"No more, nothing anymore." Sheffield looked at the sign of United Rio Tinto and muttered. There will no longer be the so-called Big Three iron ore giants of Britain's Rio Tinto, Australia's Billiton, and Brazil's Vale. From now on there will only be

There will be a coalition with Rio Tinto to control the world's iron ore, and it all starts in Australia.

Australia and Brazil have cost advantages that, in the era of globalization, are enough to overwhelm the mining industries of Russia, the Republic and the United States, without exception, including the United States.

As a Dixie, this is what Sheffield should do to destroy the industrial areas of the Great Lakes in the United States and turn them into the Rust Belt. Slave owners did not treat Americans and foreigners equally.

"In a colony with only two prosperous cities and the rest is wasteland, is it worthy of you to be so happy to have established a company?" Seeing Sheffield starting to feel good about itself, Louisa Morgan muttered.

"The Great West was extremely desolate back then, isn't it slowly getting better now? If you want to gain something, you have to start early and do it yourself. Cooperation is not advisable in principle. If cooperation is necessary, the initiative must be taken.

Keep it firmly in your own hands, so that if one day it is acquired, even if you lose the majority of your shares, you can still retain your influence." Sheffield reached out to squeeze Louisa Morgan's shoulder, but immediately took it back, Edith Rockefeller

Watching it.

Seeing that Sheffield showed his full desire to survive, Edith Rockefeller rolled her eyes with satisfaction and said, "This slave owner is very possessive. Once he feels confident, he will invest all his money."

On this occasion, Sheffield really didn't know whether Edith Rockefeller was talking about business, women, or both, so he could only pretend not to understand and haha.

"High investment will lead to high returns!" Sheffield said with a pun, "If I hadn't invested in the automobile industry at the beginning, how could I have achieved what I have today."

Sheffield seems to think that as long as it is a profitable industry, as long as there are conditions, it must pursue controlling interests from the beginning. This is also what United Rio Tinto must do. If you achieve this, you will have the initiative in the future.

Just like the United Automobile Company, if the negotiation is reached, Sheffield only retains 10% of the shares, but still has 40% of the voting rights. As long as he wins over some shareholders, he can still make changes to the United Automobile Company.

Influence.

The United Motor Company is actually still controlled by Sheffield, but it just has some more dividend-paying shareholders, and it no longer seems like most of the profits belong to itself.

Later generations of Chinese capital once wanted to raise funds to acquire Australia's Billiton Mining because of the sharp rise in iron ore prices. In fact, the acquisition was useless. Even if it succeeded, Billiton could still control the selling price of iron ore. No one wanted to raise prices against the Republic.

It can't be controlled because the voting rights are still in the hands of the original shareholders.

Nippon Steel has an equity stake in Brazil's Vale, but it's also useless. Prices should be raised anyway.

Therefore, internationalization should naturally be done sooner rather than later. If you occupy a good position and do not pursue short-term gains, in some industries it is equivalent to being invincible. The field of raw materials is different from that of consumer goods. The less technical content it has.

Organizations such as industries, trusts, and cartels have strong vitality. OPEC is a typical example.

In the first few days in Melbourne, Sheffield's life was very monotonous, with nothing to do but hunting. Then he and Benjamin Barker ridiculed the Australian Labor Party. The ugly face of capitalists was undoubtedly revealed. In his opinion, Australian workers can lower their wages if they want to compete.

It's simply shameless to have to work without lowering your salary.

"This gives me some warning. Once this kind of trend of thought appears in the United States, we must strictly control it." Sheffield has already seen that, although the environment of Australian workers is certainly not comparable to that of later generations, it definitely exceeds the treatment of workers in the United States.

It’s not a little bit more than that, it’s completely two levels of life.

The true situation in Australia must not be known to the citizens of the United States.

"The laws of the market tell us that production should be placed wherever the cost is low!" Sheffield's words made Benjamin Barker nod his head repeatedly, but when he thought of the current situation in Australia, he said helplessly, "But Southeast Asia is too dangerous, otherwise I really want to

We need to open a factory in a suitable place and resell it to Australia."

"There will come a day when even these workers cannot violate the laws of the market. If we are forced to do things we don't want to do, we will have to suffer the consequences in the end." Sheffield cheered to Benjamin Barker with absolute certainty. We are free capitalists and can

Do business in any free place, otherwise we will make money and we will let you die freely.

In Benjamin Barker, Sheffield was a brother in the trenches, but on another occasion, when he met with the Australian party and performed his duties as a member of the Democratic National Committee, he changed his face again.

Sheffield loudly praised the White Australia Policy, thinking it was a very far-sighted decree. He praised with a cruel smile, "We killed all the indigenous people in Australia, exterminated the Tasmanians, and destroyed countless native animals.

They became extinct in exchange for the land that belongs to us, but we should not pity them. From the perspective of social Darwinism, this is very normal. We do not need to pity them. Although everyone is a murderer, it is not the case to do it for money.

No, so I understand the Australians’ White Australia Policy. Once you’ve done something bad, you have to be on guard.”

Sheffield spoke freely in front of many officials of the Australian Labor Party and praised him with a smile, but many Labor Party officials couldn't stand it and frowned tightly. Although it was a compliment, it seemed like a slap in the face.

"Mr. William, that's not the case, we are also for the workers' livelihood." Billy Hughes corrected with a frown.

"Yes, this is the explanation for the citizen class, and the voters will definitely believe this explanation." Sheffield opened his mouth and took off Billy Hughes's hypocritical face again, "Nationalist thinking, of course, is what we do.

, outsiders do everything wrong, even if outsiders do right, we cannot admit it. Just like you made the last Tasmanian into a specimen, purely academic research, although some people from other countries will

They say this is evidence of sin, but who cares what they say!"

Many Labor Party officials looked at each other and hesitated to speak to Sheffield. Billy Hughes opened his mouth and said, "Mr. William, you are not an Australian citizen. You may not understand many things."

"Everyone is doing the same thing. Decades ago, many citizens of the United States also chased Indians to collect bounties." Sheffield held the wine glass with a look that everyone knew, smiled and clinked the glasses with the other person, and said,

"I understand that Australia's population is only one million, and there are tens of millions of Asians living on islands very close to each other. You are afraid that one day what happened to Tasmanians will happen to you. I am not

To say that the Labor Party has done something wrong is actually something I agree with."

"This is also the purpose of my coming. The United States and Australia have a consensus on this point. Because we were both murderers back then!" Sheffield changed the topic, "But the threats are different. The external threats faced by Australia are stronger.

Some, out of solidarity, the United States certainly has an obligation to protect the peaceful lives of Australians, we are brotherly countries!"

Australia is xenophobic, which Sheffield thinks is fine. This kind of thing is nothing. Accepting foreigners is an act of suicide in itself. The day will come when the internal conflicts cannot be subsided. People from other countries who have nothing to do will never sympathize with Australians and will only think that they are useless.

Restricting the admission of immigrants is stupid and should end up like this.

Most people in this world are flattering and looking down on others. When a country is in trouble, ridicule is far greater than sympathy. Don't look at the United States as if the whole world loves me. When the day comes, naive citizens of the United States

Only then will you know what the real world is like.

Sheffield himself is such a person, so how could he say that the Australians are doing something wrong? In fact, he feels that Australia's situation is very suitable for the injection of international capital, especially American capital.

Australia itself is an abnormal country. There is only so much livable land. Looking at the ratio, it is closely matched with Egypt, which is 97% desert. It has the advantage of sparse population. In addition, although it is not livable, it has a lot of raw materials. This is

The most ideal parasitic place for international capital, especially the capital of the United States.

Although many people, including Billy Hughes, were a little uncomfortable with Sheffield's compliments that sounded like mockery, some Labor officials believed that Sheffield did not treat them as outsiders and would say whatever they wanted. These people agreed in their hearts.

Sheffield's statement, that's it, what's wrong?

The slave owners who took off the mask of hypocrisy of the Australian Labor Party were welcomed by many people. Even when they talked about investment, they also received a lot of support. At the beginning of the century, many minerals in Australia had not yet been discovered.

"Friends like Morgan and Rockefeller and I are very optimistic about Australia's development." Surrounded by many Labor Party officials, Sheffield said duplicitously that there was no one else but the United Company.

The slave owners who were surrounded sneered in their hearts, these people really deserved the name Labor Party.

"Did you achieve your goal?" Edith Rockefeller and Louisa Morgan had been waiting for Sheffield to come back. When they saw the drunk man coming back, they hurriedly asked.

"The mining company and the opening of the bank have been negotiated." Sheffield laughed with his drunken eyes, and said to Edith Rockefeller, "You don't know how popular I am. I praise these Australians."
Chapter completed!