"Brother, this time, you can give me more guidance. ”

In a hotel in London, England, Feng Lintao, who had just come from China by plane, grabbed Feng Xiaochen's hand and said with a sincere face.

Feng Xiaochen has been traveling around Europe during this time, leading his team to find valuable acquisition targets, and then raising funds for acquisitions. In just over a year, he has completed seven or eight large-scale mergers and acquisitions, and countless smaller mergers and acquisitions in the range of several million euros.

This time, Feng Lintao took a team from the State Nuclear Power Company to the United Kingdom to negotiate a nuclear power plant construction project called Xinke Point, and called Feng Xiaochen in advance, saying that he hoped to get Feng Xiaochen's guidance. Feng Xiaochen put down his work and came to London, waiting for the arrival of Feng Lintao and his party.

"The Hinkke Point nuclear power plant project is the largest energy project launched by the British government to combat climate change, and plans to build four 1 million kilowatt reactors to replace the six 500,000 kilowatt reactors built in the 70s of the last century. The original six reactors at the Hinkke Point power station are outdated and close to their original design lifespan and need to be discontinued. The four reactors planned to be built, and the British government wants to adopt a third-generation reactor type with higher safety.

At present, China, Japan, France, Russia and the United States have the technology in this area, but China is the only country that has actually built a third-generation nuclear power plant, so we have a great advantage in the bidding. ”

Feng Lintao kept talking about the situation to Feng Xiaochen.

"What are the companies from the countries participating in the bidding at present?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Feng Lintao said: "Although the United States has the technology of third-generation nuclear power, they no longer have the manufacturing strength and construction team, so it is impossible for them to come to bid. Russia has the ability to do this, but because relations with the West have been very tense in recent years, the British government does not dare to let Russia undertake such a large project related to the national economy and people's livelihood. France has technology that falls short of the expectations of the British government, so it is out before the bid. At present, there are only two companies participating in the bidding, which is our China State Nuclear Power Corporation, and the other is Japan's Sanli Steel Works. ”

Feng Xiaochen was stunned: "Sanli Steel Institute, how did they get into the circle of nuclear power?"

Feng Lintao said with a little disdain: "Mr. Feng, you are too bureaucratic now, and you don't understand many things in the industry anymore." A few years ago, Sanli Steel spent $7.5 billion to acquire the U.S.-based Weihao Electric Company and Japan's Iketani Manufacturing. Weihao Electric Company is a veteran nuclear power technology company in the United States, with a large number of third-generation nuclear power patents in hand. Iketani Manufacturing has experience in manufacturing high-pressure vessels, and there are a large number of high-pressure vessels in nuclear power plants.

The purpose of Sanli's move, for people in the industry, is to see the fire, that is, Sanli intends to enter the third-generation nuclear power market and take nuclear power as its new growth pole. The $7.5 billion acquisition of the two companies was a big gamble for Sanli. Sanli is desperate with the determination to win. ”

"Uh-huh, I have an impression when you say that. Feng Xiaochen nodded. At that time, there were also rumors that Sanli might want to enter the chemical equipment market, but then Sanli's acquisition of Weihao Electric in the United States dispelled this rumor, and everyone did judge that Sanli intended to make achievements in the third generation of nuclear power.

"After acquiring these two companies, Sanli spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources for the research and development of the third generation of nuclear power technology. We have followed their technology, and it can be said that their technology is different from ours, and if you consider the production experience of Iketani Manufacturing and Weihao Electric, we are slightly inferior. Feng Lintao said objectively.

"Didn't you just say that you are the only one in the world who has experience in the construction of third-generation nuclear power plants, and this should be regarded as your advantage, right? No matter how good Sanli's technology is, it will be in vain if it has not gone through actual combat. Feng Xiaochen analyzed.

Feng Lintao smiled: "That's true. If there is no 311 earthquake, they can also get a few third-generation nuclear power orders, so that they are still talking on paper. ”

"This is our biggest shortcoming!"

In the office of the chairman of Sanli Steel, Chairman Michihiko Kobayashi sighed and said to the company's sales director Yu Uchida.

Yu Uchida was originally the sales director of Iketani Works, but after Iketani Manufacturing was acquired by Sanritsu Steel, Yu Uchida was retained and still served as sales director. After careful analysis, Michihiko Kobayashi believed that the third-generation nuclear power does have a broad market prospect, and Sanli Steel has a strong advantage in this area and is fully able to occupy a place in this market.

Subsequent progress confirms Michihiko Kobayashi's analysis, and after Sanli Steel obtained the third-generation nuclear power patent from Weihao Electric, it quickly digested and absorbed it, and formed a construction capacity. The third generation of nuclear power is a new thing for the world, and many countries have taken a wait-and-see attitude towards it.

At that time, only two countries had decided to build a third-generation nuclear power project, one was Japan and the other was China. China has also invested a lot of money and manpower in the third-generation nuclear power technology, and has formed an independent construction capacity, so it is impossible to give the market to Sanli, and what Sanli can get is only the new third-generation nuclear power project planned in Japan.

Uchida led a team that lobbied the Japanese government for a long time to finally persuade the government to agree to hand over two third-generation nuclear power projects to Sanritsu Steel. Michihiko Kobayashi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately arranged for manpower to carry out the design, and when the design drawings were completed, the construction of equipment manufacturing and civil works could begin.

For a large-scale project like a nuclear power plant, the owner is very concerned about the contractor's construction experience. If you have no construction experience at all, how can people believe that you can complete such a project? Conversely, if you have done several similar projects and the results are good, then people can trust you with the confidence and boldness to hand over the project.

Michihiko Kobayashi's idea is to first win these two projects in Japan, and then use these two projects as an excuse to vigorously publicize Sanritsu Steel's third-generation nuclear power technology, so that he can undertake the project in the international market. The investment in nuclear power projects is amazing, and the investment in a million-kilowatt reactor is tens of billions of dollars.

Just when Michihiko Kobayashi was gearing up for a big fight, the 311 earthquake happened. The tsunami washed away the Fukushima plant's external power supply system, causing the reactor cooling system to stop working, and a serious radiation accident ensued. After the Fukushima accident, the Japanese people fell into an extreme panic, almost talking about nuclear color change. In this atmosphere, the two third-generation nuclear power plants scheduled to be built have been shelved, and at the same time, Michihiko Kobayashi's dream of third-generation nuclear power has been shelved.

If it's just a dream setback, Michihiko Kobayashi doesn't care. The most terrible thing is that the third-generation nuclear power technology that Sanli Steel has invested all its efforts in developing, and therefore it is useless. Michihiko Kobayashi is the third generation of nuclear power as the key to saving Sanli's defeat, and now that nuclear power is not allowed to be built, the funds invested in the early stage are even if they are in vain, and Sanli can withstand such a toss, and the red light will quickly light up financially.

At this time, Yu Uchida brought good news to Michihiko Kobayashi, that is, Britain is preparing to build the Hinkke Point nuclear power plant, which is expected to build four megawatt generation III nuclear reactors. Uchida Yu said that if Sanli can win this project, it is equivalent to a sigh of relief, and the next step can rely on the successful experience in the UK to fool more countries, and then Sanli's nuclear power project will be truly activated and can become the pillar of Sanli.

"Our competitors are Chinese. Their biggest advantage is that they have already started construction of two third-generation nuclear power plants and have experience in building four reactors. Although these four reactors have not yet been put into production, they are already very well accumulated compared to us. Yu Uchida reported to Michihiko Kobayashi.

"Damn the earthquake!" Michihiko Kobayashi said hatefully, "If it weren't for the earthquake, our reactors have already started to be built, and I believe we will be able to do better than the Chinese." ”

"That's what I thought, too. Uchida replied inconsistently. He once asked someone to inquire about the situation of the two third-generation nuclear power plants built by China, and the news he received was that the manufacturing level of Chinese enterprises is very high, and the localization rate of nuclear power equipment has reached more than 90 percent, which is far higher than the level of Sanli Iron and Steel Institute. The equipment made by Chinese companies looks no different from the equipment imported from abroad, and it is no longer the shoddy appearance of a few decades ago.

It was we who taught the Chinese to do total quality management, and it was we who taught the Chinese exquisite production technology, and now, they have become our biggest competitors with what they have learned from us.

Uchida thought sadly in his heart. He recalled the process of the collapse of the Iketani Works, and vaguely felt that this time Sanli Steel Works might also be in a catastrophe.

"Uchida-kun, you personally lead the negotiation team to the UK and compete with the Chinese. I believe that the level of industry in Japan is more trustworthy, and the British will make the right choice. Michihiko Kobayashi didn't know Uchida's inner thoughts, but he still trusted Uchida very much, so he made such an arrangement.

A few days later, Uchida flew to London with a team of engineers and accountants to prepare to compete with his Chinese counterparts.