Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

However, Su Chen would not reveal any of this to Yang Xue. If she still could not understand it, it meant that this woman had not yet grown to be as strong as she would be in the future. He believed that she would eventually realize these insights by herself.

As for why the consul from Camel Country is so anxious to order his "special"

The answer was clear in his mind.

Because he had just seen on TV news that powerful countries were using their aircraft carriers as a deterrent, trying to blockade the sea areas and monopolize the relevant material transactions. However, for a small and weak country like the Camel Kingdom, it had to face tremendous pressure and high costs to obtain resources.

Even so, the United States may not necessarily sell suitable weapons to the Camel Country.

Most of the ** transported by ships is likely to be intercepted and seized by them.

Even if Camel Country wants to buy **, there is currently no channel available.

After all, the Camel Kingdom is a major maritime oil country and is extremely dependent on maritime transportation.

If you choose land transportation, it will not only take longer, but also cause ** loss.

By the time it is shipped to the country, even if these ** are strong, it will be of no use because the day lily will be cold.

This is also a breakthrough point that the Camel Country urgently needs.

As a time traveler, Su Chen got inspiration when he first saw the design drawing of the flammable and explosive gas tank.

If the right things are sold to the right people, even a gas tank that is considered waste can be put to use.

Therefore, from then on Su Chen decided to sell the gas tanks to Camel Country.

After all, the same effect can be achieved by gas tank **, which can also cause similar damage as **, or even more powerful.

After placing steel balls and nails in the gas tank, it becomes a **-like [Too much sensitive content, unable to continue output]

After giving the notice, Su Chen asked someone to call several workshop directors who were currently on the production line to a meeting.

When he walked into the conference room, the workshop directors had already taken their seats.

The day before, the methods demonstrated by Su Chen made everyone admire him.

Since Su Chen is able to open up sales channels for the products, there is no doubt that he is the most suitable candidate for the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

From that moment on, his authority was established throughout the factory, so that no one would delay upon hearing the news of the meeting being called - all the busy workshop directors put down their work and rushed to the meeting room **.

After all the workshop directors were in place, Su Chen immediately began to arrange the work.

The production capacities of the workshops were different, so he decided to set production targets based on the specific production capacity differences, with the goal of producing 100,000 gas cylinders a month.

Among them, the workshop with the strongest production capacity happened to be the team that was responsible for the test sample tanks last time.

Su Chen said to the person in charge of the workshop: "Your workshop's task this month is to manufacture five gas cylinders."

Despite this, the workshop director who was assigned this task indicator had no choice but to agree and respond to accept the instructions.

Due to the uneven distribution of production capacity, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill can only use three major workshops at present, but through the implementation of rotation, it is expected to gradually expand the total output.

At this stage, due to the poor overall operating conditions of the factory, some facilities have not been started, and only three workshops can participate in production. If shift operations are adopted in the future, output efficiency will be further increased.

Su Chen is not satisfied with the current situation: in the next period of time, the output of gas cylinders will be increased on the existing basis until the entire factory can provide 30 gas storage tanks per month.

It should be noted that as the largest factory of its kind in the Sijiu City District, producing 30 units should not be an insurmountable goal for Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

The bottleneck in the past was mainly the lack of enthusiasm of employees, but in Su Chen's view, this is not entirely unsolvable.

However, the above plans are all visions he has planned in his mind; he does not want to reveal them until they are completely clear.

"Everyone, can you complete the monthly production of 100,000 gas cylinders?"

He looked down at the workshop manager.

Those who made eye contact with him responded in the affirmative, claiming that they would definitely be able to achieve the task goal of producing ten thousand gas cylinders within the designated month.

Thinking of this, Su Chen felt a surge of excitement in his heart: one hundred thousand cans meant a potential value of tens of millions of dollars.

However, his thoughts soon calmed down and he immediately decided on the next course of action.

"Xiao Zhang, contact a transport team.

"

Su Chen was extremely busy at work during this period and he had no time to handle many details personally.

So he selected someone in the factory as a personal assistant to help with daily affairs.

Zhang Aimin was appointed to this role: this young but quick-witted new assistant who quickly understood his intentions became a person of his trust.

Zhang Aimin immediately agreed upon hearing the news and raised a question:

"Director Su, are these 100,000 cans going to be sent directly to Tuo Country?"

“There’s no need to do that, just send them to the nearest dock.

By the way, you also need to contact the warehouse at the dock. We need a fairly large space, at least enough to accommodate 500,000 gas cylinders."

Even though the factory's daily output has not yet reached such a high number, Su Chen believes that it is safer to prepare a larger warehouse in advance than to rush to find a warehouse later.

Assistant Zhang quickly responded:

“Understood, Manager.

Take care of this matter immediately.”

Su Chen certainly did not plan to transport the gas tanks to Camel Country by land. According to the agreement signed by both parties yesterday, Su Chen's responsibility was only to transport the goods to the port, and then Camel Country could take them away by sea.

Moreover, according to the agreement, Camel Country will also prepay US$100,000 as the first installment of payment.

Compared with the final total amount of 10 million US dollars, this initial payment can almost be said to be insignificant, but Su Chen was still very calm when he received this payment.

The $100,000 is enough for Su Chen to pay for all the gas tank production for the current month, and there is still a balance left for reserve.

However, at present this is only a foreign currency and cannot be used by Su Chen immediately.

After Assistant Zhang quickly left to arrange the tasks, the factory director saw such an enthusiastic situation and his fighting spirit was also ignited. He never expected that at their age, they could still regain the enthusiasm of youth.

Knowing that the products manufactured in their factories could not only be exported but also generate huge profits, the heads of each workshop were excited.

"Director, you can rest assured that this task will be completed excellently!"

"That's right. It's just a mere 100,000 gas cylinders. If the Third Workshop is unable to handle it, let the Fifth Workshop take it on."

"Hey, don't be complacent. What I want to tell you is that our third workshop will definitely complete this task perfectly. This is a promise!"

After a round of heated debate, all the workshop directors were filled with enthusiasm and were confident that they would exceed the production targets.

Seeing that they consciously set the goal of producing 100,000 gas cylinders per month and were full of confidence in it, Su Chen was very satisfied and encouraged.

"You can relax, everyone. If you can successfully achieve your goal, I will definitely award you a bonus!"

Witnessing the arrival of this major order, all the responsible persons could not suppress their impulse and hurried away to arrange manpower to start production.

After the entire factory production process was arranged, Su Chen had no other specific matters to deal with for the time being.

As the general manager, Su Chen's task should be to formulate the future strategic development path of the factory's products. He does not need to go to the site to participate in the production. Therefore, facing the busy and orderly scene in the factory, he fell into deep thought about developing the next product.

Today, the export channels for gas cylinders are stable and there is no need to worry, but it is impossible for the factory to always focus on a single product production line until it stagnates or even goes bankrupt.

He also envisions expanding the business by launching new product lines.

After all, gas cylinders are not very technologically advanced. Once the news leaks out and others start to imitate their manufacturing, they will be able to quickly seize the market share supplying Camel Country.

If you are satisfied with temporary success and are complacent, you are a real fool.

Once the market joins the race to compete for profits, Su Chen's pioneering position will be lost.

If this situation becomes a reality, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will face the possibility of survival.

Just as Su Chen was thinking about the next product planning, the newly appointed logistics director came to report on his work.

The original logistics director had been sent to prison by Su Chen. The new logistics director did not dare to overstep his authority, for fear that he would be caught by Su Chen and suffer the same fate.

It is reasonable that the former deputy was promoted because of this.

“Director, there is a lot of backlog of products in the factory and I don’t know what to do with them.

I compiled a list and found that the quantity of this shipment is quite considerable. Should it be treated as waste materials? "

The logistics director handed a document to Su Chen, who took a glance at it and lost interest.

Apparently, the new logistics director was not familiar with statistics.

The report was filled with a lot of tedious information, which made Su Chen feel annoyed.

So he waved his hand and said:

"You lead the way, let's go take a look at these goods."

There are so few people who can handle statistical data well. Thinking back to the reports I had asked the finance staff to prepare, I felt a sense of satisfaction.

But he did not demand too much from the logistics director. Even though he was dissatisfied with the data, he did not say much, but just followed the other party's pace.

The previous factory manager, Mr. Yang, did not understand the essence of business at all.

Despite the large amount of finished products piled up in the factory, it was still difficult to achieve the sales target, causing the steel rolling mill to be on the verge of bankruptcy. For this reason, Su Chen has always been resentful towards Director Yang; however, now as the helmsman, he must do his best to tap and maximize the value of each inventory.

Following the logistics director, Su Chen went into the factory.

This place is relatively remote and has always been used as a storage area by Factory Director Yang.

Few people usually visit this place.

Even though Su Chen arranged for the entire factory to be cleaned not long ago, the workers did not pay attention to this place.

When he entered, he kept coughing due to the flying dust and put on a mask for protection.

The logistics director was directing from the front, coughed a few times, and pointed to a batch of iron pipes placed in a corner and said to Su Chen.

“Remember to wear a mask.”

Su Chen then handed a mask to the logistics director.

The dust here is too thick. If I hadn't put some masks in my pockets before leaving, I would have been choked.

I thought to myself that I should call some employees to clean the place again. Even if it is used as a temporary warehouse, it should be kept as clean as possible.

When production capacity increases again in the future, this idle factory building may be converted into a new production workshop.

However, these are questions for the future conception stage.

He did not consider the details further for the time being, but focused on the current situation.

Su Chen took a closer look before leaving and found that it was actually a pile of small diameter steel pipes.

After comparison, it was found that the size of these iron pipes is roughly equivalent to that of ordinary tap water pipelines.

"What's the matter with these iron pipes?"

Su Chen asked with a frown.

After the logistics director put on a mask, he answered in a dull voice.

"This batch of seamless steel pipes was originally planned to be used for water pipes, but after the factory finished production, the customer suddenly cancelled the order."

Although the logistics director had just taken office, he had been in charge of logistics work in the past, so he was quite familiar with the ins and outs of this batch of steel pipes.

Before reporting to Su Chen, he also specially investigated in detail the production and storage process of this batch of steel pipes.

The logistics director noticed Su Chen's recent style of doing things and felt that he was a very pragmatic person.

If I call him over without explaining things clearly, I might get myself into trouble.

Su Chen nodded, feeling somewhat helpless. He had not expected that the problem Director Yang had left behind would be so thorny.

I originally thought that the factory was at the end of its rope because it had no products in stock, but I didn’t expect that there were still a large number of these steel pipes lying around in the warehouse.

“Since the customer no longer wanted the steel pipes, we have been piling them here and now they are covered with thick dust.

I just stumbled across this yesterday while sorting out my inventory.”

The logistics director also had a headache.

If these steel pipes had not been idle for a long time, causing a waste of resources, the factory might have been able to last longer.

Fortunately, we have Su Chen now. I hope this efficient new factory director can find a solution and turn this batch of waste into treasure.

Su Chen didn't expect that there would be so many discarded steel pipes in the factory.

He picked up one and checked the inside, and saw that the inside of the steel pipe was still as smooth as new. If it weren't for the dust on the outside, it would look like new.

Then he clapped his hands a few more times, and the loud sound could be heard clearly.

The cargo did not appear to have been damaged by its long storage.

At least on the surface it can be reused.

However, if used as water pipes, which company can buy so many steel pipes at one time?

Even though the demand in the entire Sijiu City is not high, not to mention the expensive transportation fees required to deliver to other provinces, Su Chen couldn't help but gasp.

Such high shipping costs really make people feel hesitant, and Su Chen doesn't want to make this deal.

The logistics director looked at the batch of steel pipes with a sad face. He really couldn't think of any other use for them. There was no other way except to sell them as scrap metal.

The two people were facing the steel pipes, and for a moment they could not think of how to properly deal with this batch of seamless steel pipes.

Will it eventually be sold as scrap?

Su Chen wandered back and forth between the steel pipes, squatting down from time to time to observe carefully.

After walking for a while,

He frowned, but after some thought, his vision suddenly became clear.

He found that these steel pipes remained in good condition even after being stored for a long time, and could have been used for ** products forty or fifty years ago.

Unfortunately, in the current situation where no one is interested in them, they have become just abandoned commodities.

Su Chen was pondering the purpose of these steel pipes, and suddenly an idea came to him.

Aren't the diameters of these steel pipes just a bit like something?

If we rifling the inner walls of these steel pipes, wouldn’t they be perfect gun barrels?

No, no, you can't think like that. After all, these are high-end water pipes used to increase the speed of water flow.

A steel rolling mill is obviously a factory that produces civilian products. How could it possibly produce ** materials?

The more Su Chen thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was very practical, and he couldn't help but smile.

The difficulty at hand seemed to no longer be a problem. He slapped his thigh and immediately asked the logistics director to go out and find a fitter.

"Just go to the production workshop in front and call a fitter. You don't need to find a top technician. A level three or four technician will be enough."

Su Chen thought that if it required a very high level of locksmith skills, it would be too much effort.

After all, there are no particularly good mechanical equipment in the factory now, and all work can only be done manually relying on the workers' experience.

This is something that only top technicians can accomplish, and probably few people in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill can do it.

Although the logistics director didn't understand what Su Chen was up to, he still went to the front to look for someone as he was told.

He didn't have any good ideas himself, so he decided to give up thinking and just obey the factory director's orders.

Su Chen was waiting in the abandoned factory building, and soon the logistics director brought back a fitter.

"Director, please find me."

This fitter who was picked at random looked young, and his eyes were full of respect when he looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen waved his hand, picked up a seamless steel pipe and handed it to him, asking:

"Can you try to rifle the steel pipe?"

"Let me see first."