After some deliberations, it was finally decided that Fang Shunqing, executive vice president of Xingyue Real Estate Group, would be the person in charge of all things on Bentley Island. He would also be the chief administrator of Bentley Island and be recognized by the British government.
Fang Shunqing is also happy to accept this position. Today's meeting has made it clear that Xingyue Real Estate Group will change hands in the next year. If he wants to continue working in the Li Group, he will have no choice but to return to Xiangjiang. Will there be any good news by then?
There is no guarantee that a new job is waiting for her. After all, she is Qin Jiao. After she returns to Xiangjiang, there will naturally be a new job waiting for her, and she will not be allowed to work in a casual position.
It's different for these senior leaders. If there is a vacancy, it's okay, they can fill it smoothly. If there is no vacancy, they can only take a temporary job in a group. It's hard to say how much power they have.
Bentley Island is a large area. If it is developed well, hundreds of thousands of people can live there without any problems. As the chief official of such an area, it is still very fulfilling.
And as long as Li Guangyu is willing to invest, they can definitely carry out land reclamation and continuously expand the area of Bentley Island, giving them greater room for development.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Guangyu took a special plane to Perth, the capital of Western Australia, where the first phase of the Oriental Port project in the northwest of Western Australia and the railway from Oriental Port to the Pilbara Marandu Iron Mining Area were officially completed.
This also marks that the two giant iron mines of Marandu and New Yigege in the Pilbara region can be mined on a large scale. Their transportation is no longer restricted by the two major mining groups Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and it also breaks the gap between the two mining groups.
Monopoly over the Pilbara region.
The construction of the Western Australia Steel Production Company in Oriental Port is also nearing completion and will be put into production in January. After nearly two years of preparation, the Lee Group finally has its own high-speed rail output.
At present, the steel company mainly produces various steel materials for construction, and also produces steel materials needed for automobiles. These have great linkage with the Lee Group's industries, so there is no need to worry that the products cannot be sold.
When Li Guangyu arrived in Perth, it was already late at night locally. Li Guangyu did not stop in Perth and directly got on the vehicle arranged by Gu Zhengsheng and drove to Oriental Port.
In the past, the area around Dongfang Port was still deserted. After Li Guangyu and others built Dongfang Port here, more real estate companies came to develop it. After several years of construction, it has begun to take shape.
Western Australia has also made timely adjustments to this. It has become a city called Oriental Port. The Western Australian government intends to build this place into a shipping center and steel manufacturing center in the northwest of Western Australia. It is also communicating with the Bentley Group.
I hope Bentley Group will put its Australian production base in Oriental Port.
Currently, Zhang Ziyu is still communicating with Western Australia, hoping to get more preferential policies. In the future, a Jinniu truck production base and a Hengtong bus production base will be established in Dongfang Port to specifically supply the markets of Australia, Indonesia and surrounding countries.
After arriving at Dongfang Port, Li Guangyu only rested for less than three hours, got up, washed up, had some breakfast, and headed for Dongfang Port. Today's commissioning ceremony was held at Dongfang Port, and at the same time the freight train
It will also depart from Eastern Harbor Railway Station and head to the Pilbara region.
There were many people present this time. The top leaders of Western Australia, the Chief Administrator of Western Australia, the Australian Deputy Minister of Industry, the Deputy Minister of Transport, and senior officials of the Oriental Port Municipal Government were all present to express their congratulations.
Shareholders of Xinma Iron Ore Development Company also attended the event, including Li Guangyu, Zheng Yutong, Gu Zhenfu, Sumitomo Qiying, Iwasaki Shunying, Li Jianxi, Zheng Zhouyong and others.
Also present were Zhao Xiaoyan, President of Xingyuan Group, Gu Zhengsheng, President of Western Australia Steel Group, Su Weisheng, Vice President of Wheelock Group, Sumitomo Hideyoshi, President of Sumitomo Metal Corporation, etc.
The event was hosted by Xu Yuntao, chairman and general manager of Xinma Iron Ore Development Company, who is also the vice president of Xingyuan Group.
When Li Guangyu arrived, almost all the attendees had arrived, and there were only ten minutes left before the event started.
Sumitomo Qiying saw Li Guangyu coming over and said to him: "Mr. Li, congratulations, your industry has taken another big step forward and officially entered the steel industry. I'm afraid that in less than two years, we at Sumitomo can only treat you."
I hope he can carry it on his back."
Li Guangyu responded: "Mr. Sumitomo, you really think too highly of me. The foundation of my enterprises is shallow and the technology is relatively backward. Compared with your Sumitomo, it is still far behind, especially in heavy industry. Some of my enterprises are not as good as
I just stepped into it.
Not to mention compared with you, even with the industries owned by Mr. Li Jianxi, Mr. Zheng Zhouyong, Mr. Zhao Chongxun, etc., they cannot be compared.
I believe that in the future, in terms of heavy industry, your industry will definitely be second to none, such as the shipbuilding industry, in which you are both strong."
Sumitomo Qiying originally hoped to praise Li Guangyu and exaggerate the threat of the Lee Group, so as to create a gap between the Li Group and the Korean Group. Li Guangyu counterattacked and highlighted the competition between them and the Korean Group.
During this period, Sumitomo Qiying was quite unhappy. Wheelock Shipping Group ordered a large number of oil tankers and LNG ships from many shipyards in South Korea, but did not order one from their shipyard owned by Sumitomo.
Only then did they realize that not only was the Lee Group posing a great threat to them, but the rising South Korean consortium should not be underestimated either. If this continues, they and the Korean consortium would also compete for the market in many aspects.
Nowadays, Japan's major consortiums feel like they are being attacked from both sides. In North America and the American consortiums, they are competing fiercely. In Asia, they are facing challenges from the Lee Consortium and the Korean consortium. If one of them is not good, they may really be besieged.
On the one hand, Sumitomo Qiying and others hope that the Lee Foundation can turn against the South Korean consortium, and on the other hand, they also hope to properly improve some relations with the Lee Foundation so that the relationship between the two parties will not be too bad and some cooperation between the two parties can continue.
Li Jianxi and others are also aware of the calculations of the Japanese consortium and the Lee Consortium. Their Korean consortium is currently the weakest. They do not want to be hostile to any consortium now. They should try to find ways to actively develop their own industries and increase their capital when they are most needed.
Li Jianxi said aloud: "Mr. Sumitomo, Mr. Li, we are all Eastern capitals. There is no need to compete with each other or squeeze each other. The world market is very large. We can join forces to seize markets in other regions and avoid hurting each other."
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No one present would take Li Jianxi's words seriously. Apart from naked interests, there is no friendship between the three of them. Moreover, the market is so big, and the industries of the three parties are highly overlapping. It is impossible to compete without competition.
Several parties chatted about useless topics with smiles on their faces, time passed slowly, and the celebration ceremony for the official operation of Dongfang Port and Dongla Railway officially began.
Xu Yuntao first expressed his gratitude to the distinguished guests who came. At the same time, he introduced the scale of Dongfang Port, the entire operating time of Dongla Railway, and the annual carrying capacity to those present. He also thanked the Western Australian government and the New Horse Iron Ore Development Company.