Leaving the district government, Shen Huai drove to the industrial park.

When crossing Zhuxi Bridge, I saw Xiong Wenbin sitting in an old Beijing jeep. Shen Huai parked the car under the bridge, got out of the car and walked towards Xiong Wenbin, saying, "Old Xiong has been running more diligently than me during this period."

"The Meixi New District has just come up with a framework plan, and it still needs to slowly fill in the content. Policy drafting is the job of the Political Research Office. Where can I escape?" Xiong Wenbin spread his hands and said, "In many aspects, agricultural land demolition and resettlement, new town construction, and Meixi Town have done some groundbreaking work. In this regard, policy research and formulation, if you do not study the Meixi Town model thoroughly, it is difficult to say that the work is done well."

Chen Huai smiled, and he and Xiong Wenbin walked up the bridge.

Zhuxi Bridge is currently a landmark of Meixi. Standing at the center of the main bridge, you can see most of the two towns, Meixi and Huangqiao.

After the completion of the foundation project of the joint venture steel mill, the steelmaking equipment was transported from Japan's Junura, and the entire construction period was only four to six months later than Meigang.

Zhonghuai Heavy Industry, located in the middle of the steel industrial park, also broke ground a month ago. The first phase of the project invested 40 million US dollars, covering an area of ​​400 acres, but nearly 600 acres of reserve construction land were reserved for Zhonghuai Heavy Industry in the surrounding area.

After obtaining US$30 million in bond financing, the construction speed of Meigang's new factory has been quickly raised, and the main project of Meigang's new factory will be completed. Although the installation of fire protection, electrical equipment and subsequent debugging will take a long time, the frame of the entire steelmaking line has been erected and spread in the distance like a giant dragon.

Xiong Wenbin has a deep relationship with the steel industry and has a deep understanding of it.

Looking at Chen Huai, looking at the direction of Meigang's new factory with emotion, Xiong Wenbin said: "I went to the new factory construction site a few days ago to investigate and saw the installation of the on-site equipment. Zhao Dong, Zhao Zhimin, and Pan Cheng were all very confident about the successful operation of the new factory. More than a year ago, you told me that it would take three years to make the annual production capacity of Meigang electric furnace steel exceed 500,000 tons. At that time, I was still skeptical about you. It seems that my horizon was too narrow..."

Chen Huai stood on the bridge railing, and he knew that Xiong Wenbin was saying what he said to Emperor last April.

At that time, Meigang had not been restructured, and its annual production capacity had just returned to the initial designed level of 100,000 tons, and the technical reform funds of the first factory had not yet been settled; Wang Ziliang was still the number one figure in Donghua and was not sentenced to death, and Yang Lili was also the customer manager of the Emperor's Marketing Department; Xiong Wenbin was still deeply trusted by Tan Qiping, and Zhou Ming and Su Kaiwen were intimate, so he thought he could show his face. In less than a year and a half, Chen Huai had never thought that so many things would happen.

Chen Huai smiled and said, "If you don't say it, I think three years have passed. Time really doesn't work for others, and life is just a blink of an eye..."

"You are so emotional. What can those of us who are waiting for the rotten wood think?" Xiong Wenbin asked with a smile.

Chen Huai saw Xiong Wenbin’s hair gray and a little old, and knew that all the things that happened to him in the past year had hit him a big blow. Who can see that he was just fifty this year?

"Making steel, one million tons of production capacity is a threshold. There is no problem with Meigang passing this threshold. I believe you won't stop there, right?" Xiong Wenbin asked.

"Oh..." Chen Huai nodded. It was comfortable to communicate with people who knew the knowledgeable, without covering up or talking.

Even at this time, the outside world has great questions about whether the new Meigang factory can be completed and operated.

In their opinion, the new factory introduced "steel-making wires eliminated from abroad", and the most common among the management team members were "low-level technicians who could not be managed by the city's steel mills". After the new factory was barely built, it would be strange that it could run.

Only those who are experts in looking at the problem will not be disturbed by superficial factors. Whether people can use it or whether equipment can be used will be objectively judged.

The louder the outside world’s doubts, the more united Mei Gang is.

Chen Huai was not worried about whether the new factory could run after it was completed. He thought more about it. He knew that when Xiong Wenbin was in the city steel factory, he had a plan for the development of the city steel factory, but he could only leave the city steel factory and die. However, Chen Huai believed that Xiong Wenbin's steel ambitions should not be destroyed.

A steel plant has grown from 10,000 tons to a production capacity of 10,000 tons. As long as it can obtain local support, it will be relatively easier. After all, the total investment is limited, so the local area can survive by gritting its teeth.

One million tons is a big threshold.

In 1994, the total investment flowing into the industrial and mining sector of the entire region was only 400 million to 500 million.

An investment of a million-ton steel plant is nearly one billion. Such a large investment is usually not supported by local financial resources.

The one-million-ton steel plant will have requirements for the overall quality and scale of management teams and employees, the requirements for local transportation, power supply, raw material supply and other industrial supporting capabilities, as well as market supply and marketing and development capabilities, etc., to a new rigorous and picky level.

Once the threshold of one million tons of production capacity is exceeded, it means that regional transportation, power supply, raw material supply, market channels, management and technical talents have achieved breakthroughs, forming scale, and enterprises’ ability to obtain and accumulate profits has increased significantly.

As the influence of enterprises expands, it means that they can break through regional restrictions and find more financing resources in external financial markets to achieve faster development speed.

After the new factory is completed, the direct production capacity of Mei Steel will exceed 800,000 tons.

The Meixi Power Plant will be completed and completed some time ago, and will be able to transport huge amounts of electricity to the industrial development of Meixi Town every year to ensure the power supply.

The newly built special coal transport terminal and auxiliary yard of Meixi Power Plant can pass through 600,000 tons of coal burning every year, ensuring that the installed capacity of the power plant has the potential to further expand.

Although the annual throughput of the first phase of Meixi Port Wharf is only about one million tons, the second phase of the project has broken ground, which will make the river-sea transport throughput of Meixi Port exceed 5 million tons.

Before the new factory project was launched, Meigang formed a team of more than 200 people, with specialized management and technical backbone teams in many fields.

In the past year, Meigang has never stopped working hard in talent training and expanding its talent scale.

In order to formally operate the new factory and the establishment of the Group Research Institute, Meigang has launched a large-scale recruitment again since April, and the number of new employees recruited each month is more than 100.

The monthly salary of front-line workers in Meigang Factory has increased to more than 1,000 yuan. Not only can we select employees with high quality and training potential from the surplus rural labor force, but we can also attract professional technical and managers from the city's state-owned factories to continue to move to Meigang.

Joint venture steel mills are not allowed to start large-scale employee recruitment in advance if the construction cycle is four to six months behind the Meigang New Factory, so as to avoid the human resources of Donghua City’s steel industry being absorbed by the Meigang New Factory.

This summer, Meigang recruited more than 200 fresh graduates from colleges and universities at one time.

If Meigang can successfully cross the threshold of one million tons of production capacity, of course, it will not stop there.

Chen Huai and Xiong Wenbin had a brief chat, and then drove to the new factory construction site. At this time, Xiong Wenbin took out a cigarette and lit it, stood at the bridge, and lit it leisurely.

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Coincidentally, as soon as Chen Huai's car turned off Yanhe Road, Gu Tong's car drove up the Zhuxi Bridge. When he saw Xiong Wenbin smoking and resting at the bridge, he also stopped the car to say hello.

When Xiong Wenbin was in the city steel factory, Gu Tong was the deputy director.

Gao Tianhe transferred Xiong Wenbin to the city, and Gu Tong took Xiong Wenbin as the factory director.

During the years when Xiong Wenbin was silent, Gu Tong went to the office, then to the municipal party committee member and the municipal CPPCC Standing Committee member, which could be said to be incredible.

When Tan Qiping arrived in Donghua, Xiong Wenbin had a brief glory. Gu Tong was in the limelight and turned to Tan Qiping with the city steel plant. Xiong Wenbin kicked Tan Qiping aside. Gu Tong actively cooperated with the joint venture steel plant and worked hard, which was trusted by Tan Qiping.

Gu Tong didn't know if Xiong Wenbin had a chance to rise again, but he knew in his heart that no matter how bad the position of director of the Municipal Research Office was, he had considerable say in many things in the city.

In particular, Xiong Wenbin is a very smart person. Most of the policy documents of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government are drafted by the Political Research Office. If such a person is offended, it is difficult to detect it.

Xiong Wenbin naturally would not be able to walk the same path with Gu Tong in this life, but it does not mean that he would ignore him or simply quarrel when he meets.

He knew that Gu Tong had not had a good time these days.

Although the outside world is not optimistic about the operation of the new Meigang factory after the completion of the new Meigang factory, it is not a problem to overtake the Municipal Steel Group in terms of production capacity and enterprise efficiency.

The development of the Municipal Steel Group has stagnated over the years, and its output this year can reach 600,000 tons. In just two years, it has to surpass a "township enterprise", which makes too many people in the city and within the Municipal Steel Group dissatisfied with Gu Tong.

If it weren't for the achievements of the joint venture steel mill, it would be difficult for Gu Tong to maintain his position in the Municipal Steel Group.

Gu Tong is now looking forward to the joint venture steel mill being built and profitable as soon as possible.

Shigang Group owns 35% of the shares in the joint venture steel mill. As long as the joint venture steel mill can make a profit, Shigang Group can withdraw funds to remedy the old factory.

"Director Xiong also invited Su Kaiwen to Meixi Town for a meeting?" Gu Tong asked.

Xiong Wenbin said he was not sure what meeting Su Kaiwen would hold in Meixi Town.

Gu Tong explained: "Su Kai heard that he was going to carry out the Mei Highway renovation project, and the sections of Meixi and Huangqiao bridges were carried out together to build high-standard specifications. Meixi Bridge also needs to be newly built to open the new district construction. In the past, Meixi infrastructure was built like a fire, Shenhuai used all the private ones, and the construction company from the Municipal Steel Group also had the strength, but it could not enter Meixi Town before. This time, it was finally a share of the pie."

Gu Tong was unable to do steelmaking in the city steel mill, so he diversified it. There are many subsidiaries under the Municipal Steel Group, and the construction company is just one of them. It is a secondary enterprise of the Municipal Steel Group and is also a very powerful construction enterprise in Donghua City.

Xiong Wenbin didn't expect that Su Kaiwen would start the Mei Highway renovation project as soon as he came up, and he would also cooperate with the construction company of the Municipal Steel Group.

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