King of Industry

On the wide road leading to Hong Kong City, a domineering Tiger Head Ben is galloping.

In the car, Zhao Guoyang was talking on the phone with Shen Zhirong, the boss of Shagang Group.

President Shen, I'm already on my way...yes, yes, soon, I'll be there in about 20 minutes!

Okay, okay, then I'll go directly to your office to find you when I arrive!

After letting go of Big Brother, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but sigh.

In a blink of an eye, it has entered December, and before the advent of the Gregorian New Year, the annual National Metallurgical Work Conference will also be held soon.

At the beginning of this year, the country made huge adjustments to some policies of the metallurgical system, which made this annual summary meeting particularly important.

On January 1, 1993, with the approval of the State Council, the country released the price of steel products.

Except for the national defense, military industry, agriculture and farmland water conservancy (including disaster relief), and railway special steel products in the mandatory plan, the unified pricing of national uniform steel products (including national pricing, national guidance prices, and combined rail prices) is still implemented. According to product cost, tax and market supply and demand, determine the price of other steel products by yourself.

In addition, the state has also liberalized the prices of coke, pig iron, steel ingots, steel billets, ferroalloys, refractory materials, and carbon products within the metallurgical system (including national pricing and national guidance prices).

Such a large-scale policy change makes the entire metallurgical industry full of opportunities and risks.

In the past year or so, many iron and steel enterprises are still groping for new policies.

But Shagang Group, with the help of Zhao Guoyang, quickly found a major opportunity...

On July 28 this year, Chen Xianshang, the leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy, led the heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the ministry to visit the Ministry of Railways, and was warmly welcomed by Jia Zhichun and other leaders.

The leaders of the two ministries and commissions exchanged opinions on the current production and operation of the metallurgical industry, the situation of railway transportation and construction, and the production and price of special steel for railways.

After the meeting, the Ministry of Railways announced that it will gradually increase the purchase volume of domestic iron and steel enterprises in the future.

In some special steel products, it is also gradually inclined to domestic steel companies.

Of course, Leader Jia's words also have a premise, that is, domestic steel companies can produce products that pass the quality standard.

Because he had been in contact with Leader Jia, Zhao Guoyang made a phone call to Leader Jia after learning about the meeting.

After learning that the Ministry of Railways still has a purchase plan of 50,000 tons of railway rails this year, Zhao Guoyang immediately assured his chest that his Shipbuilding-Special Steel research institute in SJ City would definitely be able to come up with suitable steel rails within a month. Steel samples required by the Ministry of Railways.

Leader Jia knew Zhao Guoyang's ability very well.

He also heard from Li Kejian that Zhao Guoyang's research institute has a special mission from the State Oceanic Administration, and its scientific research ability and level are absolutely nothing to talk about.

Since Zhao Guoyang vowed to produce steel that meets the requirements, Leader Jia is of course willing to wait.

Afterwards, Zhao Guoyang immediately asked the people from the research institute and the technicians from the Shagang Group to work overtime to tackle key problems, and finally debugged this steel within a month.

Of course, Zhao Guoyang's research institute has only research and development capabilities, but no mass production capabilities. The production of this final product can only be entrusted to Shagang Group.

Shagang Group lived up to expectations, and the first batch of steel produced soon passed the double audit by the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Metallurgy, and obtained the qualification for supply.

Although Leader Jia did not hand over all the 50,000 tons of railway rail materials to Shagang Group, but this order is only a small part, which is enough for Shagang Group to feed for two or three years.

Shen Zhirong, who was suddenly hit by a pie falling from the sky, after formally signing a supply agreement with the relevant department of the Ministry of Railways, admired Zhao Guoyang almost.

With his efforts, the board of directors of Shagang Group directly and unanimously approved the admission of Zhao Guoyang as a member of the board of directors, and he personally owns 10% of the shares.

You know, even Shen Zhirong only holds 55% of the shares in Shagang Group.

Zhao Guoyang became the second largest shareholder of Shagang Group in this leap, which has never been done before.

In addition, Chairman Shen Zhirong also hired him as the general manager level special consultant of Shagang Group, who has a great right to advise on the company's product promotion, business negotiation and other issues.

It can be said that the current Zhao Guoyang's status in the Shagang Group seems to be under one person and above ten thousand people!

With such an important status in the Shagang Group, Zhao Guoyang was of course missed by Shen Zhirong at the National Metallurgical Work Conference held in Beijing this time.

The call he received just now was urged by Chairman Shen.

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When Zhao Guoyang rushed to Shagang Group, Shen Zhirong was waiting for him in the office early in the morning.

As soon as Shen Zhirong saw him coming in, he quickly stood up and greeted him: Mr. Zhao, you have finally arrived. I can't wait to wait here!

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang smiled and said, Chairman Shen, it's not that exaggerated. Isn't it two or three days before the meeting starts? We have enough time to prepare!

Hey, how can you not be in a hurry!

Shen Zhirong said with a sad face: Guoyang, you don't know the situation! In the past few months, our 'Shagang Group' has won two major projects in the Ministry of Railways, and this matter has been missed by our colleagues.

Not long ago, Mr. Jiang from the Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant in Jiangbei Province joked with me that the demand for rails from the Ministry of Railways may be even greater next year, and that Maanshan Iron and Steel should try to stay away from our 'Shagang Group'!

Shen Zhirong sighed: Although the scale of Magang is about the same as our 'Shagang Group', they have the support of the province and prefecture-level cities. Unlike our 'Shagang Group', which lives in a county-level city like Hong Kong City City, this will be a big loss!

If Maanshan Iron and Steel also produces qualified products, with the support of the local government, we may not be able to compete with others!

After hearing Shen Zhirong's explanation, Zhao Guoyang just smiled slightly.

He shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, Mr. Shen, you don't need to be in a hurry to get angry about this matter. I also know the plan of the Ministry of Railways for next year. The expansion of the railway may be larger than this year's.

With such a big piece of cake, even if Ma Steel isn't jealous, other steel companies will definitely have a hand in it. Instead of guarding against this and that, it's better for everyone to see the truth and fight for quality!

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's swear words, Shen Zhirong seemed to have some hope.

He blinked and looked at the young man in front of him and said, Mr. Zhao, is there any new progress in the research institute? Can the quality of steel be improved?

Zhao Guoyang said with a hmm: That's right! I researched it a few days ago and found that foreigners are now using steel for railways, which has gradually changed from carbon steel to low-alloy steel.

Perhaps Mr. Shen, you also know that high-carbon low-alloy steel rails are stronger than carbon steel rails. They are also better in wear resistance, pressure resistance, brittle fracture resistance and fatigue fracture resistance.

If our research institute can develop low-alloy steel rails first, we will undoubtedly be invincible in this competition!

Hearing this, Shen Zhirong was startled.

As the chairman and top leader of one of the several major steel companies in China, Shen Zhirong's strategic vision is absolutely brilliant.

Just like the carbon steel rails and low-alloy steel rails that Zhao Guoyang mentioned to him just now, he has paid attention to them before, and also thought about asking the technical department to work hard on this.

But after deliberating for a long time, Shen Zhirong gave up this idea.

The reason is simple. The cost of low-alloy steel rails is more than ten percent higher than that of carbon steel rails.

If low-alloy steel rails are provided to the Ministry of Railways, the profits will definitely be discounted.

Moreover, low-alloy steel rails have not been applied in China at present, and the technology is not complete.

Even if you are determined to overcome this difficulty, it will not be completed in a day or two.

In this case, Shen Zhirong could only choose to give up.

But he never expected that Zhao Guoyang, who had been busy with other work, would know this new technology.

Moreover, judging from his tone, it seems that the arrangement has already begun.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhirong couldn't help asking: Mr. Zhao, what you mean, you have already started to develop this new technology at the Research Institute of Emotion?

Zhao Guoyang gave a hmm, nodded and said, That's right, I asked them to start preparations three months ago. At present, the research institute has roughly analyzed the main components of the low-alloy steel rails produced by German Steel Company .”

The next step, as long as we give them some more time, we should be able to come up with our own products!

Hearing this, Shen Zhirong couldn't help but patted his thigh hard and said, Great! If it can be successfully developed, even if the cost is a little higher, it will be worth it!

After all, the safety of this low-alloy steel rail is much stronger than that of carbon steel rail. I think the leaders of the Ministry of Railways will also see this and give us some compensation!

Zhao Guoyang didn't pay much attention to the matter of compensation or not. The reason why he wanted the Institute to tackle this project. Mainly for the sake of next year.

In March next year, the International Metallurgical Industry Exhibition will be held in SJ City.

At that time, more than 100 manufacturers from 15 countries and regions including the United States, the island countries, England, and Apennines will exhibit various metallurgy, casting, forging, heat treatment processes, technologies and equipment.

If domestic iron and steel enterprises cannot produce decent products in the production of steel rails, wouldn't that be a joke?

Of course, Zhao Guoyang did not conquer this project in vain. Mr. Li helped him win a lot of scientific research funds from the Ministry of Metallurgy.