Chapter 17

The autumn in Jiangcheng is rainy, the sky is gray, and the heart is heavy, Zhang Mingyu sat in the office and looked at the rain outside the window, and felt that the autumn window was endless, how could the wind and rain help the desolation! In the past few days, Zhang Mingyu wanted to make a fuss about iron ore, but he couldn't do it, so depressed! Because in the years before 2000, the state had strict restrictions on the import of iron ore, and the import qualification was limited to a few large state-owned enterprises, and even the import rights of steel mills had clear requirements.

Zhang Mingyu recalled the knowledge of iron ore in his previous life, iron ore is an important raw material for iron and steel production enterprises, and natural ore (iron ore) is gradually selected through crushing, grinding, magnetic separation, flotation, gravity separation and other procedures. The world's iron ore resources are concentrated in Australia, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, India, the United States, Canada, South Africa and other countries. As the world's largest iron ore demander, China's own iron ore reserves are not small, but unfortunately the grade is relatively low, from the perspective of industrial economy, it is better to import from Australia, Brazil and other countries rich in iron ore.

The iron ore that can be directly put into the steelmaking furnace for steelmaking was formerly called "open-hearth bonanza", and the iron ore that can be directly used for ironmaking was formerly called "blast furnace bonanza", both with the word "rich". These bonanzas are preferably magnetite and hematite, both of which contain more than 70% iron.

Poor ore, or iron ore with more harmful impurities, needs to be beneficiated first, and the cost increases a lot. For example, Jianggang's ore reserves are relatively rich, due to the mining time of nearly 100 years, the iron content of ore is generally 40-50%, and the highest is 54-60%. The iron ore from Brazil and Australia has a grade of 65-70%, and the price of iron ore sent to domestic steel mills is far lower than that of domestic mining enterprises.

When Zhang Mingyu was worried about how to break the iron ore situation, the third brother Qian Jin called and said that his father would have his birthday tomorrow and asked Zhang Mingyu to come to his father's house for dinner in the evening.

"You kid, you have to swallow your own suffering, why didn't you tell me earlier, it's coming tomorrow, there is really a way"

"Third brother, you are really my nobleman! Say Sa, don't pretend to be Sister (Jiangcheng local dialect, don't drag)", Zhang Mingyu was impatient,

"I'm here to find you tomorrow night, Sister Qian Fang, my brother-in-law Wang Song, recently transferred to the company in Xiangjiu, he happens to be doing import and export trade, and he will come back tomorrow"

"Huh? Didn't you say anything last time you came back? Zhang Mingyu felt very surprised, the last time Qian Fang's family came back, there were too many people, and they didn't communicate well, but they didn't expect the eldest brother-in-law to be a big person, and he looked quite approachable. Zhang Mingyu was immediately ecstatic and said to the third brother that he would see you later.

Yuhong's business is carried out in an orderly manner, and the billets of Haicheng Steel Mill are still ordered, ordering 3,000 tons per month, and after the two-month contract of Menggang steel ingots is completed, according to the requirements of Jianggang Lin, another 5,000 tons of steel ingot contracts have been ordered. The company recruited several salesmen (including the eldest sister and the second sister), Wu Tao also temporarily went to Jiangcheng Yuhong Company to familiarize himself with the business, and Zhang Mingyu specially arranged pre-job training. Wu Tao was serious, and he turned over the steel manual several times, and the children can be taught!

In the evening, colleagues from Jiangnan Branch were in the hotel for Li Guangyang. Zhang Mingyu picked up the wine glass, patted Li Guang and said,

"I'll drink three glasses of wine with you today, and I won't drink the others, and there will be something to do at night", Zhang Mingyu said to Li Guang, seeing the fat man, Liu Hong, Huang Yan, Xiaohu and a few others looking at him dissatisfied, Zhang Mingyu explained,

"You don't have any opinions, you want to drink, it's not too late to drink another day, accompany Manager Li well tonight", Zhang Mingyu asked Liu Hong to take a small glass and pour six glasses of wine,

"The first glass of wine, the partner is not long, unpleasant, inappropriate, all in the wine",

"Mr. Zhang, what you say, I can only kneel" Li Guang made a squatting appearance, and the two of them did it,

"The second glass of wine, Jiangnan Branch is your home, come home at any time, and the bonus in front of you is not less than yours"

"Mr. Zhang, it is our blessing for you to go to the Jiangnan branch, I took it, to Xiangjiang, or your subordinates, look at my actions", after the dry wine, Zhang Mingyu greeted everyone,

"Li Guang is out from here, and the Xiangjiang branch must have a lot to help you with, so I suggest that everyone do this together."

After the third glass of wine was dry, Li Guang had tears in his eyes. Except for Zhang Mingyu, everyone else released their energy to their heart's content, as if they were afraid that they would never be able to drink again, and when they dispersed, the room was in a mess.

During the day, Li Guang was led by a driver and drove to Xiangjiang.

Zhang Mingyu checked the situation of the futures market, the copper futures contract rose by 1500 yuan/ton in December, Zhang Mingyu was afraid that there would be new changes at Uncle Money's house at night, so he decided to close all the contracts, needless to say, the harvest was great!

In the evening, at the birthday banquet at Qian Shengwen's house, Zhang Mingyu gave Uncle Qian a red envelope and wished him a happy birthday on behalf of his parents. After dinner, Zhang Mingyu and his eldest brother-in-law Wang Song talked in detail about the import of iron ore, but they didn't expect that the problem that had plagued Zhang Mingyu for many days was not a problem for Brother Wang.

It turns out that Wang Song is responsible for the Zhongtuo Xiangjiu Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the state-owned Zhongtuo Group, and all the qualifications for import and export trade are readily available. The two hit it off at first sight, which made Sister Qian Fang a little jealous.

"Mingyu, we are responsible for contacting foreign iron ore, and you are responsible for the steel mill, which can be operated",

"Yes, I can handle the steel mill, Brother Wang, you check the ore," Zhang Mingyu said with confidence,

"I'm too familiar with import trade, Mingyu, the key is the steel mill, at present, does Jianggang import iron ore? What is the CIF price? Wang Song asked,

"There are imports, which are the responsibility of the national mining company, and the CIF price is about 70 US dollars a ton",

"These grandsons, the price is not low, according to the current ex-factory price of the Australian Mining Tuolian Company, it will cost 50 US dollars to break the shore", Wang Song's disdainful expression was unobstructed,

"No, so the price is reasonable, and we can get it if it's cheap."

"I think we should hurry up and squeeze out these things inside and out, and let's work together," Wang Song said proudly.

Zhang Mingyu clearly knows in his heart that if the operation goes smoothly, this will be related to his own business trend in the next ten years! The two hit it off, and Zhang Mingyu deliberately said to Wang Song,

"Brother Wang, Xiangjiu's stock index futures can also be followed, I have caged the funds these days, and I want to cooperate with you to speculate on Xiangjiu's stock index futures",

"Okay! I have a friend here who is also optimistic about the stock index futures market and intends to invest 10 million."

"I am ready to invest some in the iron ore import trade, and I plan to invest 100 million in stock index futures", Zhang Mingyu said confidently, he knew that in his previous life, he was very concerned about Xiangjiu's stock index futures in 2000, and he was too clear about every rise and fall, and he was too ashamed of his rebirth if he didn't take advantage of the start of the little finger futures market to get a handful. Wang Song was taken aback, and even Qian Jin and Qian Ming next to him were shocked.

"Little Four, what are you kidding, where did you get the money?" , The second brother was puzzled and asked, it seems that in July and August, the fourth child still opened an acceptance bill to order.

"Jianggang has made money by ordering, and the futures market has also gained, don't worry, second brother, there is no problem with your friend's bank acceptance", Zhang Mingyu said,

"Mingyu, I know that you have made money from investment, but it is impossible to have so much", the third brother Qian Jin was puzzled and said,

"Third brother, don't worry, this money is earned cleanly", Zhang Mingyu said, and simply explained the ins and outs.

So, a night of surprise, a night of excitement, the four brothers talked about everything, with Zhang Mingyu's experience in his previous life, the business details were carefully considered and extremely thoughtful.

On the car home, the autumn wind and autumn rain were cool all the way, but Zhang Mingyu's heart was warm.

(Partners, forgive me for my excessive description of iron ore, mainly to foreshadow the plot later, please believe me, the wonderful content is behind, cheer for me!) ）