industrial overlord

Chapter 235 Prodigal Son

Lin Zhenhua heard that it was Gao Zuxing who was swearing in the room, he hesitated for a moment, and planned to avoid it temporarily.Bumping in when the leader is swearing is asking for trouble.Unexpectedly, before he could turn around, the door opened, and a staff member from the Ministry of Foreign Trade came out in disgrace. Seeing Lin Zhenhua, the man asked, "Why, Xiao Lin, are you looking for Minister Gao?"

"Uh...Minister Gao is in a bad mood, why don't I change the day." Lin Zhenhua said and planned to run away.

"Don't, don't." The staff member grabbed Lin Zhenhua, "Hurry up and persuade the minister, he is pleasing to your eyes now. Don't make him angry, he has high blood pressure, so he can't be angry."

"I said, you have offended the leader, so you can't treat me as a pistachio?" Lin Zhenhua said in a low voice.

The two of them hesitated at the door, and Gao Zuxing in the room heard it, and shouted: "Is Xiaolin at the door? Come in!"

The staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Trade made a face at Lin Zhenhua, and Lin Zhenhua had no choice but to enter the door.

Gao Zuxing was not the only one in the room, Zhu Jinwen from the Machinery Committee was also sitting on the sofa.Gao Zuxing's face was full of anger, while Zhu Jinwen's face had a complicated expression, a little bit of annoyance, but more of a kind of helplessness.

"What's the matter with Xiao Lin?" Gao Zuxing asked Lin Zhenhua when he saw Lin Zhenhua coming in.As the staff said, now Gao Zuxing just finds Lin Zhenhua more pleasing to the eye. Although he is angry, he is still kind to Lin Zhenhua.

"Well, it's not a big deal." Lin Zhenhua said, "It's just that we contacted an overseas Chinese today. He is interested in returning to China to invest, and he is worried about policy changes. Therefore, I want to ask the minister about policy matters on his behalf."

Gao Zuxing briefly asked about the situation, and then said: "In a situation like this, you can tell him that you don't have to worry about it at all. We Communists have a broad mind. The saying that patriotism is in no particular order was applicable in the past, and it is now and It will always be true in the future.”

"I understand." Lin Zhenhua said, "That's what I said to him. He will come to the exhibition hall tomorrow. I want to ask Minister Gao to tell him this again in person."

"No problem." Gao Zuxing said.

Zhu Jinwen interjected: "Xiaolin, you said just now that Mr. Qiao is planning to establish a joint venture with Hanhua Heavy Industry, and the business scope is scrap metal recycling. I want to know, for such a large heavy industry enterprise like yours, How did you start the business of collecting junk?"

Lin Zhenhua chuckled and said, "Director Zhu, don't underestimate this junk collection, which can also generate big business."

"I knew it wasn't that simple, so let's talk about it." Zhu Jinwen said.

Lin Zhenhua knew that it was impossible to hide this kind of matter from the superiors.Once this matter can be done in the future, a large amount of second-hand equipment will enter the country through the customs. If he doesn't make it clear in advance, the customs will not let it go.The Germans are stupid, but the Chinese are not stupid. Who can't see that these equipments will definitely come in handy?
Thinking of this, he told both Gao Zuxing and Zhu Jinwen the trick he had discussed with Qiao Hai, and Gao Zuxing asked: "Xiao Lin, you are picking up foreign garbage, can you use the garbage after picking it up? "

Lin Zhenhua said: "Minister Gao, you don't know that these things are definitely good things. In fact, the recycling and refurbishment of old equipment is a very profitable industry, but the labor costs in western countries are too high to make profits. Pull these things Returning to China for refurbishment, whether we use it for our own use in the future, or resell it to third world countries, it is a huge profit.”

Zhu Jinwen said: "I know a little bit about this. The equipment update speed in western countries is also very fast. There are many things that are thrown away after a short time. In fact, they can be used after picking them up and repairing them. Minister Gao, you don't know, some of us When overseas students go abroad, they just pick up the old appliances that others throw away, they are all very good color TVs, refrigerators, etc., and they don’t need to spend a penny.”

Lin Zhenhua said: "The two leaders don't know that the recycling of some waste equipment not only costs nothing, but can also make money. Like some old ships in Western countries, if they are dismantled in their own countries, the value of the scrap iron and steel obtained , it is not worth the manual cost of dismantling. As a result, these ships have not been disposed of. If we are willing to take these ships back, they will pay us, which is called garbage disposal fee. "

Gao Zuxing finally showed some smiles on his face, and he said to Lin Zhenhua: "Great, Xiao Lin, you can summarize this experience, we will arrange for someone to investigate the situation of waste equipment in Europe, the United States, and Japan, and do more. This kind of waste equipment recycling company. Let these capitalist waste equipment play some waste heat for our socialist construction."

Zhu Jinwen said to Gao Zuxing: "When I saw Xiaolin, I remembered when we were young. It was really hard work at that time. Even a screw had to be dug out from the garbage dump for recycling."

"That's right, the style of hard work can never be lost!" Gao Zuxing concluded.Speaking of this, he thought of the things that made him depressed again. He patted a report on the table and said angrily: "Look at Xiao Lin, and look at these prodigal sons, there is really a sky and an underground!"

This is the second time Lin Zhenhua has heard the word "prodigal son" from Gao Zuxing's mouth. He is a little curious, who is it and what is it that makes Gao Zuxing, who has always been a good-tempered person, so annoyed.He looked at Zhu Jinwen, and asked with his eyes if he could interrupt.Zhu Jinwen gave Lin Zhenhua a positive look, and Lin Zhenhua asked cautiously, "Minister Gao, what happened to make you so angry?"

"Look at the list we just made up." Gao Zuxing handed the report on the table to Lin Zhenhua.

"Is it suitable for me to read?" Lin Zhenhua took the report and asked timidly.

"Let's see." Zhu Jinwen said, "It should be kept secret from officials of your level, but you are no longer an outsider. Take a look, and then tell me what you think."

Lin Zhenhua began to look at the report in his hand. It turned out that it was a statistical table of equipment purchased by the Chinese delegation at the equipment exhibition.He flipped through the pages, blood welling up involuntarily, and furious: "What! There are 52 color TV production lines! What are these people trying to do?"

"This is just an order at this equipment exhibition." Zhu Jinwen said softly, "Including the previous agreements signed by various provinces, cities and ministries and commissions with foreign businessmen, this year, we will introduce 130 color TV production lines across the country to form an annual output The production capacity of more than 8000 million color TV sets."

"Are you kidding me!" Lin Zhenhua yelled, "Annual output of 8000 million sets? We only have less than 3 million households in the country, which means that we can popularize color TVs across the country in three years. Such a large domestic purchase ability?"

Lin Zhenhua has also heard about the blind introduction and repeated construction in various places in China, but what he heard is only a few cases, unlike Gao Zuxing and Zhu Jinwen who can look at it from a national macro perspective.Now that he heard such data, he also felt shocking.

"How can I say that these people are prodigal sons!" Gao Zuxing felt like he had found a bosom friend when he heard Lin Zhenhua's words, "Not only the 52 color TV production lines, but also more than 20 refrigerator production lines and more than 10 motorcycles. Assembly line. In a word, if something makes money, everyone will go all out, and they are not afraid of repeated construction. It is said that our country has a shortage of foreign exchange, and we have worked hard to earn such a small amount of foreign exchange by selling oil and coal. These prodigal sons are ruined like this!"

"Well, can't our Ministry of Foreign Trade intervene? Control the total amount and do what we can." Lin Zhenhua suggested.

Gao Zuxing said: "Aren't I discussing with Director Zhu? I'll ask their Machinery Committee to come forward to coordinate. At the very least, the same province doesn't need to introduce two production lines? Also, provinces and cities that already have production lines , shouldn’t we introduce a second line?”

Zhu Jinwen shook his head and said: "Things are not so easy. Now we are focusing on streamlining administration and delegating power to expand local autonomy. Each locality now has independent investment rights. We can only give opinions on what projects people want to invest in, but we cannot replace them. Make decisions. Now all local governments are interested in the big market of color TVs, and they all want to grab profits from this market. Not to mention that our Machinery Committee can’t manage it, even if the Planning Committee comes, it’s useless.”

"Then we can only let them in?" Lin Zhenhua asked idiotically.

"What else can I do?" Gao Zuxing said, "Our Ministry of Foreign Trade can't control it. Now the foreign trade authority has been delegated. As long as there are foreign exchange balances in various places, we can't control how they want to use them. Everyone is a big official in the frontier. , The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee personally came to the Ministry of Foreign Trade to negotiate, and he said that the XX project is a key project related to the economic development of the province, how dare you let our Ministry of Foreign Trade stop it?"

"Good guy, 130 color TV production lines, after this is completed, the color TVs on the market should be cheaper than cabbage, right?" Lin Zhenhua said.

Zhu Jinwen sighed and said: "If these 130 lines can be completed and put into production, that's fine. After all, things can be produced. But in fact, it is impossible for all of these 130 lines to be completed."

"Why?" Lin Zhenhua was a little surprised.

"Do you think you can build a color power plant with a production line? At the very least, you need to build infrastructure? To build infrastructure, steel and cement are constraints. There are a lot of new projects across the country this year, and the supply of steel and cement will definitely be tight. .” Zhu Jinwen said.

"That's true." Lin Zhenhua nodded. His Hanhua Heavy Industry is also engaged in infrastructure construction. He knows how short steel and cement are.Fortunately, they still have foreign exchange earning projects to support them, and the province gave priority to ensuring their infrastructure needs. Otherwise, his chemical equipment base would not have been completed as scheduled.

"There is also the second point. If 130 lines are put into production, how much is the demand for components for a year? At present, domestic component manufacturers cannot provide the components needed for 8000 million sets of color TVs a year. Especially color TV glass bulbs, domestic glass Even 1000 million sets of glass shells cannot be guaranteed, which means that we need to import 7000 million sets of glass shells every year." Zhu Jinwen said.Color TV production is not under the control of the Machinery Committee, but Zhu Jinwen is a high-level leader after all, and he knows the relevant data like the palm of his hand.

Lin Zhenhua had a thought, and asked, "So, what about the refrigerator? Is it possible that the compressor is also facing a serious shortage?"

Gao Zuxing nodded: "At present, more than half of the compressors of domestic refrigerators come from imports. If these more than 20 production lines are put into operation again, the shortage of compressors will be exacerbated. If the import volume is increased, this means that the country's foreign exchange will increase. It's wasted on these accessories."

"Does the country really have no regulatory policies in this regard?" Lin Zhenhua asked tentatively.

Zhu Jinwen said: "I discussed it with Minister Gao just now. After I go back, I plan to report to our director, and try to work with the Ministry of Foreign Trade to report to the central government, requesting the implementation of the import quota system for glass bulbs, compressors and other major accessories. , Restrict imports so much a year, even if you have foreign exchange, I will not allow you to import more, only in this way can we stop the current trend of disorderly investment."

"Doesn't that mean that those color factories and refrigerator factories have to stop working? This loss is also very large." Lin Zhenhua reminded.

"Compassion does not control soldiers." Gao Zuxing said, "It's not that we haven't sent relevant reminders to the local government, but people don't listen to what we say. Now we can only let the facts educate them."

"It's so messy." Zhu Jinwen shook his head. "Everyone says it's better to have a commodity economy, but I think it's better to have a planned economy. Under the planned economy, at least everyone won't mess around like this, right?"

Gao Zuxing said: "Old Zhu, your formulation is not correct. It conflicts with the central document. Let's talk about the facts. We still need to develop a commodity economy, but we are after all a planned commodity economy."

Lin Zhenhua felt a little dizzy. As a time traveler from later generations, he naturally believed that the planned economy was rigid and out of date, and that only the market economy was a good system to promote economic development.However, hearing what the two officials said, it seems that the planned economy also has its advantages. At least it will not lead to the mistake of introducing hundreds of color TV production lines at the same time, right?

"Xiao Lin, what Minister Gao and I said today, you can just listen to it yourself, don't spread it outside, understand?" Zhu Jinwen also reacted, remembering that there was a small cadre at the grassroots level in front of him, and these high-level complaints were still limited to the high-level It is advisable to let the comrades at the grassroots listen, and the influence will not be good.

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said, "Don't worry, you two leaders. My obedience always goes in one ear and comes out the other. I can't remember it. It's enough for your leaders to care about such a major national event. I only care about our little one. The Hanhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. will be fine."

Zhu Jinwen nodded and said: "Xiao Lin, important national affairs still need to be taken care of. To be honest, you are still too young, and you should practice at the grassroots level for a few more years. If you are a few years older, I really want to put you Transferred to the Machinery Committee, we need talents like you very much."

(End of this chapter)