Material Empire

"Hahahaha, Mr. Sun is here, please take a seat."

In the private room of a high-end hotel near the Hongyuan Iron and Steel Company, Pang Yongfu enthusiastically shook Sun Zhenjiang's hand and let him sit in the guest seat, while he himself sat in the host seat next to him. Xiang Pengda sat down on the other side of Sun Zhenjiang, and accompanied him with a smile. Pang Yongfu's secretary, Hu Xiaoshuo, was busy with the arrangements, ordering the waiter to serve the food and pour the wine.

"Mr. Sun hasn't come to Honggang for a long time, right? Is it because the business has grown so big that we don't like our small temple in Honggang?" Pang Yongfu said to Sun Zhenjiang in an exaggerated tone. Although he said in front of Xiang Pengda that he didn't want to meet Sun Zhenjiang, he still had to pretend to be enthusiastic when they actually met. Anyway, Sun Zhenjiang's background was not something that Pang Yongfu could ignore. It depends on the master... Well, even if this sentence is not appropriate in this place, everyone understands the meaning anyway.

Sun Zhenjiang knew what Pang Yongfu was thinking, he smiled reservedly, and said: "Mr. Pang is criticizing me. How dare I look down on Honggang, Xiao Sun. I feel that I am a small person and I am not in the eyes of Mr. Pang." , so I don’t dare to bother Mr. Pang.”

"Haha, what is Mr. Sun talking about, if you are a small person, then we all have become nanomaterials, haha, haha." Pang Yongfu said a very cold joke, and then laughed himself first.

"Come, come, everyone, drink first, and I will respect Mr. Sun first."

Picking up the wine glass to Pengda, he began to toast. Then Sun Zhenjiang stood up to respect Pang Yongfu's wine, and Pang Yongfu hurriedly returned the salute. Hu Xiaoshuo made a second round of toasts on Pang Yongfu's behalf under the pretext that Mr. Pang's high blood pressure should not drink more. Sun Zhenjiang turned around and continued to respect Pengda, in the name of their friendship for many years. Such a game of toasting and anti-toasting lasted more than ten minutes.

After drinking for three rounds, Sun Zhenjiang took out his cigarette case and distributed a cigarette to everyone. Then, with a cigarette in one hand and a wine glass in the other, he pretended to be chatting and got to the point: "Mr. Pang, the last two months , The country is quite strict in iron ore, and Honggang is under a lot of pressure, right?"

Pang Yongfu nodded. Since the topic has not yet entered the scope of iron ore trading, he might as well say a few words.

"Yes, recently the Economic and Trade Commission issued a death order, requiring all steel companies to suspend iron ore negotiations with Vale and BHP Billiton, and hand them over to the negotiation team of the Economic and Trade Commission for unified negotiations. , I have no right to speak." Pang Yongfu sighed.

"It's okay to be a little daughter-in-law. If you're afraid, you're afraid. It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice." Sun Zhenjiang said meaningfully.

Pang Yongfu said: "Then what can we do? The Economic and Trade Commission helped to coordinate and allocated a batch of ore from several domestic mines to each factory. The price is high and the grade is low. Who doesn't scold you?"

"Why, Yangang and Pugang are also using domestic ore?" Sun Zhenjiang asked.

Pang Yongfu said: "What should I do? Pudong Iron and Steel used to have some reserves, but now there are not many left. Lin Gang intends to exchange coking coal with India for iron ore, but I heard that negotiations with India are still difficult, and we will talk about it for a while. It won’t come down. Several major domestic mines are mining like crazy, even so, there is not enough for domestic steel enterprises. If this continues, it is estimated that within two months, half of the country’s steel enterprises will close their doors and stop production.”

"I heard that the Daqin Group has quite a lot of reserves, is that true?" Sun Zhenjiang said.

When talking about the Daqin Group, Pang Yongfu felt angry. He said angrily: "Isn't it? Or is that what Qin always so tough? I heard that he gave Vale an ultimatum, saying If people don’t cut prices, Chinese steel companies won’t do business with Vale. In the end, isn’t it just a generosity to everyone, and he has no loss himself.”

The expression on Sun Zhenjiang's face was a bit complicated. He didn't know the details about the steel war at the time. After so many years, he gradually learned some inside information. Push hard behind your back. When it comes to the name Qin Hai, Sun Zhenjiang has a sense of anger that he wants to punish him quickly. However, in front of Pang Yongfu, he still tried his best to pretend to be calm, and asked, "Isn't Qin Hai's ultimatum ordered by the Economic and Trade Commission?"

Pang Yongfu sneered: "How could the Economic and Trade Committee say such a thing? He said it on his own initiative. Of course, the Economic and Trade Committee can only knock his teeth down and swallow it in his stomach. In fact, besides Cui Hongchun, the deputy director of the Economic and Trade Committee, who else Support him to be so arrogant?"

"You mean, the Economic and Trade Committee is not satisfied with Qin Hai's actions?" Sun Zhenjiang said.

"Of course I'm not satisfied." Pang Yongfu said, "Can the Economic and Trade Commission not figure out how much the national steel enterprises have increased costs for this? By then, the national production tasks will not be completed, and the one who will be criticized will be the Economic and Trade Commission? In fact, everyone I know that China cannot do without Vale's ore. The negotiation is just a gesture, and it is impossible to talk about it. But this President Qin is so good, he dared to give others 30 days to consider, and he will not wait when it is too late. Now The two 30 days have already passed, and people don’t care about him at all, so it’s hard to ride a tiger, right?”

Sun Zhenjiang deliberately retorted: "I heard that the Daqin Group is busy looking for ore around the world? It just signed the Simandou Iron Mine in Guinea, which is an investment of tens of billions of dollars."

"That's swollen face to pretend to be fat." Pang Yongfu said, "The Daqin Group can't raise so much money by itself, and then it coerces a bunch of small and medium-sized enterprises from the Steel League to raise money together. You must know about the Steel League, right?"

"I don't know much." Sun Zhenjiang said with a smile. In fact, he knew about it, but he just wanted to hear Pang Yongfu's explanation.

Pang Yongfu said: "It was Qin Hai who led the rectification of small iron and steel factories by the Economic and Trade Commission a while ago. He shut down and reformed a bunch of small iron and steel factories, and found us a group of competitors. Later, the Daqin Group came forward and established He set up a steel alliance and asked everyone to participate. You said, Qin Hai was so fierce before, who would dare not participate? Now it's good, he fooled him into raising funds to buy the Simandou Iron Mine. This is a fall into the pit .”

"Based on what Mr. Pang has learned, when will the Simandou Iron Mine be put into production?" Sun Zhenjiang asked.

"Who knows." Pang Yongfu shrugged his shoulders and said, "It will take five or six years. I asked several experts who have been to the scene, and they all said that the development is very difficult. In my opinion, Qin Hai himself has no idea. .”

"I see." Sun Zhenjiang smiled. He knew that that was all the news he could get from Pang Yongfu. He toasted Pang Yongfu again, then changed the subject, and said: "The iron ore supply of Honggang is a bit under pressure, but my place is I wonder if Mr. Pang and Mr. Xiang are interested in getting some imported iron ore."

Pang Yongfu quickly said: "You can discuss this kind of specific business issues with Lao Xiang. My current energy is mainly on the company's personnel arrangements. I can't be too busy."

"OK, OK, I understand." Sun Zhenjiang smiled, and chatted about the recently popular stars again.

After dinner, Pang Yongfu found an excuse and avoided it for now. Xiang Pengda took Sun Zhenjiang into the factory, saw the production process, and the freight yard, and finally agreed to entrust Sun Zhenjiang to purchase 10 million tons of Brazilian iron ore through Xinzhen Company's channels. Of course, in order to avoid being criticized by the Economic and Trade Commission , the iron ore will be purchased in the name of other origins, and these details are waiting for Sun Zhenjiang to deal with.

Pang Yongfu and Hu Xiaoshuo returned to the office together. After entering the door, Hu Xiaoshuo hesitated and said to Pang Yongfu: "Mr. Pang, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

"Speak." Pang Yongfu sat on the executive chair, put his feet on the table, closed his eyes and rested, and said to Hu Xiaoshuo at the same time. Hu Xiaoshuo is his personal secretary, and Pang Yongfu doesn't need to consider his own image in front of him.

Hu Xiaoshuo said softly: "I feel that the purpose of Sun Zhenjiang's visit this time does not seem to be all about promoting iron ore."

"Really?" Pang Yongfu opened his eyes and looked at Hu Xiaoshuo with a bit of cunning in his eyes.

Hu Xiaoshuo lowered his head and said: "I think he seems to want to inquire about information. He asked a lot about our inventory, and even inquired about the inventory of Yangang and Puyang Iron and Steel. The Economic and Trade Commission requires all companies to keep this information confidential. Yes, you said that at the dinner table, will you..."

"Do you think I'm confused?" Pang Yongfu asked.

"No." Hu Xiaoshuo quickly denied it, but he couldn't give any other reasons.

Pang Yongfu smiled and said: "Xiaoshuo, I know you are worried that I will lose my words if I say too much, but you also need to know that I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. You can see what Sun Zhenjiang's intentions are." Come out, can I not see it?"

"So..." Hu Xiaoshuo's heart shuddered, he guessed what Pang Yongfu meant, and felt a chill on his back.

Pang Yongfu snorted and said, "I'm just talking to a supplier about the supply of iron ore. It doesn't involve any commercial intelligence. No one can say that I leaked information. As for whom Sun Zhenjiang will tell these words to, the other party listened." What do you think, what does it have to do with me? Since the Economic and Trade Commission doesn't trust us old guys, and would rather trust a brat like Qin Hai, then let him dance. Didn't he want to wrestle with Vale? Just help him out."

"Mr. Pang... really considerate, Xiaoshuo, I am so young." Hu Xiaoshuo said in a flattering tone.

Pang Yongfu deliberately leaked information to Sun Zhenjiang, not to help Qin Hai, but to cheer up Vale. In other words, Pang Yongfu's purpose is to make Qin Hai fail faster, so that Vale has the confidence to persist until China succumbs.

Hu Xiaoshuo felt a chill in his teeth because he did not hesitate to sell the national interest for the sake of personal will struggle. This is what Pang Yongfu did.

Do you want to tell Mr. Qin about this situation? An idea grew unstoppably in Hu Xiaoshuo's mind.