Material Empire

Is there any mistake? This is the job of your government. Why should I, a person outside the system, take care of it? Qin Hai grinned and muttered.

Thinking back carefully, Qin Hai, an entrepreneur, is really a bit nondescript. Rectifying rare earths in the south, promoting environmental protection in Jintang, helping the military generate income, and establishing a materials college are not what an entrepreneur should do, but more like what a government official should do. Qin Hai himself couldn't remember when he had established so many ties with the government. He only felt that when Ji Mingchu and the chief sent him to do something, it seemed logical, and he didn't treat him as an outsider at all.

Should this be regarded as an honor, or should it be regarded as a burden? In Qin Hai's mind, he was obviously more inclined to the former view.

As a person with memories of two lifetimes, Qin Hai always feels that he is obliged to do more for this country and this society. Only in this way can he be worthy of the favor of fate. His Daqin Group has done countless public welfare activities over the years, and now adding one more thing is nothing. He suggested to the chief a few years ago to deal with the chaos of the small iron and steel. Now that the chief has entrusted him with this matter, he feels excited that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

The only thing that made him feel a little doubtful was that the rectification of the small iron and steel was a little sensitive and very difficult. He worried whether he could complete this arduous task.

Uncle Cui, there are so many departments in the country, and there are tens of thousands of cadres at the ministerial and bureau levels. Why did the chief choose me to do this job? Speaking of which, I am the least qualified to take on this job. The nature of managing rare earths and promoting environmental protection is different from that of the past, which is related to the vital interests of many provinces and cities. Qin Hai sincerely asked Cui Hongchun for advice.

Because you are the least qualified to do this, you are the most suitable to do this. Cui Hongchun said something contradictory. Seeing Qin Hai's confused eyes, he explained with a smile:

Two years ago, the Economic and Trade Commission took the lead in issuing a notice to rectify small iron and steel plants and small coking plants. In the past two years, around the conflict between cleaning up small iron and steel plants and protecting small iron and steel plants, there have been fierce battles between various central ministries and localities. Game. All ministries and local governments are inextricably linked, so when conflicts arise, many departments are unable to firmly implement policies, but resort to compromise with local governments.

In the past two years, small iron and steel and small coking have been banned repeatedly, because the policy cannot be implemented. To change this situation, there must be someone who does not have too many interests involved with all parties as the coach. You haven't worked in government and don't have much nepotism with local governments, so you're the perfect fit.

But I am engaged in the steel industry. Our Daqin Group has the largest steel production capacity in China. If I take the lead in managing the steel industry, will it give people the feeling that I am both a referee and an athlete? Qin Hai reminded.

The leaders have already considered this issue. Everyone believes that you, Qin Hai, can be completely trusted in your awareness. You will not use the name of managing small steel to attack your competitors and seek benefits for your own company. Everyone even believed that you, Qin Hai, would be willing to make some sacrifices to promote the development of this matter. If it were someone else, even if he had the awareness to sacrifice, he might not have the ability to sacrifice. Cui Hongchun said, the last sentence, he He said it with a smile, and seemed a little embarrassed.

It turns out that the chief wanted to rob the rich and help the poor, so he beat me, a local tyrant... Qin Hai also laughed. The chief asked him to do this by name, because his consciousness and ability can only be valued in one aspect, and the other aspect is because he has a huge enterprise group, which can be his backing. Qin Hai's own economic strength and technical strength have played an important role in both the treatment of rare earths and the promotion of environmental protection in Jintang. As Cui Hongchun said, other people would not have the strength even if they had the heart. Economic problems need to be solved with economic means. In this regard, Qin Hai is undoubtedly the strongest.

Knowing that the chief's idea is to hope that he sacrifices some of his own interests to do things for the country, Qin Hai has no feeling of reluctance. One is that he has such a desire and is willing to do something beneficial, and the other is that Qin Hai is confident enough to create a win-win situation without causing himself too much loss. In fact, when he worked hard to control the chaos of rare earths in the south, what he finally produced was a happy result for all. The original rare earth mine owners have earned more profits than in the past, and Daqin Group has also taken advantage of this opportunity to become the leader of the global rare earth industry.

After figuring out the whole matter, Qin Hai quickly entered his role, and asked Cui Hongchun, What should be done about this matter, and is there any clear instruction from the central government?

Cui Hongchun nodded, spread out a document, and said:

The basic spirit of this rectification of small iron and steel is the document of the Economic and Trade Commission two years ago. Specifically, it is necessary to eliminate such equipment: indigenous coking equipment, indigenous sintering production equipment, and sintering machines with an area of ​​18 square meters or less. , Small blast furnaces of less than 100 cubic meters, small converters and small electric furnaces with a nominal capacity of no more than 15 tons, and ferroalloy electric furnaces of 3,200 kVA and below.

Small steelmaking plants with an annual output of no more than 300,000 tons of crude steel and small rolling mills with an annual output of no more than 250,000 tons must be shut down. And the most important one is that enterprises that produce strip steel should be resolutely banned. Those who commit crimes against the wind and produce strip steel shall be severely punished by legal means.

The so-called strip steel, according to the definition in the industry, is described as follows: the steel produced with scrap iron and steel as raw material, melted by induction furnace, etc., cannot be effectively controlled for composition and quality, and the steel rolled with it as raw material. Simply put, it is the low-quality steel produced by some small iron and steel factories without sufficient technical strength and equipment conditions by using the method of scrap steel smelting.

The emergence of strip steel stems from the continuous heating up of the steel market. Construction projects in various places require a large amount of construction steel, but the domestic steel production capacity cannot keep up for a while, resulting in a large gap between supply and demand. The threshold for ground bar steel is very low, and it can be produced by just a few people with an electric furnace, and the price is low, which is very attractive to some small construction companies that pursue cutting corners and materials.

The production process of ground bar steel is backward, and a large amount of exhaust gas pollution will be generated during the production process. What's more serious is that once this kind of inferior steel is used in construction projects, it will cause serious quality problems. In the past few years, the frequent occurrence of construction accidents due to the use of ground strip steel has come to have to be taken seriously.

Qin Hai himself studies materials, how can he not understand the dangers of ground strip steel. Hearing Cui Hongchun's introduction, he let out a long breath, and said: With regard to the issue of ground strip steel, our group has submitted several reports to the central government, requesting to strengthen the supervision of the steel market and crack down on the trade of ground strip steel. Now finally It’s really not easy to hear a reply.”

Cui Hongchun was a little embarrassed, and said: Xiao Qin, this is a deficiency in our work. In fact, we have long been concerned about the issue of land strips and steel. As early as five years ago, we issued a document requiring all localities to strictly investigate land strips. The production of steel also requires the construction department to check the inspection of building materials to prevent low-quality steel such as floor steel from entering the construction process. However, our work is still very limited and we have not completely solved the problem. It is a bit ashamed to say it. .”

Uncle Cui, you can't be completely blamed for this matter. Qin Hai comforted him, saying that the Economic and Trade Commission is actually not omnipotent, and there are too many restraints, resulting in weak policy implementation. But after thinking about it, it seems that saying this is also criticizing Cui Hongchun, which is obviously disrespectful, so I stopped talking, but changed the topic and asked: So, Uncle Cui, as the deputy team leader, I have the right to What resources are mobilized?

Cui Hongchun said confidently: You can rest assured that the economic and trade commission, environmental protection, industry and commerce, taxation, public security, auditing and other departments will fully cooperate with this rectification work. Various ministries and commissions involved in this work will send a Leaders at or above the deputy level serve in the working group, and at the same time send department-level or department-level cadres from the corresponding departments to actually participate in the governance work. That is to say, you have more than a dozen deputy ministers or even ministers as backers, and your subordinates have several Ten directors or directors are responsible for handling affairs. The chief also specifically said that if you encounter problems that cannot be solved by the working group, you can directly report them to him.”

Qin Hai knew that this was the practice of state ministries and commissions. Generally speaking, if multiple ministries and commissions want to jointly set up a working group, they often arrange a leader of the leading department to serve as the team leader, and other departments send their leaders or deputy leaders to serve as deputy team leaders. Among all the deputy team leaders, there is an executive deputy team leader, who is the real person who does things. The rest of the deputy team leaders only appear when the joint meeting is held. long or something.

This time, Qin Hai's role is that of the executive deputy team leader who is in charge of doing things. He will have many directors, directors and other officials under him. However, these people are his subordinates in name, and they don't actually obey his orders. He will definitely spend more time coordinating these relationships than actually doing things.

Thinking of this, Qin Hai shook his head and said: There are so many droughts, so many people are chaotic, so many people are ministers, directors and division chiefs, I am worried that it will be a messy situation in the end, and nothing can be done. Well, I will accept this task first. As for how this group works, I will talk about it after I actually get in touch with the reality. I need to form a team of my own first, which must be a capable team that can do things, not a bunch of bureaucrats. Committee.

Cui Hongchun also knew the disadvantages of the government's work. In fact, the chief asked Qin Hai to be the deputy team leader because he thought he would jump out of the government's limitations and solve problems creatively. Regarding Qin Hai's request, Cui Hongchun replied with a smile: No problem, you can do it freely. With the Shangfang sword given to you by the chief, even if you poke a hole in the sky, someone will fill it up for you.

Alright then, I'll go and stir the sky well. Qin Hai said confidently.

Some students questioned the fact that Daqin has a steel production capacity of 50 million tons. In fact, this is a prototype. If you search for the largest private steel company in China and see what their production capacity is, you may be relieved. It is not a fantasy that the steel production capacity of a private enterprise exceeds that of a moderately developed country.