We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Just a few days after returning to Hong Kong Island, Luo Nianzhong came to Melbourne again.

Loton still couldn't make up his mind and planned to meet this world-famous businessman. Luo Nianzhong also had the same idea. How could he let the other party know how tempting his bait was without meeting him?

It’s still Elliot’s farm in the north end of Melbourne, but this time there are no longer two people, but one more person, Lorton.

"Mr. Loughton is really cautious. He didn't bring any assistants with him, and the car he drove was a second-hand Toyota. It's hard to believe that this is something the head of a mining giant would drive."

There was something ironic about what Luo Nianzhong said, as he was trying to say that the other party was timid.

The fact is that although Holmes is a major shareholder of BHP, he cannot reach the point of having absolute power in BHP now.

Given Lorton's contributions to BHP over the years, Holmes had no way to deal with him, and other shareholders would not agree with him firing Lorton.

"I can't compare with you, Mr. Luo, who have rich families and businesses. As a worker, I have to be cautious first."

Loton knew that Luo Nianzhong was unhappy because he intervened in Lead Mining's acquisition of Taliesin.

Lithium. Now Lorton is certain that the leading mining industry is heading for the lithium mine in Taliesin.

Although he didn't know the purpose of leading the mining industry, it didn't stop him from getting involved.

Anyway, the value of lithium ore is not high now. Although Taliesin is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Bihe can still come up with this amount of money.

"I really want to know why Mr. Luo is leading the mining industry in spending huge sums of money to acquire lithium mines around the world. Could you please tell me?"

There is nothing that cannot be said, because the leading mining industry has basically completed the integration of global lithium mines.

Australia, Argentina and Chile are currently the main lithium producing countries, accounting for 80% of the world's share.

The reason for such a high proportion is that in addition to the huge reserves in the three countries, another major reason is that many lithium mines have not been discovered.

Of the nine major lithium mines in the world, only four have been discovered, and Bolivia, a major lithium mining country in later generations, is not over-exploring.

Argentina's Umbre Muerto Salt Flats Mine has been acquired by Leading Mining, and Taliesin has now agreed to Leading Mining's $4.37 million offer and entered the review stage.

It can be said that Leading Mining now dominates the lithium mining field. About 40% of the world's lithium mines are in the hands of Leading Mining, and these lithium mines are high-grade and easy to mine.

Without saying anything, Luo Nianzhong just put his phone on the table.

His model of mobile phone is the only one in the world because it has not yet been released on the market.

“It seems that Kirin Battery has already completed the development of lithium batteries. I really didn’t expect that Kirin Battery would come out on top in the end.

It’s amazing, no wonder people say Mr. Luo’s company has some kind of magic, as long as you want to develop, there is no product that you can’t develop.”

It is no secret that Japan, the United States, and Kirin Battery are all developing lithium battery projects.

Further research and development of lithium batteries began about ten years ago.

Many people had forgotten about this matter over the years and had no hope for it, but unexpectedly, Kirin Battery has actually been successful.

“You are exaggerating. The media only reports our successes. There are many projects in the Far East that cost a lot of money but have not made any progress.

And what I want to tell you is that Kirin Battery has not only completed the development of lithium batteries, but has also started mass production after testing.

You will see a large number of lithium battery products at next year's Far East Exhibition.

This is the trend, and the battery revolution will quickly spread throughout the world, led by the Far East."

Lorton believes this. Not only does lithium batteries definitely have better performance than nickel batteries in all aspects, but the brand value of Honor is there.

These days, the whole world is copying Honor, which is even crazier than all the mobile phones in later generations copying Apple.

As soon as Han Tang Mobile released its flip phone, major mobile phone manufacturers began to follow suit.

Honor Games developed a game engine, and several related studios were established in Europe and the United States.

The most ridiculous thing is the CD player business, where many manufacturers want to join in with multiple colors.

Therefore, Luoton did not doubt Luo Nianzhong's words at all. As long as Honor began to fully embrace lithium batteries, even if the cost was a little higher, major manufacturers would follow suit.

This is the selling point. Is there anything better than using the same accessories as Honor but at a cheaper price?

Aren’t these parts the most important for a product? What does it matter? Consumers don’t understand. Don’t think that white people don’t know how to play word games. They are better at it.

"I agree that BHP's acquisition will lead the mining industry, but I can only give you 10% of the shares at most, and the rest will be made up in cash."

"Heh." Luo Nianzhong chuckled, "Do you think I'm short of money?

Leading the mining industry is not a necessity or an option; we have too many choices.

Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, and even Vale. Although Vale is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise, if it is only 10% of the shares, I believe I can pry open their mouths, you know they are very short of money now. "

At the beginning of this year, data released by the World Bank showed that the total debt of developing countries has reached 11900 trillion US dollars, and Brazil has exceeded billion US dollars, ranking among the top three.

At this time, if Luo Nianzhong is willing to provide Brazil with a long-term loan of more than 20 to 30 billion US dollars, Brazil will definitely be willing to give up Vale.

However, even if Vale is willing to give Luo Nianzhong more shares, Luo Nianzhong will still choose BHP.

First of all, it is impossible for Brazil to hand over the control of Vale to him, which Luo Nianzhong cannot accept.

Another thing is influence. Vale does have influence in Brazil, but Luo Nianzhong has too many ways to influence Brazil.

Australia is different. If the Luo family wants to gain a huge influence in Australia, mining is unavoidable.

It may not be obvious now, but as time goes by, this influence will be infinitely magnified, and will affect many countries and industries around the world.

That's why John Elliott would rather give up his position as prime minister than sell his shares in BHP.

Many people think that BHP or BHP Billiton is a raw material and energy company, right? That was after the late 1990s.

Today, BHP Group owns the largest steel plant in Australia, accounting for 80% of Australia's market share, making it an absolute industry giant.

With the same 10% stake, the voice of BHP's 10% and Vale's 10% stake within the company is completely incomparable.

Now that BHP and Anglo American are in the hands of Europeans and Americans, Rio Tinto has money and is pursuing mergers and acquisitions, but Vale does not want it, BHP is now the most suitable target for Luo Nianzhong.

As long as he can control a certain degree of voice in BHP, he has the confidence to tie BHP to the Luo family's big ship and influence the entire Australian situation.

Although Luo Nianzhong had never worked in the mining industry in his previous life, he must have paid attention to this industry because this industry affects the prices of electronic products.

I can’t say anything else, but he knows the locations of many rare metal mines and well-known large mines in the world.

Seeing Loden hesitate, Luo Nianzhong raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was about to summon a demon.

"Why bother? No matter how much influence I have in B&H and how much it has to do with you?

What I want is influence within BHP, and what you want is success and fame.

After acquiring Leading Mining, BHP will become the world's largest mining company.

The world's largest iron ore company, the world's largest lithium mining company, and one of the world's top three copper mining companies, with operations around the world and in various energy fields.

Don’t you want BHP to expand beyond Australia? The merger of the two companies will increase BHP’s overseas business by at least 20 percentage points, and it is even possible that it will exceed half of Australia’s domestic business.”

Luo Nianzhong could clearly see the other person's excitement from his eyes, and he hesitated until he finally gave up.

"This is not something I can decide. Even if I can completely stand on your side, what can I do? The shareholders are the ones who can make the final decision.

They can’t give you too many shares, so just forget about it.”

"Whether I can convince other shareholders is my business. What you need is to make this happen with all your strength in the board of directors.

Why didn't they want me to take more shares? It's because they are optimistic about the development of BHP.

John, I think I told you that I would give everyone a gift when I joined the B&B family? Now I can tell you what it is.

A silver-lead mine, also the largest silver mine in the world, the data I obtained should be more than 20,000 tons of silver, and the mining cost is low. "

This time, not to mention Lorton, even John, who had been silent, widened his eyes.

They thought that lithium batteries were a gift from Luo Nianzhong. After the Far East Exhibition in March next year, the value of lithium mines will definitely increase. The acquisition of BHP, a leading mining company, was a big bargain.

Unexpectedly, this was not all. The real gift turned out to be a super large silver mine.

If the reserves are really over 20,000 tons as Luo Nianzhong said, this would be a mineral deposit worth billions of dollars.

Who wouldn’t be tempted by such a deposit? Even John, a capitalist who didn’t want to be a capitalist, felt his heart pounding.

At the same time, he also knew that the Luo family would be stable if they took over.

Using this silver mine and lithium batteries as bargaining chips, the other directors will surely unite to put pressure on us.

What is the pressure? It's to see how to squeeze more shares for the Luo family.