King of Industry

Ma Jian is a typical activist. Not half an hour after Zhao Guoyang returned to the workshop, he brought Wang Cheng, the head of the purchasing department, to find him.

Ma Jian, the deputy factory manager, has been in charge of procurement and sales. This Wang Cheng was brought out by Ma Jian. He just became a full-time deputy section chief the year before last, and he can be regarded as half of Ma Jian's apprentice.

Seeing Zhao Guoyang, Ma Jian waved at him and said, Guoyang, let's go, the car is waiting outside, now go to Guangling City, and you can still make it back in the afternoon!

Zhao Guoyang responded, turned his head and explained to his colleagues, and then hurriedly set off with Ma Jian and Wang Cheng.

Sitting in the back row of the car, Zhao Guoyang answered the words of Ma Jian next to him one after another, and secretly looked at the purchasing section chief in front of him.

Wang Cheng is not tall, with a round face, parted hair, a pair of small eyes squinted, as if they can't be opened, and a few forehead wrinkles, making him look older than his actual age.

Judging from his appearance, this Wang Cheng should be a smoother kind of person. Along the way, he respected Ma Jian very much, and he followed his lead in everything.

Although Zhao Guoyang had not been in Hongda Machinery Factory for a long time, he had heard of Wang Cheng. It is rumored that he is rather courageous and often takes kickbacks from the manufacturers below, but I don't know if it is true or not.

In fact, it is very common for people in the procurement department to receive kickbacks in enterprises.

Even in later generations, companies have strict rules and regulations and management methods, but they cannot completely eliminate such gray transactions disguised as human relationships.

From Zhao Guoyang's point of view, this is actually not a big deal, as long as he can pay attention to propriety and help the factory reduce the purchase price, and don't just focus on filling his own pockets.

Although Zhao Guoyang had never done purchasing in his previous life, he was well aware of some unspoken rules.

In many cases, the prices offered by the following manufacturers are very flexible, and what can be negotiated in the end depends on the ability of the purchasers.

A capable purchaser can keep the purchase price very low, close to the bottom line of others, so it is no big deal for him to get some kickbacks.

Halfway through the drive, Ma Jian stretched out half of his body, patted the seat and said, Wang Cheng, have you been to the steel market in Guangling many times, right? In terms of price, can you keep it down?

Director Ma, don't worry, I know all the big bosses in this steel market, and they all supply our factory. As long as I ask, they will definitely give us a very favorable price. Wang Cheng turned his head. Said confidently.

Hearing that he was so confident, Ma Jian nodded for a while.

Wang Cheng was brought up by him single-handedly, he was half teacher and half friend, so naturally the friendship was extraordinary.

Over the years, although he knew that Wang Cheng's reputation was not good, Ma Jian never transferred him from the procurement department. After all, he still valued Wang Cheng's personal ability.

During the conversation between Wang Cheng and Ma Jian, Zhao Guoyang noticed that the head of the procurement department glanced at him from time to time, and seemed to be a bit vigilant.

After discovering this abnormality, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

Ordinarily, I am just the deputy chief of the technical department, and I have nothing to do with him, the chief of the procurement department, and I don't care about his messy things, but why is he wary of himself?

After thinking about it secretly, Zhao Guoyang didn't think of a reason, so he just did it.

However, regarding Wang Cheng, he has gradually come to a conclusion in his heart - this is a suspicious and extremely cautious guy, and it is not easy to catch this kind of person's ponytail.

The Aokang Steel Market in Guangling City covers an area of ​​more than 100 mu. It can be regarded as the largest steel market in central Jiangnan Province. It has a complete range of steel products, and even some very unpopular special steel products can be found here.

With Wang Cheng, an old horse who knows the way, Ma Jian and Zhao Guoyang naturally don't have to go the wrong way. When they arrived at their destination, they went straight to their target and came to a shop with a rather large facade.

The owner of the shop is a local, surnamed Zhu, tall and burly, and because of his loud voice, he was nicknamed Shanpao.

Seeing Wang Cheng approaching, Shan Pao strode forward and smiled, Section Chief Wang, hello, you haven't been here for a while, and you're here today to take care of my business?

Boss Zhu, this is our factory manager Ma, and this is Section Chief Zhao. Today I accompanied them to select materials. Whether to take care of them or not is up to our factory manager Ma, Wang Chengxian introduced.

Ah, it turned out to be the director of Ma Factory, welcome! Shanpao nodded and shook hands with Ma Jian, then greeted Zhao Guoyang, and scattered a circle of smoke by the way.

Wang Cheng then asked with a smile: Boss Zhu, if I remember correctly, do you have QSTE380TM steel here?

Yes, yes! Shanpao nodded repeatedly.

Section Chief Wang, you have found the right place. If you want to buy QSTE380TM steel, there are really not many Aokang steel products in our market. Except for me, only the innermost old Xu has it.

Hearing that he has QSTE380TM here, Ma Jian nodded to Zhao Guoyang and said, Guoyang, would you like to go in and have a look at the materials? If you want to measure it, it doesn't matter if you have more, and it's not that you won't be able to use it in the future.

Zhao Guoyang nodded, and asked Shanpao: Boss Zhu, what is the specification of the QSTE380TM steel in your shop? Angle steel or channel steel, what is the thickness, square tube or round tube? What is the price per ton?

As soon as Zhao Guoyang asked such detailed questions, Shanpao knew he had met an expert.

He quickly replied with a smile on his face: Chief Zhao, our QSTE380TM steel is all channel steel, a round tube with a thickness of 2 mm, and there are two types with a diameter of 25 mm and a diameter of 20 mm.

Hearing the specifications he mentioned, Zhao Guoyang's eyes lit up. The main pillars and main beam bends of the C100 frame are all round pipes with a diameter of 25 mm. The materials of this company are suitable.

Then trouble you to take a 25mm sample first to see! Zhao Guoyang pointed to the shelf and said.

No problem! This item is inside, you three sit here and wait a moment, I'll go get it right away. Shan Pao nodded repeatedly.

After all, Shanpao turned around and hurried into the warehouse inside, and soon came out carrying a half-meter-long circular steel pipe: Then, Section Chief Zhao, how about this, will it work?

Zhao Guoyang took the steel pipe and took a closer look, and found that the quality looked pretty good, and it didn't seem like it would be oxidized after being placed for a long time.

Zhao Guoyang then nodded to Ma Jian and Wang Cheng, indicating that the material could be used.

After understanding Zhao Guoyang's expression, Ma Jian winked at Wang Cheng and handed over the price negotiation to him.

After Wang Cheng got the order, he cleared his throat and said, Boss Zhu, we have dealt with each other more than once, so I'll just say it straight, this steel can be used in our factory, so you can make a price.

Hey, you, Section Chief Wang, have spoken, so what else do you need to say? Besides, Factory Manager Ma is also here, so I will definitely give you the lowest price! Shanpao's face immediately showed a bit of joy when he heard Wang Cheng's words.

That's good, let's calculate it at 4,500 yuan per ton. This is the cost price, and there is nothing wrong with it! Shanpao said seriously.

Wang Cheng pretended to bargain with Shanpao, and finally bought 100 kilograms at a price of 4,300 yuan per ton.

Ma Jian seems to be quite satisfied with this price. After all, Q345 steel costs 3,500 per ton. The material of this QSTE380TM is better than Q345, so it is understandable that the price is higher.