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

September arrived before we knew it.

Autumn is a season of clear skies and crisp air, the most comfortable time of year, and also a season of harvest.

On the beach near Laiyang Steel Plant, the power station of the half-submarine has begun normal operation.

Thick cables emerged from the power station and connected to nearby utility poles, supplying power to the steel mill.

Since there was more electricity than needed, these cables were also connected to the workers' villages for free use, and extended as far as the nearby coal mine, where construction had also begun in earnest.

Qin Chuan lay under the shade of a tree, enjoying the rare tranquility, fiddling with a thin steel wire in his hand, when Li Jianshe rushed over from his office.

"Brother Chuan, Brother Chuan, Section Chief Li called from the capital, asking you to go there immediately for a meeting to discuss our factory's equipment."

"it is good."

Qin Chuan nodded and casually put the wire into his pocket.

Although their factory in Yangchang is a private enterprise, they still need to go through the relevant departments to purchase large-scale equipment in China.

Now, the 300-ton electric furnace project is estimated to be almost finalized.

Anyway, Qin Chuan isn't in a hurry. Without this big machine, we can't produce P92 steel. There are plenty of people who are anxious!

Li Runping is in charge of procurement, and he's been busy in the capital lately.

The Audi drove out of the factory and headed towards the capital along the coastal highway.

……

We arrived in the capital at 3 p.m.

At the entrance of a government office, a person kept looking around.

"Xiao Chuan, you've finally arrived! The leaders are already in a meeting, waiting for you! Come on, let's go inside."

When Li Runping saw Qin Chuan, he quickly ran over.

He should have attended the meeting, but he wasn't sure about the outcome, so he decided to wait for Qin Chuan.

A meeting? Why would we need a meeting?

Qin Chuan was very puzzled and quickly walked towards the conference room. Before he even reached the door, he heard a murmuring sound coming from inside. What was this...?

Island people?

Do we really need the participation of the island nation to purchase equipment from First Heavy Industries?

However, those words don't sound quite right!

"Currently, the 4.3-meter single-stand four-roll rolling mill equipment that you imported from our island nation's Sumitomo Metal Corporation has been put into use. For you, being able to roll steel plates that are more than four meters wide is already quite good. There is no need to go up to five meters, let alone five and a half meters!"

A 5.5-meter rolling mill?

Qin Chuan then remembered that some time ago, he had been so emotional that he decided to create the "King of Rolling Mills".

He was so emotional at the time that he couldn't wait to get on the horse.

However, you can't get fat in one bite; you have to take it slowly. Let's get the 300-ton electric furnace first.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Li took it seriously and came all the way to the capital to coordinate, as he was planning to import these devices!

A rolling mill with a length of more than four meters needs to be imported from abroad, and a rolling mill with a length of more than five meters naturally requires the support of foreign technical expertise.

Therefore, the relevant department leaders invited the people from the island nation.

Moreover, they invited an old acquaintance of Qin Chuan!

"Kobe Steel helps improve steelmaking technology worldwide. We have different sales plans for different customers. We don't think you need such a large rolling mill."

Hiroaki Ishino continued, "The larger the rolling mill, the more difficult it is to build. This frame alone requires three thousand tons of steel to be cast, which is a waste for you."

The translator's voice followed, and the voice seemed very familiar.

"No, no, we have this need."

Luo Guangrong's voice rang out: "Currently, we are preparing to build a 64-inch oil pipeline in our country, which requires 5.11 meters of steel plate to be rolled up."

“That’s right, we also want to build several offshore oil drilling platforms, which require steel plates that are 5.2 meters wide.”

When the relevant departments heard that Laiyang Steel Plant wanted to install a 5.5-meter-wide rolling mill, they were excited because the country needed this kind of ultra-wide steel!

The petroleum industry, metallurgical industry, power generation industry, nuclear industry, and many others all require this type of steel!

Some applications can use narrower widths of steel, requiring only a few more welds; others cannot, such as oil pipelines, drilling platforms, and nuclear reactor casings, etc.

“That’s simple. If you need it, you can just buy it from our island nation,” said Hiromi Ishino. “You don’t need to set up a production line for such trivial needs. That would be too wasteful.”

In fact, if Laiyang Factory hadn't made this request, the relevant departments wouldn't have considered installing a rolling mill of this width.

After all, this thing costs money, and a lot of money at that!

But now that they have this opportunity, they should help fight for it!

Laiyang Factory provided the funds, and the relevant departments helped coordinate, but unexpectedly...

"Please believe that we are genuinely considering the interests of your Eastern country. There are no more than five rolling mills in the world with a width of more than five meters. This market is very small, and you do not need to invest huge sums of money in developing such rolling mills."

At this moment, Ishino Hiromitsu wore an expression that seemed entirely in consideration for the Easterners: "If we were to import the technology from our island nation, it would require at least a billion US dollars. With so much money, when would you ever earn it back... By the way, which steel mill of yours is going to use this kind of rolling mill? Ansteel or Shougang?"

"Come on, steel."

Just then, a voice came from outside.

Ishino Hirotomi suddenly trembled; the voice was familiar, reminding him of many unpleasant memories…

His gaze turned toward the doorway, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure.

Whoosh! Ishino Yutaka suddenly stood up: "Laiyang Steel Plant, you're going to launch the 5.5-meter rolling mill project?"

Yes, it is us.

Qin Chuan said, "National strategic equipment must be in our own hands. After all, the quality of imported steel plates is not necessarily reliable. If the data does not meet the standards, they may change the data and sell it as if it meets the standards. We still have to manufacture it ourselves."

The words "modify data" sounded extremely grating to Hiromitsu Ishino.

If it were someone else, he would have said directly, "Kobe Steel is a Fortune 500 company, and our technology is the most advanced!"

However, he couldn't speak to Qin Chuan because the other man was very strange!

The other side used the steel from those aircraft carriers to smelt advanced pen tip steel and even made steel cables!

However, after buying the steel, I couldn't smelt it. Later, I bought a batch of steel from the Russians, but I still couldn't smelt it!

They definitely got tricked!

However, Ishino Hiromitsu gritted his teeth but couldn't say anything, otherwise it would expose their inferior skills.

Not to mention that later, Laiyang Steel Plant successfully smelted P92 steel!

They actually want to get involved in the production of extra-wide and heavy plates?

Are you kidding me? This is stealing our business!

"Since you've come to Yang Steel Plant, we're even less likely to agree to this request!"

Ishino Hiromitsu turned and walked out: "We won't do this deal, not even for five billion dollars! Without us, you can't build this kind of rolling mill, you can't even build the support rolls for the roughing mill!"

“Mr. Ishino, how about we make a bet? Our Laiyang Steel Plant can manufacture the key components of this rolling mill ourselves.”

Ishino Hirotoshi's body stiffened: "I won't fight!"