Chapter 678 - The Surrendered Foreign Bank (2nd Update, Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Passes, Asking for Rewards)

Tungsten sand, which accounts for 90 percent of China, has suddenly stopped supplying, whether it is officially licensed or quietly in Guangdong Province.

The tungsten sand in Shanghai seems to be left with the goods hoarded in the hands of merchants. In fact, even if there were sporadic 10 tons or a few tons of goods shipped from Waifu, they were immediately collected by the Chinese merchants waiting at the wharves and stations at a price nearly 50 percent higher than the export price.

It seems that the whole of China has competed with businessmen from Western countries in tungsten sand.

Until this time, businessmen from various countries who had not received the goods for several days and even felt that they might not receive the goods for a long time in the future were anxious, and went to the Commerce Bureau of the State Government in Shanghai to complain about the profiteers of Chinese businessmen who hoarded and speculated on the price of minerals.

The Bureau of Commerce, which has always regarded them as uncles and almost responds to their needs, has begun to play sloppy this time, and has begun the so-called investigation and evidence collection with skillful Chinese-style Tai Chi kung fu, and then the promise of cracking down hard. Importers from the Third Reich, who already had a honeymoon relationship with China, were no exception.

The higher the export price, the higher the tariff, the officials of the state government are not stupid, they privately receive a lot of benefits from Shanghai businessmen, and they can also make a lot of money for the government to obtain political achievements, where can such a good thing be found?

As for what China speculates on the price of tungsten sand, it is even more funny, do you think the price is high and you can not buy it, and Australia also has it? When was it stipulated that it was wrong to increase the price of my Chinese goods?

Of course, these Western importers, who almost all have national backgrounds, are anxious, and they have not seen the efficiency of the Chinese, and when their so-called investigation and evidence collection are completed, they will carry out severe crackdowns, then I am afraid that it will be months of hard work!

The key is that the domestic demand for tungsten sand is very large, especially in terms of ordnance, and the factory can't wait for this shutdown! It's not just money that's lost.

If at this time, importers from all over the world were already like ants still looking for countermeasures to deal with Chinese merchants, then a telex newspaper from across the ocean became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

A senior general from the British army, in response to an uninteresting question from a reporter about the importance of minerals, recounted his views in a serious and solemn manner: special mines are almost as important to national defense as oil, and the empire should send more troops in its possessions in Asia to protect the empire's demand for special mines and oil, which are war resources.

This is the first time that a senior military person has elevated a special mineral such as tungsten sand to a strategic level.

Even if all kinds of special minerals in the Western world rose in response, in just two days, it soared by 158 percent, and the purchase price per ton rose from 1,000 US dollars two days ago to 2,580 US dollars, almost half of the highest peak of tungsten sand in the last world war.

That's right, the tungsten sand purchased before in the Chinese market is only more than 400 US dollars, which is almost double the international price. But China, which lacks a commercial giant ship that can cross thousands of miles of oceans, can only sell it in a reluctant voice.

The purchase price in the western international market has risen sharply, making these middlemen who are still holding on collectively dumbfounded, if they can't receive tungsten sand from China, I am afraid it will be more than just being bankrupt. The will of the state was not so violated, especially for the middlemen of the Third Reich. The mustache is down, and I'm afraid even he is afraid.

As a result, businessmen from Western countries quickly started negotiations with the Shanghai Tungsten Sand Commercial Trade Alliance.

At the beginning of the Chinese businessmen's crazy hoarding of tungsten sand, the purpose of most businessmen was just to take advantage of the geologists' exposition of academics, make a small profit, and use their vision and wisdom to make a profit of 10% to 20% in a short time, which is simply not too cool.

However, as the curtain was opened little by little, starting from the accident in the mine of the "Yuehan Company", a wave of unsettled waves rose again and again, one ring after another, and the final result was that the whole of China seemed to be unable to get out of the mine, and behind the whole thing, it was like an invisible hand controlling everything. What's even more jaw-dropping is that everything seems to be unrelated and reasonable, but the final result is that tungsten sand is in the hands of the Chinese.

And the foreign hair, there is not a single hair.

This makes the sensitive businessmen feel frightened, but now it is difficult to ride the tiger, no matter who starts to sell to foreign businessmen first, the only consequence is to be excluded from this circle, or to be crushed by the big hand that can stir up the national tungsten ore market.

No one doubts that the energy that may not have a big hand, whether it is Du Yuesheng or Li Guoqin or the big man entrenched in Guangdong, they cannot match it.

Since you can't get off the thief ship, you can only resist. The big guys fought hard with foreign businessmen.

The establishment of the tungsten sand trade alliance is a testament to the unity of the big guys, and the shrewd businessmen know very well what kind of foreign hairs are powerful, they are not only rich, but also have a deep national background, and if they put pressure on the government, the government is likely to not be able to withstand the pressure from the Western world. The big guy who is hiding behind the scenes may be fine, and these businessmen may suffer.

Only by forming an alliance and concentrating everyone's strength can it be possible to win this final victory, especially the news from the skyrocketing tungsten ore and other rare minerals on the other side of the ocean, which made them feel reassured.

Zhou Chunwen, the head of the mining department of the Chinese Commercial Group, who was the largest hoarder of tungsten sand this time, was elected as the chairman of the China Tungsten Sand Trade Business Alliance and presided over the negotiations with foreign businessmen.

The exact content of the negotiations is unknown, but during the two-day negotiations, Chairman Zhou's smiling and calm demeanor really impressed the Chinese businessmen.

There is only one number that will ever come out of his mouth: 2,500 US dollars.

The exaggerated figures can almost stop the hearts of Chinese businessmen, and compared to their average purchase price of 300 US dollars, Chairman Zhou actually increased the price by 8 times, and it is still a twist.

In the international market of tungsten sand, due to the sudden out-of-stock of the largest Chinese market, the price rose again, and the price climbed to 2,700 US dollars in two days of negotiation between the two parties.

"Tomorrow, we will be in line with the international market." At the moment when the negotiation was about to end without a problem, President Zhou lightly dropped a sentence and prepared to leave the negotiation venue.

Of course, he didn't leave.

Because, the foreigners succumbed.

The month-long tungsten sand controversy has come to an end.

The Chinese merchants won a big victory.

With this alone, China Commercial Group earned a full 440,000 US dollars, more than 1 million silver oceans. This does not include Du Yuesheng's investment of 400,000 cash that should have been distributed to Liu Lang, and he also earned 2 million oceans. Of course, all this money became the military funds of the independent regiment.

At the moment of receiving this news, the little foreign girl who was already accustomed to huge wealth couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The speed of making money is comparable to that of a money printing machine!

Moreover, the most important thing is not how much money can be made by the Chinese business group, but the price of tungsten sand in China has risen several times since then, although in the end, under the intervention of Western governments, the Chinese government has made appropriate concessions, but the price has also risen from more than 400 US dollars in the past to more than half of the international price, which can be regarded as a fierce slaughter of those guys who like to take advantage of the fire.

Liu Lang's laughter rang out on the wide sea, startling a flock of seagulls pecking at breadcrumbs on the bow of the boat.