Chapter 803: Steel Business Opportunities
The explosion of the Neon Military Ammunition Depot soon caused great trouble in Shanghai.
In the concession, the ammunition depot in the courtyard of the Neon Military Department was blown up, which was a great insult to the Neon Kingdom.
At the afternoon meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the representative of Neon Kingdom was furious and insisted that it was the Beiyang government sent someone to do it and asked the Beiyang government to give an explanation.
The Chinese directors naturally denied it flatly, accusing the Neon Military Headquarters of poor management, which led to the explosion of the ammunition depot. They also asked the Neon Military Headquarters to provide compensation to citizens who lived nearby and suffered losses.
At the meeting, directors from other countries followed and said that there must be misunderstandings in this and asked the general police station to investigate clearly as soon as possible to arrest the real murderer.
The reason why countries have opened ports in several coastal cities in China is to do business with China.
A peaceful and stable environment is something that all countries are willing to see. Only in this way can the people live and work in peace and contentment, have money to consume, and they have money to make money.
The European war in the past few years almost wiped out the wealth that Britain and France accumulated over the years. At present, it is the stage when it needs to stabilize trade channels and recuperate. Naturally, they don’t want to see Shanghai get messy again.
The same is true for the United States. Last year, a war was fought in the north and drove many wealthy families to Shanghai, many of whom opened cotton mills.
By turning over cotton yarn, the United States has made a lot of money in the past two years. After just getting the sweetness, of course it is unwilling to wean.
The most important thing is that the consuls of all countries are very clear that anyone can do this, but the Beiyang government will definitely not do it.
Since the end of Xinhai, the Beiyang government was established, and various places have entered a state of warlord separatism. There are endless battles between major and minor ones. Last year, the two groups in the north even fought against each other!
The current situation in Beiyang is that it is in name only, and no one is convinced. The major warlords are trying to fight for the boss.
They haven't figured out their own affairs yet, how could they come and provoke Neon Kingdom?
This situation made Director Neon very dissatisfied and threatened to contact the Qingdao garrison to ask for an explanation. If a satisfactory reply was not obtained, the use of force would not be ruled out.
Afterwards, the Neon Directors left, and the Work Department meeting ended in a bad mood.
After Xu Wenqiang finished the meeting, he arrived at Fernan immediately.
After listening to what he told, Fernan felt a little tricky.
He vaguely realized that this might have nothing to do with him.
After the explosion, he was one of the first people to arrive. He also went around the fire in person, hoping to find "Wind Coat Fenan" and Huanhuan.
He remembered that when he first arrived there, he saw a figure vaguely behind the ammunition depot, but after chasing him, he disappeared out of thin air.
At that time, he thought it was "Wrenchcoat Fernan", but now he thinks that maybe it is not.
He recalled the contents on the note.
The first one is: the loop has not ended yet.
Could it be that he did the explosion of the ammunition depot of the Neon Military Headquarters?
Could it be that he chose to go back in the future?
He was not sure, but the news from the Neon Military Department the next day proved his speculation.
The Hachiman Ironmaking Station was bombed.
It was similar to what he experienced when he last looked back, and the newspaper reports were exactly the same.
The Hachiman Ironmaking Institute was attacked by a white man, and all the furnace bodies were blown up, and there was no possibility of repair.
He could not think of anyone else going to do this except Fernan himself.
Sure enough, the loop is really not over yet.
This incident had a huge blow to Neon Kingdom, and the country was full of sorrow, triggering a series of chain reactions.
On Shanghai's side, the attitude of the Neon Directors changed rapidly compared to yesterday. They no longer mentioned any means of force, but instead put pressure on the General Police Office to demand that they arrest the culprit.
It is very realistic between countries. Neon Kingdom was tough yesterday because it had the advantage of force.
But today it is different. Its bottom is exposed, so naturally I dare not speak loudly anymore.
The war is logistics. Hachiman Ironmaking Station is the largest official iron smelting plant in Neon Kingdom. If it collapses, Neon Kingdom has no steel, how can it build guns and cannons?
All countries are very clear about this truth, and Neon Kingdom itself knows it well, so naturally they dare not jump anymore, so they can only keep putting pressure on the general police station.
However, Li Yu was in charge of the chief police station, and Xu Wenqiang was also in the Industrial Department. They were so stupid that they were sure to lose.
But that was not over. Fernan smelled a huge business opportunity from it. That night, he secretly invited Bin Bucheng and Mr. Sun to the hotel and had a close conversation with them all night.
It was not only them who smelled the business opportunities. Many compradors in Shanghai were also stimulated by this news and couldn't sleep all night and were anxiously prepared.
The annual production capacity of Hachiman Ironmaking Institute can reach more than 500,000 tons, accounting for 70%-80% of the national production of Neon Country.
Once it interrupts production, most of the military and railway construction in Neon Kingdom will be stopped.
But how can these projects be stopped?
Neon Kingdom will inevitably have to spend money to make up for this gap.
Where can I buy it? Not China yet?
Therefore, the next day, all compradors and merchants who bought and sold steel products and raw materials in Shanghai tightened their gaps and greatly increased their quotations.
For a moment, countless phone calls and letters rushed towards Hanyeping Company like raindrops.
Hanyeping is China's largest iron smelting enterprise, and Neon Kingdom has always been eyeing it and wants to annex it.
This time Hachiman Ironmaking Station was destroyed, and the Neon Kingdom will surely increase its offensive against Han Yeping.
Previously, Hanyeping's Daye Iron Mine exported tens of thousands of tons of iron sand to Neon Kingdom every year. Now that such a thing happened, Neon Kingdom would definitely want to eat all its production capacity in one bite.
However, this will definitely cause a slowdown in Beiyang, and the two sides will definitely start a difficult tug-of-war.
These are not the issues that merchants need to consider now. Now all merchants are only thinking about one thing, that is, get more steel from Hanyeping Company as soon as possible, and the price of this thing will definitely rise rapidly!
That night, Mr. Sun set off overnight to Hanyang to negotiate orders with senior management of Hanyeping Company.
Bin Bucheng, in the hotel, followed Fei Nan and made out the sketches and production plans of steel rolling mills and other equipment.
Fernan found Long Si and asked him to stock up on steel, buying as much as he could, and eating all of them.
Long Si did not doubt his ability, and he began to send people to contact the compradors that day to buy the steel raw materials they had. No matter how high the price they offered, they would not bargain and buy them all.
Fei Nan promised him that no matter how expensive he buys, he can sell it at least ten times the price in the future, or even higher.
Long Si's charity fund's current financial strength is enough to match the largest comprador families in Shanghai, and he has cash in his hands.
Chapter completed!