Chapter 258 Preparation for Localization
Buckman smiled and his mouth was curved, and his image as a tough German man suddenly collapsed, like a little girl in wolf's skin, still graceful.
Foreigners are always willing to praise verbally and say beautiful words without spending money. Buckmann, on behalf of Casali, praised him with extreme praise: "The success of Dahua Petrochemical Group simulation test is rare. As a new company, the effort to achieve this without being exposed to large-scale chemical equipment is conceivable. What is rare is that every worker is full of enthusiasm for work, which has allowed me to see the prosperity of the industrial age again..."
Chinese media reporters took photos and then carefully recorded what Buckman said. No matter what you think, they just pretended to be true. The leaders were willing to read the beautiful words, and the readers were willing to read them. The whole audience was full of joy.
Officials in Haicang County and Xiamen Store were also excited. The political achievements in 1990 were to attract investment. Although Dahua was not recruited by them personally, they would have their contribution to the land in Haicang. At least one sentence "implementing investment" cannot be eliminated.
After Buckman finished speaking, he answered several questions from reporters. The project manager of Switzerland stood up, held the manuscript and said seriously: "Casali is committed to chemical technology and has carried out good cooperation with more than 100 countries and regions around the world. Today, we chose Dahua Industrial Group as our partner enterprise in China to jointly develop 120,000 tons of methanol equipment. Dahua Industrial Group and its affiliated Dahua Petrochemical Company, as well as Dahua Laboratory, are a young and energetic company. They have high proficiency in workers, their scientists have advanced technical level, and are ideal cooperative enterprises..."
Su Cheng smiled and watched the Swiss perform. This was the credit of the PR department. Calisa took more than 70 million US dollars in one go. This amount of money was not just about installing a methanol equipment. Dahua will buy two sets of their key equipment for 120,000 tons of methanol and receive the 120,000 tons of methanol technology they transferred. The so-called partners are both a statement on the scene and also bought with money.
If Dahua Laboratory wants to develop 120,000 tons of methanol equipment by itself, tens of millions of investment will not be enough. Time will not be enough. Foreign countries have begun to develop 600,000 tons of methanol, and the production bottleneck of 300,000 tons of methanol has been solved. Dahua has lagged behind. To engage in pure independent innovation is equivalent to closing the country.
On the contrary, if you buy 120,000 tons of methanol now, you can independently develop 300,000 tons of methanol in the future. Although it is still not as expensive as the 600,000 tons of methanol equipment abroad, there is room for competition.
After the Swiss performance, it was Director Mao of the Development and Reform Commission, Director Ding of the Sports Reform Commission, and representatives of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. The Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, County Party Committee and County Government, and the Development Zone Party Committee and District Government were excitedly scratching their heads and wishing to read the manuscript instead of the leader. This mood was like on a desolate road. When someone was shocked by a car, he wanted to work hard on the other party while peeping. The blushing mood was on his face, but the peeping people were also blushing and didn't care about them.
The leaders looked at each other, talked about each other, learned about each other and proved each other, as if the dark clouds were pressing down on each other, making many alien creatures uncomfortable.
Shen Shan, the chief engineer of Shangpec, quietly walked to Sucheng and said, "Dr. Su, congratulations to you, Dahua for successful test flights."
"Thank you." The two of them had a small voice, like an underground party joint. In fact, it was similar. The provincial party committee leaders on the stage only felt that their manuscripts were interesting and hated the cadres who did not listen. Although they themselves hated the meeting, the feeling of standing on the podium and in front of the microphone was indeed completely different from the feeling of sitting on the chair. The supply of adrenaline would make people tremble and confident, and they could never remember those painful memories.
On the surface, Shenshan is already as shriveled as black fungus. He was concerned about the sound on the stage and said in the same shriveled voice: "Dr. Su, we, Shangpei Chemical, recently studied the Casali catalyst, which is indeed a good thing. It is active at 200 degrees, and can reach the maximum activity at 230 degrees. A two-year service life can last three or four years, but the price is also good. Our Shangpei Chemical catalyst can obtain the efficiency of Casali catalyst at 250 degrees. It has a service life of 14 months, and it is no problem to use it for two years..."
"We are ready to use the catalyst from Petrochemical Plant 3." Su Cheng cut off Shen Shan's words with one sentence.
Mr. Shen, who entered the factory in the 1960s, had never seen any intrigue before. He was stunned and asked, "Didn't you say that the trial operation will be finalized next month?"
"Petrochemical Plant No. 3 shares patents with us, and the catalysts developed on this basis will be of their own. However, we are planning to localize the 120,000 tons of methanol equipment. If you are interested, you can participate." The technology scale of Petrochemical Plant No. 3 is not inferior to that of Shangpec. Because it is remote and cannot compare with Petrochemical, I don't care about technical patents or other things. If it were Old Man Shen, I guess I would have to negotiate in a stupid way.
After hearing the other party's conditions, Shen Shan asked himself that he could not do it, and said helplessly: "This 120,000 tons of methanol is introduced, so it needs to be domestically produced? Can foreigners do it?"
"What does it matter if they can do it?" Su Chengyi said, "If Shangpei Chemical is willing, it will participate in the localization as soon as possible, and orders will not be short in the future."
"Dahua wants to make equipment?"
"Our tradition in Dahua is to make equipment for ourselves first, and then expand production. This is the case with offshore drilling platforms and chemical equipment. As the saying goes, you will become a good doctor after a long illness. After making petrochemical products for a long time, you should also understand a lot of petrochemical equipment, right?"
"You are indeed free. Our factory applied to go downstream in the 1980s, but in the end he lost a good time." Old Man Shen sighed and immediately asked: "Which part is Mr. Su planning to give us?"
"No contracting."
Old Man Shen asked with a "huh" and said, "No contracting? Then what should I do? If several factories have something done, who will be the one?"
"Whoever passes the acceptance first will be considered whoever."
Old Man Shen was stunned, his face pale, and said, "It's so cruel."
Su Cheng flashed a hint of apologies and said, "Dahua's capital is small and profit is small, and it cannot withstand the toss and time. This is the only way. If Shangpec does not participate, I don't think it is a big deal."
The 120,000-ton methanol equipment was an absolute national key project in the era of the planned economy, and it was necessary to gather elites from the national chemical industry to do it. The practice at that time was to throw a certain equipment project, such as a compressor, to a specific factory, so that they could concentrate their efforts on research and development. Finally, everyone combined the parts and handed them over to the assembly plant, even if the research was completed.
The advantage of this approach is to reduce waste, and the disadvantage is that there is a lack of competition. As long as any factory is sure to obtain a certain project, the project will be its own. Unless the overall project is discontinued, if you want to order a specific equipment, you have to find it.
This is fine when all factories are working hard. However, since the late 1980s, the situation has changed a lot. First of all, there is a lack of control of time nodes. A factory is very active when fighting for projects, and when they get projects, they become tired. There are even more people who choose what to make money. They cannot develop the research and development after choosing and are unwilling to give it to other factories. The entire project has been dragged down by a large number.
In addition, systemic risks are gradually accumulating. State-owned enterprises before the 1980s would not go bankrupt anyway. It is natural for state-owned factories to do national projects. In the mid-to-late 1980s, state-owned enterprises stopped work, and bankruptcy went bankrupt. Many prosperous factories became bankrupt factories that wanted to pay off their debts in a blink of an eye. If a project is accidentally distributed to such an enterprise, and the plan cannot be completed, it may not be possible to return the project. When others go bankrupt and liquidate, they may treat the orders of the project as accounts receivable. The resulting contract disputes can annoy any ministries and commissions.
The acceptance system chosen by Sucheng does not have such concerns. It only looks at the results and not the process. If a factory chooses parts that cannot be completed, Dahua will not suffer any losses.
Shenshan, who advocates diligence and thrift and has come from the planned economy era, said deeply: "If you do this, you will create vicious competition. Two factories produce one part at the same time, one gets rewards, and the other has paid for nothing. Is this appropriate?"
"The 120,000-ton methanol equipment has 100,000 parts, so why bother to go for one part? Besides, the cost of trial-making small parts is very low, but the profit after success is good. If you are ready to make large parts, you can communicate with us Dahua. Although it cannot guarantee no competition, it is not a vicious competition." Su Cheng changed his tone and said: "Making such large equipment abroad is generally result-oriented. Heavy equipment such as aircraft and tanks are all selected from the finished products of two or three companies. If you change your thinking and don't get the order immediately, it does not mean that the technology is wasted. Are you right?"
Shen Shan said unconvincedly: "It's all good for you no matter what you say."
Su Cheng laughed silently and said, "Win win is the best situation."
"It's not a problem for you to do this." Shen Shan continued to pick on it and said, "Everyone must first choose simple parts that produce results in a short time. No one chooses the parts that need to be considered most."
"We have three preparations for this kind of core components." Su Cheng raised three fingers and said: "The first is to continue purchasing, the second is to increase R&D subsidies, and the third is to develop it by Dahua Laboratory itself."
"Money is the leader." Old Man Shen angrily said the term from the sports era.
Sucheng said there was no pressure.
After saying this, the manager of the Petrochemical Factory No. 6, who was sitting behind Su Cheng with his ears erected and eavesdropped, stabbed Su Cheng and said with a smile: "Dr. Su, please include us in this domestic project."
Old Man Shen was shocked and looked around him. The good guys were all industry insiders who had two people squeezed into the same position. This positive atmosphere was something he had never seen before in ministry projects in recent years.
Chapter completed!