It turned out that when Lin Yuan turned to the last page, the first thing he saw was the number below, and he saw that it was written on it: 200 tons of aluminum.

This number does not seem to be large, you must know that in the modern society, the annual output of aluminum in the whole world is close to 10 million tons, but in this era, the annual output of aluminum is only more than 180 tons, what kind of company is this? How much aluminum would you want all at once?

Lin Yuan looked up, and a familiar English name came into view: Coca-Cola! The name is a household name in modern China, and the company was founded in the eighties of the 19th century, at a time when Coca-Cola's business was on the rise.

Shen Wanqing also saw Lin Yuan's surprised look and asked, "Have you seen Coca-Cola?" I was thinking, what does they want so much aluminum for a beverage company? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "You don't understand this, although aluminum alloy plays a very important role in the national defense and military industry, but in modern society, the field that uses them the most is food containers, such as beverages, food packaging, etc., Coca-Cola wants so much aluminum to be used for beverages." ”

Shen Wanqing said: "I don't know how the British talked to them in the first place, if you look at the delivery date, it is only more than two months now, in such a short time, can we produce 200 tons of aluminum?" What about more than 40 tons from other companies? Coca-Cola's liquidated damages were very large, and I calculated that they amounted to £12 million. ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "No wonder Jonas didn't make an offer with me?" It turns out that the source is here, and I don't know how much production capacity the equipment of the British in Ludao is, so let's ask Liu Jinqiu and Liu Lao, and then we will make a decision after asking. ”

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing then rushed to Fengtian, got off the train and rushed to the British aluminum factory, as expected, Liu Jinqiu was already inside, Lin Yuan then asked: "Liu Lao, how is the equipment of the British?" How much can I produce? ”

Liu Jinqiu pointed to a piece of equipment next to him with his hand and said, "See?" This is the core area of the whole equipment: aluminum electrolytic cell, aluminum is produced here, the increase in aluminum output comes from the improvement of the electrolysis capacity of aluminum electrolytic cell, the whole equipment uses small direct current, the current intensity is about 8,000 amperes, such a current intensity, a day and night can produce about 30 kilograms of aluminum. ”

"According to the number of aluminum electrolytic cells, the entire aluminum plant can produce up to 80 tons of aluminum in a month, but we can use advanced technology to change these equipment, such as the carbon rod used in the anode, their carbon rod technology is still very backward, so the efficiency of electric energy use during electrolysis is very low."

Lin Yuan asked, "How much time does it take to improve the technique?" ”

Liu Jinqiu said: "It will take three months." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Three months, that's not good, and then Coca-Cola's order will not be delivered." ”

Liu Jinqiu said with a smile: "I still try to say as little as possible in three months, if the development does not go well, it is possible in three years." ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Then we have to break the contract, but it doesn't matter, we just don't lose money, see what they can do to us?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled: "I want to seize this opportunity and finish this order." ”

Shen Wanqing asked puzzledly, "What is it for?" Are we really going to make that money? Where can you not earn that money back in the future. ”

Lin Yuan said: "In our time, we China is the factory of the United States, and the high standard of living that Americans boast of is based on the blood and sweat of the Chinese, and the next order they give us, our workers will produce goods for them, and the profits will be taken by them, and we will take the small head, but in this era, we must reverse this situation." ”

"We want to use our advanced technology to turn the United States into our factory, let Americans produce goods with blood and sweat, and the bulk profits will go to us in the end, but to do so, we must first enter the American market, so I want to take this incident of Coca-Cola as an opportunity to enter the American market."

Liu Jinqiu said: "Your idea is very good, but if you want to produce more than 200 tons of aluminum in two months, it is indeed impossible. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Then what if we improve the production technology?" How much aluminum can we produce each month? ”

Liu Jinqiu replied: "At least 500 tons, and with the further improvement of our materials, we can also increase the output to a higher level." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's enough, I'll go to them and ask them to delay the delivery date by three months." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "How is this possible?" Is there any way you can get them to agree to the delay? ”

Lin Yuan replied: "We are traversers, and of course traversers have ways that others can't think of. ”

Lin Yuan then found Johnson, the commercial representative of Coca-Cola in China, through the U.S. Ambassador Thomas? Alex, in Lin Yuan's time, Coca-Cola did not enter China for the first time until 1927, but due to Lin Yuan's arrival, it won several battles in the Northeast one after another, which made the world begin to pay attention to China.

Alex is a guy with a heart higher than the sky, but in the Coca-Cola company is not reused, suddenly one day, he saw from the newspaper Lin Yuan's big victory and the wave of immigration to the northeast, so he came up with the idea of entering the Chinese market, it happened that the top management also had this plan, he came to China, but these days Alex is worried, because the Chinese do not buy their drinks.

He led people to sell this drink on the streets of Mukden, originally thought that Chinese who had not tasted this drink would rush to buy it, but after standing on the street for a day no one cared, and then found a Chinese person to ask, only to find out that their drink was brown and black, and most Chinese thought they were selling Chinese herbal soup.

And they also made an even more fatal mistake, that is, they did not translate "Coca-Cola" into Chinese at all, so only English was written on the banner, but how many Chinese can understand English in this era? Most people see those ghost hunting charms drawn by Taoist priests in English.

Lin Yuan happened to arrive at this time, and in the reception room, Lin Yuan stretched out his hand to Alex and said with a smile: "Hello, I am the general manager of Zhang's Aluminum Group, Zhang Yuan. ”

The contract for the purchase of aluminum was signed by Alex, and the senior management was very interested in using aluminum as cans to fill drinks, so Alex was no stranger to Lin Yuan's arrival, he shook hands with Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan smiled: "I believe you have also heard that British Aluminium has transferred all its shares to our Zhang's Aluminum Company, including the contract they signed, which is also completed by us." ”

Alex smiled: "I don't want to get involved in the handover between your company and Aluminium, but I hope that the handover will not affect our delivery contract." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Of course, we will definitely fulfill the contract, but I am here to inform you that our company is likely to not be able to complete the production of aluminum within the contract period." ”

When Alex heard this, he couldn't help but stand up and said in surprise, "What did you say? At that time, your negotiators assured me that they would deliver the goods on time. ”