Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

After sending Che Tengshan away, Li Weidong worked in the Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory until after three o'clock in the afternoon, and then rushed to the Puppy Electric Factory.

The Spring Festival has been off for more than ten days, and the electrical appliance factory has to seize the ten days to make up for it, so it has begun to work two shifts 24 hours a day. Even if Li Weidong came to the electrical appliance factory in the early morning, the workshop was still Working in bright lights.

Wang Kaiping handed a Japanese document to Li Weidong and said, "This is a fax from Xizhi Electric that I just received this afternoon!"

Li Weidong took over the fax and read it quickly, then said, "Xizhi Electric will use plastic instead of metal materials. In the future, we will use a large amount of plastic for the small household appliances that we will manufacture for Xizhi Electric.

In the future, the casings of hair dryers and electric irons are all plastic. The plastic production equipment we got from Sakurada Co., Ltd. is finally going to come in handy. "

"Plastic? That thing shouldn't be as durable as metal! It's also afraid of high temperature." Wang Kaiping said subconsciously.

"There are wear-resistant and high-temperature-resistant plastics." Li Weidong pointed to the fax on his hand and said in combination; "This fax says that samples of new plastic parts will be sent soon, and let us do the same."

"Can we buy wear-resistant and high-temperature-resistant plastic raw materials in China?" Wang Kaiping asked.

"It should be available. The plastics used for household appliances, that is, those kinds, I'll give you a list. You can go to the market to inquire about the market first!"

Li Weidong said, wrote "high gloss PP", "heat-resistant ABS", "heat-resistant PP", "PC", "PA+GF", etc. on the paper, and then handed it to Wang Kaiping.

Wang Kaiping looked at it, and then with a confused look on his face, he asked in a low voice, "Wei Dong, what is this? PP? Ass?"

Li Weidong had no choice but to explain patiently: "These are all short names for plastics. The scientific name of PP is polypropylene, and high-gloss PP is polypropylene of high-gloss executives. This plastic has low cost and good fluidity, but poor dimensional stability. , but can be used for things like casings, handles, etc.

ABS is a mixture of acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene. Ordinary ABS is not high temperature resistant, but there is a high temperature resistant ABS that can be used as a hair dryer shell.

This PC is not a computer, but the abbreviation of polycarbonate. This material has high strength, high temperature resistance and good transparency, but it is easy to crack. It can be used as a water tank for an electric iron. how much water.

PA refers to nylon, which is the kind of nylon for nylon socks, which we have seen at the Canton Fair. PA+GF is nylon with glass fiber added, which can reduce the shrinkage of nylon material and enhance the strength and heat resistance of the material. "

Li Weidong said while Wang Kaiping recorded it. After Li Weidong finished speaking, Wang Kaiping asked, "Which nitrile is the nitrile of acrylonitrile?"

"Beside the word month,

A blue sky. "Li Weidong replied.

"This is a word, read Nitrile, I've learned a lot." Wang Kaiping nodded.

Li Weidong went on to say: "Go to the market and inquire to see if these raw materials are sold. If we don't have these raw materials in Qinghe, you can go to the plastic factory and ask to see where you can buy them in other places."

...

These are all plastics commonly used in household appliances. Li Weidong felt that these things should be very common in the market.

However, two days later, Wang Kaiping brought bad news.

"I went to the market and asked, polypropylene and polycarbonate, we can still buy it in the market, what kind of ABS, if you want to buy it, you have to wait, as for the high-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, heat-resistant ABS you said, also There is nylon with glass fiber added, and we can't buy it in Qinghe!" Wang Kaiping said.

"None?" Li Weidong frowned in dissatisfaction.

Wang Kaiping went on to say: "I went to the plastic factory to inquire again. High-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, heat-resistant ABS, and nylon with glass fiber are in short supply now, and even money can't buy them!"

"You can't buy it with money? No way? Now is not the era of shortage of supplies a few years ago." Li Weidong said.

Wang Kaiping went on to explain: "I asked you about it, there are three places in our province that will supply the three raw materials you mentioned, but whether you can buy them depends on whether the relationship is hard or not.

The first is to go to Shengli Oilfield. There are large ethylene projects in Shengli Oilfield, such as aromatics and caprolactam. Their supporting enterprises should be able to produce these raw materials you want. "

Li Weidong shook his head: "The products of Shengli Oilfield must be prepared by Sinopec. I don't have the ability to connect with Sinopec."

Wang Kaiping continued: "The second place is Qicheng Petrochemical. He is an old petrochemical company in our province. In the mid-1980s, it started a 300,000-ton ethylene project. Now it can also produce a variety of plastics."

Li Weidong thought about it and said, "I have had a few encounters with the factory director of Qicheng Petrochemical, when I went to Beijing to hold a foreign trade conference. I wonder if he remembers me! This relationship is too unfamiliar. Well, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"The third place is the newly established Huanghai Petrochemical a few years ago. As soon as this Huanghai Petrochemical was established, it launched a large ethylene project of 400,000 tons. Now the first phase of the Huanghai Petrochemical project has been fully operational. I heard that it will enter the second phase. It is in the stage of construction." Wang Kaiping continued.

"Huanghai Petrochemical? I have acquaintances there! Their executive deputy director, I am quite familiar with him. And I have helped them!" Li Weidong laughed.

At the beginning, Li Weidong helped Huanghai Petrochemical to negotiate with Sakurada Co., Ltd., and finally won dozens of plastic production equipment at a 55% discount, helping Huanghai Petrochemical save 45 million US dollars.

Although there were some unpleasant episodes in the middle, Huanghai Petrochemical still owes Li Weidong the favor of 45 million US dollars. Even if Huanghai Petrochemical gave Li Weidong a set of plastic processing equipment, it is certainly not enough to offset the favor of the 45 million US dollars.

If Li Weidong went to Huanghai Petrochemical to purchase raw materials, Song Jinlong should help Li Weidong for the sake of favor.

The cadres of state-owned enterprises still have to pay attention to some worldly manners. If they fall into an ungrateful name, they will have some influence on their future path forward.

At the very least, as a leader, he would be more willing to promote a subordinate who is grateful, rather than an ungrateful white-eyed wolf.

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The next day, Li Weidong drove to Huanghai Petrochemical.

Li Weidong also did not make an appointment, and directly explained his identity. Song Jinlong obviously remembered Li Weidong, and immediately asked Li Weidong to wait in the lounge.

Walking into the lounge, Li Weidong found that there were several people in the lounge, apparently waiting to meet Song Jinlong.

"Director Li, please wait a moment, we, Director Song, have a temporary meeting, which will be over soon." The receptionist said, serving Li Weidong tea, fruit and snacks.

Li Weidong was really hungry, so he picked up the dim sum and ate two bites. The taste was not bad.

At this moment, a gray-haired man on the sofa next to him asked, "Young man, are you also here to buy raw materials from Director Song?"

Li Weidong nodded: "Uncle, how do you know I'm here to buy raw materials?"

"Hehe, it's not just you, we all come to Huanghai Petrochemical to buy raw materials!" said with gray hair.

"It seems that the business of Huanghai Petrochemical is good. It's really worth the money!" Li Weidong pushed the snacks and fruits in front of the gray hair and said, "My name is Li Weidong, and I make household appliances. What's your name?"

"I'm the director of Dafu Rubber Factory, my surname is Wang!" the other party said.

"It turned out to be Director Wang!" Li Weidong's heart moved, and then he said; "Dafu Rubber General Factory, is it the one in Shanghai City?"

"You young man, have you heard of the name of our factory?" Director Wang asked with a smile.

"You Dafu Rubber Factory existed in the 1930s. You are so famous. Of course I have heard of it. I even wore the rubber shoes of your factory when I was a child!" Li Weidong said.

"So it is. Unfortunately, our rubber shoes are no longer available and have been discontinued. Now we mainly produce tires." Director Wang said.

"The production of tires is also good. Isn't Santana using your tires! That means that the Germans also recognize your products!" Li Weidong boasted a little.

Being able to provide Santana with tires is also a face-saving thing. Director Wang smiled slightly: "You young man, you know our factory quite well."

"I used to be a car repairer, so I know a lot about auto parts!"

Li Weidong paused, then said, "Director Wang, your Dafu Rubber Factory is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, why did you come here to buy raw materials? Don't you have a petrochemical base group in the Yangtze River Delta? There will still be a shortage of rubber. raw materials?"

Director Wang sighed lightly: "If we could buy it there, I wouldn't use it here!"

"Is it so hard to buy raw materials for rubber production?" Li Weidong asked subconsciously.

"Not only raw materials for rubber production, but also raw materials from the entire petrochemical industry are hard to buy!" Director Wang put on a helpless expression.

"Why? Is it insufficient production capacity or too much market demand?" Li Weidong asked in confusion.

Director Wang explained: "The country has developed rapidly in the past two years, but the domestic petrochemical production capacity is not enough, and the market demand has also increased a lot. However, the main reason for the shortage of petrochemical raw materials this year is that there is not enough oil. use."

"Isn't it? Isn't the Gulf War over? The oil supply in the Middle East has been restored, and OPEC has also increased production. I read the news that the price of oil has dropped this year. Why is there not enough oil?" Li Weidong looked puzzled question.

"You are talking about international oil prices. Our country doesn't buy oil from other countries. We have always exported oil! It is estimated that we won't be able to sell much in a few years. After all, our own oil production is almost running out!" Long replied.

Li Weidong suddenly realized that 1992 was China's last year as a net exporter, and by 1993, China had become a net oil importer.

Li Weidong suddenly realized that he finally understood why the raw materials such as high-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, and heat-resistant ABS cannot be bought with money.

"According to this calculation, we will start importing oil next year, which means that the domestic oil production this year can no longer meet the demand, so we will import oil. The oil supply is tight, so the products produced by the petrochemical industry will naturally be The supply is running out!"