Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Yandu.

"Staff Officer Ye, you will have to coordinate the future matters regarding the supply of steel and iron ore." After sorting out the steel industry and ore suppliers in the two worlds, Ren Zhong had a clear idea in his mind. However, it was useless to rely on the people from the Iron and Steel Association for this matter. The matter was too big, and the Iron and Steel Association could not make the decision now, so he found Staff Officer Ye.

"Just tell me what to do, Brother Ren. I'll do whatever you think is necessary right away." Staff Officer Ye readily agreed. He was of course aware of the new plan of the Dongda Steel Industry, and was even well aware of the current difficulties.

"We are now facing the targeting of the rogue Eagle steel giant chaebol. If we directly use our national power to solve it, there will be too many variables later. Even if we temporarily suppress the opponent and obtain temporary import supply license, they will find ways to sabotage us. If we use this method to fight them on their territory, we will obviously suffer a great disadvantage." Ren Zhong chose his words carefully.

"Our supply guarantee has a significant impact on the global steel industry. In this regard, competitors will definitely spare no effort to undermine the stability of our supply. This is not only related to the quality of iron ore, but also the quantity and price will be greatly variable."

Ren Zhong continued, "So after my research, we should not solve this problem in this way now. Although our capacity construction will be completed in five years, the supply of iron ore itself has a cycle. We must urgently find a way to lock in the overseas iron ore supply problem. After all, the supply of tens of millions of tons is not something that can be solved from domestic mines."

"There is only one way we can adopt now, which is to find a way to cooperate with overseas chaebols, use their power to compete with the steel chaebols of these powers, take advantage of the inconsistency of interests among different chaebols within them, use one faction to fight against another, and finally achieve a dynamic balance. This is the best result we can get now.

In fact, the interests involved in the steel industry chain are too great. We need to give up some of them. Cooperation with the chaebols of the great powers to share profits is essential. Now the steel oligarch chaebol group of Rogue Eagle is so powerful that ordinary chaebols cannot compete with them. "

"So I have a suggestion. We should attract the powerful European chaebols to compete with them and let them enter the mainstream iron ore supplier industry. Using our huge demand as bait, we can secretly reach some long-term supply agreements with them at the national level, so that they dare to enter this industry on a large scale. After all, Europe is relatively weak in iron ore suppliers, and the current iron ore supplier oligarchs are all controlled by rogue Eagle Capital.

But on the one hand, we secretly support them in sales, and on the other hand, we have some information in exploration and can develop new large-scale iron ore mines in Australia to compete with other competitors.

Although it is not easy to build a new mine, you have to know that the infrastructure of Dongda is now world-famous. We have also privately promised to assist them in this regard and take on infrastructure issues such as new iron ore exploration and road construction. I think they will agree to cooperate.

In terms of overt cooperation, our Qianlong Plan has already developed a group of capital groups with relatively strong financial resources. Although they are distributed in Europe, Southeast Asia, North America and other places, after proposing our plan, we can secretly activate these overseas capital groups to participate in the capital operation of this new iron ore supplier.

We can ensure that this large iron ore supplier's market financing is successfully completed, and then in the process of the company's development, we can also return part of the profits through capital dividends. The so-called win-win situation means that we can win twice. "

After listening to Ren Zhong's ideas, Staff Officer Ye could not help but applaud. The Qianlong Plan has been implemented for quite some time, so it has now shown its potential in the electronics industry and has hatched several leading companies in the industry, but these are not actually the main forces.

What are really lurking in the middle are the dozens of capital operation companies created by exporting capital through John Bull's colonies and trusteeships. They rely on shipping or trading companies and other entities, and legitimately participate in the stock market operations in Europe and North America. They do not focus on short-term interests to buy low and sell high, but invest in those rapidly growing leading companies to achieve exponential growth of capital.

They have reaped the best benefits from the development of the financial markets of the major powers, and created dozens of multinational capital conglomerates with assets worth hundreds of millions of pounds or hundreds of millions or billions of dollars!
Although their influence is much smaller than that of Visio and other billion-dollar companies, these business groups are either in Macau, Hong Kong Island, Ajata, Singapore, or Frankfurt. Each of their success stories is a typical example of individual struggle with clear and traceable achievements. It's just that they are very lucky. Their businesses always encounter noble people to support them. The companies they buy are all growing rapidly. In the later stages of their development, they basically introduce some local tycoons to expand the scale of development and become local giants. People even ignore the fact that the founder may be a down-and-out overseas Chinese.

Because in terms of the general manager and various professional personnel, they are basically all local elites, but the one who holds the voting power in the board of directors is the founder who keeps a low profile.

If these hidden dragons are to be activated now, they must of course be mobilized through the level of Staff Officer Ye, not to mention that any contact with the big European financial tycoons must also have official endorsement from the University of Tokyo.

"Who are the partners we have chosen to cooperate with?" Staff Officer Ye asked directly about the result.

"The four major consortiums that come to mind are the Rothschild, Habsburg, Barclays and Capet. The Rothschild consortium is strong and has great potential. It is an international financial group that spans Europe and North America. It is a behemoth in the Western financial world and has the ability to compete with the North American financial groups. If we can cooperate with them successfully, they will be a good potential partner for our ability to ensure the supply of minerals.

However, Rothschild is not an easy partner. They have ancient traditions, and it may not be easy for outsiders to cooperate with them. Let's see if our foreign affairs department can find a channel to invite their senior and powerful people to Yandu, then I can try to persuade them."

Ren Zhong said that for this mysterious chaebol that was known as the strongest family on Blue Star, the information he could see was only from the main world. This information was not only from the public network, but also from the research materials of the European Financial Research Professor Group that he had found with his own money. Ren Zhong himself could not completely distinguish the authenticity of the information. For example, in some research materials, it was proposed that the Rothschild family controlled various assets as high as 2000 trillion US dollars in the early 50s. This was not only rich enough to rival a country! In the past, the Rothschild family had assets such as Mercedes-Benz, major banks in major European countries, and the Suez Canal.

Only the Second World War that swept across the European continent caused serious damage to the Rothschild family. However, with the post-war recovery, the Rothschilds made an unstoppable and violent revival and once again became a major player in the financial markets of the Western world.

"Among the contemporary core figures of the Rothschild family, if I can invite the four heavyweights Anthony, Edmund, Victor and Edmund, then I will have a 70% chance of convincing them on this matter." Ren Zhong gave a list with the core members of the Rothschild family and their current positions.

"We'll try our best." Staff Officer Ye took the list very carefully and said, he really had no confidence in this, this involved something that Staff Officer Ye could not control. "The second family, the Habsburg consortium, originated from the traditional royal family of the European continent. Family members once became kings of major European countries, and now they also have close ties with more than 30 royal families in the world of Bright Sword. So even if they lost the right to rule the country, their descendants controlled several trust funds and called the shots in the financial market. Relying on strong personal connections, the Habsburg consortium also has a strong ability to compete with the steel oligarch consortium of the rogue eagle. The same is true for the Barclays consortium and the Capet consortium. Although their relationship with the upper class of the European continent is not as strong as that of the Habsburgs, their ancestors also have great aristocratic backgrounds such as dukes and marquises, and they have intricate connections with most of the royal families on the European continent, and they also have deep personal connections to influence the local area." Ren Zhong then briefly introduced the backgrounds of the other three consortiums, which touched on the knowledge blind spots of Staff Officer Ye.

In fact, in the world of Bright Sword, Dongda knows more about the Western world at the national level, mainly through official cooperation. As for the families or consortiums that have a profound influence on the local area, due to the lack of relevant channels for understanding, there is basically little knowledge about them.

I don’t even know all the major financial groups, let alone their backgrounds.

Now that Ren Zhong has investigated this part of the information from the main world, he took it to the Bright Sword world for comparison and verification, and then brought it out. The value of this information is very high.

If it weren't for the fact that Ren Zhong and Staff Officer Ye were close friends for many years, this confidential information would be high-value data that no one would be willing to give away.

Staff Officer Ye acted quickly.

In June, Anthony Rothschild was invited to visit Yandu.

In an exquisite courtyard house in Yandu, Ren Zhong met Anthony, one of Rothschild's contemporary senior partners.

"Hello, Mr. Anthony, welcome to Dongda. I hope the majestic Great Wall and the delicious roast duck do not disappoint you." Ren Zhong's official identity in this meeting was the president of the Liming Research Institute and chairman of the Iron and Steel Federation.

"Hello, Mr. Ren Zhong. Frankly speaking, if it weren't for the meeting with Mr. Ren, the Great Wall and Peking duck alone would not be that attractive to me. Let's be frank. If Mr. Ren Zhong wants to cooperate with us in science and technology, we Rothschild will welcome it very much." Anthony, who was thin but sharp-eyed, did not follow Ren Zhong's greetings, but went straight to the point.

This somewhat violated Ren Zhong's stereotype of the aristocratic style of the foggy city, and deviated from his expected theme direction. This change made him stunned for a moment, because this was not the rhythm he wanted.

However, Ren Zhong quickly adjusted the original communication plan and decisively cut into his own rhythm.

"Well, Ren didn't expect Mr. Anthony to be interested in our technology, but before we start this topic, I would like to discuss the issue of the Suez Canal with Mr. Anthony. I think we can find a lot of common concerns in this regard. You know, Rothschild has invested a lot in this canal. Now with the independence of the Pharaohs and the withdrawal of John Bull, it may not be long before the Pharaohs take back the sovereignty and management of the canal. If this is true, it must be a big loss for Rothschild."

As soon as Ren Zhong finished speaking, Anthony's mind was like a storm. You know, Anthony Rothschild is the person in charge of John Bull's business. Although Ren Zhong's sudden prediction seems to have nothing to do with the cooperation between the two parties, it actually has a great impact.

After all, Anthony is already one of the most powerful figures standing at the top of the world. Rothschild's business in John Bull is not just about the profits from the canal, but the fact that after John Bull loses the canal, the entire country will be greatly affected. For Anthony, who is mainly engaged in finance, if the canal is really taken back directly by the Pharaoh as Ren Zhong said, the impact on the Fog City's finance may be no less than an economic crisis!
Because this will directly pierce John Bull's always weak image as a great power, thus triggering a large number of chain reactions and even the collapse of certain markets.

For Rothschild, who owns a large amount of financial assets, the volatility that would be caused if they failed to handle it properly would be a disaster.

"Mr. Ren Zhong, do you have any basis for what you said?" Anthony was silent for more than ten seconds, and asked softly, without considering that this exceeded the framework of the cooperation content in the early communication.

"Of course, the world after the war is already very clearly divided. The John Bull you relied on has lost its strength to be on par with the Big Goose and the Rogue Eagle. At the critical juncture of the Pharaoh Country, the Rogue Eagle and the Big Goose will no longer agree to let John Bull continue to control it. In this regard, the two opponents are in complete agreement.

The replacement of the tide of the times is already very obvious, but there is no doubt that John Bull will not recognize this reality, and from now on, Rothschild may not recognize this reality either, and wants to continue to bet on both John Bull and Gaul to maintain the interests of the canal. With all due respect, there is no such good thing now. This time, even your allies will not come to help you, and they may even add insult to injury to force you to withdraw from this key node, so that you will not only lose nothing on the canal, but also want to give you a chance to short sell hard in finance!

Mr. Anthony, if you agree with my point of view, then our first opportunity for cooperation can start around the ownership of the canal. "Ren Zhong's words made Anthony lose his mind again.

It’s not that Ren Zhong’s words were serious, but his tone was very affirmative.

(End of this chapter)