After discussing the establishment of a group company with Ning Zhongying, Qin Hai stayed in Pingyuan for another two days, spent some time with his parents, and then left for Cenzhou City to inspect the construction site of the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant under construction there.
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Beixi No.2 Steel Plant, with Song Hongxuan as the director, has been expanding in scale in the past few years, gradually expanding from an annual output of 200,000 tons of steel to an annual output of 500,000 tons. In addition to ordinary construction steel, Beixi No.2 Steel Plant
It is also able to produce various types of industrial steel, filling many gaps in the province and earning Qin Hai huge profits.
With the continuous expansion of domestic infrastructure construction and industrial scale, the tight supply and demand situation in the steel market has not been alleviated, but has become more and more serious. In this case, Qin Hai obtained the consent of Chai Peide, the deputy governor of Anhe Province in charge of industry,
It has begun construction of its second large-scale steel plant and is preparing to increase steel production to more than 1 million tons to meet the province's steel demand.
The construction experience of Bei Xi No. 2 Steel Plant lies in breaking away from the constraints of national plans and finding its own way outside the system. Unlike other state-owned steel plants and some small private steel plants in the province, Bei Xi No. 2 Steel does not rely on domestic resources for its raw material supply.
Instead, it is produced by importing coal and iron ore from countries such as Australia. This ensures that the steel produced is not controlled by the state and can be intercepted by Anhe Province and used in the construction of the province.
Of course, the transportation of imported coal and iron ore can only be completed by sea transportation. The imported raw materials required by Beijiang Steel are first transported to Pujiang Port by large sea vessels, and then transferred to river vessels, and transported along the Yangtze River to Anhe
Cenzhou and Beixi, a city along the river in the northern part of the province, are still more than 200 kilometers away from Cenzhou. After coal and iron ore are unloaded in Cenzhou, they need to be transported by train to Beixi before they can be put into steel production.
The cost of railway transportation of bulk goods is considerable, and it takes up a large number of railway wagons. This is also a heavy burden for Anhe. The transportation conditions are not very good. Of course, Bei Er Steel is responsible for providing the province with goods every year.
With the important task of carrying hundreds of thousands of tons of unplanned steel, both the former Vice Governor Yang Yihe and the current Vice Governor Chai Peide specifically sent a message to the railway department, asking them to ensure the supply of raw materials for the Second North Steel and not to pull back the Second North Steel.
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However, Qin Hai knew that the best way to solve the transportation problem was to build the steel plant directly near Cenzhou Port, eliminating the trouble of long-distance railway transportation. Judging from the development patterns of the world's steel industry, large steel bases often
They are all based on large rivers and lakes or coastal transportation. If Qin Hai wants to expand its steel business, it is an inevitable choice to shift the focus of production to Cenzhou.
In this way, with Chai Peide's personal care, the Cenzhou Municipal Government provided Qinhai with an industrial land of nearly 10,000 acres for Qinhai to build the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant. Therefore, this steel plant was named the Second Steel Plant.
Because there is already a state-owned steel plant in Cenzhou City itself, called Cenzhou Steel Plant. However, the production scale of this Cenzhou Steel Plant is very pitiful. It only has a meager 50,000 tons a year, which is a fraction of that of Beijing No. 2 Steel.
According to Chai Peide's original intention, he originally planned to let Qin Hai directly merge the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant and establish a "public-private partnership" model, which would also save the trouble of revitalizing the dying Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant. However, Song Hongxuan was accepted by Qin Hai.
After being sent to inspect the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant, they urged Qin Hai to reject the merger offer. According to Song Hongxuan, the Cenzhou Iron and Steel Plant had no value worth annexing, and annexing this company would only put a burden on itself.
A heavy burden.
Qin Hai adopted Song Hongxuan's suggestion, politely declined Chai Peide's kindness, and insisted on building the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant independently. Chai Peide knew that his request was a bit excessive, so he did not embarrass Qin Hai, but instructed the Cenzhou Municipal Government to
Provide maximum support to the construction of Cenzhou Second Steel Plant without any obstruction.
Even without Chai Peide's instructions, the Cenzhou Municipal Government would be very respectful to Qin Hai, because the investment of the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant is as high as 200 million yuan. After completion, it will be able to form a production scale of 500,000 tons of steel, with an annual output value of
More than 1 billion yuan. For such a God of Wealth, there is no reason why the local government should not provide it.
"Mr. Qin, look, the first phase of civil construction of the steel plant will be completed soon. The equipment purchased by Mr. Chen has been shipped to Pujiang Port and will arrive in Cenzhou in a few days. If everything goes well, at the latest
At the end of June, the steel plant will be ready to start production."
At the construction site of the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant, Song Hongxuan accompanied Qin Hai to watch the construction situation and introduce the progress to him.
The Mr. Chen that Song Hongxuan was talking about was Chen Hongcheng, the general manager of Red Sea Industrial Company. Today's Red Sea Industrial Company has become an overseas operating company under Qin Hai, responsible for developing overseas markets, managing foreign exchange funds, purchasing raw materials, machinery and equipment, etc.
In recent years, the industrial structure of European countries has undergone major changes. A large number of traditional industries have gradually moved to Asia. The machinery, steel, chemical and other industries have declined, thus eliminating a large number of second-hand equipment. Chen Hongcheng keenly grasped this situation.
Taking the opportunity, they bought equipment eliminated by various companies in Europe and shipped it back to China. According to the standards of European companies, these equipment are already outdated, but for a developing country with backward technology like China, these second-hand equipment
Even if it is a treasure, it is more advanced than the current equipment of many companies.
This time Qin Hai planned to build the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant, and its main equipment came from Europe. Chen Hongcheng found a steel company in Germany that was on the verge of bankruptcy and bought all the equipment of this company at a price equivalent to purchasing scrap iron.
Cenzhou No. 2 Steel Plant is planning to use this complete set of equipment for construction, which is equivalent to moving a German factory to China. Before that, Song Hongxuan specially asked Li Linguang to bring several steel experts to Germany to visit. The experts
Comments on this set of equipment are quite high, and they believe that it has reached the highest level in China and will not become outdated after another 20 years of use.
"I have also taken a fancy to a steel plant in the Soviet Union. I plan to buy it all, dismantle it and reorganize it in China. Now several people I have arranged are negotiating with local officials to see when the negotiation can be completed. The technology of this steel plant
It's not very advanced, but if you just produce ordinary construction steel, it's more than enough. Especially since they have a set of large-scale continuous casting equipment that can produce wide-format steel plates, it can fill our gap." Qin Hai told Song Hongxuan.
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"That's great." Song Hongxuan said with joy, "I'm worried that the equipment from Germany alone is not enough. Coupled with the equipment from the Soviet Union, our Cenzhou Second Steel Plant will be quite large. Otherwise, Cenzhou
I don’t know how to fill up the 10,000 acres of land given by the state.”
According to Song Hongxuan's original idea, to build a steel plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons of steel, two to three thousand acres of land would be enough. But Qin Hai told him that no matter how much land was provided by the local area, he would accept it, and don't feel bad about it.
A little land transfer fee. Qin Hai knows that land is a scarce resource and will continue to appreciate in the future. Qin Hai certainly has not thought about selling off these lands in the future, but as the scale of the enterprise expands, he will definitely use more in the future.
There is a lot of land. If you don’t hoard some land now, if you want to acquire land in the future, the price will be immeasurable.
With Qin Hai's instructions, Song Hongxuan acted more greedy when negotiating the land issue with the Cenzhou Municipal Government. The Cenzhou Municipal Government was not stingy with land. When Song Hongxuan spoke, he immediately allocated nearly 10,000 yuan.
Song Hongxuan and Qin Hai were overjoyed with the area of mu. However, since they had obtained so much land, Song Hongxuan had to build something symbolically. Qin Hai got a steel factory from the Soviet Union, which solved the problem of occupying land.
"By the way, I have to tell you one thing. Our two sets of equipment have been put into production one after another. The production capacity will reach more than 1 million tons. Environmental protection issues must keep up. The environmental protection issues of the equipment I got from the Soviet Union may be more serious.
, we cannot destroy the local environment." Qin Hai solemnly explained to Song Hongxuan.
"I have already considered this issue." Song Hongxuan said, "Some time ago, I asked Professor Li Linguang to help design the environmental protection equipment of the steel plant. In addition, I also made requests to the School of Materials."
"Haha, now Xiaochen is working as the assistant to the dean there, you can be regarded as a close relative, right?" Qin Hai joked with a smile.
Song Hongxuan said: "Aren't they all working for you, Mr. Qin?"
After the two chatted and joked, Qin Hai informed Song Hongxuan about the establishment of the group company that he had discussed with Ning Zhongying. Song Hongxuan was also very excited when he heard this. Ever since Qin Hai asked him to serve as the director of Bei Er Steel, Song Hongxuan
He has already decided to tie his career to Qin Hai. The integration of Qin Hai's industries will be of great benefit to the development of the entire career. Song Hongxuan can naturally see this.
"President Qin, don't worry, I will build the Cenzhou Second Steel Plant as soon as possible and make it an important pillar of our Daqin Group." Song Hongxuan assured Qin Hai.
"After the group is established, the burden on your shoulders will be heavier than it is now. I plan to ask Director Ning to serve as the general manager for a period of time, but in the end this burden will still be shouldered by you," Qin Hai said.
Song Hongxuan's face glowed with excitement and he said: "As long as Mr. Qin trusts me, I will never say anything."
"Well, while you are completing the work here, you must also hurry up and assist Director Ning in preparing for the group. I have to rush to Jintang to try to get things done in Jintang before the group is established.