On the plane, after hearing Zhao Guoyang's inquiry, Jin Xiuzhu blinked and explained: "Guoyang, don't you know that the steel company that our Daewoo Group cooperates with in China is Hanbao Steel Company, not Posco Iron and Steel!"

When Zhao Guoyang heard the six words "Hanbao Steel Company", he suddenly realized.

Speaking of which, this "Hanbao Steel Company" is indeed less famous in South Korea, and is completely different from the leader of the steel company, "Posco Iron Manufacturing".

But in fact, the strength of "Hanbao Steel Company" itself is still very good.

Whether it is carbon steel, alloy steel, or special steel, this company can supply it stably.

Especially in the research of special steels, "Hanbao Steel Company" has surpassed "Posco Iron Manufacturing" for a period of time.

It’s just a pity that due to some management and operational problems, “Hanbao Steel Company” was in a slump after entering the 1990s.

In just three or four years, he was left far behind by "Posco Iron Manufacturing".

Previously, Zhao Guoyang saw from a publication in the steel industry that it seemed that "Hanbao Steel Company" is currently in the process of liquidation of property.

If the decline cannot be reversed in the next few years, it may even be declared bankruptcy.

At this time, he heard that all industrial steel used by their "Dayu Group" was purchased from this company, so Zhao Guoyang naturally became a little more worried.

He glanced at Jin Xiuzhu, who was still in the dark, and asked tentatively: "Miss Xiuzhu, do you know anything about the recent situation of 'Hanbao Steel Company'? Is your 'Dayu Group' purchasing steel from their company, is it a payment in advance or other methods?"

After hearing Zhao Guoyang's sudden question, Jin Xiuzhu was a little confused.

She rubbed her nose and asked curiously: "Guoyang, why did you suddenly remember to ask about this? Our Daewoo Group and Hanbao Steel Company have always had a good relationship. Of course, we paid the money first for purchasing steel. Are we still worried that they will be able to pay the debt?"

After Jin Xiuzhu said this, Zhao Guoyang immediately realized: It is obvious that this young lady Jin still doesn’t know the recent situation of “Hanbao Steel Company”.

But, this shouldn't be.

Actually, I have already seen news about the destruction of this company in newspapers, how could this Miss Jin not hear the news?

But after thinking about it, Zhao Guoyang figured it out.

Needless to say, it must be the "Hanbao Steel Company" that has adopted the means of refuting the rumors.

News reporters in the 1990s were generally relatively "innocence", and most of their reports were realistic and would not produce any particularly eye-catching news.

Although "Hanbao Steel Company" has declined, it is a relatively large company in South Korea after all.

For the sake of its reputation, the government does not want such a large enterprise to be targeted by public opinion.

That would only make things worse.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the South Korean government to help "Hanbao Steel Company" to block the media's mouth.

As for a big customer like "Dayu Group", "Hanbao Steel Company" cannot be known by the other party that he is strong outside and is doing the middle.

If "Dayu Group" also gave up on itself, "Hanbao Steel Company" would really go bankrupt.

After probably thinking about the situation here, Zhao Guoyang said disregardly: "Xiuzhu, you should pay more attention to this 'Hanbao Steel Company' when you look back. I heard that its production and operation conditions are not very ideal..."

Jin Xiuzhu knew that Zhao Guoyang never lies, and after hearing this, she felt a sudden slap in her heart.

Of course, Jin Xiuzhu did not directly ask what the situation of Zhao State's ** system was.

In this kind of thing, you must go to "Hanbao Steel Company" to take a look at it on the spot after returning to South Korea by yourself before you can get a conclusion.

After understanding this, Jin Xiuzhu nodded slightly to Zhao Guoyang and stopped talking.

...

In the building of the "Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company" in Pudong New Area, Zhao Guoyang was discussing the company's development plan for the second half of the year with Zhang Yufang.

It has been two weeks since I returned from Monaco. Zhao Guoyang has spent almost all these days at the Institute of "Shipbuilding Industry-Special Materials".

Not long ago, the State Oceanic Administration just allocated a scientific research fund to be used for the research of "Xingtai International" on the marine shipbuilding industry steel.

Of course, Zhao Guoyang must grasp the application of this fund.

These days, he and several researchers in the institute have been soaking together almost all day long, analyzing the various possibilities of steel used in the ocean.

Hard work pays off. With the efforts of Zhao Guoyang and everyone, the first wave of materials has finally been analyzed.

In the steel industry, it is very difficult to obtain various composition ratios of special steel by analyzing the products of other countries and companies.

After all, the ratio of steel composition is not as simple as one plus one. It contains many complex reactions and requires a lot of data analysis to support it.

Fortunately, Zhao Guoyang has an advantage over other researchers. Before he was reborn, he had a rough understanding of the composition ratio of some well-known special steels.

With such a rough impression, Zhao Guoyang was easy to find the general direction when analyzing the composition of steel.

After finding the general direction, the rest is to spend time experimenting and verifying it over and over again.

In this regard, several members of the institute helped Zhao Guoyang a lot.

These people are known for their rigor and never make any mistakes when analyzing the materials.

With their help, Zhao Guoyang got one of the marine steel components in just two weeks, which is understandable.

At this time, sitting with Zhang Yufang, the focus of Zhao Guoyang talking to her was on the use of steel in the ocean.

Looking at the increasingly calm teacher Zhang beside him, Zhao Guoyang calmly said: "Teacher Zhang, these days, the achievements we have achieved in the "Shipbuilding Industry-Special Materials Research Institute" are very fruitful."

"If everything goes well in the second half of the year, we have a considerable probability that we can directly develop all three of the most mainstream marine steels in the world."

Zhang Yufang had never doubted Zhao Guoyang's technical achievements.

After listening to his story, the teacher Zhang nodded repeatedly and said, "That's great, Mr. Zhao. With you in charge, this research work will definitely be fine."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yufang paused for a moment and said, "However, I have a question to ask Mr. Zhao. After you have developed several important marine steel components, will you directly produce them at Shagang Group?"

After hearing Zhang Yufang's question, Zhao Guoyang seemed to guess what she was thinking.

He smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang, are you worried that if we inform Shagang Group of this research results, we will suffer a loss?"

Seeing that Zhao Guoyang had no intention of criticizing him, Zhang Yufang smiled and nodded, "I have concerns in this regard...but more, I still lack confidence in Shagang Group's production capacity."

When Zhao Guoyang heard this, he nodded suddenly.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yufang's words are really not arbitrarily arranged by "Shagang Group".

In the past two years, several major domestic steel manufacturing companies have begun to make efforts and have taken on many large projects and large investments.

Since these steel manufacturing enterprises are generally state-owned enterprises, they have strong support from local governments.

Therefore, in terms of funds, they are several times or even dozens of times stronger than the "Shargang Group" which is a private enterprise.

The steel industry is not the same as other types of industries. It is an industry that requires results if there is investment.

After several domestic steel giants purchased foreign imported production lines, the advantages accumulated by "Shagang Group" in the past two years were almost gone.

Especially the cold-rolled steel production line introduced by "Shagang Group" last year suffered a "Waterloo", which made the situation even worse.

If Zhao Guoyang hadn't provided him with some technical support from time to time and stabilized the situation of the "Shagang Group", it would have almost been unable to maintain it.

Now Zhang Yufang has raised doubts about the "Shagang Group", which is actually a kind of distrust of it.

Manager Zhang is very confident about whether "Shagang Group" can build a production line that matches it with technical support.

It is absolutely reasonable to say that Zhang Yufang’s question is.

Even Zhao Guoyang, who has always strongly supported the "Shagang Group", could not find any reason to refute.

Of course, although Zhao Guoyang respected Chairman Zhirong very much, he would not support him without principles because of this.

In fact, he has already had some concerns about where to produce the marine steel in the end, but it has not been made public for the time being.

Now that he heard what Zhang Yufang said, he nodded with a smile: "Yes, Teacher Zhang, this point you mentioned is very important. With the current technical capabilities of 'Shagang Group', they are still a little short of trying to produce marine steel."

"And, you mentioned just now that they don't have any extra money to import production lines abroad. Therefore, we don't have to count on them for steel in the ocean and steel in ships."

Seeing that Zhao Guoyang supported his opinion, Zhang Yufang's face showed a hint of relief.

Although she subconsciously said the rebuttal words just now, she actually had no confidence in her heart.

After all, she is just Chairman Zhao’s assistant at “Xingtai International” and is not qualified to question his decision.

Moreover, it is well known that Mr. Zhao has had a good relationship with Chairman Shen Zhirong of "Shagang Group".

Zhang Yufang was worried that what she said just now would anger Zhao Guoyang.
Chapter completed!