"You see, the companies of Shuichi Minamino now do have the momentum of monopolies. They are already on par with us in terms of technology and market, and even better than us in real estate and automotive companies. His real estate company owns a large amount of land, which is small at the cost of buying and profitable when it is built. His Minamino Automobile Company now almost dominates the domestic market, and it is also brilliant in the foreign market...... "Fuji Kojiro said.

"Well, let's join forces against this Minamino Group this time! If we can, I hope we can divide it. ”

"But Shuichi Minamino has the support of the Morgan consortium behind him, and he may not succeed at that time!" Sumitomo Mura said in a deep voice.

"Even if you can't swallow it, you have to suppress it so that it can't hold its head up. ”

"Yo Xi!"

Just when the four major consortia were plotting, Miwa Kutaro said to Nanno Shu again: "Mr. Nanno, don't you consider joining our alliance? ”

Now Miwa Kutaro is very aware of his pressure, and he feels that Shuichi Minamino's strength is not bad, and his strength will increase a few points if he is tied to the chariot.

"I'm sorry, I haven't thought about it yet. Shuichi Minamino politely refused.

"It's okay, I hope you can come to my company as a guest in the future. Kutaro Miwa didn't continue to say anything more. Because he knew in his heart that as long as the four major consortia jointly wanted to deal with Shuichi Minamino, one day they would ask him for help, and when the time came, he wouldn't be so easy to talk about as he is now.

This party ended successfully, and the strength of the Nanno Group was also greatly publicized in this party. After all, there are five companies in the top 50 in the country, and this kind of gold content is very high.

A few days later, just when Shuichi Minamino was about to go on a business trip, the headquarters of Minamino Automobile Company sent him bad news. That is, the supplier of steel has raised the price of cold-rolled automotive steel!

After getting the news, Shuichi Minamino immediately came to the headquarters of Minamino Automobile Company.

In the conference room, Fujiki, the manager of the purchasing department, reported to Shuichi Minamino: "Mr. Chairman, the cold-rolled automotive steel plates of our automobile company are all purchased from the Island Country Steel Pipe Company. This morning, the other party came to negotiate with us, and they will raise the price of the next batch of cold-rolled automobile steel plates, raising the price by 20 percent!

"Nani, increase the price by 20 percent! Shuichi Minamino squinted. He knew that cars couldn't be made without steel. The average automobile company purchases cold-rolled automotive steel plates directly from steel companies to manufacture automobile chassis, body and chassis girders, etc.

"Yes, the other party will not give in! Even if they don't want our order, they will supply us with a 20% increase in price. Fujiki sighed. It's the rhythm of the conversation.

"Huh...... I think the island country steel pipe company seems to be a steel company under the Fuji Foundation, right? It seems that the Fuji Foundation is trying to blackmail me now. Shuichi Minamino sneered.

He knew that the Shima Country Steel Pipe Company belonged to a large steel company, it was a steel company, and the company had several factories in Yokohama, Kawasaki, etc. It has subsidiaries and offices in many foreign countries. The main products and business scope include: steel, steel pipes, steel plates, alloy steels, ships, complete sets of machinery and equipment, steel components, as well as ship repair and contracting civil engineering.

The production of cold-rolled automotive steel plate is not something that every steel company can produce, at least not those small and medium-sized steel companies. Now the other party is sitting on the ground and starting the price, that is, it is to see that Nanno Shuichi can't get the goods in other places!

"Mr. Chairman, should we not take the goods from the steel mills of the other three major consortia?" Fujiki asked cautiously.

"No need! Since the Fujiki Foundation is targeting me, the other three major foundations will definitely do the same. We don't need to waste time. "Shuichi Minamino is not a fool, if it weren't for the collusion of the four major consortia. The Fuji Foundation would certainly not dare to raise the price so arrogantly. If it follows such an arrogant price hike, it will definitely lose the big order of Nanno Automobile Company. After all, Shuichi Minamino can also go to the steel mills of the other three consortiums to pick up the goods.

But now it is obvious that the four major consortia are colluding to do so!

Although cold-rolled automotive steel is a kind of steel, its quality requirements are very high. I think that in the eighties and nineties, the steel mills in China were not able to make this kind of steel, and all relied on imports. In the end, Nippon Steel Corporation's technology was introduced to produce this steel.

This is enough to prove that this kind of cold-rolled automotive steel plate is not something that an ordinary small and medium-sized steel company can produce.

At present, there are five steel companies in the entire island country that can produce it!

Four of these five iron and steel mills are owned by the four major consortia, and the other is the Kawasaki Steel Company under the Dai-ichi Quanyin Group! The Dai-ichi Quanyin Group will also become a consortium in the future. Now it is fighting against these four major consortia with the Sanhe Group.

From this point, you can see how great the energy of the consortium is!

The four major consortia have almost completely formed a monopoly trend in important fields such as heavy industry, minerals, banking, steel, oil, etc.!

Not only these, but also many raw materials are monopolized by them!

For example, rubber, oil, iron ore, copper ore, coal and other raw materials are in the hands of these consortiums. Domestic companies have to buy almost all of these raw materials from them.

This kind of monopoly is called control of upstream mineral resources! What is upstream? Upstream refers to those oil fields, iron ore veins, copper ore veins, and so on.

Even if you don't buy at home, you buy abroad, people are still in control of these resources, and in the end you can only buy from other people.

So the price is still up to the people!

That's a monopoly!

It's like a hen, someone has already controlled the hen that lays eggs!

"So, what are we going to do? We can't stop the car production workshop, can we? Once we stop working, how can we fulfill our car orders? Our whole company will be in trouble. Fujiki said with a bitter face. The production of automobiles must always have cold-rolled automotive steel plates, how to produce without this?

Once the production chain is broken, then the daily losses are calculated in billions!

"We can also go to another steel company and buy cold-rolled automotive steel sheets. That is to go to Kawasaki Steel, a subsidiary of the First Quanyin Group, and the quality of the cold-rolled automotive steel plates they produce is completely unproblematic. "Minamino Shuichi.

"Okay, I'll contact them!" Fujiki seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, as the manager of the purchasing department, he was very nervous about the shortage of cold-rolled automotive steel plates. It's about the safety of the company.

Founded on October 15, 1896, Kawasaki Steel is one of the world's largest steel manufacturers, supplying more than 26 million tons of steel products annually to customers in more than 60 countries around the world. Kawasaki Steel is located in Kawasaki City, the island country, headquartered in Tokyo City, subsidiaries: Chiba Plant, Chiba Plant Nishinomiya Branch, Mizushima Plant, Chita Plant, the branch has a complete workshop, the production of a variety of advanced steel products, including stainless steel hot-rolled steel coils, steel rods, steel plates, seamless pipes, steel bars, cold-rolled steel plates, conductive steel sheets and stainless steel products, etc., by the United States Investment Bank as "the world's most competitive steel manufacturers" Kawasaki Steel is poised to become the world's leading steelmaker in the 21st century by leveraging its technological competitive advantage in a rapidly changing global business environment.

"Hmph, since the four major consortia have suppressed me, I will just cooperate with other groups. Minamino Shuichi sneered in his heart.

Soon Fujiki was in contact with Kawasaki Steel!

However, Fujiki received a message from the other party, that is, the other party asked Nanno Shuichi to come in person, and their chairman had something to talk about with Nanno Shuichi.

When Fujiki spread the news to Shuichi Minamino's ears, he was a little surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd!

Due to the tight schedule, the inventory of cold-rolled automobile steel sheets in the warehouse of Minamino Automobile Company could only be used for half a month, so he immediately went to the headquarters of Kawasaki Steel.

At the headquarters, Shuichi Minamino met Katsuta Miyabayashi, the chairman of this company!

However, he also met an acquaintance here, that is, Miwa Kutaro.

"Hello Mr. Minamino, I'm Kawasaki Steel's Chairman Katsuta Miyabayashi. Katsuta Miyabayashi greeted him warmly when he saw Shuichi Minamino.

"Hello, I'm Shuichi Minamino. Shuichi Minamino also shook hands with each other enthusiastically.

After sitting down, Katsuta Miyabayashi didn't speak, but Kutaro Miwa, who was sitting next to him, said, "Mr. Nanno, I haven't seen you for a few days." I said you would come to us. ”

This sentence made Nanno Shuichi frown slightly, looking at the situation is not very good! He knows that the Sanhe Group and the First Quanyin Group are now the same pair of pants. Could it be that the other party sees that he is now being suppressed by the four major consortia, and now he wants to pit him?

"Mr. Sanhe is really like a god. "Shuichi Minamino was going to take a step at a time, and as soon as he entered the door and saw Kutaro Miwa here, he knew that today's negotiations should not be very good.

"Mr. Gong Lin, that's the case, I came here today to bring some orders for cold-rolled automotive steel plates in your company, and our company wants to purchase a large number of cold-rolled automotive steel plates. "Nagano Shukachi gets straight to the point.

"I know that the manager of your company, Fujiki, has mentioned this to me. Katsuta Miyabayashi smiled.

"Then I don't know what Mr. Miyabayashi thinks, I don't know what your prices are here?" asked Shuichi Minamino. He felt that the other party should not sit on the ground and raise the price. After all, he and the other party are not mortal enemies, but customer buying and selling relationships.