Chapter 215: Buying Steel
Due to the secrecy, after some thought, Xu Yuan directly brought Shin Haejun's team to Earth.
They were the second group of people brought over by Xu Yuan from the source star after Li Zhiming.
The task of teaching them to adapt to life here was given to Li Zhiming by Xu Yuan, and of course, the slave chip may not be taken from them until Xu Yuan dies.
These researchers can bring very good benefits to themselves if they use them well, but if they make trouble, it will be a big mess.
However, Shin Hae-jun said that he didn't care about slave chips or anything, he liked this place too much, away from radiation, away from danger, and he didn't want to go back if he was killed.
At present, Yuanying Bio is still just an empty shell, although the pharmaceutical factory for the production of nutritional mixtures has been built.
However, the team responsible for sales, planning, and management has not yet been formed, and these things must be done as soon as possible.
Of course, if these jobs were forcibly left to Nie Shuying to deal with, Xu Yuan believed that she would definitely take it, but this would inevitably be a bit unkind.
The business of Source Technology alone made her very busy, and then threw this thing that had nothing to do with the Internet on her, Xu Yuan was really afraid that Nie Shuying would come by plane and beat herself!
At the same time, after Lin Xiujie's operation, international news also began to officially break out!
The British Daily reported, "Qatar has made a strong statement, condemning the shameless behavior of the eastern country, and saying that it will take all means to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity!" ”
The Washington Daily reported, "Where does Qatar's arrogance come from? How did the mysterious Star Wish Trading Company defeat the Eastern Special Forces? The strength of the private armed forces is stronger than that of the ** army, and the security is worrying. ”
Japanese new media reported, "The devil who shouts for war? Qatar may become a saboteur of regional stability! ”
There are more than ten newspapers on Xu Yuan's desk, and each of them has a very interesting point of view, especially the Japanese new media, which has hacked Lin Xiujie's conspiracy theories, and I don't know how he will feel when he sees it.
How to deal with this kind of diplomatic problem, how to use the platform of the international tribunal and those captives to knock Dongguo hard, that is what Lin Xiujie should worry about, Star Wish Trading Company has already retired.
After throwing all the newspapers aside, Xu Yuan looked around boredly and asked Liu Ling, "I'm going to go to Australia at noon, do you want to go together?" ”
Hearing that Xu Yuan was going to take himself with him on this business trip, Liu Ling happily hooked the corners of his mouth, "Yes!" Want! I'm going to change my clothes now. ”
Steel is the foundation of industry, and this is something that every country knows very well.
If you want to develop industry, you can't do it without raw materials, and what restricts the development of industry on the Yuanxing side happens to be the lack of raw materials.
Therefore, Xu Yuan simply hit the idea on the earth's side, and transported steel directly from the earth to the source star, which was the best way he could think of.
In the past, when I was in China, it was naturally unrealistic to buy a large amount of iron ore or something, which was much more risky than buying grain.
But now there are not so many worries, he can buy as much as he wants, and no one has the power to investigate him.
As for the reason why Xu Yuan chose Australia, it is naturally because the largest iron ore company giant on the earth is in Australia.
Anyway, the Lucas Islands are also close to Australia, and Xu Yuan is not ready to go to other countries for a long time, so he can buy them nearby.
The flight to Melbourne, the capital of Australia, is only at noon, and although the number of tourists to and from the Lucas Islands has increased recently, there is still a lot of surplus in air tickets, and Liu Ling easily bought a ticket.
After getting off the plane in Melbourne, the two opened a room in a nearby business hotel and rested for the night.
Immediately afterwards, the next day, Xu Yuan went to the special mining company for the appointment.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Xu Yuan." After meeting Xu Yuan, Seck Enders, the head of the Australian branch of the special mining company, enthusiastically extended his hand.
"Fortunately." Xu Yuan also held his hand and shook it enthusiastically.
After briefly introducing themselves, the two quickly got to the point.
"Supply 100,000 tons of iron ore, 200,000 tons of aluminum ore, 1,000 tons of tin ink ...... per month" Holding the contract handed over by Xu Yuan, Seck Enders looked at it repeatedly, and his brows gradually wrinkled.
"Any questions?" Xu Yuan asked.
"No, iron and aluminum ore is okay to say, but although this tin ink ore is not a rare earth resource, the output has not been high, and the annual output has basically been booked." Seck Enders said helplessly.
"That's right." Xu Yuan frowned slightly.
Tin ink is not abundant on the earth, but it is used in a wide range of applications, such as microcomputers, CPU processors, etc.
However, there is another big use for this thing, which no one has discovered yet, and that is the neural access device of the virtual reality device, which must also be used by this thing.
Although the source star can get a little bit by recycling waste products, it is obviously impossible to mass-produce it in the thousands, so I can only find a way to do it in the present world.
"If you want to go to Huaguo, I suggest you might as well go to Huaguo to ask, Huaguo is currently the world's largest producer of tin ink, iron and aluminum, our company can still provide."
"Let's talk about it, put aside the tin ink ore in advance, and let's talk about the price of iron and aluminum ore." Xu Yuan smiled helplessly.
Go to Huaguo to buy, I'm afraid that the Zhou family will not let him buy it easily, mineral resources, it's too easy to card you, from mining, environmental protection, transportation, to customs, with the energy of the Zhou family, as long as he has a little connections in this random system, he can not do this business.
Of course, there are two other places to get them, the North Pole and the Moon, but unfortunately, mining in the North Pole is not allowed by any country.
And to go to the moon, with Xu Yuan's existing technology, he can't get it for the time being, so he can only think of other ways.
After a morning of deliberations, the price was finally set.
Iron ore is $53 a tonne for 100,000 tonnes per month, and bauxite is $80 per tonne for 200,000 tonnes per month, with a five-year trading term.
In the morning, he signed a large order for the company with a monthly revenue of more than 10 million US dollars, and Seck Enders was naturally happy.
It happened to be time to get off work, so the two simply left the company and dined at a Chinese restaurant near the company.
On the way to dinner, Xu Yuan casually asked, "Is the prospect of the mining industry bad now?" ”
"It's not bad, but I'm afraid it's going to get worse." Speaking of work, Seck Enders sighed and replied with some gloom.
"Because of what? Economic situation? ”
"Generally speaking, it's the economy, and the root cause is demand." Seck Enders took a sip of his beer and let out a sigh of relief, as if he had vomited the worries that had accumulated in his chest.
"Can you be more careful?" Xu Yuan asked with a smile, he still has a lot of interest in mining.
"Let's use an analogy. You need about 10 tons of steel to build a 3,000-square-meter building, but once the house is built, the potential demand for steel is less than these 30 tons, not just the house, everything from cars to screws and other manufactured goods, and then the steel mill reduces production, the mining farm also reduces production, and the economy is so finished. As he spoke, Seck Enders smiled.
Although Xu Yuan didn't understand what was interesting about it.
"Is it okay to tell me these things?"
"No problem. It's time to get off work. Seck Enders waved his hand and said conceitedly, "And even if the company wants to lay off employees, it won't be my turn." ”
"In other words, the overall trend of iron ore prices is downward?"
"That's right," Seke Enders nodded, "You can see this from the stocks, the stocks of all mining companies are falling, and the industry will naturally continue to decline. ”
"According to you, the mining industry is hopeless." Xu Yuan asked suspiciously.
"Not necessarily, unless there is a technological breakthrough." Seck Enders shook the glass of beer.
"Technological breakthrough?" Xu Yuan frowned slightly.
"That's right, unless there's a huge technological change, like everybody throwing away the cars they use now, or if there's a new mining method in the mining industry, and the workforce goes down, the company will naturally be more profitable...... Hey, I still envy you. ”
"There are many people who envy me."
"I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about your industry, don't you think the high-tech industry is the most prone to technological breakthroughs?" Seke Enders took a sip of his beer and said with a smile.
"It's also the most bankrupt industry." Xu Yuan shrugged his shoulders and replied.
Seke Enders was stunned, then laughed, and then he suddenly asked curiously, "Can you take the liberty of asking?" As far as I know, your company's main business is in the Internet field, why do you need to buy a large amount of iron ore? ”
"What? Is your company still particular about the use of the buyer's minerals? Xu Yuan joked with a smile.
"It's just that I'm just a little curious, of course, if it's inconvenient, forget it, this issue doesn't affect the cooperation between us." Seeing that Xu Yuan didn't intend to answer, Seke Enders directly skipped the topic.
Since Seck Enders still had to go to work in the afternoon, the two didn't drink much.
After exchanging business cards, the two said goodbye and agreed to go out for drinks together next time.
Due to the unexpectedly smooth signing of the contract, the next day, which was supposed to be very busy, was idle.
Since she was busy with everything, according to the agreement with Liu Ling before she came, Xu Yuan took her for a walk around this beautiful Melbourne.
Taking pictures in front of landmark buildings and scanning in big shopping malls, I have to say that it is really tiring to go shopping with women.
However, when he saw Liu Ling's happy face, Xu Yuan really felt that the fatigue of his whole body had been cured.
Very blissful feeling.