Material Empire

Hongyuan Province, Hongyuan Iron and Steel Company.

Hearing that Qin Hai, the chairman of Daqin Group, was going to visit in person, Pang Yongfu, the general manager of Hongyuan Iron and Steel Company, had been waiting in front of the office building with a dozen company leaders. The skin of a person and the shadow of a tree are in the same industry. Of course Pang Yongfu knows Qin Hai's status. If the person in charge of another company came, Pang Yongfu would just arrange for an office director to go downstairs to pick him up, but when Qin Hai came, Pang Yongfu would personally greet him no matter what.

A black Mercedes-Benz 600 sedan drove in briskly from outside the company gate, and drove straight to the office building. As soon as the car stopped, Hu Xiaoshuo, Pang Yongfu's secretary, hurried forward and opened the car door for Qin Hai who was sitting in the back row. Qin Hai was already used to this kind of etiquette. He stepped out of the car, gave Hu Xiaoshuo a grateful look, then stretched out his hands, and walked towards Pang Yongfu who was standing two meters away with a smile.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Pang, to greet you personally. It's a great honor for me, Xiao Qin." Qin Hai said politely while shaking hands with Pang Yongfu.

It was Qin Hai's first visit to Hongyuan Iron and Steel Company, but he was no stranger to Pang Yongfu. The two had met each other in several meetings, and toasted each other during meals at the meeting. They were considered acquaintances. Pang Yongfu was 20 years older than Qin Hai, and Qin Hai always referred to himself as Xiao Qin in front of him.

"It's a great honor for our 15,000 employees of Red Steel to be here with Mr. Qin." Pang Yongfu kidnapped 15,000 people in one shot, which made Qin Hai feel a lot of pressure.

After the exchange of pleasantries between the two parties, Pang Yongfu introduced to Qin Hai the deputy general manager, personnel department, sales department and other management personnel around him, which were almost the entire leadership team of Honggang. Judging from the reception camp, Pang Yongfu really respected Qin Hai very much, and even the mayor would not enjoy such treatment when he came to inspect.

Qin Hai also introduced his followers to Pang Yongfu. In contrast, his entourage is relatively simple, only Heizi and Yu Yong. The former is good at dealing with people of various teachings and nine-rates, and obtains some information that is difficult to obtain through other channels, while the latter is a new marketing star of the group, and is responsible for implementing various cooperation intentions reached between Qin Hai and the other party's leaders. Of course, there is another important reason for Qin Hai to take Heizi with him when he goes out, that is, Heizi can handle all kinds of banquets, and when doing business in China, he must go through the "alcohol test" in all likelihood.

Personnel from both parties shook hands and greeted each other in various arrangements. Pang Yongfu invited Qin Hai into the office building and came to the company's meeting room. Various fruits and snacks were already placed on the huge conference table. As soon as Qin Hai and others took their seats, a beautiful waiter came forward and poured tea for them. Everything seemed so grand.

"Let me introduce Mr. Qin to everyone."

After the host and guest sat down on both sides, Pang Yongfu spoke first.

"Mr. Pang, you don't need to introduce Mr. Qin to us. Is there anyone in China who doesn't know Mr. Qin?" Sales Minister Xiang Pengda interrupted with a grin. He didn't mean to give Pang Yongfu face. Instead, he used a different way to compliment Qin Hai, which was actually meant to support Pang Yongfu.

Pang Yongfu gave Xiang Pengda a fake look, and said, "Old Xiang, you said that all Chinese people know Mr. Qin, so tell everyone who Mr. Qin is."

"Mr. Qin is the chairman of the Anhe Daqin Industrial Group. He is a model private entrepreneur who has been received and commended by the head of state many times. The iron and steel company under the Daqin Group reached 50 million tons of steel production last year, which is twice as much as Honggang... "Xiang Pengda was so familiar with his family, he really told Qin Hai's background exactly.

Pang Yongfu shook his head triumphantly, and said: "Old Xiang, what you said is something that can be seen in newspapers. According to you, everyone knows it. It is you who I want to introduce to you. things that are not clear.”

"Haha, President Pang is planning to make up a joke about me." Qin Hai said with a smile.

Pang Yongfu looked at his subordinates and asked, "Do you know what connection Mr. Qin has with Honggang?"

"I really don't know about this." Xiang Pengda replied, "In my impression, Mr. Qin doesn't seem to have been to Honggang, has he? On the contrary, Mr. Song from Daqin has been here many times."

Pang Yongfu said: "Old Xiang is right. Mr. Qin has never been to Honggang, but he is a great hero of our Honggang... Well, saying the word "hero" seems to be disrespectful to Mr. Qin. However, This is not what I said, but the old factory director of our Red Steel, and then Jiang Lao, the old director of our Provincial Metallurgical Department, said, do you know the reason?"

Hearing Pang Yongfu talk about Mr. Jiang, Qin Hai couldn't help laughing. This old Jiang, named Jiang Huanwen, was the director of Hongyuan Iron and Steel Plant more than ten years ago. The first time Qin Hai went abroad in this life was when he joined the delegation of Hongyuan Iron and Steel Factory to purchase metallurgical electric furnaces in Spain. At that time, Qin Hai used his knowledge to help Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works negotiate with the metallurgical equipment manufacturer Ossur, and purchased two electric furnaces at a total price of 16 million US dollars. Before that, Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works had only One electric stove is going to pay a sky-high price of 22 million US dollars

Originally, Hongyuan Iron and Steel Factory only needed to buy one electric furnace, and the extra electric furnace that it bought was lent to Qin Hai's just-started Beixi No. 2 Iron and Steel Factory, which became one of Qin Hai's starting capitals.

It was Jiang Huanwen, the factory director of Hongyuan Steel who presided over the purchase of electric furnaces at that time. Because he saved a lot of foreign exchange for the country in the process of purchasing electric furnaces, Jiang Huanwen was commended. important capital. Pang Yongfu, Xiang Pengda and others were all transferred to Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works later, and they had not personally experienced this incident. But Pang Yongfu had heard this story from Jiang Huanwen before, and it happened to show off at this time, one is to liven up the atmosphere, and the other is to further shorten the relationship with Qin Hai.

When Qin Hai was recalling this past, Pang Yongfu had already told everyone what happened back then like a storyteller. Because it was relayed from Jiang Huanwen, what Pang Yongfu said was somewhat different from what he said back then. Among them, Qin Hai's great wisdom and bravery were exaggerated at least five times, making people think that Qin Hai was not a person, but some kind of evildoer. Of course, everyone will not raise any objections, they only need to put on a shocked expression, which is what Pang Yongfu hopes to see.

"Mr. Pang exaggerated what he said. Actually, it's all because of Director Jiang's good leadership. I remember that Section Chief Yao Guojie and Section Chief Zhu Shouhe also participated in the negotiation. They are the main force in the negotiation." Qin Hai said modestly .

Pang Yongfu said: "Old Yao retired last year, and was the deputy general manager of our company before he retired; Lao Zhu was also transferred to the Metallurgical Department later, and is now the vice president of the Metallurgical Design Institute. If Mr. Qin can work in Hongyuan Stay for a few more days, I can make an appointment with them and let you old friends sit and sit together."

"I'm afraid it's too late this time. Next time, I'll definitely take the time to visit Director Jiang, Section Chief Yao, and Section Chief Zhu." Qin Hai said perfunctorily. He has been in business for nearly 20 years, and there are countless friends in this kind of business. It's natural to be a little kind when we meet, but it seems that we don't have that strong desire to arrange a special time to meet each other.

"I've been gossiping for a long time, but I haven't asked yet. President Qin came to Honggang this time, is there anything important?" Pang Yongfu finally brought the topic back to the topic.

"It is true that there is an important and urgent matter that needs to be discussed with President Pang and everyone." Qin Hai put away the smile on his face and said seriously.

"President Qin, please speak." Pang Yongfu said. The others also quickly took out pens and paper, and made a record. Qin Hai made a special trip to Honggang, obviously not for sightseeing, this point has been very clear since Pang Yongfu, so everyone brought a notebook to the meeting, lest they miss any important content.

"The central government has just set up a leading group for the coordination of iron ore imports. Presumably Mr. Pang has also received the document?" Qin Hai asked.

"I have already received it. The leader of the central government personally serves as the team leader. This standard is not low. If I remember correctly, Mr. Qin should be the deputy team leader of the working group." Pang Yongfu said, "Could it be that Mr. Qin came to Honggang this time? , just for this matter?"

This is what Pang Yongfu asked knowingly. The establishment of the iron ore working group is a big event for all steel companies. As the CEO of the company, how can Pang Yongfu not pay attention? The leader of the working group is a comrade from the central government, and the deputy leader is actually Qin Hai, which is enough to make the heads of various steel companies shocked and jealous. However, if you are jealous, you can still understand the reason. After all, Daqin Group has a steel production capacity of 50 million tons, and Qin Hai is also a figure who has been repeatedly praised by the chief executive. Let such a person lead the iron ore import negotiations. In reason.

Hearing that Qin Hai was coming to Honggang, Pang Yongfu made some speculations about the purpose of Qin Hai's trip. The purpose that ranks first and is firmly believed by all company leaders is related to iron ore negotiations. Everyone agreed that Qin Hai must have come to coordinate with Honggang, and it was difficult to explain his motives otherwise.

Although he was able to guess the truth, Pang Yongfu still had to pretend to be confused and let Qin Hai tell the reason himself. The purpose of doing this is to send a message to Qin Hai that Honggang neither understands nor pays attention to the iron ore negotiation. If the iron ore group wants Honggang to cooperate, then it will take advantage of it. exchange it.

Don't look at Pang Yongfu talking about the deep relationship between Qin Hai and Honggang for a long time, when it comes to the issue of interests, Pang Yongfu will never let go. In his view, the coordination team has a strong background, and since he has something to ask for, it would be a waste of opportunity if he didn't get some benefits from the coordination team.