"Special meow, you say, this Feng Xiaochen wouldn't have expected today's situation a long time ago, right?"

Zhao Zhenhao mentioned Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, and everyone was awakened at once. Yan Delin suddenly remembered that more than a year ago, Feng Xiaochen came to lobby Jianggang to invest in the Pit Sig Iron Mine. That time, Feng Xiaochen did not beg for how much money Jiang Gang had to contribute, but hinted that this was an opportunity for Jiang Gang, and Jiang Gang should not miss the opportunity. At that time, everyone thought that Feng Xiaochen was scaring himself with alarmist words, and the purpose was to get Jianggang to come up with more funds to invest in the Piesig iron mine. But combined with today's situation, everyone suddenly realized that Feng Xiaochen's prompt may really be a rainy day.

"That time, I went to Feng Xiaochen to talk privately, and he didn't say that we had to pay more, but he gave me a feeling that if we didn't invest, we would definitely regret it in the future. By the way, he also asked me a strange question at the time......" Cao Guangshan recalled the conversation with Feng Xiaochen more than a year ago, and his back began to feel a little cold.

"What question did he ask you?" Teng Zhaoliang asked.

Cao Guangshan grinned and said: "He asked me if Jianggang could use low- and medium-grade pellets to make iron, and I said that it was okay to modify the process slightly, and then he said that he was relieved." ”

"Medium and low-grade pellets, what do you mean?" Teng Zhaoliang didn't understand for a while.

Zhang Lin reacted very quickly, she glared at Teng Zhaoliang, and said: "I don't understand this, what people mean is that if one day we can't import high-grade ore from Australia, we have to prepare to use low-grade domestic ore to make iron." ”

"I'm meow......" Teng Zhaoliang blurted out that he wanted to swear a dirty word, but he swallowed it back hard in the middle of the sentence, he gasped twice, and then said hatefully: "This surnamed Feng has been looking forward to this day for a long time, don't you say?"

"He couldn't have made it up this time, right?" Zhao Zhenhao asked.

Cao Guangshan shook his head resolutely and said, "With what I know about Feng Xiaochen, he won't declare a personal vendetta." Besides, didn't you just say that this is a notice issued by the State Economic and Trade Commission, all units in the country must reduce the amount of foreign exchange, how can Feng Xiaochen have such a great ability, in order to rectify our Jianggang, let all units across the country come to accompany and tie up. ”

Yan Delin said: "Today's incident is definitely not done by Feng Xiaochen. But Feng Xiaochen had foreseen this situation more than a year ago. I have learned about this guy, he is a student of Shen Rongru, he has a deep understanding of macroeconomics, and it is not surprising that he can foresee today's situation. Judging from the sentence he asked Lao Cao, he was ready to put on small shoes for us when the country's foreign exchange was tight, otherwise he would not have asked Lao Cao about low-grade pellets. ”

Cao Guangshan said: "I also think that Feng Xiaochen should have foreseen today's situation. He strongly advocated that the Economic and Trade Commission take the lead in investing in the Pitsig iron ore, probably because he was worried that if one day the country's foreign exchange was tight and the country could not come up with money to import Australian ore, the Pitsig iron ore mine could come in handy. As far as I know, some private steel mills such as Xiagang Iron and Steel and Donggang are the main contributors to the investment in the Pitsig Iron Mine.

At the end of last year, the expansion of the Pete Sig iron ore mine was completed, and more than 20 million tons of iron ore have been shipped to China in the past six months, mainly distributed to Xia Iron and Steel and Donggang. Xiagang added another blast furnace in the first half of this year, and this year's steel output is estimated to break the 10 million ton mark. ”

"In other words, if the foreign exchange allocated to us is really reduced, then our iron ore supply will decrease, and Xiagang's iron ore supply will increase instead, and we will be equivalent to giving the market to these nouveau riche for nothing?" Yan Delin asked with a dark face.

Cao Guangshan nodded silently, in fact, this situation is obvious, Piesig Iron Mine is a Chinese-funded holding, and the ore imported from Piesig Iron Mine only needs to pay a small amount of foreign exchange, and most of it can be offset by machinery and equipment or consumer goods produced in China, so it will not be affected by the strict control policy of foreign exchange indicators. Jianggang's iron ore imports have decreased, and steel production will naturally decrease accordingly. Xiagang was originally unable to get imported iron ore, mainly using domestic ore for ironmaking, with limited production capacity, but now it has obtained high-grade ore from Piesig iron ore, and its production capacity can be rapidly increased.

When one's own production declines and competitors' production rises, it is equivalent to giving one's own market to the other party. If the policy of strict foreign exchange control continues for the next two years, and Xiagang continues to use the money it earns to continue to produce too much, Jianggang will really be marginalized. Nowadays, the steel market is indeed a seller's market, and the supply exceeds demand, but who knows whether the situation will change in two years? If the market falls into weakness at that time, and the customers are on the side of Xiagang, what will Jianggang do to compete with Xiagang?

"This is unreasonable!" Teng Zhaoliang jumped up, "Since there is imported iron ore, why can private iron and steel mills get it, but our state-owned factories can't get it? We are all responsible for providing steel for key national projects, not for our own production of Jianggang." Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant is a fart, isn't it just producing some inferior strip steel and selling it to those non-compliant real estate companies, why does the state distribute valuable imported iron ore to them?"

Director Teng said this...... Well, that makes sense, too. Zhang Lin hesitated and agreed.

"That makes sense. Zhao Zhenhao also nodded, and at the same time looked at the two factory leaders with a weak gaze.

Teng Zhaoliang's words are actually outright cheating. It is true that Jianggang undertakes the supply of steel for some national key projects, but it is only a small part, because the more advanced the steel, the less the demand. The main products of Jianggang Iron and Steel are no different from those of Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, which are ordinary construction wire rods and plates. Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant is a large-scale private iron and steel enterprise, different from those small township steel mills, the latter does have a bad record of producing strip steel, and the quality of Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant is excellent, and its reputation in the market is not inferior to that of Jianggang.

As for the distribution of iron ore imported from Pittsig, the State Economic and Trade Commission has already set a tone more than a year ago, that is, who pays and who benefits. According to the amount of investment in the Pitsig iron mine, the enterprises obtained the right to distribute imported iron ore, and Jianggang also received a part of the iron ore because it contributed 18 million US dollars, but the proportion was far less than that of Xiagang and Donggang, which were large contributors.

Earlier, when the country imported iron ore from Australia and Brazil, it was completely inclined to state-owned iron and steel enterprises such as Jianggang, and Xiagang almost couldn't even divide a little soup and water, and people didn't have anything to say?

Zhang Lin, Zhao Zhenhao and others are all middle-level cadres in the enterprise, and it is impossible not to understand this truth. But they all nodded in agreement with Teng Zhaoliang's words, to put it bluntly, they didn't help their relatives. Teng Zhaoliang's meaning is very clear: Jianggang is a large state-owned factory and the government's own son, and Xiagang and Donggang are all private enterprises, and at best they can be regarded as godsons of the government. At such a time, the child who can make trouble will have milk to eat, and the biological son should undoubtedly eat first as respect. As long as Jiang Iron and Steel is willing to pull down his face and go to the Economic and Trade Commission to make trouble, the Economic and Trade Commission will have to weigh the distance and relatives, even if it does not transfer all the iron ore allocated to Xia Iron and Steel to Jiang Iron and Steel, it is always appropriate to divide half of it, right?

"Old Cao, what do you think?" Yan Delin turned his head to look at Cao Guangshan.

Cao Guangshan smiled bitterly: "This ...... Isn't that too unsophisticated?"

"What's the use of being exquisite?" Teng Zhaoliang retorted. Don't look at Cao Guangshan as the deputy factory director, Teng Zhaoliang is just a production director, but Teng Zhaoliang really didn't regard Cao Guangshan as a factory leader who needed to be respected. Cao Guangshan is relatively honest, and this deputy factory director is also a veteran of the factory, and he does not have much prestige among middle-level cadres.

"Lao Cao, let me tell you, our Jianggang was too particular in the past, which made township enterprises like Xiagang climb on our heads. I don't think that Feng Xiaochen is a good bird, maybe he received a lot of benefits from Xiagang, so he set up a bureau to trap us. Teng Zhaoliang said indignantly.

"Lao Teng, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing. Yan Delin interrupted Teng Zhaoliang's words, this kind of remark is indeed a bit out of line, if it is spread, it can be regarded as slander. Feng Xiaochen, Yan Delin's impression of him is still good, although there are some conceptual conflicts between the two sides, but Yan Delin also has to admit that Feng Xiaochen is capable and enthusiastic, he may be a little dissatisfied with Jianggang's performance, but to say how much he has received from Xiagang, Yan Delin does not believe it.

"Lao Cao, if we want to get some African ore, do you think it's useful to find Feng Xiaochen?" Yan Delin asked.

Cao Guangshan said: "The matter of taking a stake in the Pitsig Iron Mine was led by Feng Xiaochen, and his words will definitely work." But when it comes to going to Feng Xiaochen, I really don't have much confidence. People gave us the opportunity, but we didn't seize it ourselves, and then we went to him at this time, alas......"

This sigh can be described as a mixture of feelings. People have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, this sentence was said by Feng Xiaochen in the Linhe Iron and Steel Plant, and later told to the Jiangcheng Iron and Steel Plant by Guo Peihong, the director of the Linhe Iron and Steel Plant, and the directors and middle-level cadres present all knew that Feng Xiaochen had said this. What everyone didn't expect was that this sentence came true so quickly. At this time, Jiang Gang went to Feng Xiaochen again, what could he say? Do you want to beg him, or do you want to scare him with some kind of banner?

Feng Xiaochen is known as a person in the industry, and if he wants to scare him with something, he may only be humiliated. Then, there is only one way left to beg him.

Also, at what cost is Jiang Gang willing to pay to win Feng Xiaochen's support?

"Lao Cao, it's better for you to run first. ”

Yan Delin pondered for a long time and gave an order to Cao Guangshan.