"What do you mean?"

Everyone stared at each other, not built in the Beihua machine, what did you come here to say, is it just to play with us?

Feng Xiaochen looked at everyone and said, "Don't worry, everyone, listen to me." The construction of large ethylene involves the manufacture of many extra-large containers, as well as the casting of large parts weighing more than 100 tons, the forging and precision machining of large parts with specifications up to several meters, which belong to the category of extreme manufacturing for our country's industrial system. Without breaking through these barriers to extreme manufacturing, our country's equipment industry level will not be able to leap to a new level. ”

"Assistant Feng is right. Since this is the case, the state should come up with money to help our enterprises improve their equipment, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, which is what the ancients said. Huang Tianshu interjected.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Aren't I here to discuss with you about the formation of extreme manufacturing capabilities?"

"But didn't you say that this big workshop wouldn't be built in our Beihua Machine? Isn't our Beihua Machine the backbone enterprise that Assistant Feng said?" Huang Tianshu choked.

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "Director Huang is too anxious, what I just said is that the workshop will be built, but it is not built in the Beihua Machine, but I didn't say that this workshop does not belong to the Beihua Machine." ”

"Uh...... What does this mean?" everyone was stunned by Feng Xiaochen's words.

Feng Xiaochen wanted this effect, he changed the topic and said, "Director Zhao, Director Huang, let me ask a question." If we hand over the 1,500 cubic meter spherical tank to Beihua Machinery for manufacturing, how do you plan to transport it to the construction site of Haidong Petrochemical after it is manufactured?"

This time, the 600,000-ton ethylene plant approved by the state is located in Haidong Province and is called Haidong Petrochemical. The purpose of placing the ethylene project in Haidong Province is to take advantage of the coastal advantages of Haidong Province and enable the use of imported crude oil nearby. In fact, at this time, China was still a net exporter of crude oil, but the officials of the State Development Planning Commission were not wine bags and rice bags, and they were able to predict that in a few years China would change from a net exporter of crude oil to a net importer, and that the supply of crude oil to the petrochemical industry would be mainly completed by sea, and that large-scale petrochemical projects should be laid out along the coast or along the Yangtze River, so as to reduce transshipment costs.

By the way, China's ability to switch from a crude oil exporter to a crude oil importer also has a lot to do with the construction of these large petrochemical projects. In the early years, China lacked petrochemical processing capacity, and petrochemical products such as ethylene were heavily dependent on imports. After the completion of the large ethylene plant, we have the ability to digest crude oil by ourselves, and we can even import foreign crude oil, process it into ethylene and sell it abroad to earn the difference.

In the new century, China has become the world's factory, and it imports massive amounts of crude oil, iron ore, copper ore, etc. from all over the world, first processing them into chemical fibers, plastics, steel, and refined copper, and then manufacturing them into clothing, bags, toys, bicycles, containers, etc., and selling them to countries around the world, earning a surplus of hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

The cadres of Beihua Machinery also knew the layout of Haidong Petrochemical for a long time, and when they heard Feng Xiaochen's question, Xu Zhenxin pondered for a while and said: "Assistant Feng's question really stopped us. In the past, we have also engaged in large containers, but the largest is six or seven meters in diameter. In order to transport these containers, it is often necessary to ask the police along the road to help close the road, and sometimes to cut down trees on both sides, and even tear down some of the houses of some villagers. But this 1,500 cubic meters spherical tank, with a diameter of more than 14 meters, is transported ...... What a hassle. ”

Zhao Yadong heard a little eyebrows, and he asked tentatively: "Assistant Feng, do you mean to suggest that we build the container workshop in Haidong?"

"Wouldn't it?" Huang Tianshu was a little hindsight, and when he heard Zhao Yadong say, he was stunned for a few seconds, and then said: "Just for a Haidong petrochemical, we will go to Haidong to build a container workshop? When this project is completed, what will happen to the workshop? There are so many equipment in the container workshop, so many equipment can't be shipped back at that time. Like the large plate bending machine used in the container workshop, it is transported from Kuigu to Haidong, and then transported back when it is used up, which is not easier than transporting a spherical tank out. ”

"That's what I'm going to discuss with you. Feng Xiaochen's foreshadowing is only now completed, and he said: "We have an idea, we plan to gather the strength of more than a dozen equipment backbone enterprises, including Beihua Machinery, to build an extreme manufacturing base in a suitable place on the eastern coast, specializing in the construction of super-large and overweight equipment." In order to take advantage of the advantages of sea freight and reduce transportation costs.

One is that the strength of one enterprise is not enough to reach the scale we want, and the other is that as Director Huang said, the business of an enterprise cannot support the needs of an extreme manufacturing base, and it is easy to idle equipment.

If more than a dozen companies are engaged together, everyone shares the cost equally, and the burden is not too heavy. Usually whoever needs it will be used, and the business of more than a dozen enterprises can be continuous, and there will be no problem of needing to transport the bending machine back. ”

"Extreme manufacturing base, this idea is great!" Jiang Xianyu, the director of the technical department, jumped up first, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Assistant Feng, this is really a genius idea, I have been thinking about this for a long time. At present, foreign chemical fields are engaged in super-large installations, and our Beihua machine does not have such conditions, so it can't play at all. However, to renovate the plant and add equipment, the cost is too great for the factory to afford. If, as Assistant Feng said, we build a national-level extreme manufacturing base, our ability will be able to rise to several levels!"

"Old Jiang, don't interrupt!" Zhao Yadong couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted Jiang Xianyu's obscenity angrily. He coughed lightly, attracting Feng Xiaochen's attention to his side, and then said, "Assistant Feng, I didn't understand what you just meant. When you say that you are gathering the strength of more than a dozen enterprises to build a base, do you mean that each of our enterprises will build a workshop in the base?"

"Of course not. Feng Xiaochen said, "What is the significance of this kind of redundant construction? More than a dozen enterprises will definitely not have business at the same time, and those that have business needs at the same time are only four or five." If we jointly build three large workshops and add four or five sets of equipment, it will be enough to meet the needs of all enterprises. Some special equipment, even only one set is enough, so that everyone can save a lot of investment. ”

"So, who is responsible for managing these workshops and equipment? It won't be your equipment industry company that will be in charge, right?" Zhao Yadong asked with a dark face.

"Absolutely not!" Feng Xiaochen laughed out loud and said, "Director Zhao, do you think we seem to be such unreasonable people?

Hearing Feng Xiaochen make fun of herself, Zhou Mengshi was not annoyed, she raised a palm, shook it at Zhao Yadong with a smile, and made a cute gesture, which amused Zhao Yadong, and the serious atmosphere in the venue suddenly relaxed a little.

"You Xiao Feng, you don't have a serious word in your mouth!" Zhao Yadong put on the score of an elder and said: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's really your equipment industrial company, no, it should be said that you are Feng's assistant, you are too shrewd, I am afraid of you." ”

Zhao Yadong's words were half ridicule and half complaining. Speaking of Feng Xiaochen's pit people, this is relative. In fact, since the establishment of the equipment industry company, the domestic equipment manufacturing enterprises have really sought a lot of benefits, to the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to sell complete sets of equipment, to the developed countries of the equipment enterprises OEM, the organization of joint research to achieve the localization of major equipment, for the equipment enterprises, for the equipment enterprises, for the equipment enterprises,

However, while Feng Xiaochen is seeking benefits for everyone, he is also extremely shrewd in his calculations. The equipment industry companies should take a cut of the profits from the export of equipment and the income of export OEMs, and then use these commissions to force various enterprises to engage in technical research, and do not expect to get money if they do not complete the task. Although Zhao Yadong also admitted that Beihua Machinery was forced by this pressure to increase investment in technology, and many achievements have been formed, but this feeling of being coerced is really unpleasant.

In contrast, it is much easier to take any technical transformation funds and special scientific and technological projects from various ministries and commissions of the state, although it is necessary to sign a mission letter and stipulate what rights and obligations, but in the end, if you take something out and fool around, the officials at the higher level will not be overly investigated, at best, it is a fine of three glasses of wine.

In recent years, the national finances have been tight, and the funds for technological transformation that can be allocated through the system of ministries and commissions are getting less and less, and some ministries and commissions do not know whether they are obedient or lazy, and even directly allocate the funds to the equipment company, and the equipment company will then allocate it to the enterprises. In this way, the money that was easy to get was also grabbed by Feng Xiaochen, and the companies didn't want to get their wishes without shedding their skins.

In this case, can the leaders of various enterprises not be full of resentment towards Feng Xiaochen? Of course, resentment is resentment, and everyone just takes advantage of Feng Xiaochen's good-looking face to make a few innocuous complaints, and no one dares to really go to Feng Xiaochen for theory. If you provoke this guy and don't give yourself a chance in the future, wouldn't it be even worse?

Speaking of which, the people in the position of being able to become leaders of large state-owned enterprises are not fools, and they also have some overall vision. When everyone sat down in private, they would also say that Feng Xiaochen was right to do this. If there is no mantra of the state-owned enterprises, it would be good to have 20% of these funds used in technology development, and most of them will be misappropriated and turned into high-end cars under the staff dormitories and leaders' buttocks. Over the years, thanks to Feng Xiaochen, we have really done some research, introduced some advanced equipment, and the technical level has risen a lot. Otherwise, for a project like 600,000 tons of large ethylene, Zhao Yadong really has no confidence to follow.

At this moment, listening to Feng Xiaochen talk about the idea of the extreme manufacturing base, Zhao Yadong understood that this was another pit that Feng Xiaochen had dug for everyone, and in the end, everyone would definitely jump into it willingly. After all, it makes sense for every business to build such a base, and of course, it would be better if this base could be completely owned by themselves. However, can Feng Xiaochen be so generous?