nucmednet Chapter 364: Double Steel Production
Chapter 364: Double Steel Production
364 Ten Times Steel Production
Ye Qingshan took a look and found that among the seven pieces of land that Ye Qingfeng had negotiated, two were what he needed.
One of them has gold mines and the other has copper mines.
Originally, these two pieces of land were located in the wilderness of western California, where even grazing was not allowed.
It is a barren land.
The owner of the land has wanted to sell it for a long time, but unfortunately no one wants to buy it.
Finally, I found a sucker and sold it to him for less than $300,000.
Ye Qingshan looked at it and just laughed.
“Okay, good.
Continue to buy the other thirteen pieces of land.
If the price isn’t right, then add more.
Don’t be afraid to spend money.”
Ye Qingshan instructed Ye Qingfeng.
Ye Qingshan spent less than two million US dollars on these seven pieces of land.
However, the value of that gold mine alone would bring Ye Qingshan at least hundreds of millions of US dollars in revenue in the future.
This profit is terrifying to talk about.
"Okay, I see."
“That copper mine will not be developed for the time being.
Now developing gold mines.
I need to find a prospecting team, just to make it look good."
Ye Qingshan was thinking with a smile.
The next day, Ye Qingshan once again attended a party held by Pete's sister Juliet at the manor.
Those who attended the party were some California politicians and businessmen.
Ye Qingshan was also invited.
During this period, Ye Qingshan has been investing and purchasing frequently in California, and he has been spending lavishly.
It has long attracted the attention of many politicians and businessmen.
Many people want to make friends with Ye Qingshan.
At the party, Joseph introduced many politicians and businessmen to Ye Qingshan, helping Ye Qingshan expand his network.
"Mr. Ye, I heard that you bought a lot of land in California recently?"
Anthony and Ye Qingshan stood together by the window, sipping red wine and asked.
"Mr. Anthony is really well-informed."
Ye Qingshan said with a smile.
As expected of a long-established California financial family, there is really nothing that can be hidden from Anthony.
"Mr. Ye, do you want to be a farmer?"
Anthony has always been curious about Ye Qingshan.
So, I have been paying attention to Ye Qingshan's movements in California.
Although, most of Ye Qingshan's land purchases were handled by local white managers.
But this may fool ordinary people, but it cannot fool Anthony.
This made Anthony very confused. Why did Ye Qingshan buy so much land?
Moreover, many of them are remote wastelands and are really of little value.
“Haha, being a farmer is pretty good.
But this is not my dream.
I came to California to pan for gold.
Only gold can attract me. "
Ye Qingshan said jokingly.
After hearing this, Anthony laughed out loud: "You don't just want to buy a few pieces of land.
Just dig for gold down there, or you might be disappointed."
“Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky.
You can really dig out gold.”
Ye Qingshan shrugged and said casually.
Seeing this, Anthony shook his head. He was becoming more and more disappointed with Ye Qingshan.
It was originally thought that this young Oriental man who discovered penicillin had a unique vision.
But now it seems that it was just good luck.
"Then I'll wait for you to dig out the gold."
Anthony said, and then left.
"What did you say to Anthony? He looked so disappointed."
After Anthony left, Joseph came over and asked Ye Qingshan in confusion.
“I told him I was going to strike gold in California.
He didn’t believe it.”
“Don’t offend Anthony, you will have to purchase airplanes later.
Maybe we need the help of the Anthony family.
Their family owns an aircraft manufacturing plant in California.
We have helped the military produce fighter jets before.”
Joseph reminded Ye Qingshan.
"How could that be, why would I offend him when I have nothing to do.
When I say gold panning, I mean it.
I have already organized a prospecting team to explore the lands I bought.
God has always been very kind to me.”
"Are you serious?"
Joseph also looked at Ye Qingshan curiously. Seeing Ye Qingshan's expression, he didn't want to lie.
"Of course!"
“Then you might be disappointed.
Over the past few decades, countless gold diggers have appeared in California.
There are many exploration teams, but it is not easy to find gold mines. "
Joseph also didn't think Ye Qingshan's plan would succeed.
Just thought Ye Qingshan was joking.
If you really were in California, you could find a gold mine by just buying some land.
Then it's your turn.
Five days later, Ye Qingfeng brought good news.
The remaining thirteen pieces of land were also bought by them.
It cost more than 10 million US dollars.
Now, Ye Qingshan has become one of the top ten landlords in California.
At the same time, an exploration team hired by Ye Qingshan also began to explore several pieces of land designated by Ye Qingshan.
Look for mineral veins or oil fields.
I just don’t know when the results will come out.
At the end of March, Ye Qingshan went to the steel plant again.
It was because Ye Qingshan received a message from Director Miles.
The new oxygen blowing steelmaking technology seemed to have made his experiment a success.
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan also became interested and immediately took a car to check it out.
"boss."
As soon as Ye Qingshan arrived, Director Miles was already waiting at the door.
Miles looked excited and opened the car door for Ye Qingshan himself, looking like he couldn't wait.
"Director Miles, judging from your expression, has the new technology experiment been successful?"
Ye Qingshan asked with a smile.
"Yes, please follow me."
Miles took Ye Qingshan into a factory area of the steel plant.
"I have recently led a team to renovate the equipment at Plant No. 1, using your new steelmaking technology.
After more than a week of improvement and testing.
The day before yesterday, we officially used new technology to make steel.
As a result, we found that your oxygen blowing steelmaking method not only saves raw materials.
More importantly, it greatly increases the speed of steelmaking.
At present, the steel output of the No. 1 plant in two days is actually directly comparable to the output of our entire plant.
Boss, do you know what this means?"
Miles' face turned red with excitement.
He seemed to see the birth of a new "Steel King".
Ye Qingshan took the data report from Miles and found that they recorded the use of new technology in Factory No. 1.
The daily output of steel has increased by about seven times compared with before.
Originally, the No. 1 plant produced about 35 tons of steel per day.
And now, it has been directly increased to nearly two hundred and fifty tons.
This was in the past, and it was almost the entire factory’s daily steel output.
No wonder Miles was so excited.
But Ye Qingshan knew that their seven-fold increase in steel production was not the highest.
The maximum should be more than ten times.
Such a terrifying increase in production will greatly increase the profits of the steel plant under Ye Qingshan.
Now, as the economy in the United States recovers, they are also undertaking various large projects.
The demand for steel and cement is increasing.
This does not include the war that is about to break out in Europe.
In the future, with the outbreak of World War II, it can be said that the demand for steel will be incalculable.
It can be said that as long as steel is produced.
No worries about selling.
At this time, Ye Qingshan’s steel plant would use this new steelmaking technology.
The original production capacity will be directly increased tenfold, and the revenue generated will also be ten times that of before.
The cost is lower.
In this case, Ye Qingshan would have to engage in a price war in the market.
He will undoubtedly kill the other steel mills.
"no.
This technology must be kept secret and must not be made known to other steel companies.”
But after a moment, Ye Qingshan thought more and was scared out of his wits.
From an economic perspective alone, Ye Qingshan's new steelmaking technology is enough to allow him to get a big share of the US steel industry.
It can make Ye Qingshan a lot of money.
However, this is only from the perspective of making money.
Ye Qingshan also needs to consider the issue from the perspective of the international situation.
The truth is, steel production has a huge impact on the war.
Originally, the United States is the largest steel producer.
During World War II, the United States' annual steel production increased from 20 million tons at the beginning to more than 80 million tons by the end of the war.
Just like that, it only increased four times.
The Japanese have already been submerged in the steel torrent of the Americans.
If Ye Qingshan were to take this new steelmaking technology out at this time, the steel production in the United States would increase several times in a short period of time.
If that were the case, Ye Qingshan would be so worried about the Japanese that he would be scared.
No courage to attack Pearl Harbor.
If that were the case, the Japanese would not have attacked Pearl Harbor and the Americans would not have joined the war.
Then Ye Qingshan would be really depressed.
However, the title of the new steel king that Miles mentioned just now still made Ye Qingshan very interested.
“Ten times the output is too high.
We can't bring out this technology right now.
But I can improve the technology in reverse and not increase the production capacity tenfold.
A three-fold increase would be enough to capture the market.”
Ye Qingshan had a new plan in mind and was preparing to improve this oxygen blowing steelmaking technology in reverse.
Reduce the yield boost to two times.
If we take it out this way, the impact won't be too great.
Later, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Americans fully joined the war.
Ye Qingshan once again put the ten times production capacity technology into full use.
However, in order to take over the American steel market, Ye Qingshan still needs to unite with other consortiums.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Ye Qingshan to do it alone.
This is no longer a technical issue.
This involves the steel industry, which is a fundamental industry for the country.
The US government will not allow a foreigner to control most of the market.
“It seems that we still have to drag the Anthony family, the Pitt family, and the Joseph family down with us.
I can't stand in the open.
My ties with these financial groups are still not deep enough.
Otherwise, I would have been dragging my feet in training dozens of pilots.
This time, let’s take them to share another piece of the steel industry pie.
Tie up with more consortiums in the United States, and then I will train a pilot, purchase an artillery production line, etc.
They should be minor issues.”
Before Ye Qingshan left the factory, he warned Miles to keep the new technology absolutely confidential and raised his salary fivefold.
At the same time, let him improve the technology in reverse and reduce production capacity.
After Ye Qingshan returned to Sunshine Manor, he was not in a hurry to find Joseph and Anthony to discuss entering the steel industry.
He still needs to think about it carefully.