Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Yang Mo chuckled and said: "Director Liao, have you heard of Mr. 5.00% of Lun Copper Futures?"

"Hamanaka Yasuo of Sumitomo Metal Mining?" Liao Tingxuan asked.

Yang Mo nodded: "Binzhong Tainan only controls 5.00% of the world's copper spot, but he can dominate Lun Copper and hoard it to fight against the world. And we now control 90% of the production capacity of the rare earth industry..."

Liao Tingxuan shook his head: "No, no, rare earths are not commodities and cannot be traded in futures!"

Yang Mo waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter! Gold is not a commodity, so can't it also be traded in futures?"

Liao Tingxuan's eyes lit up: "You mean to follow the precious metal trading method and use one ounce as a futures contract trading unit?"

Yang Mo nodded and said: "The Donghai Futures Exchange currently lists gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, lead and other non-ferrous metal varieties!"

"Although rare earth futures can stabilize the price of rare earths and prevent them from being sold at cabbage prices, we still have to be wary of some local companies that are too small. What if they open large short orders in a decisive battle in the futures market?" Liao Tingxuan thought. After a while, he said worriedly.

A strange smile appeared on Yang Mo's face, and he asked calmly: "The French Rhodia Company and the Canadian AMR Company, what are their main products of rare earth compounds?"

Liao Tingxuan said without thinking: "These two companies have some technical accumulation in light rare earths, and their main business is also lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and other light rare earths!"

Yang Mo nodded: "Okay, let's use these four light rare earth species to pilot rare metal futures!"

"Shouldn't we use our unique heavy rare earth varieties as a pilot? Raise the price through futures trading!" Liao Tingxuan asked in confusion.

Yang Mo asked rhetorically: "Do we still need to raise the price of our unique heavy rare earths through futures trading? If hunger marketing doesn't sell it, won't the price increase?"

Liao Tingxuan shook his head: "No, we are currently at a critical moment in the WTO accession negotiations. Administrative intervention will make our WTO accession negotiations fail!"

Yang Mo said disapprovingly: "There is no need for administrative intervention. Just set up a rare earth purchasing and storage company to buy these scarce rare metals! If it is not convenient for the state to come forward, our Zhiyuan Mining Company will do it. In a market economy, the highest bidder will Yes, no one can criticize you!"

"Is this okay? The output value of rare metals exceeds [-] billion. If you want to set up a collection and storage company, it will cost a lot of money..." Liao Tingxuan asked in surprise.

Yang Moyun said calmly: "Capital market matters should be solved by capital market methods! Rare earth purchasing and storage companies do need a lot of funds. If this rare earth purchasing and storage company can issue original shares and convertible bonds before the IPO, , corporate bonds, opening up various financing channels, and holding a large amount of funds, the company has only one business, which is to acquire rare earths and rare earth compounds whose storage is at a low level. The rising channel can also bring huge benefits to investors. Of course, these investors can be ordinary people or state-owned commercial banks. Anyway, it is market behavior and no one can say anything!"

"Are you sure this won't affect the WTO accession negotiations?" Liao Tingxuan asked after pondering for a long time.

Yang Mo chuckled and said: "The impact! Of course there will be one thing, that is, the American semiconductor, aerospace, and military industry giants that are in urgent need of heavy rare earth compounds will most likely put pressure on the WTO to pass WTO accession negotiations as soon as possible, so that after China joins the WTO, Bring down the price of rare earths!”

Liao Tingxuan's eyes widened and he said: "How is that possible? They will only put pressure on the Chinese government!"

"Pressure? I bought it with real money. If the price is low, I won't sell it. What kind of law is it violating? Otherwise, they can sell Boeing to us cheaper!" Yang Mo said disapprovingly.

"Zhiyuan Group has so many companies in the United States, how can we not give you some shoes to wear when the time comes?" Liao Tingxuan said still a little worried.

"Director Liao, don't worry. The worst we can do is accept investment from some Western consortiums and let them share in the soaring prices of rare earths..."

Yang Mo has always felt that the way to deal with gangsters is to give profits to some gangsters. This was also his original intention when he established Andy Investment. He used Andy's connections on Wall Street and Silicon Valley to attract many wealthy and influential families in Congress. Invest money in Andy, and the huge profits will make them have to protect Zhiyuan Group everywhere...

"Then why do we use lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and other light rare earths to pilot rare metal futures trading?" Liao Tingxuan returned to his previous doubts.

"We cannot use administrative intervention for the time being, nor can we implement export controls! We can only carefully design a trap for the French Rhodia Company and the Canadian AMR Company in the capital market..." Yang Mo said in a deep voice.

"Trap?" Liao Tingxuan said in surprise.

"Director Liao, you only need to convince the China Securities Regulatory Commission to promote lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and other light rare earth precious metal futures to be listed and traded on the Donghai Futures Exchange, and leave the rest to me..." Yang Mo vowed. said.

"No, I can't push for listing and trading of rare earth futures if I can't come up with a plan that's enough to convince the leaders above!" Liao Tingxuan insisted.

Yang Mo shook his head: "Director Liao, it's not that I don't trust you. You should know that the Metallurgical Industry Bureau is not monolithic. Once this plan is leaked, not only Rhodia and AMR will not be fooled, but even the Rare Earth Purchasing and Storage Company plan will not be able to move forward. !”

"You mean that the rare earth purchase and storage plan cannot be reported to the superiors now?" Liao Tingxuan asked in surprise.

Yang Mo nodded: "I can't tell anyone for the time being. I will secretly raise the start-up funds for the rare earth purchasing and storage company. You can follow the normal procedures to promote the light rare earth futures variety and pilot it on the Donghai Futures Exchange. If we don't think of anything else, Method!"

Liao Tingxuan pondered for a moment and then said: "Promoting the pilot project of light rare earth futures according to normal procedures is probably unrealistic! It is said that you have a good relationship with the two leaders sent by the central bank to supervise the battle of Xiangjiang Financial Defense. Can you see if you can have a fight with them? call?"

Yang Mo nodded: "Okay, let's take a two-pronged approach! But as for domestic rare earth mining companies, we have to trouble you to help us connect..."

Liao Tingxuan readily agreed: "It just so happens that the non-ferrous metal industry seminar organized by the Metallurgical Industry Bureau will be held in Yanjing this month. Most of the domestic mining giants will participate. You can go with us!"

"Okay! I'll call Chen Jinhe back when the time comes, and we'll go together!" Yang Mo agreed happily.

Liao Tingxuan thought for a while and then said: "It's best to let Lao Chang come with us. He is the oldest person in the domestic non-ferrous metal industry. Chang Yonggui is a golden name in the industry..."