Chapter 396 The Japanese Weakness

As senior executives from Fan's Investment Group arrived one after another, Fan Wubing began to make arrangements, mainly to inspect the work performance of the senior executives, listen to their work arrangements for the next stage, and put forward some of his own opinions for guidance from a high level.

At this time, it is also the time when senior executives feel the most rewarded, because Fan Wubing can very accurately point out the direction of work and the key points of work for everyone, which can have an enlightening effect.

The focus of this year's work is mainly on the emerging industries, that is, the automobile manufacturing industry that has just achieved initial success under the leadership of Wuzhi Xiaoji. On this issue, Wuzhi Xiaoji has proposed the intention to develop hybrid vehicles.

When mentioning this issue, Wuzhi Xiaoji raised a question by the way, "Recently, we need a large amount of rare earth elements in our research process. I hope Mr. Fan can solve this problem."

"Does rare earths need to be used in making cars?" Fan Wubing had never known about this and asked in surprise.

"Of course, Mr. Fan, don't you know?" Wuzhi Xiaoji was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Mr. Fan to be confused sometimes.

The extensive application of rare earth elements in automobiles began in recent years.

The application of rare earth elements in automobiles is mainly to produce high-performance rare earth magnets. In automobiles, rare earth magnets are used in the motor of the electronic power steering system, the engine rotation sensor, and the wheel rotation sensor in the aBs system.

Since the emergence of new energy-powered vehicles, the use of rare earth magnets has doubled.

For hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles, small and high-power drive motors are necessary, and now these motors use a large amount of rare earth magnets.

For example, Toyota is developing a new generation of cars. Now the average is one unit produced. It takes about twenty kilograms of rare earth elements. in the next few years. Sales of all Toyota hybrid models will exceed one million units.

so. Just how much rare earth metals do hybrids need. It can be calculated very simply.

And in the near future. Hybrid vehicles will become the mainstream of the automobile market. It is already a recognized fact. also. Electric cars also consume large amounts of rare earth metals. Now there is also a gradual upward trend abroad.

therefore. Rare earth resources are important for the future development of the automobile industry. Its importance is already obvious. Not an exaggeration. The role of rare earth elements in new energy vehicle manufacturing. It has the same status as petroleum in the use of fuel vehicles.

After Fan Wubing heard what Wu Xiaoji said.

I immediately regretted it. This time I promised to sell a large amount of rare earths to the Japanese at a high price. Isn't that a bit hasty? As a reborn person, I understand the importance of rare land. Not even as good as Wuzhi Xiaoji, an ordinary Japanese businessman. It can be seen that in the field of resource education in China. There are big loopholes and deficiencies.

Although China has been emphasizing the vast land and abundant resources. But in fact, the land is vast and the material is sparse. The total amount of land is compared with the per capita share of land. It can be said that the country is depleted of resources.

The problem of the Chinese people is that they like to pick up nice things to say, but are unwilling to expose their shortcomings. This can be confirmed from folk customs. Every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, when the Kitchen God goes to heaven, everyone will buy some sesame candies or something to worship. , I just hope that he will say good things to heaven and say less unpleasant things to the Jade Emperor, lest the Jade Emperor punish him.

When Fan Wubing thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. He wondered if it was time to formally propose adding these contents to the basic education textbooks. After all, cultivating one more generation of young people who have a full understanding of the country’s conditions can advance China’s awakening by more than ten years. This is a huge merit. Regarding this matter, Fan Wubing decided to talk to both Boss Zhu and No. 1 Chief, and he could not ignore it.

"Specifically, what types of rare earth elements do we need?" Fan Wubing asked Wuzhi Xiaoji.

There are seventeen rare earth elements in total. There must be a priority. It is impossible to grasp everything with beard and eyebrow.

Wuzhi Xiaoji had carefully understood the specific situation and had very detailed information on hand, so he opened his laptop and explained the details to Fan Wubing and others.

According to a simple classification of rare earth elements, those represented by phosphorus and phosphorus are called light rare earth elements, and those represented by dysprosium are called heavy rare earth elements.

Wuzhi Xiaoji told everyone, "Generally speaking, the content of heavy rare earths is relatively small and the price is relatively expensive. When it comes to cars specifically, in the high-performance nd-Fe-B magnets currently used, nd is a light rare earth element, and its price is relatively high. The disadvantage is that the heat resistance is not good, and the magnetism will be significantly reduced at high temperatures, so we will add dysprosium to replace part of the ND, so that it can be used in an environment of 200 degrees, which is enough to cope with the working environment in the car. "

According to Wuzhi Xiaoji, dysprosium is a heavy rare earth element.

The distribution of rare earth element resources is very biased towards China, and the distribution of heavy rare earth elements is especially biased towards China. According to the buried amount

There are still places such as Australia and the United States that can compete for soil resources, but the amount of buried land outside China is negligible.

"Are the rare earth projects Japan has ordered from us this time also focused on these elements?" Fan Wubing asked the representative responsible for rare earth negotiations with the Japanese.

The representative nodded. He also realized that he had set the price too low this time. So he suggested to Fan Wubing, "If it's not cost-effective, just break the contract. Anyway, we didn't receive the money, and they didn't receive the goods."

If he broke the contract, he would have to pay a large amount of compensation, and Fan Wubing didn't want that.

But if the Japanese got this advantage in vain, he would not be happy in his heart, so he began to wonder, how could he make a false shot and let the Japanese break the contract on their own? This difficulty seems to be quite high.

The market share of rare earths produced in China probably accounts for more than 90% of the international market. The only reason why it can occupy such a large market is because it is cheap. Because it is cheaper to import rare earths from China than to produce them domestically, Australia and the United States, two countries with relatively large reserves of rare earths, have successively closed their rare earth mines in recent years and replaced them with imports from China. .

If Fan Wubing hadn't suddenly come out and monopolized more than 80% of domestic rare earth resources, it is estimated that Western countries would happily continue to import rare earths from China until they robbed China of rare earth resources. Empty.

As for now, the Americans and Australians have been caught off guard. While negotiating with China to liberalize the rare earth market, they are also continuing to open up their rare earth mines to prevent them from being controlled by others.

For the Japanese, who have a huge demand for rare earth resources, China has always advocated Sino-Japanese friendship. However, all the rare earth resources Japan needs now rely on imports, and more than 90% of them are imported directly from China. Although the rest do not come directly from China, the ultimate source is still China.

Therefore, if all sources of such important resources are placed in China, the only country like this, no matter how friendly China and Japan are, Japan will not be at ease. But then again, it is precisely because Japan has always had this sense of crisis that it has been able to remain advanced in technological fields such as energy saving and resource saving.

In fact, China has always been quite generous. Not only does it export a large amount of rare earth resources, but it is also quite cheap. Therefore, although Japan often complains that the distribution of rare earth resources is too biased towards China, it is not too dissatisfied.

However, this was no longer possible after Fan Wubing began to monopolize rare earth resources. At Fan Wubing's suggestion, the Chinese government began to strictly control the production and export of rare metals, including rare earth metals, and the Japanese fears finally became a reality.

Therefore, they are trying every possible means to obtain the maximum amount of rare earth resources from China's current export channels. For example, Shen Peiming's company is the only company with large-scale export capabilities.

Shen Peiming's company has also tightened exports. Since it has a monopoly on rare earth export resources and can obtain high returns with a small amount of exports, Shen Peiming naturally cannot buy rare earths as cabbage. He is also very good at playing. The hoarding trick.

And the most confusing thing for the Japanese is that most of Shen Peiming's companies export light rare earth elements, and the heavy rare earth mining areas are basically in the hands of Fan Wubing. This is why they contact Fan Wubing through Shen Peiming. .

Because their investigation revealed very clearly that Shen Peiming's daughter was Fan Wubing's fiancée. This relationship needed to be utilized well, and there was at least one person who could pass the news. But Shen Peiming is not someone who can be used in vain. In order to spread this sentence, the Japanese worked hard and were extorted a lot of benefits by this old fox Shen before they got this opportunity.

After Fan Wubing figured out these problems, he came up with the idea that since he had decided to sell some rare earth elements to the Japanese, it would be difficult to change. The only remedy now is to sell some of them. Basically double it and let them have a good blood draw.

There are obviously many benefits to letting the Japanese accept high-priced rare earths. One of the benefits is that the cost of their cars will increase a lot. This is also quite good news, especially for Fan Investment Group, which has already entered the automobile market. .

Finally, Fan Wubing said to the person in charge of the rare earth project, "Well, um, you said decisively that you should refund them the money, don't tell them the reason, and we will restart the contact mechanism when they become anxious."

The person in charge nodded and agreed, thinking that Mr. Fan was really decisive and had a countermeasure so quickly.

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