Chapter 580 Qin Hai is the most shameless businessman
"No, this news must be reported to the president immediately!"
Hirano Sadao came to his senses, took the magazine and returned to the venue. √∟ Top novel, Nakagawa Motohisa looked at Hirano Sadao's back, shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "Go and report this to the president at this time. News, alas..."
People in the venue were still laughing heartily. They gathered together in twos and threes, talking about the sales prospects of new permanent magnet materials, and joking about the Chinese who gave them a money tree. Sadao Hirano walked to Miyagawa Masaaki. At the time, Miyagawa was discussing with Saburo Okazaki about holding a new product launch conference.
"Mr. Hirano, you came just in time. We are discussing how to more fully publicize the superiority of dysprosium and terbium ferroalloy materials. What do you think about this?" Miyagawa said to Hirano Sadao who was walking over. He didn't pay attention. Hirano Sadao's face was a little stiff, maybe because Japanese people usually have a dead expression on their faces, so it's not easy to see any changes.
"President, there are some things that I want to talk to you about alone." Hirano Sadao said in a low voice.
"What? Did something happen in the laboratory?" Miyagawa Masaru then remembered that Sadao Hirano had been summoned out by a summons just now. His voice was a little low now, as if something went wrong.
"No, I think... uh, forget it, this matter will have to be reported to Director Okazaki sooner or later, so I'll just tell him about it." Hirano Sadao said with his head lowered.
Miyagawa suppressed his smile and said: "Mr. Hirano, just tell me if you have anything. If you encounter any difficulties, the company will help you solve it."
"It's not my problem, it's the company..." Hirano Sadao said. He handed the magazine in his hand to the two of them and said: "President and Director Okazaki, please read this article."
"Article?" Miyagawa Masaru and Okazaki Saburo were both a little strange. Reading academic journals had never been a problem for them. Seeing Hirano Sadao like this, they both put their heads forward and recognized it half-understandably. The above English words: "Permanent magnet material... prepared... cerium-based. Well, cerium-based?"
The reaction of Hirano Sadao was the same. Miyagawa Masaru and Okazaki Saburo were stunned when they read the word "cerium base". As a company specializing in rare earth materials, the executives are still very familiar with rare earth elements. Seeing the word "cerium" associated with the word "permanent magnetic material", they suddenly thought of many terrible things.
"The Chinese... to put it simply, the Daqin Group has mastered the preparation method of permanent magnet materials with cerium as the main component, and announced it to the world." Hirano Sadao said with a bitter expression.
"Daqin Group?" Okazaki Saburo felt his heart beating very fast. He pointed to the article and asked Hirano Sadao: "What do they say about the performance of this cerium-based material? Can it be compared with neodymium iron boron?" "
Hirano Sadao said: "According to what they introduced in the article, the magnetic energy product of this cerium-based permanent magnet material is higher than that of neodymium-iron-boron, and is only about 10% lower than the dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy we just put into production. Its high The temperature inside can also reach over 500 degrees Celsius, close to the level of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy. In other words, it can be completely used as a substitute for dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy."
"Could the data be wrong? What if the Chinese just want to bluff?" Masa Miyagawa asked.
Hirano Sadao shook his head and said: "This is unlikely. After all, this is a top international academic journal. Sun Yuzhi is a rigorous scientist. It is impossible for him to make falsehoods in such an article."
"So..." Saburo Okazaki was dumbfounded. Of course he also knew the price difference between cerium and dysprosium, and terbium. If the performance of two permanent magnet materials is equivalent, the cost of one is only equal to that of the other.
One hundredth of one kind. Then any fool can imagine what the fate of another material will be.
The most frightening thing is that hundreds of tons of expensive dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide are still stored in the Spring Mountain Company's warehouse. Once the dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy is proven to be a worthless material, all of these dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide will
It became a pile of wasteland.
"Baga!" Miyagawa was slamming the table. His eyes were as wide as bells. A room full of senior executives who were chatting and laughing were so frightened by this voice that they almost fell down, and everyone subconsciously closed their mouths.
, turned to look at Miyagawa Masaru.
"Mr. Hirano, why didn't you and your team realize the existence of cerium-based materials? Why are the Chinese able to discover new rare earth permanent magnet materials over and over again! All the research funds the company invested in you have been
Where did you spend your money?" Miyagawa scolded Hirano Sadao angrily.
"Cerium-based material. What does it mean?"
"Chinese? Could it be that the Chinese have discovered new rare earth materials?"
"Cerium base...how is this possible, such a cheap raw material..."
The executives heard a lot of hidden meanings in Miyagawa Masa's words. They thought about it carefully and suddenly felt a chill coming from their backs. They have been immersed in this industry for many years, how can they not understand the industry?
The thing here is that if there really is a rare earth permanent magnet material using cerium as a raw material, and its performance is not significantly different from that of dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy, then the dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy will be doomed. This market will ultimately depend on price.
To speak.
"President Miyagawa, I have failed to live up to your expectations. I request the company to give me the severest punishment." Hirano Sadao bowed deeply, without saying a word of defense, taking all the responsibilities on himself.
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In fact, Sadao Hirano has something to say. In the past two years, all the energy of the company's research department has been devoted to dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy. This is not what Hirano Sadao meant, but Miyagawa Masa's own order. It was influenced by dysprosium.
Inspired by terbium ferroalloy, Hirano Sadao did have the idea of using other rare earth elements, especially light rare earth elements, to develop new permanent magnet materials. Even several preparation methods mentioned in Sun Yuzhi's article were also thought of by Hirano Sadao.
Passed. If Miyagawa hadn't asked him to focus on developing dysprosium-terbium ferroalloy, maybe he would have really developed the cerium-based permanent magnet material before Sun Yuzhi.
However, what is the point of saying this kind of thing with the benefit of hindsight? The company was technically tricked and faced extremely serious losses. As the technical director, he has to bear the main responsibility no matter what. Instead of jumping
If he came out to defend himself in vain, it would be better to let Miyagawa Masaru vent his anger before talking about it again.
After all, Miyagawa Masaru is also the president of a large company, and he still has some self-restraint. Just because he heard such bad news, he temporarily lost control of his emotions. After venting a few sentences, his reason finally returned to him.
He took a long breath, then bowed to Hirano Sadao, and said: "I'm sorry, Hirano-kun, I shouldn't have been angry with you, I apologize to you."
"No, President, it was indeed my fault, and you were right to reprimand me." Hirano Sadao responded.
"Everyone, please sit down." Miyagawa made a seated gesture to everyone, and sat back down first. All the people no longer looked as excited as before, and all of them came back with gloomy expressions.
When I got to my seat, I lowered my head and looked at the table in front of me, as if I wanted to carve some patterns on the table with my eyes.
"Mr. Hirano, did the article say when the Chinese developed this new material?" Miyagawa asked.
Hirano Sadao said: "The article did not clearly state when they developed this material, but judging from the data they published and the preparation method they introduced, they had mastered this technology at least a year ago.
It’s just that it has never been made public.”
"A year ago?" Miyagawa was calculating in his mind, and then sneered: "Yes, at that time we were still begging the Chinese to sell dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide to us at high prices. If they released it at that time
This article, then we will no longer import so much dysprosium and terbium."
"They did this on purpose!" Nagatomo Nagaji, who is in charge of raw material procurement, said angrily, "They want to use this method to induce us to purchase their raw materials at high prices."
"However, we got into this trap ourselves." Masamichi Miyagawa, "They controlled the export volume of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide and threatened not to export to us. It was we who asked them to increase exports. In order to do this
, we also helped them obtain seller's credit in Japan, and they used the funds to purchase Japanese steel and earn high prices in the Chinese market."
"This Qin Hai is the most shameless businessman I have ever seen!" Nagatomo Nagaji commented. Thinking of the scene when he met Qin Hai and recalling Qin Hai's enigmatic smile, Nagatomo Nagaji felt like running away.
Impulse: "He is a very good actor. He obviously wanted us to fall into his trap, but he acted very detached and refused to sell these raw materials to us. As a result, we ended up... alas!"
He wanted to say that he had been fooled by Qin Hai, but how could he say such words in front of everyone. He was speechless for a while, and finally ended his speech with a long sigh.
"I think we are not going to discuss how shameless our opponents are now, but we have to consider how we respond." Saburo Okazaki first returned to the topic, "If the cerium-based permanent magnet material comes out, it will definitely have a serious impact on us.
market. Not only the new dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy market will face collapse, but even the traditional neodymium-iron-boron market cannot be maintained. Therefore, now we must find ways to delay the promotion and application of cerium-based permanent magnet materials. During this period
, developed our own patent for cerium-based materials.”
"Okazaki-kun is right." Miyagawa nodded heavily, "Obviously, we have been calculated by the Chinese. It is meaningless to hold anyone responsible now. The key is how to deal with this challenge. Okazaki
Jun's proposal is very reasonable. We will join forces with other manufacturers to boycott cerium-based permanent magnet materials until we develop similar patents ourselves." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!