Chapter 107 More than fifty times the price difference
Xiao Liu was made to vomit blood by Qin Hai's words, but he still couldn't do anything about Qin Hai. The scandal they did in foreign affairs was caused by him who couldn't keep it from leaking out. What Qin Hai said was right. As for remembering it.
Qin Hai’s enmity, in the future he would get some small shoes for Qin Hai to wear. Xiao Liu really didn’t have such means. If Qin Hai was a cadre, the Foreign Affairs Office could talk nonsense and cause him some trouble.
. But Qin Hai is just an ordinary worker, and the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office mobilizes all its troops to find trouble for an ordinary worker, which is not enough to embarrass himself.
Kishida Kunio's request to visit Qin Hai's family was finally fulfilled. Kishida Kunio politely but firmly refused the company of Xiao Liu and other government officials, insisting on asking for an opportunity to contact Chinese workers' families alone. Guo Ming responded to this
There was no other choice but to instruct the public security department to deploy police forces to control the inside and outside of the steel factory where Qin Hai lived to prevent various accidents.
By the mid-1980s, China's opening up to the outside world had reached a certain level, and foreigners had more freedom in domestic activities. In this case, a foreigner asked to visit a Chinese family alone.
, is no longer a sensational thing. Of course, in a small place like Pingyuan County, this is the first time such a thing has happened.
"Mr. Kishida, this is the Heiyuan Steel Plant I told you. Now I am transforming it into a special steel plant to smelt some alloy steel with special properties." Qin Hai drove Kishida Kunio into the steel plant
factory, and then took him directly to the steelmaking workshop and asked him to inspect the production site.
"Mr. Qin, you said that this company is your personal property, is that true?" Kishida Kunio asked. Now that there is no one else following them, they can speak more casually. Regarding the situation of Pingyuan Steel Plant
In the morning, Qin Hai had already briefly introduced Kishida Kunio to a few words, and specifically mentioned that this was a company he could control. This was also the main reason why Kishida Kunio wanted to visit here.
Qin Haidao: "To be precise, this is a partnership company controlled by me. I can introduce my partners to you later. China is undergoing reform and opening up, and more and more private enterprises will emerge in the future.
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Kishida Kunio looked at the bustling production scene in the workshop and asked: "Mr. Qin, please allow me to take the liberty of asking, what is the current annual output value of your company?"
Qin Haidao: "My company has just been established, but within the next year, we estimate that the output value will be more than 300,000 US dollars."
"US$300,000 is just a micro-enterprise in Japan, but it is already considered very good in China, especially when this enterprise is your private enterprise." Kishida Kunio said.
Qin Haidao: "If it is just for my personal life, let alone 300,000 US dollars, even if the output value is 30,000 US dollars, it will be enough for me to become a rich man in China. However, my ambition is not there."
Kunio Kishida said: "I know that you are the most ambitious young man I have seen in China. To be honest, this morning, I once had the idea of recruiting you to work in our Fukuoka Club. I can
I’ll give you an annual salary of US$30,000. However, now that I see your business, I know that such a salary cannot impress you.”
"Haha, 30,000 US dollars. In China, you can hire 10 professionals who are better than me at this price." Qin Hai smiled and said, "Mr. Kishida, you are not afraid of losing money if you pay such a high price?"
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At that time, the monthly salary of a Chinese worker was only about 50 yuan, and the annual salary was only 600 yuan. And 30,000 US dollars is equivalent to 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. You can hire 100 people, let alone 10 people.
Kunio Kishida said seriously: "My ability to judge people is very strong, and your value is definitely more than the 10 professionals you mentioned."
"Thank you for the compliment." Qin Hai replied. In the morning, he had exchanged experiences with Kishida Kunio. He knew that Kishida Kunio studied in the United States and later worked in many positions at Fukuoka Club.
He has work experience in China and is a rare compound talent. Although Kishida Kunio is always targeting Chinese people and Chinese companies, he can definitely be regarded as an opponent worthy of respect.
Kishida Kunio said: "Mr. Qin, what do you want to talk to me about when you bring me to this steelmaking workshop? The equipment in this workshop is very old. If possible, I suggest you purchase some of the latest steel-making equipment from Japan."
Steelmaking equipment can at least double the production efficiency and reduce energy consumption by more than 70%."
"We will discuss this matter in the future. When I really need to update the equipment, I may need to ask Mr. Kishida for help." Qin Hai said. Here, when he saw Miao Lei walking towards this side, he shouted
: "Leizi, please bring over two pieces of the finished military shovel we made for Platoon Leader Ge and his friends, and also bring over the steel sample we made last time."
"Okay." Miao Lei agreed, then turned and ran back to the workshop.
"Let's talk outside." Qin Hai said to Kishida Kunio.
The two of them came to a shaded area outside the workshop and stood chatting for a few words. Then they saw Miao Lei and another worker named Dai Jiayin pushing a heavy cart over. When they came to Qin Hai and the others,
Miao Lei put down the car, looked at Kishida Kunio, then scratched his head and suddenly said: "How...How_do_you_do!"
I don’t know when Miao Lei learned this greeting in English. With some Pingyuan accent, it sounds like it means "good belly fat belly". However, Miao Lei’s kindness can be heard by Kunio Kishida.
He bowed to Miao Lei and replied in standard Chinese: "Thank you, my name is Kishida Kunio, please take care of me."
Miao Lei and Dai Jiayin were both shocked when they heard the foreign guests speaking Chinese. Dai Jiayin was over 50 years old and was a steel rolling worker at the Pingyuan Steel Plant. He heard that Kishida Kunio was a foreign guest from Japan, so he rushed to
The purpose of helping Miao Lei push the cart was to see what the foreign guests were like up close. When he heard that the foreign guests could actually speak Chinese, he was so surprised that he couldn't help blurting out: "Mom, aren't you a little Japanese? How could you do that?
Speak our Chinese language..."
After the words were spoken, Dai Jiayin realized that he had made a mistake and wanted to correct it but it was inappropriate. His face turned red with embarrassment. Qin Hai also felt a little embarrassed, although everyone was privately called "little Japan" and called "little devil"
But saying this to his face was another matter. He said apologetically to Kishida Kunio: "I'm sorry, our master actually doesn't mean any harm."
"Nothing, it's just a title." Kunio Kishida waved his hand and didn't take it to heart. During his work in China, he heard Chinese colleagues call him "Little Japan" more than once behind his back; sometimes
When taking the bus, the people next to him don't know that he can understand Chinese, and they will whisper this in a low voice. He is already immune to this. If he has to worry about such a small thing, then he will have no choice but to hit the wall.
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Qin Hai didn't think it was a big deal, but Kishida Kunio's open-mindedness made him feel better. He picked up a finished military shovel from the cart pushed by Miao Lei and handed it to Kishida Kunio.
, said: "Let's get down to business, Mr. Kishida, take a look at this military shovel."
Kishida Kunio took the military shovel, played with it with great interest, nodded and said: "It is indeed a very sophisticated design, but we in Japan also have similar military engineer shovels, which are different from your products."
"Then take a look at the materials it is made of." Qin Hai added. He did not originally intend for Kishida Kunio to appreciate the design of this military shovel. He knew that the Japanese were more creative in developing such small ingenuity.
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"Materials..." Kishida Kunio tapped the shovel surface with his hand, and then tried the blade. Miao Lei lost no time in taking out a small roll of scrap wire, put it on the ground, and then asked Kishida Kunio to test it.
Kishida Kunio knew what Miao Lei meant, so he raised his shovel and chopped hard at the roll of scrap wire.
Just as Qin Hai once demonstrated to Ge Dongyan in the past, the military shovel easily cut the scrap wire into several pieces, but the blade of the military shovel remained undamaged. Kishida Kunio nodded again and said: "It is indeed good steel.
, compared with the high-strength alloy steel on the Japanese market, it is not inferior."
If this kind of words were put aside 30 years later, it would be equivalent to a curse word. But at this time, Miao Lei and Dai Jiayin were all happy, feeling as if they had gained great face. Think about it, Chinese enterprises refine
What an honor it is that the steel produced can be compared with Japanese steel.
Qin Hai has no choice but to face this situation. The industrial strength of the entire country is ten or twenty years behind others. This is an indisputable fact that cannot be denied based on the so-called national pride. However, what he wants to talk to Kishida Kunio is,
But it's not a question of whose steel is better, but something else.
"Mr. Kishida, I would like to ask, what is the approximate sales price of steel like this in Japan?" Qin Hai asked.
Kunio Kishida carefully looked at the steel material of this military shovel and said: "I haven't seen the specific performance parameters, and it's hard to give an accurate estimate. Steel materials like this are sold in the Japanese market for about
Probably around 5 million to 10 million yen.”
"That's it..." Qin Hai silently calculated in his mind: 5 million to 10 million yen, according to the current exchange rate, is roughly equivalent to 20,000 to 40,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to 50,000 to 100,000 yuan.
The steel products in Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant are smelted from scrap steel. The purchase price of scrap steel is about 300 yuan per ton on average. Even with various consumption, the cost of alloy steel per ton is less than 1,000 yuan. In other words, compared with Japan
Compared with similar products, the price difference between the two is 50 to 100 times.
"Mr. Kishida, if I can provide you with this kind of steel in large quantities, based on the same performance parameters, the price is only equivalent to 50% of the Japanese market, would you be interested in being an agent?" Qin Hai finally put forward the plan he had thought about for a long time.