When Qin Hai and Xin Jinlong were observing the production site of Tongxin Steel Plant, Lu Dashuang was also peeking at this group of uninvited guests who claimed to be southerners.

Two days ago, he received a message from Gao Xuejian conveyed by Wang Yue, saying that a working group sent by the central government had been stationed in Xingchuan County, and that it was possible to go to various small steel factories to investigate at any time, and he should be very careful. When the accountant Xiaomei reported that Lu Jianzhong had brought a southern boss, his first reaction was to suspect that it was a pretended buyer by the working group, and he had to be vigilant to avoid being stolen from important information.

When he saw Xin Jinlong, Lu Dashuang's heart basically let go. He remembered that Wang Yue said that the head of the working group was a young official in his early 30s, but the person in front of him was a bloated uncle in his 50s. Xin Jinlong has the air of a dumpling that has become rich overnight from the inside out, which is an image that no government official can disguise. As for Qin Hai and Ge Dongyan, who were following Xin Jinlong, Lu Dashuang didn't care too much about it at all. Wang Yue said that the Qin team leader of the working group is a very powerful person, how can such a big man follow a rich man to carry his bag for him?

Every day, some businessmen from different places come to Xingchuan to purchase steel, and there are not a few who directly find Dongdaogou Village. Lu Dashuang could not give up the opportunity to sell just because of the threat of the central working group. Xin Jinlong carried a Mercedes-Benz 600 sedan with a Yunjiang Provincial license plate, a big gold chain around his neck, and attendants and bodyguards around him, no different from other businessmen, Lu Dashuang had already thrown the suspicions in his heart out of the clouds.

"Boss Xin, you see, this is my production workshop. Look at this electric stove, don't look a little old, this is an authentic import. I got it from Yanning Iron and Steel Works. Lu Dashuang pointed to the medium frequency induction furnace and said proudly.

"It's really imported, Belgian, from the late '60s." Qin Hai introduced Xin Jinlong with a voice that was just right for Lu Dashuang to hear. He plays the role of a technician under Xin Jinlong, and it is very necessary to show off his knowledge at the right time. Lu Dashuang's electric stove. Qin Hai is very familiar, if he is not mistaken, this may be the old goods that Chen Hongcheng picked up from Europe more than ten years ago, which belonged to advanced equipment for Chinese steelmaking enterprises back then.

Xin Jinlong nodded to Qin Hai pretendedly, indicating that he had understood the situation, and then turned to Lu Dashuang and asked, "How many tons of steel can you produce in a month here?" ”

"It's up to Boss Xin's request." Lu Dashuang said, "I'm driving at full speed." At most, it can produce 20,000 tons a month. ”

"20,000 tons?" Qin Hai looked at Lu Dashuang, "Just rely on your electric stove?" You can give 20,000 tons, I think the top of the sky is 5,000 tons, right? ”

Lu Da cocked his thumb to Qin Hai and said, "This brother knows how to do it. That's right, just my electric furnace is 5,000 tons a month. However, there are more than a dozen factories in our village, and not everyone can work at any time. When the time comes, I will borrow a few electric stoves and produce 20,000 tons a month. I just don't know what Boss Xin wants. ”

"20,000 tons a month, so-so." Xin Jinlong obviously didn't want to reveal his hole cards, he didn't delve into the issue of output, but moved on to another question: "What I just said, 12 rebar, what price can you give?" ”

“2000…… Never mind. I won't go around in circles with Boss Xin anymore, 1850 a ton, what do you think? Lu Dashuang said.

“1850？” Qin Hai sneered, "Boss Lu is joking, right?" Now the rebar from the genuine factory is 2250 yuan a ton, which is produced by your small workshop. Dare to ask for 1850? Bullying us doesn't understand the market, doesn't it? ”

"This brother ......," Lu Dashuang said with a bitter face, "Of course I know that you are all big dealers and well-informed. But it's not easy to engage in the steel industry now. The price of scrap steel in the market is 1,100 yuan per ton, and I still have to smelt, roll, and freight, and the cost of one ton can get more than 1,700. As you know, the state is now very strict with small iron and steel, and in the past two days, a working group from the central government has come to our Xingchuan. ”

"Working Group? What do you mean? Qin Hai seemed to casually take Lu Dashuang's words and asked.

"It's the working group that manages and rectifies small steel, if you don't get it right, our factories won't be able to do it." Lu Dashuang said.

"Can't do it anymore?" Qin Hai frowned, and said to Xin Jinlong: "Mr. Xin, we didn't know about this situation in advance, you see ......"

"You're saying you're closing?" Xin Jinlong knew what Qin Hai meant, he looked at Lu Dashuang and asked unhappily.

Lu Dashuang realized that his words had a bad effect. His original intention was to let Xin Jinlong know the difficulty of small steel, so as to get some bargaining weight. Who would have thought that Xin Jinlong would think that these small factories in Dongdaogou Village might go bankrupt, so that the signed order contract could not be realized. Imagine who wants to do business with a business that is about to close its doors? Xin Jinlong's mentality at this time should also be the same, right?

"Boss Xin, don't get me wrong." Lu Dashuang hurriedly said, "I'm just saying that with a working group here, our production will be more troublesome, but don't worry, we have been engaged in steel in Dongdaogou for five or six years, and the county sent armed police last year, but they have not been able to shut down our factory." There is absolutely no risk in doing business with us. ”

"Didn't you say that the working group was sent by the central government? Can your county withstand it? Xin Jinlong asked.

If Xin Jinlong asked such a question as soon as he came, Lu Dashuang would definitely not answer it positively, because he had to worry about whether it was someone from the working group who was playing tricks on him. But the two sides talked to this extent, and it was natural for Xin Jinlong to raise this concern, and Lu Dashuang gave a clear answer, which became the proper meaning.

"Don't worry, there are policies and countermeasures, even if you are from the central government, you can't ignore the reality of our Xingchuan, right? There are tens of thousands of people in Xingchuan who rely on steel to eat, if the top wants to shut down all the small steel, these tens of thousands of people's jobs will be smashed, how big do you think this is? Now from top to bottom, it is required to maintain stability, who has the courage to make such a big move? Lu Dashuang said vigorously, strengthening Xin Jinlong's confidence.

"I still don't understand, if the government insists on closing your factory, what will you use to guarantee our supply?" Qin Hai pretended to be stupid.

Lu Dashuang said: "If the government dares to shut down our factory, all of our people in the township will go to petition, and then it will not be a matter of three or two people, but tens of thousands of people, brother, do you think the government dares to ignore it?" ”

"That's ......" Qin Hai got the information he wanted to know, so he shook his head, pretending that he didn't want to delve into this matter anymore, and returned to the question at the beginning: "Anyway, we will definitely not accept the price of 1850, you better say another suitable price." ”

"1800, how's it going?" Lu Da Shuangdao.

"It's too high."

“1750？”

"Isn't it interesting to drop 50 yuan? 20,000 tons a month is 1 million less, is this a dispatch called Hanako? Qin Hai said in a dissatisfied tone.

"Brother, don't say that." Lu Dashuang pretended to cry, he was actually older than Qin Hai, but in order to pretend to be pitiful, he simply called his brother at Qin Hai, "What you are doing is a big deal, 1 million is not a thing." As a small factory, I can't even earn 500,000 yuan a year after deducting people and horses. 1750 is my guaranteed price, and if it is lower, I will lose my pants. ”

"Really?" Qin Hai snorted, he took a few steps forward, pulled a two-meter-long rebar on the ground with his foot, turned his head and said to Ge Dongyan: "Old Ge, how about you come over and try this steel." ”

Ge Dongyan stepped forward, reached out and picked up the rebar, first checked it on his hand, then picked it up, and slammed it on top of a piece of scrap steel next to him.

I only heard a "staggering" sound, which caused the workers in the workshop to turn their heads to look this way, not knowing what was happening. Qin Hai fixed his eyes and saw that only a section of less than 1 meter was left on the steel bar in Ge Dongyan's hand, and the remaining part had been broken into several pieces, falling to the ground, and the fracture was grayish-white, like a fracture of a stone.

"Boss Lu, your rebar is too watery, isn't it? It's brittleer than glass. Qin Hai picked up a small piece of truncated steel, threw it lightly in his hand, and said to Lu Dashuang casually.

The word steel is generally used to describe the attribute of strength. Among them, steel is different from iron. Iron is known for its hardness and lacks in toughness; Steel, on the other hand, emphasizes toughness and can withstand repeated bending, forging and cracking without cracking. If it is a qualified rebar, if you knock it like Ge Dongyan just now, at best, there will be some bending, and it is absolutely impossible to break into several pieces. The current situation occurs due to the fact that the inferior steel produced in this small steel mill contains a large number of impurities, and the smelting temperature is not enough, and the material toughness is extremely poor.

Lu Dashuang saw that Qin Hai did not seem surprised by the fracture of the rebar, which showed that he was psychologically prepared for the quality of the steel in Tongxin Steel Plant. As for asking Ge Dongyan to do such an experiment, it is understandable that he wants to use the problem of steel quality as a reason to reduce prices.

"Brother, 1750 a ton of rebar, what else can you expect? Anyway, if you buy it back, it's sandwiched into the concrete, who can see it? Lu Dashuang said.

Qin Haidao: "That being said, we don't expect much higher quality, but steel like yours, we use it in the project, I'm afraid the building will collapse before it is completed, and we will have to walk around when we can't eat it." I said, if you can improve the quality a little, the price of 1750 a ton, we will admit it. Boss Lu, what do you say? (To be continued......)