Material Empire

On the top floor of a skyscraper by the Pujiang River, Bernice, the new chief representative of the German Warren Company China Representative Office, stood by the window, overlooking the whole city, full of emotion:

I didn't expect that in just 20 years, China could develop to such a level.

Mr. Bernice, have you ever been to China before? Bindman, the administrative director of the representative office, stood beside him and asked respectfully. Bindemann was stationed in China several years ago and is a China hand.

No, this is my first visit to China. Bernice said, and then added: But I have always paid attention to this country. I have seen the photos taken by German photographers in China in the early years. China at that time... The streets are full of black ants and blue ants.

Ant? Bindman was a little puzzled.

Bernice laughed: This is just a metaphor, Mr. Bindman, you should have a sense of humor. Back then, Chinese people only wore black and blue clothes. Looking at it from the current height, it would be Like a colony of black and blue ants?

I see. Bindman nodded, But now they are very particular about their clothes. China's consumption of chemical fibers has ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, and the consumption of plastics is also the same.

This is a market worthy of attention. Bernice said solemnly, Whoever occupies this market will be able to gain the upper hand in the chemical industry. The group has decided to shift the focus of future development to China. The reason why the group appointed me as the chief representative of the China representative office.

fart! Who doesn't know that you were sent here because the other middle-level executives in the group were unwilling to come to China, and it seemed that you were so important, Bindeman thought contemptuously in his heart, but he said something else Set of rhetoric: Yes, Mr. Bernice, I believe that the work of the China Representative Office will be done even better under your leadership.

Bernice shrugged, not taking Bindman's compliment to heart. He knew that the employees of the Chinese representative office, including Bindman, were not optimistic about him. If he wanted to win the trust of everyone, he could only speak with his achievements.

Mr. Bindman, please inform everyone that there will be a meeting in the conference room in 10 minutes, and I will arrange the next stage of work. Our flagship product in the near future is RX! Bernice ordered.

At the same time, in Anhe Pingyuan thousands of miles away, the executives of Daqin Group are also talking about this word: RX.

RX is a basic chemical product. It is a raw material for the production of chemical fibers, transparent plastics and film packaging materials. It is also widely used in the pharmaceutical field. Before 2000, the annual consumption of RX in my country was less than 1 million tons, and the supply and demand were basically balanced. Since the beginning of the new century, with the growth of industrial production and the improvement of people's living standards, my country's RX consumption has risen sharply. This year, the total consumption is expected to reach 5 million tons, while the domestic production capacity is only less than 3 million tons, which requires a large amount of imports.

Xu Xiaoqi, the person in charge of the Group's information department, showed the slides to everyone and introduced them eloquently.

Yes, the demand for RX has grown so fast in the past few years that it is simply dizzying. It turns out that we expected an annual growth rate of 20%, but who knows that the actual annual growth rate has already exceeded 40%. The president of the chemical industry group Engineer Xia Yangjie interjected that the production of RX belongs to the business scope of the chemical industry group, and now almost half of his time is concerned with RX matters.

After more than ten years of development, Daqin Group's tentacles have penetrated into almost all material fields. Not long ago, the group carried out business restructuring and divided the material business into four major sections, namely polymer materials, inorganic materials, metal materials and functional materials.

Polymer materials include various chemical products, covering basic chemical products, polymers and special materials, etc., including vinyl, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, high polymer fibers, chemical membrane materials, graphene, etc.

Inorganic materials include ceramics, glass, cement and other products. Among them, Quwu's ceramic knives and Hanping's glass-ceramics are world-renowned.

The bulk of metal materials is steel. Thanks to the storm of iron ore negotiations in the first year, Daqin Group now not only has a production capacity of 50 million tons of steel, but also owns more than a dozen mines around the world. The group's thin plate, thick plate, special steel and other businesses are doing well. In addition to steel, the metal material group has not neglected non-ferrous metals, and has been involved in copper, aluminum, tungsten and other aspects.

As for functional materials, there are even more dazzling arrays, such as magnetic materials, superconducting materials, sensitive materials, electrical functional materials, chemical functional materials, optical functional materials, etc., can be described as everything. The audio materials that Qin Hai proposed for Qin Ling in the early years have now achieved a sales volume of 1 billion US dollars a year, occupying a place in the international audio product market.

In addition to the materials business, the group has other derivative businesses, the most important of which are materials machinery and electric vehicles. The former was developed from the original Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, and currently it mainly provides special equipment for various material sections. The latter is a real cash cow. The sales volume of nearly one million electric vehicles a year can generate hundreds of billions of cash flow and provide continuous financial support for the group's various businesses.

Xia Yangjie is now in charge of the polymer sector. In addition to the original Jintang Chemical Base, there are several new chemical parks in China, among which two parks in Chiyuan City and Yiping City are under construction. Megaton RX device. At the beginning, Xia Yangjie didn't understand the group's establishment of two million-ton RX plants at the same time, and worried that there would be overcapacity. Now it seems that this worry is a bit ridiculous.

Our action is still too slow. The two sets of devices will not be completed until next year at the earliest, and the official production will not be until 2006. Xia Yangjie said angrily.

Old Xia, don't blame other people for this. Qin Hai has already reminded you. It's because you don't believe it. Are you passive now? Ning Mo teased Xia Yangjie with a smile. The two of them had worked together in Jintang for many years, and they were used to joking with each other. When he said this, he didn't mean to criticize them.

Qin Shan, who is the dean of the group's Chemical Engineering Design Institute, interjected and said, Brother Ning, you can't blame Xia Gong for this matter. The main reason is that the localization of the RX device has delayed some time, and foreign countries refused to transfer the RX patented technology to us. It took us a lot of effort to develop a state-owned device with complete intellectual property rights.

Xiao Qin and the others have worked hard. Xia Yangjie praised. The Xiao Qin he said this time refers to Qin Shan. As an expert with a background in chemical engineering, he certainly knows how difficult it is to develop an independent RX device. That is to say, Qin Hai was willing to spend money and hired more than a dozen experienced engineers from abroad with high salaries. This shortened the research and development cycle and did not delay the production and installation of equipment.

General Manager Song Hongxuan said: Germany's Warren Group and Japan's Shinzuka Chemicals have stepped up their public relations efforts in China to promote their RX products. Lao Xia, you really have to hurry up and don't wait for others to seize the market. If they are all occupied, you can only drink the northwest wind.

Qin Hai nodded aside and said: Yes, foreign companies have significantly increased their efforts to develop the Chinese market in the past two years. I heard that Xinzuka Chemical has built a research and development center in Haidong Province to provide services for those companies in Haidong. Technical support, which was unimaginable in the past. In the past, it was more difficult for Chinese companies to ask foreign giants to provide some technical assistance than to learn from the West.”

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, it's our turn to enjoy being customers. Tian Ruzhi commented with a smile.

Everyone laughed together, Xia Yangjie said: Mr. Qin and Mr. Song, don't worry, when it comes to service, neither the Japanese nor the Germans can compare with us, and our products will definitely be able to squeeze them out.

Then I'll wait and see. Qin Hai replied with a smile.

Over the years, the struggle between Daqin Group and overseas giants for the market has never been interrupted, and a general trend has been formed in the group, that is, whenever the Daqin Group wants to enter the field, the goal must be to squeeze out foreign competitors, and then enter the market. Take advantage of the victory and pursue to occupy the international market.

It’s not that no one has questioned the concept of Daqin Group. Several brick experts who visited the group once suggested to Qin Hai that an enterprise must have an international perspective, and don’t always think about doing everything by yourself. It's all taken up, so what can foreigners eat? Regarding this theory, Qin Hai nodded incessantly in front of him, expressing that he was deeply inspired, and when he turned around, he said a strange sentence: What foreigners eat is none of labor's business!

In terms of RX, both Warren and Xinzuka Chemical are established companies with advanced technology and rich production experience. Daqin Group is just a new recruit in front of them. However, this did not prevent Xia Yangjie from making bold statements, and none of the executives present felt that there was anything wrong with Xia Yangjie's goal.

Next, everyone had an in-depth discussion on issues such as the construction, production and operation, and sales of the RX project, and finalized a number of important matters, some of which required coordination at the group level. After the meeting, it will be implemented item by item.

Finally, the topic turned to raw material supply. RX is a petrochemical project, and the main raw material is crude oil. Tian Ruzhi looked at Qin Hai and said, President Qin, if the two million-ton RX projects of Chiyuan and Yiping are put into production, the supply of crude oil is not a trivial matter, and it must be clarified. Prince Flanding has sent invitations several times. Please go to Saudi Arabia for an interview, do you think you have to arrange time to go there yourself?

That's right, I'm planning to do so. Qin Hai nodded and said, Last year I was busy with iron ore and didn't care about oil. Now it's time to visit Flanding.