Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

On that day, Hao Qiang summoned Wang He and Jiang Ying to discuss an important matter.

When the two arrived, Hao Qiang gestured for them to sit around the tea table and said straight to the point, "I have something to discuss with you.

I just borrowed 20 billion yuan from the bank and plan to invest in upstream raw materials for lithium batteries and establish a lithium battery ecological chain as a long-term development plan.

"20 billion? This is not a small amount!" Wang He was very shocked.

As someone familiar with the chairman's financial situation, Jiang Ying was only slightly surprised at the use of the funds.

Hao Qiang smiled calmly: "Two billion is actually not a lot. If possible, I would even like to monopolize the world's lithium carbonate resources."

When these words were spoken, both of them were surprised by the chairman's idea.

Wang He cautiously suggested: "Chairman, it may not be easy to monopolize.

my country's largest salt lake brine is located in Qinghai. It is a state-owned resource and is currently controlled by the state-owned Salt Lake Company. Its equity structure is complex, so I do not recommend getting involved."

Jiang Ying agreed, "That's right. Salt Lake Shares is a state-owned enterprise, so it's not appropriate for us to get involved. I'm worried that after investing a huge amount of money, we might end up with nothing."

"Well, state-owned enterprises are indeed troublesome. We can only consider cooperation." Hao Qiang nodded in agreement and then asked, "What about overseas lithium resources?"

Water is considered a national resource, let alone lithium mines, which cannot be controlled by private enterprises.

Wang He is familiar with the market and explained in detail: "In addition to Qinghai in China, salt lake brine is also available in South America, such as the Tres Quebradas lithium salt lake in Argentina;

As for lithium mines, those with higher quality are mainly distributed in Australia, Zimbabwe, Canada and other countries, such as Australia's Talison and Canada's Millennium Lithium.

He continued his analysis: “However, foreign resources are not easy to control, and even if you have them, you need sufficient strength to develop them.

My personal suggestion is that it is better to invest through holding overseas companies rather than simply investing money.”

Hao Qiang nodded. Foreigners’ mineral resources, especially those of some countries, are mostly stained with blood.

As Wang He said, if you really want to control overseas lithium mineral resources, it is best to control overseas companies, which is most appropriate and safer.

Of course, the refined lithium ore must be transferred to the country in a timely manner.

"Chairman, are you so optimistic about the lithium battery industry?" Jiang Ying asked curiously.

Hao Qiang said solemnly: "We have made a major breakthrough in super lithium batteries, which is very likely to change the landscape of multiple industries. For example, new energy vehicles will occupy the automobile market, which is a huge market worth trillions of yuan, and this will also become the core business of our group in the future.

So, we have mastered the code to wealth.

We must do everything we can to control lithium resources while the outside world remains unaware.”

"Oh, so that's how it is." Jiang Ying suddenly realized. It seems that she needs to pay more attention to information in this area.

Wang He didn't expect the chairman's ambition to be so big that he wanted to monopolize global lithium mineral resources.

But on second thought, if super lithium batteries really achieve a major breakthrough as Hao Qiang said, it may indeed subvert the existing landscape of multiple industries.

"Yes, now we are just thinking about how to plan better."

Hao Qiang originally considered directly purchasing finished products and stockpiling them, but he felt that these plans were still not ideal and could not achieve his goal.

However, if it is impossible to control mineral resources, the next best option is to directly stockpile finished products.

According to the second phase production capacity forecast of Galaxy New Energy Company, about 5,000 tons of lithium carbonate will be consumed annually.

With the expansion of the company's production capacity and the widespread application of lithium batteries, the demand for lithium carbonate will show explosive growth in the next few years.

If the electric vehicle market explodes on a large scale, just one million new energy vehicles will consume about 5 tons of lithium carbonate.

The 20 billion yuan loan in Hao Qiang's hands can be used to purchase about 14 tons of battery-grade lithium carbonate at current market prices.

Taking into account seven or eight years of bank interest, hoarding and management fees, it is equivalent to using 30 billion yuan to purchase battery-grade lithium carbonate worth at least 220 billion yuan in the future.

This means that within eight years, the investment profit can reach more than six times, which is a good rate of return.

No, it may take less time.

If super lithium battery technology is announced and applied, the new energy vehicle industry will usher in faster development and is likely to achieve rapid growth before 2016.

This will not only ensure the company's future supply of raw materials, but also enable it to obtain substantial profits during the period of rapid development of the industry.

Hao Qiang's words left Jiang Ying and Wang He silent.

After a while, Wang He suggested, "Boss, if our company doesn't directly purchase lithium ore materials, why not invest in upstream companies that hold controlling stakes in lithium ore resources?"

“Oh, what companies are there?”

Wang He recommended: "Forget about state-owned assets, I don't recommend investing in them.

As for private enterprises, there are also quite a few, such as Tianqi Lithium, Ganfeng Lithium, Yiwei Lithium Energy, Tianci Materials and other companies.

Tianqi Lithium was established relatively early, in 1995, with annual turnover of only a few tens of millions of yuan.”

Hao Qiang's eyes lit up. He felt that he had heard of this company. He didn't know when it went public, and its future market value seemed to be several hundred billion yuan.

The market capitalization of other similar lithium mining companies after listing mostly reached hundreds of billions of yuan.

It can be said that if you invest in these companies, or establish a lithium mining raw materials company yourself and then list it, normally the listing will definitely bring in hundreds of billions of yuan.

However, Hao Qiang's goal is to monopolize the market, and it would be best to control the lithium mining raw material company and thus control the market price.

Even if you can't control the market price, you still have a say.

Of course, the premise is that it does not violate domestic antitrust laws.

It is worth mentioning that the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China was only implemented on August 1, 2008.

In fact, as long as the technology is ahead of international giants, the country would like Future Technology Group to do so.

Domestic antitrust laws are not very applicable.

Having said that, Hao Qiang's 2 billion yuan is not a big deal and is enough to control several private enterprises.

Of course, these private business owners have to be willing to raise funds.

Under normal circumstances, these companies are likely to agree to financing for two main reasons:

First of all, Future Technology Group has advanced lithium battery technology and has the potential to become an industry giant.

If these lithium mining raw material companies refuse financing, they may lose large orders from Future Technology Group, which will be a significant loss to their business development.

Secondly, Hao Qiang has strong financial strength.

If these companies refuse to cooperate in financing, Future Technology Group is likely to establish related companies on its own, which will create a strong market competitor for the existing companies.

Therefore, agreeing to Hao Qiang's financing proposal is a win-win choice for these companies.

Take Jingdong Company as an example. After receiving financing, they will no longer worry about future development funds, and at the same time they will also achieve a substantial increase in order volume.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, you and I will go there in person," Hao Qiang said. "They may not agree to our financing proposal."

Wang He immediately responded, "Okay, Chairman, when do you think it would be a good time for us to leave?"

Hao Qiang thought for a moment and replied, "Let's schedule it for tomorrow morning. Can you arrange it in time?"

"No problem, Chairman." Wang He replied decisively, "I'll go back tonight to pack my luggage."

Hao Qiang nodded, and this important task was finalized.