Material Empire

Hearing Ma Yiping's introduction, Pang Zhengxiong laughed, stretched out both hands to Ning Mo, and said, "Welcome, welcome, and welcome Manager Ning to inspect the work."

"Director Pang, you're welcome."

Ning Mo also reached out his hand and held it with Pang Zhengxiong. Waiting for Pang Zhengxiong to say a few more polite words, the other party quickly pulled out his hand, turned to Xu Xinqun, and said, "Xu Section Chief, thank you for introducing us to the God of Wealth... By the way, next month the county For the final of the song festival, you have to save some tickets for me."

"..." Xu Xinqun didn't know what to say. Did Director Pang's thoughts jump a little too fast?

Ning Mo didn't understand the relationship between these people, but from Pang Zhengxiong's behavior, he could feel the other party's indifference. He claimed that he would come to inspect the glass factory, and Ma Yiping's attitude was very positive, which did not look like a fake at all. And although this Pang Zhengxiong talked warmly and shook hands with great strength, Ning Mo could still sense that the other party didn't take this matter to heart. As for whether Pang Zhengxiong didn't want others to invest in his heart, or didn't believe that Ning Mo could invest, it couldn't be seen.

After exchanging pleasantries, Pang Zhengxiong led everyone to the factory. Consciously or unintentionally, he sticks to Ma Yiping, picking up on Ma Yiping's words inside and outside the words, but he just dealt with Ning Mo casually. Ma Yiping also felt this, and had to turn his head from time to time to take care of Ning Mo.

"Manager Ning, do you think we should go to the meeting room to listen to the report of Director Pang?" Ma Yiping asked Ning Mo.

Ning Mo was a little irritated by Pang Zhengxiong's attitude, but he didn't show it. Over the years, he has been trying his best to imitate Qin Hai's way of dealing with people. He thought that if Qin Hai encountered such a scene, he would definitely not be furious, but would behave calmly, and then find a suitable opportunity, Slap each other hard.

Well, well, then I'll make up my mind first. As for the slap, I don't have a chance now, so let's not think about it.

Thinking of this, Ning Mo smiled at Ma Yiping and said, "Chief Ma, we don't need to waste any more time. Let's ask Director Pang to take us to the workshop. I mainly want to know about the production situation of our factory. "

"That's fine." Ma Yiping said. He turned to Pang Zhengxiong and said, "Director Pang, why don't we go to the workshop to see what Manager Ning said?"

"Listen to the leader, it's best for me to talk." Pang Zhengxiong said happily.

Hanping Glass Factory is a small glass factory designed to produce 200,000 weight boxes per year. Although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs. Pang Zhengxiong took Ning Mo and his party to visit the raw material section, melting section, leading section, cutting section, etc., and introduced them to a series of grinding machines, hoppers, tank kilns, leading machines, and cutting tables. equipment. Ning Mo didn't know much about glass production, so he was more or less watching the fun. Walking around, the only impression he formed was that the production process of this enterprise was relatively complete, and the workers operating on the equipment looked like skilled workers.

"I see that the production in your factory is quite prosperous. Why did Chief Ma say that you are not doing well?" Ning Mo asked Pang Zhengxiong as he walked out of the production workshop.

Pang Zhengxiong said with a smile: "Manager Ning was joking. Our factory has a production capacity of 200,000 TEUs. Now we can't even sell 50,000 TEUs a year. How can we talk about prosperity?"

The standard box is the original measurement unit of glass, which refers to glass with a thickness of 2 mm and an area of ​​10 square meters. Since 1986, the State Economic Commission and the Building Materials Industry Bureau have abolished this unit of measurement and changed it to "weight box". However, old people like Pang Zhengxiong are still accustomed to using standard boxes as a measure of production capacity, and people in the industry can accept this statement.

Ning Mo doesn't know what 200,000 TEUs means, but he knows that with a capacity of 200,000 TEUs, only 50,000 TEUs can be sold a year, and such an enterprise must be under operating pressure. He asked: "Why can't our glass be sold? Is it a quality problem?"

Pang Zhengxiong said: "In terms of quality, of course it can't be compared with the big factories, but it's not much worse. The key is the cost. The cost of a standard box in a big factory is 22 yuan, and our cost is almost 42 yuan for a standard box. The price stipulated by the state is 36 yuan, how do you think our glass can be sold?"

"The price stipulated by the state is 36 yuan a box, and your cost is 42 yuan a box. Doesn't that mean that the more you produce, the more you lose?" Ning Mo asked a little strangely.

Pang Zhengxiong glanced at Ma Yiping, which meant that he felt that Ning Mo was a layman, and he was too lazy to do such popular science. Ma Yiping understood what Pang Zhengxiong meant, and said, "Director Pang, I think Manager Ning is still very interested in our factory. You should introduce the relevant situation in detail."

Pang Zhengxiong was helpless, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Manager Ning, you don't know that national pricing is one thing, and the actual price in the market is another. The glass with the unified price is cheap, but it's not. Anyone can buy it. If they can’t buy the unified glass, they can only come to us, so the price can’t be calculated according to the unified price.”

"I understand." Ning Mo nodded. In fact, the truth here is no different from that of steel. The national pricing is one thing, and the black market price is another. Small factories like Hanping Glass Factory rely on the price difference between the black market price and the fixed price to survive. When the glass supply in the market is insufficient, this small factory can still live very well; but if the market supply is sufficient, this small factory will struggle.

"That is to say, what Hanping Glass Factory needs now is to improve technology, reduce costs, and improve quality, so that the products will be competitive and turn losses into profits. Does Director Pang understand this?" Ning Mo asked.

"it's out of the question."

Before Pang Zhengxiong could answer, a middle-aged man in work clothes beside him interrupted and directly rejected Ning Mo's good idea.

"He is Su Changliang, the deputy chief of our technical department." Pang Zhengxiong introduced to everyone, and then said to Su Changliang: "Old Su, how can you talk like this? How can you scare away other people's customers when you invest in a factory?"

He speaks harshly, but his tone is light, making it appear that he doesn't care much about scaring off investors. Ning Mo no longer cared about Pang Zhengxiong's attitude. He turned to Su Changliang and asked, "Chief Su, why do you say it's impossible?"

Su Changliang said in a disdainful tone: "The production efficiency of small glass factories is like this. There is no such technology in the world that can reduce the energy and material consumption of small glass factories. There is only one way to reduce our production costs, which is to turn the factory Blow flat, build a float kiln with 1.5 million weight boxes, or a nine-machine lead-up kiln of the same scale. I have read the information that the standard coal consumption of the nine-machine lead-up kiln is 28.92 kg per weight box. Our factory The unit consumption of standard coal is 116 kilograms per weight box for the second machine that is currently used to lead the upper kiln. If you do the math, how can our cost be reduced?"

Float kiln and Yinshang kiln correspond to different processes of glass production, which Ningmo does not understand. However, the unit energy consumption of large equipment is lower than that of small equipment, Ning Mo has a deep feeling. The chemical companies under Jintang Chemical Group also use small and medium-sized equipment, and the energy consumption per unit of product is significantly higher than that of large enterprises, which is why these small and medium-sized enterprises are difficult to support.

However, Ning Mo felt that many things were man-made. After the enterprises in Jintang were merged by Daqin Group, through updating equipment and improving technology, energy consumption, material consumption, etc. have been greatly reduced. Although they still cannot meet the standards of large enterprises, they still have some competitiveness. . Since these chemical companies can reduce consumption, why can't glass factories do it?

Thinking of this, Ning Mo said to Su Changliang: "Chief Su, the energy consumption indicators you mentioned are the current situation of your factory. What you said is that the second machine is introduced to the kiln. If the production process is improved, can the energy consumption be reduced? Consumption down?"

"It's impossible." Su Changliang said in a defiant tone.

"It's impossible for you, and it's impossible for others?" Ning Mo was really annoyed, and choked directly. In his heart, he faintly thought, what Su Changliang couldn't do, could Qin Hai also be unable to do it? Qin Hai has created so many miracles. Is it rare for a small glass kiln to stop him?

Su Changliang laughed: "If you have the ability, I can kowtow to you."

"Su Kechang, what are you talking about!" Ma Yiping was unhappy. Anyway, Ning Mo was the investor he brought, and Su Changliang's words were too rude to the investor. If Ning Mo walks away because of this reason, it will be the fault of China Merchants, and someone will use this incident to make trouble in the future.

Both Ma Yiping and Su Changliang are called section chiefs, but their gold content is completely different. Even Pang Zhengxiong considered himself a subordinate in front of Ma Yiping, let alone Su Changliang. Hearing Ma Yiping's scolding, Su Changliang didn't dare to make mistakes, but just stood aside with a sneer and didn't say anything.

"Manager Ning, Section Chief Su is such a person. He is straightforward. He has no opinion on you. Don't take it to heart." Ma Yiping turned to Ning Mo and said.

Ning Mo also imitated Su Changliang's expression, sneered, and said: "It doesn't matter, I think there will always be someone who can do what Section Chief Su thinks can't be done. Our company has merged many companies in the past, and those companies are being replaced by us. Before the merger, it was also said that there was no cure, but in our hands, it became a cash cow. Our chairman always said that there are no companies that don’t make money, only people who don’t make money.”

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of Pang Zhengxiong and Su Changliang turned black charcoal. Pang Zhengxiong swallowed, and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, if this is the case, then the more than 200 cadres and workers in our whole factory are looking forward to Ning The manager is coming and turning our factory into a cash cow."