Material Empire

The owner of the Isaacson Manor is named Juanito. When Qin Hai in the previous life met him, he was already 70 years old, but he was in good health. When he came to China for a meeting, he even pestered Qin Hai to accompany him to climb the Great Wall. The madness made Qin Hai feel inferior. At this time, Juanito is only in his 40s, a middle-aged rich second generation.

Juanito claims to be a scientist who loves to study metallurgy. He has more than a dozen special steel formulas in his hand, and he opened a small steel factory, specializing in smelting these special steels, which can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in income every year. This income is enough for him to live comfortably, and now and then to conduct scientific experiments on his own and pretend to be a scientist.

According to Qin Hai's contact with Juanito, he knew that it was true that Juanito liked metallurgy, but if he said he had any inventions, it would be bragging. The formulas in his hands were left by his ancestors, or he bought them from some down-and-out scientists with money. In the previous life, Qin Hai met him because he bought some steel formulas from Qin Hai. Qin Hai knew the rules of his formula trading, so when he heard that he was going to Spain this time, he was ready to meet this gentleman for a while.

According to Qin Hai's narration, the taxi driver found the Isaacson Manor and parked the car outside the gate of the manor. Qin Hai got out of the car and handed over the task of paying the fare to Chen Hongcheng. Chen Hongcheng counted the pesetas from the bag, his face was as bitter as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis.

"Okay, old Chen, it's only 30 dollars. As for making you suffer like this? After all, you are also a person with a net worth of hundreds of thousands, so why don't you look more graceful?" Qin Hai joked with Chen Hongcheng with a smile .

Chen Hongcheng pointed to the manor in front of him and said, "Xiao Qin, this is the place where you paid 300 RMB for a taxi? Why does it look like an orchard?"

Qin Hai gave a disdainful "cut", then walked forward and pressed the bell button on the gate of the manor.

"Dear sir, who are you looking for?" A small door next to the main gate of the manor opened, and an old servant poked his head out and asked Qin Hai.

"Is Mr. Juanito there?" Qin Hai asked.

"May I ask if you are looking for old Mr. Juan or Mr. Juan?" The old servant confirmed. At this time, Juanito's father was still alive, so the old servant had such a question.

Qin Haidao: "I am looking for a Mr. Juanito who is in his 40s."

"Oh, then what do you need from him?" The old servant asked tirelessly.

Qin Hai reached out his hand and took out a small object and two pieces of paper with writing on it from his bag, handed it to the old servant, and said, "Please give this to Mr. Juanito, and he will decide whether he wants to see us or not. You tell him that we are from far away China and we are only here for... 15 minutes."

What Qin Hai gave to the old servant was a small sample of steel and a description of the steel's performance indicators. Juanito was in this business, and he could know the value of this piece of steel just by looking at these indicators. Based on Qin Hai's understanding of him, he would definitely be interested in this kind of steel.

The old servant obviously knew his master's professional characteristics, so he didn't find it strange to receive this small piece of steel. He nodded to Qin Hai, then retreated to the manor and closed the small door.

Qin Hai and Chen Hongcheng waited for less than five minutes in total before the gate of the manor was opened, and a middle-aged man in homely clothes greeted him with a smile and asked, "Excuse me, are you from the mysterious Are you a friend in China?"

Qin Hai recognized him as Juanito from his eyebrows and eyes. He smiled and greeted him, stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Juanito, nice to meet you. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Qin Hai, and I am the technical director of China Red Sea Industrial Company; this is my partner Chen Hongcheng, who is the sales director of our company."

Chen Hongcheng's position is clearly the general manager of Red Sea Company, but Qin Hai lowered his position in order to be on an equal footing with Chen Hongcheng. Regarding this point, Qin Hai had discussed it with Chen Hongcheng before, and Chen Hongcheng had no objection to it.

"Oh, Mr. Qin, Mr. Chen, please sit inside." Juanito greeted the two of them into the manor while shaking hands with Qin Hai.

Isaacson Manor is an old house with a large area. From the gate to the main building of the manor, you have to walk through a large lawn that is well-manicured. Chen Hongcheng followed Juanito and Qin Hai and walked towards the manor. He was already shocked by what he saw.

Qin Hai is relatively familiar with the Isaacson Manor. In his previous life, when he went to Spain to participate in international conferences, he was a guest here twice, and even stayed here for one night. However, in order not to surprise Juanito, he did not show his foresight, but like a strange visitor, he listened carefully to Juanito's introduction to the manor, and from time to time issued a sentence or two of polite praise .

A group of people came to the living room of the manor, where the guests and the host sat down. The old servant stepped forward to serve coffee to the three of them. Juanito said a few words politely, and then got to the point: "Mr. Qin, just now Paul sent me a steel sample and the corresponding manual. I have read all of them. Passed. I want to ask, what are your plans for sending me these things?"

Qin Hai asked: "Mr. Juanito, have you read the indicators listed in the manual?"

"I see clearly," Juanito said.

Qin Haidao: "Then Mr. Juanito, can you tell what kind of steel this is?"

Juanito nodded and said: "If I'm not wrong, this is a hot hammer forging die steel, which has high high-temperature strength and wear resistance, good thermal fatigue resistance and thermal conductivity, and... …The hardenability is better, and if it is used to make molds, the cross-section of the entire mold can have relatively uniform mechanical properties. I think this should be what Mr. Qin wants to show me, right?"

"Mr. Juanito is indeed an expert in metallurgy, with extremely keen eyesight." Qin Hai half-truthfully praised. He knew that Juanito's scientific research and innovation ability was not very good, but he still had a lot of practical experience, and he always liked to call himself an expert. The best way to flatter him was to praise his academic attainments.

Sure enough, Juanito grinned when he heard Qin Hai's flattery. He laughed and said, "Mr. Qin praised me too much. I'm just interested in metallurgical technology. As the heir of a metallurgical family , I have been engaged in the research of metallurgical technology for more than 30 years, and this performance characteristic can still be seen.”

Qin Haidao: "In this case, does Mr. Juanito think that this steel has some unique advantages compared with the existing hot hammer forging die steel in the Spanish market?"

Juanito was silent for a while, and said: "I must admit that the performance of this kind of steel is better than that of the same kind of steel existing on the market, especially suitable for making large and medium forging dies. I think Mr. Qin Yes, we understand that large and medium forging dies have high requirements on the quenching process, and deformation will occur if you don’t pay attention, and this kind of steel has unique features in preventing die deformation. Of course, it also depends on how the heat treatment process is designed in the later stage gone."

This means that people of the Ming Dynasty should not slander, technical things cannot be faked, Qin Hai and Juanito are very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of steel, and there is no need to go around in circles. In fact, Qin Hai played a little trick on this issue. The steel he produced was a mold steel developed in Europe in the mid-1990s. Compared with other die steels that appeared after the century, it is relatively backward. Qin Hai wouldn't be so stupid as to sell the highest technology he has mastered cheaply.

Hearing that Juanito had approved the performance of this steel, Qin Hai was not polite, and he asked directly: "I want to package and sell all the formula of this steel and the subsequent heat treatment process specification to Juan Mr Nito, can you give me a suitable price?"

Juanito knew Qin Hai's purpose when he saw the old servant bringing in the piece of steel. He was originally in this business, and if he had a good steel formula, he would naturally spend money to buy it, because it was an intellectual property that could be used for profit.

The steel formula is very useful on the one hand, and extremely easy to imitate on the other hand. Because of the latter feature, people who develop new steel formulas seldom apply for patents, because once a patent is applied, the entire steel design idea will be made public, and others will develop similar or even better products based on this idea. Good steel is not difficult.

The more common way is to keep this formula a secret, produce it yourself, or sell it to steel companies in need. Qin Hai approached Juanito's door and wanted to sell him the formula, which was not considered an abrupt behavior.

The only thing that surprised Juanito was that two Chinese people came to sell the formula. He couldn't imagine how the Chinese could master such an advanced formula, and he also wondered how these two people knew their names.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, before discussing this business, I want to ask, how do you know me?" Juanito raised his own doubts.

Qin Hai smiled and said, "I have a teacher named Chen Heqian, I think Mr. Juanito should have heard of his name?"

Chen Heqian is an expert in metallurgy and has some reputation in the world. Juanito, who likes to be arty, once had a relationship with Chen Heqian at an international conference, and the two sides also exchanged contact methods. Qin Hai said Chen Heqian's name to Juanito, which could be regarded as an answer to Juanito's question.

"Oh, Mr. Chen Heqian...it turns out that Mr. Qin is a student of Mr. Chen, no wonder..." Juanito felt relieved. He looked at the childish look on Qin Hai's face, and a thought came to his mind: Could it be that this steel was developed by Chen Heqian, and he just sold it to him under the guise of Qin Hai in front of him?

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I know that Orange's update is not very good, and it can only update 6,000 words a day. It is really because people are in the workplace and cannot help themselves. During this period of time, there are some annoying disturbances, and the writing is not going well. Chengzi will adjust it as soon as possible.