Chapter 1893: Chapter 1895: A Profitable Mistake
Feng Jun thought he had devised a great plan, and Yang Yuxin also thought his sche was impressive.
For them, finding a site that could store 600 million tons of iron ore seed difficult, but in reality, it wasn’t much of a problem—Huaxia’s “vast land and abundant resources” is not just an empty phrase.
For instance, just the port areas of several major ports boast significant storage space, and the capacity of inland large-scale transit stations for storing goods is beyond the imagination of the average person.
Feng Jun managed to transport 600 million tons of iron ore overnight, with over 200 million tons stored at two relatively unknown railway stations—locations where even green trains might not stop.
Those stations were not far from the mainline, and once on the mainline, with a proper locomotive, it could run smoothly. The speed might not be very fast, but it could haul forty or fifty train cars at a ti, with each car holding 300 tons, totaling 15,000 tons with fifty cars.
Running twenty such trains a day would move 300,000 tons, amounting to 30 million tons in a hundred days, and that’s just in one direction.
If it ran in both directions, how many tons would it be in a year?
Of course, these are just numbers and don’t an much; the main point is that there are many such stations.
As a humanities major, Feng Jun was experiencing the imnse power of a strong industry for the first ti, thinking that his country’s transport capacity was indeed formidable.
Of course, no matter how strong the transport capacity, it’s no match for his Storage Bag, so he didn’t dwell on it further.
However, the plan he devised started to encounter so strange developnts.
On the fourth day, while Feng Jun was pondering the “Electric Power Gathering Array,” Yang Yuxin ca over with a wry smile, “The iron ore price reduction issue… is basically settled; it will be officially announced next month.”
Feng Jun was not at all surprised by the “official announcent next month”—or rather, he would have been surprised before, but not anymore. Many things, especially those involving negotiations between countries, cannot be settled imdiately.
Many seemingly sure things can’t be executed once an unexpected event occurs—many unexpected events between nations are often attributed to “force majeure.”
Considering the public’s concerns, delaying the official announcent is truly very normal.
Yet he was still a bit surprised, “How did it get settled so quickly? Weren’t we going to prolong this gradually?”
“I wish,” Yang Yuxin replied with a bitter smile, “but… there’s an insider!”
Insiders in business are truly frustrating, and it’s not just a matter of patriotism.
So steel companies, to avoid being constrained by others, will purchase so shares in iron ore companies—the shares won’t be many and won’t guarantee a sufficient supply, but having shares is different from not having any, at least in terms of the ability to obtain information.
When these steel companies with shares in iron ore companies face rising ore prices, although their costs increase, the mines’ profits also rise, offsetting so of the impact from the price hike.
Since they benefit from the mines, as shareholders, they are also obliged to convey so “crucial” information to the iron ore suppliers.
Previously, they had spread the word that Huaxia’s new supplier was Yang Yuxin, but Director Yang’s position is high, with considerable influence, and not easily accessible. Those iron ore suppliers couldn’t directly reach her.
This ti, Director Yang stocked up large amounts of iron ore nationwide, and news of it spread to all major steel companies overnight.
Yang Yuxin hid a substantial amount of iron ore, stored in inconspicuous peripheral sites, and publicly claid only 50 million tons had arrived.
But she underestimated the major steel companies’ ability to gather information, because the iron ore supply had been cut off for a while, and to avoid the risk of shutoff, they were desperately seeking information about where high-quality iron ore could be found.
So already closed mines had begun to restart operations—even if it’s expensive, it’s better than stopping the furnaces.
Under such circumstances, several hundred million tons of iron ore distributed couldn’t go unnoticed.
Initially, everyone was competing for the 50 million tons quota, but while competing, they realized sothing was different—are we talking about the sa warehouse’s goods?
Then everyone realized that the amount of iron ore Director Yang could deliver this ti was likely more than 50 million tons.
The next day, soone discovered a warehouse holding nearly 100 million tons of iron ore, cunningly placed in an abandoned county-level train station’s yard, completely shifting everyone’s perception: Director Yang’s iron ore reserves were far beyond 50 million tons!
At this point, even if all major steel companies sincerely pledged to maintain confidentiality, how could they possibly keep it a secret?
For iron ore suppliers, this news was like a bolt out of the blue: if this supplier’s stock was indeed so ample, they had to change their strategy.
The previous reluctance to cut prices was in pursuit of higher profits, but now, if they don’t drop prices, the company might face ruin!
It’s often said that in business, having what others have is crucial. If they have it and we don’t, aren’t we just waiting to be slaughtered?
But this news was so shocking, they couldn’t make a decision in such a hurry. They could only report it to headquarters as soon as possible. anwhile, they also started verifying the authenticity of the information.
Anyway, by the ti they received this news, Yang Yuxin’s plan had already failed — could such a massive amount of goods escape a ticulous investigation from others?
Also, just from the accumulated quantity alone, the suppliers could confirm that this wasn’t so trick by Huaxia citizens. Accumulating bit by bit couldn’t possibly amass such a large stockpile.
What’s more critical is that they’re a hundred percent sure Huaxia has found another powerful and stable source of supply!
So now let’s not even discuss whether to lower the price; think about how much to cut so as not to lose too much market.
While investigating, they frantically tried to contact Yang Yuxin, hoping to invite her to join the iron ore price alliance — even if she doesn’t join, we have to discuss the rules. We can’t act recklessly.
Unfortunately, Yang Yuxin, like Feng Jun and the others, was spending most of her ti on cultivation. Her mobile phone was mostly off and stored in a storage talisman, so even Eldest Gu trying to contact her had to reach out to Liang Siyu first.
Why was Eldest Gu looking for her? Of course, to tell her that regarding iron ore, she needn’t make any more moves for now, giving those foreign iron ore suppliers a lifeline.
When prices are rising, they increase them like crazy, and when they can’t, they beg for rcy… The audacity of these people, really makes one laugh.
But Yang Yuxin wasn’t surprised because she understood the logic very well. Once the other side is pressured to near bankruptcy, they can bla Huaxia for all their woes. Economic downturns could also be blad on Huaxia — who told you not to buy my stuff?
It’s said that’s why large countries have a lot to consider in politics. When the household didn’t have iron ore, they had to tolerate discriminatory price increases. Now that iron ore is available, one must consider not letting the other side go bankrupt, to avoid affecting international reputation.
In fact, Yang Yuxin had other speculations. Almost everyone in the know was sure the iron ore ca from Feng Jun, whose significant influence already spread across multiple industries. Iron ore couldn’t let him have a monopoly anymore.
Otherwise, if sothing happened to him, the whole of Huaxia would suffer a considerable impact.
So, it’s better to have a two-pronged approach to iron ore purchases: mainly rely on imports and supplent with Luohua’s resources. Not only does this foster good relations with foreign friends but also protects Huaxia’s own resources. Why not?
Yang Yuxin strongly agreed with this, as she was very aware of how terrifying the Kunhao Plane was. Although Feng Jun had carved out a domain there, many still posed a threat to him.
The visitors from the Tianqin Plane directly took Feng Jun away, and in the beginning, Feng Jun didn’t want to go.
Moreover, she vaguely knew if Feng Jun advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, whether he could return to the Earth Realm was still uncertain!
In the beginning, what Luohua’s people were worried about was that once Feng Jun ford his Golden Core, he might not be able to return since the Earth Realm couldn’t produce Golden Cores anymore — a consensus among the Buddhist and Daoist sects.
However, later Feng Jun stated that the Golden Core Stage could return because the hamster by his side was at the Golden Core Stage. But whether the Nascent Soul Stage could return to Earth, Feng Jun himself wasn’t confident.
So Yang Yuxin thought it was good not to place all the burden on Feng Jun.
Interesting enough, while her plan failed this ti, this failure only made the suppliers more fearful — if they weren’t careful enough, they wouldn’t even know how they got eliminated.
Anyway, after such an operation, if Huaxia wanted to show leniency and demonstrate a high stance, they likely could earn so leverage at the Guojia level. Overall, it wasn’t a loss.
After Feng Jun learned of this, he just nodded slightly, “Alright, I’ll mine another twenty billion tons over there. If there’s really no place to store it after transporting it back, then just pile it up in the desert. Such reserves are nothing.”
After a pause, he sighed, “It’s a pity crude oil isn’t convenient to store. Otherwise, I could empty those two oil fields and not have to worry about these matters for the short term.”
Next, he continued to experint with the electric power-driven Spirit Gathering Array, finally finalizing the plan on Friday, and everything went smoothly in the deductions.
As for further improvents, that’s for later. He now had to go to Danxia Heaven.
This ti going to Danxia Heaven, he initially only planned to bring Gazi, and would co back tomorrow afternoon to pick up Lin Heihu.
However, Zhang Caixin volunteered to go with them. Apparently, she felt Feng Jun was now distant from her, beginning from her sowhat selfish ideas, and she wanted to show with actions she realized her mistake.
Yu Qingzhu and Gu Jiahui also expressed their desire to go and have a look.
Feng Jun actually didn’t bla them both, but he could sense that they were genuinely a bit scared, so he agreed with them, “Both of you are just one step away from advancing, so going out for a walk isn’t bad.”
When the Little Celestial Master heard about it, he also ca over, wanting to join the excitent, and even suggested, “Why not bring Sofia along as well?”
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