'I really wasn't joking with you. If you are really interested in Jiangzhong Iron and Steel Factory, the city will immediately let Xinghai Group take a stake!'
Han Songlin decisively shook his head: 'If I were really interested in the steel factory, I wouldn't want Jiangzhong Iron and Steel Factory. The development is too limited.'
Luo Xiaozhong was momentarily speechless. Jiangzhong Iron and Steel Plant was too landlocked, with no waterways and only land and rail transport options.
Rail transport was not bad to a certain extent, but compared to the cost of water transport, it was high.
Moreover, a train could only pull 60 tons, while a freight train could pull more than 3,000 tons of goods.
That sounds like a lot.
But for steel plants, a freight volume of 3,000 tonnes is really very small.
A medium-sized steel plant produces several million tonnes of steel per year, and it needs tens of millions of tonnes of iron ore, as well as other raw materials such as coal.
If it relies solely on the railway, the annual freight costs will be several hundred million yuan.
Freight costs also have to be included in the production costs.
'In the future, if we are talking about the domestic market, the demand for steel will indeed gradually increase, but the increase in market demand cannot keep up with the pace of our steel production capacity expansion. There really is no market for ordinary steel. If you want to do it, you have to do it with high-tech special steel.'
Han Songlin has always known that there is a problem in the domestic steel industry, and that is, the output of ordinary steel is too high.
And some steel that meets high-precision needs either has low production capacity or even none at all.
Xinghai Group now has to import some metal materials.
Materials are the foundation of technological development. Without progress in materials technology, it is impossible for other technologies to develop.
Han Songlin is therefore deeply aware of this problem and wants to change the situation.
At least something must be done in terms of basic materials research.
Luo Xiaozhong looked at Han Songlin suspiciously: 'You're not thinking of taking over Yuzhou Special Steel, are you? I can tell you right now to forget about it, it's just not possible.'
After Han Songlin's introduction earlier, Luo Xiaozhong also realised that Yuzhou Special Steel was a company registered with the central government, and any little movement would attract extra attention.
Han Songlin smiled and didn't say anything. In his heart, he was indeed thinking about the possibility of acquiring Yuzhou Special Steel.
The current business situation of Yuzhou Special Steel was not very good.
This was also normal, as many domestic steel companies were not doing well at this time.
The operating situation of steel companies will not improve until the era of large-scale real estate development and large-scale infrastructure construction arrives.
At that time, the demand for steel will surge.
As for the present, at this time, China is not yet the world's factory.
The Xinghai Group has ordered a large amount of steel from Yuzhou Special Steel, which has also improved the situation of Yuzhou Special Steel.
'Is there really no chance at all?'
Luo Xiaozhong opened his mouth, wanting to say that it was impossible, but he didn't say it.
If someone else wanted to buy Yuzhou Special Steel, there really might not be much of a chance; but with Han Songlin, there might be a little.
'I'll ask about this!' As the deputy mayor of Jiangzhong, Luo Xiaozhong should have persuaded Han Songlin to invest in Jiangzhong.
But as a friend, Luo Xiaozhong knew that investing in an iron and steel plant in Jiangzhong really wasn't a very good choice.
The transportation costs were really too high, and Yuzhou could still rely on the Yangtze River.
Lin Wei gave a little smile and thought that buying Yuzhou Special Steel seemed like a pretty good choice.
Of course, if you want to buy it, it's going to be particularly difficult.
Yuzhou Special Steel is not like a company like Changxing Machine Tools.
After dinner, Han Songlin walked Lin Wei back to Xinghai Community.
Lin Wei leaned back in her chair, looked at Han Songlin sideways, and asked, 'Is there something you want to say?'
Han Songlin looked at Lin Wei and, after a moment's thought, decided to tell her the truth: 'Earlier, I had someone look into Jia Yuanliang. From the information I found, there doesn't seem to be any problem. However, some of the information about him makes people feel that there is a problem!'
'A problem?' Lin Wei couldn't help but sit up straight. What problem was there with Jia Yuanliang?
Han Songlin pulled over, switched on the car lights, and handed Lin Wei the information he had found on Jia Yuanliang.
'First of all, the reason Jia Yuanliang came back is suspicious! In Yuzhou, he only has his father, and his mother has long since left and is nowhere to be found. And his father was not good to him. From what the neighbours said, Jia Yuanliang had a hard time throughout his childhood and adolescence.'
'If you had the chance to leave a place that hurt you, would you come back?'
Lin Wei frowned and thought for a moment, and said with certainty, 'No!'
'Jia Yuanliang has returned, to a place where he should have no lingering feelings. And he has entered Yuzhou Special Steel. Moreover, in a short period of time, he has successively produced several research results.'
'Look at this photo, the clothes he is wearing cannot be bought in China, so he must have bought them abroad. And this, and this, the clothes he is wearing, none of them are domestic attire. What does this show? It shows that he has completely adapted to life abroad, but now he has returned!'
Lin Wei frowned as she looked at the photos: 'Maybe, he loves his country?'
Is that possible?
Of course it is.
In this world, no matter how far-fetched a conclusion is, it is still possible.
For example, tomorrow aliens invade the earth, is that possible?
Of course it is!
Tomorrow's events have not yet happened, everything is still unknown, so any possibility is possible.
Han Songlin glanced at Lin Wei and saw that she didn't have much to say, so he let out a sigh of relief.
In fact, Han Songlin was paying more attention to Jia Yuanliang because of Lin Wei.
'What if this person really is a spy?'
'We should definitely call the police and arrest him!'
Han Songlin laughed, 'There's no rush. He's agreed to join Xinghai Group, so once we get him on our turf, we can do whatever we want with him.'
Lin Wei stared at Han Songlin for a while before giggling, 'You look especially like a villain right now!'
Me, a villain?
Han Songlin: 'I never said I was a righteous man.'
After the incident with Jia Yuanliang had slightly captured Han Songlin's attention, he stopped caring about it.
Everything would be decided after Jia Yuanliang came over.
Jia Yuanliang had promised to resign from Yuzhou Special Steel and come to Xinghai Group after the Spring Festival.
At this time, Han Songlin's main focus had already begun to shift to the Xinghai Group Commendation Conference.
In order to successfully carry out this conference, the Xinghai Group's administrative department was busy from top to bottom.
They had to contact venues, which was not a problem.
Basically, as long as Xinghai Group needed it, they could get their hands on all the venues in the entire Jiangzhong area.
In addition to the venues, the number of participants had to be determined.
The list of outstanding employees for 1995 has been submitted.
Xue Guiping: 'Boss, these are the 130 outstanding employees selected last year.'
Han Songlin looked at the list and saw that these people came from all over the country and worked in various positions.
There were supermarket stockers, salespeople from Han's Luwei, and ordinary construction workers from Yangguang Real Estate.
The selection of outstanding employees was limited in scope and could only be ordinary employees.