Chapter 1130: Looking Forward to Your Good News

Noel became interested all of a sudden and asked, "Oh, what good idea does Mr. Su have?"

Su Xinghui said, "Mr. Noel has stayed in Jiangcheng for so long and has a very deep understanding of the domestic steel industry in China. Then you should have some understanding of the Jiangcheng Steel Company, right?"

Noel said, "Jiangcheng Steel Company? I, of course, know this. This is one of the top super-large steel companies in China. Why? Can Mr. Su get them to provide us with raw materials?"

If Jianggang could provide them with raw materials, Noel would be very interested. Jianggang is so close to Pengjiawan Town, and getting iron and pig iron and other raw materials from them would cost much less than transporting scrap steel from overseas thousands of miles away.

Su Xinghui smiled, "I wonder if Mr. Noel has any interest in cooperating with Jianggang to set up a factory?"

"Cooperating to set up a factory?" Noel was a bit surprised, "Why would you suddenly have such an idea?"

Su Xinghui said, "I think if your company cooperates with Jianggang to set up a factory, it will be beneficial to both of you, which can be called a win-win."

Noel relaxed, leaned back on the sofa, and said with a smile, "Then I want to hear what benefits there will be for us to cooperate with Jianggang?"

Su Xinghui said, "There are many benefits. First, if you cooperate to set up a factory, Jianggang can provide you with enough raw materials; second, Jianggang can provide you with enough skilled workers and technical personnel; third, you should be clear about Jianggang's connections in the domestic metallurgical industry in China. If you cooperate with them to set up a factory, you can handle many things more easily."

Noel nodded thoughtfully. Noel, of course, could think of these benefits Su Xinghui mentioned. Although cooperating to set up a factory would give away some of their profits, compared to the benefits obtained, this part of the profit given away doesn't count for much.

Raw materials and workers are indeed their biggest problems in building a factory. For the Notte United Steel Company, the investment in using long-process converter steelmaking is too large, but the profit is very meager, far less than the profit of their using electric furnace steelmaking to produce special steel. In this way, they need a huge amount of scrap steel.

And the problem of skilled workers is even more unavoidable. If they hire new workers for training, first, the cost is too high, and second, the cycle is too long, which will cause no small impact on the construction and future operation of the factory. If they can directly hire skilled workers, they only need to give them simple training to adapt them to advanced processes, and the cost and time required will be much less.

And Jianggang's connections in China are also highly valued by Noel. After all, they are outsiders. If they want to occupy a place in China's metallurgical industry, they need to face various complex interpersonal relationships. If they cooperate with Jianggang to set up a factory, then these complex relationships can be handed over to Jianggang to solve.

The Notte United Steel Company has also had investments overseas, and they have also had the experience of withdrawing capital because they couldn't handle local relationships. Noel, of course, has lingering fears about such lessons from the past.

This matter of investing and building a factory in China was led by him alone. If it fails because he couldn't handle the relationships, it will have a great impact on his status in the Notte United Steel Company.

Noel originally thought of contacting the Jiangcheng Investment Promotion Office because the Jiangcheng Investment Promotion Office promised to solve some problems for them. He thought that Jiangcheng is much larger than Pengjiawan, and in terms of solving these problems, it is always better than Pengjiawan. But if they can directly cooperate with Jianggang, then these problems will be easily solved.