On his way back to Perth the next day, Lee received an invitation from BHP Billiton's president, Cowell Franger, to attend a reception in the evening.

BHP, one of Western Australia's largest iron ore conglomerates, has been trying to prevent Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company from breaking their monopoly with Rio Tinto on iron ore in the Pilbara region for several years.

It's a pity that this time they met the Lee consortium, the Japanese consortium and the Korean consortium, whether it is in terms of technology or capital, as well as in terms of contacts in Western Australia, there is no shortage of them, they simply avoided their transportation lines, and established their own ports and railways, and it became impossible for them to limit the development of the Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company.

Now that it is no longer possible to suppress the development of the Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton now want to cooperate with the Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company to protect their own interests.

This time, they not only invited Lee Guangyu, but also the major shareholders of Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company, such as Iwasaki Toshiyoung, Sumitomo Kiei, Yasuda Yoshimura, Zheng Zhouyong, Lee Kunxi, and Koo Zhenfu.

At 7:45 p.m., Li Guangyu and Zheng Yutong came to the banquet hall of the Western Australia Hotel.

As they entered, BHP Billiton's President Cowell Francier stepped forward and said, "Mr. Li and Mr. Zheng, welcome to your arrival, I heard the names of these two gentlemen a long time ago, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to see them, and today I finally make up for the regret in my heart." ”

"Thank you very much for the invitation, it is a great blessing in my life to meet you, Mr. Francier can be said to be a legend in the mining industry, BHP Billiton has achieved rapid development under your leadership over the years, and I believe that it will not be long before BHP Billiton will become the world's largest mining company. ”

In the face of Li Guangyu's words, Franger is not answered, nor is he not answered, you must know that the first is Rio Tinto now, and now Jermaine Patterson, vice president of Rio Tinto, is by his side.

In recent years, BHP Billiton has been working with Rio Tinto to suppress other mining companies that threaten their position and interests, and the relationship between the two sides is quite good, especially after the establishment of the Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company, they have joined forces more and more, hoping to prevent the Singapore-Malaysia Iron Ore Development Company from breaking their monopoly on the Pilbara area.

As the president of BHP Billiton, Franger naturally hopes that his group can reach the top of the world's mining companies, but now on such an occasion, there is Rio Tinto, the current No. 1 executive, for the sake of the cooperation between the two sides, he is really difficult to say.

He also believes that it is impossible for Li Guangyu not to know the identity of the person next to him, as the two main opponents of the Li consortium's mining industry in Western Australia, it is impossible for Li Guangyu to have no information, especially if he is going to attend the banquet held by him today, how can Li Guangyu not know some news.

Now Li Guangyu said this in front of Patterson, vice president of Rio Tinto, with the great intention of hoping to drive a wedge between them and Billiton and Rio Tinto.

In this regard, Francier also deeply understands the scheming of this Xiangjiang legend, who is worthy of the world's top consortium established in just ten years, and the first time he met him, he put himself on a table.

Francier said with a smile: "I was really surprised to be so highly regarded by Mr. Li, but I know very well the strength of our BHP Billiton, not to mention the gap between us and Rio Tinto, that is, the strength of Mr. Li's Xingyuan Group is about to surpass our BHP Billiton."

If you want to talk about the legend in the mining industry, I personally think that Mr. Gu Zhengsheng, the former president of Xingyuan Group and the current president of Western Australia Iron and Steel Group, can hold such a title, you must know that whether it is the Malandou iron ore mine or the new igji iron ore mine, the two giant iron ore mines were discovered by Mr. Gu when he was in office. ”

Li Guangyu wanted to make their relationship with Rio Tinto worse, and Franger also clearly told Rio Tinto that Rio Tinto's biggest enemy now is not their BHP Billiton, but the Xingyuan Group.

You must know that the Li consortium has only acquired Xingyuan Mineral Company for a few years, and now its group strength and market value have surpassed their BHP Billiton, and it is not far from Rio Tinto, if they are still competing with each other, it is likely that they will be trampled under the feet of Xingyuan Group.

Now Xingyuan Group is obviously not satisfied with just developing iron ore, since this month, Xingyuan Group is moving towards the coal mining industry, and there is also the development of rare metals behind.

In addition, Xingyuan Group is backed by the Li consortium, and there is no shortage of funds at all, if the Li consortium is willing to invest, they can smash Xingyuan Group into the world's first.

Jermaine Patterson, vice president of Rio Tinto, listened to the wit in the words of the two on the sidelines, and understood very well that neither of these two parties was the main fuel economy, and in the future, whether it was BHP Billiton or Xingyuan Group, they would be their biggest challengers to Rio Tinto.

However, relatively speaking, Xingyuan Group is the biggest threat to them, whether it is Rio Tinto or Xingyuan Group, the headquarters are in London, the competition between the two sides is more intense, and Xingyuan Group is backed by the Li consortium, which is more threatening than BHP Billiton.

Xingyuan Group has the big tree of the Li Foundation, and the development is sometimes not so according to common sense, as long as the Li Consortium injects capital for a period of time, the strength of Xingyuan Group will immediately soar.

Pasente said aloud on the side: "Mr. Li, Mr. Zheng, hello, I am Jermaine Pasente, vice president of Rio Tinto. ”

"Hello, I'm very sorry, if I knew you were here, I wouldn't have happened just now, Rio Tinto has been a leader in the mining industry over the years, and I believe that Rio Tinto will be able to consolidate its current position under the leadership of Mr. Parsente and many other senior Rio Tinto executives. ”

What does it mean to see people and talk about people, and Li Guangyu staged such a scene here, in the same place, facing the same few people, saying different things to different people, and the key people heard what he wanted to express.

Just said that BHP Billiton, under the leadership of its president, will be able to pull Rio Tinto off the altar in two years, and then said to the vice president of Rio Tinto that it can always sit firmly in the hegemonic position.

Fortunately, they don't know much about the Sichuan opera in Li Guangyu's hometown, and they don't know that there is a face-changing program in it, otherwise they will definitely think that Li Guangyu's live performance is a face-changing.

Parsente didn't believe that Li Guangyu didn't know him, even if the two sides hadn't met once, but he believed that his information had already been placed on Li Guangyu's work, and Li Guangyu just deliberately didn't know him, so that he could separate the relationship between them and BHP Billiton in his words.

Now in Western Australia, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, and Xingyuan Group have also become a three-country version, but the Xingyuan Group, which is currently the weakest here, has become the target of a joint attack by the two parties, just because it is backed by the Li consortium and its development background is too strong.

You must know that when Xingyuan Group did not enter the Pilbara region, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton fought for decades, and it was only in the past few years that Xingyuan Group eased up.

And with the development of time, it is obviously impossible for the two to cooperate for such a long time, after all, peers are enemies, especially since both sides are hegemon-level forces, as long as the threat of the Xingyuan Group to them is weakened, the battle between them will inevitably become fierce again.