This Smith has a very high status in the Union University of Chicago, he is a senior professor of the school, a master's supervisor, and the 100 graduates promised are basically the best graduates of undergraduates, 30 researchers or young teachers of the school, or the master's students he leads, are all real, just a part of his research institute, these have a detailed list, and they are truly top talents.

On this point, it is also a big temptation, Harpy thought about it, the current German and American foreign firms, with the development of China's business, including tungsten trading, the annual transaction volume is huge, in terms of machine equipment, Yang Yuanzhao has no follow-up plan in the plan, but the investment in science and technology and talents, in Yang Yuanzhao's plan is listed as the focus, almost regardless of the cost, not to mention, Smith also belongs to Yang Yuanzhao's special emphasis on the three acids and two alkalis of the leader.

Look at the ratio of personnel, they are all students and teachers of the Department of Chemical Engineering, they should not be limited to the chemical industry itself, to be precise, not only limited to the field of sulfuric acid, they should have a deeper understanding of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, and even two alkalis.

$2 million is a huge amount, but within the scope of what Harpy can handle, he reluctantly recognizes Smith, and is ready to go back and ask the staff to inform him, but the contract is signed.

Harpy continued to flip back, looking at Williams' request, which stunned him all at once, he couldn't believe his eyes, but after carefully flipping through it, Williams's request was. Germany and the United States must build a steel complex for him, with an annual output of more than 20 million tons of steel.

20 million tons of steel. This is a huge almost astronomical production in the United States. Carnegie's United Steel Corporation is the first steel company to break through 10 million tons of steel production, accounting for 65% of U.S. steel production, and his current output is still swaying around the standard of 2,000 tons.

This is not a steel plant, it is on top of the requirements of Williams that more than dozens of steel plants form a consortium. There is no mention of a 20 million tons of steel company, just a steel plant, but as much as possible in one place, in order to reduce transportation and management costs, which proves that this steel complex, to be built intensively.

The total investment of the 20 million tons of steel complex is probably more than 100 million US dollars, in Williams' design. The technology is very advanced, and the profit margins are amazing, and Carnegie's United Steel Company made a profit of more than $50 million last year. If this new technology is adopted, when the production of steel reaches the order of magnitude of 20 million tons, the profit will be increased by at least 10 million to 15 million yuan. According to the investment-output ratio, two or three years. You can pay for yourself.

It's a pity that this is only theoretical. Today, when the U.S. steel industry is in decline as a whole, even the largest United Steel Company is reducing production capacity and reducing production, Williams's plan is considered by the vast majority of Chicago consortiums to be out of date, and his plan, after being vetoed one after another, there is no investor at all.

More than 100 million dollars of huge investment, Harpy couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Williams is probably really sick and rushed to the doctor, admittedly, his conditions are very good, as a well-known steel industry expert in the United States, Williams in the construction of many large steel enterprises, has had technical guidance or the whole process of joining, especially the famous United Steel Corporation, almost the whole process of mergers and acquisitions, transformation, and finally put into production, but later the concept and Carnegie did not agree, so he took the initiative to leave.

Williams and Carnegie disagreement, mainly in the scale of the steel plant and technology upgrading, Williams believes that it is necessary to build a new steel plant, reduce personnel, expand the capacity of the blast furnace, with advanced technological transformation, replace backward production capacity, increase quality, increase total steel production, reduce energy and labor consumption per unit of steel, reduce costs, increase profits, but also increase brand competitiveness.

Williams's view is correct, but the correct method may not be appropriate, a huge steel company, huge investment, and the previous United Iron and Steel Company has a huge staff, in this case, Carnegie felt that the existing foundation, the initial adjustment, let them play their due strength as much as possible, in the case of gradual profitability, the backward production capacity to adjust and transform, eliminate a number of backward production capacity, add a new batch of advanced production capacity.

To tell the truth, on the steel plant project, their purpose should be the same goal, but the implementation of the method is very different, Williams felt that Carnegie was conservative, Carnegie felt that Williams was radical, after the outbreak of a big quarrel, Williams and Carnegie between the contradictions, irreconcilable, Williams angrily left, since then embarked on the road of looking for investment, creating a steel consortium that surpasses the United Steel Group.

This is what happened 8 years ago, to the present 8 years, Williams has never given up the efforts of United Iron and Steel Company, the design output has also increased from the original 10 million tons, to 20 million tons, all kinds of steel-making related machines, blast furnaces, but also according to the current scientific and technological progress, several changes of draft, unfortunately, no one is willing to invest, even himself, from the very beginning of the consortium to the guest, into the consortium to avoid the role.

Hundreds of millions of dollars, with an annual output of more than 20 million tons, this number, in this era, can be described as astronomical, even in later generations, it is also a huge super-large-scale steel complex, in this era, it is even more unimaginable, you know, the current steel output of the United States, should be in two or three hundred million tons, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, will not exceed 10 million, 20 million tons, and even Germany, France, Britain combined, this is directly building a, comparable to the country's heavy industry, The idea of rebuilding a large steel consortium that even surpasses that of United Steel has not been made by any consortium in the context of a weak steel industry in the United States.

Harpy felt that he was also rich, worth millions of marks, plus the amount of transactions in Germany was as high as hundreds of millions of marks, and in the United States, he enjoyed a sense of wealth and wealth, backed by a huge amount of money from tungsten trading, and he dared to make any investment. But compared with Williams's tone, it is really a small thing, he even has a feeling that he is a poor egg, 20 million tons of annual output of steel complex, as little as 120 million US dollars, more than 180 million US dollars of investment, which is almost more than 500 million marks, and can even reach 900 million marks, this money, is definitely not what the current Germany and the United States can come up with, and even a fraction of it is difficult to achieve.

The problem is difficult to solve, Harpy thought about it for a while, and still felt that he would leave the matter to Yang Yuanzhao to deal with, he seemed to have heard Yang Yuanzhao say that in the future, he would build an Oriental Ruhr in China, the Ruhr is Germany's heavy industry base, but a qiē heavy industry is based on steel, just like the Great Lakes region where he is now, there is no coal and steel in the Great Lakes region, and there is convenient water transportation in the Great Lakes, which has created the glory of the Great Lakes.

William is a well-known professor in the field of steel in the United States, and his status in the American steel industry is extremely high, and he fell out with the legendary tycoon Carnegie, but Carnegie has a praising attitude in many public occasions, coupled with a series of steel experiences, so that William's statement is extremely high, not to mention that William promised that as long as the steel plant starts to be built, he will take his students, as well as the researchers affiliated with his research institute, to the location of the construction of the steel plant, to give on-the-spot guidance, and even after the steel plant is put into operation, A real room will also be built in the steel plant to monitor the whole process of the steel plant and provide necessary guidance.

This also means that from the initial design of the steel plant, the purchase of the machine, the design of the plant, the scientific management, and even the later operation, Williams is all-inclusive, he is such a level of steel expert, has a real room specializing in steel, to complete this, it should be relatively easy.

It is this point that Harpy is a little embarrassed, a steel expert like Williams can be said to be unattainable, once he misses it, it is impossible to find such a level in the future, although Germany and the United States cannot invest such a large amount of money, it does not mean that Yang Yuanzhao behind the deposit zài is not good, he can take out 10 million US dollars in arms, and tungsten worth between 20 million US dollars, and is ready to invest heavily in heavy industry, maybe there is another way.

The two experts, both of which Harpy can't refuse with a hard heart, but he can't decide, no matter what, these two experts who play a pivotal role in the industry will definitely regret it if they miss it.

Harpy is just an executor, and what he can't decide is, of course, to send a telegram to Yang Yuanzhao, and here, he also went to stabilize Williams and Smith, no matter what, he can't cooperate, and he can't offend them.

Williams and Smith didn't say much, as a leader in the industry, as the head of a research institute, they knew very well that the investment in this number, especially in the steel mill, was really not something that could be decided for a while.

Harpy sent the two of them away one after another, shrugged helplessly, and immediately sent a telegram to Taiyuan. (To be continued......)