Seeing Du Hongyuan's attitude, Zhu Xiaochuan's face showed a satisfied look. He said in a deep voice: "Lao Du, it is difficult to say whether Li Tianyi has taken a fancy to the interests of our lithium mine in Mojin Town, but one thing is certain, that is, he is very concerned about the problems existing in our Mojin Town, and he intends to personally take charge of the targeted poverty alleviation work in Mojin Town this time, and its fundamental purpose should be to find out the specific situation of our lithium mine in Mojin Town." Therefore, the two of you have an important task, that is, to find a way to prevent Li Tianyi from figuring out the specific situation of Mojin Town, especially the production of lithium mines in Mojin Town. ”

Du Hongyuan hurriedly said: "County Magistrate Zhu, please rest assured, as long as there are two of us, even if Li Tianyi has his hands and eyes to the sky, he will be suppressed by us at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain in our Mojin Town." ”

At this moment, Li Tianyi's office. Li Tianyi and Liu Zhuang are studying the basic information of lithium mines.

Lithium is the lightest metal in nature. Silvery-white, specific gravity 0.534, melting point 180 °C, boiling point 1347 °C. Lithium is a reactive metal, which is soft and spontaneously ignites in oxygen and air. Lithium is also an important energy metal, and its application in high-energy lithium batteries and controlled thermonuclear reactions makes lithium an important raw material to solve the long-term energy supply of human beings.

In the 50s, due to the need to extract the isotope 6Li for nuclear fusion, the lithium industry has developed rapidly, and lithium has become an important raw material for the production of neutron bombs and quality bombs. Lithium compounds are also widely used in the glass ceramics industry, aluminum smelting industry, lithium-based grease, air conditioning, medicine, organic synthesis and other industries. Lithium series products are widely used in smelting, refrigeration, atomic energy, aerospace and ceramics, glass, grease, rubber, welding, medicine, batteries and other industries. There are less than 10 countries in the world with lithium resources, and China is the only one in Asia.

After Li Tianyi finished reading the information, his face became gloomy. Li Tianyi pointed to the material and looked at the fat man, and Liu Zhuang asked, "Liu Zhuang, after reading the material, did you think of anything?"

Liu Zhuang's eyes searched carefully on the material, thinking about Li Tianyi's true intention to ask this sentence.

In the end, the fat man's eyes fell on the last sentence, and he said in a deep voice: "Boss, do you mean that at present, we in Asia are the only ones who have lithium mines. ”

Li Tianyi nodded and said: "Fatty, think about it, with the development of new energy vehicles in the future, the application of high-energy lithium batteries will become more extensive." This amount is quite enormous. Especially now, many countries have made it clear that they will gradually abandon traditional cars and adopt new energy vehicles after 2020. At that time, lithium ore, as an important production element of new energy vehicles, will become a very important strategic resource.

And now, countries such as Japan and South Korea are purchasing a large amount of lithium metal from our country on a large scale every year, and there are many large and small lithium mining enterprises in our country. In particular, there are many small-scale lithium mining enterprises, and the lithium mining industry in Mojin Town, Baoyi County is a typical representative of the small-scale lithium industry.

As a small lithium mining company, their bargaining power is limited, but the cost of mining is relatively low, so even if it is 100,000 yuan a ton in the market, they can make a lot of money, because the cost of mining lithium ore is relatively low for them.

Therefore, as long as they can sell for money, they will not hesitate to produce. Now, the price of a ton of lithium in the market is more than 100,000 yuan, in this case, those lithium mining companies will definitely be crazy about production.

Let's be clear, although the price of lithium metal is not low now. However, with the changes in the market, especially when new energy vehicles gradually replace traditional cars, the demand for lithium metal will be more fanatical, and at that time, the price of lithium metal will rise several times or even dozens of times.

Because this price is controlled by the market, but also by the control of supply and demand, Japanese and South Korean companies are now large-scale hoarding and procurement of lithium metal is their long-term considerations, people are looking at things ten years later, and our domestic enterprises, especially lithium mining enterprises, are just focusing on the present, they think that as long as they can make money, especially these small lithium mining enterprises, in order to make money is unscrupulous. Even some of our local governments will sell these lithium ore resources and their low prices to foreign investors in order to attract so-called investment. It's simply putting the cart before the horse. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tianyi's eyes showed a hint of solemnity.

He suddenly slapped the table and said, "No, it's time for me to stay now, I have to write a document and submit it directly to the province." ”

Liu Zhuang said tentatively: "Boss, are you going to suggest that the province list lithium resources as a strategic resource in our Baiyun Province?"

Li Tianyi nodded: "Why don't you write it like this? I think that due to the scarcity of lithium ore resources and the wide application of lithium ore resources, in the next two or three decades, lithium ore resources will become the same scarce resources as rare earth resources." If we can control the mining and sale of lithium resources, then we may have the right to speak in the world automotive industry in the future.

This will be very good news for our country's automobile companies. Let's not forget, it is precisely because in the last 100 years, by the Western countries to control the right to speak in the automobile engine manufacturing technology, our country has been in a very passive position in the automobile industry, with the rise of new energy vehicles, we want to achieve corner overtaking must grasp this opportunity.

What is the core technology of new energy vehicles? What is the most widely used high-energy battery? ”

When Li Tianyi said this, Liu Zhuang's face also showed excitement, he nodded and said: "Boss, you are right, the batteries of electric vehicles produced in many countries are lithium batteries. Therefore, in the future, with the promotion of new energy vehicles, lithium metal will inevitably become a resource that all automobile manufacturers need, and at this time, if we grasp the market pricing power of lithium metal, then it is not only beneficial to our country's automobile enterprises, even if it is beneficial to our country's lithium mine production enterprises. ”

Li Tianyi's style is to do what he says. After realizing the importance of lithium resources, coupled with a lot of information at hand, Li Tianyi immediately calmed down and began to write proposal documents. It took Li Tianyi a full five hours to write out the proposal document. The whole document is done in one go. After writing it, Li Tianyi checked it carefully, then took the documents and rushed directly to Liaoyuan City, the provincial capital.

The next morning, Li Tianyi went directly to the office of Executive Vice Governor Zhu Yuncheng. When Zhu Yuncheng finished reading Li Tianyi's proposal document, the expression on his face became solemn.

Zhu Yuncheng looked at Li Tianyi and said, "Li Tianyi, your idea is very advanced, but you should know that if you really want to position your mineral resources as the strategic resources of our Baiyun Province, you will need to go through a lot of procedures." It can even cause a lot of opposition. The reason is very simple, because we Baiyun Province as a large province of lithium resources, lithium mining enterprises are very many, including two large lithium mining enterprises, once you want to position lithium resources as strategic resources, then it will inevitably affect the export of these large lithium mining enterprises, and then directly affect their profits, do you think, in this case, will they make a counterattack?"

Li Tianyi said with a smile: "Governor Zhu, I am naturally clear about these things, but as an official, I think it is necessary for us to look farther for the long-term interests of the country and the people, not limited to the current few years, but to the next ten years, or even decades." Isn't the current predicament of our country's automobile industry realistic enough? Isn't it enough to remind everyone?

Let's see, how many of the automobile companies are really able to create their own car brands? Especially those joint venture cars, how many of them have really developed their own brand of cars? Even those automobile companies with independent brands, many of their car engines are not imported?

People who are familiar with the automobile industry know that the market pricing power of engines is in the hands of those foreign companies, and the enterprises in our country can only act according to the faces of others when they import automobile engines. If people want to increase prices, our automobile companies will follow the price increase, or the price of the whole vehicle will not increase, but it will be reduced. Why are there so many reduced cars in our country's auto market?"

That's all Li Tianyi said.

Zhu Yuncheng fell into deep thought.

After a full ten minutes, Zhu Yuncheng slowly raised his head and said: "Li Tianyi, your proposal document is very forward-looking, I will take it to Secretary Cheng to see it personally, and whether to bring this proposal to the Standing Committee for discussion in the end depends on Secretary Cheng's opinion." ”

Li Tianyi said with a smile: "Governor Zhu, the main reason I came here today is to tell you my thoughts, as for whether the provincial party committee will pass this opinion, I have no way to influence you, but I plan to position lithium resources in our Baoyi County as a strategic resource in our Baoyi County, and strictly control the export of lithium resources." ”

When Li Tianyi came back from Liaoyuan City, the capital of Baiyun Province, the fat man Liu Zhuang had already put a thick stack of materials on Li Tianyi's desk, looked at Li Tianyi and said, "Boss, I have learned a little about the situation in Mojin Town, and these are the materials that have been fed back. Judging from the feedback on these materials, if you want to open the gap in Mojin Town as soon as possible in order to learn more about the real situation, we can go to this person named Zhu Yuepo. This Zhu Yuepo is a well-known petitioner in Mojin Town, and he comes to Baoyi County almost every year to petition, hoping that Baoyi County can pay attention to his situation. But it's a pity that as soon as Zhu Yuepo comes to Baoyi County, Mojin Town will soon get the news and find a way to bring Zhu Yuepo back. ”

After Li Tianyi read the information carefully, he thought about it carefully, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, let's rush to Mojin Town overnight tonight, stay in Mojin Town, and go directly to Zhu Yuepo's home tomorrow morning to inquire about the situation." ”

That night, Li Tianyi and Liu Zhuang rushed directly to Mojin Town in Liu Zhuang's private car. But they didn't know that shortly after they set off, the town of Murgin got the news.