Material Empire

Qin Hai wanted to annex Anhe Electric Factory, not because he wanted to relieve Chai Peide's worries. The Anhe Electric Machinery Factory is not the only one of the difficult enterprises in Anhe Province. Even if Qin Hai has too much money and is in a panic, he will not just find a company to merge.

The reason why Qin Hai fell in love with Anhe Electric Factory was related to the engine research meeting he attended in the Machinery Committee. After that meeting, various large car companies returned to the original state of introducing foreign technology and selling cars in China, but Zhang Daiwei, who made a surprising statement at the meeting, left Beidian Automobile Group and went to Hongyuan Province Participated in the establishment of Hongyuan Automobile Company.

According to the agreement between Qin Hai and Zhang Daiwei, the two parties will jointly promote the development of electric vehicle technology. Among them, Qin Hai is responsible for the development of power storage technology and motor technology, while Zhang Daiwei is responsible for power transmission, body design, chassis tuning, power tuning and other automotive-related work. If all the work in these two aspects is completed, a new energy vehicle company can be established by Daqin Group and Hongyuan Automobile Co., Ltd., specializing in the production of new energy vehicles.

Lithium battery and supercapacitor are two technologies involved in power storage technology. Qin Hai has already made arrangements at the Anhe School of Materials, and some progress has been made in related research work. As for the motor technology, it involves another trump card in Qin Hai's hands, which is the new rare earth permanent magnet material.

Various types of motors can be used in electric vehicles, but the most common and suitable are permanent magnet motors. Permanent magnet motors need to use hard magnetic materials with large magnetic energy product and strong coercivity, and the highest performance of such materials is rare earth hard magnetic alloys.

The earliest rare-earth hard magnetic alloy is samarium-cobalt alloy. Its biggest defect is that the price of cobalt metal used in it is relatively high, which makes the cost of the alloy material high and difficult to be popularized. In 1983, Japanese scholars discovered the NdFeB permanent magnet material, which has better magnetic performance and price than samarium cobalt alloy, thus becoming the most popular rare earth permanent magnet material. So far, most of the permanent magnet motors produced by manufacturers around the world use NdFeB materials.

NdFeB materials also have their own defects, that is, low Curie temperature, poor temperature stability and environmental stability. The so-called Curie temperature is simply the temperature critical point at which permanent magnet materials lose their magnetism. The low Curie temperature means that this material cannot continue to maintain magnetism under high temperature conditions, thus limiting the scope of application of magnetic materials.

Two years ago, Sun Yuzhi of the School of Materials, Qin Hailing, developed a dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet material. The Curie temperature of this permanent magnet material is much higher than that of NdFeB, and its magnetic properties are also stronger. It looks like NdFeB. An effective alternative to boron materials. Haruyama Corporation of Japan, which owns a number of patented technologies in NdFeB research, learned of this, first took out the NdFeB patents and exchanged the patents of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloys with Daqin Group, and then spared no expense to hoard dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide. Make a fortune in this new material.

Chunshan Company didn’t know that the dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy was just a trap set by Qin Hai. In his hands, there was another new type of permanent material that was as good as the dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy, but the price of raw materials was far lower than that of the dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy. Magnetic material, that is, cerium-based permanent magnet material. Inspired by Qin Hai, Sun Yuzhi completed the development of the cerium-based permanent magnet material in a short period of time, but at the request of Qin Hai, he concealed this discovery and did not release it to the outside world for a long time.

After two years, Spring Mountain has stockpiled more than 500 tons of dysprosium oxide and more than 100 tons of terbium oxide, and spent nearly US$200 million. With these raw materials as support, Chunshan Company began to boldly carry out the development of dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy, and marketed dysprosium-terbium-iron alloy permanent magnet materials to magnetic material users around the world. Hearing the news, Qin Hai knew that it was time to close the net.

Qin Hai's next step is to cancel the ban on Sun Yuzhi, let Sun Yuzhi publish a paper on cerium-based permanent magnet materials, and at the same time apply for patents for cerium-based permanent magnet materials around the world. Cerium-based permanent magnet materials have an absolute advantage in price, and once they come out, the market for dysprosium-terbium-iron alloys will inevitably collapse. At the same time, the plunge in the price of permanent magnet materials will also bring about a climax in the application of permanent magnet materials, including permanent magnet motors, speakers, magnetic separators, disk drives and other products will become more widely used.

Combining all these factors, Qin Hai set his sights on Anhe Motor Factory. After merging this company, he planned to transform the company's main products into rare earth permanent magnet motors. Permanent magnet motors are not only the core components of electric vehicles, but also one of the most valuable components in future high-speed rail trains. In addition, they will be used in large and small commodities such as electric bicycles, car wipers, electric fans, and household soybean milk makers. As for motors, the market is huge. As the owner of the new rare earth permanent magnet material patent, entering the permanent magnet motor industry will have a competitive advantage that others do not have.

Of course, Qin Hai couldn't explain all these considerations to Chapeide. After all, Chapeide was a government official, not an engineer, and he didn't need to know too many details. Qin Hai gave a brief introduction of his plan, and after hearing this, Chapeide nodded and said, So, after merging Anhe Electric Factory, you are planning to change its production structure and switch to producing rare earth permanent magnet motors to further improve The value of developing rare earth permanent magnet materials.

Governor Chai summed it up very accurately, and that's exactly what we think about it. Qin Hai flattered him.

Chai Peide didn't care about Qin Hai's compliment. He asked, How much market can a rare earth permanent magnet motor have? Can it support the entire Anhe Electric Factory?

It's more than supporting an Anhe Electric Factory. Qin Hai said confidently, The global permanent magnet motor market scale is calculated in hundreds of billions of dollars, and the permanent magnet motors used in automobile starters alone amount to tens of millions of units a year. , if one is calculated at 300 US dollars, it is more than 10 billion. Just think about it this way, as long as it can rotate, there will be a motor inside, and the market will be huge.”

Is it on such a large scale? Chapeide's eyes widened. Since this is the case, why does Anhe Electric Factory complain that there is no market?

This... can only be said to be human-made. Qin Hai shrugged his shoulders and said disdainfully.

The market is for those who care about it. If you have an official business style, you are neither willing to invest money to develop new products, nor do you want to look for customers in a humble way, no matter how big the market is, it will be in vain. Qin Hai has also made people understand the reason why Anhe Electric Factory fell into a serious loss. However, in front of Chai Peide, there is no need for him to complain about these things.

Chai Peide was actually just expressing his emotions. Of course, he knew the crux of the Anhe Electric Factory better than Qin Hai. Hearing Qin Hai describe such a bright market prospect, his interest in this merger became even stronger. Based on his understanding of Qin Hai, he can fully believe that after Qin Hai merged with Anhe Electric Factory, it is very possible to lead this enterprise to regain its glory, and even cultivate a world-class large enterprise.

Okay, since you have done such a thorough research, then I agree to hand over the Anhe Electric Factory to you. Of course, this matter is not something I can decide on my own. The transfer and merger need to be discussed at the governor's office meeting. Xiao Qin, tell me, what conditions do you plan to use to merge the Anhe Electric Factory? Chai Peide asked.

Qin Hai said with a smile: Of course, the cheaper the better. We paid 10 million to buy all the equipment and the factory area. What does Governor Chai think?

What about the debts and workers of the Anhe Electric Factory? Chapel asked.

Qin Haidao: Of course the province will pay off the debts. As for the workers, we will keep them if they are useful. If they are useless, we will trouble Governor Chai to resettle them.

Where are the retired workers? Chapeide asked again.

We don't care. Qin Hai responded.

How can this work! Chai Peide's face darkened, Xiao Qin, you are obviously taking advantage of the fire. Although Anhe Electric Factory is a loss-making enterprise, its fixed assets plus the factory land are worth at least 100 million... Well, as you said, it’s worth at least 50 million, right? You bought it with 10 million and didn’t pay its debts. Isn’t that equivalent to gaining 40 million from the country? How can you So the lion opened its mouth?

However, if we merge the Anhe Electric Factory, we will be able to provide the province with no less than 40 million in taxes in the next year. Has Governor Chai calculated this account? Qin Hai still retorted with a smile on his face.

It's different. Chai Peide stuttered. It has to be said that what Qin Hai pointed out was quite attractive to Chai Peide. However, he still has the necessary principles, so he can only insist, saying: Taxes are taxes, assets are assets, these are two different things. No matter how much tax you pay in the future, I can't treat a 50 million enterprise as a 10 million Selling it to you, not to mention, you also proposed that no matter whether on-the-job workers or retired workers, this is absolutely unacceptable condition in the province.

Really unacceptable? Qin Hai looked at Chai Peide with a half-smile expression on his face, making it hard to guess what he was thinking.

Unacceptable! Chapel insisted.

Qin Hai laughed loudly: Haha, it seems that Director Ning understands you. He has already said that Governor Chai will never agree to this plan.

Since you know this, what are you talking about! Chaipide scolded angrily. Hearing Qin Hai's words, he also understood that Qin Hai was just a test before, and his nervous mood was relaxed all of a sudden.

Just kidding with Governor Chai. Qin Hai said loudly, If Governor Chai is in a good mood and agrees to our conditions, wouldn't we save 40 million?

So, you plan to make the acquisition based on the net value of Anhe Electric Factory? Chaipide asked.

Yes, we are going to pay 10 million in cash, and accept all the debts of Anhe Electric Factory. As for the on-the-job workers and retired workers, we will also accept them all, and we will definitely not leave any burden for the province. Qin Hai said happily .