"This is the eighth accident in the city where a passerby was injured due to the loss of a manhole cover, but fortunately, none of the victims were in danger of life."

Robertson, a police officer at the Frankfurt City Police Department, looked at Khedira lying on a hospital bed covered in gauze, and said in a flat tone to Martin, a doctor next to him.

"This is something that has never happened in Frankfurt's history." Martin muttered, "Frankfurt has always been a very orderly city, and I can't imagine that someone could steal a manhole cover in such a city." ”

"According to the reports we have received, more than 300 manhole covers have been lost in the city in the past three months, and in some places, entire streets have been stolen by thieves overnight," Robertson said. ”

"Oh my God!" "Isn't this a prank by a few young people, but an organized crime?" ”

"Exactly." "In the city of Frankfurt, there are at least three criminal gangs that specialize in stealing manhole covers, but because our power is very limited, and we can't investigate a small case like the loss of a manhole cover. Therefore, I expect that in the coming period, the loss of manhole covers will continue to happen, and we can only ask the municipal authorities to strengthen inspections, in addition, to install anti-theft locks on the manhole covers on some road sections. ”

"It's totally incredible, I don't really know why this happened," Martin sighed. ”

"It's all because of the Chinese ......" Khedira, who was lying in a hospital bed, suddenly interjected, and he soaked in the sewer for more than an hour before being rescued by passers-by and taken to the hospital. The effect of soaking in this way for a while was also presented, and he was no longer as angry as when he first left the museum, and his mind was much clearer than it was then.

"China?" Robertson and Martin looked at each other, they didn't think that this was what Khedira said in his sober mind, they preferred to believe that this man was in the water in his head, full of nonsense.

Khedira glanced at the two of them disdainfully, closed his eyes, and said to himself, "That's right. It's China. Over the past 20 years, China's economy has maintained a growth rate of more than 10%, especially in the past three years, when their average annual growth rate has reached a terrifying 12%. This led directly to the loss of manhole covers on the streets of Frankfurt. ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Khedira, can you be clearer?" Martin asked cautiously, wondering if it was time to call the nurse to give Khedira a tranquilizer. This guy must have been fooled, Martin judged in his heart.

Khedira opened her eyes and said, "Didn't I say it clearly enough?" China's economy is growing rapidly, a country of 1.3 billion people. What does this rapid growth mean? That's right, it means a lot of resources. At present, China's steel consumption alone is equivalent to that of the United States, Europe and Japan combined, or even higher than this combined. Then, the price of iron stone began to rise sharply, and the price of scrap iron in the international market also began to rise. Then, manhole covers began to be thrown on the streets of Frankfurt. ”

"You mean, these missing manhole covers on our streets. Was it stolen and sold as scrap metal? "Robertson is worthy of being a police officer, and his associative ability is still very strong.

In the past, the price of scrap iron was low, and it was not possible to make much money stealing a manhole cover. Naturally, no one stole it. Now that the price of scrap iron has risen, according to this Khedira, the price increase is not small, so it is no wonder that thieves are targeting manhole covers. Robertson remembered what he heard at an EU police meeting a few days ago, and that it was not only Frankfurt that lost manhole covers, but also many cities in Britain, France, Spain and other countries that had also suffered such strange things.

Khedira sneered, "That's right, if you go fast enough to go to the Rhine and check the bulk carriers sent to China, you will definitely be able to find those damn manhole covers." They will be shipped to China to be re-smelted into steel. They were then made into various goods and sold back to Europe. Aha, I'm sure the manhole cover that I fell into the sewer will be made into a beautiful crutch that I'll have to walk with in the future. ”…,

"It's the most bizarre connection I've ever heard." Ma Diu was dumbfounded, "Is this the ......?"

"The Butterfly Effect!" "The wings of the Chinese butterfly have begun to flapp, and Europe is about to have a storm," Khedira said. ”

……

"The news just sent by the China Iron and Steel Association. BHP Billiton and Vale have set prices for a 58% increase from last year's prices in the international iron demand negotiations, and the negotiations have reached an impasse. ”

This is in the Beijing Sanlihe, in the office of the National Development and Reform Commission, Huang Gang said the above words to the visiting Lin Zhenhua.

Behind the scenes, Huang Gang threatened China's coking coal quota for exports to Europe, forcing the European Union Trade Commission to cancel the decision to conduct an anti-dumping investigation on the mechanical and electrical products of Chinese companies such as Hanhua at the last minute, thus making the final blow of ALK's targeting of Chinese companies come to naught.

Lin Zhenhua only learned about this situation after the fact, and this time he came to the National Development and Reform Commission to express his gratitude to Huang Gang in person. Although Lin Zhenhua has long been ready to accept the EU's anti-dumping investigation, can he be in this process? p>

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"As far as I know, last year, when the China Iron and Steel Association and the international iron stone giants negotiated, they had already put forward a 36% price increase request, and the current iron stone price has already risen after the rise, right?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Exactly." Huang Gang said, "Last year, the price of iron and stone rose by 36%, which has brought a heavy cost burden to domestic iron and steel companies. Under the repeated requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission, iron and steel companies have not passed on these cost burdens to downstream industries, otherwise, the impact of rising iron and stone prices alone will be able to increase the country's CPI by 0.5 percentage points. If it rises by another 58% this year, it will be impossible for steel companies to digest these price increase factors anyway. ”

"It rose by 36% last year, and it will rise by 58% this year, these grandchildren are too bullying, right?" Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, although he was scolding, his face did not look like righteous indignation at all. Lin Zhenhua had long expected the price increase of iron stone, and now that the prophecy has come true, he can naturally be much calmer than Huang Gang.

"When the price went up last year, we thought it had peaked. Now it seems that the other party has to inch in. We have asked the China Iron and Steel Association to resolutely bite our bottom line, and this year's price increase cannot exceed 15%, otherwise it will ......" Huang Gang did not say any more.

Lin Zhenhua said the following words: "Otherwise...... We can only pinch our noses and accept it, right? ”

"Zhenhua, can you not gloat like this?" Huang Gang said angrily, "You obviously know that we really don't have countermeasures. Now that the domestic economy is developing so fast, roads are being built, houses are being built, airports and wharves are being built everywhere, and steel is used in everything, and our country's iron demand is seriously in short supply, so what should we do if we don't import it from abroad? ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "How can I gloat, Director Huang, I have already reminded you that it is okay?" Is it because you bureaucrats don't pay attention to themselves, don't take the words of us grass people to heart, and now you still complain about us? ”

Huang Gang nodded and said, "Yes, you did warn me a long time ago, but who would have thought that the price of Iron Need Stone could rise to such an outrageous level?" BHP Billiton and Vale have almost monopolized the entire international iron stone market, and it is completely impossible for us to bypass them. They also saw that we urgently needed iron and stones, so the lion opened his mouth widely, and there was no room for negotiation. It's just infuriating. "The control of resources in the hands of others is the result." Lin Zhenhua said, "Huang Gang, I think it is impossible to rely on negotiations to force these two companies to reduce prices, we must come up with other ways." ”

"In fact, we have been thinking of other ways, including negotiating with the governments of Brazil and Australia, in exchange for other terms of trade, but to no avail," Huang said. Both companies are pillar companies in their host countries, and their influence on government policy is unusual, and it is difficult for the government to interfere with their decision-making. Therefore, all kinds of solutions to this problem from the side have basically failed. ”

"So, we're ready to accept a 58% price increase?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Huang Gang said: "Who said that? We've got one last killer trick to come up with. ”

"Killer?" Lin Zhenhua was quite interested, "Let's talk about it, what is the solution?" ”

Huang Gang laughed haha: "Our killer weapon is you, Chairman Lin Da." I was still telling the director just now that I wanted to make a special trip to Xunyang, but who knew that you would come directly to the door. You're here, and things are easy. ”

"Let's not bring such an exaggeration, okay?" Lin Zhenhua pretended to say, "You NDRC can't solve the matter, expect me to solve it alone, this is too high for us, right?" ”

Huang Gang said: "Forget it, Zhenhua, don't sell it, aren't you just waiting for me to praise you for a few words of long-term vision?" A few years ago, you were already planning to acquire Bolivia's Mutong Tie Need, at that time I really didn't understand your intentions, now it seems that Jiang is still old and spicy, and your Chairman Lin's vision is indeed much more long-term than mine. ”

"Hehe, the blind cat meets the dead mouse, by accident, purely by accident." Lin Zhenhua laughed.

In fact, from the moment Huang Gang told him about the problem of iron need stone, he knew that Huang Gang had already remembered the Mutong iron need acquired by Hanhua. This large iron demand with reserves of 45 billion tons will be the key to China's iron demand breakthrough. Lin Zhenhua raised a huge amount of money to invest in Mutong Iron Demand a few years ago, isn't it just to cope with today's situation. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )