Material Empire

"Boss Lu, you can already see the current situation. The country is very determined to rectify the small iron and steel, and there are enough means to realize this determination. Under such circumstances, if you hold on to the small iron and steel, the result will be If you survived the first day of junior high school, but not the fifteenth day, you will have to reach this point sooner or later, don't you admit it?" Qin Hai asked.

Lu Dashuang nodded, the hairy phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, now he has to bow his head and admit whoever points his nose at him.

Qin Hai went on to say: "The problem in Dongdaogou Village is that the scale of each factory is too small to meet the requirements of large-scale production. Boss Lu has produced so much steel, he should know that the larger the production scale, the lower the cost. The more money we have, the more money we have. Why can’t everyone unite and replace the small equipment of more than a dozen companies with a set of large equipment, so won’t this solve the problem of insufficient scale?”

"It's easy to say, everyone is not on the same page, some want to work for a long time, and some want to get a ticket and leave, how to unite?" Lu Dashuang muttered.

"What about now?" Qin Hai asked.

Lu Dashuang smiled wryly: "Now we're all on the ground, everyone is pretty much the same."

"I mean, if we ask everyone to unite and combine these dozens of factories, will everyone do it?" Qin Hai asked.

Lu Dashuang shook his head and said: "If everyone had such an idea earlier, maybe they could really join together. The family would pay some money and change the equipment, and they would earn back in a year or so. But it's too late now. , everyone’s money has been discounted. Look at my yard full of materials. It can be worth two or three million, but what’s the use? The checkpoint is still holding millions of my goods, and they say no Confiscated, but who knows? Without money, how to update the equipment?"

"What if I can find you a loan?" Qin Hai continued to toss his plan.

Lu Dashuang looked at Qin Hai, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Who dares to lend us money now? It's not cheap to change a set of equipment. Some people have inquired about it in the past. It costs about four or five to replace it with a 50-ton furnace. Don't worry, this is not something to be said casually."

Li Linguang spoke from the side: "It doesn't necessarily need 40 to 50 million yuan. In fact, you can consider using second-hand equipment. Some large steel mills are now eliminating 50-ton converters and replacing them with 100-ton or even 300-ton converters. As far as I know, A set of second-hand 50-ton converter can cost about 20 million yuan, and if you add continuous casting and rolling equipment, it will be about 10 million yuan, and the total will be 30 million yuan. It should be able to come together."

"But our village can't even come up with 300,000, not to mention 30 million. The equipment and raw materials of each family are worth a little money, but who will sell them to?" Lu Dashuang said.

Qin Hai said lightly: "What if I want it?"

"You?" Lu Dashuang was taken aback, "Boss Zong, what do you mean?"

Qin Haidao: "I want to do business with Boss Lu and other bosses in Dongdaogou Village. I will find a loan of 30 million for you and help you contact a set of second-hand steelmaking, continuous casting and continuous rolling equipment. After the equipment is in place, Professor Li can guide you to make qualified steel. You use the income from steel sales to repay my loan, what do you think?"

"What conditions?" Lu Dashuang asked calmly. The plan proposed by Qin Hai is simply such a good thing as falling from the world. With Lu Dashuang's many years of experience in shopping malls, he will definitely not believe in such benefits that come for no reason. He instinctively felt that Qin Hai's kindness must be accompanied by a conspiracy, at least to get more benefits from them.

"My condition is that we need to sign a strategic cooperation agreement. You promise to form a strategic alliance with my company in the next five years, and obey my arrangements in terms of ore procurement, steel sales and pricing." Qin Hai said.

"What does Boss Zong's business do? Aren't you Boss Xin's subordinate?" Lu Dashuang asked in surprise.

Qin Haidao: "Boss Lu, don't blame me. I didn't make it clear last time I came here. In fact, Boss Xin and I are not in the same family. He is in real estate and I am in steel."

"So that's the case." Lu Dashuang nodded, "Boss Zong should be doing big business, right? I'm afraid the output is one to two million tons a year?"

Qin Hai smiled and said, "One or two million tons, that was fifteen years ago. I have several steel companies in my hands, and the total output last year was 50 million tons."

"50 million tons!" Lu Dashuang stood up subconsciously, staring at Qin Hai, still having some doubts in his heart. He is in the iron and steel business himself. In a good year, he is very satisfied with the business of tens of thousands of tons a year. No one knows better than him what 50 million tons means. As a big boss with 50 million tons of steel production capacity, he sat in front of him and talked about small steel, how dare he believe it.

"Let me introduce myself formally. My surname is not Zong. My real name is Qin Hai. I am the chairman of Daqin Industrial Group Company in Anhe Province. By the way, I also apologize to Boss Lu. This time, the central working group seized Xingchuan's I was the one who led the team, Little Steel." Qin Hai said frankly.

"You are... Qin Hai? No, no, it's Chairman Qin." Lu Dashuang was dumbfounded. Of course he had heard of Qin Hai's name, after all, he was a colleague. Who in the steel market does not know the name of Daqin Iron and Steel? Qin Hai said that he has a production capacity of 50 million tons. From Lu Dashuang’s point of view, he may be hiding something. Even if he claims to be able to produce 100 million tons, Lu Dashuang It will never be strange.

"Yes, I am Qin Hai." Qin Hai said, it is impossible to integrate the small iron and steel without a certain appeal. Daqin Group is a golden signboard, enough to make these small steel mills bow their heads and obey. He also does not shy away from admitting that the seizure of steel was done by him. This is a display of strength, which can make small business owners like Lu Dashuang dare not challenge his authority.

"Chairman Qin, I don't understand this." After experiencing the initial shock, Lu Dashuang began to calm down, and he asked, "You are such a big boss, why waste time managing our Xingchuan?" This little thing? You just said that you are willing to provide us with a loan, but what can we give you?"

Qin Haidao: "It's a long story. First of all, I didn't take the initiative to manage the small iron and steel, but the head of the central government named me and asked me to do it. Do you think I can refuse?"

"The chief also took a fancy to Chairman Qin's ability, so he entrusted you with such an important task." Lu Dashuang complimented.

"What talents do I have?" Qin Hai humbly said, and then continued: "The chief entrusted this matter to me, so I will naturally find a way to do it well. Some methods seem a little too radical, and they also brought troubles to Boss Lu. Please forgive me, Boss Lu.”

Lu Dashuang laughed at himself, and said, "This is our own fault. Chairman Qin cannot be blamed."

It is impossible to say that Lu Dashuang does not hate Qin Hai. But now, what's the use of hating? The fact that Qin Hai was willing to come to discuss with him was to give him face. If Qin Hai didn't show up at all, but just got stuck in the traffic arteries, he, Lu Dashuang, would take his whole family to beg for food in a few days. The two sides are not rivals on the same level at all. Lu Dashuang feels that he is not even qualified to hate, and can only accept it.

There is another point, that is, Lu Dashuang began to pay attention to Qin Hai's previous proposal. Before he knew Qin Hai's real identity, on the one hand, he felt that this plan was whimsical, and on the other hand, he was worried that it might be fraudulent, so he was not very interested. But now knowing Qin Hai's identity, the meaning of this plan is completely different. Lu Dashuang can believe that Qin Hai is serious about this plan. He can earn tens of thousands of riches every minute, so how can he be so bored to make such a joke with him.

If Qin Hai's plan is real and guaranteed, it means that he and other small owners in Dongdaogou Village have the possibility to climb out of the quagmire. Qin Hai was able to get the necessary funds to upgrade the equipment. If he wanted, he could ask the checkpoint to return the seized steel to them at any time for smelting qualified steel. In this way, the backlog of scrap steel and strip steel in their hands will have a place to go, and they can get enough profits in exchange.

Thinking of this, Lu Dashuang couldn't help getting a little excited. He asked, "Chairman Qin, you just said that the appointment of the chief is just one reason. What are the other reasons?"

"Another reason is that our Daqin Group needs your cooperation, so I will use the condition of strategic alliance as a prerequisite for helping you come back to life." Qin Hai said bluntly.

Lu Dashuang said: "You are such a big company, what do you want us to cooperate with? Chairman Qin, you are not comforting me, are you?"

Qin Hai smiled and said: "Of course not. If it's just a company like Tongxin Steel Works, our Daqin Group really doesn't need your cooperation. To put it bluntly, your ability is not enough. But do you know that there are thousands of small The total production capacity of the iron and steel plant has reached tens of millions of tons, which is not a small amount. Your steel products are of low quality, and you rely on price wars to win the market, which also causes the entire market to fall into chaos. The impact is very large. I hope that by rectifying small steel mills, you can return these small steel mills to the road of standardized operation, which will be beneficial to the development of the entire steel industry."

"So that's how it is." Lu Dashuang understood that he thought he had messed up the market order, so he wanted to take charge of the chaos of small iron and steel, so as to pave the way for the development of his own enterprise. In this sense, it is understandable that Qin Hai's management of Small Iron and Steel is a balance between public and private interests.

"Then, what do we need to do?" Lu Dashuang asked seriously, he had already made up his mind, if Qin Hai's conditions were not so harsh, then he was ready to surrender to Qin Hai.