The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

After a few phone calls, Lin Zhiyuan sat quietly in the office, tapping the gold Parker pen in his hand on the table rhythmically.

At this time, Lin Zhiyuan was trying to recall the news he saw on the Internet in his previous life.

In his previous life, he didn't know whether it was 2008 or 2009. He couldn't remember clearly. At that time, a commercial espionage case that shocked the world broke out in the domestic steel industry.

A Chinese national was a government-sponsored international student from a top domestic university. After studying in Australia, he did not return to his country to work. Instead, he was naturalized in Australia and became an employee of a well-known mining company.

This person returned to China and relied on his dazzling aura as a trade representative of foreign-funded enterprises to make friends with senior managers of domestic steel companies. He used money to clear the way and obtained a large amount of production data of domestic steel companies and the demand for iron ore.

This directly causes domestic steel companies to find it difficult to negotiate with foreign mining companies. All their trump cards are known to the other party and they are completely controlled by others.

According to incomplete statistics, just this one commercial espionage caused the whole of China to lose more than 700 billion in iron ore.

This is also the real reason why Lin Zhiyuan proposed to strengthen the confidentiality of production data after the establishment of the Steel Industry Association.

It is now 1998, and there are still ten years until 2008.

Lin Zhiyuan was not sure whether the person Ouyang Long wanted to introduce to him was the commercial spy, so he did not mention this in the phone call just now.

But this has aroused enough attention and vigilance from him.

At 6:30 p.m., Lin Zhiyuan met Ouyang Long and the Australian mining company representative at the famous White Swan Hotel.

The Australian mining company representative standing next to Ouyang Long was not tall, about 1.7 meters tall. He was wearing a dark blue suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looked elegant.

After Ouyang Long introduced Lin Zhiyuan, the representative of the mining company took the initiative to shake hands with Lin Zhiyuan, "Hello, Mr. Lin. I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be so young. It really surprised me. By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Hu Qingxiang. Now I work for BHP in Australia, and I studied abroad in China before."

Ouyang Long took the initiative to add, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Hu used to be a top student at Yenching University. He was sent by the government to study in Australia. In those days, those who could be selected to study abroad were all the best."

Lin Zhiyuan's heart was filled with thunder and lightning. From this information, he could tell that the Hu Qingxiang in front of him was the commercial spy in his previous life.

Lin Zhiyuan stared at Hu Qingxiang closely, a little distracted.

Hu Qingxiang noticed something strange in Lin Zhiyuan's expression, "Mr. Lin, what's wrong with you? Have you seen me before?"

Lin Zhiyuan came to his senses and shook his head, "I haven't seen him before, but I feel like I'm familiar with Mr. Hu."

Hu Qingxiang smiled, "Probably because I look ordinary and not as handsome as Mr. Lin."

Ouyang Long also took the opportunity to compliment him, "Yes, Mr. Lin is indeed handsome. The first time I met Mr. Lin, I was really envious and jealous."

The three of them exchanged a few pleasantries, and Hu Qingxiang took the initiative to invite Lin Zhiyuan to sit in the main seat.

In order to entertain Lin Zhiyuan well today, Hu Qingxiang put a lot of thought into it and specially decided to have the meal at the White Swan Yutang Chunnuan, which is known as the ceiling of Cantonese cuisine.

The food arrived quickly. Hu Qingxiang opened a bottle of Maotai and stood up to pour it for Lin Zhiyuan himself.

"Mr. Lin, to tell you the truth, I have met several CEOs of domestic steel companies. You are the youngest one and you definitely have a bright future."

Lin Zhiyuan's heart moved, "Who does Mr. Hu know? Tell me, maybe I know them too!"

"Mr. Wu from Pingshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Mr. Li from Jigang Steel..." Hu Qingxiang did not raise any suspicions and casually mentioned a few names. "I returned to China last year to set up the Bhe Company office. It was only a short time, so I know each other." There are not many people.”

Pingang Steel is a private enterprise, and Lin Zhiyuan rarely has contact with it. Although Jigang is a state-owned enterprise, it is not large-scale now. It is not a subordinate enterprise, and Lin Zhiyuan does not have much contact with it.

However, when I heard that Hu Qingxiang only returned to China last year, Lin Zhiyuan gradually calmed down.

This at least shows that even if Hu Qingxiang has launched espionage activities, the harm will not be great.

Hu Qingxiang has a deep understanding of domestic steel companies and has obviously put in a lot of effort and research.

So on this topic, he and Lin Zhiyuan have a lot in common.

The two of them were chatting lively, but Ouyang Long next to them couldn't get a word in.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Hu Qingxiang looked at Lin Zhiyuan with a smile, "Mr. Lin, I heard that just last month, several domestic steel companies signed an iron ore purchase agreement with Vale of Samba Country, purchasing 50 million tons at once. The iron ore is a big deal!"

Lin Zhiyuan put down his chopsticks, "That's it. The quality of Samba's iron ore is very good. Domestic steel companies have an increasing demand for iron ore, so they joined forces and signed an agreement with Vale."

"Mr. Lin, as the trade representative of Bihe, I want to say a few words for my company. Before this, domestic steel companies had always purchased iron ore from Australia. Now they have suddenly abandoned us and switched to But going to buy iron ore from Samba Country caught us off guard!"

"Mr. Hu, you and I both know the reason. Australian mining companies have not been very friendly to China Steel companies in recent years. The price of iron ore has been rising year by year, causing the production costs of domestic steel companies to remain high. There is one more thing I must say. Come out, that is, when it comes to international iron ore pricing power, China Steel Enterprises actually have no say at all. I think this is very unfair."

"Mr. Lin, I admit that what you said makes sense. As a Chinese, I actually hope that the enterprises in my motherland can become more and more prosperous. However, the issue of pricing power has been around for a long time. In Asia, Dongsang has always been the leader. , it is not that we mining companies have the final say. Another point is that the rise in iron ore prices is a market behavior. In recent years, domestic steel companies have greatly increased their demand for imported iron ore, leading to price increases. This is also normal. ." Hu Qingxiang's voice is very gentle, and you feel very comfortable talking to him.

If Lin Zhiyuan hadn't already known his details, he might have been confused by his expression and tone.

Lin Zhiyuan spread his hands and said, "Mr. Hu, since you said so, the agreement we signed with Samba is also market behavior. There is nothing wrong with us choosing cheap iron ore."

"Of course, I fully respect the approach of domestic steel companies. I invited Mr. Lin here today just to chat and strengthen contact. Mr. Lin, in fact, in terms of distance, Australian iron ore is more suitable for China, Samba China is really far away from China, almost spanning the entire hemisphere.”

"But the price of iron ore in Samba is almost half that of Australia. This price difference can completely make up for the difference in freight."

Neither of them spoke very fast, and they slowly started tit-for-tat.