Peninsula Steel Love

Chapter 13 Something went wrong

"Don't yell, what is Zhou Factory? I'm the assistant to the factory manager. If others hear it, they will think I'm going to grab the shift and seize power." Zhou Jing turned around and looked angrily at Wang Shaoqing who came to pick him up.

"It's not a matter of time, how is it? Is the road going well? I've been waiting for you for a long time, and then I went to the bathroom. I almost didn't pick you up when I came back. It's a sin, haha."

Wang Shaoqing is the deputy director of Steelmaking Division 4 of Sanhai Iron and Steel Engineering Equipment Purchasing Department. He is a few years older than Zhou Jing. He has cooperated with Zhou Jing for more than a year in the renovation project of the No. [-] continuous casting machine in the headquarters. The relationship between the two is Still getting along well.

Moreover, Zhou Jing is at the major level, and Wang Shaoqing is at the sub-level, with similar levels, and they are colleagues in the same company, so they often joke with each other.This time, Wang Shaoqing, as the leader of the blueprint conversion team, led the technical teams of various equipment manufacturers to the United States to carry out work, and has been here for more than two months.

"It's okay. Let me tell you why you, the director, came to pick me up in person today. I'm a little flattered." Zhou Jing was a little surprised that Wang Shaoqing came to pick him up at the airport alone.

"What you're talking about is that you are the leader of the project team. Isn't our engineering equipment department just serving the owner? Stop talking nonsense here. Let's go." Wang Shaoqing enthusiastically took Zhou Jing's suitcase and pushed it all the way Zhou Jing walked outside the airport.

Looking at a black GMC Business Star parked by the side of the road, Zhou Jing looked at Wang Shaoqing in surprise.

"I said Director Wang, your group is quite luxurious, and you are treated like this when you go out. How did I remember that this car was used by those big stars as a nanny car?"

"How can it be? Isn't the leader coming here soon? This is a temporary rental, and the rent of this car is not expensive here. There is no car like Coaster here. I can't get a bus to pick up the leader. Okay, hurry up and get in the car, it's quite cold outside." Wang Shaoqing shyly pushed Zhou Jing into the car.

The driver was an overseas student temporarily hired locally. After helping to put the luggage away, he drove away from the airport.

"Let's just say that you, Old Wang, are good at flattering and handling things. What's the matter, are you going to improve? I heard that there is a vacant office director at the International Trade Center. You must have an idea." Zhou Jing looked at Wang Shaoqing with interest. joked.

"Forget it. I'm not interested in the China World Trade Center. Maybe they will be stationed overseas. My children are too young to leave." In fact, Wang Shaoqing knows that the International Trade Center is where the elites of the group gather. There are a lot of them, and I am really not qualified to go there.

Zhou Jing took out two red Zhonghua cigarettes from his bag and handed them to Wang Shaoqing. Zhou Jing bought them at the duty-free shop at the airport. Most of the project workers were old-fashioned smokers. The biggest difficulty for them to go abroad was not the problem of diet, but They are basically not used to smoking foreign cigarettes.

"This is for the brothers. There is no way you can't bring more. You can save some cigarettes." Zhou Jing took out a cigarette and handed one to Wang Shaoqing.

"A large number of reinforcements will be brought by the large troops later, and it is said that they have brought several boxes of good wine to reward you."

"Thanks to the leader, it's a pity that it's even more worrying to drink away the sorrow." Wang Shaoqing threw a lighter to Zhou Jing, and the two lit cigarettes and smoked in silence, the atmosphere in the car seemed a little dull for a while.

Zhou Jing slightly opened the car window to let in some air, looking out of the window at this strange city in a strange country without the slightest sense of excitement.Wang Shaoqing's words made him firmer in his thoughts, and there was a reason for his early arrival this time.

Such a mobilizing reception shows that they have a great sense of expectation for their arrival, so there must be a problem with this transformation task, and they regard themselves as a firefighter.

Wang Shaoqing was absent-mindedly chatting with Zhou Jing in the car, Zhou Jing found it funny to see the entanglement on his face as if he was constipated.

Zhou Jing knew very well in his heart that although the leader didn't explain anything before he came, he must have been ordered to solve the problem when he was in danger. It is better to say it sooner rather than later, so he decided to break the current deadlock first.

"Is your drawing conversion work going well this time?" Although the words sounded like a casual question, Zhou Jing looked at Wang Shaoqing very seriously at this time.

Although Zhou Jing is easy to get along with and even a bit lively in daily life, once he enters the working state, he will become very serious.

Wang Shaoqing did not answer Zhou Jing's question immediately, but silently took two puffs of cigarettes, and after carefully organizing his words, he raised his head and said to Zhou Jing: "The early stage of the blueprint conversion work is very smooth, and the current progress has completed about half of the total workload. 90%, but..."

"But what?" Zhou Jing couldn't help sitting up straight.

"There are some problems in the transformation of materials, um... the negotiation with SBS is a bit stiff." Wang Shaoqing carefully introduced the situation to Zhou Jing briefly.

There is really a problem. It turns out that when negotiating with foreign equipment and materials, the technical staff of the manufacturer defaulted the main material of the core equipment on the platform to the domestic common Q345A steel according to their consistent experience, ignoring the fact that the foreign supplier at that time There is a suffix letter after the material grade of this model on the technical information provided.

This is where the difference comes in. The former is a commonly used structural steel, while the latter is a special shear-resistant steel for construction, commonly known as "Z-direction steel".

In previous cooperation projects with foreign companies, facing the same problem, foreign companies would agree to the material modification plan proposed by the manufacturer. Therefore, in the preliminary negotiations of this project, there was no preliminary clarification of this material, and it was directly classified as domestic supply. .

Now during the execution of the contract, SBS firmly disagreed with the material conversion plan proposed by the manufacturer and insisted on using the material grades in the original design, so the problem was exposed.According to Wang Shaoqing's understanding, the speculation may be related to the fact that the main products produced by Pittsburgh Steel include this grade of steel.

Zhou Jing didn't speak immediately after hearing the situation, lit another cigarette and thought silently, and asked Wang Shaoqing after a while. "If this batch of steel needs to be imported from the United States, how much will it cost?"

"We have already inquired about the price, and the cost of the material itself is second. The main reason is that the freight is too high. The overall estimate is about... 300 million euros."

"What? 300 million euros, isn't that about 3000 million yuan?" Zhou Jing exclaimed in surprise when he heard the figure, and almost dropped the cigarette in his hand to the ground.Although he had prepared himself before, Zhou Jing was still angry when he heard the amount.

"What the hell are you guys doing? Who the hell can afford such a huge expense?"

Facing Zhou Jing's anger, Wang Shaoqing kept his head down and smoked silently.

"Where are we going now?" Zhou Jing asked after calming down a little.

"Go to the hotel, you just got off the plane and need to recover from the jet lag."

"Why don't you go to a hotel? Can I sleep in a hotel at this critical moment? Go to the meeting room immediately."

"The conference room is also in the hotel."

"Stop talking nonsense. Immediately notify the team leaders and technical leaders of the relevant manufacturing plants to gather in the conference room. If this problem is not resolved, no one should go to sleep." After speaking, Zhou Jing leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes.

But my heart is like a toss up, it seems that this time I really encountered a bad battle.

(End of this chapter)