood, you think that 'Han Bao Steel Company' will definitely 'rather a piece of jade than a tile' when facing 'Pohang Steel', right?"

"That's right, that's what I thought!" Jin Xiuzhu blurted out.

After the two analyzed it, Zhao Guoyang had basically guessed the buyer of "Hanbao Iron and Steel Company".

He slowly reminded Jin Xiuzhu: "Since it is impossible for these super conglomerates to acquire the shares of 'Hanbao Iron and Steel Company', who else is left?"

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's pointed words, Jin Xiuzhu seemed to gradually come to her senses.

She pondered and said: "In terms of economic strength, we in South Korea still have the 'Hyundai Group' which is strong enough to acquire it. In addition, the 'Kia Group' and our 'Daewoo Group' can barely make it together. get……"

Having said that, Jin Xiuzhu suddenly figured out something.

She exclaimed: "I see, Guoyang, what you said is 'Hyundai Group'? In comparison, only it has enough confidence in injecting capital into 'Hanbao Iron and Steel Company'! Instead of us' Daewoo Group', even if the acquisition is successful, it will have to owe a lot of debt..."