Harry's words made everyone present feel as if they had been given a slap in the face.

Yes, the scarier thing than falling prices is the lack of buyers.

The steel production in the East accounts for more than half of the global steel production, which means that they are the world's largest consumer market, and the world's iron ore is counted on them.

You must know that although the East is the country with the largest steel production, it mines very little iron ore itself and cannot meet its own needs. Most of it relies on imports.

The ores in the hands of these mining giants were basically sold to them.

Now that they no longer buy iron ore, who else can the iron ore in our hands be sold to?

Even if the price drops, it doesn't matter. If you sell it cheaper, they can live a comfortable life, but they will just make less money.

But now they simply stop buying your ore, and the iron ore in everyone's hands will rot in their hands.

In the past, no one was afraid.

Where can I put resources so that they won’t rot? If you don’t buy them, I’ll just wait. If you want to develop, you have to buy my ores, and you have to accept my request for a price increase, and even At this critical moment, you must accept some unreasonable conditions from me before we are willing to sell the ore to you.

Otherwise, just wait for all your steel companies to collapse.

This has always been their confidence, and the reason why they dare to keep raising prices.

Because the major international ore transactions are in their hands and they have the final say.

But now, everyone is really afraid.

The Star Catcher brought back 200 million tons of steel in one go, accounting for one-tenth of the world's total last year. With several such spacecrafts flying back and forth several times a year, they would not only be able to satisfy their own needs for steel. In response to demand, various resources can be sold to the world on a large scale.

From the original buyer to a seller, not only does he not want your ore, but he also competes with you. Who can bear this?

The current price will definitely continue to fall. The key is that if it falls and no one buys it, this is really catastrophic.

"what should we do?"

Someone thought for a while and said: "Are we just going to watch our resources become cheap and watch the right to speak in our hands be taken away by them?"

This person mentioned another extremely critical and sensitive thing, which is the right to speak.

In the past, because the resources were in their own hands, they had the final say. They could raise prices if they wanted to, and reduce production if they wanted to. In line with the fluctuations of the futures market, they not only made money by selling ore, but also traded in futures. There were countless storms in the market and huge profits were made.

But once this right to speak is lost, not only will the iron ore be unable to be sold, but it will also become extremely difficult to make money in the futures market.

"Our economy is already in such bad shape. If we can't even sell mineral resources now, we will really have a hard time."

When someone heard this, they said helplessly.

"Everyone, do you just see the benefits in front of you?"

"Don't you see something in the long run?"

Harry looked at them and spoke again.

"The resources in the interstellar universe are almost endless. This resource on the earth is basically a drop of water in the ocean. Even if we hold on to it, it will only be a drop of water."

"But as for the Easterners, they have already begun to exert their efforts in the interstellar universe. They are mining rare earths on the moon, and now they have completely controlled the rare earth market."

"They are now going to the asteroid belt to mine iron ore, copper ore, gold ore, etc. Based on this, they will continue to grow explosively like a snowball. It won't take long before the resources they can control will increase exponentially.

growth of."

"At that time, we can only hold on to a drop of water on the earth. They don't even need to compete with us, and they will naturally control everything in the new era."

Harry's words made everyone present immediately look at the blue sky above their heads, as if they were about to see the vast starry sky and universe.

"Yes, this is the most terrifying thing!"

"They have stood on the wave of the times, but we are still looking at this little thing on the earth."

"No, absolutely not. We must participate and gain a place in the new era, otherwise we will never agree."

Some people expressed strong dissatisfaction and extreme unwillingness on the spot.

They are able to live a good life now because their ancestors colonized the world, grabbed land and resources, and left them huge amounts of land and resources, so they can easily live a happy life now.

This interstellar universe era will be a new round of resources and an era of big explosion of living space. If they cannot seize opportunities and chances in such an era, they will lose their future. Perhaps in the future, they will never be able to survive again.

Unable to live the comfortable life we ​​have now, we have to rely on hard work to earn a meager income to support our families like the people in the East. It is a difficult life in Hukou.

This is something they absolutely do not allow to happen, and it is also something they cannot accept.

"So what if I don't agree?"

"Orientals are not easy targets to bully."

Harry heard this and said helplessly.

They have been trying to suppress the rise and power of the Orientals, but they have always been unable to suppress it. However, they dare not use force and can only fight wits and courage in other aspects.

However, with the rise of Xinghai Technology, everything has changed tremendously in just a few years. It was difficult to suppress in the first place, and now it has soared into the sky. In contrast, their own economy has fallen into an endless abyss, and they are constantly struggling and struggling.

Waihui has never been so difficult as it is now.

"We must unite so that we can become stronger. Only in this way can we compete with the Easterners and gain our right to speak. No matter what, in the interstellar age, we must not fall behind others, otherwise we will face our destiny

It would be extremely tragic."

"Yes, we must unite ~ resources belong to everyone, not exclusive to them."

.....

In a quiet villa in the Japanese country to the east, many elders gathered to discuss the current situation.

"Gentlemen, the wave of the interstellar age has arrived. They can already go to the asteroid belt to mine resources, and they can even go to Mars to build space factories and immigration bases. However, we have not even landed on the moon yet.

Go up."

Ichiro Sato looked at everyone and said with great concern: "The interstellar era brings not only huge and vast resources, but also the space and foundation for the future development of a country and a nation."

"What Xinghai Technology says is reasonable. The resources of asteroids and the entire solar system are the basis for the next step to truly buy into the interstellar universe era. Whoever controls and occupies more resources controls the future!"

"We are a resource-scarce country, and we need resources very much. However, now, our eyes are still on the earth, and we have never been able to make a difference in interstellar space."

"Xinghai Technology can already go to Mars to build a space factory and mine asteroid resources. What about us?"

"If we fall behind one step behind, we will fall behind step by step. If we cannot keep up with the development trend of the times, we will lose our future and hope."

"Sato-kun, what do you think we should do?"

Jiro Takahashi looked at Ichiro Sato and asked.

"I think we must change our long-standing pro-Western strategy. The West is declining at a terrible speed, but the East is rising and becoming stronger like a rocket."

"In the past few years, all the world's scientific and technological breakthroughs have been in the East, and all major progress and developments in human history have been created by the Eastern dragon."

"Returning to the moon, mining resources on the moon, building a space fleet, mining asteroids, landing on Mars, etc., a magnificent era is coming, and Easterners are constantly advancing towards the interstellar universe era."

Sato Ichiro thought for a while and said very firmly.

"You mean to return to the East?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately frowned and thought deeply.

Since the reform more than 100 years ago, they have been leaning one-sidedly towards the West. They have learned everything from the West. At one time, there was even a popular talk of leaving Asia and joining Europe, and they were the only great powers in the East.

However, time has passed, and more than a hundred years have passed, and the world has undergone such tremendous changes. The East has become stronger again, while the West has continued to weaken.

Look at the West now. It is no longer the West it used to be.

"We must keep up with the pace of development in the new era. We will follow and learn from whoever becomes stronger. Only in this way can we seize the opportunities of the new era, gain a place in the new interstellar space era, and lay the foundation for the future of the interstellar universe.

Lay the foundation for the times.”

"Everyone, I have a hunch that the era of interstellar colonization is very likely to come soon. At that time, if we can seize the opportunity and obtain one or several planets of our own in the interstellar universe,

Then we can completely get rid of the shackles of the island nation and become a truly powerful empire!"

Ichiro Sato's eyes were resolute, with fire flashing in his eyes, as if he had seen the arrival of a great era, a great and magnificent new era.

"I agree with Sato-kun. Maybe we should change. The Westerners' logic and thinking now seems to be the logic and thinking of bandits, which is based on external plunder. After all, this is not a long-term solution.

,Only continuous self-improvement is the real way to be strong!"

"And this is the core of our Eastern thought!"
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