Don't give me black technology

Chapter 299 Towards Heavy Industry!
In the conference room of Bluestar Motors, Zhuang Qing, the marketing director of Bluestar Motors, had been negotiating with the representatives of steel manufacturers in the island country for several hours, but they had not been able to achieve the desired results.

In front of Zhuang Qing was Maki Sumitomo, a business representative from Niijima Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., an island country.

Niijima Steel Corporation, also known as Niijima Steel & Sumitomo Metal Co., Ltd., was formed from the merger of the former Niijima Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

It is the largest steel company in the island nation and one of the largest steel companies in the world.The super giants in the world's steel industry, and the behemoths behind this company are the Mitsui and Sumitomo consortia.

"Affected by the super-large natural disasters and wildfires in Australia, our mines and mines in Australia have been severely affected. Therefore, we must adjust the prices of raw materials and special steel. When production resumes and stabilizes, prices will fall back." Maki Sumitomo speaks Chinese very fluently. He is not only a member of the Sumitomo Foundation, but also the president of Shinjima Railway in China.

"Then when will your company resume stable production?" Zhuang Qing asked.

"This is not necessarily the case. It depends on when the wildfires in Australia can be extinguished, and we still need to carry out post-disaster reconstruction." Sumitomo Maki said.

Zhuang Qing cursed inwardly: "It's all fucking excuses! The mountain fire burned the forest, how much has it got to do with your mines? What's more, your company doesn't only have mines and mines in Australia. It is produced by a large steel company in China. The special steel production line is also invested and built by the steel company of your island country, and the price is also increasing during this period!"

"Mr. Sumitomo, I must seriously remind you. China is also a big steel country. We can use domestic alloy steel materials. Your request is unreasonable." Zhuang Qing emphasized.

"If that's the case, I'm very sorry." Sumitomo Maki said with a confident look on his face.

Now the main metal materials of Bluestar Automobile are purchased from them and Huaxia Yugang Group. The special steel production line of Huaxia Yugang Group is invested by Xindao Steel. In fact, Bluestar Group does not have much room for choice.

Other steel companies in Japan, such as Kobe Steel and Japan Steel, are on the same front as them.

And steel tycoons in Europe and the United States charge even higher prices!So Sumitomo Makoto is sure that Blue Star will take this loss!
Coupled with Europe's restrictions on the export of their parts, Bluestar's car manufacturing costs will rise sharply, and it will soon lose its existing 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, who looked a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, I have to go out for a while, please wait a few minutes." Zhuang Qing said.

"Please." Sumitomo Maki said it didn't matter.

Outside the meeting room, Zhuang Qing asked in a low voice: "What instructions does Boss 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!"

"Eh..." Zhuang Qing was taken aback, "The words are well conveyed, well, I understand."

He returned to the meeting room, rearranged his words, and said to Sumitomo Mahui: "Mr. Sumitomo, I think our discussion today has not achieved satisfactory results for both parties. We will reconsider the suppliers of car metal plates and metal raw materials. of."

Sumitomo Maki said hypocritically: "It's really a pity, but our company is still very willing to cooperate with Bluestar 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 negotiation.

"Mr. Meng, the negotiation failed." Zhuang Qing said rather awkwardly, "Not only Xindao Railway, but several suppliers we contacted all demanded a price increase on the special steel required by Blue Star Automobile."

"Hmm." Meng Xiaobai had expected this to happen a long time ago, not only for special steel, but also for some other alloy materials, the suppliers demanded an increase in price.

"Why don't you try contacting the supplier in Australia?" Zhuang Qing asked tentatively.

"No need. Australia's metal industry has long been divided by developed countries. They wear a pair of pants, so how can they expect someone to show kindness?" Meng Xiaobai shook his head, "This matter is essentially because they are afraid of our cars. The factory is growing."

"After the launch of Bluestar New Energy Vehicles, the trend of fuel vehicles withdrawing from the main stage of automobiles has become obvious. However, traditional auto giants have not yet had battery and motor technologies comparable to ours, and suppression is inevitable."

"In terms of raw materials, we still have to find our own way. This is the information of Shanxin Group, let's take a look." Meng Xiaobai handed him a document.

Zhuang Qing read it carefully. This is a local metal mining company in China.Located in the famous steel city and capital of vanadium and titanium in the Sichuan and Shu area, it once entered the top ten of China's steel industry, but it has gradually declined in recent years.

According to the data, it is because the international steel price has fallen, and the improvement of smelting technology has not been high, and it has continued to lose money.

Just this year, the iron mine invested by Shanxin Group in Seniglia, Africa encountered problems and had to suspend production.Shanxin Group invested in this project for five years, with a total of 15 billion US dollars. The interruption of the project made Shanxin Group even worse and almost faced bankruptcy.

(Senilla is a West African country in parallel time and space, which does not exist in reality.)
"Shanxin Group? This company, if the production in Africa cannot resume, I'm afraid it won't last long." Zhuang Qing analyzed.

"It's not that it won't last long, it's that it's about to go bankrupt." Meng Xiaobai looked at him, "I plan to buy Shanxin Group."

"Acquiring Shanxin Group?" Zhuang Qing thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Meng, you mean to develop your own metal supply chain? Shanxin Group is not a good choice. We can establish with other steel companies." joint venture."

"Although Shanxin Group is an old-fashioned metal company, its production technology is not advanced. Isn't it worth buying them?"

"You're right." Meng Xiaobai nodded, "Shanxin Group's domestic property acquisition is not cost-effective. To tell you the truth, I have taken a fancy to their property in Senilla."

"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 Senilia government introduced Chinese capital, Shanxin Group bought a large number of mines there.”

"In recent years, the land and resources department of Senilla has begun to restrict foreign businessmen from purchasing local mineral resources. When we buy Shanxin Group, we can directly obtain their mine ownership and operating license in Senilla."

"Mr. Meng, you must be cautious about this!" Zhuang Qing reminded, "The national conditions of Senilia are complicated. I heard that some of their states are in chaos. The local chiefs even have the same power as the king. Where is the Shanxin Group? Encountered unsolvable troubles, otherwise production would not be suspended."

"I know." Meng Xiaobai said, "So I'm going to send someone to Shanxin Group to find out. You should go there."

"Okay, then I'll prepare immediately." Zhuang Qing agreed.

The delegation of Bluestar Motors visited Shanxin Group to understand the situation.

Soon, Zhuang Qing found the answer.After the poor management of Shanxin Group in the past few years, it wanted to invest in Senilla to "turn over" and bought a lot of mineral resources in Senilla. Who knew that it was forced to be involved in the mine resource competition between two big local tribes. A major safety accident occurred and production was forced to stop.

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 good thing is that their mine resources and operating licenses still have decades of legal rights.

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 successor, but Meng Xiaobai is not afraid.Because metal smelting technology is also one of Jinmu's specialties, as long as Jinmu is there, the business cannot be lost.

The purchase of Shanxin will not only allow the Deep Space Technology Group to complete the development from light industry to heavy industry, but also gain the opportunity to expand African resources.

Looking around the world, resource-rich countries have long been carved up by those international giants. Only some countries in Africa still have a lot of raw resources.

Meng Xiaobai believes that in order to develop industrial technology in the future, deep space science and technology must not be stuck in raw materials, so seizing African resources is a very important step.

One month after the negotiation between Bluestar Motors and Niijima Iron and Steel Company failed, Shanxin Group announced that it had negotiated with Deep Space Technology about the acquisition and would be fully acquired by Deep Space Technology.

As soon as the news came out, the industry expressed doubts.

"Deep Space Technology likes to be a successor! Shanxin Group is a mess, only the resources bought by Senilia are worth some money, but those resources can't 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. The cost of production has soared, and they are all going to lose money."

"I don't understand. Why buy Shanxin with this money? It's better to dig a few people and set up a new company."

"Could it be that they want to be self-sufficient? But Shanxin Group's steel manufacturing process can make some low-grade steel, but high-performance alloy steel can't be produced at all."

No matter how the outside world talks about it, they think that Deep Space Technology has become a successor, but Meng Xiaobai thinks it is very profitable.As long as the production process is upgraded and the matter of the Senilia Mine is resolved, the value of Shanxin Group can directly increase by three to five times!
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, especially steel for automobiles as soon as possible, Meng Xiaobai took Jin Mu and went to Sichuan, Steel City in person.

Steel City is the first city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It has a long history and is rich in water and mineral resources. There are many well-known mining companies in the country, and the former Shanxin Group is also one of them.

(End of this chapter)