Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 951 The Gap

At this time, Fang Mingyuan was accompanying Patriarch Welf and Milot to visit the Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company in Weinan City. At the same time, he was accompanied by the general manager of Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company Li Guanjie and Jianlong. Qiao Limu, director of the branch factory, Lu Yiping, director of the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Chang Zhiming, director of the Industrial Department, and others.

Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. was formally established in 50.00. It was established after the merger of Qinxi Rolling Equipment Factory and four iron and steel enterprises in Qinxi Province.The Fang family got almost 80% of the shares in it, and they are the controlling major shareholders.At present, the annual output of steel is almost 40.00 million tons.Among them, special steel and steel plates for cars accounted for 70.00% of its total output, and contributed [-]% of its profits and taxes, which can be said to be its leading products.

At the beginning of the merger of the five enterprises, the total steel output of the Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company could reach almost 700 million tons, but the production capacity of small blast furnaces with a size of less than 160 cubic meters that were eliminated within a time limit was about 250 million tons. Coupled with the output of the backward steelmaking blast furnace, the production capacity to be eliminated has reached almost [-] million tons.After Fang Sheng took over the Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company, he began to eliminate these outdated production capacity one after another, and started a new steelmaking blast furnace.It's just that up to now, many outdated production capacity have been eliminated, and new blast furnaces are still being built one after another, so the steel production has naturally declined.

However, although the output has declined, the overall economic benefits have been significantly improved.Compared with before the establishment of Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Corporation, the four provincial iron and steel enterprises all had a profit increase of 17.00% to [-]%.Jianlong Branch in Weinan City.It is the best-operated factory in Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Corporation, except for Qinxi Rolling Equipment Factory.Its products are mainly steel plates for cars, and its main user is Qinchuan Samsung Automobile Co., Ltd.

This is mainly because Jianlong Branch was the last one to be completed and put into operation among the four iron and steel enterprises. Three enterprises, because the equipment is very backward.The production process is too old.Fang Sheng just wanted to carry out technical reforms, and there was not much room for improvement.At present, they are mainly producing ordinary steel products. Fortunately, after Fang Sheng's rectification, these ordinary products can also meet the procurement standards of Longxing Construction Group.There is no need to worry about sales.

The factory is profitable.The product has a market.The new blast furnace is under construction, and Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Corporation is in a thriving atmosphere as a whole.

However, Fang Mingyuan was not fooled by this appearance.Although Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Corporation seems to be doing well now, in fact, there are many hidden dangers.

Although it is said that the Fang family obtained 50.00% of the shares and became the major shareholder of Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Corporation, but because four of the five enterprises are formerly provincial enterprises, they have thousands of connections with the local government and the provincial government. There are countless connections, and the four companies have brought in a total of more than [-] employees, which is almost seven or eight times the total number of employees in Qinxi Rolling Equipment Factory.In order to divert and digest these redundant employees and improve work efficiency, Fang Sheng has racked his brains for the past two years.But even so, up to now, there are still [-]**,[-] employees in the four branch factories.According to the calculations of technicians, even if all the newly built blast furnaces and production lines are put into operation, the four branch factories only need to leave [-] employees, which is enough.It is precisely because of these extra employees that swallowed up a large amount of due profits of Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company, otherwise, the profits of Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company will be even more impressive.

How to solve the job problem for these thousand employees has become a big problem that plagues Fang Sheng.

Let them be laid off and diverted. Thousands of people, maybe thousands of families, tens of thousands of people's lives are in turmoil. Fang Sheng was also an ordinary worker, so he naturally understands how much such a result will affect ordinary families. He couldn't bear it.Moreover, the local government also tried its best to dissuade the Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company from doing so. The reemployment of thousands of people is also a huge pressure on the governments of these regions.

But this problem must be solved after all, otherwise, huge profits will be "swallowed" by these workers every year, and Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company will not be able to talk about development!

Fang Mingyuan, chief Welf, and Milot walked in the front, Qiao Limu, the director of the Jianlong branch, and Wu Yingxiong, the chief engineer, were by his side, answering the questions of the three of them all the time.

Li Guanjie, Chang Zhiming, and Lu Yiping were a little behind, and there was a distance of three to five meters between them.

"Director Lu, do you know the origin of HSBC Holdings?" Li Guanjie lowered his voice.Fang Mingyuan decided to visit Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company very hastily, and he didn't even say hello in advance. If Li Guanjie didn't happen to be in Weinan, he would have missed it too.But... As the actual controller of the Fang family, it is only natural to come to Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company, which is controlled by the Fang family, to inspect.But what is the origin of this foreign old man named Welf who he is accompanying?HSBC Holdings Limited, Li Guanjie has never heard of it.

"Mr. Li, you haven't heard of HSBC Holdings, but have you heard of HSBC Hong Kong?" Lu Yiping also lowered his voice.

"Hong Kong HSBC Bank, of course I have heard of it." Li Guanjie said immediately.Li Guanjie is a professional manager who was hired by the Fang family from the South with a high salary.He is no stranger to Hong Kong.As for HSBC Hong Kong, it is an established bank in Hong Kong, the largest registered bank in Hong Kong, and one of the three major note-issuing banks in Hong Kong. It is a giant in Hong Kong's financial industry.

"HSBC Holdings Limited is the parent company of HSBC Bank Hong Kong, holding 100% of the shares of HSBC Bank Hong Kong!" Lu Yiping said in a low voice.

"Wow!" Li Guanjie couldn't help shouting, this HSBC Holdings Limited has a lot of background.

"One of the world's top ten commercial banks has branches in many countries around the world. This Mr. Welf is an important director on the board of HSBC Holdings Limited!" Chang Zhiming, director of the Industrial Department, also added.

Li Guanjie was even more taken aback and was speechless for a long time.Seeing his appearance, Lu Yiping and Chang Zhiming felt a little more balanced.When they first found out about it, they were no better than Li Guanjie.

An important director of one of the world's top ten commercial banks came to Qinxi Province without prior notice!How could this prevent them from being shocked, and at the same time, they had a more real understanding of Fang Mingyuan's energy.

"This Mr. Welf wants to invest in Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Company?" Li Guanjie couldn't help but flashed this idea in his mind, but he immediately denied it.HSBC Holdings Co., Ltd. has flourished in the global financial industry and is ranked among the top ten commercial banks. How could it be possible to go to Qinxi Province to invest in the steel industry?In European and American countries, steel companies are cutting production.

"So Fang Shao intends to borrow money from HSBC Holdings?" Li Guanjie thought to himself, but after having three options: Bank of Communications, Jimin Bank and Gulf Second Bank, is it necessary to add another HSBC Holdings?

"Mr. Welf, what do you think of the Jianlong branch of Qinxi Provincial Iron and Steel Group Corporation?" Fang Mingyuan stood still in the shade and asked with a smile.

Patriarch Welf also stopped, looked back at the factory building of Jianlong branch, shook his head slightly and said, "Fang, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

"Of course it's the truth!" Fang Mingyuan said without hesitation.

"The truth! Then I can only say that there is a huge gap between this place and the world's first-class steel enterprises. Not to mention the environmental protection level here, not to mention the product quality here, as far as I can see at a glance, here There are too many workers! If this is a German company, with the same scale, it only needs a few hundred workers, but here, there are at least a thousand people?" The patriarch Welf said, "There are many people in China. , the natural labor force is abundant, the wages given to workers by the enterprise are low, and the requirements for environmental protection are low, which guarantees the profit margin of the enterprise. However, I have to remind you that this situation cannot last for a long time! One day, You will find that, according to your present methods of production, the value of the product created is far less than what you lose."

Qiao Limu and Wu Yingxiong's English skills are not bad. They understood at least seven or eight percent of what Patriarch Welf said, and couldn't help blushing.

They didn't expect that as a territory in Qinxi Province, the Jianlong Branch Factory, which they thought was not as good as Qinxi Rolling Equipment Factory, had done a good job, would be so unbearable in the eyes of this foreigner!But they can't say anything, because they are not ordinary workers, and they still have some understanding of what the world's steel industry looks like. The problems pointed out by the Welf patriarch really do exist.

"You're right!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "Compared with first-class companies in Europe and the United States, Qinxi Iron and Steel Group Company does have many shortcomings, but the road has to be walked step by step. If you want to run if you haven't learned how to walk , only somersaults! The reason why German companies can achieve today's production efficiency is through years of continuous development. Compared with developed countries, we are still very backward, so we copy their production standards, and in the At present, it is impossible in China. But we will continue to work hard in that direction.” (To be continued..)