Resource Tycoon Reborn

ps: ps: I have to pay New Year greetings to my elders in advance in the evening. I don’t know if there will be a second chapter.

Matsusaka City on the shores of Ise Bay, Japan, is a commercial city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Although it has a population of only a few hundred thousand, it was famous throughout Japan for its Ise merchants in the Edo period. Today, it is still

One of the economic centers of Mie Prefecture, many castle towers and historical monuments are still preserved in the territory. Here, you can certainly see modern buildings, but you can also see courtyards full of Japanese antique style.

In the central area of ​​the city, in a vast Japanese-style courtyard, three middle-aged and elderly Japanese people in kimonos were sitting together and enjoying tea.

"President Jinnai's tea art is becoming more and more exquisite. Just looking at it like this, it is full of artistic beauty!" The middle-aged man with a Chinese character face sitting on the side of the door admired.

"Director Iwata complimented me. This little skill of mine really doesn't count, it's just something I've become accustomed to over the years." Jinuchi Moxiu put the teacup in front of Masao Iwata and said.

The old man sitting in the main seat smiled and said: "Director Iwata, you just said that your brother Shoichi Iwata has been in contact with Fang Jun?"

"Hi! President Yushan, Shoichi notified me two hours ago that Fang Jun asked him to go to Tokyo to meet in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. It is also a coincidence that Fang Jun just flew to Tokyo from South Korea today." Iwata Masao said respectfully.

To be honest, the old man sitting in front of him is Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Chairman Tamayama Tsumi, and the person who made the tea just now is Mitsui & Co., Ltd. President Jinai Momo. Iwata Masao is the director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and an iron ore miner.

Head of department.

"This is really a coincidence." Tamaki smiled and said, "I am gratified that the Iwata family has successfully entered the board of directors of Sogoo Co., Ltd. and become an important director."

"Thank you, President Tamayama, for the compliment!" Masao Iwata smiled. Obtaining 11% of the shares of Sogoo Co., Ltd. before Fang Mingyuan noticed it, and thus successfully entering the company's board of directors, is indeed the pride of their family. sogoo

Co., Ltd. Group is currently not the largest in the retail industry in Japan, but it is the one with the best profit margins. Today, Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company publishes 6 Japanese works every year, all of which are under the sogoo Co., Ltd. Group.

Cinemas in shopping malls hold screenings. It has become a tradition. Don’t underestimate this tradition. According to statistics from relevant Japanese institutions, this has greatly increased the visibility of Sogoo Co., Ltd. Group in Japan and can increase sales by hundreds of millions every year.

Three to five percent!

"Director Iwata, is there any new progress regarding the Chinese government's rectification of the import qualifications of steel companies that import iron ore?" Jinnai Moxiong asked with a smile.

"Hi, I came here this time just to report this matter to the chairman and president." Masao Iwata said seriously, "Judging from the latest situation we know. It is sponsored by the China Iron and Steel Industry Association and China Minmetals and Chemicals

The Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export has taken the lead. Nearly 200 domestic steel industry manufacturers and trading companies in China have been negotiating together for almost a year. Due to the requirements of the Chinese government and the iron ore price negotiations in the new year are about to start again, it will be held in

It will be launched in the near future.”

"Oh, we have already learned the specific content. Although there may be some differences from the final version, it should not change much." Iwata Masao took two folders from his side and handed them to Tamayama Ningwei and the two with both hands.

. Yushan Jingwei and Mengxiong in the formation took it over and started looking through it.

"Oh. Enterprises that import iron ore must have a registered capital of more than 40 million yuan, a total import volume of iron ore of one million tons per year, a bank credit limit of more than 400 million yuan, and a certain scale of warehousing.

Conditions hehe!" Yushan Jingwei read and sneered at the same time. Although this standard has significantly raised the entry threshold compared with the previous one, in Yushan Jingwei's view, this is just a change in the soup without changing the medicine.

China can now be called a major steel producer, but it is definitely not a strong producer. Not only because the products of China's steel companies are mostly limited to mid- to low-end products. More importantly, it is its status and influence in the international steel industry.

It is completely inconsistent with its steel output. Take imported iron ore as an example. It is obviously a big buyer of iron ore in the international market, but it has no say at all. It is completely led by the nose of several major mining companies.

Compared with Japan Steel's "group army operation" to build a complete industrial chain, thereby occupying a favorable position in the battle for iron ore pricing power, the performance of China's steel companies undoubtedly appears to be very poor. The degree of concentration of steel companies is low.

, there is a lack of coordination between each other, and there is a lack of effective integration on a higher platform in terms of market information, trade channels and financial services. Although there is a huge demand, it cannot be centralized. Instead, it is "annihilated" by its opponents one by one.

As long as China cannot change the situation in the iron ore market where hundreds of companies are making inquiries with a few mining giants, and the status of supply and demand is not equal, it will be impossible to take the lead in iron ore pricing!

"Oh, it's really useless!" Mengxiong in the formation shook his head repeatedly. Although the two sides were competitors, looking at the poor performance of the other party, even he felt that he couldn't stand it anymore. The registered capital reached more than 40 million yuan, and imports were made every year.

One million tons of iron ore, is this standard also called the threshold in the international steel industry? It is simply a piece of loose sand!

Yushan did not continue to look down, but still shook his head and sighed. Finally, he put the document on the table and said: "Iwata-kun, I noticed that this is the industry self-discipline standard of the Chinese steel industry?"

"Hi! As the president said, this is an industry self-discipline standard!" Iwata Masao said with a genuine smile.

"Industry self-discipline standards? Hehe!" Jinnai Mengxiong, who hadn't read everything yet, raised his head in surprise and threw the document on the table. If they had known it was an industry self-discipline standard, they wouldn't have worried about it. Even China's domestic laws

Without concrete implementation, what kind of binding force can a mere industry self-discipline standard have on these steel companies?

It's unfounded to worry!" Yushan Jingwei sneered. Originally, they thought that China's steel industry had suffered losses in iron ore price negotiations for several consecutive years and would learn from it, so they recruited these domestic steel production and trade companies.

Enterprises need to discuss a way to change the status quo. What they are worried about is that China will take over the import and export rights of iron ore and use China's monopoly to deal with several major ore suppliers. If that happens, it will be really troublesome.

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"President, what you are saying is that we still overestimate the wisdom of these steel companies in China." Masao Iwata agreed. "However, from the news, it seems that Fang Jun's Liaoning Iron and Steel Group Company

, have been very active in these steel production companies recently. Their representatives are actively contacting these steel production companies. I think we must be careful about this."

"Liao Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company," Jinnai Moxiong pondered for a moment and asked Iwata Masao, "I remember that Liao Provincial Iron and Steel Plant uses domestic iron ore. How much demand does it have for overseas iron ore now?"

"President, you remember correctly. There are coal mines and iron mines near the Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant. The annual output of steel is 16 million tons, so its raw material sources are not highly dependent on overseas sources. However, the Liaoning Iron and Steel Group Company has a factory in Tangshan.

The Tangshan Iron and Steel Works and Tangshan Fengrui Iron and Steel Company have an annual steel output of over 30 million tons, and the Proston Iron and Steel Plant in Lianjiang Kemen Port in southern China has an annual steel output of 5 million tons, a joint venture with a British company.

tons, and Guangyao Steel Group Co., Ltd., which it cooperates with Aselock Group Co., Ltd., has an annual steel output of 10 million tons, and may use overseas iron ore. Calculated in this way, its annual demand may reach nearly

Seventy million tons of iron ore." Iwata Masao said. "Of course, this is the most extreme calculation. In fact, not all of the iron ore of these companies is imported overseas iron ore, and the iron ore they import is

Some of the iron ore may be resold to other domestic steel companies in China. According to our incomplete statistics, in the first six months of this year, Liao Iron and Steel Group Company should have imported about 28 million tons of iron ore."

"Hey, doesn't that mean that the direct annual steel production of Liao Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company has exceeded 50 million tons!" Mengxiong in the formation took a breath of air. As far as he knew, this production has steadily exceeded the annual steel production.

With an output of 45 million tons, Nippon Steel ranks third in the world. It is already the largest steel company in China.

"Hi! That's it!" Iwata Masao said. This is not unknown. The output of Liao Iron and Steel Group Company, which has always been low-key in China, has achieved a triple jump. If we include Guangyao Iron and Steel Group Company and

Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company, also under the control of the Fang family, may produce more than 70 million tons of steel!

"Fang Jun can always surprise people!" Yushan sighed, "But that's not the point, right? Iwata-kun, according to your latest survey results, how much overseas iron ore production does Fang Jun control now?

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"The results of our current investigation cannot be said to be 100% complete. However, the maximum output expected next year has already exceeded 120 million tons!" Masao Iwata gritted his teeth and said, "This is our investigation.

Please let the president and president review the results." Masao Iwata took out two folders and placed them in front of them.

"It has increased a lot again. I remember the last time you reported to me, the maximum output should not have exceeded 100 million tons, right?" Yushan said without picking up the document in front of him.

"Hey, Chairman, the memory is still so good. It was this time last year, and we estimated that its maximum output was 80 million tons." Masao Iwata said.

"An increase of 40 million tons in one year?" asked Mengxiong Jinnai.

"Yes, one is the Haiping Mining Company in Western Australia, which has increased its output by nearly 20 million tons this year, and the other is the iron ore mine of MM Company, the second largest mining company in Brazil, in Suzhou, Matogro do Sul.

After more than a year of operation, production has been completely on track, and its maximum output is 40 million tons. As far as we know, Fang Jun has controlled mm company." Masao Iwata explained, "We have not yet seen this result.

Taking into account the future annual iron ore production of Katsk Metal Group, Fang Jun controls an investment company and is its second largest shareholder."

"If all these companies are integrated, Fang Jun can already be called a new giant among iron ore suppliers." Yushan Jingwei said with deep emotion. In just ten years, Fang Mingyuan actually remained calm.

How can we not be amazed that China has controlled such considerable iron ore resources overseas? Especially in such a short period of time. You must know that Mitsui & Co. existed before World War II, and it has been deployed for many years after World War II.

The iron ore resources under his control have not reached this level. Although the iron ore resources controlled by Fang Mingyuan only account for less than one-tenth of the global iron ore production, considering that these productions are controlled by many countries,

Owned by three companies, apart from the three major mining companies, Fang Mingyuan probably controls the majority of the iron ore resources.

"Hey, the president is right! We were negligent! Ling Fangjun succeeded in getting bigger." Masao Iwata said.

"Forget it, I can't blame you!" Yushan waved his hand and said, "As far as I know, when Fang Jun built Haiping Mining Company and acquired MM Company, not only us, but also the three major mining companies also set up facilities for him.

There were a lot of stumbling blocks, but none of them stopped Fang Jun. Haha, in the final analysis, it was Fang Jun who had a very accurate vision, no shortage of funds in his hands, and such impressive courage. Jinnai-kun

, you have not been the president for a long time, and I usually don’t know much about Mr. Fang’s past situation in the iron ore field, but I have been paying attention to it. Unfortunately, there are too many things, and I am old. Time and

I don’t have enough energy!”

Fang Mingyuan's timing was really perfect. When he was officially working in Western Australia and Brazil, it was the financial crisis in Southeast Asia that evolved into a global economic crisis, and the global economy fell into a decline. Whether it was the governments of other countries or companies like them,

At that time, everyone was shrinking funds and everyone was in danger to cope with the coming of a greater crisis. Moreover, at that time, the price of iron ore in the international market was still at a historically low level, and the profit margins of the mining giants were not high, so even if

Even with abundant funds, no one would enter the iron ore mining industry like Fang Mingyuan.

When Fan Mingyuan invested billions of dollars in Haiping Mining Company, many people were still reading Fang Mingyuan's jokes. At that time, Haiping Mining Company's mining of iron ore was a completely loss-making business, but who would have thought that, however,

In just a few years, iron ore has risen to the point where it is now. Even if they were behind it, they were secretly frightened. (To be continued.)