Material Empire

After discussing with Ning Zhongying about setting up a group company, Qin Hai stayed in Pingyuan for another two days to accompany his parents, and then left for Cenzhou City to inspect the construction site of Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant .

The Beixi No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant, with Song Hongxuan as the director, has been expanding in scale in the past few years, from 200,000 tons of steel per year to 500,000 tons per year. In addition to ordinary construction steel, Beier Steel is also able to produce various types of industrial steel, filling many gaps in the province, and at the same time earning huge profits for Qin Hai.

With the continuous expansion of the scale of domestic infrastructure construction and industrial scale, the tension between supply and demand in the steel market has not been alleviated, but has become more and more serious. Under such circumstances, Qin Hai obtained the consent of the vice-governor of Anhe Province in charge of industry, Chai Peide, and started to build his second large-scale steel plant, preparing to increase the steel output to more than 1 million tons to meet the steel demand in the province. .

The construction experience of Beixi No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant lies in breaking away from the constraints of the national plan and finding a new way outside the system. Unlike other state-owned steel mills and some small private steel mills in the province, the supply of raw materials of Beier Steel does not depend on domestic resources at all, but imports coal and iron ore from Australia and other countries for production, so that production can be guaranteed The steel produced is not controlled by the state, and can be intercepted by Anhe Province and used for the construction of the province.

The transportation of imported coal and iron ore, of course, can only be done by sea. The imported raw materials needed by Bei No. 2 Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. are first transported to Pujiang port by large ocean-going vessels, then loaded onto river vessels, and transported along the Yangtze River to Cenzhou, a city along the river in the north of Anhe Province. Beixi is still more than 200 kilometers away from Cenzhou. After coal and iron ore are unloaded in Cenzhou, they need to be transported to Beixi by train before they can be put into steel production.

The cost of railway transportation of bulk goods is quite considerable, and it takes up a lot of railway wagons, which is also a heavy burden for Anhe, whose transportation conditions are not very good. Of course, Beier Iron and Steel is responsible for providing hundreds of thousands of tons of unplanned steel for the province every year. Whether it is the former vice governor Yang Yihe or the current vice governor Chai Peide, they have specially greeted the railway department and asked them to do their best Guarantee the supply of raw materials for Beier Steel, and not hinder Bei Er Steel because of transportation problems.

However, Qin Hai knew that the best way to solve the transportation problem was to build the steel plant directly near Cenzhou Port, saving the trouble of long-distance railway transportation. From the perspective of the development law of the world's steel industry, large steel bases are often established relying on large rivers and lakes or coastal transportation. If Qin Hai wanted to expand his steel business, it was an inevitable choice to shift the focus of production to Cenzhou.

In this way, under the personal care of Chai Peide, the Cenzhou Municipal Government provided Qin Hai with an industrial land of nearly 10,000 mu for Qin Hai to build the Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant. So this steel factory was named the second because there was already a state-owned steel factory in Cenzhou itself, named Cenzhou Iron and Steel Factory. However, the production scale of this Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant is very pitiful. It is only a mere 50,000 tons a year, which is still a fraction of that of the soon-to-be-constructed Cen Er Steel.

Based on Chai Peide's original intention, he originally planned to let Qin Hai directly annex the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant and create a "public-private partnership" model, which would save the trouble of reviving the dying Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant. However, after Song Hongxuan was sent by Qin Hai to inspect the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant, he urged Qin Hai to reject the merger offer. According to Song Hongxuan, Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant has no value worth merging, and merging this enterprise can only put a heavy burden on himself.

Qin Hai adopted Song Hongxuan's suggestion, politely declined Chai Peide's kindness, and insisted on independently building Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant. Chai Peide knew the situation of the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant, and also understood that his request was difficult for others, so he did not embarrass Qin Hai, but instructed the Cenzhou Municipal Government to give maximum support to the construction of the Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant. any hindrance.

Even without Chai Peide's instructions, the Cenzhou Municipal Government would still be respectful to Qin Hai. Because the investment of Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant is as high as 200 million yuan, it will be able to form a production scale of 500,000 tons of steel after completion, with an annual output value of more than 1 billion yuan. For such a god of wealth, how can the local government not make offerings.

"Mr. Qin, look, the first phase of the civil construction of the steel plant will be completed soon. The equipment purchased by Mr. Chen has already been transported to Pujiang Port, and it will arrive in Cenzhou in a few days. If everything goes well, at the latest At the end of June, the steel plant can start production."

On the construction site of Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant, Song Hongxuan accompanied Qin Hai to inspect the construction situation and introduce the progress of the project.

Mr. Chen that Song Hongxuan was talking about was exactly Chen Hongcheng, the general manager of Honghai Industrial Company. Today's Red Sea Industrial Company has become Qin Hai's subsidiary responsible for overseas operations, undertaking tasks such as sales in overseas markets, management of foreign exchange funds, and procurement of raw materials and machinery and equipment.

In recent years, with the adjustment of the global industrial division of labor, major changes have taken place in the industrial structure of European countries. A large number of traditional industries have gradually shifted to Asia, Latin America and other places. The machinery, steel, chemical and other industries have all declined, thus being eliminated. Lots of used equipment. Qin Hai keenly seized this opportunity, and instructed Chen Hongcheng to purchase obsolete equipment from various companies in Europe and ship them back to China. Judging by the standards of European companies, these devices are outdated products, but for a developing country with backward technology like China, even second-hand devices are more advanced than the current devices of many companies.

This time, Qin Hai planned to build Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant, and its main equipment came from Europe. Chen Hongcheng found a steel company on the verge of bankruptcy in Germany, bought all the equipment of the company at a price equivalent to buying scrap iron, dismantled it, and shipped it back to China. Cenzhou No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant is going to use this complete set of equipment for construction, which is equivalent to moving this German factory to China. Prior to this, Song Hongxuan specially asked Li Linguang to take a few steel experts to Germany to see it. The experts commented highly on this set of equipment, believing that it has reached the highest level in China, and it will not appear outdated after 20 years of use. .

"I also took a fancy to a steel factory in the Soviet Union, and I plan to buy it all, dismantle it back to the country and rebuild it. Now a few people I arranged are negotiating with local officials to see when the negotiation can be completed. The technology of this steel factory It's not very advanced, but it's more than enough for the production of ordinary construction steel. In particular, they have a set of large-scale continuous casting and rolling equipment, which can produce wide-format steel plates, which can fill our gap in this area. " Qin Hai introduced to Song Hongxuan.

"That's great." Song Hongxuan said happily, "We asked the Cenzhou Municipal Government for 10,000 mu of land. If we just build a set of equipment, it won't look very good. Now with the Soviet set, it looks like It looks a little better, and I can explain it to the Cenzhou Municipal Government."

It turned out that according to Song Hongxuan's idea, to build a steel plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons of steel, two to three thousand acres of land would be enough. But Qin Hai told him that no matter how much land the local area offers, they must accept it in full, and don't feel sorry for such a little land transfer fee. Qin Hai knows that land is a scarce resource, and its value will continue to appreciate in the future. Of course he never thought about selling these lands in the future, but as the scale of the company expands, more land will definitely be used in the future. Immeasurable.

With Qin Hai's order, Song Hongxuan talked more fully when negotiating the land issue with the Cenzhou Municipal Government. The Cenzhou Municipal Government is not stingy with the land. Hearing Song Hongxuan's lion's mouth, he directly allocated an area of ​​nearly ten thousand mu, which made both Song Hongxuan and Qin Hai overjoyed. However, since he got so much land, Song Hongxuan had to build something symbolically. Before Qin Hai arrived, he was worrying about what to use to fill up the land. Now Qin Hai said that adding a set of steel equipment just solved this problem.

After talking about the equipment, Qin Hai remembered something again, so he said to Song Hongxuan solemnly: "Old Song, I have to tell you something. Our two sets of equipment have been put into production successively, and the production capacity will reach more than 1 million tons. At this time, the issue of environmental protection must be put on the agenda. Especially the equipment I got from the Soviet Union, the environmental protection may be even worse, we must be prepared."

"I have already considered this issue." Song Hongxuan said, "Some time ago, I asked Professor Li Linguang to help us design the environmental protection system of the steel plant. There are several experts in the School of Materials who are engaged in metallurgy and environmental protection. I also invited them Helped."

"Haha, now that Xiaochen is working as an assistant to the dean there, you can be regarded as close to the water, right?" Qin Hai joked with a smile.

Song Hongxuan said: "What's so close to the water? Aren't our husband and wife working for you, Mr. Qin?"

After the two chatted and laughed, Qin Hai informed Song Hongxuan about the establishment of a group company that he had discussed with Ning Zhongying, and Song Hongxuan was also very excited when he heard the words. Ever since Qin Hai asked him to come out to serve as the factory director of Beier Steel, Song Hongxuan had already decided to tie his future with Qin Hai. Integrating all resources to form the Daqin Group will help Qin Hai's career develop faster. As a business manager, Song Hongxuan can naturally see the benefits.

"Old Song, when the group is established, I plan to put more burdens on your shoulders, do you have any objection?" Qin Hai said to Song Hongxuan.

Song Hongxuan's heart beat violently, of course he could understand what Qin Hai meant by "burdening the burden". In this group, Song Hongxuan thought to himself that his abilities were relatively outstanding, and it was not beyond his expectations that Qin Hai wanted him to take up the leadership position in the group.

"As long as President Qin trusts me, I'm willing to take on any kind of burden." Song Hongxuan said solemnly.

"I plan to let you be the deputy general manager of the group, responsible for daily work. Director Ning will be the general manager, responsible for the overall guidance. However, as you know, Director Ning is already very old, and sooner or later the burden of the general manager It will be on your shoulders." Qin Hai said bluntly.

"Thank you Mr. Qin, I will definitely learn from Director Ning, and I will not disappoint your trust." Song Hongxuan said.