Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

Now these machines and equipment can be used immediately once shipped to China. At present, China's rapid development has not attracted enough attention from European countries. In recent years, negative propaganda from the news media has led Europeans to believe that the Chinese are still living in a semi-primitive society, at least the market has not yet been opened to them.

Even powerful experts and scholars could not predict that the steel gap in the Chinese market would be so large in the future, and it was almost impossible to produce special steel by oneself. Now Bao Zixuan is taking advantage of this period of unequal production capacity and sales volume to complete the transfer of steel production capacity.

Rehagel-Thyssen: "Some of the steel plants we have built are basically unused and can still be used for at least 20 years. We can accept this price, but for the special steel plant we can only provide you with raw materials, and you can use the rest of the equipment We have to produce it ourselves. After all, many of the equipment are prohibited from being exported to China by Batumi, and we cannot afford to take this risk."

Bao Zixuan: "But there are only raw materials and no technical parameters. With the current technical reserves of Heiyun, I am afraid that it cannot be produced. Even if it is produced, it will not meet the requirements."

Rehagel-Thyssen felt much better after hearing what Bao Zixuan said. There are also things that you kid can't handle. Now you know how powerful German companies are! The industrial base cannot be caught up in a short period of time. This requires continuous accumulation over many years and is the work of several generations.

Rehagel-Thyssen: "We have also thought about this issue, that is, Heiyun's processing capabilities should be able to process core components. As for the technical parameters, we can provide them, and the rest depends on Mr. Bao himself. After all, there are many The equipment is all products that Batumi’s fame and fortune prohibits from being exported to China. If Mr. Bao hadn’t been a good friend to you, we wouldn’t have agreed, no matter how much rare earth minerals we had.”

Bao Zixuan: "That's no problem. I don't need the most advanced equipment in Germany. But it can't be worse than similar equipment in Japan. I hope you can satisfy me. After all, my main market is in Asia, and Japanese steel companies are the biggest competition." opponent."

Rehagel-Thyssen: "There is no problem with this. Japanese steel companies can still deceive people who do not know the industry in Asia. But they are definitely not good enough compared with European companies. You can rest assured that German steel companies are absolutely technologically superior." It is stronger than Japan's Nippon Steel and other steel companies, and there is at least a technical gap of more than 5 years between the two parties."

Bao Zixuan compiled the Shanghai Steel Project information from his previous life through memory, and upgraded it on this basis. The purpose is to organize the most advanced technology in Japan so that the Germans can understand it. Their technological advantages are actually not obvious. In recent years, Japanese steel companies have been conquering cities in Asia, and their strength and technology are no longer what they used to be.

After seeing the information, Rehagel-Thyssen immediately felt that it was impossible. When did Japan have such powerful steel smelting equipment and capabilities. Although the Germans and the Japanese admire each other internationally in the fields of industry and science and technology, in the minds of the Germans they still have certain advantages over Japan. Now it seems that they are a little arrogant and arrogant. If they remain as self-contained as before, Then what awaits them will be to be surpassed. And this time will be very fast, and it may even be realized during the development of the next set of equipment.

Rehagel-Thyssen; "Mr. Bao, is the information you provided accurate? When did the Japanese have such strength? This is inconsistent with the information we have."

Bao Zixuan: "I am not a metallurgist. These are the equipment and technical data that Nippon Steel is preparing to export to the Shanghai Steel Project. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Japan to investigate, or you can directly visit Nippon Steel. "

Rehagel-Thyssen thought that with Bao Zixuan's identity and status, he would not be lying, and judging from the style of the technical information provided, it was definitely written by a Japanese.

Rehagel-Thyssen: "From this information, it can be seen that the Japanese have indeed made a lot of progress in metallurgical technology, but they are still far behind Germany."

Bao Zixuan: "German companies no longer need to compete with Asian and Japanese companies, but my steel company's biggest competitor is the Japanese. I need your support, otherwise it will be difficult to win the market."

After hearing what Bao Zixuan said, the three of them also thought that it made sense, but it was definitely impossible to exchange Germany's most advanced technology. We started communicating with Bao Zixuan according to the reservation plan for three people. Bao Zixuan was very satisfied with the product models and parameters provided by the other party. These equipment will not be outdated even in the 21st century. All the products produced will be marketable at that time. It seems that the Germans are still very sincere.

However, after understanding the specific situation of the three companies, Bao Zixuan still needs to plan for the future. After all, if you want to enter heavy industry in the future, you will definitely be unable to do without the other party's technical support. It seems that you need to get something more.

Bao Zixuan continued: "I am very satisfied with the technical indicators and performance of these devices, but I hope to obtain other technologies and patent authorizations from other companies."

Rehagel-Thyssen: “I don’t know what other equipment technologies and patent authorizations Mr. Bao needs.”

Bao Zixuan: "I need your technology and patent authorization in shipbuilding, complete sets of equipment, bridge construction, etc. At present, German companies have not entered the Chinese market. Instead of such waste, it is better to authorize our production, so that the three companies do nothing. You can also get a considerable amount of patent licensing fees every year. At most, you can send a few engineers for guidance, and we will also pay the guidance fees. And these products we produce are not allowed to enter the European market for 20 years; this is a win-win situation matter."

Seeing Oliver Lehard and Andert Krupp nod to him, Rehagel Thyssen smiled and said: "No problem, who made us friends!"

In this way, the four companies reached a strategic cooperation agreement, but the amount of this transaction was very large. It also involves some Minggan equipment, which needs to be reported to the German commercial department for approval. I believe that with the status and connections of these three companies in Germany, the business will be very fast.

Sure enough, Bao Zixuan was not disappointed. This time, the German commercial department approved the applications of three companies very quickly in only 2 days. This is something that no one has thought of. In fact, this has a lot to do with the current operating difficulties of German steel companies. If it can be exported through technology, it will be a huge profit model.

On June 15, 1980, Dusseldorf, Germany welcomed many world-class media. Bao Zixuan, Oliver Lehard, Andert Krupp and Rehagel Thyssen held a grand signing ceremony in the reception hall of Rheinmetall.

Bao Zixuan signed his name on the contract on behalf of Baohuodong Mining Company and the heads of the three companies. The rare earth equipment replacement plan proposed so far has been successful and is even better than I expected.

Baohuodong Mining Company exchanged 8 million tons of rare earths, some small CNC machine tools from Heiyun, and some cash in exchange for a total of US$6.8 billion in steel production equipment and some equipment technology and patents from ThyssenKrupp, Rheinmetall Authorization. The transaction will take two years to complete in installments, mainly because the mining volume of rare earths does not meet the requirements.

If all these equipment are installed and debugged and can reach the designed output value, then Baohuodong Mining Company can become one of the largest steel smelting companies in the world. At least in Asia, only Japan's Nippon Steel can surpass them.

Seeing Bao Zixuan on the stage really get things done, Mr. Huo in the audience really didn't know what to say. He only went to Luxembourg for a week or so, and he was able to negotiate such an important contract. , and the price paid can be said to be minimal and basically negligible. It seems that there is still a big gap between myself and Bao Sheng, so I must work harder and harder.