After lunch, he called Xu Chongsheng. More than two hours later, Zhou Yan received a piece of information about Dongyang Iron and Steel.
Dongyang is a coastal tourist city, and there are very few heavy industrial projects within its jurisdiction. Apart from Dongyang Iron and Steel, there is only an automobile engine production plant that supports Bangguo.
According to common sense, Dongyang Iron and Steel, relying on the cheap iron ore from Dongyang Port, should be quite optimistic about its profits.
This is indeed the case. For a long time, Dongyang Iron and Steel has been a major profit and tax owner of Dongyang, and it has also donated huge amounts of money to disaster relief activities many times.
It’s just that success is iron ore and failure is iron ore.
Before the Olympics, Dongyang Iron and Steel finalized a long-term iron ore supply agreement with a small Australian mine for a period of fifteen years at a constant price.
More than ten years ago, we had just entered the WTO trap. Domestic businessmen and corporate executives had no idea about the depth of the "trap". Therefore, they have been treated as fat sheep by foreign thieves' raw material suppliers and commodity purchasers.
Among them, the iron ore project, which is in short supply in the country, is the most serious. In order to sell iron ore at high prices to the country, an Australian iron ore giant even spent huge sums of money to cultivate a leading party. In just five or six years,
It has captured hundreds of billions of additional revenue from the country.
It wasn't until 2006 that the situation improved. A large number of domestic steel groups formed iron ore purchasing alliances to negotiate prices...
Dongyang Iron and Steel is only a small steel plant, its products are mainly rebar and section steel. It is not qualified to join the bargaining alliance and can only find its own way out.
Not surprisingly, Dongyang Iron and Steel Group, which had little experience in international procurement, fell into a trap: when signing the purchase agreement, the agreed price was the price at that time.
Who knows, the price of iron ore changes with the relationship between supply and demand: around 2010, the domestic steel industry focused on environmental protection and improved efficiency, so that the price of iron ore in the international market plummeted...
The owner of Dongyang Steel Factory, who felt that he had been cheated by the Australian mine owner, directly tore up the agreement, was sued by the Australian mine owner.
The local court in Australia ruled that in addition to continuing to perform the agreement, Dongyang Iron and Steel also needs to compensate the mine owner for huge losses...
After this, Mu Fanhua, the president of Dongyang Iron and Steel, was a little unmotivated and planned to sell the steel plant.
Before contacting Zhou Yan, Dongyang Steel had already contacted two sellers: Xiadong Steel and Xiazhong Steel. Mu Fanhua seemed not satisfied with the quotations from the two sellers...
Behind the more than ten pages of information is a balance sheet about Dongyang Iron and Steel and a quotation sheet from Qingyan Group.
After browsing briefly, Zhou Yan called Xu Chongsheng back: "Old Xu, I didn't expect that you also covet Dongyang Steel?"
"Mr. Zhou, you can be considered an industry insider. Naturally, you know why the think tank within our group recommended the acquisition of Dongyang Iron and Steel..."
It’s profitable!
To be precise, Dongyang Iron and Steel is backed by Dongyang Port. If it can find a suitable supply of iron ore, the profits of its products should be considerable.
Moreover, the golden decade of real estate is coming soon. After acquiring Dongyang Iron and Steel, even if there are no adjustments to the product line, it can still make a lot of money just from the rebar used in construction.
"Lao Xu, Dongyang Steel Mu Fanhua is going to treat us tonight. I'll make contact first. If both parties are interested, let's continue the discussion..."
On the other end of the phone, Xu Chongsheng nodded, thought for a moment, and said: "Mr. Zhou, if you want to win Dongyang Iron and Steel, there are still some issues that need to be considered. The contract and compensation in Australia, the group company's future positioning of Dongyang Iron and Steel...
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"Compensation is easy to solve," Zhou Yan smiled, "It's enough to just buy the mine directly. Anyway, the recent iron ore market is not very good. As for the positioning of Dongyang Iron and Steel... let's wait until the acquisition is completed..."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan smiled, turned around and was about to leave the balcony when the phone in his pocket rang again...
"Ruoshu, what's the matter?"
"I heard from Lin Lan and the others that the seaside attractions have been renovated. Let's go check it out?"
Zhou Yan looked at the time and saw that there were still three or four hours before dinner. He smiled and nodded: "Wait for me at the door..."
I hung up the phone again, said hello to my uncle, and drove straight to Qin's house. After picking up my girlfriend, I headed straight to the beach according to the route instructed by my girlfriend.
The renovated beach Qin Ruoshu mentioned was not very far from the construction site of the Blue Sea and Blue Sky project, only less than a kilometer away. It was early spring and the temperature was pleasant. When the two arrived, there were already many tourists on the beach.
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The attractions Qin Ruoshu talked about were just some decorative attractions set up on the beach for license plates. The most eye-catching one was a "stranded" catamaran sailboat on the beach...
Zhou Yan glanced at the crowd around the catamaran, turned to look at Qin Ruoshu who was holding his hand, and the corners of his mouth turned into a moon shape: "Daughter-in-law, you are a drunkard and don't care about drinking!"
"Hehe..." Qin Ruoshu glanced enviously at a young man and woman taking wedding photos not far away, smiled and hugged Zhou Yan's arm tightly, "Brother, our Feiyu number is always on."
, almost rusty..."
"This..." Zhou Yan raised his chin with a smirk on his face, "It's not a problem. Now, I'm thinking about a problem..."
"what is the problem?"
"Should your wedding dress be custom-made by Vera Wang, or should I design it myself?"
"Of course I designed it myself!" Qin Ruoshu blurted out without thinking.
"That's true..." Zhou Yan nodded with a deep look on his face, "It's just that at this time..."
Qin Ruoshu, who was staring at Zhou Yan, had not guessed that her boyfriend was joking with her. She gently hugged Zhou Yan's arm and kept shaking: "Brother~brother~"
"Stop, I'm getting goosebumps!"
After a rough fight, the two held hands and continued walking along the beach.
"Brother, it's been a long time since we played together like this, right?"
"How long has it been?" Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, "I still remember that when you were in junior college, I would go to Xinhai every year, either setting off fireworks on the beach or walking together on the beach..."
"Oh, by the way..." Zhou Yan suddenly stopped and turned back to stare at Qin Ruoshu, "There is a treat tonight. It's a business reception banquet. Qin Ning may go, can we come together?"
"Huh?" A big greeting popped up on Qin Ruoshu's head, "Why did Sister Ning go?"
Zhou Yan told the whole story.
"Dongyang Iron and Steel?" Qin Ruoshu's voice was filled with excitement, "There seem to be several classmates in our class who work at Dongyang Iron and Steel..."
After getting excited, Qin Ruoshu suddenly felt that something was not right. After thinking about it carefully, she stuck out her tongue awkwardly...
When you become your classmate’s boss, will your relationship remain the same?
Qin Ruoshu never thought about it and didn't dare to think about it.
Zhou Yan seemed to have seen through Qin Ruoshu's little thoughts, and smiled and squeezed his girlfriend's hand: "I haven't even written the horoscope yet..."
After walking on the beach for a while, Qin Ruoshu suddenly stopped and looked at Zhou Yan pitifully: "Brother, I can't walk anymore..."
"I knew it!"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, took off his shoes, handed them to Qin Ruoshu, and squatted down.
Qin Ruoshu hugged Zhou Yan's neck happily, and was carried on Zhou Yan's back under the complicated gazes of the tourists around her.
As the sun set, the two left a long series of deep footprints on the golden beach...
