Material Empire

The on-site meeting lasted for three full days, and the next two days were no longer a general meeting, but each participating unit discussed separately to determine various cooperation matters. Of course, Yang Yihe and Su Chengying didn't have time to stay here to pay attention to these trivial matters, leaving only Yang Xinyu, Chai Peide and others to deal with the follow-up affairs.

The first result formed at the on-site meeting was the official establishment of the Beixi City Auto Parts Localization Industrial Base, which was directly managed by the Beixi City Government, and dozens of enterprises that originally cooperated with Qingfeng Factory in production participated together. As a base enterprise, the relationship between the responsibilities and rights of each factory is more clear. As a leading enterprise, Qingfeng Factory plays a leading role in the development of the entire base. Each cooperative enterprise also has a certain right to speak and can express its demands through reasonable channels. .

Yang Xinyu made a promise to the base enterprises that in the future, more parts will be handed over to Beixi City for production, and a more stable upstream and downstream relationship with Beixi City will be established, and at the same time, technical and financial support will be provided for Beixi enterprises. Enterprises in Beixi City elected Ning Zhongying as a representative to express their determination to the Pusang Automobile Localization Office and strive to undertake more parts localization work.

As an integral part of the construction of the auto parts base, the material laboratory originally affiliated to Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory was independent, and the Beixi Auto Parts Materials and Technology Research Institute was established. This can be regarded as the second achievement of the on-site meeting.

Previously, the material laboratory of Qingfeng Factory solved the material process problems of 37 kinds of auto parts undertaken by Qingfeng Factory, which mainly benefited from the advanced knowledge possessed by Qin Hai. However, when Beixi City wanted to take on more auto parts production tasks, the newly emerged technological issues were beyond the scope of Qin Hai's knowledge. After all, Qin Hai was not an all-rounder, and it was impossible for him to know all kinds of technologies by heart.

In this case, it is a better choice for the material laboratory to be independent. After the establishment of the Materials Research Institute, various enterprises in Beixi City can jointly contribute funds to support the Institute to carry out material technology research, and the results obtained can be used in the production of each enterprise. Doing so can disperse the possible risks in material research, help to break Qingfeng Factory's thriving pattern, and promote the common development of enterprises in the city.

The newly established Materials Research Institute adopts a joint-stock system, and Qingfeng Factory has invested 45% of it with its previous investment and technology; Anhe Institute of Technology, as a provider of technology, has also obtained 20% of the equity; the remaining The shares are subscribed by various enterprises and distributed according to the amount of capital contribution.

Among them, an embarrassing thing happened, that is, Qin Hai, who contributed the most to the materials laboratory, got nothing in the end. Li Linguang, who was hired as the chief engineer of the research institute, knew in his heart that most of the results achieved in the early stage of the laboratory came from Qin Hai's insights, otherwise everyone would not know how long they would have to grope in the dark. But the key problem is that China has no tradition of evaluating knowledge at all. If Qin Hai's ideas are to be converted into shares, it is impossible to calculate them at all, and it is impossible to convince relevant officials.

Regarding this question, Qin Hai just smiled indifferently. The thoughts he contributed were invaluable to people at that time, but they were very common knowledge in later generations. Seeing that his ideas can benefit Qingfeng Factory and even Beixi City, Qin Hai is already satisfied. The stage he is looking forward to is much bigger than Beixi City. A mere research institute is really not in his eyes. .

The news that Wei Rongping revealed to Ning Zhongying naturally reached the ears of Chai Peide and Guo Ming. After seeking evidence from several business leaders, Chai Peide and Guo Ming determined that Zhai Jianguo planned the coercion incident this time, and Wei Baolin may have known about it, but there is no evidence that he participated in this conspiracy.

One week after the on-site meeting, the Pingyuan county government office meeting decided to stop the washing machine project and cancel the washing machine project leading working committee. Wei Baolin, the former executive deputy director of the "Washing Committee", served as the deputy director of the Earthquake Bureau of Tiaoxian County, with brackets, and enjoyed the treatment of a regular department. Zhai Jianguo, the former director of the office, was transferred to the Environmental Sanitation Bureau as the third deputy director of the Chengxi Environmental Sanitation Office. This position sounds good, but in fact it is only equivalent to the captain of a sanitation team, who has to sweep the streets with a broom on his shoulders.

It is said that when Zhai Jianguo heard the news, he smashed the cup in his hand angrily, and ran to Wei Baolin crying, asking Wei Baolin to seek a better arrangement for himself. Wei Baolin looked at Zhai Jianguo silently for a long time, said coldly, "You can't live without your own crimes", and then took his briefcase to the Earthquake Bureau to take up his post. Pingyuan County is located in the alluvial fan of Zhangjiang River. According to geological data, the last earthquake occurred in the Jurassic period. The Earthquake Bureau of such a place is really the best place for leisure and retirement.

Qin Hai knew the fate of Zhai Jianguo and Wei Baolin from Ning Mo, and he was not even interested in gloating about this matter. Qin Hai knew that Zhai Jianguo could not be regarded as a complete fool. His mistake was only that he misjudged the situation. It would be strange if he used the way of thinking under the planning system to carry out conspiracies under the conditions of the market economy and did not fail.

"Xiao Qin, in the past few days in Pingyuan, I have noticed that the dragon is not a thing in the pond. You are not a big dragon that can be accommodated in a small Pingyuan."

In the back kitchen of the cafeteria of Pingyuan Iron and Steel Factory, Qin Hai once again hosted a banquet in honor of Chen Hongcheng. Chen Hongcheng started to feel dizzy after drinking a few glasses of beer. He patted Qin Hai's shoulder and praised him sparingly.

Qin Hai smiled slightly, and replied: "Mr. Chen won the award, what kind of dragon am I? But Mr. Chen's Honghai Industrial Company has done such a big business, which is enviable."

"I'm just a leather bag company. How can I compare with Xiaoqin's business. I heard that the current Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant was actually run by you. At the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, you have a bigger business." In the past two years, there has been a shortage of iron and steel throughout the country, and if you can smelt iron and steel, it will be a lot of money." Chen Hongcheng said enviously.

Qin Hai smiled wryly and said: "Chen always only sees thieves eating meat, but never sees thieves being beaten. I already regret taking over the work of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant. I thought it would not be difficult to produce 200,000 tons of steel per year. Now I know that this is simply an impossible task.”

"Why did Xiao Qin say that?" Chen Hongcheng asked.

Qin Haidao: "I used to run the Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant, which was engaged in special steel products. The output was low, and the raw materials needed were few, so I could just find some scrap steel anywhere. But the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant wanted a plan of 200,000 tons. For steel, I need to get all the raw materials. Last time I was exhausted from mining coal in Quwu, I don’t know where to go next.”

Chen Hongcheng said: "I heard from Yabo that you got 30,000 tons of coal in Quwu. Based on this alone, you are much better than Bo. Even if I go in person, I will get 30,000 tons of coal in a short time. Coal, I’m afraid it’s too difficult.”

Qin Hai waved his hand and said, "It's just a coincidence, and it's inconvenient for me to tell President Chen the details. For me, 30,000 tons of coal is far from enough, let alone iron ore. Planning to go to Qiongdao in a few days."

There are many iron mines in China, and there are even several iron mines in Beixi. However, most of the iron ores currently being mined are lean ore, with low ore grade and insufficient output. Qin Hai did know about several large rich iron mines discovered in later generations, but they have not been explored yet, so it is impossible for him to go and say to others that there are mines underground. Besides, even if these mines were explored with his foresight, it would take several years to form a stable production, and he simply couldn't afford to wait.

At that time, the only iron-rich mine in China was in Qiongdao, which is why Qin Hai said he wanted to go to Qiongdao.

Hearing Qin Hai's plan, Chen Hongcheng sneered, and said, "Xiao Qin, don't think about those mines in Qiongdao, the Minister of Metallurgical Department is staring at them. I know there are a few people with good backgrounds. The big man took the note to Qiongdao to get iron ore, but he couldn’t get it. Think about it, how can you get it?”

"You mean, there is no hope at all?" Qin Hai asked.

"No!" Chen Hongcheng replied firmly.

Qin Hai was speechless. The situation that Chen Hongcheng mentioned, he also heard from Song Hongxuan and Xu Yang, Beixi Iron and Steel Works had also made an idea of ​​Qiongdao Iron Mine in the past, but in the end it could only fail because the output of Qiongdao Iron Mine was limited , is to be exclusively for several large state-owned steel plants. Originally, Qin Hai was lucky and wanted to try his luck, but now that Chen Hongcheng said the same thing, it seemed that there was indeed no hope at all.

In fact, Qin Hai's experience in coal mining in Quwu also cast a psychological shadow on Qin Hai's purchase of raw materials. Under the condition of severe shortage of materials, the units that own materials are very arrogant. For a mine manager like Sha Renyuan, Qin Hai was lucky to meet one, and it was impossible to expect such good luck one after another. Qin Hai thought he was not good at fighting for personal connections or dealing under the table, let alone things that Chen Hongcheng couldn't get.

"So, is there nothing I can do?" Qin Hai asked Chen Hongcheng.

Chen Hongcheng smiled bitterly: "If raw materials are so easy to solve, will China still be so short of steel? Our Hongyuan Province is full of small iron-making furnaces and small steel factories, and what we lack is raw materials. I am always thinking about raw materials. Thing, if I can get my hands on coal and iron ore, it's going to be a million bucks if I flip it around."

It shouldn't be like this! Qin Hai said to himself in his heart. Now the national output is only 40 to 50 million tons a year, so the supply of raw materials is said to be insufficient. In later generations, China's annual steel output once rushed to as much as 600 million tons, and it was never heard that it was restricted by raw materials. What's going on?

That's right, where did the raw materials for the steel mills of later generations come from? Qin Hai recalled it carefully in his mind, suddenly slapped his thigh, and blurted out: "Oh, why am I so confused!"