Material Empire

It is impossible for Qin Hai not to understand the truth that Ning Mo understands. He just said that just because he wanted to hear Song Hongxuan's opinion. Listening to both Song Hongxuan and Ning Mo's opinions, Qin Hai said: "We made the relationship with Beigang very vague in the past, but it was actually out of self-protection. After all, it is too noisy to separate a company directly from Beigang. When we get older, Mayor Chai doesn’t dare to take this risk. Now that our wings are hardened, it’s time to negotiate terms with the city.”

Song Hongxuan said: "I agree with Xiao Qin's statement. I just said that the city holds our lifeblood. In fact, we also hold the city's lifeblood. Now our special steel plant is under the care of Governor Yang himself. Something went wrong, and the new Mayor Miao may not be able to take it. So, this is the time for us to negotiate terms with the city."

"What conditions are you going to discuss?" Qin Hai asked.

Song Hongxuan was already prepared for this question, he said:

"Now we have leased the No. 2 open hearth furnace workshop of Beigang, and built the electric furnace workshop ourselves, but we also use the land of Beigang. We do not have a blast furnace ourselves, but the blast furnace of Beigang is used to smelt pig iron. In addition, we do not have an independent Stockyards, warehouses, and office buildings are completely attached to Beigang in form.

My idea is that we must become independent from Beigang as soon as possible. All production equipment and production sites must be our own and cannot be held by Beigang. We should ask the city to allocate our current production site to us and build a... Beixi No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant. As for the open hearth furnace workshop we rented, we will directly buy it at a discount. If possible, let's buy another blast furnace, so that our production is completely in our own hands. "

When it comes to spending money, Song Hongxuan is full of confidence. In the past two months, the special steel plant produced more than 20,000 tons of steel products, all of which were sold out, and the total sales reached more than 40 million yuan. At that time, the planned price of ordinary low-carbon steel hot-rolled wire rod was 800 yuan per ton, but it was sold on the black market for more than 3,000 yuan per ton. In order to encourage the production of special steel mills, Anhe Province stipulated a so-called "agreement price" between the planned price and the black market price, allowing special steel mills to sell at a price of 2,000 yuan per ton.

Although this price is 150% higher than the planned price, various units are still flocking to it. The reason is very simple, although the planned price is good, do you have the ability to get it? The whole country is engaged in infrastructure construction, and there is a serious shortage of steel materials. Compared with the losses caused by delays in the construction period, the 150% premium is nothing at all.

The raw materials used by the special steel plant include imported coal and iron ore, which are more expensive than the raw materials allocated by the state plan, but even so, Song Hongxuan was able to successfully control the production cost of steel per ton below 600 yuan. The extra 1,400 yuan is equivalent to the gross profit of the special steel factory. Regardless of the total annual output of 200,000 tons, the special steel plant has earned a gross profit of 30 million yuan in terms of the more than 20,000 tons of steel produced, but how much is an open hearth furnace workshop worth?

"Why didn't you think about buying all of Beixi Iron and Steel Works directly?" Qin Hai asked half-jokingly. Of course, he, the chairman, is also aware of the factory's profitability, and his appetite is far greater than Song Hongxuan's.

Song Hongxuan shook his head: "How is this possible? Beigang is a state-owned enterprise, so how could it be sold? It is already a remarkable thing for us to separate from Beigang and set up our own business. If Governor Yang nods, no one will Dare to agree. To be honest, Xiao Qin, if I hadn't worked with you for a while, I wouldn't have dared to think about it."

"It's not that state-owned enterprises cannot be sold." Qin Hai said. However, he did not go further on this topic, because the issues involved were beyond the imagination of the Chinese in the 1980s. He thought for a while and said: "You have a good idea. Can you come up with a written draft? Let's talk to the people above. However, you should pay attention to one thing. Even if we can't buy the entire Beigang now, In the future, there is still the possibility of merging it in an all-round way. Therefore, you have to consider the problem according to the idea that the two factories will re-merge one day.”

Beigang is considered a large enterprise in Beixi City, but it can only be regarded as a medium-sized enterprise in the national steel industry. In the history of later generations, there are not a few such iron and steel enterprises that have closed down or been merged. If the special steel mills continue to develop according to the current trend, it is very possible to take advantage of the general policy to annex the current Beigang in ten years.

Steel is the most important material in the national economy, and it is impossible for Qin Hai to give up the steel industry. If all goes well, he hopes to build a huge steel group based on the current special steel plant, and it will be no problem to eat up one or two companies like Beigang by then.

Now that he has such thoughts in mind, Qin Hai has to plan ahead and make arrangements in advance. The first step, of course, is to separate the special steel plant as Song Hongxuan said. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call it the "Beixi No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant". According to the general practice, after becoming independent, the special steel factory needs to establish its own supporting system, such as office area, family area, stockyard, warehouse, etc. But if Beigang is to be merged again in the future, then this kind of construction will be purely repeated. This is where Qin Hai reminded Song Hongxuan.

Listening to Qin Hai's words, Song Hongxuan was a little lost. As a former member of Beigang, he understands Beigang's situation, and also knows that if Beigang does not make any major changes, it is not impossible for Beigang to be annexed by this special steel factory in the future. Thinking that he might become the master of Beigang in the future, Song Hongxuan's blood felt like boiling.

"Whether it's possible or not, I'll design it like this?" Song Hongxuan finally nodded and said to Qin Hai.

"Next question, who do you plan to talk to about this matter?" Qin Hai asked.

Song Hongxuan said: "If you want to talk about this matter, you must come forward. You are the person in charge of the special factory. I think so. Let's go to Director Xu first, and then to the new Mayor Miao , as long as the two of them agree, we can sign an agreement with the city to separate our site from Beigang."

"This Mayor Miao is the one who promoted Wei Baolin, right?" Ning Mo interjected. Of course, Ning Mo knew about Wei Baolin being the director of the Materials Research Institute. He was originally from Qingfeng Factory. How could he not understand Wei Baolin's situation. The new mayor, Miao Yonghua, is cronyistic and uses such an ambitious and talented Wei Baolin, which makes Ning Mo have a very negative view of him.

"Who is Wei Baolin?" Song Hongxuan asked in surprise, before Qin Hai and Ning Mo could answer, he added: "I haven't had much contact with Mayor Miao, but I heard that he was sent by the province. Cadres are more open-minded."

"What's the relationship between Xu Yang and him?" Qin Hai asked.

Song Hongxuan smiled slightly: "Isn't this conceivable?"

Qin Hai also laughed, which is indeed conceivable. Xu Yang was the secretary of Miao Yonghua's predecessor, with the word "chai" on his forehead. For such cadres, Miao Yonghua's attitude can only be respectful and far away. He will neither immediately take action to clean up, nor will he be too close. The relationship between the two parties is very delicate.

"In this case, if we go to Miao Yonghua to discuss such a sensitive issue, will he agree immediately?" Qin Hai asked again.

Song Hongxuan frowned, and said, "It's indeed a troublesome matter. If I were Miao Yonghua, I'm afraid the best choice is to put it aside and look at it later."

"I think so too, so if I go directly to Miao Yonghua, I'm afraid I'll be disappointed." Qin Hai said.

"How about asking Mayor Chai to say hello?" Ning Mo came up with a bad idea from the side.

"No!" Song Hongxuan said decisively, "I'm afraid this will only backfire."

"It's really troublesome." Ning Mo didn't feel depressed because his proposal was demoted. He muttered to himself, "It's really troublesome to change a policy with every leader. Let me tell you, if it doesn't work, we will Throw away the Beixi stall, and rent another factory in Cenzhou. Didn’t Qin Hai say just now that our greatest competitiveness is raw materials, and these equipment can be rented elsewhere.”

Cenzhou is another city in Anhe Province, and Chapeide was transferred there to become the mayor. Considering Chai Peide's appreciation for Qin Hai and the relationship between Ning Zhongying and Chai Peide, Ning Mo felt that it would be more satisfactory if the factory was moved to Cenzhou.

"There is no such easy thing." Song Hongxuan said, "Xiao Ning, do you think it is so easy for us to form the current production scale? After finally establishing a cooperative relationship with Beigang, it will take time and effort to start a new one. , and the workers trained here cannot be brought to Cenzhou. In short, the idea of ​​leaving Beixi is unrealistic."

"Does Miao Yonghua know what you said?" Qin Hai asked with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Song Hongxuan was dumbfounded by Qin Hai's words again. He is an honest man, and sometimes his thinking really can't keep up with Qin Hai's rhythm.

Qin Haidao: "If we threaten to leave Beixi, do you think Miao Yonghua will submit?"

"This idea... is too insidious." Song Hongxuan gritted his teeth and said,

"Hehe, soldiers never tire of cheating." Qin Hai laughed, "I bet that Miao Yonghua won't be able to figure out our true thoughts. Besides, even if he can guess, he can't afford to bet. He is new here, and the family has a hope of producing 200,000 tons a year. The steel company moved away, and he couldn't afford the loss in output value alone, not to mention the political impact."

"You can indeed try it." Song Hongxuan also wanted to understand. What the special steel factory plans is to separate from Beigang. This matter can be said to be big or small, but it does not harm the Beixi City Government. For such a trivial matter, the special steel factory was forced to move out, and the loss was too great. Miao Yonghua is a smart person. Faced with such a choice, he must know how to choose.

"Old Song, you sort out the materials, I hurry up and go to Hongze." Qin Hai solemnly ordered.

The third one... there may be more in the evening