In the conference room of Bluestar Motors, Zhuang Qing, the marketing director of Bluestar Motors, has been consulting with representatives of steel manufacturers in the island country for several hours, but has not been able to achieve the desired results.

In front of Zhuang Qing was Sumitomo Maaki, a business representative from the island nation of Shinjima Steel.

Niishima Steel Co., Ltd., also known as Niishima Steel & Sumitomo Metal Co., Ltd., was formed by the merger of the former Niishima Steel Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

It is the largest steel company in the island nation and one of the largest steel companies in the world. The supergiants of the world's steel industry, and the behemoths behind this company are the Mitsui Consortium and the Sumitomo Foundation.

"Our mines and mines in Australia have been severely affected by the mega natural disaster bushfires that have occurred in Australia. Therefore, we must adjust the prices of raw materials and special steel, and when production returns to stability, the prices will fall. "Sumitomo Maki is a fluent Mandarin speaker, and he is not only a member of the Sumitomo Foundation, but also the president of Shinshima Railway in China.

"Then when will your company be able to resume stable production?" Zhuang Qing asked.

"Not necessarily, it depends on when the bushfires in Australia will be extinguished, and we will have to rebuild after the disaster and so on. Sumitomo said.

Zhuang Qing scolded in his heart: "It's all TM an excuse! That mountain fire burns the forest, how much does it have to do with your mine? What's more, your company doesn't only have mines and mines in Australia." The special steel production line produced by China's large iron and steel companies is also a joint venture built by the steel companies of your island country, and the price is also rising during this time!"

"Mr. Sumitomo, I must remind you in all seriousness. Huaxia is also a big steel country, we can use domestic alloy steel materials, your requirements are not reasonable. Zhuang Qing emphasized.

"If that's the case, I'm so sorry. Sumitomo Maki had a fearless look on his face.

Now the main metal materials of Bluestar Automobile are purchased from them and Huaxia Yugang Group, and the special steel production line of Huaxia Yugang Group is invested by Xindao Steel, in fact, Bluestar Group does not have much room for choice.

Other steel companies in the island country, such as Kobe Steel and Island Steel, are on the same front as them.

And the steel tycoons in Europe and the United States are asking for a higher price! So Sumitomo Maki is sure that this loss will be taken by Bluestar Automobile!

Coupled with Europe's restrictions on their parts exports, Bluestar Auto's manufacturing costs will skyrocket, and it will soon lose its existing market competitiveness.

Zhuang Qing was about to say more, someone knocked on the door and entered the conference room, it was Meng Xiaobai's new assistant Deng Yun, her face was a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I'm going out for a while, please wait a few minutes. Zhuang Qing said.

"Please. Sumitomo Maki said it didn't matter.

Outside the conference room, Zhuang Qing asked in a low voice, "What instructions does Mr. Meng have?"

He said......" Deng Yun imitated Meng Xiaobai's tone, and said in a disdainful tone: "Let those bastards get out, Lao Tzu has his own way!"

"Uh......" Zhuang Qing was stunned, "The words are well conveyed, okay, I understand." ”

He returned to the conference room, rearranged his words, and said to Sumitomo Maki, "Mr. Sumitomo, I don't think our negotiations today have reached a satisfactory outcome for both parties. Regarding the suppliers of metal sheets and metal raw materials for automobiles, we will reconsider. ”

Sumitomo Maki said with a hypocritical face: "It's really a pity, but our company is still very willing to cooperate with Bluestar Automobile, if you think about it, please feel free to contact us." ”

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In Meng Xiaobai's office, Zhuang Qing came to report on the negotiations.

"Mr. Meng, it didn't work out. Zhuang Qing said quite embarrassedly, "Not only Xindao Railway, but also several suppliers we contacted, all of them asked for a price increase on the special steel required by Bluestar Automobile." ”

"Hmm. Meng Xiaobai had long expected this, not only special steel, but also some other alloy materials, suppliers are demanding price increases.

"Why don't you contact the supplier in Australia?" Zhuang Qing said tentatively.

"No need. Australia's metal industry has long been cleaned up by developed countries, they wear a pair of pants, can they expect someone to be kind?" Meng Xiaobai shook his head, "This matter is essentially that they are afraid of the development and growth of our car factory. ”

"After the advent of Bluestar new energy vehicles, the trend of fuel vehicles withdrawing from the main stage of automobiles has been obvious. However, the traditional auto giants do not yet have battery and motor technology that can compete with us, and suppression is inevitable. ”

"In terms of raw materials, you still have to figure it out yourself. This is the information of Shanxin Group, take a look. Meng Xiaobai handed him a document.

Zhuang Qing carefully flipped through it, this is a local metal mining company in China. Located in the famous steel city and vanadium and titanium capital in Sichuan and Shu, it once entered the top ten of China's iron and steel industry, but has gradually declined in recent years.

According to the data, it is because of the low international steel prices, and the improvement of smelting technology is not high, and it continues to lose money.

Just this year, Shanxin Group's iron ore mine in Senilea, Africa, ran into problems and had to suspend production. The project was invested for five years, totaling $1.5 billion, and the project was interrupted, making it even worse for the group and almost facing bankruptcy.

(Senilea is a parallel time and space country in West Africa, which does not exist in reality.) ）

"Shanxin Group, this company, if production in Africa cannot be restored, I am afraid that it will not last long. Zhuang Qing analyzed.

"It's not that it won't last long, it's that it's going bankrupt. Meng Xiaobai looked at him, "I plan to acquire Shanxin Group." ”

"Acquisition of Shanxin Group?" Zhuang Qing thought for a while and said: "Mr. Meng, do you mean to develop your own metal supply chain? Shanxin Group is not a good choice, we can establish joint ventures with other steel companies." ”

"Although Shanxin Group is a veteran metal company, its production technology is not advanced. It's not a good deal to buy them, is it?"

"You're right. Meng Xiaobai nodded, "Shanxin Group's domestic industry acquisition is not cost-effective, to tell you the truth, I fancy their industry in Senilea." ”

"Senilla is a vast country with rich mineral resources, including iron ore, aluminum ore, tin ore, vanadium ore, zinc ore and even some rare earth resources. In the early years, the Senilla government introduced Chinese capital, and Shanxin Group bought a large number of mines there. ”

"In recent years, the land and resources department of Senilia has begun to restrict foreign investors from purchasing local mineral resources, and we can directly obtain their mine ownership rights and business licenses in Senilea by buying Shanxin Group. ”

"Mr. Meng, this must be cautious!" Zhuang Qing reminded, "Senilla's national situation is complicated, and I heard that some of their states are very chaotic. The local chief even has the same power as the king, and the Shanxin Group must have encountered unsolvable troubles somewhere, otherwise it would not have stopped production. ”

"I know. Meng Xiaobai said, "So I'm going to send someone to Shanxin Group to find out, you can go there." ”

"Okay, then I'll prepare it right away. Zhuang Qing agreed.

The delegation of Bluestar Automobile went to visit Shanxin Group to learn about the situation.

Soon, Zhuang Qing found the answer. After Shanxin Group's poor management in the past few years, it thought about investing in Senilea to "turn around" and bought a lot of mineral resources in Senilea, but who knew that it was forced to get involved in the competition for mining resources of two large local tribes, and a major safety accident occurred and was forced to stop production.

They are now on the verge of bankruptcy because the chain of funds is broken, and the mess in Senilla is too troublesome for no one to take over.

The only good thing is that they have a legitimate interest in their mine resources and operating licenses for decades.

After comprehensive consideration, Meng Xiaobai gave an order: "Buy it!"

Now no one dares to take over Panshan Xin Group, they are worried about becoming a pick-up man, but Meng Xiaobai is not afraid. Because metal smelting technology is also one of Jinmu's specialties, as long as Jinmu is there, this business will not be able to lose.

The purchase of Shanxin will not only enable Deep Space Science and Technology Group to complete the development from light industry to heavy industry, but also gain the opportunity to expand Africa's resources.

Looking at the world, the countries rich in resources have long been carved up by those international giants, and only some countries in Africa still have a large number of raw resources.

Meng Xiaobai believes that in the future, deep space science and technology must develop industrial technology, and no one must be stuck in the mouth of raw materials, so it is an important step to seize African resources.

One month after the failure of negotiations between Bluestar Automobile and Xindao Iron and Steel Company, Shanxin Group announced that it had negotiated with Deep Space Technology to be acquired and would be wholly acquired by Deep Space Technology.

As soon as the news came out, the industry expressed doubts.

Shanxin Group is a mess, only the resources bought by Senilla are worth some money, but those resources can't be developed!"

I heard that the raw materials and parts they need are jointly restricted by the United States, Japan, and Europe, and the production cost has risen sharply, and they are all going to lose money. ”

"I don't understand, why buy Shanxin with this money? It's better to dig up a few people and set up a new company. ”

"Could it be that they want to be self-sufficient? But the steel manufacturing process of Shanxin Group, the production of low-grade steel is okay, and high-performance alloy steel cannot be made at all. ”

No matter what the outside world says, they think that Deep Space Technology has become a pick-up man, but Meng Xiaobai feels that it is very profitable. As long as the production process is upgraded, and then the matter of the Senilia mine is solved, the value of Shanxin Group can directly increase by three or five times!

Of course, if you want to deal with these things, it is not simple, and you have to rely on black technology.

In order to solve the problem of raw materials, especially automotive steel, as soon as possible, Meng Xiaobai took Jin Mu and personally went to Sichuan and Steel City.

Gangcheng is the first city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with a long history, rich in water resources and mineral resources, and there are many well-known mining companies here, and the former Shanxin Group is also one of them.