Material Empire

"Wang Kaihua's high blood pressure happened at the right time."

In the deputy director's office of the Economic and Trade Commission, Cui Hongchun handed a cup of tea to Qin Hai, and then commented with a smile.

Qin Hai thanked him, and said with a smile: "Yes, this brother Wang's onset of illness was really timely, and he found a way for himself, otherwise he would have to be kicked out in disgrace."

Cui Hongchun nodded and said, "Yes, for him, this is the best result."

At the negotiation meeting arranged by the Bureau of Automobile Industry, Wang Kaihua suddenly suffered from high blood pressure and fainted at the scene, which made the meeting hastily ended without reaching any agreement. Wang Kaihua was rushed to the hospital for rescue, and his life was saved, but the doctor said that he must rest for more than half a year before he can recover. As a result, the Bureau of Automobile Industry followed suit and directly dismissed Wang Kaihua from his post, transferred him to a unit with jobs but no authority for the elderly, and appointed another cadre to take Wang Kaihua's place.

After the new executive vice president of Beidian took office, he learned his lesson, lowered his posture and took the initiative to show his favor to Daqin Group, fully accepted all kinds of conditions offered by Daqin Group, and opened up his own car experiment and testing platform to Daqin Group to help Daqin Group improved the original models.

Qin Hai didn't intend to be an enemy of Beidian at first, and all the conflicts were only due to Wang Kaihua's domineering. After clearing the obstacle of Wang Kaihua, Qin Hai will naturally not block technology from Beidian. After friendly coordination, the two parties signed a series of cooperation agreements. With the help of Daqin Group, Beidian quickly completed the development of its own brand electric vehicles and successfully realized a major transformation in business direction.

Coming and going, half a year passed by in a hurry. Qin Hai was sitting in front of Cui Hongchun at this time, talking about this incident, there was still some dramatic feeling.

"Uncle Cui, how many people like Wang Kaihua are there in your system? Why can't we drive them all out and replace them with a group of people who are really willing to do things and become leaders of state-owned enterprises?" Qin Hai asked dissatisfied. Since Qin Shan and Cui Hongchun's son Cui Xuezhe got married, Qin Hai changed Cui Hongchun's name to "Cui Shu". Of course, this is only called in private. On formal occasions, Qin Hai still has to be called by his official title.

"How can it be so easy?" Cui Hongchun sighed softly, and said: "Actually, Wang Kaihua is not an incompetent person. He is in charge of the work of the Beidian Group as the executive deputy general manager. Well done. For a group as big as Beidian, there are so many things going on, it’s not easy to change just one person to do it well. Also, state-owned enterprises have much more constraints than your private enterprises. It is necessary to balance the interests of all parties. Some cadres who were originally very enterprising, after a few years, ten years or even decades in such an environment, their spirit will be worn out, which is unavoidable."

"My father-in-law is also the leader of a state-owned enterprise, why do I feel that he is always full of vigor?" Qin Hai challenged.

Cui Hongchun knew Ning Zhongying. When Qin Hai said this, he laughed and said, "The situation of Director Ning is different. Back then, Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory was just a county-owned enterprise with no backing. If Ning Factory If it doesn't last long, this company may have already fallen into a loss. Beidian is a super large state-owned company, and it is covered by ministries and commissions and the province, so it doesn't feel any pressure to survive, and the leaders are naturally easy to slack off."

Qin Haidao: "It seems that we still need to let our companies venture outside more. In the international market, people will not recognize you as a state-owned super large enterprise. If you have strength, you can survive. If you don't have strength, you will be rejected Elimination. After such a grind, maybe the enterprise will have vitality."

"You have a good idea. The country also has such considerations. It needs to reduce the protection of enterprises and let them go to the market to withstand a little bit of wind and rain. However, this kind of thing needs to be done step by step. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. Don't act too hastily. Ah." Cui Hongchun said.

Qin Hai smiled grinningly: "I won't get involved in such matters of governing the country. I'll leave it to you leaders to think about it."

Cui Hongchun said: "Don't say that. The leaders of the central government value you very much. The chief said specifically that Qin Hai is a talent. Such a talent should not just focus on his own business, but should do more for the country. "

"Uncle Cui, aren't you kidding me? The chief has a lot of things going on every day, and he will think of me as a small person? Did he really say that?" Qin Hai was sweating a little. Should he feel honored or nervous when he was directly named by the chief? ?

Cui Hongchun said: "How could I lie to you? Last time we held a meeting at the Central Committee, when we talked about the iron and steel industry, the chief said that you have a deep understanding of the iron and steel industry, and you should give full play to your role."

"No way, this happened many years ago..." Qin Hai muttered in a low voice. A few years ago, he invited the chief to go to Jintang to attend the ignition ceremony of the 800,000-ton ethylene project. He had a long talk with the chief on the plane, which involved the development of the steel industry. He remembered that he had said a lot at that time, and the Chief also affirmed it.

After that, he noticed that the state had issued some policies on promoting and regulating the development of the steel industry, in which he could clearly see the shadow of what he said to the chief, which made him quite gratified and proud. He didn't expect that after a few years, the chief is still talking about this matter.

Cui Hongchun ignored Qin Hai's words, but continued: "In the past two years, with the rise of the real estate industry, the demand for the domestic steel market has grown very rapidly, which is very consistent with the prediction you made in front of the chief. Stimulated by the growth in demand, the development of the domestic steel industry has also ushered in a climax. Last year, the national steel output reached nearly 200 million tons. Among them, the steel plants under your Daqin Group accounted for a quarter of the output. wrong?"

"Hehe, Uncle Cui's memory is really good." Qin Hai complimented, in fact, just memorizing this data, there is no question of memory quality at all, he just used this to cover up his complacency.

Iron and steel is the industry that Qin Hai started from. Over the years, Qin Hai has never underestimated the development of the iron and steel business. Many scholars and people in the industry believe that the domestic steel industry is developing too fast and may face the danger of excess. With confidence in China's future economic development, Qin Hai insists on large-scale investment in the steel business, not only expanding production capacity, but also Improve technology.

At present, several iron and steel companies under the Daqin Group have a total production capacity of nearly 80 million tons, and the actual output last year has reached 50 million tons. They are well-deserved steel tycoons in China. Qin Hai was able to spend a lot of money on graphene, supercapacitors, superconductors, etc., to a large extent relying on the profits from steel. Even if the net profit of a ton of steel is only 100 yuan, he can earn 5 billion yuan a year. What's more, the steel market has been in short supply these years, and the profit margin of steel has been rising.

"However, with the continuous increase in steel production, various negative phenomena are emerging one after another. Quality issues, energy consumption issues, pollution issues, and raw material prices are all issues that bother the central government. You know something about these situations Is it?" Cui Hongchun asked.

Qin Hai nodded and said, "Of course I know. I went to Quwu last month and saw many small iron and steel factories and small coking factories. The smell of sulfur dioxide. Later, I specially asked the driver to drive me through Yanning Province. I saw that the situation in Yanning Province was worse than that in Linxi. The trees in some places were blackened. If these problems are not solved, our economy will Development is really on the wrong path."

"That's very well said." Cui Hongchun praised, "Since you have discovered the problem, can you tell me how you think it should be solved?"

"Me?" Qin Hai asked in surprise, "I'm just a businessman, not a government official. How can it be my turn to think about such things? I remember that the Economic and Trade Commission issued a notice to clean up and rectify small steel factories the year before last. We The group has also conducted special research and believes that the goals and measures proposed in it are very correct and timely. As long as you follow the requirements of the notice, there is nothing wrong with it.”

Cui Hongchun shook his head, and said: "The notice has indeed been issued, but the situation of small iron and steel factories and small coking factories blooming everywhere has not only not improved, but has intensified instead. Haven't you seen this situation in Linxi and Yanning? "

"Why?" Qin Hai asked.

Cui Hongchun said: "There are many reasons, mainly due to local protectionism. Out of economic development and employment considerations, local governments have followed notices from the Economic and Trade Commission and turned a blind eye to various violations. It has become what it is now.”

"Could the central government just sit back and watch?" Qin Hai asked again.

Cui Hongchun said: "Didn't the central government just hold a special meeting to discuss this matter, and the head of the government attended it in person, so how can it be said that it is just sitting idly by?"

"What's the result of the discussion?" Qin Hai asked.

Cui Hongchun said: "The meeting put forward a series of solutions, and prepared to take a multi-pronged approach to curb the momentum of the proliferation of small steel. The meeting decided to set up a small steel cleaning and rectification working group to be responsible for rectifying small steel and small coking in various places. The head of the working group is the head of our Economic and Trade Committee, and the candidate for the deputy head is personally nominated by the head, do you want to know who it is?"

Speaking of this, Cui Hongchun stopped, looked at Qin Hai with a smile, and waited for him to ask questions.

Qin Hai was a little hairy under Cui Hongchun's stare, thinking that Cui Hongchun specially called him here today, he had a faint premonition: "Uncle Cui, don't scare me, you don't mean that the deputy team leader nominated by the chief, Is it me?"

"Haha, you really guessed right, the deputy team leader nominated by the chief is you." Cui Hongchun laughed, "The chief said that Qin Hai has a deep understanding of the steel industry and has rich experience in managing the rare earth industry. Experience, the position of deputy team leader must belong to Qin Hai."