Don't just talk about how everything Huaxia buys ends up skyrocketing in price. Your cost price is higher than others' selling price—how can you compete with them?
So Feng Jun had come to a realization: when it came to iron ore, there was a time when foreign prices surged crazily. From a Huaxia perspective, that was undoubtedly unreasonable. But to be fair—putting aside periods of hyperinflation—their prices were indeed cheaper.
Removing sentiment from the equation, it's unfair to accuse foreigners of taking advantage. In bulk commodity trading, cost is king.
If their "slightly profitable" selling price is higher than your cost price, the fault lies with inefficient domestic production costs.
Because of this, Feng Jun truly wasn't interested in buying iron ore. Iron was abundant in the Earth Realm, just slightly less so in Huaxia.
