Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 324 You can’t even buy it with money (please subscribe)

After seeing off Che Tengshan, Li Weidong worked at the Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory until about three o'clock in the afternoon, and then rushed to the Puppy Electric Factory.

There were more than ten days of holiday during the Spring Festival, and the electrical appliance factory wanted to make up for these ten days, so it started working in two shifts 24 hours a day. Even when Li Weidong came to the electrical appliance factory in the early morning, the workshop was full of

Work in bright lights.

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

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

In the future, the casings of hair dryers and electric irons will all be made of plastic. The plastic production equipment we got from Sakurada Co., Ltd. will finally be put to use."

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

"There are wear-resistant and high-temperature-resistant plastics." Li Weidong pointed to the fax in his hand and said, "This fax says that samples of new plastic parts will be sent over soon, so we can follow them."

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

"You should be able to buy it. I'll make a list for you of the plastics used in household appliances. You can go to the market to find out the prices first!"

As Li Weidong spoke, he 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, then looked confused, and asked in a low voice: "Weidong, what are these things? PP? Butt?"

Li Weidong had no choice but to explain patiently: "These are the abbreviations of plastic. The scientific name of PP is polypropylene, and high-gloss PP is high-gloss polypropylene. This kind of plastic has low cost and good fluidity, but has poor dimensional stability.

, but it can be used to make things like shells and handles.

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

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. You can see from the outside that there is something inside.

How much water.

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

While Li Weidong was talking, Wang Kaiping was recording. After Li Weidong finished speaking, Wang Kaiping asked: "Which nitrile is the nitrile of acrylonitrile?"

"Next to the word "month", there is a blue that covers the blue sky." Li Weidong replied.

"That's a word, read Nitrile. I've learned a lot about it." Wang Kaiping nodded.

Li Weidong continued: "Go to the market and ask if these raw materials are sold. If we don't have them in Qinghe, go to the plastic factory and see where they can be purchased from other places."

…

What Li Weidong mentioned are all plastics commonly used in household appliances. Li Weidong thinks 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 are still available in our city. What about ABS? If you want to buy it, you have to wait. As for the high-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, and heat-resistant ABS you mentioned, are they still available?

We can’t buy nylon with glass fiber added in Qinghe!” Wang Kaiping said.

"None?" Li Weidong frowned somewhat dissatisfied.

Wang Kaiping continued: "I went to the plastic factory again and asked about it. High-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, heat-resistant ABS, and nylon with glass fiber are in very short supply now. You can't even buy them if you have money!"

"You can't buy it even if you have money? No way, right? Now is not the time when supplies were in short supply a few years ago." Li Weidong said.

Wang Kaiping then explained: "I have inquired for you. There are three places in our province that will supply the three raw materials you mentioned, but whether they can be purchased depends on whether the relationship is strong or not.

The first one is to find Shengli Oilfield, which has a large ethylene project, including aromatics and caprolactam, and their supporting companies should be able to produce the 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 contact Sinopec."

Wang Kaiping continued: "The second place is Qicheng Petrochemical. It is an old petrochemical company in our province. It launched a 300,000-ton ethylene project in the mid-1980s and can now produce a variety of plastics."

Li Weidong thought for a while and said, "I have met the director of Qicheng Petrochemical Company a few times. It was when I went to Beijing to hold a foreign trade conference. I wonder if he still remembers me! This relationship is too unfamiliar.

Oh, I’m afraid it will be difficult to do things!”

"The third place is the newly established Huanghai Petrochemical a few years ago. As soon as Huanghai Petrochemical was established, it launched a large ethylene project of 400,000 tons. Now the first phase of the Huanghai Petrochemical project is in full operation. I heard that it will enter the second phase.

It is in the early construction stage." Wang Kaiping continued.

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

Li Weidong helped Huanghai Petrochemical negotiate with Sakurada Co., Ltd., and finally won dozens of pieces of plastic production equipment at a 50% discount, helping Huanghai Petrochemical save 45 million US dollars.

Although there were some unpleasant episodes, Huanghai Petrochemical still owed Li Weidong the $45 million in favor. Even if Huanghai Petrochemical gave Li Weidong a set of plastic processing equipment, it would certainly not be enough to offset the $45 million in favor.

Favor.

If Li Weidong went to Huanghai Petrochemical to purchase raw materials, Song Jinlong would probably help Li Weidong out of favor.

Cadres of state-owned enterprises still need to pay attention to some sophistication. If they get a reputation of being ungrateful, it will have some impact on their future path forward.

At the very least, as a leader, you would be more willing to promote a subordinate who knows how to repay your kindness, rather than an ungrateful wolf.

…

The next day, Li Weidong drove to Huanghai Petrochemical.

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

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

"Director Li, please wait a moment. Director Song has an impromptu meeting and it will be over soon." The receptionist said and brought tea, fruits and snacks to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong was really hungry, so he picked up the snack and took two bites. It tasted pretty good.

At this time, 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?"

"Haha, it's not just you, we all come to Huanghai Petrochemical to buy raw materials!" the gray-haired man said.

"It seems that Huanghai Petrochemical's business is good. It's making money every day!" Li Weidong pushed the snacks and fruits in front of his gray hair and said, "My name is Li Weidong, and I make household appliances. What do you call me?"

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

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

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

"Your Dafu Rubber Factory has been around since the 1930s. You are so famous. Of course I have heard of it. I even wore your factory's rubber shoes when I was a kid!" Li Weidong said.

"I see. It's a pity that our rubber shoes are no longer good and have been discontinued. Now we mainly produce tires." Director Wang said.

"The production of tires is not bad. Santana uses your tires! That means the Germans also recognize your products!" Li Weidong gave a small compliment.

Being able to provide tires to Santana is also a respectable thing. Factory Director Wang smiled slightly with satisfaction: "Young man, you know our factory quite well."

“I used to be a car repairman, so I know a lot about car parts!”

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

Raw materials?”

Factory Manager Wang sighed lightly: "If we could buy it there, I wouldn't have to come here!"

"Are the raw materials for rubber production so difficult to buy?" Li Weidong asked subconsciously.

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

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

Director Wang explained: "The country has developed rapidly in the past two years, but the domestic production capacity of petrochemical products 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 not enough oil.

Used."

"No way? Isn't the Gulf War over? The Middle East has restored oil supply, and OPEC has also increased production. I read on the news that the price of oil has dropped this year. How come there is not enough oil?" Li Weidong said with a look on his face.

Asked in confusion.

"What you are talking about is the international oil price. Our country does not buy oil from other countries. We have always exported oil! I guess we won't be able to sell much in a few years. After all, the oil we produce is almost not enough!" Wang Chang

The chief replied.

Li Weidong suddenly realized that 1992 was the last year that China was a net exporter. By 1993, China became a net importer of oil.

Li Weidong suddenly understood. He finally understood why raw materials such as high-gloss PP, heat-resistant PP, and heat-resistant ABS could not be bought with money.

"According to this calculation, oil imports will begin next year. This means that domestic oil production this year will no longer be able to meet demand, so oil will be imported. If oil supply is tight, then the products produced by the petrochemical industry will naturally be

Supplies are running low!”

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