Fang Mingyuan said at this time: "Brother Xia, when it comes to Australia, what is your impression.

"Ah, Australia?" Xia Wen was stunned.

"Australia is an island nation that was once a British colony and is still a member of the British Commonwealth. Its Barrier Reef is one of the most beautiful spots on Shijie. Australians have fewer people and more land, and their economy is developed, which can be regarded as a developed capitalist country. Xia Wen thought for a moment and added, "Australia has many unique species of flora and fauna, such as kangaroos and koalas. Animal husbandry is relatively developed......"

Xia Wen, who had a little heat on his face, spread his hands and said helplessly: "For Australia, I also know this! By the way, its capital is Sydney!"

Australia's capital is not Sydney at all, and Sydney is just its largest city. Australia's original temporary capital was Melbourne, and later the official capital was Canberra!",

Lin Rong on the side pointed out mercilessly, and reached out to scrape his face. Xia Wen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Fang Mingyuan smiled, in China in the nineties, many people were still very unfamiliar with Australia in the South Pacific. People's eyes are either fixed on North America and Japan, or on Europe, as if these are the only developed countries. It's only when you talk about kangaroos and koalas that people think of this country.

In fact, Australia was a very important country as early as World War II.

As the sixth largest country in the world by land area, Australia is nearly half the size of Western Europe. Australia is not only a vast country, but also very rich in products, the most economically developed country in the southern hemisphere, the world's fourth largest exporter of agricultural products, and the world's largest exporter of a variety of minerals, including iron ore.

However, this situation waited until 2,000 years later, due to China's iron ore imports, which fell into the dilemma of rising prices one after another, and Australia also became a well-known country in China.

"Brother Xia" I have a task, "I need someone to go to Australia for a long time to open up, I don't know if you want to go?" Fang Mingyuan said bluntly.

"Me?" Xia Wen was taken aback and almost jumped up from the couch.

"Well, a very important task" may be related to multibillion-dollar investment projects in the future. So at the moment I need someone to travel to Australia to do a market scout in advance. At the same time, be familiar with the local situation and lay a good foundation for future work. Fang Mingyuan said solemnly, "At present, among the people I can trust, and there is no important work arrangement for the time being, "Brother Xia, you are the only one! If you want to......"

"I'm willing!" Fang Mingyuan's words came to this, Xia Wenming confessed, if he refused, it would be too unreasonable. After all, now he is also an employee of the Fang family, and the boss has a good discussion with you, that is, the boss can afford you "Otherwise, if you don't go down, then you will cut off your development prospects in the Fang family's industry." Besides, listen to Fang Mingyuan's meaning."

In the future, Australia is obviously a key investor of the Fang family, and he went to Australia by himself, "If the preliminary work is completed, maybe this part will be handed over to himself in the future!

"It's just that Fang Shao, I don't know much about Australia, and I don't know much about it," I'm afraid that if I go, I will make a mistake!" Xia Wen said with a bitter face. After graduating, "although he worked for a while, the combination of theory and practice was easy to say, but it took some time to do. Fang Mingyuan mentioned, "This is a big project related to billions of dollars in the future, if you miss a big event because you are not familiar with your business, you can't afford to break him up and sell it."

"You don't have to worry about this, the specific work, there will naturally be a responsible drug family with you. All you need to do is to put down roots in Australia, build a good relationship with the local people in Australia, and lay a good foundation for the project to enter Australia in the future! Fang Mingyuan's words made Xia Wen breathe a sigh of relief.

Fang Mingyuan beckoned, and Lin Rong stood up, "I brought a large-scale map of Australia from the side and put it on the table.

Fang Mingyuan stood up and beckoned Xia Wen to come over and said, "You see, Australia is very close to the South China Sea, and close to the Strait of Malacca, and from the perspective of shipping, it is very convenient to trade with China. Australia was originally seen as a place of exile for prisoners in the British colonies. In the fifties of the last century, gold deposits were discovered in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Gold prospectors from Europe, the Americas and China flocked to the area. Australia's population has more than doubled in just a decade, from hundreds of thousands to millions. Many important gold deposits were discovered, and a large number of deposits were discovered during the same period, which allowed Australia to become rich and develop quickly. However, due to the small number of Australians and the large size of the land, many mineral deposits, even if they are discovered, have not been fully exploited. ”

Xia Wen listened carefully to Fang Mingyuan's every word, and analyzed the purpose of Fang Mingyuan's sending him to Australia.

"You go this time, the focus of the investigation is here!" Fang Mingyuan stretched out his hand and dotted on the map.

"Western Australia?" said Shavin softly, with some surprise. As can be seen from the map, the most prosperous place in Australia is New South Wales in the south, which is the first British colony established in Australia, "the most populous state in Australia, and the most developed area of industry and commerce in Australia! As you can see from the map, although it is the largest state in the Australian Federation, accounting for nearly one-third of Australia's total area, and bordering the Indian Ocean, it contains three major desert areas!

Western Australia is more than 2 million square kilometres, but its total population is less than 2 million people, and on average, "less than one person per square kilometre." And the vast majority of these populations are concentrated in Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Much of Western Australia's land is arid and semi-arid, with a dry climate and scarce annual rainfall, making it unsuitable for human habitation. Lin Rong pointed to the map and said, "Only the coastal plain here has rivers passing through it, which is its main grain producing area. On the other hand, the soil is poor" for the local indigenous people. ”

Xia Wen couldn't help but be a little puzzled, since the environment in Western Australia is so bad, then Fang Mingyuan has to focus on what he is doing here? The total population of less than 2 million people is not even as good as the population of a provincial capital city in Huaxia "Even if the average income of people here is much higher than that of Huaxia people, the business profit is quite limited." Rather than focusing here, Weishenme doesn't pay attention to places with such a high concentration of population as New Wales?

"Brother Xia, you should know" At the latest, in January 1997, the Fang family's steel plant in Liao Province will start production. Have you ever thought about it, China's economic development has been rapid in recent years, and economic development and demand for steel are growing simultaneously, and per capita GDP and steel consumption are also obviously related. With the increasing domestic demand for steel, and the inability of domestic iron mines to meet the demand for iron ore from enterprises, "then the procurement objects of these enterprises will inevitably turn to foreign countries, and Australia will be the main supplier of iron ore in China in the future!" Fang Mingyuan pointed to Western Australia with his hand, "Here, there is the largest iron ore deposit in Australia!"

Xia Wen suddenly realized: "Fang Shao, you mean to let me go to Australia" to prepare for the group's investment in mining here in advance?"

"That's right!" Fang Mingyuan slapped his hand and said, "That's what it means! This is a major event related to the iron ore demand of Liaoning Iron and Steel Mills in the future!" "It is not only a major event related to the needs of Liaoning Iron and Steel Plant", but also a major event related to whether Huaxia's iron ore import pricing power can be independent.

In Fang Mingyuan's previous life, because of the crazy rise in iron ore prices, Huaxia's iron and steel enterprises had to pay a huge amount of foreign exchange funds for this every year. And the wool is out of the sheep, and the huge expenditure on iron ore is not all apportioned to the people in the country in the end.

In this process, the same large number of iron ore needs in the "Japan" but played a role in fueling the fire, "the root cause is not the timely investment of the "day" in the stake in several major iron ore suppliers" The rise in steelmaking costs caused by the rise in iron ore prices has been compensated for by the share dividends in these major iron ore suppliers. In the end, "not only did not lose money, but there were huge profits." At the same time, it also effectively hindered China's economic development.

Fang Mingyuan has been thinking about Australia's iron ore since the day of his rebirth, "but Australia" is not a friendly country for the Chinese, this is the world of the white race, here is the natural ally of the United States, Australia has always been relatively exclusive to the entry of Chinese capital that is not in the same camp. Therefore, Fang Mingyuan has to wait for an opportunity! Wait for an opportunity for Australia to refuse its own capital entry!

And Fang Mingyuan knew that in two years, that is, in the summer of 1997, a Southeast Asian financial crisis that began in Thailand and then quickly spread to the whole of Southeast Asia, and bō and shijie would erupt. This sudden financial crisis caused the foreign exchange markets and stock markets of many Southeast Asian countries and regions to plummet in turn, and the financial system and even the entire social economy were seriously damaged. The economy has also been greatly affected by this crisis.

And at that time, Australians, who are eager to promote economic development, will not have enough confidence to reject the Fang family's capital!@.