Material Empire

After toasting, Qin Hai and Ning Zhongying returned to the main table. Apart from the two of them, the rest of the table were the highest-ranking officials. I don't know whether it is Qin Hai's face or the Daqin Group's face. The senior officials who came to participate in the group's founding ceremony did not leave after the ceremony, but stayed to continue to participate in this dinner.

Seeing Qin Hai sitting back, the officials who were chatting idlely stopped talking, and all smiled and turned their eyes to him, with a gentle look on their faces.

A deputy director of the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Commission surnamed Bai looked around and saw that no one had proposed, so he picked up the wine glass and said, "Since everyone is modest, let me toast Chairman Qin first. It was Qin Dongjing just now. We, this glass is my respect to Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin, you don’t need to drink other wines, but you must drink this glass of wine, because I am toasting you on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of cadres and workers on the national defense science and industry front. , thank you for your support of our defense industry."

Qin Hai quickly raised his glass and said repeatedly: "Director Bai, don't dare to be, I don't dare to be, Xiao Qin, I haven't done enough, let me offer this glass of wine to the cutest people on your front."

"Haha, let's go together." Director Bai smiled, raised his glass, and shared a drink with Qin Hai.

Hearing the conversation between Qin Hai and Director Bai, the Vice Minister of Agriculture Cui Hongchun asked in surprise, "Why, Director Bai, did Chairman Qin also help you systematically develop new products?"

"That's right, a new product specially developed by Mr. Qin for our system has been sold to the United States, and it has created a large amount of income for our system. It can be said to have solved our urgent need. Just go here For this matter, I have to come all the way from the capital to thank Qin Dongdao." Director Bai said with emotion.

The new type of body armor developed by Qin Hai for the 70X has been put into formal production, and the first batch of products has also been sent to the United States. The amount of this order is as high as 800 million RMB, which is equivalent to the funding allocated by the Science and Industry Committee to more than a dozen research institutes. For such a thing, Director Bai is willing to come to Pingyuan ten times or eight times, let alone one trip. of.

"Xiao Qin is really amazing. At the beginning, he contributed a lot to the localization of our Pusang Automobile. Last year, he set up a materials college and solved more than a dozen important materials research problems for our Machinery Committee. The most commendable Yes, for all these things he did, he did not ask the state to pay for it, but he himself borne the corresponding expenses. I came here today to say thank you to Xiao Qin." Yang Xinyu from the Machinery Committee followed Director Bai's words said the head.

Cui Hongchun nodded and said: "That's right, Xiao Qin has also helped our Ministry of Agriculture very much. It is Xiao Qin's credit that our country's agricultural machinery products first went abroad and rushed to the world."

As soon as they started, the others followed suit. Representatives from Linxi Province, Shannan Province, and Pujiang City all expressed their gratitude to Daqin Group for its investment in their provinces and cities. At the same time, they hope that Daqin Group will continue to expand investment in their localities and promise to give various preferential policies within the scope of policies. As for Yang Xinyu, Cui Hongchun and other ministries and commission officials, it is natural to start from the perspective of the system, hoping that the Daqin Group will be able to tilt their system in the future in terms of business structure and provide them with more assistance.

Qin Hai responded enthusiastically to the compliments and win-win intentions that were expressed in the words of the people. A group of provincial and ministerial officials who are unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people can put down their airs and have a good drink with him, and they are only called brothers, which also makes Qin Hai feel a little flattered. He knew that what everyone was looking for was the strong financial resources of the Daqin Group and his own unpredictable technology. It has to be said that officials sometimes work very hard for their own political achievements.

The banquet lasted nearly three hours, until the host and guests enjoyed themselves and most of them were drunk. When everyone was walking out together, Wang Hongsheng patted Qin Hai on the shoulder and asked, "How is it, Xiao Qin, are you not drunk?"

"Fortunately, Director Wang, I'm not too drunk." Qin Hai replied with a smile, and after he finished speaking, he added another sentence to cover up: "I haven't drunk so much wine in normal times. I'm probably happy today. I performed super-level gone."

Wang Hongsheng said with a smile: "Super-level performance is one aspect. I'm afraid it's the main reason why you added water to the wine bottle? Don't think I can't see it."

"Director Wang is very aware of the truth, and I did not hide this little trick from Director Wang." Qin Hai smiled and admitted the fact that he had cheated. In fact, for a banquet like this, the host must do some tricks in the wine he drinks. He mixes water with 50-degree liquor and dilutes it to a concentration of less than 10%, so that the host's drinking capacity can be taken out of thin air. It has grown to five times its original size. If he didn't do these tricks, how would Qin Hai be able to cope with such a big scene.

"Since you're not too drunk, how about going to my place and drinking some tea together?" Wang Hongsheng suggested casually.

Wang Hongsheng's words sounded like he was asking for advice, but Qin Hai knew that it was actually an order. The deputy director of the planning committee invites you to drink tea, so there is no room for you to hesitate. He responded with a smile: "I heard that Director Wang always brings good tea with him when he is on a business trip. I have always wanted to see it, and today I took the opportunity."

After explaining a few words to Ning Zhongying and Song Hongxuan, Qin Hai followed Wang Hongsheng to the hotel room where he was staying. After entering the room, Wang Hongsheng called Qin Hai to sit down together, and then ordered the secretary to start making tea.

Wang Hongsheng is fond of drinking tea, and always asks his secretary to bring tea and tea sets with him when he goes out. The secretary boiled a bottle of boiling water with the "hot water" provided in the room, then took out a set of Gongfu tea set from the luggage, scalded the teapot and teacups with boiling water, put Tieguanyin tea leaves in the teapot, and started a set Quite cumbersome tea making process.

"Xiao Qin, I invite you to come to the room. I want to chat with you casually." Wang Hongsheng looked at the steam rising from the tea set, and said leisurely to Qin Hai.

"Director Wang, just ask for any instructions, and I will definitely study hard." Qin Hai said with a sincere and fearful attitude.

Wang Hongsheng waved his hand and said, "It's not any instructions, just chatting with you. Xiao Qin, I listened to the group's development goals you mentioned at the ceremony today, and I feel that you have great ambitions."

"The material market itself is huge. Just for steel, the annual global output value is nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars, and our group can only account for one ten-thousandth of it now. It can only be regarded as a small business." Qin Hai replied.

"You want to occupy such a big market?" Wang Hongsheng asked.

Qin Hai smiled and said: "Of course it is impossible to occupy all of them, but it is absolutely necessary to occupy a relatively large share. If there is not enough share, I will not be able to obtain sufficient profits, and I will have no money for research and development of new materials. Yes. You know that the development of new materials requires a huge investment, and sometimes hundreds of millions of funds are invested in it, and there may be no sound at all."

Wang Hongsheng asked: "However, the domestic steel market is already showing signs of saturation. Our planning committee is considering reducing steel production capacity, but you plan to expand the No. 2 Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant. Are you not afraid that the products will not be sold in the future?"

Qin Hai shook his head and said, "Director Wang, domestic steel is still far from being saturated. Our country's annual crude steel output is only 70 million tons. I think that in the future, less than 500 million tons will not be enough."

"500 million tons!" Wang Hongsheng felt that he had been stunned, and he said disdainfully, "I think you, Xiao Qin, are also used to satellites, so you dare to talk about such figures. You know the current annual crude steel production in the world How much, that is, a little over 700 million tons, how dare a developing country like China dare to produce 500 million tons of crude steel?"

Qin Haidao: "China will not always be a developing country. We have to catch up with developed countries, and we still have a lot of lessons to make up. We need to build roads, railways, and build houses for ordinary people. Steel is needed for these. And developed countries The country’s basic construction has been completed, so the demand for steel is not as much as ours. The 500 million tons of steel a year I said is not a feverish, nonsense, this is calculated by our group’s research department.”

Wang Hongsheng said: "The forecast of our planning committee is that by the end of this century, China's annual steel demand will reach about 100 million tons; by 2010, it will probably reach 200 million tons. It can maintain the growth rate of previous years without major fluctuations.”

Qin Hai opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back. According to his recollection, in actual history, by the year 2000, China's annual crude steel output was 130 million tons, which was not too far from the figures mentioned by Wang Hongsheng. But by 2010, China's annual steel production had reached 600 million tons, accounting for 45% of global production. The reason for this rapid growth is that after entering the new century, China's urban construction and road traffic construction have seen a blowout growth, which has driven the demand for raw materials such as steel and cement.

At this point in 1991, it was difficult for people to foresee the situation more than ten years later, so if Qin Hai wanted to tell Wang Hongsheng about this situation, the other party would definitely not take it seriously. That being the case, there is no need for Qin Hai to waste his words in vain.

"The country now has a plan to gradually liberalize the prices of planned products such as steel and chemical raw materials in the next two to three years. What do you think about this?" Wang Hongsheng changed the topic just now, and proposed to Qin Hai A new question.

"It is imperative to let go of planned prices." Qin Hai responded, "Currently, the prices of production materials are seriously underestimated. There is a huge gap between planned prices and black market prices, which is not conducive to the development of the basic material industry, so it is inevitable to let go of prices. Choice. However, I am worried that after the price of basic materials is liberalized, the overall price in the market will fluctuate greatly. I don’t know if the country is ready for this.”