Chapter 398 Add a Little More Price

My dependence on rare earth resources is unimaginable to the Chinese.

When the Chinese government prepared to restrict the export of certain types of rare earth resources, the Japanese media called it resource weaponization and compared China with Russia.

Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia has undergone shock therapy and embarked on capitalism, and its national strength has declined significantly. Now it no longer plays with nuclear weapons, and begins to play with the valves of natural gas pipelines, opening and closing them from time to time to put pressure on neighboring countries.

China's plan to restrict the export of rare earth resources has mostly economic significance, because it is true that rare earth resources were sold too cheaply in the past, which has caused a loss of resources in the long run. Moreover, China's own use of rare earths is also growing rapidly. As the country's scarce resources, it is natural that it should first meet its own needs.

However, from Japan's perspective, regardless of these reasons, if China's resource weaponization is allowed to succeed, and Japan has nothing to do, Japan's high-tech industry and automobile industry will be able to do so in the future. No need to show it. In the automobile industry, Toyota is the most anxious. This is because the hybrid vehicle that Toyota is promoting with the largest use of rare earths and the largest manufacturing volume is currently.

As for military industry companies, there are too many companies affected. Japan once claimed that without Japan’s precision technology, the accurate strike range of American long-range missiles could only reach within fifty meters, but now it can reach within ten meters. , although there is a manufacturing technology that the Japanese are proud of, it is also inseparable from the widespread application of rare earth elements.

Murata Shigeru represents not only the Japanese military industrial conglomerate, but also Toyota, which is extremely thirsty for rare earth resources. In order to facilitate this purchase contract, Toyota specially allocated Murata Shigeru 100 million U.S. dollars in activity funds, which is He must be asked to manage all aspects, put a certain amount of pressure on Fan Wubing, and force him to implement the original contract.

In fact, Japan has taken into account that Fan Wubing is young and often accompanied by beautiful women, and plans to invite several popular Japanese actresses to China to have in-depth exchanges with Fan Wubing, in order to achieve invisible diplomacy. the goal of.

However, after Murata Shigeru carefully understood Fan Wubing's background, he dissuaded Japan's domestic plutocrats from acting rashly, because as the son of a member of the Central Committee, he himself is a wealthy man with huge influence, and Fan Wubing's power in the country is Japan's. It is unimaginable that ordinary pressure will only make him furious and will not have any positive effect at all. However, this beauty's diplomacy seems to have some effect.

But the most important issue now is that it is too late for everyone to engage in beauty diplomacy. It seems that the Chinese government may make a decision to restrict the export of rare earth resources at any time. Once this decision is made, things cannot be reversed.

Plan for today. It was better to negotiate the terms directly with Fan Wubing. I just don’t know where Fan Wubing’s bottom line is? However, Murata Shigeru was determined to achieve his goal.

As long as Fan Wubing put forward the conditions. He must meet his requirements. Get this big list.

When Murata Shigeru saw Fan Wubing. He was leaning on the recliner. A beautiful female secretary squeezed her shoulders.

Fan Wubing closed his eyes. A very comfortable look. It seemed like he was asleep.

Murata Shigeru was worried. But he didn't dare to disturb Fan Wubing. He had to stand there helplessly.

After five minutes. Only then did Fan Wubing opened his eyes. He looked at Murata Shigeru carefully. Just asked. "Are you Mr. Murata?"

Murata Shigeru immediately stepped forward. Bowed deeply. He replied respectfully. "I am Shigeru Murata. Please take care of me, Mr. Fan."

Fan Wubing waved his hand and said, "Care is out of the question. I'm really sorry for what happened this time. Since the establishment of our company, there has been no breach of contract. Fortunately, we have negotiated the issue of liquidated damages in advance. The 100 million The U.S. dollars are considered an apology.”

After hearing what Fan Wubing said, Murata Shigeru immediately said anxiously, "Mr. Fan, Youdao is asking for high prices and then paying back the money. Although there are rumors of banning the export of rare earths, before it is officially announced through official channels, You really don’t need to worry about this, why don’t you want to sell it to us? The price is negotiable. As long as you are willing to bid, we have the basis to negotiate the deal.”

Fan Wubing looked at Murata Shigeru, shook his head and said, "There are some things you don't understand. My father has now been promoted to a member of the Central Committee. He has good career prospects and is very likely to become a member of the Standing Committee. Therefore, I must pay attention to what he does in the country." Political influence. This time, I can only blame you for your bad luck. Why did you come to discuss this big deal with me when the news of the government's export restrictions came out? If I agreed to your request, it would seem to be a special deal. Having trouble with the government is a very dangerous sign and will have serious consequences for my father’s career.

ring. Therefore, I cannot grant your request. "

After hearing what Fan Wubing said, Murata felt that it made some sense. After all, everyone's pursuits were different. If Fan Wubing was pursuing pure money, then he could use high-priced acquisitions to seduce him. He changed his mind, but now what Fan Wubing wants is to maintain the positive image of his father Fan Heng, which cannot be done with money, so this matter will be difficult to solve.

In fact, Japan is also very aware of the current rare earth resource crisis, and they also have some solutions.

The acquisition of rare earth resources is Japan's national strategic decision, in order to open up new acquisition channels and break China's monopoly. Japan’s geological survey team cooperates with some countries with rare earth burial potential to conduct geological exploration locally, especially Vietnam.

Recently, Japan has discovered an area in Vietnam that has the same geological and climatic conditions as China's heavy rare earth mining areas, and it is considered that it may contain heavy rare earth minerals. In addition to cooperating with the Vietnamese government to conduct geological surveys, it also uses government assistance provided by Japan to build roads and bridges around the mining area to indirectly support resource development.

Toyota Group also plans to establish a joint venture mining company with the Vietnamese government to carry out related development matters.

Especially for some important projects, if rare earths can be used, they should not be used; if light rare earths can be used, heavy rare earths should not be used. Reducing the use of rare earth elements, especially heavy rare earth elements, is an important scientific and technological topic in Japan.

Now some researchers can use other elements to replace dy while ensuring performance. However, the production process is very complicated and the cost is very high. At this stage, large-scale industrial applications cannot be achieved. However, for the Japanese, if they can develop technology that does not use heavy rare earths, there is hope.

In order to effectively utilize rare earth resources, the Japanese also attach great importance to the development of recycling technology, recycling rare earth elements from discarded computer hard drives, optical drives, motors, and cars. Of course, the recycling technology here is very critical. Take computer hard drives as an example. Magnets account for two to three percent of the weight. If the technology is backward, it will be difficult to recycle.

The Japanese once purchased a large number of abandoned US military fighter jets in the Middle East. Their purpose was to obtain the rare earth elements used in large quantities. The cost of recycling was very low, but the return was very high, which is quite cost-effective.

Americans are used to spending a lot of money, so it's hard to understand why the Japanese are so diligent in collecting rags. But Fan Wubing knew very well that as a country with scarce resources, it was not easy for Japan to get to where it is today. Although their aggressiveness is disgusting, their own efforts are worthy of admiration.

Not only military industry companies, or civilian industries, or high-tech processing industries are all remarkable, but their AV industry is also considered to be unique in the world!

After pondering for a moment, Murata Shigeru immediately thought of a good solution, so he said to Fan Wubing, "If Mr. Fan hopes to be helpful to your father's career, we can add some extras to the original price. Conditionally, I guarantee that it will be of great benefit to your father’s career and his reputation will never be affected by this incident. What do you think?”

Fan Wubing raised his head when he heard this, looked at Shigeru Murata seriously, and then asked with interest, "Oh? Then you might as well talk about it and listen."

Fan Wubing really wanted to hear what Murata Shigeru would suggest. Anyway, he was just trying to rip off people here. If he could squeeze out more benefits, why not do it?

Murata Shigeru said to Fan Wubing, "My father's foundation in Jiangnan Province is not stable, and the current lack of funds is quite large. If we are willing to provide some free assistance and grant some interest-free loans, will it be helpful to him?" As long as the work in Jiangnan Province is done well and the economy develops, you can work towards a higher position according to your current standards for selecting cadres? "

Fan Wubing looked at Murata Shigeru and thought to himself that this guy is quite smart. He knows that to solve the problem, he must deal with the root cause. He used his father's situation to set up obstacles. He started by helping his father solve the problem. Taking action can be said to have grasped the key point.

So Fan Wubing thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about the specific situation."

Murata Shigeru was overjoyed when he heard this, and Fan Wubing finally relaxed his tone. This is a good sign! He was confident that as long as Fan Wubing showed signs of relenting, he would be able to convince him. After all, the price he could pay this time was extremely huge in the eyes of the Japanese.

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