Material Empire

Qin Hai never expected that Beixi City was so determined to transform the steel plant. As a time traveler, he certainly knew that no matter how outrageous these measures were, they were nothing more than drizzle compared to the reforms of later generations. After a few years, not to mention any joint ventures or cooperation, even if a private company merges a state-owned company, it will be a trivial matter.

The goal set by the province for Qin Hai is intriguing to say the least. Qin Hai must produce 200,000 tons of unplanned steel products within a year. This requirement is indeed tailor-made for Qin Hai.

Before the reform, all materials were controlled by the state plan. How much a company produces and how much can be allocated to a place has been stipulated at the level of the State Planning Commission. Everyone can do things according to the plan indicators. .

After the reform, the country began to gradually loosen its control over the economy, and many important materials began to be differentiated between in-plan and out-of-plan. The so-called materials in the plan are designated by the state for production. All raw materials are provided by the state, and all products are directly allocated by the state. Whether it is raw materials or finished products, the price is uniformly regulated by the state. The role played by enterprises in it is only Just a producer.

The so-called off-plan refers to the part that is not managed by the state plan. The sales can be determined by the enterprise, and the price is relatively flexible. However, since this part of the materials is not allocated by the plan, its raw material supply mainly comes from the company's own procurement, which is equivalent to the part of the company's self-management.

Beixi Iron and Steel Works has always been committed to fulfilling the national plan. Apart from this, the unplanned steel that can be provided is very limited. Anhe Province wants to carry out infrastructure construction, but cannot get various material indicators from the state, so it can only mobilize enterprises in the province to increase production to meet the needs. If Beixi Iron and Steel Works can produce more unplanned steel products, these steel materials belong to the materials that Anhe Province can freely deploy. Whether it is used by itself or exchanged for other materials in brother provinces, it can play an important role.

In order to engage in unplanned steel products, one is to tap the internal potential of the enterprise so that the enterprise can have a stronger production capacity; the second is to find a way to obtain unplanned raw materials, which requires a person who is good at dancing and familiar with market operations . In Yang Yihe's eyes, Qin Hai is a capable person who can do these two things at the same time.

Secretary Xu... No, should I be called Director Xu from now on? Qin Hai said to Xu Yang.

Xu Yang waved his hands and said with a smile: It's not polite between us, you can just call me Xiao Xu... Uh, it seems that it is not appropriate for you to call me Xiao Xu, or you can call me Big Brother Xu, after all I ten years older than you.

Let's call him Director Xu in public, but in private, you can call him whatever you like. Chai Peide set a rule.

Well, okay, then I'll dare to call you Brother Xu. Brother Xu, you just said that you hope to solve the problem of the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant through a joint operation. Do you have any considerations about how to do the joint operation? Qin Hai asked. road.

Xu Yang said: After receiving the assignment from the city, I did think about this issue for a while, and I wanted to discuss it with you, Xiao Qin. Beixi Iron and Steel Plant has 2 iron-making blast furnaces and 4 steel-making open hearth furnaces. It is compiled into two blast furnace workshops and two open hearth furnace workshops, but they are currently underutilized.

My idea is to take out the two open hearth furnaces in the No. 2 open hearth furnace workshop to cooperate with you, which are specially used for smelting unplanned steel. The two open hearth furnaces in the No. 1 open hearth workshop are used to maintain the existing production tasks and provide planned steel products. In this way, neither of us will be delayed.

I have to say that Xu Yang has been a secretary for so many years, and he is still very meticulous in his work. He knew that after he took over the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, the planned production tasks could not be affected, otherwise it would be his own dereliction of duty. And the cooperation with Qin Hai is the icing on the cake. It's gratifying to make it happen, and there are reasons to explain it if it doesn't work out. Therefore, he adopted a one factory, two systems approach, assigning two open hearth furnaces to Qin Hai, leaving two to be controlled by himself, so as to ensure the completion of the planned tasks.

The production process of a steel factory is roughly to use a blast furnace to smelt iron, then use an open hearth furnace or a converter to smelt molten iron into molten steel, and finally produce steel through casting and rolling. Blast furnace production is characterized by continuity. Once the furnace is started, smelting must continue, and the wind and furnace shutdown in the middle are very troublesome things. Qin Hai has just participated in the production of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, so it is obviously not suitable to directly take over the management of the blast furnace, so Xu Yang listed the blast furnace outside the scope of cooperation with Qin Hai.

If Qin Hai wants to produce unplanned steel, he must not occupy the original molten iron of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, but must obtain raw materials for ironmaking by himself. At this time, Beixi Iron and Steel Works is equivalent to Qin Hai's outsourcing unit, responsible for helping Qin Hai smelt molten iron and providing it to Qin Hai's two open hearth furnaces.

That's good. Qin Hai nodded. He also thinks that this division is more secure. In case something goes wrong with the one he made, at least it will not affect the original production of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant.

Then what about the workers, how to arrange them? Qin Hai asked again.

Xu Yang shook his head and said, I haven't considered this issue well. You told Governor Yang that in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of workers, there must be a more flexible mechanism. But we are a state-owned enterprise, and we can't do what you said. Mechanism. So how to deploy workers, I really don’t have a good idea.”

Qin Hai thought about this issue carefully, and he said: If this is the case, then we will do this. These two open hearth furnaces are considered to be rented by me. I will also recruit workers from Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, and all of them will be recruited by me. The workers who come here will be treated as a suspension without pay at the Beixi Iron and Steel Plant, and no wages will be paid, and all wages will be borne by me. Everyone chooses voluntarily and never forces it, how about it?

What if no one wants to come to you? Chaipide asked from the side.

Qin Haidao: If this is the case, then I will transfer workers from Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant, and then recruit from the society. With heavy rewards, there must be brave men. I guarantee that my workers' wages can reach two times that of Beixi Iron and Steel Plant. times, I don't believe that no one is willing to apply for the job.

I'm worried that if this happens, our Beixi Iron and Steel Plant won't be able to keep people. Xu Yang said half-jokingly.

Qin Haidao: It's not easy to get double our wages. At the very least, you have to learn technology and obey the management. If you violate labor discipline once, you will be deducted 5% of your wages. If you violate labor discipline 10 times, you will be deducted back to Beixi Iron and Steel Plant. level. Violation 20 times, a month is nothing.

This is in line with the principles of the commodity economy. You can try it. Chai Peide affirmed, Governor Yang specifically proposed to let Xiao Qin do this. I am afraid that he also took a fancy to Xiao Qin's experience in this area.

Xu Yang nodded and said: Xiao Qin's actions will definitely have an impact on our factory. When everyone sees that the workers who went to Xiao Qin's side have earned money, they will demand that the factory also raise wages. Then At that time, we can put forward higher requirements to everyone, this is called the role of demonstration.”

Exactly. Qin Hai replied.

After everyone said something to each other, they discussed the joint venture between Beixi Iron and Steel Works and Qin Hai one after another. Beixi Iron and Steel Works mainly provided two open hearth furnaces and corresponding continuous rolling equipment in the initial stage. Qin Hai operated it in a contracted manner and paid corresponding contract management fees to Beixi Iron and Steel Works. The molten iron required for the open hearth furnace is provided by Beixi Iron and Steel Works, and the two parties settled at a reasonable price. As for the steel products produced, there is no need to worry about the sales. Now the province is very short of steel products, and they will purchase them at prices equivalent to the black market.

As a party to the joint venture, Qin Hai certainly could not appear in his own name, but used the name of Pingyuan Special Steel Factory, so it would be more formal to say it this way. In order to make an effective distinction, the headquarters of Beixi Iron and Steel Works will still use the name of Beixi Iron and Steel Works in the future, while the joint venture with Pingyuan Special Steel Works will be called Beixi Special Steel Works.

Xiao Qin, I think you are ambitious and ready to do something big. Looking at this situation, if you develop in the future, you may annex our Beixi Iron and Steel Plant. Thinking about it now, I am Doesn't that count as luring wolves into the house? After discussing the relevant details, Xu Yang teased Qin Hai with a smile.

Qin Haidao: Isn't it better for everyone to compete on an equal footing, promote together, and pursue a win-win result?

Yes, it's a win-win situation. Xiao Qin's statement is good. Chai Peide praised.

After the cooperation intention is agreed, there are still a series of procedures to be done. On behalf of Pingyuan Special Steel Works, Qin Hai signed an agreement with Xu Yang to obtain the right to operate the No. 2 open hearth furnace workshop of Beixi Iron and Steel Works, and pay an annual operating contract fee of 1 million yuan, and at the same time guarantee to provide no less than 50,000 yuan to Anhe Province. Tons of unplanned steel, this part of steel should be counted in the share of steel provided by Beixi Iron and Steel Works, in other words, it should be counted in Xu Yang's political achievements.

Regarding the issue of operating contract fees, everyone has been entangled for a while. 1 million yuan is definitely an astronomical figure for an individual, and both Chai Peide and Xu Yang are worried that Qin Hai will not be able to accept it. But if Qin Hai were to hand over the two open hearth furnaces to operate, if he only charged a few thousand yuan a year, it would be unreasonable at all.

Qin Hai didn't raise any objections to this amount. Pingyuan Iron and Steel Works produced military shovels and exported special steel products to Japan some time ago, and had already earned nearly 1 million yuan in profits, which could fully afford the contract fee. Moreover, if 200,000 tons of steel can be produced in the future, the profit will be calculated in tens of millions, so what is the contract fee of 1 million yuan?

After the letter of cooperation was signed, it was quickly sent to Hongze and submitted to Yang Yihe and relevant leaders of the Provincial Planning Commission and Economic Commission for review. After getting the approval of various relevant departments, the contract will be officially effective, and the brand of Beixi Special Steel Works will also be officially hung on the door of the No. 2 open hearth furnace workshop.

Another delay, these two chapters were not very easy to write, and it is not easy to justify yourself. In the book review area, many book friends expressed their opinions on the content of the book, and Cheng Zi saw it. Some details are due to the negligence of Cheng Zi, please forgive me. There are also some plot arrangements, which Cheng Zi cannot explain one by one. Chengzi can barely be regarded as a member of the official think tank, and has some contact with some official rules. Some book friends said that the content written by Cheng Zi was unreasonable, maybe because of the different angles of observing the problem. Orange doesn't want to spend too much space in the text to explain the reasons for each question, which seems cumbersome. Welcome everyone to post and discuss in the book review area