Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Anthony was silent for a long time before he digested Ren Zhong's words and returned to reality.

Although Ren Zhong's reasons seemed a bit far-fetched to Anthony, he did not deny that the consequence Ren Zhong mentioned might happen, especially since Ren Zhong was talking about a prophecy that would be verified in the near future. There was no need for Ren Zhong to dwell on this issue.

The core interests of the Rothschild family now lie in John Bull and Rooster Gallicus, and the focus of their assets is also on these two places. If what Ren Zhong said is correct, if these two parties lose control of the canal, it means that they will lose their dominance in the crucial influence in the Middle East.

This is almost their last bit of dignity in maintaining their status as a world power, and it is also their reliance on obtaining excess benefits in the world. After all, they are still one of the five major gangsters, and they still have many former colonies with far-reaching influence in Black Africa and other parts of the world.

But from the perspective of their domestic mainstream opinion and major observers, no matter what happens, the rogue eagles will definitely stand on their side. After all, they are long-term allies, so how could they stab them in the back when something happens? !
After all, in the First and Second World Wars before that, everyone was a close ally in the same trench. After all, many of the upper echelons of the Rogue Eagles have inextricable ties with these two European countries.

Anthony originally saw it this way.

But now that Ren Zhong said this, Anthony thought carefully, maybe his counterparts in America might not be so friendly. For international capital, the country might not be important, making money is the most important thing, so if the international competitiveness of European capital is reduced by weakening these two countries, then for wealthy tycoons like Rockefeller and Morgan, it might be something that they would like to see.

Perhaps they really took the opportunity of weakening to enter the European financial market and scoop a spoonful from the bowl of the European consortium. Anthony did not find the idea of ​​grabbing food from other people's bowls very new. After all, the Rothschild family also wanted to advance to America to get a share of the pie, and they had already transferred part of the family capital and power there.

Put yourself in their shoes. Why do you ask others to promote their style without doing anything?

Although Anthony accepted Ren Zhong's point of view to some extent, he did not accept Ren Zhong completely.

If it were just speculative information like this, it would not be enough for them to cooperate with the University of Tokyo.

Anthony was silent for a while, then he adjusted his glasses with his hand and stared at Ren Zhong with sharp eyes.

"Mr. Ren Zhong, forgive me for being blunt, but even if this is the case, what is there for us to cooperate on? Or to be more direct, what benefits can we get from the cooperation?" Now that the warm greetings have been torn apart and the reality has been faced, Anthony also wants to see what cards Ren Zhong has.

From a business perspective, if you want to cooperate with the Rothschild family, you must have the capital.

"As for the dispute over the canal, in our opinion, even if John Bull and Gallic Rooster unite, plus the spikes you have planted in the Middle East, I'm afraid they can't win against the combined pressure of Big Goose and Rogue Eagle. Frankly speaking, according to the prediction of our military experts, in the battle in Pharaoh, if the two countries don't fight with their whole country, it's unlikely that you will defeat Pharaoh, who is fighting at home. It's true that you have planted spikes, but your strength is just like that now. The population base is too large compared to Pharaoh. If Big Goose fully supports Pharaoh's weapons and equipment, can you hold out for 1 month? 3 months? 1 year?"

"No, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold out for even half a year. Modern warfare is very costly and not something that most countries can sustain. If a canal war really breaks out, our experts estimate that the probability of you losing the war is over 90%. In this regard, you have no chance unless another world war is launched.

Maybe you will occupy some cities first, but in the end you will be dragged down by endless guerrillas in these cities. If the Goose and the Rogue Eagle jointly intervene in this matter. And morally speaking, it is reasonable for the canal to return to the local area. "Ren Zhong said.

"But we really spent real money to open this canal." Anthony said somewhat unwillingly.

"So what? Can you fight the Pharaoh who has the support of Big Goose and Rogue Eagle for a long time? Even if you support a little brother in the local area, it will be difficult. Now the combined strength of your two families is not as good as that of Big Goose or Rogue Eagle." Ren Zhong said to Anthony without showing any weakness.

That's very impolite.

“Our strategic observers anticipate that if you do start a war over the canal, even your closest allies will rise against you.”

According to the information Ren Zhong obtained in the main world, in fact, just three days after they launched the attack, the Rogue Eagle publicly demanded that they cease fire and withdraw their troops at the Security Council, and the Big Goose even directly provided military assistance to help the Pharaoh's resistance.

"If you cooperate with us, we will not stop these things, but we can provide you with first-hand strategic prediction information, reduce losses and even let Rothschild gain benefits from this matter. For example, when the company you control continuously receives large orders in a wailing market, isn't this the best opportunity for a Jedi counterattack? With such a weapon, you can easily defeat the giants who are eyeing you and make them suffer a big loss in a premeditated short-selling!"

Anthony's sharp eyes became brighter and brighter, as if they were emitting golden light.

But it soon returned to normal Qingming.

"Can you be more specific?" Anthony asked.

After sending away an old fox, Ren Zhong couldn't help but feel a headache.

However, things were not resolved so easily.

As a true behemoth that controls the European financial world, they would never make such a decision easily.

But there are some things they can start first.

For example, after returning, Anthony personally acquired RIO (Rio Tinto), moved the company's headquarters to the Fog City, and prepared to list it in the Fog City.

Ren Zhong did not place all his bets on just one company. Later, the heads of the Barclays Group and the Capet Group also came to Yandu one after another and met with Ren Zhong.

Then Barclays took over FMG Mining from Kangaroo and Cape took control of Glencore Mining from Watches.

Now, in the eyes of the truly powerful people in the world of Bright Sword, Ren Zhong is also an important figure. After all, the Dawn Research Institute is now known as the strongest research institute on Blue Star.

As the head of a company, no matter how low-key he is, his important position has naturally risen and he can no longer hide in the crowd. Therefore, facing the huge market attraction of nearly a quarter of the global market demand in the mining industry, even if they have no interest, they will be prepared.

At the same time, the world of "Bright Sword" was in turmoil. The dispute over the canal was indeed developing according to the script given by Ren Zhong. The Pharaoh's powerful speaker indeed broke the previous agreement on the ownership of the canal under the unequal treaty, and simply and crudely used force to resolve the new ownership of the canal.

In this way, the Pharaoh directly tore off the fig leaf, making the pre-war threats of John Bull and Gallic Rooster useless, and also giving them an excuse to interfere with the canal.

The situation changed drastically in an instant. The four countries started a war of words. Newspapers, magazines and television media criticized each other as inhumane every day. A major war was inevitable.

Fog.

In a magnificent round table conference room.

"They are really powerful. The current situation of the canal seems to be moving in accordance with their direction." Evelyn Rothschild sighed. As Anthony's young successor, Evelyn had just graduated not long ago, but had already started working in the family business.

"Fortunately, we hedged before and reduced the risk during this round of sharp decline. The family was able to survive this crisis. Most other families in Europe are not so lucky now. Only the Barclays and Capet families, who hedged like us, were able to escape the disaster."

“Should we further follow the predictions of the University of East China and conduct new hedging of the family’s financial assets?”

"What does Prime Minister Ai say now? Are they sure that they are preparing for an inevitable war?" Anthony asked.

"Yes, father, our friends have sent news that war is inevitable and now has entered the countdown," Evelyn replied.

"It's time to make up your mind, Evelyn. Your next mission is to go to Kangaroo Country and take over several iron mines in the Pilbara region. With the help of RIO, we must do everything we can to take over those iron mines at all costs. We can't wait for our competitors to take over the spoils in the next bad news." Anthony was silent for a while before saying to Evelyn, "But this action must not arouse the vigilance of those competitors, so that our strategic capital transfer is hindered by them."

This was a really big deal. Anthony remembered the advice of the young man from Dongda University and couldn't help feeling a little frightened. He was not only surprised at their accurate assessment of the situation, but also at the fact that they told Anthony very straightforwardly what choice they should make, as if they were not afraid at all that Anthony would go back on his word.

Anthony could not refuse the annual iron ore order of 20 million tons, so even though he did not agree to it directly at that time, after returning to Europe, Anthony was very honest and took over the RIO Mining Group. Now, Anthony is glad that he did not hesitate too long, otherwise RIO would have been taken away by Barclays or Capet.

Although there are many mining companies, there are not many large companies with a complete range of integrated exploration and mining talents. Now all the companies within their sphere of influence have been taken down.

"Yes, in addition to buying mines, what about our mines and road transportation construction? In Pilbara, the mines there are still in the wilderness. We need to build hundreds of kilometers of railways to transport these ores to the port." Evelyn obviously knew something about this mining area.

The piece of land in the Pilbara region that they are preparing to take over now is a new mine that has just completed exploration.

"Don't worry about that. Your main task now is to find a way to take over the mine." Anthony waved his hand. "I'll take care of the construction."

Fashion capital.

"We have seen how accurately Dongda has grasped the situation. Now we have no room to retreat. We must find a way to take over the iron ore in the Land of Kangaroos. Our guests have even selected the target for us. In this regard, you have to admire the broad-mindedness of Dongda people. Even as opponents, they can use conspiracy to achieve their goals." Lyons, the head of Capet Bourbon, is a middle-aged man in his forties. At today's internal meeting of Capet Bourbon, he is no longer prepared to wait and see.

"Our goal is to take over at least three iron mines in Theo with a reserve of no less than 3 billion tons and two coal mines in Victoria. In our private agreement with Dongda, we must provide at least 10 million tons of iron ore each year. I don't want this business to fall into the hands of competitors. Now the Rothschild family has come to the forefront. The RIO mining power they acquired is much stronger than the Glencore Mining we took over. Not only the Ross family, but now the Barclays family is more deeply involved in the mining industry than us. They directly took over FMG in Kangaroo Country and already have more than 2 billion tons of reserves."

"We have already lost at the starting line, so next we need to not only take over the iron ore, but also the coal mine and strive for a coal-iron joint venture. I believe they will need coal."

"But our funds are now invested in finance and the wine industry. The current cash flow can hardly support so many mineral acquisition projects." Pierre, CFO of the Capet Bourbon Consortium, frowned and said.

"Then we will cash out some of our financial assets!" Lyons said domineeringly, "Dongda has a good reputation. The long-term contract price we reached is enough for us to make more money from the mine than from finance. An order of 15 million tons is enough to support us to invest one-third of our assets in the Kangaroo Country to go deeper into the mining industry."

Compared with the Ross family, the Capet family is much weaker in power and strength. It is obviously a bit difficult for Capet's Bourbon family system alone to make such a huge investment, so they have to give up something in reality to gather enough resources for mining!
You have to know that the iron ore price at this time is completely different from the overly hot iron ore price in the main world.

The current price per ton is not worth mentioning compared to the main world.

Therefore, in the long-term contract price offered by Ren Zhong, the main contract framework of adding 5 points to the current price for 5 years basically eliminates the drawbacks of theoretically unlimited price increases.

However, considering the current low cost of mining, the long-term contract price offered by Ren Zhong is obviously much higher than the cost, which makes this business very attractive.

Let these three people be willing to take on the role of vanguard. It is obviously not possible to contribute to the steel industry of Dongda without paying some real money.

Fortunately, the international balance of payments of Dongda University has been in surplus, so there will be no problems in purchasing and payment, which has brought a lot of help to the entire procurement work.

The financial cleansing caused by the Canal War made the three major families chosen by Ren Zhong determined.

It began to actively move towards the main direction of iron ore. (End of this chapter)