As we all know, Afghanistan is not a bone to gnaw on, the British Empire planted a big heel here, and the former Soviet Union, which was later known as Shijie's second, fell here and eventually led to the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

Now the Americans are going to use a knife against Afghanistan, and although they have gathered many allies, everyone is still not very optimistic about the prospects of this war.

Although everyone does not believe that the Americans cannot win this war, what everyone fears most is that the Americans are caught in the same quagmire as the Vietnam War here.

If the war in Afghanistan were to fall back into the pattern of the Vietnam War, it would take 10 years to fight a dozen of them, and everyone would worry that the Americans would not be able to stand it.

Once the Americans can't stand it, it will directly affect the international status of the United States, and even a large amount of military spending and increasing taxes will make the American economy fall into a quagmire.

This is likely to lead to a second recession in the U.S. economy, so economists and investors in Shijie countries are now very cautious and not optimistic about the prospects for this war.

What's more, this time the Americans are playing against a madman, who can even hijack a plane to hit a building, who knows if he will have any other means, if he uses more dangerous means, it will bring a greater impact on the US economy.

It is this concern about the economic development of the United States that has led investors and governments everywhere in Shijie to formulate correspondingly more cautious economic policies, and it is this economic policy that has led to commodities like iron ore. Prices are sluggish internationally.

Rio Tinto was originally looking to take advantage of the financial crisis. Annexed one of its competitors. to expand the business, but who would have thought that such an unlucky thing would happen?

Now that the international sales of iron ore cannot go up, then the return of their funds has become a problem, you must know that Australia's labor costs are not low, and there are various debt problems, so the current Rio Tinto is quite a bit anxious.

Now they are looking for investors, but they are catching up. Everyone is tightening their purse strings and ready to wait and see, so their financing prospects are not optimistic.

But Li Yifan planned to make a move on Rio Tinto at this time, and such courage surprised Li Annie.

"You don't have to worry about this, those Afghan guys will definitely not be able to bear the Americans, and the price of this iron ore will definitely rise, and the upward momentum will be extremely rapid, if I miss this opportunity, I don't know when I will wait next time?"

Li Yifan's smile had a slight hint of bitterness. In fact, he had a headache at this time, how to explain it to Annie Li.

Americans' policy of cultural invasion has been very successful over the years. It is their cultural propaganda that is in place, which also makes them often get twice the result with half the effort when they are engaged in war, after all, there are many locals who are influenced by American culture and believe that the United States is the most powerful on Shijie.

On the other hand, it is also because the Taliban guys have really not done anything good in Afghanistan over the years, which is already the 21st century, but where they are still practicing the 17th century religious rule model, and they are not good at doing the economy, and now they are still relying on the export of opium @ to maintain the government's economic operation, so they are quite unpopular in the local area.

The Taliban guys, in front of the Americans, can be said to be defeated with one blow, and after a few months of hard work, their political shili has completely disappeared.

It's a pity that he can't tell Annie Li directly about these facts that originally happened, so he can only pretend to be a magic stick.

"I still don't understand ......"

Li Annie wanted to continue the discussion on this issue, but Li Yifan had to find another way, otherwise he would not be able to justify his words.

"Actually, Annie, you shouldn't just focus on the Americans, you should also think about China. In recent years, China's economic growth rate, as you should know, has now surpassed France, and the United Kingdom, only behind Germany, Japan and the United States. But now that the strategic focus of the United States has shifted to Europe, China will definitely take advantage of the situation......"

"But what does this have to do with the price of iron ore?"

"This is to start from the economic structure of China, we have been reforming and opening up for 20 years, and in the first 20 years, we relied on export trade to ensure the rapid growth of our economy. However, in recent years, China's economic growth rate has reached a bottleneck, and there have even been frequent frictions with developed countries in Europe and the United States in terms of import and export trade. Next year will enter the stage of national leadership change, and the new leader, will definitely look for a new economic growth model, and according to the news I have gotten, and I have observed for so long since the judgment, the next ten years, will be the rapid development of the real estate industry in China, you say the real estate industry, what is the most needed? With such a large population base in China, once large-scale urbanization begins, the demand for steel will be almost sky-high......"

Li Yifan could only rely on the facts, and half relied on flickering to start fooling Li Annie, and Li Annie seemed to have remembered something at this time, although she still had some doubts about Li Yifan's statement, but she didn't say anything.

Indeed, once the 1.3 billion people start large-scale urbanization, the total demand for steel will be ...... Oh my God!

She has been to Huaguo several times before, mainly to visit the capital or Puhai, the two most representative big cities in China, and every time she goes, there will be a refreshing feeling for her, where is almost a big construction site, every few days will be a new high-rise building, that kind of frenzied speed, now think about it will feel terrible.

If there is such a frenzy in the next decade...... It's unimaginable, a big era is coming!

"So I think now is the right time to enter the iron ore industry, you must know that in the past, these Australians were very conservative, they were very reluctant to foreign investment, and they penetrated their resource-based fields. Now it seems that the situation is already very critical, forcing them to the point where they have to raise funds for large-scale external demand, otherwise when will you see them so generously invite the shijie consortium, where to inspect them, and cooperate? ”

As soon as Li Yifan saw that Li Annie was silent, he knew that she was fooled by herself, so he hurriedly continued to add fuel to the fire.

Li Annie thinks this way, this is also the case, these Australians are very conservative, and they have a natural pride in Asians, as if they are wearing that white skin, and they are very dragged to the touch.

In fact, they are just the children of a bunch of criminals, and if it weren't for the strong legacy left to them by their ancestors, wouldn't they be just as virtuous as South Africa?

"Well, when you say that, it does seem like that. Now is indeed the best time to take a stake in Rio Tinto, and this company has not been established for such a long time, and it has not been a few large-scale external financing. ”

Li Annie was completely confused by Li Yifan and froze, Li Yifan decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"Well, that's early, I've heard that the Japanese have already started to approach them, and this is definitely not something that the Japanese can take advantage of. Annie, now you don't plan to stir up trouble with the family anyway, I don't think it's better to go to Australia and contact them during this time, and by the way, I can use my money to operate. ”

Li Yifan smiled and said to Li Annie, and Li Annie was staring.

"You're really anxious, how can this be so simple? These Aussies, I've dealt with them, but it's dark! ”

She didn't say to go, but she didn't say no, it seemed that she was moved by Li Yifan's words, it is really not good to stay in Singapore at this time, there will definitely be a fierce conflict on the family side, if you don't want to get into it, then it is best to hide.

"And if you want to go in the past, you might as well consider the steel smelting companies in Australia, or investigate the steel smelting companies in other parts of Shijie, especially the special steel smelting companies."

Li Yifan smiled and gave Li Annie another opinion, but Li Annie was a little confused, is this weishenme?

"Hey, hey! Don't look at the current annual steel output of Huaguo on the shijie, but our steel enterprises can only be said to be big but not strong. Although the crude steel output is among the best, but some special steel, we are still far behind, for example, the construction of high-rise buildings with special steel, we can not produce, every year a large number of imports from Japan, other industries need special steel in many places, but also most of the need to import from Japan, if you can get some such special steel smelting data, then in the country, as long as you are willing to invest in a special steel factory, I'll guarantee you'll just sit at home and count the money. This is a more lucrative deal than investing in Rio Tinto. ”

As soon as he thought of those arrogant little Japan in later generations, Li Yifan was angry, and he was going to rob them anyway, so he might as well grab a few more. (To be continued......)