Tycoon: I can see the goddess's wish list

Chapter 1143: Chapter 1140: Anna the Beauty’s Fantasies

In the morning of the next day, Luofeng and Qin Rubing actually woke up at eight o’clock, but Luofeng only got around to taking Qin Rubing to the airport at ten o’clock.

As everyone knows, sometimes "dragging one’s feet" can also be a verb?

After taking Qin Rubing to the airport, Luofeng returned to Nina Hotel to catch up on sleep.

After all, didn’t go to bed until three o’clock last night, right?

Because he didn’t get a chance with Qin Rubing last night, it was naturally necessary to get up early to catch up in the morning.

And Qin Rubing also brought over five hundred thousand in donations back to Shu City, which was the task of the student council.

To be honest, Luofeng could have just transferred the money directly, but appearances still needed to be maintained.

Luofeng casually found a few small businesses, and the fundraising was completed instantly.

The school is also very good at selecting people, having someone like Qin Rubing do the fundraising—getting money was a piece of cake.

Of course, this was also beneficial for Qin Rubing, as she brought donations to the school, didn’t she?

Take Duanmu Yunji for example, because of her, Luofeng donated millions for pianos to the Music University, and her status in the school is remarkably high.

That’s the power of money.

It’s Friday today. At around noon, Luofeng woke up again at Nina Hotel and had a light lunch at the hotel before starting to review the information sent by Shen Suansi.

Currently, Daxia’s main source of iron ore imports is Australia, which is also the largest supplier of iron ore in the world. In 2019, Daxia imported 660 million tons of iron ore from them, with an average price of about 120 US Dollars, making the annual market size close to 80 billion US Dollars, equivalent to more than 500 billion Daxia Coins, occupying 67% of Daxia’s imported iron ore in 2019.

In this situation, Daxia is like a money tree for them, right? Yet, they still want to increase the price of iron ore, deliberately looking to make more money.

While wanting to make more money isn’t wrong, even some robbers have honor among thieves, right? If you’re going to charge more, you have to convince people, right? You can’t just raise the price without explanation.

In fact, Daxia’s own iron ore reserves are quite rich, but the difficulty of extraction is relatively high, and the grade is not very high, making it a situation of eating without flavor but a pity to discard.

If extraction is forced, it ends up being cheaper to buy than to produce domestically.

That’s why they think they have a hold on us, allowing them to raise prices.

After thinking for a moment, Luofeng had a preliminary plan and started messaging Anna, the Russian girl.

It’s said that the girls over there have vigorous grass, not sure if it’s true.

So do they generally like to shave?

But in fact, Luofeng thinks having grass looks more aesthetically pleasing than having none.

If there really comes a day the two are together, Luofeng will tell Anna not to shave.

Really, there’s nothing worth looking at, right?

Luofeng: Anna, are you still in Capital City?

Anna directly sent over a shared location.

Anna: I’m here, at the International University.

Anna: If Mr. Luo is asking about importing oil, I’m afraid I have to say I’m very sorry. My father has tried hard, but your proposal has still been rejected by our officials.

Luofeng: ?????

Luofeng was filled with question marks. Tsarist Russia goes to great lengths to sell oil, and now when someone is eager to buy, they still aren’t willing?

Luofeng: Why?

Anna: Sorry Mr. Luo, I don’t know the exact reason either.

Luofeng pondered silently, what on earth is Tsarist Russia up to?

Exporting oil is supposed to be a top priority for Tsarist Russia; could it be they think Luofeng is tricking them?

Fine, if they don’t want to sell, let it be.

Luofeng wasn’t asking about oil this time anyway.

Since the previous task has been completed, Luofeng has already sanctioned Japan’s power company.

Luofeng: Are you selling your iron ore?

Anna: Definitely not selling.

Luofeng: What I mean is, you mine yourselves, and we purchase the iron ore.

Luofeng: Recently, Australia has started messing around again, you’ve seen the news, right? So I think we should proactively diversify our iron ore sources.

Anna looked at Luofeng’s reply message and sighed silently because Luofeng’s words indicated he had close ties with Daxia’s government.

"Sigh!" Anna sighed quietly.

Anna: If it’s just purchasing iron ore, I can ask around, but as you know, our iron ore prices are a bit more expensive.

Luofeng: Ask first, the price can be negotiated.

Tsarist Russia’s iron ore grade is very high, Australia’s iron content is 48%, but Tsarist Russia’s can reach about 56%, equivalent to an increase of around 16%.

This means if their iron ore is a bit more expensive, it’s understandable.

After all, from the same 100 tons of iron ore, Australia’s can only extract 48 tons, but Tsarist Russia’s can extract 56 tons.

Better quality for a higher price, there’s no issue with that.

Luofeng contemplated, Tsarist Russia couldn’t possibly refuse this time, right?

After all, trades between Tsarist Russia and Daxia for iron ore have a long history.

It started as early as 2003.

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Around 2:30 PM, Luofeng finally received a reply from Anna.

Anna: How much iron ore do you need?

Anna: And the price?

Luofeng: How much you have, we’ll take. As for the price, we can discuss it in detail, for example, based on supply volume and iron ore grade to determine!

Anna: Are you sure you want as much as you can get?

Luofeng: Your annual production is actually quite limited; in the past twenty years, your annual output hasn’t improved much, right?

Anna didn’t refute; she had just crammed a lot of knowledge about Tsarist Russia’s iron ore and knew Luofeng was right.

Anna: What is the supply term?

Luofeng: Do you have any suggestions or ideas?

Anna: Do you know the status of our mining resources here?

Faced with Anna’s question, Luofeng gave an answer.

Luofeng: Of course, I know your mining resources are mainly in Xi Beili and Ural, both very cold places, making extraction inconvenient, with very long downtime annually, right?

Anna: Yes, exactly, due to geographical factors, our extraction volume is relatively low.

Luofeng: Because of low extraction volume and poor income, you can’t afford to buy new mining equipment. Plus, your investment environment is relatively poor, making it hard to cooperate with foreign companies for mining, hence a vicious cycle.

Anna: That’s correct, so even if there’s cooperation, it’s hard to get it on track!

Luofeng read Anna’s reply and fell silent.

Tsarist Russia’s situation indeed seemed stuck in a vicious cycle, no wonder iron ore extraction hasn’t increased in over a decade.

Luofeng: What if I loan you money to expand first?

Anna: ????