Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 163: Laying out Australia (Part 2)

Xia Wen immediately became excited. The task that Fang Mingyuan entrusted to him was really a heavy responsibility! But he still had some questions in his mind.

"Master Fang, as far as I know, our country's iron ore reserves are among the top in the world. A while ago, an iron ore with amazing reserves was discovered. I remember it was in Liao Province. Why do we have to go far away to import Australian iron ore?"

Ore?" Xia Wen asked softly. This meant that there were only three of them in the room, Fang Mingyuan, and Lin Rong and him were as close as brother and sister. Otherwise, Xia Wen would never have said anything.

"Our country's iron ore reserves are indeed among the highest in the world, but our country's iron ore has a lot of poor ores and few rich ores. Most of the mines have limited reserves and are very scattered. It is not convenient to mine, and transportation is also a problem. And these

Iron ore must be beneficiated and further processed before it can be smelted. Otherwise, high-quality steel cannot be produced. This will undoubtedly increase the cost of the enterprise!" Lin Rong explained. At this time, due to

Fang Mingyuan was paying attention to Australian iron ore, and Lin Rong had been doing it for a while, and now she was learning and selling it!

"Even counting shipping and import costs?" Xia Wen said with some disbelief. Don't look at domestic education that talks about China's rich resources all day long. This reserve is the largest in the world, and that reserve is second in the world, but such in-depth knowledge

, but no one has ever mentioned it to him.

"Even counting shipping and import costs!" Fang Mingyuan nodded heavily. Maybe by the next century when the price of iron ore is at its highest, the cost of imported iron ore will have exceeded that of domestic iron ore, but domestic iron ore

The production output of stone cannot keep up, which also makes these steel companies face the dilemma of having no rice to cook.

This is undoubtedly a vicious cycle. Since the cost of imported iron ore is lower than domestic iron ore, a large number of large steel companies use imported iron ore for production. As a result, domestic iron ore mining will undoubtedly be affected.

, unable to obtain sufficient capital investment. When the price of imported iron ore exceeds that of domestic iron ore, since steel production has increased, these companies cannot reduce production, and the production of domestic iron ore seriously lags behind. This

As a result, steel companies have no choice at all.

Of course, there is no need to tell Xia Wen any more about this.

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A railway to the sea and a deep-water port!”

The places Fang Mingyuan pointed to were all places that had been carefully explored and inspected by experts in previous lives. In the future, huge sums of money would indeed be invested in the construction of mines, railways and deep-water ports. However, when Fang Mingyuan passed away,

On that day, all this was still on the drawing board of Western Australians. Western Australia originally hoped to use the construction of this project to build a new iron ore mining area in the central and western regions here, second only to Lihe.

It is the second largest iron ore producing area outside the iron ore producing area controlled by Rio Tinto. At the same time, it also breaks Rio Tinto's monopoly on iron ore production in Western Australia.

"Oh my god! How much does that cost?" Xia Wen opened his mouth in surprise. Although he didn't know how much money it would take to dig mines, build railways and deep-water ports, even a child understood that this was not

For a small project, not to mention in a country like Australia, even in China, the funds required for all aspects will be an extremely staggering amount.

Although he was surprised, Xia Wen's heart felt hot again. Such a big project, and he will obviously become one of the important persons in charge of this project in the future! Such an opportunity is not something that everyone can encounter.

.If everything goes well, then his status in the Fang family's industry will definitely surpass that of his father Xia Tian in the future!

"Preliminary estimates suggest that it may require an expenditure of three to five billion U.S. dollars!" Fang Mingyuan shrugged. Although the amount is considerable, Fang Mingyuan knew that as long as this place was taken down, not to mention the consequences for domestically imported iron ore in the future.

The strategic benefits, just in terms of economic benefits, will be enough to make money back in a few years. The mining area is a place with amazing reserves. The recoverable reserves discovered at that time were enough to support the mining intensity of 50 million tons per year.

Decades!

Judging from the price of iron ore in the world two thousand years from now, this is undoubtedly a cornucopia! But now, it is still a sparsely populated and desolate land. Even Rio Tinto and Rio Tinto are unwilling to spend large investments to develop this place.

This gave Fang Mingyuan a chance!

"Thirty-five billion US dollars!" Xia Wen took a breath and felt a buzzing between his ears. For a moment, his mind was completely blank!

Three to five billion U.S. dollars, converted into RMB, is more than 26 billion to more than 42 billion yuan! You know, in 1995, the annual GDP output value of many provincial capital cities could not reach this amount.

!Lin Rong looked sympathetically at Xia Wen, who had eyes wide open and kept mumbling to himself. She had an impulse in her heart and rushed out to find a camera to capture this scene.

After a long while, Xia Wen returned to his normal state and said with a ashamed look on his face: "Young Master Fang, I made you laugh."

Fang Mingyuan smiled and waved his hand and said: "Brother Xia, in Australia, you must try your best to get to know those politicians and celebrities. But you must focus more on getting to know those officials and important figures in Western Australia. This will be important for our future investment in Western Australia."

The state is very important!" Xia Wen nodded.

Fang Mingyuan winked at Lin Rong, and Lin Rong took out a thick stack of books and information, more than half a meter high, from the bookcase in the room and placed it on the table.

"This is some knowledge that you must know before going to Australia. Take it all with you today. I hope it will be helpful to your work in the future." Lin Rong smiled mischievously at Xia Wen, "Especially

You must read it carefully about the content about Australia’s political system.”

Xia Wen couldn't help but smile bitterly. He couldn't move so much information by himself. However, he was also a graduate student and was no stranger to the mountains of books and information. However, he was still quite surprised as to why Lin Rong focused so much on it.

I asked him to take a look at Australia's political system.

"Brother Xia, when you go to Australia to start your campaign, who should be the least welcoming person to you?" Lin Rong said with a smile.

"The one who least welcomes me?" Xia Wen thought a few times in his mind and said with some uncertainty, "It should be the local iron ore miners in Australia, right?" This can be regarded as eating from someone else's pot, no?

It's normal to be well-received.

"Yes, there are many iron ore production companies in Australia, but the two largest companies are Lihe and Rio Tinto. They have been operating in Australia for many years and they must regard Australia as their own backyard. And as Australia

The most famous iron ore production company, their influence in the Australian government is not comparable to ours." Lin Rong clapped her hands and said, "If you want to open up a situation in the Australian government in a short period of time, it will be difficult!

"

"So what does this have to do with Australia's political system?" Xia Wen said with some confusion.

"Australia is a federal country, divided into six states and two territories. Each state has its own state government, which is elected by local people. The top officials of the two territories are sent by the federal government.

And the state has great independent legislative power, but the territory does not. Take Western Australia, for example. According to the Australian Constitution, Western Australia has been divided by the alliance in addition to diplomatic power, military command power, and some legislation.

Apart from its power and judicial power, it remains independent in other aspects. Its legislative power is in the state parliament, and its executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and Cabinet appointed by the Governor of Western Australia. The judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the secondary court system.

, the Australian High Court has the final judicial power. If you understand it this way, it is a country within a country. Except for a few rights, the Australian government has no control over them!" Fang Mingyuan explained.

"Ah?" Xia Wen was shocked again. There is such a country!

But he also immediately understood why Lin Rong reminded him to pay attention to Australia's political system. Doesn't that mean that as long as the officials and government of Western Australia are dealt with, the Australian government's reaction can be ignored!

“Lihe and Rio Tinto, because they have a monopoly on the external transportation of iron ore and are the largest iron ore miners, many people in Western Australia are dissatisfied with them.

, this time you go to Western Australia, if you can make good use of this, you will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.

Xia Wen immediately felt a little more confident.

Fang Mingyuan stood up, opened the drawer of his desk, took out an envelope from it, put it in front of Xia Wen and said: "You can stay in Shanghai for two days and then return to Fengyuan. After next year's Spring Festival, you

I am about to be dispatched to Australia. Before that, please spend time with Uncle Xia and the others. This is a little bit of my kindness, please accept it!"

Xia Wen looked at the envelope in front of him in surprise. It didn't look thick. Could it be that it was a check?

"If you don't open it yet and take a look, you will have to thank me properly then!" Lin Rong pushed Xia Wen and said.

"Thank you?" Xia Wen was even more confused. What does this have to do with Lin Rong?

Xia Wen looked at Fang Mingyuan, and Fang Mingyuan motioned for him to open it and take a look. Xia Wen then picked up the envelope. Inside were several photos. Behind the photos, a series of English letters were written in a flying pattern.

"Steven Spielberg!"