Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 563 Roasting on the Fire

Ordinary people may not know the core of a nuclear reactor, but Cheng Yu is a power engineer and has a certain understanding of various power supply equipment.

In the late 1990s, there were only two nuclear power plants in operation in China. One was the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, which was operated by the National Nuclear Industry Corporation, which was later reorganized into China National Nuclear Corporation.

The other is Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station, which is operated by China General Nuclear Power Group and mainly supplies power to Hong Kong Island. China National Nuclear Corporation and China General Nuclear Power Group are also the two companies that will operate nuclear power plants in China in the future.

The two nuclear power plants, Qinshan and Daya Bay, have dedicated power supply networks and are not under the jurisdiction of the State Power Company. Therefore, the State Power Company has no nuclear power business.

Although the State Power Company is not responsible for the nuclear power business, how can it be that if you have never eaten pork, you have never seen a pig go away! So Cheng Yu recognized it at a glance. The equipment in front of him was the core of a nuclear power plant reactor.

As an electric power engineer, and having been working at the headquarters of Guodian Corporation, Cheng Yu is naturally well-informed, and of course he also knows what a nuclear reactor core means.

Nuclear power technology is the highest-level industrial technology in any country and is classified as confidential.

What's more, it was still the late 1990s, information dissemination was not smooth, and nuclear power technology was far more strictly controlled than in later generations.

As the place where nuclear fuel rods are carried, the reactor core is naturally a component of state secrets. However, this so-called state secret appeared openly in a "leather bag company", and Cheng Yu was even allowed to visit!

"How is this possible? It's just a leather company. How can it have the core of a nuclear power plant reactor? I must have seen it wrong!"

Thinking of this, Cheng Yu took a few steps closer and began to observe closely.

Then Cheng Yu finally confirmed that what was in front of him was really the core of the reactor.

"Could it be a model?" Cheng Yu stretched out his hand to try and touch it. At the same time, he peeked at the secretary and found that the secretary did not stop him, so he felt confident and bold.

When Cheng Yu's right hand touched the surface of the reactor core, a cold feeling came. Cheng Yu could feel that the touch was very strange and different from any metal material he had touched before.

"This should be a special technical material! Yes, of course nuclear reactors must use special metal materials. It seems that this thing is a genuine core!"

Cheng Yu suddenly remembered that his secretary had said before that this was a business worth up to 500 million. At that time, he thought the secretary was bragging.

Now it seems that what the secretary said is true. If this nuclear reactor core is only sold for 500 million, it is really cheap!

The Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, which was put into operation in 1994, had an investment of 4.6 billion U.S. dollars. Taking inflation into account, in 1999, a reactor core was sold for only 500 million U.S. dollars, which was obviously a bargain price.

Of course, this is considered in terms of construction costs. If you really want to do business, you can't calculate it like this.

Nuclear power plants are very special facilities, and each core is unique. The cores must be individually designed and manufactured based on the overall design of the nuclear power plant.

If the core manufactured for a certain nuclear power plant is taken to another nuclear power plant, it cannot be used at all. If this nuclear power plant is not built, then the core will be useless and will be no more than scrap metal.

From this perspective, a single reactor core probably only has scientific research value. If it is actually sold for money, the economic value it can bring is very limited.

However, Cheng Yu is not a nuclear engineer. He doesn't know this, so he only thinks that building a nuclear power plant costs 4.6 billion US dollars, which is almost 40 billion yuan when converted into RMB. However, the nuclear reactor core, as a core component, only sells for 500 million US dollars.

, it’s simply such a great value!

Those Belas mining dump trucks just now have suppressed Cheng Yu's arrogant attitude. Now that he sees this genuine nuclear reactor core, Cheng Yu's last arrogance has completely disappeared.

Without a trace.

As a member of the State Power Company, he naturally has his sights set high. Even if a company can spend 2 billion to buy coal mines, it will still be regarded as a larger leather company.

This is also a normal situation. If you think about the fact that a few years later, Guodian Corporation was split into eleven enterprises, each of which was still a top state-owned enterprise, you will know how huge the scale of Guodian Corporation was at that time.

Therefore, Cheng Yu came to the negotiation with a lot of arrogance. Especially when he learned that the other party was just a handbag company, he had a giving attitude, as if I was willing to buy equipment from you and was giving charity to you.

.

But when he saw the reactor core, Cheng Yu no longer had such thoughts.

"Which turtle grandson told me that the other party is a handbag company? Have you ever seen any handbag company selling nuclear equipment?" Cheng Yu angrily cursed his hometown dialect in his heart.

The assistant also noticed that Cheng Yu's expression was a little unnatural, so he quietly stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Boss, is there anything wrong with this equipment?"

"Do you know what this is?" Cheng Yu asked.

The assistant shook his head. He was not a power engineer, so he had never seen the core of a nuclear reactor.

So Cheng Yu explained: "This is the core of a nuclear reactor. It should be used in nuclear power plants!"

"Nuclear? The one used in atomic bombs? Is there any radiation?" The assistant was so frightened that he quickly backed away.

"You're a coward! This is new, has not been used, and has no radiation. Otherwise, I would have been writing a suicide note right now!" Cheng Yu snorted coldly.

The assistant smiled awkwardly, and then asked, "How can a leather company have a nuclear reactor?"

"Don't let your bag be long and your bag be short!" Cheng Yu sighed: "Have you not noticed yet? Our information is wrong. This Dongshan mining company is very powerful. It seems that the negotiation will not be easy to conclude in a while.

.”

…

As Cheng Yu said, the negotiation was very difficult. Dongshan Mining asked for 400 million at the beginning, and then the two parties negotiated for a long time. Dongshan Mining was only willing to give a 95% discount, which was a reduction of 20 million.

Spending 380 million to buy an axial flow compressor is obviously a loss to grandma's family.

Cheng Yu could also see that Dongshan Mining deliberately charged such an outrageous price because it didn't want to sell.

So Cheng Yu could only say goodbye first.

After seeing Cheng Yu off, Li Weidong and Zhao Jinshan began to discuss the next move.

"I didn't expect the negotiator from Guodian Company to be quite polite. He didn't get angry when we offered such an outrageous price. Instead, he slowly negotiated the price with us," Zhao Jinshan said.

"It seems that our power is effective. After all, Guodian is a top-notch large company. If we negotiate with them, we will inevitably be in a weak position, and we will easily lose the initiative in negotiations."

Li Weidong continued: "So we must use some underhanded tricks to scare them, so that at least we can avoid being too passive during the negotiations."

"Then what should we do next? No matter how wealthy Guodian Company is, it is impossible to spend 380 million to purchase an axial flow compressor." Zhao Jinshan said.

"Our ultimate goal is not to sell axial flow compressors, but to win the Taifeng and Taisheng mines! So we still have to use our brains in this aspect. I think it's time to add fuel to the fire!" Li Weidong said.

"How to add fuel to the flames?" Zhao Jinshan asked.

"In terms of publicity, do you know anyone?" Li Weidong asked.

Zhao Jinshan thought for a while and answered: "How many of you do you know? What are you going to do?"

"Find reporters to interview Guodian Company, mainly about the research and development of wind power projects, and then make a few reports to brag about Guodian Company's wind power research and development. In short, praise it as much as you can." Li Weidong said.

Zhao Jinshan thought for a moment and nodded in realization: "I understand, you are going to put them on the fire!"

Li Weidong chuckled; "First help them get the wind power research and development project out, so that everyone will think that Guodian's wind power research and development project is progressing smoothly and is very effective.

It is best to attract the attention of the leaders. It would be even better if the leaders are willing to go to Guodian Company to inspect the research and development of wind power projects on the spot. When the situation forces them, they will be forced to build wind tunnels!"

…

Cheng Yu knocked on the door and walked into Secretary Wang's office.

"Secretary Wang, let me report to you on the progress of the axial flow compressor purchase negotiations." Cheng Yu said.

"Aren't we finished talking yet? It's been several days, I thought I had already bought it!" Secretary Wang said with some surprise.

In Secretary Wang's view, it would be difficult for Cheng Yu to deal with a leather company by himself.

What's more, based on the golden name of Guodian Company, the other party is still grateful and begging for a deal!

Just listen to Cheng Yu's introduction: "The negotiation situation is not going well. The other party's asking price is really too high, beyond what we can accept."

"A leather company still wants to talk to us like a lion? They have eaten the heart of a bear and become a leopard!" Secretary Wang snorted coldly.

Cheng Yu looked hesitant to speak. He hesitated for a few seconds and then said, "Leader, our intelligence may be biased. Dongshan Mining does not seem to be a leather company. They should be relatively strong.

"

"Why do you see it?" Secretary Wang asked.

"Their coal truck uses a mining dump truck from Belas. Our own coal mines can't even afford such a thing." Cheng Yu recounted what he saw.

"A few mining dump trucks can't explain anything! Maybe I have just entered the coal industry and don't understand the operation of this industry, so I only buy expensive ones and don't sell the right ones. I will wait until I have one."

When the mine starts digging coal, it might still be necessary to use ordinary heavy-duty trucks." Zhang Shushu said.

"I thought so at first, but then the secretary told me that their boss was talking about a big business of 500 million yuan. At that time, I thought that a leather bag company could have a business of 500 million yuan, so I asked casually.

In one sentence, the secretary took me into a warehouse. Guess what I saw in the warehouse?"

Cheng Yu's narration was full of emotion and seemed to have a talent for telling stories.

Secretary Zhang also cooperated and asked: "What did you see?"

"Core! It's the core of the nuclear power plant reactor!" Cheng Yu answered.

"How is this possible!" Secretary Zhang obviously didn't believe it when he heard it.

Cheng Yu continued: "I have observed it up close and touched it with my hands. It is really an unused reactor core."

This time, Secretary Zhang obviously believed it.

The more bizarre and bizarre things are, the less necessary it is for Cheng Yu to lie.

It's like a student who didn't do his homework would lie and say there was a power outage at home, but he would never lie and say that aliens invaded the earth and tore up his homework.

And after all, Cheng Yu is from a power engineering background, so he still has professional knowledge. He said it was the core of a nuclear reactor, so it should be the core.

Secretary Zhang suddenly frowned. The other party could not only obtain the axial flow compressor, but also the core of the nuclear reactor. This was not the ability that a leather company should have.

"It seems that this axial flow compressor is not easy to buy!" Secretary Zhang sighed lightly, and then ordered; "You should contact Dongshan Mining again and try to talk about it again. There are new situations.

Report in time."

Cheng Yu nodded in agreement and then backed out.

The next person who came to see Secretary Zhang was the head of the Publicity Department.

I saw the propaganda section chief walking in with a newspaper in his hand and a proud look on his face, and then said;

"Boss, I have something to report to you. A reporter came to our company for an interview the day before yesterday. The interview content was published in the newspaper today. It was very well written and praised us very much! This is very good for our company's image.

It’s helpful. This is a detailed report, please read it.”

The head of the Publicity Section handed the newspaper over, and Secretary Zhang took it and saw that it was actually talking about the wind power generation project of Guodian Corporation.

Let's start with the content again. It basically says that the management of Guodian Company has good leadership, the scientific researchers work overtime, and the top and bottom are united, which makes the research and development of wind power generation go very smoothly and achieve very fruitful results. It won't take long.

Can reach the world's leading level.

After reading this report, Secretary Zhang suddenly felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say.

The management is indeed well-led, the scientific researchers are indeed working overtime, and the entire company is indeed united under their leadership, but where is the success in the research and development of wind power generation?

The current research results are still far from the world’s leading level!

If ordinary people read this article, they will definitely be happy and encouraged, thinking that domestic wind power research and development has made breakthrough progress and will soon be on par with Western developed countries!

But his family knows his own affairs best. Secretary Zhang knows very well that there is indeed a certain gap between domestic wind power levels and Western developed countries. This gap cannot be made up in a short time. It may take ten years to catch up.

superior.

So this article is almost bragging!

But even though I'm bragging, I'm actually bragging about how good you are! This is a bit embarrassing.

When others praise you, even if the praise is a bit exaggerated, you can't say that they are wrong!

For example, you praise a man for how handsome he is, saying that he has Andy Lau's nose, Eddie Peng's eyes, Louis Koo's lips, Liao Fan's beard, and Ekin Cheng's long flowing hair.

Although you look in the mirror and realize it's Tengger, I believe that the other person will still happily accept your compliments and will never deny that you are handsome.

Secretary Wang has this mentality now. Although I am not that awesome, but since you have boasted that I am so awesome, then I will reluctantly accept it!

At this moment, the phone on Secretary Wang's desk rang.

"Hey, is it Lao Wang?" the other party said.

Secretary Wang immediately recognized that it was the voice of his old boss.

"Boss, why did you think of calling me? What instructions do you have?" Secretary Wang asked quickly.

"I heard that your company has made great progress in wind power research and development projects?" the old leader asked.

"It's all due to the good leadership of our superiors. We have conscientiously implemented the instructions of all leaders. Although we have achieved some results, they are not enough." Secretary Wang said quickly.

"Don't be modest. You have done a good job. This is obvious to all. Didn't the newspaper say that your wind power technology will soon reach the world's advanced level!"

The leader paused for a moment before continuing, "The development of wind power is related to the country's energy security and energy strategy, and national leaders have always attached great importance to this.

It is something worthy of praise that you can achieve results. In order to express my encouragement to you, I also hope that you can continue your efforts and create greater glories.

Therefore, the leaders have decided to go to your place to inspect the research and development progress of the wind power project in the near future. The specific time has not been determined yet, but you must be prepared in advance to meet it."

Secretary Wang was shocked when he heard that a leader was coming to inspect the wind power research and development project.

What the newspapers say will soon reach the world's advanced level is just bragging. If the leader comes and sees the real research and development situation, how will he explain it then?

Secretary Wang looked at the newspaper in his hand and his face turned livid.

"This is not praising us, this is clearly putting us on the fire!"

The update is delivered today. Thank you to all the parents for subscribing. Please ask for a guaranteed monthly pass. Thank you for passing the test!