Chapter 34: The Price to Bear
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", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] This kid is very cunning, very cunning! Such a thought flashed through Iwasaki's heart.
No wonder Fan Wuxian was able to create such a huge fortune as such a young man, and he was indeed a young genius.
Iwasaki Jun is a little clear now, Fan Wuxian may not be the kind of person who relies on the background behind him to get things done as he sees on the surface, if he looks at him from this perspective, I am afraid that it will seriously affect his huge plan.
Reasonable price, is nothing more than a reference to the current international rare earth mineral prices, but if that is the case, completely dependent on imports of Japan simply can not afford such a price, and after China suddenly closed the door to the export of rare earth minerals, the price of rare earth in the international market has been on the verge of moving, countless speculators have poured in, although some people press, but it will not last long, it is conceivable that once the international market rare earth prices suddenly strengthened, Mitsubishi's chances of getting cheap rare earth minerals from China are even slimmer.
But how could Fan Wuxian not see this? Iwasaki Jun suddenly felt a very headache, he had never encountered such a complex and arduous situation, if the rare earth incident was not handled well this time, the Mitsubishi chaebol would be hit very hard.
How can we convince Fan to obtain rare earth resources that are acceptable at the price? Iwasaki Jun patted his head, looked at Fan Wuxian and said,
"Fansan, the sudden increase in the price of rare earths is a heavy blow to the entire rare earth trading market, and it is easy to cause some immature variables, I hope you can seriously consider this matter. Make a decision that is acceptable to both of us. In fact, Iwasaki Jun really felt troubled this time, Japan is a country with a shortage of resources, and the people's sense of crisis is very strong, and Japan has implemented a reserve system for all important materials.
In 1983, the strategic reserve system for rare minerals was introduced, and the reserve objects are seven rare metals, including nickel, chromium, tungsten, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and manganese.
Due to the development needs in recent years, they have recently added platinum, indium and rare earth resources as strategic reserves, which are urgently needed by Japan's top automobile, electronics, information and other industries.
Platinum is used in exhaust gas purification devices for automobiles, fuel cell manufacturing, and indium is used in LCD TV LCD panels.
Rare earths are indispensable materials for hybrid vehicles. In the international competition in these industries, Japanese companies are in an advantageous position, and if there is a disruption in the supply of resources, it will seriously hit Japan's economy and national security.
Iwasaki Toshichi Mitsubishi zaibatsu will bear the brunt of the fatal blow, for example, his Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joint missile defense project with the United States, which requires a large amount of indium metal to make a highly sensitive seeker.
And they are actively seeking to introduce and produce the US-made F series stealth fighter ground long-range detection radar and stealth cockpit canopy, all of which require indium as raw materials.
At present, Japan's rare metal reserve system is divided into two types: national reserve and private reserve. The national reserve is to ensure long-term supply and deal with possible emergencies, and the private reserve is necessary to supplement in case of short-term supply problems.
The reserve target of these two types of reserves is 60 days of domestic consumption, of which 42 days are in the state reserve and 18 days are in the private reserve.
A large reserve of rare metals requires huge sums of money. To this end, Japan has established a special reserve fund in various ways, and has already spent about 60 billion yen of the national budget for the import of rare metals.
The Japanese government also encourages domestic companies to invest in mineral resources on a large scale overseas, and Japanese companies borrow from the country's central bank and the Export-Import Bank of China to open mines abroad.
The metal mining business group came forward to act as a guarantor, charging only 4/1000 of the guarantee fee. \\\\\In addition, in recent years, Japan has bought scrapped Russian MiG aircraft from Eastern European countries in the name of importing scrap metal, mainly for the purpose of extracting rare metal materials such as titanium, indium, iridium, zirconium, cesium, lithium, and tungsten.
In China, indium metal is almost sold as scrap, and Iwaki Jun feels worried after seeing it, this kind of thing is casually made of metal caulking material, which is simply a tyrannical thing!
If you get to Japan, you have to go. How much profit can it be exchanged for?! As for the price of rare earth land, it is surprisingly low, and Iwaki Jun has been contacting Chinese rare earth producers recently, hoping to carry out targeted hoarding of rare earths and rare metals on a large scale, and realize the Japanese government's strategic resource reserve concept with the help of Mitsubishi.
Unexpectedly, Fan Wuxian came in with a stick. Spoiled his good deeds. At this time, it is obviously unrealistic to want to get a bargain from Fan Wuji.
can only retreat to the second, hoping that Fan Wuxian will not bargain too much. Fan Wuxian smiled. He knows very well what the situation of the Japanese is now, and if there is no export of rare earths in another half a month, the related high-tech industries should panic.
But it is not his goal to let Japan intimidate, if this matter is too big, I am afraid that in the end it will be resolved by dialogue between governments, which is not Fan Wuxie's original intention, it is necessary to win full profits, but it must not be overdone, otherwise the consequences will not be borne by the enterprise.
= Novel 520 first release ==
"The price of indium metal is not negotiable, the price of rare earths, for the time being, let it go, this year's shipments will be set at a price first, according to the international market price of 60% to trade, as for next year's shipments, next year's negotiation." Fan Wuxian threw out his own price code.
As soon as Yan Qijun heard this, his face turned green, although Fan Wuxian was discounted on the basis of the international market price, but this price has increased by three hundred times compared to the previous price, that is to say, when he bought one ton of rare earths, he could only buy more than three kilograms at this time, what kind of concept is this?
! As for the price of indium metal, it has also increased by a thousand times, although the demand for this thing is not very large, but the key place is not possible without it!
This is even worse than the rare earth side!
"This price is unaffordable for us, and it is too far from the previous price, I think Van Sang is not sincere." Yan Qijun naturally couldn't accept such conditions, and gritted his teeth and said to Fan Wuxian.
= Novel 520 debut== Fan Wuxian shrugged and said,
"Then I can't do anything, this is my bottom line, if you can't accept it, we have to negotiate with the Koreans, and they can still grit their teeth and accept such conditions. As far as I'm concerned, Koreans are a bit more kind than Japanese. ”
"Koreans?!" Iwakijun suddenly became a little angry,
"What do those Goryeo sticks know?! As long as we Japanese want to do something, they are always willing to stick a sideways role, they are a bunch of troublemakers! If Van Sang decides to trade with them, you'll find out that they're just nice talkers, and they don't have the slightest work ethic! Not at all like us Japanese, who strictly keep their promises! "The Liangzi between the Japanese and the Koreans was not formed in a day, 50 years of colonial rule, the hatred between the two sides is very deep, especially the separation between the two countries by a sea, bumps and bumps have never been less, the Americans used to suppress it, and now the strategic focus of the Americans has begun to shift to the direction of the Middle East, China and South Korea have established diplomatic relations again, and the Koreans feel that they should get a broader space for activities from Northeast Asia, so the problem of the conflict between Japan and South Korea here is more prominent than before.
Fan Wuxian coldly mentioned the Koreans, which was exactly the thing that annoyed Yan Qijun. Because according to Iwakitoshi's understanding, the South Koreans are also planning to engage in strategic resource reserves, and there were no diplomatic relations with China before, so many things were inconvenient, but now that diplomatic relations have been established, there will naturally be various means to show up, and the Samsung Group, which he already knows, has the intention of buying a large number of rare earth resources and rare metal resources from China.
When Fan Wuxian said this, Yan Qijun didn't think that Fan Wuxian was talking about it, but thought that Fan Wuxian had already mastered enough market information, and now he was just waiting for the price to sell.
However, if the Koreans are allowed to take the lead, they will not only suffer huge economic losses, but they will also be like the glory of the Iwaki family in terms of face, how can the outstanding people of the Yamato nation be defeated in the hands of the Goryeo sticks?
This is absolutely intolerable! At least for now, Iwakijun is already sure that it is impossible to continue to obtain cheap rare earth resources and rare metal resources from China, and it is difficult to say what will happen in the future, but if he does not sign an alliance with Fan Wuzhi now, the current predicament of the Mitsubishi chaebol will not be able to survive, let alone clamp down on the development of the Samsung Group, and say goodbye to the Goryeo sticks.
Yan Qijun calculated the demand for various materials that could be purchased at present, and then thought about the high and frightening price, and felt like he was vomiting blood in his heart, but Fan Wuxian comforted him and said,
"You can't be too greedy, you have to think that you have taken a big advantage in the past, even now, compared with the high rare earth prices in the international market, you still have a 40% discount, you can't be too greedy!"
"Well, that's it! But my condition is that this year's supply is ours, and we will never be able to sell them to those Korean sticks! Iwaki Jun finally made a decision, but also made his own request.
Fan Wuxi pursed his lips and said,
"Iwaki-kun's request is really not open-minded enough. However, as my first big customer to enter the rare earth market, you can enjoy some preferential conditions, so I can meet this requirement of yours. I promise, the Koreans will never take even a kilogram of rare earths from my hands! ”
"Hopefully Van Sang will keep his promises." Iwakijun's face was very bad, but he still said with a strong spirit,
"Let's talk about the supply and price this year, we need to make a formal contract."
"As you wish." Fan Wuxian nodded in agreement, with a smile on his face. Today's first update was delivered to ****************