"Continue to increase the price?" Shen Peiming was stunned for a moment.
What he is worried about now is that the price of rare earths is already very high, and the profits he has made here are also quite generous. Now this situation makes him feel very satisfied and there is no need to raise the price again for the time being.
According to Fan Wubing, if Japan has started negotiations with the government level and further raises the export price of rare earths on its own side, will it cause official disgust and cause any unpredictable consequences? This is what he is most worried about.
Therefore, Shen Peiming considered it and explained the problem to Fan Wubing. "Son-in-law, you know that my company has a military background. Although I am the helm of the open and the military only distributes profits, I cannot be proficient in this kind of major decision. So if you want me to cooperate, you have to explain the various things in it, otherwise it will be difficult for me to pass this price increase resolution at the board of directors."
Fan Wubing naturally knew very well what was going on with his father-in-law's company. In fact, he had considered it clearly. This matter was related to the external direction of the rare earth policy, and the military bosses could not be unwilling to care. Therefore, he said to Shen Peiming, "You don't have to worry about this. I will contact the military bosses to obtain their unanimous understanding."
Fan Wubing has made a thorough arrangement this time, and he wants to obtain the key technologies most needed in China by trying his best to squeeze Japan, South Korea and other countries in rare earth resources. Since rare earths are industrial food, he must jammed foreigners' necks from the grain to achieve some of his own goals.
Of course, at any time, such a large price increase will attract a lot of doubts.
But this time the situation is a little different. When the country is very troubled by the SARS epidemic, when Western countries begin to block China, and when the senior officials of the central government are eager to find a breakthrough to break the current deadlock, the decisive action of adjusting the export prices of rare earths can be precisely able to meet the needs of the senior officials.
The next day, when the two major rare earth groups in the north and south announced the hike of various export prices for rare earth resources at the same time, the media also caused some small waves. However, since this is a decision on exports, it has little impact on the country, and the various materials companies are in a stable mood.
It only caused an uproar in the international market. Americans questioned that China's monopoly on rare earth resources was not in line with the spirit of the WTO. Japan, South Korea and other countries also clamored to retaliate against China. Cutting import quotas for some agricultural product projects, and other countries have more or less expressed their attitudes on this issue. In short, everyone is worried, believing that China, as the most important exporter of rare earth resources, has continuously increased the price of rare earth exports and reduced the quota of rare earth exports, which has seriously affected the development of the world economy.
"So what?" Fan Wubing smiled at this.
Although Shen Peiming followed Fan Wubing to do this, he felt a little uneasy and didn't know what the reactions of the military and senior management were. However, when foreign media expressed their opinions on this, he was very surprised to find that the domestic response was basically mediocre, and the senior management expressed silence to it.
This situation is very strange. Logically, when foreign governments strongly respond, the domestic government will definitely exert a certain influence on the company to balance it. Although the two major rare earth groups in China exist in the form of private enterprises, if the government wants to make some decisions, it will not care whether you are a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise.
Especially in the previous period, the new round of macro-control seemed to have become very strict in the control of private enterprises. Although Shen Peiming's company has passed the period of being stuck, he still felt a little scared when he thought of the blows on private enterprises during the previous macro-control.
If the government wants to do something to private enterprises, it can just find a name, or there is no need to find any name at all. First, send someone to your company to check it for a few months. If you don’t believe it, you can’t find anything. Even if you steal a chicken and escape tax of 200 yuan, you can beat you up to no avail, let alone most private enterprises are not clean in the process of development.
Since the two major groups announced the price increase, some government officials of the local government expressed concern, believing that too high prices have an impact on the friendly diplomatic relations between China and other countries, but Shen Peiming is not a vegetarian. At most, these are just local officials at the bureau level who can't even put them in his eyes. What he cares most about is a higher-level attitude.
But it is obvious that the senior management was dealt with by Fan Wubing.
"My son-in-law is really not an ordinary person-" Shen Peiming couldn't help but sigh.
Fan Wubing was explaining what happened this time to Shen Ying. "In fact, if you want to do a big thing, you must first understand the dynamics of the senior management, and at the same time you must know what they want to do most now, so that they will be invincible."
Fan Wubing took action on rare earths this time and was directly hit hard. Of course, Japan, South Korea and other countries, the United States has also been greatly affected, especially while the US military is continuing to attack Iraq, many of the products of arms dealers need rare earth elements to be the foundation. Once there is a problem in the supply chain, it will directly affect the performance of the weapon, which is something that Americans cannot bear.
It is also because of this that while the central government is unable to control the outbreak of the SARS epidemic, while the international community unanimously implements a system of restricting entry and exit for China and reducing the number of Chinese exported products, the card played by Fan Wubing is very critical and hits the opponent's weakness in an instant.
"The United States, Japan and South Korea can no longer sit still. They are now sending representatives to Beijing urgently to consult with the government." Fan Wubing said to Shen Ying with a smile, "Now the senior management is sitting firmly on the fishing boat, waiting for them to come to the door, and then swallowing back the words they had released. Because of this, the new leadership group now has a relatively positive view of me, and the importance of my father in the group has also been highlighted, and his voice is becoming increasingly important."
Shen Ying tilted her head and said, "I'll do it all over the world. So many things have happened in China in the past few months, but you are always the ones who benefit the most? Can you say that your thinking is really so sharp and your consciousness is so advanced that you can see through everything?"
"Wrong, don't believe any prophet's stories, they are all used by YY novels to fool people." Fan Wubing replied seriously. "The secret to true success is to keep thinking, I think, so I am here."
Shen Ying gave Fan Wubing a blank look and said, "However, if you directly dealt with Temasek this time, it has offended the Singapore government completely. There must be many people in China who hate you to the core, because Singapore is the preferred country for many people to immigrate. Because of this time, I heard that Singapore has temporarily stopped the mainland's entry application, and many people complained about it."
"What's my business?" Fan Wubing shrugged.
"That's true. Most people won't know that you did this time." Shen Ying nodded.
Only those at higher levels will be clearer about this kind of thing. Where can ordinary people have the opportunity to learn about this inside story?
However, the groups that Singapore lobbyed have already arrived in the capital, but they don’t know whether they can motivate the top leaders and create some opportunities for easing the tension between the two countries.
In fact, Fan Wubing is very clear that Singapore seems to be free on the surface, but in essence it is just the Li dynasty and treats outsiders very harshly. Just like most people who immigrated to Singapore from the mainland, in addition to a few who hope to have a foreign identity as a cover and act more conveniently in China, they are more corrupt officials who have become rich after becoming rich, and they have transformed themselves into investment immigrants and are happy to go overseas.
The reason why Singapore seems to be in a leadership position in ASEAN is that it relies on two reasons: one is the Temasek consortium and the other is the personal relationship with senior officials and large families in ASEAN countries.
These two points are actually just one point, the main thing is one key, money laundering.
It is precisely because the Li family has been working diligently to help leaders and big families in ASEAN countries launder money that they have established a long-term friendship with each other. Through Singapore, these people turned illegal income into legal income, quickly used political resources to gain the opportunity to get rich, and then became a wealthy class in ASEAN countries. In turn, they used wealth to consolidate their political status. Therefore, they have a very good impression of the Li family in Singapore.
Singapore is just a small country, just a city. If there are any development opportunities in this kind of place, it is a scam. Many people in China are targeting Singapore to apply for immigration. In fact, they are looking at Singapore's already very mature money laundering system, which can easily embezzle state-owned assets for themselves and turn them into private property.
On the other hand, it is because most people who need such services use domestic political resources to pay for it. With their own strength alone, they cannot survive in countries such as Europe and the United States. Therefore, it is most appropriate to choose Singapore, which is the same language and the same kind of family, to settle down.
It is said that there is a street in Singapore, and the villas on both sides were bought by corrupt officials from the mainland, which is a clear proof of the rumors about money laundering.
Because of this, when Singapore unilaterally closed its immigration channels, the most anxious people were corrupt officials who were in urgent need of fleeing the mainland.
Chapter completed!