Leaving the district government, Shen Huai drove to the industrial park.

When crossing the Zhuxi Bridge, he saw Xiong Wenbin sitting in an old běi jeep, Shen Huai parked the car under the bridge, got out of the car and walked towards Xiong Wenbin, and said: "Old Xiong has been running Meixi during this time, and he is more diligent than me." ”

"Meixi New District has only come up with a framework plan, and it has to be slowly filled in. "In many aspects, Meixi Town has done some pioneering work in the demolition and resettlement of farmland and the construction of new towns. ”

Shen Huai smiled, and he walked towards the bridge with Xiong Wenbin.

Zhuxi Bridge is currently the landmark of Meixi, standing to the main span bridge Zhongyāng, you can overlook most of the two towns of Meixi and Huangqiao.

After the completion of the foundation project of the joint venture steel plant, the equipment for steelmaking and refining was also shipped from Junpu in Japan, and the entire construction period was four to six months later than that of Meigang.

Located in the middle of the iron and steel industrial park, Zhonghuai Heavy Industry also broke ground a month ago, the first phase of the project invested 40 million US dollars, covering an area of 400 acres, but the surrounding area reserved nearly 600 acres of reserve construction land for Zhonghuai Heavy Industry.

After obtaining 30 million US dollars in bond financing, the construction speed of the new Meigang plant quickly pulled up, and the main project of the new Meigang plant will be completed, although the installation of fire-fighting, electrical and other equipment and the subsequent commissioning will continue for a long time, but the framework of the entire steelmaking line has been erected, unfolding in the distance like a dragon.

Xiong Wenbin has a deep affection for the steel industry and a deep understanding of it.

Looking at Shen Huai and looking at the direction of the new Meigang plant with emotion, Xiong Wenbin said: "I went to the construction site of the new plant a few days ago to investigate, and I saw the installation of on-site equipment, Zhao Dong, Zhao Zhimin, and Pan Cheng are full of confidence in the successful operation of the new plant." More than a year ago, you told me that it would take three years to make the annual production capacity of Meigang's electric furnace steel exceed 500,000 tons. At that time, I was still skeptical of your words, and it seems that my vision was too narrow......"

Shen Huai stood against the railing of the bridge, knowing that Xiong Wenbin was referring to what he had said to the Emperor last April.

At that time, Meigang had not yet been restructured, and its annual production capacity had just returned to the level of 100,000 tons originally designed, and the funds for the technical transformation of the first factory had not yet been settled; Wang Ziliang was still the No. 1 person in Donghua and was not sentenced to death, and Yang Lili was still the account director of the Emperor's marketing department; Xiong Wenbin was still deeply trusted by Tan Qiping, and Zhou Ming and Su Kaiwen were so affectionate that they thought they could show him a look in the face -- in less than a year and a half, Shen Huai never thought that so many things would happen.

Shen Huai smiled: "If you don't say it, I thought three years had passed." Time really doesn't treat anyone, and life is just a flick of a finger......"

"You are so emotional, so what can we who are waiting for the dying wood think?" Xiong Wenbin asked with a smile.

Shen Huai saw that Xiong Wenbin's temples were gray and slightly old, and knew that all the things that had happened to him in the past year had hit him hard, who could see that he had just turned fifty this year?

"To make steel, a million tons of production capacity is a threshold. Mei Gang has crossed this threshold, there is no longer any problem, presumably you will not stop there, right?" Xiong Wenbin asked.

"Oh......" Shen Huai nodded, it is comfortable to communicate with someone who knows how to communicate, there is no need to hide it, and there is no need to use your tongue.

Even at this time, the outside world has great doubts about whether the new Meigang plant can be put into operation.

In their opinion, the introduction of the new plant is "foreign obsolete steelmaking lines", and the most members of the management team are only "the bottom technicians who can't manage the city steel mill".

Only insiders look at the problem, will not be disturbed by superficial factors, whether people can use it, whether the equipment can be used, they have their own objective judgment.

It is precisely the louder the doubts from the outside world, the more united Meigang is.

At this time, Shen Huai was not worried about whether the new factory could be operated after it was completed, he had to think about more things. He knew that Xiong Wenbin had a plan for the development of the city steel mill when he was in the city steel mill, but he died with him when he left the city steel mill, but Shen Huai believed that Xiong Wenbin's steel ambition should not be annihilated.

A steel plant, from 10,000 tons at the beginning, to a production capacity of 100,000 tons, as long as it can get local support, it will be relatively easy, after all, the total investment is limited, and the local government can grit its teeth to survive.

One million tons is a big threshold.

In the ninety-fourth year of Donghua, the total investment in the industrial and mining fields in the entire region was only four or five hundred million yuan.

A million-ton steel plant with an investment of nearly one billion. Such a large amount of investment is usually not supported by local financial resources.

The requirements of the million-ton steel plant for the overall quality and scale of the management team and employees, the requirements for the local transportation, power supply, raw material supply and other industrial supporting capabilities, as well as the market supply and marketing and development capabilities, will be raised to a new demanding and critical height.

Once the threshold of one million tons of production capacity is crossed, it means that regional transportation, power supply, raw material supply, market channels, and the training of management and technical personnel have made breakthroughs, forming a scale, and the ability of enterprises to obtain and accumulate profits has increased significantly.

With the expansion of the influence of enterprises, it means that they can break through regional restrictions and find more financing resources in the external financial market, so as to achieve faster development.

After the completion of the new plant, Meigang's direct production capacity will exceed 800,000 tons.

The Meixi Power Plant will also be completed some time ago, and will be able to deliver a huge amount of electricity to the industrial development of Meixi Town up to 400 million to 600 million kWh per year to ensure power supply.

The Meixi Power Plant's newly built dedicated coal conveying terminal and ancillary storage yard can handle 600,000 tons of coal per year, ensuring that the installed capacity of the power plant has the potential for further expansion.

Although the annual throughput of the first phase of the Meixi Port Wharf is only about one million tons, the second phase of the project has broken ground, which will make the river-sea intermodal throughput of Meixi Port exceed 5 million tons.

Before the start of the new plant project, Meigang formed a management and technical backbone team of more than 200 people with expertise in many fields.

In the past year, Meigang has never stopped the pace of talent training and talent scale expansion.

For the official operation of the new plant and the establishment of the group's research institute, Meigang has started large-scale recruitment again in April, and the number of new employees recruited every month is more than 100.

In Meigang No. 1 Factory, the monthly wages of front-line workers have risen to more than 1,000 yuan, which can not only select employees with higher quality and training potential from the surplus labor force in rural areas, but also attract technical and management personnel of relevant specialties in the city's state-owned factories to continue to flow to Meigang.

The joint venture steel mill shall not start large-scale employee recruitment in advance when the construction period is four to six months behind the new Meigang plant, so as to avoid the human resources of the steel industry in Donghua City to absorb all the human resources of the new Meigang plant.

This summer, Meigang recruited more than 200 fresh graduates from colleges and universities at one time.

If Meigang can successfully cross the threshold of one million tons of production capacity, of course, it will not stop there.

Shen Huai chatted with Xiong Wenbin for a few words, and then drove to the new factory construction site first.

Coincidentally, as soon as Shen Huai's car turned down from Yanhe Road, Gu Tong's car then drove onto the Zhuxi Bridge, and he saw Xiong Wenbin smoking and resting at the bridge, so he also stopped the car to say hello.

When Xiong Wenbin was in the city steel mill, Gu Tong was the deputy director.

Gao Tianhe transferred Xiong Wenbin to the city, and Gu Tong took over Xiong Wenbin as the factory director.

In the years when Xiong Wenbin was silent, Gu Tong's deputy office went to the main office, and then to the member of the Municipal Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, which can be said to be infinitely beautiful.

Tan Qiping went to Donghua, Xiong Wenbin had a short period of glory, and Gu Tong turned the limelight quickly, and the city steel mill switched to Tan Qiping. Xiong Wenbin kicked Tan Qiping aside, and Gu Tong actively cooperated and worked hard in the joint venture steel mill, which was very trusted by Tan Qiping.

Gu Tong didn't know if Xiong Wenbin had a chance to make a comeback, but he knew in his heart that no matter how bad the position of director of the Municipal Research Office was, he would have a considerable say in many things in the city.

In particular, Xiong Wenbin is a very smart person, most of the policy documents of the municipal party committee and municipal government are drafted by the political research office, if such an individual is offended, it will be difficult to detect it.

Xiong Wenbin naturally can't go down the same road with Gu Tong in his life, but it doesn't mean that he will ignore them when they meet, or simply tear his face and scold him.

He knew that Gu Tong was not having a good time this time.

Although the outside world is not optimistic about the operation of the new Meigang plant after the completion of the project, it is not a problem to overwhelm the city steel group in terms of production capacity and enterprise efficiency.

The development of the city steel group has stagnated over the years, and this year's output can reach 600,000 tons, and in just two years, it will be surpassed by a "township enterprise", so that too many people in the city and the city steel group are dissatisfied with Gu Tong.

If it weren't for the achievements of the joint venture steel mill, Gu Tong's position in the Municipal Steel Group would be difficult to maintain.

Gu Tong is now looking forward to the joint venture steel mill being built and profitable as soon as possible.

The city steel group owns 35% of the shares in the joint venture steel plant, and as long as the joint venture steel plant can make a profit, the city steel group can withdraw funds to remedy the old plant.

"Director Xiong also invited Su Kaiwen to Meixi Town for a meeting?" Gu Tong asked.

Xiong Wenbin said that he did not know what meeting Su Kaiwen was going to hold in Meixi Town.

Gu Tong explained: "Su Kaiwen wants to carry out the reconstruction project of Meixi Highway, the section of Meixi and Huangqiao Bridges will be carried out together, and the Meixi Bridge will also be newly built, so as to kick off the construction of the new area." In the past, Meixi infrastructure was in full swing, Shen Huai made full use of his private interests, and the construction company from the Municipal Steel Group also had strength, but he couldn't enter Meixi Town before, but this time he was finally able to get a piece of the pie. ”

Gu Tong in the city steel mill is not good at steelmaking, on diversification, the city steel group under the branch companies, the construction company is only one of them, is the city steel group of the secondary enterprises, but also Donghua City quite a powerful construction enterprises.

Xiong Wenbin didn't expect that Su Kaiwen would carry out the Xiamei Highway reconstruction project as soon as he came up, and he would also have to cooperate with the construction company of the Municipal Iron and Steel Group.