Material Empire

For Ma Yiping, introducing the situation in Hanping County is a matter of familiarity. He asked his staff to hand Ning Mo a copy of Hanping County's investment promotion materials, and then began to introduce them in detail:

"Hanping County is located in the southwest of the central part of Tongjiang Province, in the middle reaches of the Xinma River, with an area of ​​3,200 square kilometers and a population of 740,000. It has 10 towns and 18 townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is dominated by hills and surrounded by mountains. The main minerals Materials include coal, quartz stone, feldspar, limestone, ilmenite, etc. There are abundant water resources, and two medium-sized hydropower stations have been built. Food crops include rice, corn, flue-cured tobacco, etc., and industries include steel, machinery, Fertilizer, cement, glass, sugar, tobacco..."

"You mean, there is a steel factory in your county?" Ning Mo interrupted Ma Yiping's introduction and asked him. Qin Hai has long positioned the Daqin Group, that is, it closely revolves around the material industry. Ning Mo first worked in steel production with Qin Hai, so he is quite sensitive to the word "steel".

Ma Yiping was stunned for a moment, and then some embarrassment appeared on his face: "Manager Ning...is he interested in our steel plant?"

Ning Mo nodded and said: "Yes, our group is engaged in materials, so I am interested in steel plants. Can Chief Ma give a detailed introduction to the current situation of the steel plants in Hanping County, what is the annual output, Is there any intention to cooperate with foreign countries?"

Ning Mo's idea is to invest a sum of money in Hanping to help Xu Xinqun complete the task of attracting investment. In his mind, if the iron and steel factory in Hanping is willing to absorb foreign investment, he will directly invest the money in the steel factory and let the steel factory operate by itself, thus saving all kinds of follow-up troubles. Such an investment looks reasonable and does not raise suspicion.

Unexpectedly, Ma Yiping's face flushed red when he heard what Ning Mo said. He hesitated a few words, and finally kicked the ball to Xu Xinqun, saying, "Old Xu, you should explain this to Manager Ning." Let's go."

Xu Xinqun nodded helplessly, and whispered to Ning Mo: "Xiao Ning, this matter may be a bit troublesome. The steel factory in our county was still in production a few years ago, but it has been closed due to serious losses in the past two years."

"Oh..." Ning Mo murmured in his heart: You are still listed in the introduction of the closed companies, isn't this just collecting chicken feathers to make a duster?

Ma Yiping saw Ning Mo's dissatisfaction, and he explained hesitantly: "Manager Ning, in fact, our county also has plans to revive the steel plant, but we invited experts from the province to look at it. Iron ore, but this iron ore is mainly ferro-titanium, it is not worth it purely to make ordinary steel. If it is used to make titanium alloy steel, the investment will be relatively large, and I am afraid it will not be able to recover. So our county leaders judged the situation and put the iron and steel plant closed."

"That's a pity. Our company has steel business. We could have cooperated with Hanping County. If the steel plant has been closed, then forget it." Ning Mo replied casually. He is not interested in investing too much money in Hanping. If the steel factory is still there, he might as well take out the money to buy a share. But since the steel factory has closed down, production needs to be resumed, and it also involves changing the steel type. It is not enough to stop at 100,000 yuan. His original intention was to flatter Xu Xinqun, it's not worth spending too much money.

Xu Xinqun saw that Ning Mo had the intention to invest, but couldn't find a suitable project, so he asked cautiously: "Xiao Ning, besides steel, does your company not do other businesses? Our flue-cured tobacco is still very famous here. , the county has always regarded flue-cured tobacco as the focus of attracting investment."

Ning Mo shook his head and said, "Uncle Xu, our group is a material industry group, and our investment is all related to materials. We are not familiar with things like flue-cured tobacco, so we are unlikely to invest."

"Material?" Ma Yiping asked eagerly as if grabbing a straw, "Manager Ning, do you think glass is a material?"

"Glass?" Ning Mo thought for a while, "Glass should be considered a material, but..."

Daqin Group owns steel factories, ceramic factories, cement factories and many chemical factories that produce polymer materials, but there is no glass factory. According to Qin Hai's vision, Daqin Group's business should cover all types of materials, and glass is naturally an indispensable item. Ning Mo knew that Qin Hai had been looking for opportunities to enter the glass industry, but he didn't know whether this small Hanping County was enough to serve as Qin Hai's entry point.

"The glass factory in our county turned out to be quite profitable." Seeing that Ning Mo's attitude was a little loose, Ma Yiping quickly began to fool around, "Manager Ning, our county has a natural advantage in glass production. We have anthracite here, and long Stone, quartz stone, and limestone are the main raw materials for glass production. In the early years, the glass we produced could be sold to seven or eight surrounding counties. At that time, rural people wanted to build houses and wanted to buy the glass produced by our Hanping glass factory. Glass, you have to go through the back door."

"Yes, yes, our glass factory was a very rich unit at that time." Xu Xinqun also echoed.

Who is Ning Mo, and he immediately heard other content from the two people's words. He smiled slightly and asked, "Then why is the glass factory not profitable now?"

"This..." Ma Yiping was choked for a moment. What he said to Xu Xinqun really revealed the meaning, that is, the glass factory is no longer what it used to be, and what they are talking about is the past.

"This is mainly a quality problem." Xu Xinqun hesitated for a moment, and spoke out for Ma Yiping, "After all, our Liulichang is an enterprise in the county, and the technology is not very good. In recent years, everyone's living standards have improved. The quality requirements are also high. For example, when building houses in our county, they are generally unwilling to use glass produced in our county, and prefer to use glass from big brands.”

The situation faced by the Hanping Glass Factory is a common situation in the process of industrialization. In the early years, the country's industrial level was low, and products such as steel, cement, and glass were provided by small local enterprises. Everyone had no choice but to accept it. With the advancement of the country's industrialization process, the production of various products is gradually moving towards large-scale production. Due to low technical level and poor production efficiency, the products of such small enterprises in the county are completely uncompetitive, and eventually they can only go bankrupt.

The previous iron and steel factory in Hanping was closed for this reason. The situation of Hanping Glass Factory is slightly better, but it has also begun to shrink, and it is only a matter of time before it goes bankrupt.

"Can I go and see the glass factory?" Ning Mo asked. He knew that Hanping County could not find any other areas worthy of investment, and the only one that could find an excuse for investment was this glass factory. He made up his mind, as long as there is still some hope for this factory, he will use his own money to participate in the glass factory, which can be regarded as the investment attracted by Xu Xinqun.

Hearing Ning Mo's request, Ma Yiping nodded repeatedly: "It's absolutely fine, Manager Ning, when do you think we're going? I'll call them right away and ask them to prepare."

Ning Mo stood up and said, "Let's do it now. If Chief Ma has anything to introduce, we can talk while walking on the road."

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange a car right away." Ma Yiping jumped and ran out the door as if there were springs under his feet.

Seeing Ma Yiping walking away, Xu Xinqun gently tugged at the corner of Ning Mo's clothes, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Ning, let me remind you that our glass factory is really not profitable now. If your company wants to invest, ten Chances are it will be in vain, so you must be careful."

Ning Mo smiled, he deeply felt that Xu Xinqun was indeed a kind person, and also thought about issues from his standpoint. Although Xu Xinqun was carrying a task of attracting investment, and might even lose his current position because he could not complete this task, he was still unwilling to cheat the young man he met for the first time for his own affairs. As for the reason, it was naturally because Ning Mo was Xu Xiaoqi's friend.

"Uncle Xu, don't worry, I'm sensible." Ning Mo said.

Xu Xinqun couldn't rest assured, and he urged again: "That's good. Xiao Ning, no matter what happens later, you must not express your opinion immediately. Even if you think you can invest, don't immediately agree to Chief Ma. Wait for us to discuss it." Okay, let’s talk, you know?”

Ning Mo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Xu."

Xu Xinqun was very satisfied with Ning Mo's attitude, and he put on the attitude of an elder and said, "Hehe, no wonder Xiao Ning is able to be alone at such a young age, not bad."

The Hanping Glass Factory was built in the south of Hanping County, only two miles away from the county seat, and it is about three or four miles away from China Merchants. However, Ma Yiping still transferred an old jeep with exhaust emissions that exceeded the standard, and took Ning Mo and Xu Xinqun to the glass factory. The other two staff members of China Merchants did not squeeze into the jeep, but passed by on bicycles. When Ning Mo and the others arrived at the gate of the glass factory, two staff members on bicycles also arrived at the same time.

"Chief Ma, why are you free to come to our dilapidated factory today?" Pang Zhengxiong, the director of the glass factory who had already been notified by phone, came out of the factory with a few of his subordinates, and asked Ma Yi with a smile. Ping said hello. Among this group of people, he also regarded Ma Yiping as the leader. In the eyes of Pang Zhengxiong, the unpopular section chief of Xu Xinqun was not worthy of attention.

"Director Pang, I brought the God of Wealth here today." After shaking hands with Pang Zhengxiong, Ma Yiping solemnly pointed to Ning Mo and said, "Let me introduce you, this is an investor from Shannan Province." Shang, Manager Ning. You don’t know yet, Manager Ning is a classmate of Section Chief Xu’s daughter, and he made a special trip to our Hanping County to invest.”

How did this word spread like this? Ning Mo felt hot sweat running down his back.

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