On the top floor of a skyscraper by the Pujiang River, Bernice, the new chief representative of the German Warren company in China, stood by the window, overlooking the whole city, full of emotion:

"I really didn't expect that in just over 20 years, China could develop to such a level."

"Mr. Bernice, have you ever been to China in the past?" Binderman, the administrative director of the representative office, stood beside him and asked respectfully. Binderman had already been stationed in China a few years ago and was a China expert.

"No, it's my first time in China." Bernice added: "But I've always been interested in the country, and I've seen the early days of German photojournalists in China, when China was ...... The streets are full of black and blue ants. ”

"Ants?" Binderman was puzzled.

Bernice laughed, "It's just a metaphor, Mr. Bindeman, you ought to have some sense of humor." At that time, the clothes worn by Chinese were only black and blue, and from this height, didn't it look like a group of black ants and blue ants? ”

"I see." Bindeman nodded, "But now they are very particular about dressing, China's consumption of chemical fiber has ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, and the same is true for plastic consumption." ”

"It's a market to look at." Bernice said solemnly, "Whoever occupies this market will be able to gain the upper hand in the chemical industry." The Group has decided to shift its future focus to China, which is why the Group has appointed me as the Chief Representative of the China Representative Office. ”

Fart! Who doesn't know that it's because the other middle level of the group is reluctant to come to China, so they sent you, and it seems that you are important, Bindeman thought disdainfully, but his mouth was a different set of words: "Yes, Mr. Bernice." I am confident that the work of the China Representative Office will be even better under your leadership. ”

Bernice shrugged his shoulders and didn't take Binderman's compliment to heart. He knew that the staff of the China Representative Office, including Bindeman, were not optimistic about him, and the only way to win the trust of the people was to talk about their results.

"Mr. Binderman, please inform all of you that the meeting will be in the conference room in 10 minutes. I'm going to lay out the next phase of work. Our main product in the near future is, RX! Bernice commanded.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Anhe Pingyuan, the executives of Daqin Group are also talking about this word: RX.

"RX is a basic chemical product that is used as a raw material for the production of chemical fibers, transparent plastics and film packaging materials, and is also widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. Before 2000, China's annual consumption of RX was less than 1 million tons, and supply and demand were basically balanced. Since the beginning of the new century, with the growth of industrial production and the improvement of people's living standards. China's RX consumption has risen sharply, and the total consumption is expected to reach 5 million tons this year, while the domestic production capacity is only less than 3 million tons, which needs to be imported in large quantities. ”

Xu Xiaoqi, the head of the group's information department, introduced the slides to everyone while telling the story.

"Yes, the demand for RX has grown so fast in recent years that it's dizzying. Originally, we expected an annual growth rate of 20% to be good, but who knew that the actual annual growth rate was already more than 40%. Xia Yangjie, chief engineer of the chemical industry group, interjected. The production of RX is part of the business of the chemical industry group, and now he spends almost half of his time focusing on RX.

After more than ten years of development. Daqin Group's tentacles have penetrated into almost all material fields. Not long ago, the group carried out a business restructuring and divided the materials business into four major sections, namely polymer materials, inorganic materials, metal materials and functional materials.

Polymer materials include a variety of chemical products, including basic chemical products, polymers and special materials, ethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, polymer fibers, chemical film materials, graphene, etc.

Inorganic materials include ceramics, glass, cement and other products. Among them, Quwu's ceramic knives and Hanping's glass-ceramic have been world-renowned.

Thanks to the turmoil in the iron ore negotiations in the previous year, Daqin Group now not only has a production capacity of 50 million tons of steel, but also owns more than a dozen mines around the world. The group's thin plate, thick plate, special steel and other businesses have done well. In addition to steel, the Metal Materials Group has not neglected non-ferrous metals. Copper, aluminum, tungsten and other aspects are involved.

As for functional materials, it is even more dazzling, such as magnetic materials, superconducting materials, sensitive materials, electrical functional materials, chemical functional materials, optical functional materials, etc. In the early years, Qin Hai proposed audio materials for Qin Ling, and now it has achieved a sales volume of 1 billion US dollars a year, occupying a place in the international audio product market.

In addition to the materials business, the group has a number of other spin-off businesses, the most important of which are materials machinery and electric vehicles. The former is developed from the original Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, and is currently mainly providing special equipment for various material sections. The latter is a real cash cow, with a sales volume of nearly one million electric vehicles a year, which can generate hundreds of billions of cash flow and provide a steady stream of financial support for the group's various businesses.

In addition to the original Jintang chemical base, there are several newly established chemical parks in China, including two parks in Chiyuan and Yiping that are building two million-ton RX units. At first, Xia Yangjie was quite incomprehensible about the group building two megaton RX units at the same time, and was worried that there would be overcapacity. Now it seems that this concern is somewhat ridiculous.

"We are still too slow, and the two sets of units will not be completed until next year at the earliest, and the official production will not be until 2006." Xia Yangjie said with annoyance.

"Lao Xia, don't blame anyone else, Qin Hai has already reminded you, it's you who don't believe it, and now you're passive, right?" Ning Mo laughed and teased Xia Yangjie. The two of them had worked together in Jintang for many years and were used to joking with each other, and he didn't mean to accuse him when he said this.

Qin Shan, who served as the president of the group's chemical design institute, interjected and said: "Brother Ning, you can't complain about Xia Gong in this matter, mainly because the localization of RX devices has delayed some time, and foreign countries have refused to transfer RX's patented technology to us, and we have also worked hard to develop a state-owned device with complete intellectual property rights." ”

"Xiao Qin, they've worked hard." Xia Yangjie praised it, Xiao Qin he said this time meant Qin Shan, as an expert in chemical engineering, of course he knew how difficult it was to develop an independent RX device. That is to say, Qin Hai was willing to spend money and hired more than a dozen engineers with R&D experience from abroad with high salaries, which shortened the R&D cycle and did not delay the production and installation of equipment.

Song Hongxuan, the general manager, said: "Germany's Warren Group, Japan's Niizuka Chemical, have increased their public relations efforts in China to promote their RX products, Lao Xia, you really have to hurry up, don't wait for people to fill up the market, you can only drink the northwest wind." ”

Qin Hai nodded on the side and said: "Yes, in the past two years, foreign companies have significantly improved their efforts to develop the Chinese market, and I heard that Xinzuka Chemical has built a research and development center in Haidong Province to provide technical support for those enterprises in Haidong, which was unimaginable in the past." In the past, Chinese companies wanted to get some technical help from foreign giants, which was more difficult than learning from the West. ”

"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, it's our turn to enjoy the feeling of being a customer." Tian Ruzhi commented with a smile.

Everyone laughed together, and Xia Yangjie said: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Song, don't worry, when it comes to service, the Japanese and Germans can't compare with us, and our products will definitely be able to squeeze them out." ”

"Then I'll see." Qin Hai replied with a smile.

In recent years, the struggle between Daqin Group and overseas giants to compete for the market has never been interrupted, and an atmosphere has been formed in the group, that is, the goal of Daqin Group is to squeeze out foreign competitors in the field that Daqin Group wants to enter, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy the international market.

It's not that no one has questioned this concept of Daqin Group, there have been several brick families who have come to visit the group have proposed to Qin Hai, do business to have an international vision, don't always think about doing everything yourself, Chinese occupy the market, let foreigners eat what? Regarding this theory, Qin Hai nodded face-to-face, saying that he was deeply inspired, and when he turned around, he said a strange sentence: What foreigners eat is a matter of labor and capital!

In terms of RX, Warren and Shintsuka Chemical are both established enterprises with advanced technology and rich production experience, and Daqin Group is just a new recruit in front of them. However, this did not prevent Xia Yangjie from making bold statements, and the executives present did not feel that there was anything wrong with Xia Yangjie's goal.

Next, everyone had an in-depth discussion on the construction, production and operation, sales and other issues of the RX project, and finalized a number of important matters, some of which need to be coordinated at the group level.

Finally, the topic turned to the supply of raw materials, RX is a petrochemical project, and the main raw material is crude oil. Tian Ruzhi looked at Qin Hai and said: "Mr. Qin, if the two million-ton RX projects of Chiyuan and Yiping are put into operation, the supply of crude oil is not a trivial matter, and it must be clarified. Prince Flandin has sent several invitations to come to Saudi Arabia for an interview, do you think you have to arrange a time to go on a trip in person? ”

"That's right, that's what I'm going to do." Qin Hai nodded and said, "I was busy with iron ore last year, and I didn't care about oil, and now it's time to visit Flandin." (To be continued......)