industrial overlord

Chapter 191 The most suitable candidate

In the spring of 1984, Shenzhen Luohu Port.

A minibus with a public security license plate came from a distance, passed the cordon, and drove straight to the border inspection building.The car door opened, and Lin Zhenhua, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, jumped out of the car and looked up at the mountains of Hong Kong in the distance opposite, full of emotion.

It has been more than 4 years since he came to this time and space, and today he will leave from Luohu to start his first trip abroad.Behind him is a trade delegation composed of personnel from the Naval Equipment Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Jiangnan Provincial Department of Foreign Trade, and Hanhua Industrial Company.The name of this delegation is Jiangnan Province Xinxin Mechanical and Electrical Import and Export Company, which is a completely private company in name, and the general manager is Lin Zhenhua.

Things have to start from the beginning.

A year ago, Lin Zhenhua brought up the issue of selling warships in exchange for research funding to Liu Xianghai. This idea coincided with the leaders of the Naval Equipment Department, and a task of setting up a foreign trade company to sell naval equipment overseas was quickly included in the equipment department schedule.

At the beginning of the reform and opening up, the country made a judgment that "there will be no large-scale war in the next 30 years" after comprehensively examining the current situation of the country and the international political and military situation. In stark contrast.

According to the judgment of "preparing for war", all construction of the country must take into account the impact of war, so a large amount of money needs to be invested in military preparations. At the same time, a large number of important industrial projects must be arranged in the interior, not in the most vulnerable Attacking the coast.As a result of such a layout, China missed the opportunity for the transfer of global labor-intensive industries and failed to develop a coastal processing industry, while South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Hong Kong in China developed into Asian countries by virtue of their coastal industries. Four little dragons.

After making the judgment that there will be no large-scale war, the country vigorously developed the coastal economy on the one hand, built coastal special economic zones and opened cities; Scientific research projects, etc., so that more funds can be used for economic construction.

In this case, the military scientific research department is facing a serious shortage of funds.In order to solve the financial difficulties, the military can be described as the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their special abilities.Relying on their strong technical strength, some military enterprises turned to the production of civilian products and competed with local enterprises in the fields of automobiles, motorcycles, and color TVs.There are also some military departments that have simply started trade. Those with small capabilities will do business at home, and those with great capabilities will do business overseas.

Minister Zhang Zhifang of the Naval Equipment Department is a person who wants to do business, but he has been struggling to find a way out.There are many talents in the navy who fight wars, and there are also many talents engaged in scientific research, but when it comes to doing business, it is like a mountain apart.

At this time, a report from the Naval Academy was handed over to his desk. The report suggested that, in cooperation with local enterprises, establish a local foreign trade enterprise supported by the military, and use the name of a non-governmental organization as a cover to carry out international trade. trade, to finance the naval equipment sector.

The report also specifically mentions that Comrade Lin Zhenhua, the manager of Hanhua Industrial Company in Jiangnan Province, meets the conditions for cooperation.

Zhang Zhifang had met Lin Zhenhua once, and he had a good impression of Lin Zhenhua.Later, he heard Liu Xianghai talk about Lin Zhenhua's scientific research in Hanhua factory and contract labor service company, etc., and he also had a certain understanding of his ability.Of course, based on some personal impressions, he still couldn't entrust such an important matter to Lin Zhenhua, so an open and secret investigation against Lin Zhenhua was launched.

In the eyes of the national intelligence department, everything about Lin Zhenhua is completely secret.Of course, his status as a time traveler is an exception, which is under the jurisdiction of the Space-Time Management Bureau, and the intelligence department back then did not have the ability to investigate such things.

According to the information returned by the intelligence department: Lin Zhenhua was born in Hanhua Machinery Factory, his parents were ordinary workers, and he had no historical problems.After Lin Zhenhua joined the army, he performed well in the army and fought bravely in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. In the end, he was arranged to be discharged early for violating the discipline of prisoners of war.

Lin Zhenhua claimed to have learned some professional knowledge from a decentralized rightist in the army during his time in the army. This was confirmed by his platoon leader Cen Youjun.The intelligence personnel conducted an investigation in Lin Zhenhua's former army station, and indeed found a deceased old rightist, and found out that the rightist had no overseas relations, and there was no suspicion of enemy agents.As for whether this rightist has the ability to teach Lin Zhenhua to become a professional talent, the intelligence department can't find out. You must know that the archives work was also impacted back then, and many materials were lost.

The transaction between Lin Zhenhua and Ford was also thoroughly investigated.Intelligence personnel have verified that when Lin Zhenhua served as an interpreter for Ford, a technician of an American company, he provided Ford with some suggestions on improving the MK800 machine tool, and received cash remuneration from Spischer Company. in a bank.

A few years ago, this matter would have been a major problem, but by a time like 1983, people's tolerance for making money had greatly increased.It is admirable to be able to earn foreign exchange by one's own ability.The intelligence personnel also confirmed that Lin Zhenhua did not sell the country's technical information during this period. In fact, this issue does not need to be verified, because with Lin Zhenhua's status, it is impossible to have any technical information that can be sold.

Secondly, after Lin Zhenhua earned US dollars, he did not use them for his own luxury consumption, but bought a large number of electronic chips and technical books. These chips were once donated to Huaqing University for scientific research activities, and the books were brought by Liu Xianghai. Back to the Naval Academy, many books are now the treasures of the Thruster Institute.

"So, this Lin Zhenhua is very reliable politically." Zhang Zhifang looked at these investigation reports and came to such a conclusion.

"Minister Zhang, it's taboo for him to do business, and to accept payments from foreign businessmen privately and hide them from the organization." The person in charge of the intelligence department reminded.

"What's the taboo? This is called ability!" Zhang Zhifang said, "During the war, which army didn't hide some spoils? The cadres who can do things on the battlefield are the best at fighting. Everything is given to the organization. The one who reported it was a good boy, and the troops he led were also little sheep."

"This..." The intelligence officer was speechless.

Zhang Zhifang said: "What we need is a person like this. Judging from your investigation, this Xiaolin is very disciplined in his private life, and he doesn't have the common troubles of young people."

"We have learned that he and his fiancée Yang Xin sometimes live together overnight in a flat." The intelligence officer quickly introduced.

Zhang Zhifang said: "You people, the reason why the state gives you money is to let you see what time the couple turn off the lights?"

"No, no, we didn't specifically investigate this issue, but we only occasionally heard reports from the masses." The intelligence officer quickly explained that he really hadn't checked what time people turned off the lights.

"This is not a big problem." Zhang Zhifang said, "He lives very frugally, and he has no other hobbies except for eating."

"That's true."

"He has said more than once on various occasions that his ideal is to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and to revitalize China's industry."

"Yes, Director Liu Xianghai of the Thruster Institute and Director He Haifeng of the Economic Reform Commission have both confirmed this. They both have a high evaluation of Lin Zhenhua's political aspects, and these two comrades are also very reliable politically. cadre."

Zhang Zhifang nodded: "Great, this is the candidate we need. He is politically reliable, capable, has business acumen, and also understands technology. Tell me, can we still find such a person in our system?" ?”

All these investigations were completed without Lin Zhenhua's knowledge. Therefore, when two naval officials politely invited him to Beijing and brought him into Zhang Zhifang's office, Lin Zhenhua was still at a loss.

"Xiao Lin, let's meet again." Zhang Zhifang said to Lin Zhenhua with a smile.

"Hello, Minister Zhang!" Lin Zhenhua wanted to give a military salute, and then he gave up after seeing his overalls.

"I invite you here this time to ask you for a favor." Zhang Zhifang said, "I heard that your Hanhua Industrial Company is doing very well now."

Lin Zhenhua groaned in his heart. This smiling uncle must have taken a fancy to the patent fund under my name.Chu people are innocent, but Huaibi is guilty.

"Uh, Minister Zhang's family has a big business, how can we, a small company like ours, catch your eyes." Lin Zhenhua said modestly.

"No, it's true that my family has a great business here, but there are too many places to spend money. Now I use three pot lids to cover seven pots, and I can't cover them at all." Zhang Zhifang said.

"That's that, running a navy is a waste of money. If you throw three or five million dollars into it, you can't see anything." Lin Zhenhua followed Zhang Zhifang's words and said, the implication is that my little money will be given to you I can't help you much, so don't worry about it.

Zhang Zhifang didn't know that Lin Zhenhua was so naive. He really never thought about using Lin Zhenhua's several million patent funds. Although the intelligence department also reported this situation to him, this small amount of money was indeed worthless to him. Insignificant.

"Xiao Lin, you are right. So, we must find a way to earn money by ourselves now. I heard from Xiang Hai that you suggest that our navy export warships overseas?"

It was only then that Lin Zhenhua remembered that he had said such words to Liu Xianghai, and he also understood that Zhang Zhifang's purpose in finding him in Beijing this time was really not to expropriate his money.After figuring this out, he felt lucky on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had new worries: "Minister Zhang, I did mention this suggestion to Director Liu, why, our navy, really want to do this? "

"That's right, we have already requested a report from the Military Commission and got approval. Now, we are going to set up a special import and export company to handle this matter."

"This is great, we should have done this a long time ago." Lin Zhenhua said happily.

"This time I came here to discuss this matter. We have already studied it. The general manager of this company wants to invite you, Comrade Lin Zhenhua, to be in charge."

　The name of the company was changed, mainly because it was unintentionally the same as the actual company name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)