Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

South Korea and the East have only established diplomatic relations a year or two ago, so cooperation between them requires going through official procedures, which will take some time.

The island nation has been cooperating with the East for many years and is very familiar with the ways, so they can figure it out on their own without needing anyone to guide them.

So even though Jung Soo-hwan and his group had already arrived in Dong-dong when they received news that Dong-guk Steel was coming to Dong-dong, they still entered the Lai-yang Steel Plant one after the other.

However, this does have its advantages, as it shows that Kobe Steel really intends to come to the East to purchase rolling mills and then resell them to South Korea!

Jung Soo-hwan's motorcade left through the back door, but still had to go around to the front door.

When they saw the black-plated Crown sedan, they were even more convinced of this.

Ishino Hiromitsu's sudden arrival really caught Qin Chuan off guard.

However, Ishino Hiromichi himself was even more embarrassed.

Mori Waki ​​was able to come to the East at a single word, but he was also somewhat apprehensive. His last meeting with Qin Chuan had not been pleasant; the contempt Qin Chuan conveyed in his tone towards Japanese manufacturing had left him feeling heavy-hearted.

He was more worried about how the two would communicate after meeting Qin Chuan. Would they end up fighting?

However, he was overthinking it. The real truth is that people smile in public but stab you in the back.

"Mr. Ishino, welcome to our Laiyang Steel Plant!"

Qin Chuan walked into the reception room with a big smile, and warmly extended his hand to Ishino Yutaka, who was sitting inside looking a little uneasy.

Ishino Hirotoshi also extended his hand: "Engineer Qin, it's a pleasure to see you again. Please take good care of me."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of you. So, what's the matter?"

Without further ado, Ishino Yutaka said, "Engineer Qin, I heard that you already have an advanced 5.5-meter-wide rolling mill here, so I wanted to come and take a look."

"Who told you that? I don't know anything about it."

You don't know? Just a few months ago, you made a bet with me about how great the rolling mill was, and now you don't even know?

However, Ishino Yutong was prepared. He picked up a newspaper and said, "Engineer Qin, this newspaper reports on how your Laiyang Steel Plant achieved self-reliance and invested its own funds to develop the world's most advanced rolling mill. Is that correct?"

"This... Mr. Ishino, do you know how many places in the East are called Laiyang?"

Ishino Hirotomi was completely bewildered: "Not here?"

"That's right! Place names are allowed to be repeated here, just like personal names. There are many places called Laiyang, but this Laiyang Steel Plant is not one of ours."

"But the photos look so similar to mine!"

"Our factory was built using design plans purchased from other companies, so of course it's the same."

"Engineer Qin, is this really not your place?"

"really not."

"Do you know where it is?"

"This... I really don't know. Our Laiyang Steel Plant is a very small company. We have enough business with pen tip steel, gas cylinders, and steel pipes. How could we possibly spend huge sums of money on a rolling mill? These things cost hundreds of millions of yuan. How could a small private enterprise like ours afford that?"

After saying that, Qin Chuan lowered his voice again: "Mr. Shi Ye, you probably don't know, but there's a trend of exaggeration here in the East. Many people like to exaggerate in order to curry favor with their superiors. What's in the newspapers isn't necessarily credible."

Ishino Yuichi looked at Qin Chuan suspiciously for a few moments, but since Qin Chuan had already brought it up, what else could he say?

Qin Chuan warmly escorted Ishino Yutaka to the door and helped him into his car.

"Goodbye, Mr. Ishino. Let's talk about future collaborative projects!"

"Brother Chuan, we can't keep up this for long!" Li Jianshe said with some concern, "This guy might be back soon."

"We'll just have to muddle through for as long as we can. Once we officially sign the contract with Dongguo Steel and receive the deposit, then we'll be all set."

"By the way, the petroleum department sent a message saying that we need to roll steel plates into oil pipelines and then send them to Korla to participate in the bidding for oil pipelines."

“Bidding?” Qin Chuan shook his head: “We will not participate. The steel plates we produce are in short supply, so there is no need for bidding. As for the oil pipelines we produce, customers have to come to us to buy them.”

What a joke!

When the rolling mill went into operation, the news spread throughout the country. Leaders from the petroleum sector came and offered 7,000 yuan per ton, saying they would take as much as they could get. And now? They're asking for a tender again?

We don't care about you. Our steel plates are in high demand and we won't let the client do whatever they want to us!

"The higher-ups said it's just a formality. The main problem is that some people are not confident in our domestically produced steel plates and want to use imported ones, even if they are more expensive, because they are guaranteed."

"There are people like that? Great, let's forge a batch of steel, make a sample, and give those people a good slap in the face!" Qin Chuan immediately became excited: "What Korla needs is X65 high-strength steel pipes, which isn't difficult to produce. Our steel is definitely higher than that standard!"

……

It was already the end of December, and 93 was about to come to a complete end. Qin Chuan, who had been busy all year, should have been resting long ago. However, at this moment, Qin Chuan was sitting in the tractor unit of the Steyr truck, listening to the roar of the WD615 engine under his buttocks, and occasionally turning his head to look behind him.

Behind it is a 40-meter-long trailer with three pipes attached.

Two rods are placed at the bottom and one rod is placed at the top. The diameter is over 1.5 meters, and a person can easily crawl inside!

Outside, sand and stones were flying everywhere; this awful weather was just upsetting.

However, inside the car, everything was peaceful.

"Master Wang, you've been driving this route for many years, haven't you?"

Driver Wang answered while driving.

"It hasn't been many years. After all, the Tarim Oilfield only drilled its first oil well in 89. I came here in 88 and have worked in both Lunnan Oilfield and Tazhong Oilfield. I guess I'm considered a veteran oil worker!"

Before liberation, foreigners asserted that China was an oil-poor country, but the oil workers in the East would not admit defeat. They explored and searched the vast land.

Finally, the Daqing Oilfield was developed, and our motherland shed its label as an oil-poor country.

For decades, the oil in Daqing Oilfield had been gradually depleted, and the oil workers had to continue searching. In the Tarim Basin, a "sea of ​​death," they achieved a strategic breakthrough.

The oil has been found, the well has been drilled, and the next issue is how to transport it!

The first line to be built was the Lunnan-Korla line, which started construction in 91 and was completed in 92. The oil pipeline was built in just one year!

But what happens when the oil is transported to Korla?

There's a train station in Korla; once it's loaded onto a train, it can be transported away!

However, train transportation is never as convenient as pipeline transportation, so the Korla-Shanshan line is being planned in full swing!

This pipeline not only spans 475 kilometers and connects with other oil pipelines after a long journey, but it is also the first advanced oil pipeline in China to adopt a high-pressure, long-distance station scheme!

These oil pipelines were originally not produced domestically and could only be imported.