Shagang Group is a large private steel group, and it is about to reach its second generation.

Shan Hong, the founder of Shagang Group, is over 70 years old, and his health is getting worse and worse, and he has begun to slowly hand over this family business to his grandson Shan Ying to manage.

At this time, the grandfather and grandson walked in the huge steelmaking workshop, chatting while walking.

"In the past, it was lively here, at that time, steel was not sold at all, and it was sold before it was practiced, and several furnaces of steel were produced here every day."

"When the steel is baked, the red molten steel splashes with bursts of sparks, and that scene is the most spectacular scene in the world."

Shan Hong is old, he was a steelworker in a state-owned iron and steel enterprise when he was young, and later he came out to work alone, and his favorite scene to see is the scene when the molten steel is baked.

"Alas, times have changed, steel has not been easy to sell in recent years, and it is better to sell a pound of cabbage to make money than to make money by refining a ton of steel, and five or six years ago, our family was almost unable to support it."

"It is only in the past few years that there has been a improvement, and the large-scale popularization and application of private anti-gravity aircraft have allowed me to breathe a sigh of relief and pass this enterprise to you."

Older people always have a lot of memories, and he is running around for this steel company, working hard to build this industry, and thinking that it can be passed on to future generations.

However, the early 21st century was the most difficult years, steel prices plummeted, and international iron ore prices soared, making all iron and steel companies have meager profits.

In many cases, selling a ton of steel is really not as good as selling a cabbage to make money, and in the most serious case, you even have to make money at a loss, even if you lose money, you have to support the company.

When steel and coal were at their most glorious, I don't know how many local tyrants they have achieved, and when they are also weak, I don't know how many people have become impoverished from billionaires.

Shan Hong is okay, at least he persevered, Shagang Group withstood it, and now, he can finally pass on this family business to his grandson, and then cultivate well and enjoy his old age.

Shan Ying accompanied his grandfather, he listened carefully and thought carefully.

He is different from his grandfather, who had limited conditions when he was a child and did not read much, so in many ways he relied on his own experience to manage and run the business.

Shan Ying has received a good education since he was a child, and has been sent abroad to study in a prestigious university, and has also worked in large foreign enterprises and large companies for a period of time.

However, he also knows that his grandfather can lay this foundation, and he must have his own advantages, so he is also very humble to learn from his grandfather and learn some things that cannot be learned in books.

Shan Ying is not a rich second generation who can only incense cars and beauties, he is a rich second generation with dreams and ideals, he studies harder than ordinary people, works harder, and works hard.

Now, grandpa wants to hand over this industry to his own hands, and he has been thinking about the future development of this company.

"Grandpa, I took a closer look at our company's product structure, our products are mainly based on steel bars used in construction, the competition in this field is very fierce, and the price has been very clear, once the price of ore rises, the wages of workers rise, our life will be very difficult."

"Now that the Chinese currency is internationalized, the purchasing power in the international market is very strong, the imported steel is cheaper than our own steel, and we are very impacted, and if this continues, we may be similar to a few years ago."

Shan Ying has actually been working in the company for two years, so she has a clear understanding of the company's situation.

The key point of Shagang Group is that the steel is an ordinary product, and there is no way to carry out in-depth processing of these products, the products are all mass products, and the mass products mean that the price is transparent, the competition is fierce, and the profit is meager.

In recent years, the internationalization of Chinese currency, the international purchasing power is very strong, and massive resources from all over the world have begun to pour in.

From rice, wheat, pork, vegetables, etc., to steel for construction, to clothes, shoes, toys and so on.

In the past, China's large-scale exports have now begun to pour into China from all over the world, which has had a huge impact on many local enterprises in China.

For example, almost all garment companies have closed down, or they have all moved out of China to produce in areas where labor is cheaper.

China's domestic agriculture has no choice but to adopt the same policy as Uncle Sam's, implement high subsidies, and vigorously develop space agriculture to ensure its own agricultural safety.

Iron and steel enterprises are also one of the industries that have been greatly impacted, because of the high cost of labor, coupled with the fact that imported steel is cheaper than local steel, so the life of local steel enterprises is actually not easy, and more importantly, China is now paying more and more attention to environmental protection.

The pollution of this iron and steel enterprise is relatively large, so the expenditure on environmental protection is also getting bigger and bigger, and Shagang Group has to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the treatment of waste gas, waste materials and wastewater.

"Well, you haven't been in vain in the company in the past few years, you have seen it very thoroughly."

Old Man Shan Hong nodded and said.

"Originally, it was not appropriate to hand over the courage to you at this time, but I also deeply felt that if I didn't hand it over to you now, maybe in a few years, this company would go bankrupt."

"This world is the world of your young people, the times are changing rapidly, I am old, I can no longer adapt to this new era, so at this time to hand over to you, you are under a lot of pressure, but I believe that you can do better than me, and make our Shagang Group bigger and stronger."

Master Shan Hong is still very confident in his grandson, of course, at this time he also had to hand over his guts, in the past few years, it has been idea technology, virtual technology, interstellar mining, space solar energy, space agriculture, private anti-gravity vehicles, and so on.

These made the old man feel extremely strange, as if he had entered a strange world all of a sudden, he knew that he was old and should hand it over, otherwise the company might really be finished.

"Grandpa, if I come, I want to make a list for Galaxy Technology Group."

Shan Ying thought about it and said slowly.

In fact, not all of these iron and steel enterprises are facing the same challenges as Shagang Group, and some companies are now living a very comfortable life.

The steel companies that are very comfortable these days have a characteristic, that is, they are all suppliers of Galaxy Technology Group, providing steel for the private anti-gravity vehicles, anti-gravity spacecraft, and anti-gravity spacecraft of Galaxy Technology Group.

"Galaxy Technology Group's order is not easy to accept, I have also been to Galaxy Technology Group, although their list is very large, the price is also very high, but the requirements are also very high."

"With our current strength, it is simply not up to the standards of Galaxy Technology Group, in terms of the steel required on private anti-gravity aircraft."

"The steel on the side of Galaxy Technology Group requires extremely high temperature resistance, heat insulation and heat dissipation, and must also meet the processing requirements of Galaxy Technology Group."

"Although they gave a high price of 2,000 yuan for this square meter of steel, there are only a few large state-owned enterprises in the country that can eat this, and only they can train the steel that meets the requirements of Galaxy Technology Group, and have a large 10,000-ton hydraulic press to forge."

"In addition, Galaxy Technology Group also requires a laboratory or research team to be able to make changes in real time according to their requirements, and we are not up to the requirements in this area."

Hearing Shan Ying's words, Shan Hong couldn't help but shake his head, once Galaxy Technology Group recruited suppliers from all over the world, and there were tens of thousands of accessories needed for private anti-gravity aircraft, and the most important accessories were the shells of private anti-gravity aircraft.

Because anti-gravity vehicles fly at a speed of Mach a few in the air, the requirements for the material of this shell are also extremely strict, with many requirements, and of course the price is quite attractive.

Shan Hong also wanted to participate in the recruitment of suppliers of Galaxy Technology Group, but after hearing all kinds of requirements, he had to retreat.

"The requirements are very high, but the requirements of Galaxy Technology Group are also in line with the requirements of the development of the times."

"Now is a high-tech era, enterprises without certain scientific and technological strength and R&D strength will be eliminated sooner or later.

"Not long ago, Qin Yi also proposed to invest 10 trillion to build a super-large space factory, I have carefully studied it, this huge space factory, the steel it consumes will be a huge number, if we can get a piece of this cake, it will be enough for us to eat."

"In addition, this space factory is obviously not one or two, it is very likely that there will be many in the future, and the manufacture of spaceships, space warships, and spacecraft are all steel that requires a lot of use."

"It can be said that in the future, the demand for steel may be greater than now, 1000 times, 10000 times, if we are still just thinking about practicing some steel bars for construction and the like, then we will take measures for this upcoming steel era."

"We must make changes, learn from Galaxy Technology Group, and pay more attention to technology and R&D, only then can we take off in the new era of steel."

Shan Ying thought about it and said very solemnly, he had seen the arrival of a new era.

PS: What will the steel industry look like in the future?