In the conference room of Blue Star Motors, Blue Star Motors' marketing director Zhuang Qing has been negotiating with representatives of the island country's steel manufacturers for several hours, but has been unable to achieve the desired results.
In front of Zhuangqing was Sumitomo Maiki, the business representative from Niijima Steel Company in the island nation.
Niijima Steel Co., Ltd., also called Niijima Steel and Sumitomo Metal Co., Ltd., was formed from the merger of the original Niijima Steel Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
It is the largest steel company in the island country and one of the world's largest steel companies. It is a super giant in the world's steel industry, and the behemoths behind this company are the Mitsui Foundation and the Sumitomo Foundation.
"Affected by the super-large natural disaster wildfires in Australia, our mines and mining plants in Australia have been severely affected. Therefore, we must adjust the prices of raw materials and special steel. When production returns to stability, prices will fall."
Sumitomo Maiki speaks Chinese very fluently. He is not only a member of the Sumitomo Foundation, but also the president of Niijima Railway in China.
"Then when will your company resume stable production?" Zhuang Qing asked.
"This is not necessarily true. It depends on when the wildfires in Australia can be extinguished, and we still have to carry out post-disaster reconstruction and so on." Sumitomo Maiki said.
Zhuang Qing cursed in his heart: "It's all an excuse! The fire burned the forest, how does it have anything to do with your mine? What's more, your company doesn't only have mines and mining plants in Australia. Large steel companies in China produce it.
The special steel production line is also a joint venture invested and built by your island country's steel company, and prices are also increasing during this period!"
"Mr. Sumitomo, I must seriously remind you. China is also a big steel country. We can completely use domestic alloy steel materials. Your request is unreasonable." Zhuang Qing emphasized.
"If that's really the case, I'm very sorry." Sumitomo Maiki looked confident.
Currently, Blue Star Automobile purchases its main metal materials from them and Huaxia Yugang Group. Huaxia Yugang Group's special steel production line is invested by Nishima Steel. In fact, Blue Star Group does not have much choice.
Other steel companies in the island country, such as Kobe Steel and Island Steel, are on the same front as them.
The steel tycoons in Europe and the United States are asking for higher prices! So Sumitomo Maiki is determined that Blue Star Motors will definitely bear this loss!
Coupled with Europe's export restrictions on their parts, Blue Star Motors' car manufacturing costs will skyrocket and it will soon lose its current market competitiveness.
Just as Zhuang Qing was about to say more, someone knocked on the door and entered the conference room. It was Meng Xiaobai's new assistant Deng Yun. She looked a little embarrassed.
"Sorry, I have to go out for a while. Please wait for a few minutes." Zhuang Qing said.
"Please." Sumitomo Maiki said it didn't matter.
Outside the conference room, Zhuang Qing asked in a low voice: "What instructions does Mr. Meng have?"
"He said..." Deng Yun imitated Meng Xiaobai's tone and said in a disdainful tone: "Let those bastards get out, I have my own way!"
"Uh..." Zhuang Qing was stunned, "The words were conveyed quite well. Okay, I understand."
He returned to the conference room, rearranged his words, and said to Sumitomo Maiki: "Mr. Sumitomo, I think our discussion today did not achieve satisfactory results to both parties. We will reconsider the suppliers of automotive metal plates and metal raw materials.
of."
Sumitomo Maiki said with a hypocritical face: "It's really a pity, but our company is still very willing to cooperate with Blue Star Motors. If you have considered it, please feel free to contact us."
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In Meng Xiaobai's office, Zhuang Qing came to report on the discussion.
"Mr. Meng, the negotiation has not been completed." Zhuang Qing said in embarrassment, "Not only Niijima Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., but also several suppliers we contacted have all asked for a price increase on the special steel required by Blue Star Motors."
"Yeah." Meng Xiaobai had long expected this to happen. Suppliers of not only special steel but also other alloy materials were demanding price increases.
"How about contacting the Australian supplier?" Zhuang Qing asked tentatively.
"No need. Australia's metal industry has long been divided by developed countries. They wear a pair of trousers, how can they expect someone to be kind?" Meng Xiaobai shook his head, "The essence of this matter is that they are afraid of our cars.
The factory is growing stronger.”
"After the advent of Blue Star new energy vehicles, the trend of fuel vehicles withdrawing from the main stage of automobiles has become obvious. However, traditional automobile giants do not yet have battery and motor technologies that can match ours, so suppression is inevitable."
"In terms of raw materials, you still have to figure it out yourself. This is Shanxin Group's information, let's take a look." Meng Xiaobai handed him a document.
Zhuang Qing read through it carefully. This is a local metal mining company in China. Located in the famous steel city and vanadium and titanium capital in the Sichuan-Sichuan region, it once entered the top ten of China's steel industry, but has gradually declined in recent years.
Data show that this is because international steel prices have fallen, while smelting technology has not improved significantly, resulting in continued losses.
Just this year, the iron ore mine invested by Shanxin Group in Senilia, Africa, encountered problems and had to suspend production. Shanxin Group invested in this project for five years, totaling 1.5 billion US dollars. The interruption of the project made Shanxin Group even worse.
Almost facing bankruptcy.
(Senilia is a west African country in parallel time and space and does not exist in reality.)
"Shanxin Group? This company, if production in Africa cannot be restored, may not be able to survive for long." Zhuang Qing analyzed.
"It's not that it won't last long, it's that it's going bankrupt." Meng Xiaobai looked at him, "I plan to acquire Shanxin Group."
"Acquire Shanxin Group?" Zhuang Qing thought for a while and said: "Mr. Meng, do you mean to develop your own metal supply chain? Shanxin Group is not a good choice. We can build it with other steel companies.
Joint venture factory."
"Although Shanxin Group is an old metal company, its production technology is not advanced. It is not cost-effective to acquire them, right?"
"You are right." Meng Xiaobai nodded, "It is not cost-effective for Shanxin Group to acquire its domestic properties. To be honest, I am interested in their properties in Senilia."
“Senilla is a country with a vast land area and rich mining resources, including iron ore, aluminum ore, tin ore, vanadium ore, zinc ore and even some rare earth resources. In the early years, the Senilla government introduced Chinese capital,
Shanxin Group bought a lot of mines there."
"In recent years, Senilla's land and resources department has begun to restrict foreign companies from purchasing local mineral resources. By buying Shanxin Group, we can directly obtain their mine ownership and operating license in Senilla."
"Mr. Meng, you must be careful about this!" Zhuang Qing reminded, "Senilia's national situation is complicated. I heard that some of their states are in chaos. The local chief even has the same power as a king. The Shanxin Group must be somewhere
If we encounter trouble that cannot be solved, we will not stop production otherwise."
"I know." Meng Xiaobai said, "So I'm going to send someone to Shanxin Group to find out. You can go there."
"Okay, then I'll prepare immediately." Zhuang Qing agreed.
A delegation from Blue Star Motors visited Shanxin Group to learn more about the situation.
Soon, Zhuang Qing found the answer. After Shanxin Group's poor management in the past few years, it thought of investing in Senilia to "make a comeback" and bought a lot of mineral resources in Senilla. Who knew that it was forced to get involved?
During the competition for mining resources between two large local tribes, a major safety accident occurred and production was forced to cease.
Their capital chain is now broken, and the mess in Senilla is too troublesome. No one is willing to take over, so they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
The only advantage is that their mining resources and operating licenses still have legal rights for decades.
After comprehensive consideration, Meng Xiaobai issued an order: "Buy it!"
Now no one dares to take over the Panshanxin Group. They are worried about becoming a takeover, but Meng Xiaobai is not afraid. Because metal smelting technology is also one of Jinmu's specialties. As long as Jinmu is here, this business cannot be lost.
Buying Shanxin will not only allow Deep Space Technology Group to complete its development from light industry to heavy industry, but also gain opportunities to expand African resources.
Looking around the world, resource-rich countries have long been carved up by international giants. Only some countries in Africa still have large amounts of raw resources.
Meng Xiaobai believes that in order to develop industrial technology in deep space science and technology in the future, raw materials must not be blocked by others, so seizing African resources is a very important step.
One month after the negotiation between Blue Star Motors and Niijima Steel Company failed, Shanxin Group announced that it had negotiated the acquisition with Shen Kong Technology and would be fully acquired by Shen Kong Technology.
As soon as the news came out, the industry expressed doubts.
"Deep Space Technology wants to be the successor! Shanxin Group is a mess. Only the resources bought by Senilia are worth some money, but those resources cannot be developed!"
"Blue Star Motors is stuck! I heard that the raw materials and parts they need are jointly restricted by the United States, Japan, and Europe. Production costs have soared, and they are all losing money."
"I just don't understand. Why would you want to acquire Shanxin if you have this money? It's better to poach a few people and set up a new company."
"Could it be that they want to be self-sufficient? But with Shanxin Group's steel manufacturing process, it's okay to make low-grade steel, but it's impossible to make high-performance alloy steel."
No matter what the outside world thinks, Deep Space Technology has become a takeover, but Meng Xiaobai feels that it is very profitable. As long as the production process is upgraded and the matter of the Senilia Mine is solved, the value of Shanxin Group can be tripled to five times.
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Of course, it is not easy to deal with these things, and you have to rely on black technology.
In order to solve the problem of raw materials as soon as possible, especially the problem of automobile steel, Meng Xiaobai took Jinmu and personally went to Sichuan Steel City.
Steel City is the first city on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It has a long history and is rich in water resources and mineral resources. There are many nationally famous mining companies here, and the former Shanxin Group was also one of them.