Chapter 3095
Over 2 Tons of Scrap Steel
Chapter 3095 More than 20 million tons of scrap steel
During the meal, upon hearing Yang Xiaotao's words, Yang Youning took a deep breath, then picked up his wine glass and raised it, saying, "Then I, Old Yang, will accept it without hesitation; it's all in the wine."
Yang Xiaotao also picked up his glass and clinked it with the other person's. "Filmmaking is a very complex subject, especially for us laymen. To put it bluntly, it's like an outsider trying to guide an expert."
"Therefore, I hope our comrades will be clear about their own position and not interfere in professional matters."
Yang Youning nodded knowingly, "Mr. Yang, don't worry, we understand all of this."
Yang Xiaotao nodded, and then the two toasted and drank it down in one gulp.
After Yang Youning finished drinking, the people around him raised their glasses to congratulate him.
"Old Yang, you've finally gotten what you wanted today, how about we have a drink?"
Chen Gong smiled and raised his glass. He naturally understood his old partner's thoughts: administrative publicity.
I prefer this kind of publicity work.
"Cheers, this drink has to be finished!"
Yang Youning said happily, naturally welcoming all who came.
However, after having a couple of drinks, he looked at Yang Xiaotao and said, "Mr. Yang, we'll need your help with this movie project."
Yang Xiaotao, who was chatting with An Zhongsheng, suddenly heard Yang Youning speak and asked curiously, "I will definitely help if I can."
"But I don't know how to make movies, so please don't ask me for everything."
Yang Youning smiled smugly, "You have to provide some of the music for this movie, right?"
Yang Xiaotao was speechless. "According to you, should I give you a few more scripts?"
"That's not necessarily a bad thing!"
Yang Youning stroked his chin, after all, it was Yang Xiaotao who originally suggested this martial arts film.
"I don't have the time for that."
Yang Xiaotao didn't want to find work for himself, but Yang Youning was fixated on Yang Xiaotao and kept asking him questions.
Finally, Xu Yuanshan couldn't stand it anymore. "Old Yang, you're about to take office. When you do, put up an announcement in the newspaper, soliciting good scripts with rewards. Wouldn't a bunch of people send you scripts?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Youning immediately widened his eyes and said, "Old Xu, you're really sharp."
"Get lost, I think you're too drunk and your head isn't working properly."
Yang Youning didn't care and continued to look at Yang Xiaotao, "President Yang, you have to agree to this last thing."
"You said."
Yang Xiaotao wasn't going to fall for it. What if this guy said something 'unfavorable' to him? How could he refuse?
"Yes, that's right, it's for making a movie, you need a location, some sets need to be built, and that costs money."
Yang Xiaotao knew what was going on before Yang Youning finished speaking, and immediately said, "We'll take care of the funding."
"And you can set aside a portion of the profits as capital, which you can manage yourselves!"
"However, when you're making martial arts films, it's best to choose those set in ancient times. That way, we can use our city walls, city gates, and so on, and we can save some money."
Yang Youning nodded, "As long as there is funding, that's fine."
"We won't be greedy, we won't be greedy!"
As he spoke, his smile widened!
With Yang Youning's matter resolved and him secretly rejoicing, Yang Xiaotao continued listening to An Zhongsheng talk about electric arc furnace steelmaking.
"President Yang!"
"The electric arc furnace we are building now has a capacity of 75 tons. Since this is the first experiment, we have not made any large-scale attempts."
"If development proceeds rapidly and there is sufficient power, we can try to research and produce a 100-ton electric arc furnace."
Yang Xiaotao nodded. "That's right. Currently, our steel production mainly comes from oxygen top-blown converters. The steel plant has already built a 100-ton converter."
"If we do as you say, we can transfer the molten steel from the electric arc furnace to an oxygen top-blown converter for secondary processing, and the resulting steel will be even better."
"This can effectively shorten processing time, improve efficiency, and increase production capacity."
An Zhongsheng nodded, "That's right. The emergence of electric arc furnaces will change the existing steelmaking model and make steel production more rapid."
"However, there are also some difficulties!"
After An Zhongsheng finished speaking, Guan Zhiyong felt it was his turn to speak, so he took over the conversation and said, "President Yang, the biggest problem right now is the raw materials."
"The raw material for this electric arc furnace steelmaking is scrap steel. We need to collect the scrap steel before we can use it."
"But with the scrap metal from our Ninth Department, we might not be able to keep up."
After he finished speaking, everyone around him noticed this and fell silent again.
Yang Xiaotao tapped his fingers on the table, then asked, "How much scrap steel do we have right now?"
Guan Zhiyong immediately said, "General Manager Yang, the amount of scrap steel used in our oxygen top-blown converter is about 12%, which is much better than other steel plants at the same time!"
"Even so, each batch will produce some scrap steel. We can sort through some of it and make farm tools or something."
"Some of them are just scrap steel and slag!"
Yang Xiaotao was aware of all these details, so he asked, "What percentage of this part is scrap steel?"
After thinking for a moment, Guan Zhiyong replied, "Of the hundred tons that are definitely unusable, there must be seven or eight tons out of them!"
Yang Xiaotao was making plans in his mind.
Now that some steel mills have been split off to form alloy plants, their production capacity has not decreased; on the contrary, steel production has increased significantly due to the freed-up space.
Last year, steel production exceeded eight million tons, accounting for one-seventh of the national total.
Therefore, with a steel production of eight million tons, six to seven hundred thousand tons of scrap steel will be generated simultaneously.
"Director An, how many times a day do you think the electric stove can be turned on?"
As if he had been prepared, An Zhongsheng immediately said, "President Yang, we have already calculated it."
"Based on our current daily steel production, we generate nearly two thousand tons of scrap steel every day."
"The electric furnace can be started 35 to 40 times a day, and its daily scrap steel processing capacity is about 3,000 tons."
"At our current pace, we estimate that we can maintain a balance in the steel mill's scrap steel supply this year."
"However, this is under the condition that the new electric furnace is not equipped. In fact, we will install three 100-ton electric furnaces later. In that case, the scrap steel will have to be obtained from other places!"
After An Zhongsheng finished explaining the situation, Yang Xiaotao hadn't finished speaking when Wang Guodong scratched his head and laughed, "In that case, let's talk to the other steel mills and ask them to give us their unused scrap steel."
"Anyway, they don't need it, and it's just taking up space in the warehouse."
To everyone's surprise, after Wang Guodong finished speaking, Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Old Wang, it's a good thing you're not in charge of the household, otherwise you would have squandered it all sooner or later!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Guodong immediately realized that something was wrong, so he asked curiously, "Could it be that they're not going to give it to us?"
Chen Gong nodded. "These scrap metal recycling stations have to pay you to buy steel. If you ask them for it like that, they're not going to give it to you."
After saying this, Yang Youning stretched his body and remembered something.
Wasn't that guy who stole the steel plate from this yard?
He then put the matter out of his mind, since it wasn't something to be proud of.
At this moment, Yang Xiaotao nodded and said, "No rush, let's use up our own scrap steel first."
"As for the other scrap steel, I'll report it to my superiors. We need to have a count of how much of this stuff there is!"
"Let's make a plan then!"
"After all, our electricity supply is limited!"
An Zhongsheng immediately turned around, but Guan Zhiyong, who was standing next to him, said with a smile, "President Yang, our electric furnace will be operational tomorrow. Would you like to go and take a look?"
Yang Xiaotao understood what the other person meant, and then nodded, "I'll go over if I'm free tomorrow!"
"By the way, ask Mr. Chen if he has time. I'll give you a call then."
After that, everyone returned to the table, picking up their glasses and drinking heartily with the food and reminiscing about the past.
It wasn't until midnight that the leftovers on the table were cleared away. Yang Xiaotao then helped everyone into their car before leaving.
"Mr. Yang, thank you for your hospitality!" Bai Jingshu and Ran Qiuye walked together and greeted each other with smiles at the door. "But speaking of which, your skills are no less than those of the master chefs at state banquets."
Yang Xiaotao stood with Ran Qiuye and smiled, "Then thank you for the compliment."
Bai Jingshu smiled, then nodded to Ran Qiuye before getting into his car and leaving.
After everyone had left, Yang Xiaotao and Ran Qiuye walked into the courtyard together.
"What did Bai Jingshu say to you?"
Yang Xiaotao asked curiously, and Ran Qiuye stepped forward, took Yang Xiaotao's arm, and smiled, "She didn't say anything."
"But I have a feeling there's something going on between you two!"
Yang Xiaotao looked at Ran Qiuye with suspicion, then felt a sharp pain in his arm. "Why are you asking about women's business?"
"If you had told me earlier about women's affairs, I wouldn't have asked."
Yang Xiaotao quickly pulled his arm away and hurried home.
Ran Qiuye snorted coldly from behind.
Bai Jingshu's questions were naturally about women, such as skincare, body shape, and private matters.
Can I tell Yang Xiaotao about this?
Of course not.
However, Ran Qiuye also noticed her physical condition over the years.
Logically speaking, I am older than many of the women in the ward, but my skin and body are better than theirs.
In particular, Bai Jingshu inquired about how many children had been born naturally and whether certain areas had become loose.
But I don't have this kind of trouble myself.
I really don't know if it's just my luck.
Taking a deep breath, Ran Qiuye hurried home and saw Yang Xiaotao already fast asleep in bed.
Smelling the alcohol in the room, Ran Qiuye snorted coldly, "All you know is drinking."
I stood by the bed for a while, and the more I looked, the sweeter I felt.
Finally, she took a deep breath and tidied up the bed before holding herself tightly.
As dawn broke, Yang Xiaotao's biological clock began to send warning signals.
I drank quite a bit of alcohol last night, but I still opened my eyes at the appointed time.
Feeling the pressure on his arm, he turned his head and saw Ran Qiuye leaning against him, sleeping peacefully.
Yang Xiaotao did not move his body and let Ran Qiuye continue to rest.
His eyes were fixed on the ceiling, but his mind was preoccupied with recent events.
The establishment of the High-Tech Industry Research Office did not have a significant impact on the work of the Ninth Department.
Aside from taking care of cooperation in various aspects, everything else basically revolves around the operation of the nine departments' industries.
Especially in the field of computers.
Various research projects have been launched, and all the cooperating departments have shown their sincerity.
Similarly, this also allowed Yang Xiaotao to see another side of the story.
In the past, when nine new projects were developed, it was necessary to build factories in the ninth division in order to put them into production smoothly.
Now, these projects, in cooperation with various machine departments, are essentially turning those machine departments into production plants.
All that's needed for the nine departments is research and development.
In this respect, the status of the Nine Departments is more clearly defined than before.
Besides that, there were pagers.
We need to seize the opportunity and make plans quickly; we can't let this hard-won advantage go to waste.
After gathering his thoughts, Yang Xiaotao thought about his recent plans before getting up.
The steel mill's electric furnace is going into operation today, and if I don't have anything else to do, I should go and check it out.
Just as the arm was pulled out, Ran Qiuye woke up, turned around and squinted to see Yang Xiaotao, then reached out and hugged him.
"Go back to sleep a little longer, okay?"
Hearing his wife's murmurs, Yang Xiaotao smiled and then hugged her tightly, "Then sleep a little longer."
When Yang Xiaotao arrived at the steel plant, it was already 10 a.m.
And that's it, I haven't even had breakfast yet.
"Boss, you should get more sunshine; it will help your health."
Yang Xiaotao accompanied Old Chen as they walked through the steel plant, noticing that Old Chen looked much better than before.
With his hands behind his back, Mr. Chen said, "Yes, that's what the doctor said too. He also said to exercise more and get more sun."
"But we don't have time to do those things with our jobs."
Old Chen shook his head as he walked, accompanied by An Zhongsheng and Guan Zhiyong, along with other factory leaders.
You still have to listen to the doctor.
Old Chen smiled and nodded. The establishment of the High-tech Industry Research Laboratory has indeed lightened the burden on his shoulders considerably.
This made him feel a little more at ease.
"This is an electric furnace?"
The group arrived outside the workshop and looked at the upright electric furnace, surrounded by various electrical appliances.
Yang Xiaotao nodded and said, "Yes, this is an electric furnace. It uses electricity to generate high temperatures to melt scrap steel, and then processes it to produce excellent special steel."
"It is much more advanced than an oxygen top-blown converter, and it is also much more convenient and economical."
Seeing the workers around him inspecting the equipment, Old Chen went over and looked around.
He nodded from time to time, his face full of smiles.
"This is a 75-ton furnace, and we will build a 100-ton furnace in the future."
Yang Xiaotao explained from the side, and Old Chen just kept nodding.
"Overall, electric arc furnaces are more cost-effective in utilizing scrap steel."
After the two finished looking around the entire workshop, they sat down on the prepared viewing platform, and then Yang Xiaotao brought up the matter of scrap steel.
"Logically, the scrap steel produced by the converter can be used in the electric furnace."
"But after a while, we ran out of scrap steel here and had to use scrap steel from other places."
As soon as Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Old Chen understood the meaning behind his words.
"You want scrap steel from other places?"
Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Yes, they have no use for this scrap steel, and it even takes up space. We are willing to pay to buy it, and if necessary, we can exchange it for good steel."
Yang Xiaotao shared his thoughts, but to his surprise, Old Chen laughed first.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao was somewhat confused.
After waiting for a while, Old Chen calmed down and said, "Just do it. Build any electric furnace you want, whether it's a hundred or two hundred tons, as long as you have the capability."
"As for scrap steel, there's no need to worry about it at all."
Yang Xiaotao's eyes lit up. "Boss, what's this?"
A hint of sadness flashed in Old Chen's eyes upon hearing this, then he looked at Yang Xiaotao and said, "Just do your job with confidence."
"You'll get your share of the scrap steel."
"At the very least, you'll have enough to keep you busy until those 20 million tons of scrap steel are used up."