Shen Huai didn't have time to meet Cheng Yi, so he didn't make a phone call after he arrived in Yanjing; he received a call from Sun Yalin and knew that she was going to pass through Yanjing the day after tomorrow, and Shen Huai didn't have time to wait for her. She asked her and Song Hongjun to accompany the investors to visit Meixi Town after meeting in Yanjing.

The next morning, Shen Huai directly joined Zhao Zhimin of the General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and his assistants and flew straight to Birmingham.

The new factory is a second-hand production line imported from West Umins Industrial Group, and there is a lot of room for technical improvement.

At present, Meigang has signed a technical transformation agreement with the General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Zhao Zhimin is the technical project leader of Meigang's new plant designated by the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and is also the vice president of the fourth branch of the Yanjing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Zhao Zhimin studied and worked in Birmingham, England in his early years. He returned to China in 1988 and entered the General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and has been engaged in the research of metal smelting engineering.

Zhao Zhimin looks like a person who is focused on research and has a rigorous personality, while Shen Huai's schedule during this period is very tight, and the several contacts with Zhao Zhimin are limited to the exchange of technical transformation plans.

Of course, Zhao Zhimin was over forty years old, and he was always puzzled that such a young Shen Huai could manage a medium-sized steel enterprise.

Perhaps there is still a little bit of mistrust. After several contacts, Zhao Zhimin has always carefully kept a distance from Shen Huai. Apart from performing his duties, he has no intention to have further contact with Shen Huai. After having dinner with each other twice, Shen Huai had a good impression of Zhao Zhimin in addition to agreeing with Zhao Zhimin's technical ability.

This time by plane to Birmingham, it took twelve hours from the airport to the landing.

Zhao Zhimin also considered Mei Gang's financial constraints. Seeing that Shen Huai did not travel with him, he handled all matters by himself, and took the initiative to request to take the economy class.

It is not easy for everyone to rest in the narrow seats of the plane. The main thing is to sit there and chat.

In addition to the technical transformation plan, Zhao Zhimin is actually a very talkative person. He talks about everything from the disparity of metallurgical technology and industrial development at home and abroad, to domestic and foreign economy, urban construction, and domestic and foreign customs.

Although Zhao Zhimin focused on the research of metal smelting engineering after returning to China, a person of his level has a wide range of attention and knowledge, and his abilities are also very comprehensive.

Shen Huai is also well-informed and knowledgeable. He used to study a variety of things at Meigang, from metallurgical industry to industrial management to applied economics. From boarding the plane to landing, the mouth hardly stopped.

Zhao Zhimin's assistant, Han Wenji, who is a Ph.D. student at the General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, listened to them chatting all the way, and couldn't help but sigh when he got off the plane: "I have been with President Zhao for two years, and I have never seen President Zhao so talkative. However, it seems that in order to open the chatterbox, we need a flag like President Shen to meet an opponent..."

Shen Huai laughed, and he and Zhao Zhimin felt like they had met each other late, and they were like old friends.

Shen Huai originally asked Pan Cheng to arrange a single room for both him and Zhao Zhimin in Birmingham. After arriving in Birmingham, he would talk about technical renovation during the day, see the dismantling of equipment, and discuss with the British representative about technology introduction and support. In the evening, he would directly talk to Zhao Zhimin. Live in a room, and then talk about the ocean.

Zhao Zhimin only lived in Birmingham for a week, communicated with West Ummings, figured out some technical details of this steel-making line, and was about to go back to China.

Before Zhao Zhi left Birmingham, Shen Huai brought up one thing he had been pondering in his heart: "I hoped that Meigang would set up a special research institute for a long time to study the steelmaking process in a deeper way. In this way, the gap between Meigang and the world-class enterprises in terms of technical level can be narrowed. However, we have never been able to find a suitable person to take charge of this work. At this time, it is a bit abrupt, but if you don't ask, it will be a bit awkward. A little unwilling, is Director Zhao willing to surrender to Meigang?"

Before Yanjing got on the plane, if Shen Huai opened his mouth to make this request, Zhao Zhimin would refuse without even thinking about it. Among the steel companies that have asked him to preside over R&D work over the years, Meishan Iron and Steel can be said to be the most inconspicuous one. No matter how you look at it, it is not very attractive.

Although the research funding of the General Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is very tight, he sees that the domestic steel enterprises generally pay less attention to scientific research. .

Only at this time, Zhao Zhimin hesitated, unable to make a decision immediately.

"If you are worried, after you leave the General Institute of Mining and Management, Han Wenji and their studies will be interrupted, and they will have to change their tutors and change the subject. Meigang can coordinate with the mining and metallurgy and move the subject to Meigang's research institute. The central government proposed High-tech talents need to be trained in enterprises, and the Ministry of Science and Technology has also begun to promote the pilot work of building post-doctoral mobile stations in enterprises. As long as Minezhi is willing to build the first batch of post-doctoral mobile stations in Meigang, Meigang is willing to cooperate. .What other conditions do you want, such as the treatment after arriving in Meixi, housing, and your spouse's job transfer, as well as who else you need to recommend to set up a research institute, the choice of topics, and research funding, etc., you can put it forward. As long as I can promise, I can solve it, I can help you solve it..." Shen Huai persevered and persuaded.

"Well, after I return to Yanjing, I will seriously consider your suggestion." Zhao Zhimin said.

The development level of domestic metallurgical industry and technology lags far behind foreign countries. Previously, Meishan Iron and Steel was concerned about having enough to eat, and mainly focused on factory management. At this time, it needs to consider tracking the development of world-class steelmaking technology, and strive to shorten the gap in this regard.

Even if Zhao Zhimin is ultimately reluctant to work at Meigang, Shen Huai still hopes that he can recommend a suitable candidate.

After sending Zhao Zhimin and his assistant Han Wenji onto the plane, Shen Huai and Pan Cheng also flew to Liverpool to join Zhou Zhibai, who came to the UK to discuss business.

After Pan Cheng arrived in the UK, he had not been back for more than four months.

When he first came here, Pan Cheng spoke English stumblingly. After living in Birmingham for more than four months, he spoke in an authentic Birmingham accent, even more slippery than Shen Huai, but he still thought in his heart that in two months, the equipment would be replaced. Dismantle and load the ship, and rush back to Meixi as soon as possible.

Zhou Zhibai came to Liverpool this time to discuss the export of rebar with a local steel trader.

Although the capital injections of Zhongxin and Hongji are all foreign exchange, which can offset a considerable part of the cost of introducing second-hand steelmaking lines and technology introduction, the foreign exchange quota for additional application is not particularly large.

However, the current domestic scrap steel recycling work is relatively imperfect, and the total domestic steel accumulation is limited. In the past two years, there have been more domestic electric furnace steel production lines, resulting in a rapid rise in scrap steel prices. Therefore, after the establishment of the new plant, Shen Huai considered It is necessary to strengthen the import of scrap steel charge from overseas.

When it comes to the total stock of steel, although the population of the UK is much smaller than that of China, the total amount of steel accumulated in society and the level of scrap steel recycling are much higher than those of China.

However, importing scrap charge from overseas requires the use of foreign exchange, and the current domestic foreign exchange management is very strict.

Today, Pengyue imports scrap steel from overseas, and uses a foreign exchange quota of about 10 million US dollars every year.

After the completion of the new Meishan Iron and Steel plant, to ensure that the supply of furnace materials is relatively cheap, the amount of scrap steel imported from overseas may rise to the scale of hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

At present, the total amount of national foreign exchange reserves is only more than 70 billion US dollars. In the past two years, the rate of increase has increased by 7 to 8 billion US dollars every year. It is naturally difficult for a local enterprise to apply for the use of hundreds of millions of US dollars of foreign exchange every year. Known.

The most feasible compromise is that Meishan Iron & Steel increases its steel exports to overseas and earns foreign exchange to offset the use of foreign exchange.

Although there is a strict management system for the use of foreign exchange in China, it is much easier for a company to export more than 100 million US dollars annually and then apply for the use of hundreds of millions of US dollars of foreign exchange. It really doesn't work. Both the import of scrap steel and the export of steel are transferred by Song Hongjun's company in Hong Kong, which can directly offset most of the foreign exchange consumption.

As long as there are no technical problems, Meishan Iron and Steel exports steel to the UK, with higher profit margins than domestic ones.

The labor cost per ton of steel produced by Meishan Iron and Steel is only 80 yuan, while the labor cost in Western European countries is extremely high, and the labor cost per ton of steel is as high as $150-not to mention other aspects In the construction steel with relatively poor technical content, only the labor price difference can offset the cost of shipping and tariffs, and there is still a huge profit space left.

However, due to the serious shortage of the domestic steel market, most domestic steel enterprises are not worried about their sales. However, the domestic unfamiliarity with overseas markets and the procedures and various restrictions on exporting steel overseas are complicated and cumbersome. Relevant experience, so the market for exporting steel is not strong.

Song Hongjun's trading company in Hong Kong also mainly imports steel from overseas and sells it in China. He didn't think about organizing the export of steel in China before. Peng Yue did it first.

After meeting with steel traders in Liverpool, Shen Huai brought Zhou Zhibai to Birmingham~lightnovelpub.net~ Hope Pengyue and Meigang can have further contact with steel traders in Birmingham.

Birmingham is an inland city in the United Kingdom, without the convenience of shipping, and the steel industry in Birmingham is saturated, to the extent that production capacity has to be greatly reduced - Zhou Zhibai has little interest in organizing steel shipments from China to Birmingham for sales, and profits The space will also obviously be compressed a lot.

"Sometimes it's better to lower profits temporarily, but you can't give up your long-term vision," Shen Huai advised Zhou Zhibai. Meigang has no experience in overseas import and export trade, so Peng Yue still needs to take the lead in related work. The economy is in a period of industrial transformation. The entire economic structure is shifting to commerce, finance, services and tourism. Traditional manufacturing companies have a narrower and narrower living space in Birmingham. However, these manufacturing companies are still very important to China. It is very advanced. Therefore, this time, we will not only dismantle the equipment and transport it back, but also establish the connection between people and things, technology and capital as much as possible. The current connection is preliminary, but we will accumulate enough trust. , that is to say, when the business we do in Donghua is attractive enough to them, we can invite Birmingham's traditional industry capital forces to invest in Donghua..."

Zhou Zhibai had to admit that Shen Huai looked at the problem at a higher level than him, and considered it more deeply than he did. He no longer sticks to the gains and losses of one city and one pool, but plans everything from a higher industrial level. (83 Chinese Network)