"LX (Bluestar) 1-26 automotive special steel is an alloy steel specially designed by me for Bluestar Automotive. It can fully meet the steel performance requirements of Bluestar Automobile. "In terms of cost, it is more than 70 percent lower than the direct provision provided by Niijima Iron and Steel Company." ”

"So, as long as it is officially produced, we can completely get rid of the control of international steel giants in steel, be self-sufficient, and even bring Shanxin Iron and Steel Plant back to life?" Lu Yong asked in surprise.

The profit margin of ordinary steel is only a few tens of yuan per ton, while the profit of special steel for automotive steel plate is about 300 to 500 yuan per ton, and the profit of more advanced precision steel is even about 1,000 yuan or even 10,000 yuan per ton.

The steel industry is a technology-intensive, capital-intensive industry, no matter how high the output of low-grade steel, the profit is not worth 100, 1000, 10,000 of special steel!

Therefore, as long as what Jin Mu said is true, then Shanxin Iron and Steel Plant can directly become a top steel manufacturer.

"How can it be so easy, it's a donkey or a horse, and you have to pull it out and slip it!" Yu Wenbo still doubted this.

"Let's try it!" Meng Xiaobai ordered.

"Let's go!" The workers and technicians of the new production line have already taken their places and performed their duties according to the positions arranged earlier, and began to smelt LX1-26 special steel for vehicles.

The raw material is injected into an ultra-high temperature electric arc furnace, where the raw material melts rapidly.

Previously, the use of electric arc furnaces at Shanxin Iron and Steel Plant was relatively rare, because their electric arc furnaces and corresponding technology were not high.

The electric arc furnace modified by Jinmu can generate a high-energy arc through electrodes to quickly melt ores and metals into liquids at temperatures of thousands of degrees Celsius.

The most flexible thing is that by controlling the current, the temperature of the electric arc furnace can be precisely controlled to effectively remove impurities.

After the essence of carbon steel, one or several alloy metals are added to it, so that the microstructure of the steel changes, and different special properties can be produced, which is the so-called special steel.

"It's out! The first steel plate!" After smelting, the first special steel plate for vehicles born in the new production line was baked.

"Test it now!" Yu Wenbo commanded.

The technician immediately sent the special steel plate for the vehicle to be tested, and the performance of the test included many aspects, and everyone waited patiently.

"Report, factory director, all the test items are qualified! Not only the first piece, but the quality of the special steel produced later is also very stable, and there is no problem at present!" The technician came to report the good news.

"Is this refined?" Yu Wenbo was stunned, he had been in this industry all his life, and he had never encountered such a smooth thing.

Smelting a new material, designing, researching, and upgrading the production process is not something that can be slowly explored in a few years. But now, in just one month, it's all done?

"Come, show me!" Yu Wenbo immediately came to the test table and checked every piece of data in detail. Even if he looked at it with the mentality of picking problems, he couldn't find anything wrong, which was completely in line with the target requirements of the original material design.

"The design and manufacture of special steel has been successful!" Lu Yong was also surprised, although he knew that the technical strength of deep space technology was powerful. But I haven't heard of them doing metallurgy, even if they have some technical reserves, they should try and explore for a while, and they can succeed so quickly, which gives him a surprise!

"Great, great!" Lu Yong took the test table with an excited face, "With this, we can make our own special steel, and we no longer have to produce a ton and lose a ton!"

"This ......" Yu Wenbo had nothing to say, he suddenly had a feeling of being out of touch with the times, as if he was suddenly ten years old.

"Looks like I'm falling behind. He sighed at first, but immediately became happy again, "It seems that it is a wise choice to hand over the Shanxin Iron and Steel Plant to you." ”

Lu Yong knew that Yu Wenbo already wanted to retire. But this is also a good thing, the factory also needs fresh blood to replenish, and this old tree that is about to die is being revived!

For these, Meng Xiaobai is not surprised, in addition to special steel for vehicles, he also needs more high-performance metal materials. So he asked Jin Mu to stay in Shanxin Group for the next step of technological upgrading.

......

Xindao Iron & Steel Company, Huaxia Headquarters.

Sumitomo Maki is kneeling on a tatami mat and talking with Kengo Takahashi from Toyota.

"Zhenhui-kun, we have reached an agreement with other consortia, all automobile and metal manufacturers in the island country. "From now on, the export of raw materials and parts related to Bluestar will be restricted. The joint venture in China is the same as not being convenient for Bluestar Automobile. ”

"I believe that with these initiatives, they will definitely be struggling. Just stick to it for a few years, and when our automotive industry has mastered the mature battery and motor technology, we don't have to worry about them anymore. ”

"Don't worry. Sumitomo Maki said proudly, "More than half of the market of Huaxia's high-end automotive special steel is controlled by us! Suppliers in Europe and the Americas offer higher prices than us, and Bluestar has no other choice!"

"Recently, I got the news that the output of the Blue Star Gigafactory has dropped by a third due to the lack of raw materials! ”

"Okay!" Kengo Takahashi said with a smile, "Even if they develop L5 full autonomous driving technology, they are not stuck by us yet!

"Hahaha!" the two were laughing when an inappropriate voice interrupted them.

"President, Bluestar Motors kicked us out of their raw material supply list!" an assistant reported in a panic.

"What's going on?" asked Sumitomo Maki with a frown.

"Just now, Bluestar Automobile announced that because the price of our metal materials is too high, it will give up purchasing our metal materials and choose other suppliers. The assistant replied.

"Who is it?" said Kengo Takahashi angrily, "who dares to supply them with special steel? All the big steel companies in the island country have signed the agreement, who is violating the agreement?"

The assistant whispered: "It's not our country. ”

"Is it the Germans? or the Americans!" Takahashi wondered, "No, they should be more afraid of the rise of the Blue Star than we are, and whoever dares to provide cheap high-quality metal materials will definitely be restricted from exporting." ”

"It's not them, it's Shanxin Metal Group. The assistant replied.

"Shanxin Metal?" Sumitomo Maki was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Hahaha, it seems that they have no choice." Shanxin Metal simply has the ability to manufacture special steel. Only some low-to-mid-end steels can be manufactured. ”

"In this case, you can find the water army to publicize that the steel quality of Bluestar Automobile is not high. Kengo Takahashi immediately thought of a trick.

"President, Shanxin Group has just announced that they have successfully developed LX1-26 special steel for vehicles, which will become a new metal material supplier for Bluestar Automobile. The assistant added.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Sumitomo Maki had already decided to fire this assistant, and he was happy to talk one by one.

"LX1-26 special steel, is there a special steel model?" Takahashi wondered.

"This is a new variety developed by themselves, and it is said that the performance is even better than our special steel!" replied the assistant, "The first batch of LX1-26 special steel for vehicles from Shanxin Iron and Steel Manufacturing Plant has been shipped to the Blue Star Automobile Super Factory." ”

"It seems to be true!" Sumitomo Maki realized that something was wrong, "They have mastered the special steel smelting technology so quickly, or has the Shanxin Group mastered this technology, and then deliberately sold the group to Deep Space Technology at a low price?"

"In either case, Bluestar Motors already has its own steel smelting technology!" Kengo Takahashi's face was gloomy, "The restrictions we have spent so much effort on have failed!"

"Not good!" "The more Sumitomo Maki thought about it, the more terrible he felt, "Shanxin Group is an old metal industry, and their steel mill has a high output. If all the processes are upgraded to special steel output, our market in China will be over!"

Over the years, the special steel of the island country has made a lot of profits by relying on the earlier layout and price advantage of the steel tycoons in Europe and the Americas.

As a result, the new island steel company has even become the first of the four major steel companies in the island country, and now, this monopoly is about to be broken!

Sumitomo Maki knew on his toes that if Huaxia's steel companies could produce high-quality special steel on their own, it would be difficult for Niijima Steel to compete with them. Whether it's the cost of materials or labor.

"Has the performance of LX1-26 special steel been confirmed?" Sumitomo Maki still has a glimmer of hope, hoping that the performance of this special steel is not very high.

"Sure. The assistant said helplessly, "It has passed the audit of Huaxia Automobile Industry, and its comprehensive performance is stronger than that of our special steel." ”

"Yaga! it's all ruined!" Kengo Takahashi scolded angrily and slammed his fist on the tea table. He felt like a fool, running around the country, balancing the interests of all parties, and finally reached an agreement to suppress Bluestar Motors.

Now that Bluestar Motors is directly self-sufficient, their agreement immediately became a piece of waste paper!

"This Meng Xiaobai is really hateful! Twice, he has already tricked us twice!" Kengo Takahashi, as an important member of the Mitsui Foundation, a senior executive of Toyota Motor, a member of the Island Automobile Manufacturers Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the World Automobile Manufacturers Association.

He is also a world-class figure in the automotive industry, and whoever sees it has to give a little face, and what he has worked hard to do, there have been no failures.

But this time, with the strength of so many companies, he failed twice in a row! First, Bluestar Automobile's L5 fully autonomous driving technology certification, as soon as they rejected the L5 certification on the front foot, Bluestar Auto held a driverless VS professional driver competition and slapped them in the face.

Then the restriction of special steel is also an agreement of all parties to jointly suppress it, and it has failed before it has started!

"For this time, we lost a lot of benefits. Sumitomo Maki's face was extremely ugly, "Now, it's all over!"