Material Empire

Hearing Qin Hai's words, Zhu Shouhe was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "Yes, Ossur showed us the production records, and this is indeed a 1978 model."

"Is it a stock model from 1978?" Qin Hai said mercilessly.

"Xiao Qin, what do you mean?" Jiang Huanwen interjected. When they came out this time, they aimed to introduce a set of electric furnaces and subsequent continuous casting equipment that reached the technical level of Europe in the late 1970s.

When they went to Ossur, they saw with their own eyes this electric stove that was said to be manufactured in 1978. According to Ossur, this electric stove has been stored in the warehouse since it was manufactured, and it is still brand new. The grilled blue on the electric stove dazzles the eyes, and every button reveals the beauty of European industry, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye. Compared with this electric furnace, Honggang's existing electric furnaces are almost all rubbish.

However, just such an electric stove that Jiang Huanwen and the others liked so much was said by Qin Hai to be a 1978 stock model. Speaking of which, Qin Hai's statement is also correct, it is indeed stock, but the meaning in Qin Hai's words is clearly not the case.

"This is an RP electric furnace. RP electric furnaces have not been used in Europe since at least 1975." Qin Hai said simply.

The so-called RP is Regular_Power in English, which means ordinary power. In contrast, it is Ultra_High_Power, which is ultra-high power. The concept of ultra-high power electric furnace was proposed by the Americans in 1964, and it was practiced on the 135-ton electric furnace in the United States and achieved good results. Since then, major European steel-producing countries have launched ultra-high-power electric furnaces one after another. By the mid-1970s, Europe had no longer built ordinary-power electric furnaces, and all newly-built electric furnaces were ultra-high-power electric furnaces.

Compared with ordinary power electric furnaces, the advantages of ultra-high power electric furnaces are that they can shorten melting time, increase productivity, improve thermal efficiency, and are easy to connect with refining outside the furnace and continuous casting technology. In terms of smelting cycle, the ordinary power electric furnace is about 160 minutes, while the ultra-high power electric furnace can be shortened to 60 to 70 minutes, which greatly shortens the smelting time.

Qin Hai's words awakened Zhu Shou and the man in his dream. He also participated in the negotiation and data translation work. How could he not know that what they were negotiating was only an ordinary power electric furnace, but before Qin Hai reminded him, he was not aware of the technical age of the ordinary power electric furnace. He thought it was in the 1970s in Europe That's the end level.

In fact, Zhu Shouhe cannot be blamed for his ignorance. The concept of ultra-high-power electric furnace is indeed too "high-end" for Chinese domestic steel factories. Zhu Shouhe had seen this concept in some academic journals, and knew that this kind of electric stove is more popular abroad, but he didn't expect that the technology upgrade in foreign countries was so fast.

"You mean, this electric stove couldn't have been made in 1978?" Zhu Shouhe asked hesitantly.

Qin Haidao: "Its manufacturing date may be 1978, or it may be earlier. Since they have shown the production record, they must have prepared to say it according to this caliber. We have no way of verifying it. But its technical design must be It was completed before 1975, because it was impossible to manufacture ordinary power electric stoves in Europe after 1975. I guess, this may be an electric stove made by Ossur for other companies, because the technology was backward and rejected by others, so I tried my best To resell it to us."

"Old Zhu, is what Xiao Qin said true?" Jiang Huanwen's face became very ugly. He stared at Zhu Shouhe and asked seriously.

Zhu Shouhe was a little confused, he hesitated and said: "What Xiaoqin said has some truth. However, whether Europe stopped producing electric furnaces with ordinary power after 1975... I don't know. From what I have seen According to the data, the ultra-high power electric furnace does represent the future development trend, if we introduce an ordinary power electric furnace, it is very likely that we will fall behind when it is put into production."

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Jiang Huanwen was annoyed. What kind of thing is this? The dignified technical chief, who is negotiating and translating materials, can't even see such a big flaw. In the end, it was the soy sauce next to him. The young man reminded me that everyone realized this problem. In case the young man didn't say this much, could Honggang spend so much effort to buy back a piece of equipment that is about to be eliminated?

Yao Guojie, the head of the finance section, smoothed things over and said, "Director Jiang, you can't blame Section Chief Zhu for this matter. In fact, Ausuo also has more advanced equipment, can't we afford it? This electric furnace, although it is like As Comrade Xiaoqin said, it is a bit backward, but it can be regarded as advanced technology when it is brought back to China, at least much better than those old products in our workshop? We are a developing country, how can we compare with developed countries? "

"But... we want to modernize, we can't always follow behind them!" Xiao Mengqin muttered angrily. After so many days, she had shed half a tank of tears, let alone sweat. It's still an obsolete device, it's really not reconciled.

Qin Hai couldn't bear to see the frustrated look of the group of people. He said: "What Section Chief Yao said is also reasonable. If this equipment is relatively cheap, it is not impossible to buy it back and use it for a few years. After all, its automatic control system, oxygen blowing technology, etc. are better than our domestic equipment. The equipment must be advanced. Can I inquire about the price of this equipment?"

If Qin Hai asked this question before, he would definitely not get an answer. It's not that Honggang has a strong sense of secrecy, but that everyone feels that there is no need for an outsider to understand such a thing. But after the discussion just now, everyone has some trust in Qin Hai. Yao Guojie looked at Jiang Huanwen, and after receiving Jiang Huanwen's affirmative look, he said to Qin Hai: "The whole set of equipment, including electric furnace, transformer and continuous casting equipment, That’s $22 million in total.”

"Ossur said that they have two sets in stock now, and if we can take them together, the two sets will only cost US$40 million." Zhu Shouhe added.

"You mean, there are two sets?" Qin Hai's thought moved.

"What, Xiao Qin, can you find another buyer?" Yao Guojie keenly noticed the fluctuation in Qin Hai's expression.

Since hearing the conditions offered by Ossur, the members of Honggang have been thinking about whether they can find another buyer. The two partners can buy back two sets of equipment, each of which can save 2 million US dollars. This is not a small sum of money. However, they were in Spain and had no way of getting in touch with their domestic counterparts, so the idea of ​​buying two sets at the same time had to be shelved.

Qin Hai quickly made some calculations in his mind, and then asked Jiang Huanwen: "Director Jiang, if you have no other choice, are you planning to spend 22 million to buy this equipment?"

Jiang Huanwen nodded and said, "Yes, the funding we have applied for is only so much. It is impossible to buy better equipment."

Qin Hai smiled, and asked a new question that no one expected: "So, if you spend 22 million to buy their two sets of equipment, would you be willing?"

"What!" Yao Guojie widened his eyes, "Xiao Qin, what are you kidding?"

Qin Haidao: "I can give it a try, maybe I can help you negotiate the price. However, if the price can be brought down to less than 11 million, are you willing to buy both sets of equipment?"

"But... why do we need two sets of equipment?" Zhu Shouhe scratched his head, he really couldn't turn this corner. As the head of the technical section, he certainly knew that the factory only needed one set of such equipment. If two sets of equipment were bought back, there would be no place to store them, nor would there be so much business to do.

"You do one thing, I do the same." Qin Hai finally bared his fangs, "Let me introduce myself, I am from the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant in Anhe Province, and I don't need to elaborate on my specific position. We are also facing the problem of backward steelmaking equipment. An old question, if Honggang can buy two sets of this equipment, can you give us the same set?"

"You mean, your Beixi Iron and Steel Works and our Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works cooperated to purchase these two sets of equipment, and lowered the price by the way?" Jiang Huanwen asked with a sullen face. Facing such a big change, as the director of the factory, he had to calm down and not let Qin Hai catch any loopholes and trap them.

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "We Beigang can't apply for the foreign exchange quota. 11 million US dollars is not a small amount, and we can't get it out at present. What I mean is that Honggang will buy both sets of equipment, and then one of them will Transferring a set of equipment to Beigang for use, we can consider it a lease operation, and pay the equipment payment to Honggang in three years in the future... Well, it is also possible to add some bank interest, what does Director Jiang think?"

"It's impossible." Jiang Huanwen said decisively. He had never heard of such a thing, let alone doing it himself.

Qin Hai smiled, handed the materials in his hand to Xiao Mengqin, and said, "In that case, I won't bother you. Mr. Xiao, if the translation work is busy, I can help you translate some in the evening."

After that, he stood up, took the empty food plate, and walked out.

"Hey..." Zhu Shouhe subconsciously yelled, just as he said the words, he saw Jiang Huanwen's dark face again, and quickly swallowed the words back. The group of people just watched Qin Hai put the plate away, and then walked away with Chen Hongcheng.

"Director Jiang, I think the plan proposed by this guy is feasible." Yao Guojie said in a low voice, "Anyway, we also planned to spend 22 million. Buying one set is buying, and buying two sets is also buying. Didn't he talk about leasing? , which is equivalent to us losing $11 million in vain.”

Jiang Huanwen looked at the door of the restaurant where Qin Hai's back was no longer visible, and said, "Do you think what this kid said is reliable?"

"I think it's somewhat reliable." Yao Guojie said, "Even if it's not reliable, what's the harm in letting him try it? There's no loss for us?"

Zhu Shouhe said: "I'm going to check the information today to see if what he said is true. If these two sets of equipment are really outdated technology, then Ossur must be eager to sell. Let's negotiate a lower price." One thing, it should be possible.”

Jiang Huanwen said: "That's exactly what I mean. Since he can talk about it, we can talk about it too. Why should we be restrained by him?"

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