Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

Chapter 3101 The Situation in Lucheng

 There are several provincial capital cities in the country that are in a rather awkward position, such as Jinling in Jiangsu Province. Other young people in the province are simply restless.

Southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu look down on each other from time to time. The boss does not obey the second, and the second does not submit to the third. People jokingly call it the province of infighting.

 In addition, there is the island city of Shandong Province. Many people think that this is the capital of Shandong Province, but Quancheng, the real capital of Shandong Province, has no sense of existence.

Perhaps the only impression I have is that when I was in school, I learned a text called Baotu Spring, which mentioned Quancheng.

As well as the commercial capitals of the Netherlands Province, they have no sense of existence. Both Luoyang and Kaifeng, the ancient capitals of the Thirteen Dynasties, are far more famous than the commercial capitals.

There are many provincial capitals that have no sense of existence. Similarly, the city of Lucheng also has no sense of existence.

Lucheng is located in the central and western part of the grassland, at the southern end of the plateau, with the Yinshan Mountains running across it to the north, and the surging Yellow River approaching to the south. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides to the north, east and west.

 Because of its geographical location, Lucheng has the value of resisting the southward migration of northern minorities, so Lucheng still has a long history.

The rise of Lucheng originated from the move of the Yellow River Terminal to Lucheng Nanhaizi in 1850. Lucheng became a famous cargo distribution center and land and water transfer terminal in the northwest region.

 A large number of trades in furs, medicinal materials, etc. were completed here, the population of Lucheng grew more rapidly, and the economy became increasingly prosperous.

In modern history, there have been two major population migrations, one through the west entrance and one to the east of Guandong. Among them, through the west entrance, people from Jin Province came to Baotou to develop.

After entering the 20th century, the Bayan Obo Mine was discovered in Lucheng. The Bayan Obo Mine is a rare symbiotic deposit of iron, rare earths, niobium and other metals in the world. The proven rare earth reserves account for 38% of the world's total reserves; the niobium reserves rank second in the world. It ranks second in the world; its iron ore reserves are also quite amazing.

 Then there is the development of rare earth resources, and Lucheng is also rushing on the road to become a heavy industrial city.

 However, although there are many resources, the bauxite resources in Lucheng are not the largest in the country.

So now that Jiang Xiaobai and others have made a request for bauxite, Wang Qianjin and others are suddenly in a dilemma. Lucheng still attaches great importance to Jiang Xiaobai and others' investment this time.

  After all, it was an investment of several billion from the beginning, and there may be additional investment in the future. After all, this Minzhong Company was invested by the leaders of three private enterprises.

 They attach great importance to it and very much hope that Minzhong Company’s investment will be implemented, but when it comes to bauxite, it is still very difficult.

If we can directly provide Minzhong with bauxite resources, there will definitely be no problem. However, if we want to directly provide Minzhong with a bauxite mine, it is still very difficult when Lucheng itself does not have many resources.

From the beginning of this negotiation meeting, Lucheng finally showed a look of embarrassment for the first time, instead of readily agreeing, or in other words, immediately providing a solution.

However, this is the normal state of negotiations. This symposium has now officially entered the intermediate stage.

The demands and goals of both parties are beginning to contradict and conflict, but as long as these problems are resolved, it means that the investment has been completely realized.

"Director Jiang, Mr. Liu, Director Lu, Director Zhao..." Wang Qianjin spoke slowly, his voice a little solemn. “We have difficulties regarding the bauxite mine. First of all, the largest ones in Lucheng are coal and rare earth iron ore, not bauxite.

Secondly, the bauxite mines currently developed are owned by state-owned enterprises. Some of the state-owned enterprises are owned by us in Lucheng, but the ownership of more enterprises directly belongs to the capital. We only have supervision rights here. They have no right to transfer their minerals.

 Furthermore, Minhe Heavy Industry is owned by a private enterprise, not a state-owned enterprise, so it will be even more troublesome to negotiate the transfer of the enterprise..."

Wang Jinjin was talking one by one, with a serious expression on his face. He was trying his best to explain the difficulties in Lucheng to Jiang Xiaobai and others, hoping that Jiang Xiaobai and others could understand.

However, Jiang Xiaobai and others just listened without speaking. They had known the above three reasons for a long time and understood that this was the truth. It would definitely be difficult to accomplish this.

However, it was originally because of the difficulties that this matter required coordination. If there were no difficulties, there would be no need for Lucheng's help, they would just buy it directly.

Wang Qianjin looked at it and pondered for a moment, then continued: "The last reason is Chinalco."

As soon as he said this, the faces of Liu Yonghao and Director Lu became solemn, Chinalco.

This can be said to be the largest aluminum company in the country, at least at this time, and Chinalco also owns more than half of the import rights. Except for Chinalco, which can import alumina from foreign countries, there is only one other company left. Minmetals Group also has the right to import.

In addition to import rights, Chinalco also basically controls domestic alumina production. Therefore, it seems that Chinalco basically has the final say on domestic alumina prices and production.

How much Chinalco prices alumina, then how much is this year’s alumina worth? If Chinalco says how many tons of alumina will be produced domestically this year, then how many tons will be produced? There are only so many tons of alumina that can be used in the domestic market. .

This is Chinalco, a real behemoth plus a unicorn.

 When Liu Yonghao proposed the alumina project, he was afraid of opposition from Chinalco.

  After all, the weight of China Aluminum is too heavy.

“Dr. Jiang, you don’t know something. Lucheng used to have an aluminum company called Lucheng Aluminum Factory...” Wang Qian introduced the relationship between Lucheng and Chinalco to everyone.

Lucheng Aluminum Plant was planned during the first Five-Year Plan period and was founded in 1958. It is an electrolytic aluminum enterprise built during the "Second Five-Year Plan" and is also the first electrolytic aluminum enterprise built on its own in China.

The next year when Lulu was built, the conditions were still very difficult. The workers lived in tents and didn’t even have dormitories. The transportation conditions are also very primitive. The railway has not been built, so workers have to carry the raw materials on their shoulders. From the original brick and tile factory to the aluminum factory, the canteen is just a large temporary work shed.

 Although Bao Aluminum was built very hard, experienced some ups and downs, and overcame many difficulties, when the market economy came, Bao Aluminum, like many state-owned enterprises, still couldn't bear it.

 It has been losing money in the past few years, with a loss of more than 10 million yuan a month. The workers were living on a salary of 300 yuan a month, and finally they could no longer hold on.

 (End of this chapter)