Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

"Where did the funds come from?" Yang Rui was more curious about this question than the focus of Southern Chemical's subordinates.

In 1987, China's foreign exchange reserves were still tens of billions, which was weak compared with countries like Thailand or Indonesia.

Although money has been added to the account, the excess is still very serious.

Important things such as the import of grain and oil can't stop for a day. In addition to this, the import of various industrial products, inevitable enjoyments, and the most consumed mechanical equipment and even raw materials all require a large amount of foreign exchange.

Even after 30 years, the renminbi still cannot pass unimpeded around the world, let alone now.

Old Chen smiled and said in a low voice: "Austria provided a loan, as long as we buy their equipment, we can use the loan in full."

"Full amount? How much?"

"Look at what kind of equipment we're going to buy. We haven't finalized the exact number yet. I heard it's quite a lot." Old Chen paused for a moment, then said, "Director Yang, can we speed up the finalization of our Southern Chemical project? Wolf More meat and less meat."

No matter how many loans there are, the amount is limited, especially in countries like Austria. Although they can give a lot of loans, compared to China's needs, it is far from being enough.

In matters in China, in many cases, whoever is one step ahead will get approval, and the latter will only be dusted.

Yang Rui only took a few seconds to think, and said: "Since the equipment is bought with a loan, and the speed is fast, I don't think there is any need to develop new projects, just continue to launch citric acid."

"Launch another citric acid production line?" Old Chen felt guilty.

The use of citric acid is very extensive. As an organic acid, it can be used in both food and pharmaceutical products. Citric acid may be contained in jams, pastries or drinks that people often eat. It can act as an acidulant, antioxidant and pH regulator at the same time. In other words, it is a flavorful organic preservative, which is much easier to use than sodium nitrate and the like.

For pharmaceutical products, citric acid is also useful. Many pharmaceutical products, including anticoagulants, use citric acid, which is one of the most widely used materials.

In addition, citric acid used in chemical industry is even more important. The use of citric acid is indispensable in textile industry, petroleum industry, leather, plastics, photography, electronics and so on.

As for various products such as poultry feed and cosmetics, the amount of citric acid used does not add up to a small amount.

Although it sounds so wonderful, if the supply of even the best things exceeds the demand, it will still lose money.

Domestic production of citric acid was not high in the first place. Nanfang Chemical started a new 2,000-ton production line, which immediately became the focus of its subordinates, and it was also related to this aspect.

Citric acid is so important, there are always factories to produce it in large quantities.

However, if one more horse is added, the annual production capacity of Nanfang Chemical will reach 4,000 tons. If so much citric acid is produced, it will be easy to drive down the price.

On the other hand, the procurement of raw materials will become more difficult.

Citric acid is produced by fermentation, and the raw materials can be molasses, dried potato powder or sucrose. Judging from the conditions of 1987, the allocation of these materials needs to be coordinated by the government.

It is not simply to take the money to the market and purchase tens of thousands of tons.

Yang Rui half understood and half didn't know about Lao Chen's worries. However, he was not here to solve the actual difficulties of the enterprise, but to determine the citric acid from the perspective of development.

The production capacity of domestic citric acid manufacturers in later generations is at the level of 500,000 tons, of which 70 to 80 percent are exported abroad, and they have been accused of dumping several times.

In 1987, the total domestic production of citric acid was only 40,000 tons.

From 40,000 tons to 500,000 tons, there are still profits for export. Why not do such a project?

As for the difficulties encountered during the period, it is not something that consultants like Yang Rui need to solve.

Nanfang Chemical is also a powerful state-owned enterprise. If not, it would not be able to join the delegation. With such a background, it is far from a problem for Yang Rui to produce more than a few thousand tons a year.

According to recent habits, Yang Rui will not explain too much, just said: "From my point of view, it is the most cost-effective for you to continue with citric acid and go dark. Of course, if you have other ideas, we can also pull Come out and discuss..."

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to buy raw materials and sell out the products." Lao Chen summed up his concerns in one sentence. This is also one of his skills. The time saved will allow Yang Rui to help them choose more comfortably. equipment.

Yang Rui pondered for a moment, and said: "The production line was not built in a day. Judging from the current situation in the country, I think that the problem of raw materials in the expanded factory is relatively easy to solve, and the output of domestic agricultural products is increasing very quickly. As for If the market is not good, it’s better to export if it’s not good at home?”

"Export..." Lao Chen felt even more guilty, and whispered: "Our factory does not have any export qualifications. To be honest, we have also participated in the Canton Fair, and the results are embarrassing."

"I can't help you with export qualifications, but I don't think it's a problem if you say that someone will buy your products." Speaking of other industrial products, Yang Rui doesn't have a say. How can citric acid, an industrial raw material, be bad? Sell.

Among other things, the price of agricultural products alone already has an advantage in China. As far as Yang Rui knows, the organic acid market in later generations is almost all dominated by low-priced domestic products.

Why do Chinese people like low prices and foreigners like good quality? It’s nonsense. Poor foreigners are all over the world. If you don’t buy cheap ones, do you still have to buy expensive ones?

Consumers who pay IQ tax will pay for high-priced consumer goods, and it is not easy to impose IQ tax on industrial products.

Citric acid, a product of tens of millions of tons a year, is a proper commodity with strong marketization.

Yang Rui pondered for a while, and then said: "For foreign companies that consume citric acid, to be honest, I have no connections and I don't know them, but I think your problem is very typical."

"Um?"

"The industrial products we produce can't just be expected to be sold domestically, they must always be exported." Yang Rui circled his fingers in the air and said, "When we come out this time, a delegation is equivalent to hundreds of people. There are so many companies in the same family, if you want to export, you can’t find them one by one, and you should give full play to the advantages of the group.”

"Yes, what do you think should be done?" Old Chen cheered up.

Yang Rui's voice was unhurried, and said: "In my opinion, when we purchase again, on the one hand, we should promote our products, on the other hand, we can consider the issue of reselling. Which company can give the delegation If the company we work in provides better sales channels, we will give priority to which company's production line."

This requirement is not uncommon in international trade.

However, Lao Chen is not a veteran of international trade, and Yang Rui is equally new and cannot be newer.

Old Chen couldn't help but said worriedly: "What if they only want to sell goods, but don't want to buy them?"

"That means their strength is weak, just leave it alone."

Old Chen nodded hesitantly, and said, "If you can buy and sell, I'm afraid it must be a Japanese general trading company."

Japanese general trading companies are often in the form of large-scale consortiums with a wide range of operations. For the model that the purchaser not only asks for money, Japanese general trading companies have considerable advantages.

Yang Rui just shook his head and said: "Japanese companies can join if they want to join. However, there are many companies that can be bought and sold. You don't have to think too much. The old European plutocrats also have a lot of history."

"But will people be willing?"

"Why don't you want to, like this, let's create a little more momentum and come out."

"How?"

"We are in the UK. What are the most popular newspapers in London? Newspapers." Yang Rui shrugged, and said, "As long as you publish the "Times" or something, it should be easy to spread the news. In a few days, the whole world Everyone knows."

Yang Rui will go to the British newspaper to say that he is very relaxed, in fact, it is very relaxed...) !!