9ooo344o4 Chapter 619 Loss-making Trading

※ After Jiang was elected president of the United States and Su, it was expected, and no matter how great the energy of the history was, it could not affect the United States on the other side of the Atlantic, so it was not surprising to hear that Keshi was the first to see it. At the beginning of the campaign, public opinion was optimistic about President Bush, who won the Gulf War, and no one was optimistic about the Democratic candidate Kerry, let alone the free candidate Perrault. How could she not be excited about the investment that Zuo Jiang has always insisted on has paid off!

Zuo Jiang glanced at the date on the quartz clock,!! The 3rd of the month is the day when the voting results of the U.S. election are announced. A few days ago, I wanted to pay attention to the results of the general election, but I forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

When Netcai and Chen Zhixin watched TV together, she tuned all the local stations, and wanted to watch TV dramas or something, but she didn't watch the central one at all, and Zuo Jiang didn't think about it at this time. Of course, at this time, the Central One will not broadcast the voting results of the US election live, but it will be broadcast on the news.

"What, what? To be clear, did Kline's really become the president of the United States? Although Zuo Jiang was not shocked in his heart, he still pretended to be surprised and asked Jenny loudly.

"It's true. It's true! The Kline, whom we support, has really become the president of the United States! Jenny's voice was still very excited, and she said loudly, "You watch TV." Now in the live broadcast of Kline's speech after the victory, Mr. Giver was standing behind him, "Little

Zuo Jiang laughed and said: "Jenny, I'm in China, not New York, I can't see live TV here, so I can only watch the midnight news of CCTV for a while!" ”

"Oh!" Jenny smiled embarrassedly and said, "When I am happy, I forget that you are in China, I will amplify the sound of the TV and you can hear it on the phone." After speaking, the voice of Rick's speech on TV was transmitted on the phone.

"This is a speech from the Gram Cousin in Little Rock, Arkansas." After Jenny quickly said a word to the phone, and then pointed at the TV, Zuo Jiang heard Keshi say on the phone: "My main task after taking office as president is to restore economic growth and provide opportunities to the people. The American people voted for "new beginnings," and voter support for me was an "amazing united force" for change in the United States, and I will remain committed to "change" when I am in office. The voice on the phone was not very clear, but Zuo Jiang still understood the inside of Ke's speech

The voice on the phone turned, and the voice of a female host came, it seemed that the TV screen cut back to the studio, and the female host broadcast the voting situation of Ke's election, Zuo Jiang listened for a while, and the general situation was as follows: According to the voting results. Kline's victories in the ugly states and Washington, D.C., won the scarred electoral votes, far more than the extra votes needed to elect the president; Bush won in the state, winning only one electoral vote. The vote percentages of the popular vote were: Clinton, Bush, and Perot.

Zuo Jiang didn't want to continue listening to the life of Keshi on the air; Then she shouted to Jenny on the phone, and when Jenny heard it, she lowered the sound of the TV, picked up the phone and said, "My dear Zuo, you are my God." I adore you so much! You've heard all of them, the Knickers we support have indeed been elected, and the social status of our company will be higher and higher in the future."

Zuo Jiang said: "This is exactly what I want to see. Edward Xianmang, you should keep in touch with him, I think you should call him at this time, and call me. Congratulations on behalf of the company! ”

Jenny said with a smile: "As soon as the news of Kline's victory was broadcast on TV, I called him to congratulate him, he was very excited on the phone, let me convey his respect and gratitude to you on his behalf, and solemnly said that his promise will not change!" He seemed to be very busy, and hurriedly said a few words before stacking the phone, of course, the meaning was very clear. ”

Since Jenny gave birth to Zuo Jiang's child, not only has she called Zuo Jiang frequently, but she is also very gentle every time she calls, and her voice is full of maternal love and pride, but Zuo Jiang can't hear it, because every time Jenny calls is to talk about the company's affairs as an excuse, Zuo Jiang didn't think much about it, let alone that Jenny already had his child.

After talking about the election of Kline, Jenny said: "You asked me to send someone to investigate the purchase of Australian iron ore and there are preliminary results. I've got Nick in your email for the report. Let's make a decision after reading it! ，

As soon as Zuo Jiang heard that the acquisition of Australian iron ore had a preliminary result, he immediately asked: "Jenny, I want to report to you, how do you feel?" ”

Jenny said: "The company's inspection team was mainly in the Pilmara region of Western Australia. Because the iron ore above Australia is produced there, we can't touch the mines of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and we can only buy small and medium-sized iron ore with an annual output of 10,000 watts, according to your opinion, we can buy more small and medium-sized iron ores, and the problem of annual output is solved. But we can't get the iron ore out there. Western Australia's railways and ports are controlled by the three major iron ore companies, leaving us with very little room for capacity, and once the three major iron ore companies are now in the hands of the big companies, we have the intention of concentrating small iron ore companies to develop large companies. Strict control of railways and ports will surely put our company to death! Therefore, I feel that this is a loss-making business, so think about it! ”

Zuo Jiang really didn't take into account the transportation of iron ore, and just wanted to take advantage of the fact that Chinese steel companies have not yet fully relied on the three major iron ore companies, and vigorously acquired small and medium-sized iron ore mines in Australia, so that they can accumulate a lot and form a scale, and when China's steel industry flies, it can compete with the three major iron ore companies. Break their judgment and solve the embarrassing situation of Chinese steel companies having no right to speak on iron ore pricing in one fell swoop. At this time, when I thought of how much capacity would be needed for tens of millions of tons or hundreds of millions of tons of iron ore, I couldn't help but have a headache. Groan·' Advertising Zuo Jiang had no choice but to say to Jenny: "Okay, I'll think about it seriously." What to do after I finish reading the inspection report! At this time, Chen Zhixin saw Zuo Jiang's endless phone calls, and it was still in English, obviously it was a foreign woman on the other side of the phone, so he snorted a little dissatisfied.

"Oh!" Jenny seemed to hear Chen Zhixin's voice, and after screaming in surprise, she hurriedly said: "I forgot that it was already midnight when you were there, you should hurry up and rest, I will call you again when I have time, good night!" Without waiting for Zuo Jiang to speak, she hung up the phone.

The next day. Zuo Jiang went to his office at the computer school to download and print out the inspection report in the mailbox. Sitting in the office, I looked at it carefully. The report has a total of leaflets, all of which are written in English. Zuo Jiang first took a cursory tour, and the situation was similar to what Jenny said, so he studied it carefully

In addition to more than 100 mines under the three major iron ore companies, more than 200 mines of more than 100 small and medium-sized iron ore companies have also gathered, and the inspection team has contacted more than 20 small and medium-sized iron ore companies that are interested in selling mines. The annual output of more than 20 iron ore companies ranges from 10,000 tons to 10,000 tons, although the output of each company is not high, but the total annual output has reached 1 million tons. And the price of the sale is also relatively reasonable, Zuo Jiang can't help but have some doubts when he sees this. Why are these companies willing to sell their mines at such a low price?

After a closer look, Zuo Jiang finally found the answer. It turns out that these small and medium-sized iron ore companies do not have their own special transportation routes, and they have to rely on the special railways and ports of the three major iron ore companies to transport the iron ore they produce to the port and then load it on ships and sell it abroad. The iron ore produced has been backlogged! There is no way, this is how the transportation agreement is set, although it is an unequal agreement, but there is no other way, they can only bow their heads. In recent years, the shipments of the three major companies have soared, resulting in a large backlog of ore produced by them, which cannot be shipped in a hurry. The magnitude of the loss is getting bigger and bigger, so there is the idea of selling the mine at a low price.

Zuo Jiang took a look at the transportation agreement time of these small and medium-sized companies, and it was generally two or three years to expire. If you buy these companies, once the three major companies jointly suppress and do not renew the transportation contract, then you will not be able to ship even a ton of ore, it seems that this transportation is really a big problem!

Shipping problems? Thinking of this, Zuo Jiang's eyes couldn't help but light up. If you want to compete with the three major iron ore companies, you must have your own special railway and port, although the investment in building railways and ports is very large, but in the long run it is still very advantageous, you have the money why not build it yourself, right! In the formation of a, an ocean shipping company. It can not only solve the transportation problem of iron ore in Western Australia and Russia, but also greatly reduce the cost.

Zuo Jiang seems to remember that the Western Australian government is vigorously attracting investment, allowing foreign companies to build their own railways and ports, and there is no need to consider official problems, Australia and the United States are allies, and after Edward takes office, these problems can be solved through Edward, and now is the time for a return on investment.

Considering that it takes a certain amount of time to build railways and ports, and within a few years, the transportation agreements of the three major companies will be needed to reduce losses, although we are facing a situation of losing money for several consecutive years, in the long run, it involves not only the interests of individuals, but also the interests of the country.