In August, there were many happy events-Wuxi Great Hall of the People, and Yu was awarded the Award for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents by the municipal government; At the Great Hall of the People, Yu accepted the certificate of "Top Ten Frontier People in China" issued by Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress and President of China Academy of Sciences; Beijing Great Hall of the People, 2003 China Top 500 Enterprises Exposure List. Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Company ranks 345th in scale, and ranks 70th in asset profit rate and per capita profit. Experts pay attention not only to this climbing seat, but also to its subtext: China is moving from a steel power to a steel power.
Creation is more important than manufacturing. Entrepreneurs are always accompanied by some data, but some data are dim and some data are flashing. Where is Yu? 10 years ago, it was still a wasteland by the river, and now it has become the largest special steel production base in China; Five years ago, there were 3,000 employees, the annual output of special steel was 4 1 10,000 tons, the sales income was 654.38 billion yuan, and the profits and taxes were less than 654.38 billion yuan. Today, the annual output of special steel is 65.438+0.63 million tons, the sales income is 5.5 billion yuan, the profit and tax is 580 million yuan, and there are so many employees. This is an exclamation point he drew on the bank of the Yangtze River.
In this way, the epitome of China special steel industry is evaluated: creation is more important than manufacturing.
During the Lunar New Year in 2002, Yu walked into the workshop early in the morning to pay a New Year call, just like in previous years. The employees enthusiastically took out melon seeds and fruits to entertain the boss. But he found that the watermelon seeds taken out by the employees were open, and they were divided into two halves with a bite; The apples are printed with auspicious words such as "Fu Lushou". Facing the leaders of the companies and branches sitting around, Yu said generously: "Watermelon seeds can't be sold for 4 yuan a catty, and no one can buy a catty for 8 yuan;" One printed apple 10 yuan. Ordinary apples only cost a few yuan a catty. Even the simplest melon seeds and apples are developing new products, not to mention our success in special steel? " After New Year's greetings, he gave every middle-level cadre a special "new year's goods": a catty of "melon seeds" and two "printed apples", plus thinking. A big discussion on "how to speed up the adjustment of variety structure" was enthusiastically launched by the raging fire. As a result, this year became the year with the most new product development in Xingcheng, and the added value per ton of steel increased by 100 yuan.
He is realistic, and his mind is full of all kinds of metal elements; He is also very romantic. Groups of sika deer, peacocks and swans are raised on the shady lawn beside the steelmaking furnace. I am good at weaving dreams in reality and creating reality in dreams. He runs a factory like a school, recruiting talents from all walks of life and running a master's degree in engineering. He spared no expense to send more than 100 leaders to Germany for further study in batches. Learning has become his highest reward for employees. Managers should study at least 100 hours a year, and front-line workers should study at least 80 hours ... spattered steel flowers condense the fruits. In recent years, he has obtained 7 patents from China, 6 national new products and 25 high-tech products from Jiangsu Province, which has become a blank in the history of China Special Steel. In the spring and autumn cycle, Xingcheng 13 technical and economic indicators have been ranked first in the national special steel industry.
"How strong your opponent is, how strong you are." "Learn with an open mind, but don't lose heart. Today's study is for tomorrow's transcendence. " Five years ago, as soon as Yu Yi became the general manager, he accepted the "examination" from the first short-process production line in China. This production line imported from Germany, with an investment of 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, combines all five processes that need to be completed by several workshops, such as steelmaking, refining, continuous casting, hot delivery and continuous rolling, into a 700-meter-long assembly line. From scrap charging to finished product discharging, the steelmaking process in China has been shortened from half a month to eight hours. Can China people operate and manage such a set of modern equipment?
I paced along the river bank, rolling head on. He felt a great risk on his shoulders: this is the "first crab" in China, and he has no experience to learn from either in production or management. Investors want to invite foreign special steel enterprises with a history of 100 years to manage it. But the price is high, the salary of several people is equivalent to the salary of thousands of employees in the whole factory, and many harsh conditions are put forward. At this time, the young general manager resolutely straightened his back and recommended himself to investors: "Let's do it ourselves!" " .
How many setbacks, how many rises. When the spring breeze turned green in Jiang Nanan, he succeeded! 200 1 "Digestion and absorption of imported technology of special steel production technology and equipment" became the first national metallurgical industry project approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and included in the national tenth five-year plan. This production line with an annual design capacity of 650,000 tons can reach 900,000 tons this year, and even foreign experts who designed this production line gave thumbs up. I responded:
"The strongest power in life may be given by your opponent. How strong your opponent is, how strong you are. " Yu's "transcendental view" comes from his bumpy experience.
The descendant of this martyr/kloc-joined the steel mill as an electrician at the age of 0/8, became the youngest chief engineer in the national metallurgical industry at the age of 32, and boarded the academic discussion platform as a professor-level senior engineer at the age of 38. Talking about his apprenticeship, he said with a smile, "Up to now, my family probably bought more electrician books in the early years than the library." "Zero" does not mean that various metal elements in the fire are mixed and combined. With special technology and special ingredients, special-purpose steel can be extracted, which is called special steel in terminology. From farming civilization to electronic civilization, steel is like a link, connecting the development history from ancient times to the present.
I have been silently weaving this bond all my life.
From the space shuttle to roller skates, "King of Steel" bearing steel is used everywhere. A famous domestic special steel mill has been producing bearing steel for 40 years, and the highest annual output is only 6,543,800 tons. Look at Xingcheng: 1.998 million tons; 65438+28000 tons in 0999; 300,000 tons in 2002! In just five years, the output ranks first in the country and third in the world. Yu Pengya proudly said: "This speed is a world record." The wheels are rolling and the train in China is speeding up. Huge springs carry heavy carriages on the rails and were not imported from Russia until the end of last century. I couldn't sit still. I worked day and night in my own steelmaking furnace, and finally improved the fatigue life of spring round steel from 6,543.8+0,000 times to 5 million times, standing at the top of the international advanced level. Now, this product of Xingcheng occupies 70% of the domestic market.
In July this year, Xingcheng's "Research and Development of Long Life and High Performance Spring Steel for Modern Rail Transit" was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and included in the national "863" plan.
"A new product itself cannot be repaired. The key is to make people accept it. Although Xingcheng is thriving, it actually fights in the whirlpool of competition every day. " In the interview, we heard a story of "from zero order to the largest supplier"-Yu walked into the national material procurement bidding meeting of FAW Group. Colleagues present here, fearing that this "powerful faction" will engage in low-price competition, quietly reduced the average bid price of 17 special steel products by 30%. In, even lost, if recklessly, is killing each other. He unexpectedly quoted truthfully. As a result, the tender was announced and the "King of China Special Steel" returned empty-handed. Walking in the cold wind on the streets of Changchun, Yu said, "I am disappointed, but I don't regret it." This scene happened in the winter of 1999. Three months later, there was a comic change: the price of raw materials in the market rose sharply, the supplier reduced production by one ton, and the supply was difficult.
FAW was in a hurry and sent personnel to Xingcheng for emergency help. "Manager Yu, the price is up to you!" The sun shone through the window and outlined his profile. At this moment, I can make many choices. The other person was so nervous that his forehead sweated.
"I will go all out to support!" I paused for a while and decided decisively: "The price is not going up at all, and it is still according to my original quotation." As a result, Xingcheng jumped from "zero" to the largest supplier of FAW. On the banks of the Yangtze River, geese have gone and come again. Today, he is also the largest special steel supplier of FAW Group.
He said: "Zero is the smallest natural number, and sometimes it is also the largest natural number, depending on how you grasp it." What can Xing become the "King of China Special Steel"?
The answer is colorful.
"Building Xingcheng into the most competitive special steel base in the world" is not a dream.