Material Empire

What Morioka Yoshiki said was an angry word, but Nicole's reply obviously didn't mean to restrain himself, but followed suit. Morioka Yoshiki is also a person who has been in the business field for many years, so how can he not understand the meaning of this. If the other party dares to say this, could it be that he can really find graphene for less than $5?

Mr. Nicole, you mean that the price of graphene you get from the Chinese is below $5 per gram? Yoshiki Morioka lowered his voice a little and asked. In fact, he didn't want to hide it from anyone, but he just used this tone to indicate that this was a personal inquiry.

Yes, the supply price of graphene sold by China Daqin Group to us is US$5 per gram. Nichol officially reported to Morioka Yoshitsutsu.

Are you sure? Yoshiki Morioka couldn't believe it at all, but Nicole's performance before made him feel that his words were true.

Nicole was too lazy to talk to Morioka Yoshiki Rosso anymore, he snorted and said: I assure you with my personality, this price is indeed the supply price of Daqin Group. And as far as I know, they The supply prices to several other companies are also around this level.”

After saying this, Nicole put down the phone. He knew that Xinzuka Chemical would need some time to digest the information. When they were able to lower the supply price to this level, Yoshiki Morioka would definitely come back again. contacted him. As for before the price was lowered, he didn't want to listen to any more nonsense.

Yoshiki Morioka was dumbfounded, he didn't know how he put the microphone back on the landline, he looked at Saburo Hanaya, and didn't know what to say for a long time.

$5? Saburo Hanaya turned his head to look at Gen Yoshida. He also heard what Nicole said on the phone just now. It's meaningless to suspect that the other party is cheating after talking to this level.

The Chinese are engaged in dumping! Gen Yoshida held back for a long time, and finally gave a reason, In order to monopolize this market, they are selling at a price below cost!

Is this unlikely? Yoshiki Morioka shook his head, They don't need it. In fact, at a price of $8 or $10 per gram, they can already keep us out of the market. There is no need to lose money Promotion. The only explanation is that their production cost is indeed less than $5. Yoshida-san, can you guess how they did it.

Unless... Yoshida Gen's lips moved, as if he was about to say something.

Chairman, this is a message I just found. Saburo Hanaya's secretary walked in and handed over a piece of printing paper. Xinzuka Chemical has its own intelligence department, which keeps track of all kinds of intelligence related to itself around the world. For general intelligence, they will submit it to senior executives and relevant functional departments in a compiled form. And especially important information will be reported directly to Saburo Huagu as quickly as it is now.

It's the news just broadcast by China's national TV... Saburo Huagu glanced at the headline on the printed paper, and said, The news said that Daqin Group invested 2.2 billion yuan, which is equivalent to 265 million U.S. dollars to build Cenzhou, Anhe Province The carbon material plant, after two months of full-load trial production, announced its official start of production a few days ago. Relevant officials attended the launch ceremony. The main product of this carbon material plant is graphene, which adopts the vapor phase deposition process. Nissan… 1500 kilograms!

Hiss... Yoshida Gen covered his cheeks and fell directly on the stool. A one-time investment of 265 million U.S. dollars to directly form a daily production capacity of 1,500 kilograms is a crazy act, but this Qin Hai actually did it.

265 million US dollars, even for Xinzuka Chemical, is a remarkable investment. This is not to say that Xinzuka Chemical has not made such a large investment. In fact, it is not surprising that a large ethylene plant or some other chemical equipment has invested 500 million or 1 billion US dollars.

The point is that graphene is a brand-new product, and no one can tell exactly how big the market demand is. Under normal circumstances, a company should first build a small-scale or medium-scale plant, such as a daily output of 100 kg or 200 kg, to test the market demand. If the market demand is less than this amount, the enterprise will not bear too much burden due to the small initial investment. If the market demand is large, then the supply will exceed the demand for a period of time, and there will also be the effect of hunger marketing, and some extra profits can be obtained.

This is what Xinzuka Chemical considered, so the first set of equipment transformed by Gen Yoshida was exactly the scale with a daily output of 200 kg. Before that, Yoshida Gen heard from Wang Xiaochen that Daqin Group was only planning to form a daily production capacity of 5 kg. Later, based on the feedback from customers, he speculated that Daqin Group might build a set of about 200 kg of equipment. Yoshida Gen also guessed the graphene cost of Daqin Group based on this production scale. What he never imagined was that Qin Hai dared to invest nearly 300 million US dollars at once to create a device with a daily output of 1,500 kilograms.

Isn't he worried about overcapacity?

Yoshida Gen didn’t know that Qin Hai had full confidence in the graphene market, because he understood the performance and application range of graphene, and knew how many fields graphene could be used in once the price dropped. The demand is very huge, and it can completely digest the daily production capacity of 1,500 kilograms.

Qin Hai opened up the research of graphene and recruited technicians from all over the world to Hongze to study the application of graphene, which is also preparing for the expansion of the graphene market. Under normal circumstances, companies like Marmon may take two to three years to pay attention to the impact of graphene and develop new products based on graphene. With the promotion of Qin Hai, this process only took three months. Now the various special films produced by Mamon Company using graphene as raw materials have swept the entire European and American markets. The supply of 20 kilograms of graphene per day is not enough. Yes, we are actively contacting Daqin Group to request an increase in supply.

Daqin Group quietly built a device with a daily output of 1,500 kilograms, deceiving its peers including Xinzuka Chemical. By the time the news finally came to light, they had been secretly producing at full capacity for two months. As for what the trial production was like for these two months, it was an insult to everyone's IQ. Whose device is running at full capacity during the trial production. Based on the cost of 5 US dollars per gram of graphene, the investment of 7.5 million US dollars per day for full production. Is there such a bold trial production?

To put it bluntly, isn't it just deception? However, Xinzuka Chemical didn't hear the ringtone, and was eager to fight a price war with others.

Their craftsmanship is better than yours, and the scale of their production equipment is seven times yours. What do you use to fight a price war?

Chairman, what should we do? Yoshiki Morioka looked at Saburo Hanaya and asked with a half-crying smile.

Stop the production line... Saburo Hanagu gritted his teeth and ordered, If we continue to produce, we will be dragged to death by the Chinese!

The secretary went to deliver the order immediately, and Saburo Hanaya turned to Yoshiki Morioka and said: Our products can no longer compete, and what we need to consider now is to stop the loss as much as possible. Morioka-kun, you and the various customers Get in touch and say we supply graphene at . . . $5 per gram.”

That's the only way to go. Morioka Yoshiki sighed, the cost of 14.5 US dollars, sold at 5 US dollars, will lose nearly 10 US dollars per gram. But what if you don't? The graphene accumulated in the warehouse will eventually be depreciated and sold. If it is not sold at this time, it will not be possible to sell it at a better price in the future.

Yoshida-kun, do you think it is necessary for us to continue producing graphene? Saburo Hanaya asked Gen. Yoshida again.

Gen Yoshida nodded and said: Yes, unless we really want to give up this market. Graphene must be an important raw material in the future. In addition to pure graphene, various modified products will appear. It is impossible for us to give up all the opportunities for these products. Chairman, please rest assured that I will lead my subordinates to work hard to improve the process and reduce the cost to a level comparable to that of the Chinese.

You do it. Hanaya Saburo said with difficulty. He knew that Yoshida Gen's opinion was correct. Even if Xinzuka Chemical could not compete with Daqin Group in graphene now, it would be impossible for it to give up the graphene market in the future. . This product will have more and more uses in the future. As a company with strong strength in carbon chemical industry, how can it not enter the graphene market?

It's absolutely right, it's just that I was too impatient before, I didn't expect the opponent to have such a big hand, and I squeezed myself from the door to the outside all at once. If, as requested by Yoshida Gen, he can be given more time to fully optimize the production process and reduce the cost to a lower level, it is impossible for Xinzuka Chemical to be helpless in front of Daqin Group .

It’s not too late to make amends. What we need to do now is to deal with the backlog of products first, and then give Gen Yoshida more time to solve the problem of cost. As for how much profit the Daqin Group can make during this period of time, Saburo Huagu is unwilling to think about it. This is not something he can change.

Qin Hai is really a formidable opponent. Saburo Huagu murmured while holding the information paper.

Morioka Yoshiki said: If we can't contain the Daqin Group, within 10 years, it will challenge us in the market where we have an advantage.

Yes, in order to contain the Daqin Group, one must master graphene technology and win the trust of customers. As for how to do this, Morioka-kun and Yoshida-kun, I'll leave it up to you two.

Saburo Hanaya bowed deeply to the two subordinates, Yoshiki Morioka and Gen Yoshida hurriedly got up to return the salute, what a solemn and solemn scene.