Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 3 Japanese Competitors

In particular, Masamichi Matsumoto had vaguely heard that the Fang family seemed to have had some kind of transaction with the Albeid Steel Company in Europe. For the Albeid Steel Company, this is a famous steel group in the world.

The company is a strong competitor for Nippon Steel's business, and Masamichi Matsumoto is naturally unlikely to be unfamiliar with it. He also knows that with the opening of China's door and the deepening of reform and opening up policies, steel companies in Europe and the United States have also increased their exposure to China.

Due to the importance of the market, elite soldiers and generals have been sent to China in an attempt to expand their market share. However, so far, the Japanese steel industry, led by Nippon Steel, still firmly occupies the top position in the Chinese market.

The reason for this is, on the one hand, because Japan has the advantage of being geographically adjacent to China because it is close to the water and the buildings are close to the moon. Another very important factor is that the Japanese understand the Chinese better than people in Europe and the United States.

It can be carried out in a targeted manner, and Japan has always had aid projects to China. These projects can be used to expand the influence of Japanese companies in China. However, this result will naturally cause dissatisfaction among similar companies in European and American countries. Al

Bader Steel Company is undoubtedly one of them.

Luxembourg and China established diplomatic relations in 1972. In 1978, the Chinese government officially established an embassy in Luxembourg, and the following year the Luxembourg government also officially established an embassy in China. It can be said that the relations between the two countries have been developing fairly well.

Leaders frequently visit each other. Grand Duke Jean and his wife of Luxembourg, Grand Duke Henry, and successive prime ministers of Luxembourg have visited China many times, and Chinese government leaders have also visited Luxembourg many times.

Albeid Steel Company, headquartered in Luxembourg, naturally became one of the first European and American steel companies to enter China. However, although Albeid Steel Company entered China early, the Chinese market share it occupied was completely unable to compete with that of other European and American steel companies.

Compared with the Japanese, it is even less consistent with its position in the world's steel industry.

As China's economy booms, European and American countries are paying more and more attention to the Chinese market. I heard that Albed Steel Company has a new manager of its China office this year, who is responsible for vigorously developing the Chinese market. And he is the first to bear the brunt of the competition.

Those who are undoubtedly our colleagues in Japan.

Therefore, Matsumoto Masamichi, who was prepared for danger in times of peace, was so concerned about the steel plant project that the Fang family was going to build.

Matsumoto Masamichi's worries were not groundless or untargeted. At this time, in the Albedo Steel Company's office in China, Fernand Jacobs, the director who had just taken office this year, was also listening to reports from his subordinates on the Fang family's movements.

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Fernand Jacobs, 40 years old, is a Luxembourger with a height of nearly 1.9 meters and silver hair. Before coming to the Albede Steel Company's office in China, he was the representative of Albede Steel Company in the United States.

As a business representative, he has made great contributions to the substantial growth of Albed Steel's business in the United States in recent years. People in the company originally speculated that Fernan would be transferred back to the headquarters of Albed Steel for re-employment.

, but no one, including Fernan himself, expected that the headquarters of Albed Steel Company would actually transfer him to the company's office in China as the top leader.

Fernand himself was initially surprised and puzzled by this result, but before he came to take up his post, the president of Albed Steel Company personally met with him and discussed with him the issue of developing the Chinese market.

After a three-hour conversation and giving Fernand great authority in China, Fernand realized that Albeid Steel Company had taken China, which may be the last large-scale market in the world, to

It is regarded as a key area for the future development of the company's business.

After arriving in China, Fernan, who was originally full of ambitions, was hit hard by the reality of China. Albeid Steel Company, which ranks among the best in the steel industry in Europe and the world, was in China.

The market share is pitifully small, even worse than the steel companies ranked below the fifth or sixth place in Japan!

This undoubtedly made Fernan feel shameless, but at the same time it aroused his desire to win and his ambition to start a business through hard work. The more difficult and dangerous the situation, the sweeter it becomes when enjoying the wine of victory!

It was at this time that the news that the Fang family planned to build a modern steel company in Liao Province, China, reached Fernan's ears. Fernan had already heard about this Fang family, after all.

The fact that the Fang family exchanged mines for technology was a real sensation within the Albed Steel Company. Especially when the exploration department within the Albed Steel Company confirmed that what the Fang family said was true, everyone was speculating.

How could a small family far away in the East discover this high-grade mine that had not been discovered by all European mineral exploration companies!

Although Fernan was far away in the United States at the time, he had heard about it.

Before coming to China, the president of Albed Steel Company also highlighted the Fang family. Only then did Fernan realize that the Fang family still had considerable influence in the Chinese business community. Of course.

The reason why Mr. President mentioned the Fang family is not because he is the major shareholder of Carrefour Supermarket, but because he believes that the Fang family is likely to enter China's steel industry in recent years. This is undoubtedly the expansion of Albed Steel Company in the steel industry.

An opportunity for China's influence, remind Fernand not to miss the opportunity.

I have to say that Mr. President saw it very accurately. Soon after arriving in China, news came that the Fang family intended to build a new steel plant!

Although there was news, Fernan was not eager to contact the Fang family. Instead, he actively collected information and analyzed the feasibility of the Fang family's behavior. After all, at that time, China's steel industry was still monopolized by the state.

In the hands of enterprises, private capital is not allowed to enter at all.

Now, the situation has gradually become clearer. Although China's top management has not encouraged the Fang family to build a steel plant, at least they have no objection. This is a rare victory. Fernand feels that he has reached the end of the relationship with the Fang family.

It's time for Fang Mingyuan to make contact.

Regarding this business, Fernand felt that his chances of winning were still quite high. He had also heard that the Fang family was building a steel plant with the intention of putting into practical use the technology that the Fang family had acquired from the Albed Steel Company.

If this is the case, then importing equipment from Albed Steel Company is undoubtedly the most suitable.

However, he also understood that the Japanese would never let go of such a considerable investment. If he wanted to win this purchase contract from the Fang family, it would not be that easy.

"Masamichi Matsumoto!" Fernand muttered as he flipped through the information in his hand. If Japanese steel companies are the biggest rivals of Albed Steel Company's business in China, then Nippon Steel and its office in China are responsible for

Masamichi Matsumoto is the enemy that Albed Steel Company and Fernando need to deal with first.

Masamichi Matsumoto, a Japanese who has worked in Nippon Steel's office in China for five years, has now become the most well-known foreigner in the Chinese steel industry. In his hands, a project of China's large state-owned steel enterprise

Large-scale projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars have been taken over by Nippon Steel. Not only did it obtain huge joint venture profits, but it also received huge orders for equipment purchase and technology transfer, which made Nippon Steel's hands cramp even after making a lot of money.

Therefore, in China, a big market, Nippon Steel will never let other companies come in to find food, even European and American steel industry giants like Albed Steel Company.

Fernan knows that compared with Japan, the prices of steel companies in European and American countries are relatively high in terms of equipment sales and technology transfer. Of course, there are many factors why this is the case, and it is difficult to judge.

One or two sentences to make it clear. But for those steel companies in China that lack foreign exchange, it would be great if they could complete the "same" introduction work with less foreign exchange. Especially the heads of these steel companies

Most of the brains are better at being officials, and this is especially true when they don't have much economic acumen. They only consider how many considerable political achievements they can bring to themselves, but they don't consider the long-term development of the enterprise at all.

Fortunately, the Fang family is a private enterprise, and presumably they will not blindly pursue "low" prices like those Chinese officials.

Thinking of this, Fernan picked up the phone on the table and said, "Ms. Agatha, please come to my office!"

"Oops!" Fang Mingyuan stretched out as he walked out of the school. The damn midterm exam was finally over. These days, for him who was used to running around studying on his own, he had to sit obediently in class.

, it is really a kind of suffering. When thinking about the more intense review life after entering the senior year of high school, Fang Mingyuan, who has already experienced it once, still feels an extra headache.

"Mingyuan!" Following this clear and melodious voice, Lin Rong, dressed in professional attire, poked her head out of the car on the side of the road.

Seeing the gazes of people around him, Fang Mingyuan hurriedly took three steps and two steps before getting into the car.

"Why are you alone, and where are Zhao Ya and the others?" Lin Rong looked outside the car, but there was no sign of Zhao Ya or the others. She turned her head and looked at Fang Mingyuan suspiciously, "Didn't you hand in the paper in advance again?

?" There is a historical tradition for Fang Mingyuan to submit papers in advance during exams. Even after he transferred to Longtan Middle School, he still did this. For this reason, the teachers of Longtan Middle School were quite troubled.

"After answering and checking, I came out." Fang Mingyuan smiled and said, "Rongrong, how was the discussion with Nippon Steel Corporation?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come*

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