Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Congo, a small country in west-central Africa.

Tony Sassou, Deputy Minister of Industry, only used US$190 million in start-up capital six years ago to build a simple basic industry in cooperation with Zhiyuan Consulting Company.

Zhiyuan also used an advance capital of US$200 million to obtain the mining rights of a medium-sized iron mine in Nabeba from the Congolese government.

Today, this humble medium-sized iron mine has become the main source of iron ore for Zhiyuan's two steel companies.

This is a win-win cooperation. The Congolese government has received valuable development funds, and Zhiyuan has won important resource deployment.

This is indeed the case. This small, poor and backward Central African country has now built an industrial base that is almost self-sufficient.

It is against this background that the Niali Coal Mine reached a "resources for equipment" cooperation agreement with the mining machinery factory under Zhiyuan Heavy Machinery a year ago. Zhiyuan will provide a full set of coal mining equipment and jointly mine the Niali Coal Mine.

25-year-old Jonathan Luka is an ordinary belt conveyor controller at Niali Coal Mine. He is responsible for checking the tightness of the conveyor belt underground every day, as well as whether the conveyor is overloaded and other safety hazards.

This is a job that is far easier than that of an ordinary underground worker. Jonathan Luka seems to have only one thought in his life, which is to work hard, save the betrothal gift as soon as possible, and marry Amang home.

On this day, as usual, Jonathan Luca cooperated with his good friend, the repairman Kepani, to replace the damaged conveyor belt.

Looking at the belt that Kepani took out, the attentive Jonathan Luca found that it seemed to be a little different from the belt he had replaced before. He couldn't explain the specific difference, but Kepani didn't take it to heart.

Kepani replaced the belt, and Jonathan Luka tried it. It felt a little loose, so he picked up the tool and prepared to tighten it again.

However, Kepani reached out to stop him. Jonathan Luca looked at Kepani in surprise and said: Kepani, such a loose conveyor belt will slip and may cause equipment accidents! "

Kepani took out a stack of West African CFA francs from the repair bag, stuffed it into Jonathan Luca's arms, and whispered: "Luka! Do you still want to marry Simao? When the belt slipped, he was loading the conveyor so that The production line is shut down, and there will be a reward after the work is completed, which is enough for you to marry Simang home..."

"But...but, slipping on the conveyor belt is very likely to cause an accident..." Jonathan Luka stammered.

But when he thought of the bulging stack of West African CFA francs in his arms and Simang's strong and powerful thighs, Jonathan Luka swallowed back the rest of the words alive.

Kepani patted Jonathan Luka on the shoulder and left.

The conveyor, emitting thick black smoke as usual, transports the coal dug out from the mining area to the stacking area.

Following Kepani's instructions, Jonathan Luca increased the load of the conveyor. As the black smoke from the conveyor became thicker and thicker, Jonathan Luca began to dream of marrying Simang home...

But at this moment, a spark suddenly appeared from the slipping conveyor belt. Jonathan Luka was shocked, and then he realized that the belt Kepani replaced in the morning was different. The belt he replaced must be a non-flame-retardant belt. !

Jonathan Luca didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed to the control room and prepared to cut off the power supply, but before he could make it in time, sparks bloomed due to friction on the conveyor belt, igniting the unqualified belt. At the same moment, the remaining gas and dust in the tunnel An explosion occurred.

Jonathan was immediately drawn into the sea of ​​​​fire. The strong gas and dust explosion quickly collapsed the tunnel, preventing the fire from spreading deeper into the tunnel...

After Yang Mo and others attended the third technical hearing of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, when they returned to the Metallurgical R&D Center, it was already the beginning of the lights.

After dinner in the cafeteria, I discussed the details of the final assembly design with Luo Yongmin and Dilaviv for a while, and then returned to my residence exhausted.

Before he could take a breath, the phone on the bedside table rang. As soon as Yang Mo grabbed the phone, a panicked voice came from inside: "Mr. Yang? I am Zhao Peng, general manager of Niali Coal Mine!"

When Yang Mo heard the words Niali Coal Mine, his heart trembled: "I am Yang Mo, what happened? Zhao Peng, don't panic, speak slowly!"

"Mr. Yang, there was a gas explosion underground in the Niali Coal Mine. The specific casualties are not yet clear, but at least 27 miners are trapped underground..." Zhao Peng's voice was full of anxiety and exhaustion.

Yang Mo broke out in a cold sweat. After pondering for a moment, he decisively ordered: "Zhao Peng, you should organize a rescue immediately, cooperate with the local government, and rescue the workers trapped underground at all costs, whether they are alive or dead or corpses." .”

"Also, immediately seek help from the local British and Chinese consulates, and ask them to help coordinate relations between the government and the media, and strive to minimize the impact. The group headquarters will also send an investigation team to Congo as soon as possible to be responsible for the aftermath and investigation of the mining disaster. What you have to do now is to organize rescue and appease the families of the mining disaster..." Yang Mo quickly made arrangements.

Putting down the phone, Yang Mo fell into deep thought.

This is so unlucky!The Donghai Iron and Steel Plant Phase II project is about to be signed. Such a large mining disaster at this juncture is likely to cause a series of chain reactions.

What makes Yang Mo even more uneasy is that the Niali Coal Mine and the Nabeba Iron Mine are both model projects in Zhiyuan Group's "Equipment for Resources" plan. This sudden mining disaster completely disrupted his layout in Africa. .

After much deliberation, Yang Mo had to change his plan and asked Luo Binghui to come to Yanjing to preside over the signing of the second phase of the Donghai Steel Plant project, while he went to Congo in person.

Before leaving, Yang Mo thought for a while and called Qian Ning again: "Qian Ning, there is a mining accident in Niali Coal Mine! You should immediately put down everything you are doing and go to Congo Brazzaville as soon as possible to establish "establishment" with the British and French consulates. Good relations", especially the French, use their influence to do good media and government public relations!"

Channing nodded and asked: "Should I stay in Brazzaville to be responsible for media and government relations? Or should I go to Niali to deal with the aftermath immediately after getting through the joints?"

"We don't know the specific casualties yet. I'll contact you when I get to Niali!" Yang Mo said.

Niali coal mine.

Zhao Peng immediately established a mining disaster headquarters and divided the rescuers into two groups. One group was responsible for cooperating with the fire fighters sent by the local government to transport the tunnels to extinguish the fire, while the remaining personnel worked hard to clear the ventilation system of the mining face!

Due to the timely and effective self-rescue measures of the Niali Coal Mine, the fire in the transmission tunnel did not spread to the entire mining area. With the joint efforts of government fire fighters who arrived belatedly, the fire in the transmission tunnel was finally under control for the time being.

However, the large-scale collapse of the goaf not only blocked the spread of the fire, but also blocked the ventilation facilities in the mining area. The 27 miners underground may suffocate to death at any time...