Chapter 496: We Are Partners
When Sun Zhenjiang and others were busy hoarding steel, Qin Hai was receiving guests from Japan's Chunshan Magnetic Materials Co., Ltd. at the Daqin Group office in Beijing, and there were two people who came to visit Qin Hai, one was Sadao Hirano, the technical director of Chunshan Company, and the other was Nagatomo Eiji, the director of purchasing. +
"Chairman Qin, I'm very happy that we meet again." As soon as Sadao Hirano saw Qin Hai, he bowed deeply and said with a smile on his face. In his heart, he had mixed feelings about Qin Hai, he not only thanked Qin Hai for transferring the technology of dysprosium terbium-ferroalloy to Chunshan Society, but also hated Qin Hai for monopolizing the supply of rare earths, forcing Chunshan Company to purchase dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide at high prices. If it weren't for this, Chunshan Club wouldn't be as passive as it is now.
Qin Hai knew what Sadao Hirano was thinking, and he replied with a smile: "Mr. Hirano, welcome to visit WĂN China again, and hope that the cooperation between our two companies can be deeper and more extensive." â
"This is also the wish of our President Miyagawa." Sadao Hirano said, and then, he introduced his fellow eldest friend Yongji to Qin Hai, and the two shook hands with each other, needless to say.
After the greetings, the guests and hosts sat down separately, and Qin Hai said to the two Japanese knowingly: "Mr. Hirano and Mr. Nagatomo came to China this time, what are you doing with it?" If it is something that our Daqin Group can serve, please don't be polite, we are partners in both sides, and everything is easy to discuss. â
Sadao Hirano looked at Nagatomo Yongji, Nagatomo Yongji coughed lightly, and said: "Chairman Qin, we have come to China this time, and we do have some things that we want to trouble your company, I don't know if Chairman Qin can provide us with convenience." â
"Oh? What's the matter, Mr. Nagatomo just said it. Qin Hai said briskly.
"The matter we want to trouble your company is about dysprosium oxide and terbylium oxide...... "Nagatomo Eiji said here. He deliberately paused and waited for Qin Hai to speak.
Qin Hai didn't bother to speak for the other party, he pretended to be confused, and said: "Dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide, these two products are rare earth oxides, is there any problem?" â
"Uh...... We mean to say. Hopefully, your company will be able to increase the market supply of these two products. "Changyou Yongji can't be reserved anymore, the cards are in the hands of the other party, people are not in a hurry, he has no way at all.
"I don't quite understand, Xiao Su, do you know what Mr. Changyou is talking about?" Qin Hai continued to pretend to be stupid and kicked the ball to Su Yabo, the director of the office who was accompanying him.
Su Yabo nodded and said, "I probably know a little bit, Mr. Qin." That's the case, Chunshan Club hopes to be able to purchase 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide and 5o tons of terbium oxide, and once sent a business person to our office to contact. However, we don't have so many supplies, so we can't meet their needs. I think Mr. Nagatomo is here for this as well. â
"Yes, yes, that's what we're here for." Nagatomo Yongji nodded repeatedly.
"2oo tonnes of dysprosium oxide and 5o tonnes of terbium...... This seems to be a bit difficult. Qin Hai furrowed his brows into a pimple and said, "That's how the output of rare earths is. The amount you need is too large...... By the way, what do you want so much dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide for? â
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Sadao Hirano didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood. I've seen someone pretend to be deaf and dumb, but I've never seen someone pretend to be so undisciplined. The patent of dysprosium terbium ferroalloy is in Qin Hai's hands, and it was also authorized by Qin Hai to Chunshan Company for use, can Qin Hai not know the purpose of Chunshan Company's purchase of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide?
It costs a lot of money to get a technology patent, but because the supply of raw materials is not available, it is really a bad thing. If Qin Hai did not deliberately reduce the shipment of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide. In order to curb the production of the Chunshan company, even a fool will not believe it.
Knowing this in his heart, Sadao Hirano had to pretend to be polite, and he couldn't turn his face with Qin Hai, so he said patiently: "Chairman Qin." Here's the situation. After the exchange of technical patents with your company, our company has further developed dysprosium terbium ferroalloy, and several products have been developed and are ready to be put into production. The proportion of dysprosium and terbium in dysprosium and terbium ferroalloy is very high, so our company needs to purchase a large number of dysprosium, dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide in order to maintain a certain production quantity. Your two companies are a cooperative relationship, and I hope that your company will support our company in this regard. â
"Oh, I remember." Qin Hai patted his head and said as if he had suddenly realized: "By the way, dysprosium terbium ferroalloy, this patent seems to have been issued by our company first, and the patent of NdFeB was exchanged with your company." At present, our main focus is on the production of NdFeB, and dysprosium and terbate ferroalloys have not paid special attention to this aspect, so I have forgotten about this matter a little. â
"Your company has a lot of business, and it is normal for Chairman Qin not to think of it." Nagatomo Yongji said, knowing that the other party is playing tricks on himself, he still has to pretend that he can't see it, this is what it feels like to be controlled by others.
"Director Su just said that you want to purchase 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide and 5o tons of terbium oxide, is that so?" Qin Hai asked.
"Exactly." Nagatomo Yonghei Road.
"That's totally fine." Qin Hai said happily.
"Really?" Changyou Yongji's eyes lit up, he never expected that Qin Hai would agree to their request so easily, and he was still ready to bargain with Qin Hai.
"No problem." Qin Hai confirmed again, he turned to Su Yabo and said: "Xiao Su, this matter will be left to you, you and Mr. Changyou signed a contract to guarantee to provide 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide and 5o tons of terbium oxide to Chunshan Company in the next five years, and the price issue will be determined by the group headquarters." â
"What? Five years! Changyou Yongji was originally full of joy, but when he heard Qin Hai's last words, he was so shocked that he almost jumped up. Only 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide and 5o tons of terbium oxide were supplied in five years, and Chunshan Company had already starved to death, what is the difference between this and not supplying?
"What, is there a problem?" Qin Hai entered the state of pretending to be stupid again, looked at Changyou Yongji and asked.
"Yes." "Our company's demand for dysprosium oxide and terbylium oxide is very large, this figure is the annual demand, if it takes us five years to purchase these raw materials, it will not meet the requirements of large-scale production, which means that our company will fall into strict business difficulties." â
"2oo tons of dysprosium oxide per year, that's unrealistic, right?" Qin Haidao, "The output of dysprosium oxide has always been low, and the annual output in the past was ...... As far as I can remember, it's more than 1oo tons a year. We can't provide all of these more than 1oo tons of dysprosium oxide to your company, after all, we also have some domestic needs, and there are some other companies in the world that need dysprosium oxide, and we also have to consider. â
"I know that." "According to what we know, the Chinese government has handed over the mining and operation rights of rare earths to your company, and your company should be able to control the production of various rare earth products. I would like to ask Chairman Qin to double or even triple the production of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide so that we can meet the needs of international customers, including Chunshan. â
"It's hard." Qin Hai shook his head, "Daqin Group is only entrusted by the government to temporarily take charge of the operation of rare earths. The exploitation and utilization of rare earths is ultimately decided by the state, and we cannot make decisions without authorization. What's more, doubling the output of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide will require a lot of investment, and we need to build more than three new rare earth refineries, at least 200 million yuan. â
ââŚâŚ I'm afraid you don't need so much investment, right? Sadao Hirano couldn't help but interject, "It's just 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide, why do you need three refineries?" Also, the equipment of the rare earth refinery is very simple, how can it use 200 million yuan? â
"Mr. Hirano doesn't know." Qin Hai patiently explained, "Dysprosium and terbium are associated with other rare earth elements, and to increase the production of dysprosium oxide and terbium oxide, it is necessary to increase the production of other rare earth oxides at the same time, so that the total output will increase." As for the rare earth refinery, the old-fashioned production process is indeed very simple, and the investment is not much. However, our national rare earth office has promulgated new production specifications, requiring to improve the utilization rate of rare earth resources, but also to reduce pollution, according to this new production standard, the investment is very large, 200 million yuan is still a relatively conservative estimate. â
"What kind of new norms, and how is it possible to raise the cost to this point? Chairman Qin, can I take a look at the requirements of this new specification? Sadao Hirano said. He has always dealt with rare earths, and he knows a little bit about the technology of rare earth extraction technology. Even according to Japan's most advanced extraction process, it is impossible to reach a factory that invests tens of millions of yuan, you know, this factory is only producing hundreds of tons of dysprosium oxide.
Qin Hai smiled slightly and said, "This new norm is still confidential, so it is inconvenient for me to disclose it to Mr. Hirano, and I ask Mr. Hirano to forgive me." Regarding the difficulties in the production of dysprosium oxide, this is it, please understand. â
Hearing Qin Hai say this, Sadao Hirano and Nagatomo Eiji both understood in their hearts. It's just a production standard, what kind of secrecy can be talked about, it's obviously just a pretext made up by Qin Hai himself. But Qin Hai insisted on such a norm as zĂ i, and they really couldn't refute it. In fact, in the middle of international economic cooperation, things like this are too common, to put it bluntly, it is to find an excuse to ask for a sky-high price, and Chunshan Company itself has not done such a thing.
"So, Chairman Qin, can you give us some guidance on what we can do to get the supply of 2oo tons of dysprosium oxide and 5o tons of terbium oxide every year?" Changyou Yongji decided not to go around the bend with Qin Hai anymore, he wanted to use the simplest way to know Qin Hai's reserve price. (To be continued!)
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