Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 206 What do you think our navy is used for?
"Rare earth, rare earth. Don't think it's earthy just because it has the word 'earth' in its name. The key point is the word 'rare' in the beginning. Rare is what makes things valuable. That's what's most important!"

"Of course, if it were just rare, that wouldn't be a big deal. The key is that while it's rare, it's also widely used in the industrial field. So widespread that it's irreplaceable and indispensable! This is truly beyond ordinary importance!"

I’m afraid that a few words won’t be enough to explain the importance of rare earths to industry.

In front of Bai Ling, Ximen Lang took out his mobile phone, opened the smart assistant, and typed in the word "rare earth".

Immediately, a detailed introduction to rare earths was compiled by the intelligent assistant.

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of elements with unique chemical and physical properties. They are rare in nature and difficult to mine and extract. They include 17 metallic elements: lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), and the closely related elements scandium (Sc) and yttrium (Y). REEs can be divided into two major categories: light rare earths and heavy rare earths, and primarily exist as rare earth oxides.

Rare earth elements have a wide range of applications and are known as the "industrial MSG" and "the mother of new materials." They play an important role in the following areas (forget it, I'd rather not copy the entire article, otherwise copying these words alone would be enough for this chapter.)
"See? See? Industrial MSG, the mother of new materials! Wherever there's electricity, it's there! From aircraft carriers to tiny light bulbs, everything is inseparable from its involvement!"

"It can even act as a golden ke la! You don't even need to mix it, just grab a handful and throw it into the soil to improve the fertility of the land and increase the yield of crops! It's so awesome, tell me whether it's powerful or not, and whether it's important or not!"

In fact, as early as when Bai Ling was studying abroad in the Russians, she had already heard about the widespread application of rare earths in the industrial field.

But she could never have imagined that rare earths were so important!
It is so important that it can even be used to strangle the Western world!
You know, in the past, the Western world used various technological patents to find ways to strangle us, but now, we can actually use rare earths to strangle them!

This feeling is particularly wonderful!

Bai Ling was so fed up with the arrogance and ugliness of the Western world that she immediately became very interested in this matter.

"Throw them around the neck? Is that even possible?!"

But immediately, Bai Ling realized that something was wrong.

"That's not right. Since rare earths are so popular and important in the industrial field, we can't be unaware of their value. Why do you say we are selling them cheaply?"

Talking about this, Ximen Lang's mood became obviously depressed.

There is no other reason.

Because of this history
It's really too sad and too humiliating.

"Although our reserves are undoubtedly the largest in the world, turning these reserves into real and effective production capacity is a very difficult task."

"Whether it's the massive amounts of equipment or the various specialized technologies needed to mine rare earths, they're all controlled by the entire Western world. Again, even if those scumbags throw them away, they're not going to give them to you for free!"

"In this situation, even if you have a lot of reserves, what good does it do? Isn't it their decision on how to set the price? Not to mention, the current world of Forty-Nine City is still very humble and desperately needs their technology."

It's another damn chokehold, another damn chokehold. After hearing this, Bai Ling really wants to shoot these bastards who only know how to choke her all day long!
But this is obviously unrealistic.

The key lies in Ximen Lang's behavior and demeanor. Even later generations could not escape being strangled by the Western world and had to choose to sell at a low price.

they?

Do they have a choice?

There is no good at all.

This really made Bai Ling very uncomfortable.

Especially when she saw the domestic reserves clearly displayed on the smart assistant, which only accounted for 33.8 percent of the world's reserves.

If you dare to raise the price, they will choose to buy rare earth reserves from other countries. If that happens, don't even think about keeping the current low prices, let alone raising the prices!
This is really not just disgusting.

Bai Ling felt so disgusted that she wanted to vomit.

I am even more deeply ashamed of the ugly face of the Western world.

Then, inevitably, Bai Ling set her sights on Ximen Lang, or more precisely, on his future self.

As mentioned earlier, China’s rare earth reserves are enormous!

It can be said that there are as many rare earths in the world of Sijiucheng as there are in later generations, without any lack!

They were all taught by the same master, there’s no way I can break his moves!
They have it themselves!

In this situation, are they still willing to spend so much more money to import from our side?
Even if we are willing to lower the price on our own initiative.

But no matter what, it was a rare opportunity to find such a way to make money, and Bai Ling couldn't let it go.

I don’t want to give away the benefits to those bastards in the Western world like I am doing now!
So, even though Bai Ling herself felt it was unlikely, she still asked.

"Alang, since rare earths are so important, do you need them? If you do, we'll sell them to you directly. The price is negotiable. Even if it's a bargain, it's better than giving it to those Western bastards!"

Then, he was pleasantly surprised by Ximen Lang's matter-of-fact answer.

"Nonsense! Of course we need this kind of good stuff that's so good we can't even find it with a lantern! Not only do we need it, we need it urgently! We can eat as much of it as we want without even a frown! Is there even a need to ask?"

"But, don't you have a shortage of rare earths there?"

"Our iron ore reserves are still the fifth largest in the world. Does this hinder our ability to import iron ore from Australia or Brazil?"

As he spoke, Ximen Lang told Bai Ling about how in the future, although he had a huge amount of iron ore production, he still chose to import large quantities from abroad, even importing large quantities that far exceeded his own annual steel production of 2 million tons.

Bai Ling was stunned when she heard this.

Then, Ximen Lang continued.

"We even have this attitude towards iron ore. We don't mine our own ore if we can avoid it, and we resolutely don't use it if we can avoid it, so as to leave it to future generations. Of course, we welcome a lot of good things like rare earths!"

"Anyway, with some simple processing, the cost of the raw materials will be doubled back. In a situation like this, if you can get something for free from others, of course you should do your best!"

Bai Ling was delighted all of a sudden.

I couldn't help but envy the powerful industrial capabilities of later generations.

Then Bai Ling wondered.

"So many raw materials are all imported. What if they raise the price or simply stop supplying? Wouldn't that put you in a difficult position?"

"Passive? Guess what our navy and our aircraft carriers are used for?"

(End of this chapter)