The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

Lin Zhiyuan hung up the phone and kept sneering in his heart. He was well aware of the current dilemma faced by large mining companies.

Dongsanguo, which originally imported the largest amount of iron ore in the world, was affected by the financial crisis. The production of many steel companies came to a standstill, and the import volume of iron ore was also greatly reduced.

These mining companies must find new big customers. Looking at the entire world, the steel markets in Europe and North America have stabilized, and they cannot be counted on at all. China is the only choice for these large mining companies.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We must take advantage of these two or three years to gain the pricing power of iron ore and hoard as much high-quality iron ore as possible.

Because Lin Zhiyuan knew that after entering the new century, China's steel companies were experiencing a blowout and steel exports increased significantly, which meant that more iron ore was needed.

When the time comes, the rise in iron ore prices will be irresistible and will be determined by the market.

Lin Zhiyuan vaguely remembered that in the late period of his previous life, the price of iron ore even rose to two hundred US dollars per ton, which was ten times that of the early 1990s.

China Steel Enterprises paid hundreds of billions more for this.

Since I have been reborn once, I must start planning from now on to avoid that situation from happening again.

Lin Zhiyuan is certain that no matter how harsh his conditions are, Australian mining companies will definitely agree.

Because they simply cannot afford to lose the huge market of China.

Sure enough, one day later, Hu Qingxiang called again. He told Lin Zhiyuan that the Australian headquarters had agreed to allow China to send ten inspection personnel, and the expenses would be borne by BHP.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhiyuan was rude and thought that ten was too few and had to be increased to twenty, because in addition to the previous negotiation team, he also had to bring the leaders of the eight steel companies who were attending the training class. Let’s go to Australia together.

After another tug-of-war, Hu Qingxiang finally had no choice but to agree to Lin Zhiyuan's request.

Lin Zhiyuan felt more confident, and Bihe retreated again and again, which showed that their current situation was indeed not optimistic.

Lin Zhiyuan immediately reported the situation to Li Zhenshan.

"Zhiyuan, the negotiation with Bihe will be left to you. You and Jianye and Gangqing will take care of it." Because the previous two negotiations with Vale went very smoothly, Li Zhenshan safely handed over the matter to Lin Zhiyuan, let him discuss with Guan Jianye and Hai Gangqing.

Guan Jianye is the secretary-general of the Iron and Steel Industry Association, and Shanghai Iron and Steel is currently the steel company that imports the most iron ore in China. With the participation of the two of them, plus Lin Zhiyuan, Li Zhenshan can be absolutely assured.

Since Guan Jianye was in Yanjing, Lin Zhiyuan was the first to find him.

When he heard that he was going to Australia to inspect the mines and negotiate with Australian mining companies, Guan Jianye was a little hesitant. "Zhiyuan, Hansteel just bought eight million tons of iron ore from Samba. The current raw materials are definitely not good." If it is lacking, is it still necessary to contact Australian mining companies? Let me tell you the truth, Hansteel doesn’t have much cash in hand right now.”

"Mr. Guan, the price of international iron ore will definitely rise year by year in the future. My personal opinion is that while the price of iron ore is at the bottom now, stocking up more raw materials, even if it is a loan, will be better than iron ore in the future. Buy strongly after the price of ore rises.”

"Zhiyuan, are you so sure?"

"Mr. Guan, if you don't want to talk about anything else, you can see how much our steel companies in China have changed in recent years. These companies are expanding their scale, and their future production capacity will definitely be a terrifying figure. Such If multiple steel companies start operations at the same time, how much iron ore will be needed? Mr. Guan, after all, iron ore prices are a market behavior. With so many companies buying, it will inevitably rise."

Guan Jianye still trusted Lin Zhiyuan, "Okay, Zhiyuan, since you are so sure, then I will call back and ask them to lend a sum of money from the bank. If the price offered by Australia is similar, I will buy it again." Eight million tons.”

Lin Zhiyuan easily took care of Guan Jianye, and then called Haigangqing.

Hai Gangqing didn't need Lin Zhiyuan's persuasion. He could see the current situation very clearly, "Zhiyuan, that's right. We need to have contact with Samba Country, and we can't let go of Australia. We must make full use of the relationship between mining companies." We will benefit from the competition, but I can’t go to Australia this time, so I leave it to you. If the price offered there is right, I will buy another 10 million tons of iron ore.”

The teams that negotiated with Vale twice before were composed of Le Gang and Shanghai Iron and Steel. The two briefly communicated on the phone and determined that the negotiation team members would remain unchanged and the assembly location would be Yangcheng. After the training class was over, , and the CEOs of eight steel companies set off from Yangcheng and flew to Australia.

The next day, Lin Zhiyuan went to the Yanshan Iron and Steel Nursing Home in the Ming Tombs and told the heads of the eight steel companies about the news about his contact with Bihe in the past few days. The eight bosses were delighted and expressed their intention to work with Lin Zhiyuan. Go to Australia.

Especially Ping Gang's Wu Youle, waving his arms, "Mr. Lin, it's good to join the industry association. It's like a motherless child finding a mother. Finally, someone is willing to make the decision for us. Mr. Lin, I will be the first to sign up." , I will go to Australia with you. With you here, I will be confident, and we will strive to bring down the price of iron ore."

Lin Zhiyuan also smiled, "I will try my best, but the negotiation still has to be left to a professional team. You should use this time to count the amount of iron ore needed and give it to me. I will see how much everyone needs in the end." , but I want to remind everyone that the price of iron ore is at the bottom now. If you have money, try to buy more. The price of iron ore will definitely rise in the future, and even if you buy it with a loan, it is very cost-effective."

The heads of these eight steel companies whispered to each other, discussed it, and each reported the amount of iron ore their companies needed.

Lin Zhiyuan took a look at the statistics and found that there was no way that small steel companies could compare with Hansteel and Husteel.

Hansteel asked for 8 million tons at once, and Shanghai Iron and Steel asked for 10 million tons. The largest of these small steel companies is only 2 to 3 million tons, and the less is 5 to 6 million tons, but the little adds up. That’s a lot together.

Lin Zhiyuan quickly called the companies that had imported iron ore before. Under his persuasion, each company decided to import some more iron ore from Australia as raw material reserves.

The final figure was set at 70 million tons. Lin Zhiyuan is confident that with this total import volume, Bihe will not dare to underestimate them.

After obtaining this data, Lin Zhiyuan returned to Yangcheng first. He first reported to Jin Huaying, and then discussed with Liang Gaopeng and determined to import 12 million tons of iron ore from Australia.

Originally, Liang Gaopeng had some doubts about this amount, but Lin Zhiyuan's discussion with him was just a formality, not asking for his opinion at all.

"Director Liang, I have the final say on production matters. Now is the most cost-effective time to import iron ore. If you miss this time, you will definitely regret it."

Seeing how strong Lin Zhiyuan was, Liang Gaopeng had no choice but to agree after consulting the three Nanyang shareholders.