industrial overlord

Chapter 617 All For Iron Ore

The Mutong Iron Mine in Santa Cruz Province was discovered in the mid-20s, and the proven reserves so far are 70 billion tons, and the unproven reserves are said to be more than doubled. The reserves of 450 billion tons can only be described in astronomical figures.Just compare it with a single figure: In 450, China announced the discovery of a large iron mine in Benxi, northeast China, which is said to be the largest in Asia, and its reserves are only 2009 billion tons.

When delineating sales centers around the world at the earliest, Chu Hongyang and others in charge of sales were not optimistic about Santa Cruz. It is located in the interior of South America, the transportation is not convenient enough, the local market is small, and the external radiation capacity is insufficient. Not a good place to set up a sales center.

But Lin Zhenhua insisted on building a site here. What he set his eyes on was the huge Mutong Iron Mine.

"What does iron ore have to do with us? Do you want to make mining machinery?" Chu Hongyang asked in surprise. Of course, mining machinery is also a very good product, but it seems that Lin Zhenhua has never heard of it before.

Lin Zhenhua looked at Chu Hongyang, and said with a smile: "Hongyang, your idea is not bad. How about it, you don't want to run abroad anyway, or let's set up a mining machinery company and you go to be the general manager. I It is estimated that within a few years, the mining machinery market will become popular, and it will not be a problem to produce an output value of [-] billion a year."

"Of course it's okay to be a mining machine. I came from a factory anyway, so I should be fine in managing the company." Chu Hongyang replied.Seeing that his former partners Peng Shaozhe and Zhao Yongqun were already in charge of the branch below, Chu Hongyang was also a little envious. In his opinion, being the general manager of a branch is something to be proud of.However, for Santa Cruz, he still has a few words to say:
"Zhenhua, I have been to Santa Cruz. I heard that the reserves of the Mutong Iron Mine are indeed quite large. I don't know the exact number. However, the transportation there is inconvenient, at least when I go there. So far, the level of development is still very low, not as large as the copper mine next to our Xunyang. I'm thinking, if I want to do its mining machinery business, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for a while."

"Really low level of development?" Lin Zhenhua was overjoyed, "That's great. I'm afraid it has already been divided up by those international mining tycoons."

"What do you mean?" Chu Hongyang asked in surprise.

"Let's bring it here! A piece of white paper is easy to draw on. No one else has developed it before. We can only develop it if we develop it." Lin Zhenhua said, seeing that Chu Hongyang still looked dazed, he had to give a lecture to Chu Hongyang : "Hongyang, do you know what is the most important thing in the 21st century?"

"Talent." Chu Hongyang replied casually. Lin Zhenhua has said this sentence countless times at the group's high-level meetings.

Lin Zhenhua waved his hand: "I mean, except for talents."

"Is it technology?" Chu Hongyang asked hesitantly. In his impression, Lin Zhenhua valued technology very much.

"No! It's resources!" Lin Zhenhua said solemnly, "Humanity has developed to this day, and the resources on the earth are no longer enough. In the future, all countries in the world must compete for resources. As the largest developing country in the world, China's annual steel output And if the consumption is to reach half of the world's, a large amount of iron ore is needed. I dare say that within a few years, the price of iron ore in the world will rise sharply. You have a gold mine now."

"Boss, don't you want to go into the mining industry again?" Chu Hongyang used the title he used when he was young. When he wanted to express his admiration to Lin Zhenhua, he would often use this title.If it is said that mining machinery has something to do with Hanhua's current main business, then mining is a completely new start. He really admires Lin Zhenhua's courage to think and do.

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said, "Why not? Hongyang, think about it, how many mineral resources have Hanhua accumulated over the years? Africa, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Latin America..."

"Ah, really!" Chu Hongyang patted his head.

In fact, who knows more about these transactions made by Lin Zhenhua than Chu Hongyang.In the past ten years, when Hanhua did business with countries rich in resources, Lin Zhenhua often allowed the other party to use minerals as collateral for credit, or directly exchange mining rights for equipment payments.Chu Hongyang has always been unclear about Lin Zhenhua's approach.In those years, China itself was selling ore for foreign exchange, but Lin Zhenhua put away the good foreign exchange and preferred to use other people's mines. Isn't this contrary to China's national conditions?
Fortunately, the profit margin of Hanhua's export equipment is quite high. Even if a part of the equipment payment has been converted into mining rights, the development of Hanhua has not been hindered by this.Chu Hongyang pinched his fingers and did a rough calculation, and found that the company really had a lot of mining rights, including gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, coal, oil and natural gas, everything that one expects to find.

In addition to the mining rights, Lin Zhenhua also bought large forests in Russia, Indonesia, Brazil and other places, and arranged for some loggers to cut trees there. The timber shipped back to China is worth hundreds of millions every year.Thinking about it now, Lin Zhenhua's actions seemed to have a clear purpose.

"Hongyang, our country used to be poor, so we had to exchange resources for industrial products with others. Now that we have a little money, we should keep our own resources, and we have to use other people's resources. Mu Tongtie I have been staring at the mine as early as 10 years ago. Such a large iron mine has not been fully developed yet. This is a gift from God. If we don’t take it and enjoy it, I am really sorry.” Lin Zhenhua spoke with high spirits.

How can there be any business with God?Chu Hongyang muttered in his heart, but he still fully supported Lin Zhenhua's words.Over the years, he has traveled far and wide, so he has seen a lot.In all those resource-rich poor countries, what he saw were Western mining giants controlling the mining areas, and large quantities of ore were continuously shipped to developed countries, leaving only some water-logged mine pits and large tracts of land. slums.Now that China is on the rise, it's our turn to mine.

Chu Hongyang also knows a thing or two about the price of mineral resources.In the 90s and [-]s, global mineral prices were very low. Products including iron ore, copper ore, and petroleum were not more expensive than cabbage of the same weight.But in recent years, the price of mineral products has started to rise quietly. If Lin Zhenhua's prediction is correct, the mining industry will be the most profitable industry in the next few years.

In this way, several cities close to the mining area were added to the finalized distribution of sales outlets.Lin Zhenhua personally lectured the sales managers who were sent to the mining cities, and gave them instructions that, at any cost, they must deal with the local government departments and mine owners, grasp the basic situation of the mines, and create conditions for the purchase of mines.

Fang Lei came to Santa Cruz with such a special mission.

"Do you understand? We came to Santa Cruz to get this iron ore. All our work must be done around this central work. As long as we can get the iron ore, the performance of other sales centers and Compared with us, we can't even compare to scum." Fang Lei cheered up his subordinates.When he said these words, he did not avoid the taxi driver. In Bolivia, people who can understand Chinese can be counted with a slap.

"Is one iron mine worth all the achievements? Is that an exaggeration?" Wang Yumei asked suspiciously.She came out this time in the hope of earning more money and going back to Xunyang to buy a house.Although the company has allocated housing to each employee, her children have grown up and need to live separately, so she needs to buy another house in Xunyang City, and the housing price in Xunyang is now more than 1000 per square meter Now, which prefecture-level city in the country can have such a high house price?
The sales center's bonus is linked to performance. If the performance is not achieved, the bonus will be reduced, so Wang Yumei is particularly concerned about this issue.

Fang Lei said: "Let me test you, if we can sign a 100 million-ton oil refinery, how much will it be?"

"5 million US dollars." Dong Yongjian and Wang Yumei replied at the same time, this is what they learned during the training.When they learned that they were coming to a city like Santa Cruz, they all firmly believed that they would definitely not be able to do such a large amount of business.

"Then do you know how much Mr. Lin plans to spend if we want to win the Mutong Iron Mine?" Fang Lei asked again.

"This..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They are all workers, so they don't know the market of mines.

"Could it be more than 5 million US dollars?" Wang Yumei asked hesitantly.

Fang Lei stretched out a slap: "Congratulations, you got the answer right. More than 100 times! It's 500 billion US dollars!"

"There are so many!" Several people were about to jump up, but luckily they were in a taxi and couldn't move around.However, each of them felt a kind of excitement. The 500 billion U.S. dollar transaction was enough to buy the entire Hanhua Heavy Industry, including the equipment, the land, and all the employees. in the business.Although the performance calculations for buying and selling are different, it is conceivable that for such a large transaction, the bonus will definitely not be small.

"Does our group have so much money?" Dong Yongjian asked.

"This is not something we should worry about." Fang Lei said coquettishly.In fact, he didn't know exactly what Lin Zhenhua was planning, but he had formed such an understanding over the years that as long as Lin Zhenhua said what he said, it would definitely be possible.As for where the money comes from, do people in my position need to know?

"Now everyone knows the importance of our work. I hope that everyone will unite with sincerity and work together to complete the work delivered by the group headquarters." Fang Lei raised his face and began to lecture seriously.

"Yes!" The three subordinates replied in unison.

"Sir, your place has arrived." The taxi driver parked the car under a big tree, pointed to a small courtyard on the side of the road and said to them, "If the address you told me is correct, then this courtyard should be This is the venue you rented. Welcome to Santa Cruz."

(End of this chapter)