Baosteel has not yet been officially ignited, and Chen Zhiwen does not need to know too much about the steel industry, after determining the approximate cooperation plan, Chen Zhiwen left Baosteel.

In the future, Baosteel, in the domestic steel industry, is definitely a boss position, even if it will only take the high-end steel route in the future, maybe in terms of production capacity may not be comparable to other regional steel mills, but as long as it has a good relationship, then they can not only supply Baosteel, but also in the future can take advantage of this relationship, and then find a way to supply iron ore to other steel mills.

The biggest advantage of this is naturally that there are customers, so Chen Zhiwen dares to invest enough capital in the mining industry, if the exploration can not find a suitable target, then direct acquisition is OK, and even the latter may be more convenient and efficient, because in the case of knowing that the price of iron ore will skyrocket in the future, the acquisition of some iron ore farms in advance is beneficial and harmless.

This is a very large investment, the amount of funds involved is also very large, so you need to be very cautious, and have enough customers, and build a good relationship with customers, is the most important part, according to Chen Zhiwen's prediction, after their own funds from the Japanese real estate market, it is difficult to find a large number of funds to continue to undertake a large amount of investment in the world, at this time, the choice of mining is a direction, not only the mineral itself has a great influence, is the scale of financing involved, It is enough to make international banks jealous, and such large-scale investment can also affect the lifeblood economy of many ordinary countries.

After returning to the hotel, Chen Zhiwen called an assistant and said: "Check it, there is a county under Suzhou City, called Shazhou County, and I will check all the companies engaged in the steel smelting industry, whether they are state-owned enterprises, private enterprises or joint ventures." ”

"Okay." The assistant promised that they didn't need to ask why, they just carried it out.

"Well, go ahead, try to be as fast as you can." Chen Zhiwen said.

Just returned from Baosteel, he was still thinking about the future of domestic large steel mills, suddenly thought of the future of the largest private steel mill in China, Shagang, in Shanghai next door to SZ City, or in a county-level city, such a steel mill is still in its infancy, if there is a chance, now into the shares, the future return is estimated to be higher than Jianlibao, but also can digest their own iron ore overseas, killing two birds with one stone.

Becoming a shareholder of a future large-scale steel plant in China is much more stable than Baosteel's promise, not to mention anything else, as long as the scale of shagang is the same as that of later generations, it is not a problem to sell tens of millions of tons of iron ore in his hands a year, and it will be hundreds of millions of tons in the long run. Of course, it is also possible that it has not been established yet, Chen Zhiwen only knows the name of Shagang, what the specific situation is, he does not know, in his previous life, he was not a professional steel industry, can know some large steel mills across the country, it is already the limit of ordinary people.

Unfortunately, foreign capital is not allowed to enter the steel industry directly in China, and the control in this regard is stricter than that of the automobile industry, otherwise it will be much more convenient to find a way to invest a little more.

In the following days, Chen Zhiwen was invited to visit the new workshop of SAIC Volkswagen, where, as early as 1982, the first Santana was built, but it was a pure CKD (imported parts assembly) car, and at the beginning of this year, Volkswagen and SAIC were really established.

However, compared with Yanjing Jeep, it is more than 2 years late, in Yanjing, Jeep has begun to produce in small batches, although it is mainly the oldest Jeep 212 car, but AMC's Jeep now has a monthly output of several hundred.

The monthly output is hundreds, compared with more than 20 million a year in the country in later generations, it is far worse, but in the 80s, it is already good, you know, in the original history of 1988, SAIC Volkswagen only built 8000 Santana a year, plus AMC has been trying to localize the production of parts, if the future development is smooth, Yanjing Jeep can at least lead SAIC Volkswagen 3-5 years.

Of course, these two cars are not direct competitors, and next, Chen Zhiwen goes to Yanjing, in addition to Midea's super factory, the introduction of AMC's sedans will also become another important issue.

"Mr. Chen, welcome to the public." A Chinese leader shook hands very politely and smiled. Behind him, there were more than a dozen people, including 3 foreigners, who should be Germans, all of whom were relatively tall.

Chen Zhiwen's reputation is now very important in the world, although there is still a bit of a gap compared with Volkswagen, but even if he goes to Volkswagen in Germany, he will also be ceremoniously received, especially, Chen Zhiwen, now the ambition to invest in the automotive industry is already obvious, and he will be regarded as half a peer in the future, even if it is still a little far from the level of Volkswagen.

"Hello, Mr. Qiu." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile that before he came here, he had been told that the current chairman of SAIC Volkswagen was named Qiu Ke.

SAIC Volkswagen, or all joint venture automobile companies, the chairman is a Chinese person, and the same is true for Yanjing Jeep, after all, the Chinese side accounts for 51% of the shares, which is a major shareholder, and some daily operation and management are basically responsible for the Chinese side, and the foreign party is responsible for technology and quality control.

In fact, the latter has greater rights, as far as the facts are concerned, the foreign party has the final say on a screw on the joint venture brand car, and the majority of the profits are in the hands of the foreign party. In the next few decades, the new models launched by the German, American and Japanese models, even if they are cars for the domestic market, are all designed overseas, and all high-end talents are overseas, and the mainland can not participate in the entire design process, so they naturally cannot learn relevant knowledge and technology.

"Mr. Chen, let me introduce, this is ......" Qiu Ke smiled and introduced everyone around him to Chen Zhiwen, basically the top leaders of SAIC Volkswagen, the level is above the vice president, and those Germans are also the senior responsible for technical quality.

Chen Zhiwen also shook hands with everyone one by one, and he knew each other.

"Mr. Chen, please come in." After introducing each other, Qiu Ke said with a smile.

"Okay, let's do it together." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Under the leadership of Qiu Ke, everyone first took a circle inside the various factories of SAIC Volkswagen, just like in Baosteel a few days ago, the two factories are very large, and it is naturally impossible to walk, and everyone also took a minibus to travel inside.

Baosteel has not yet started, but SAIC Volkswagen has already started.

"Mr. Qiu, what is the current production capacity of SAIC Volkswagen?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

Qiu Ke did not deliberately keep it secret, and said directly: "At present, the daily production capacity is only about 10 units, and now it is also in the run-in period of Chinese and foreign teams, and many parts are also imported from Germany, and there is often a shortage of parts." ”

Although Chen Zhiwen also has a Jeep factory in Yanjing, which is considered a peer, he is not a competitor with Volkswagen, the models of the two are completely different, and the mainland market is so large, their production capacity is not enough, even if the same model will not have competition. Besides, there are some things on my side that still need to be cooperated with others, and it doesn't matter if I say these things.

"It's only been less than half a year, and this speed is already good." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

Perhaps because of the impact of his promotion of Yanjing Jeep, the cooperation between Volkswagen and SAIC has also been advanced, and it has officially started at the beginning of this year.

"Mr. Chen, why don't you take a ride on our new car?" Qiu Ke asked with a smile.

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. He was also curious about what happened to the first batch of Santana that was now being built in Shanghai.

"Then I'll arrange it." Qiu Ke said with a smile, whether it is a leader or other guests, when they come to the factory of SAIC Volkswagen, they naturally have to take a car, but this is the first time for Hong Kong businessmen to come.

Soon, a black Santana drove up.

"This Santana's chassis is really tall." Chen Zhiwen's first feeling after seeing it was like this, in fact, in his previous life, Chen Zhiwen had also seen Santana, and the chassis was not lower than the average urban SUV.

"Mr. Chen, when we discussed with Volkswagen which model to introduce, we chose Santana because of the relatively high chassis of this car, which is suitable for the current domestic road." Qiu Ke said with a smile.

"It makes sense, a high chassis does have this benefit." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The chassis is high, the passability is strong, and it is suitable for walking many different roads, but the disadvantage is that the center of gravity is high, and it may not be very stable at high speed. The low chassis is naturally the opposite, and many cars in later generations have very low chassis, which is to take into account the stability and fuel consumption at high speeds.

No one is good or bad, just look at the demand, in this way, if you introduce AMC cars, then you also need to consider this problem, the current domestic roads, or not very good, AMC cars are also suitable for the United States kind of high-quality highways, in the country, I am afraid not to meet the market demand.

After Santana's driver got down, Qiu Ke drove himself, taking Chen Zhiwen and an assistant around the factory.

"It's very good, and the noise comfort is okay." After getting out of the car, Chen Zhiwen praised.

Compared with his luxury cars in Hong Kong, the Santana in front of him is naturally incomparable, but compared with the Yanjing Jeep, the comfort is still a little stronger, but the Jeep is an off-road vehicle, which is not a strong point in itself, and the AMC sedan is almost the same, AMC's technology is definitely not as good as Volkswagen, but Santana is the technology of the 60s, and if AMC can't compare, don't mix.

"Thanks for the compliment." Qiu Ke smiled and said, "It's still a little hot outside this day, why don't we go inside the office building?" ”

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