Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

  Chapter 31 Difficult to Pick Up a Car

  Wang Haibin did not sleep well all night, because he did not eat a pint of tofu, but Li Weidong did.

   Early the next morning, Wang Haibin stared at the dark circles and appeared in front of everyone.

   "I have to go to the Yellow River Plant today to discuss the procurement business with them." Wang Haibin said and looked at Li Weidong and the two driver masters: "If you have nothing else, you can move freely today."

  The two driver masters nodded, and one of them said: "We have finished testing the car. We will not go to the Yellow River Factory today. We will just stroll around and see Baotu Spring."

  Li Weidong opened his mouth and said: "My business hasn't been finished yet, so I have to go to the Yellow River Factory."

  Li Weidong, Wang Haibin and the clerk of the purchasing office got on the jeep together. Wang Haibin drove the car and headed to the Yellow River Factory.

  Wang Haibin's car drove very fast. Li Weidong was sitting in the jeep, but he could not feel the bumps. Li Weidong couldn't help but said, "Director Wang, your car is very stable!"

   "Nonsense, I was born as a driver. Twenty years ago, I was also a transport model in the company. At that time you were not born yet!" Wang Haibin said angrily.

  Li Weidong smiled, he knew what Wang Haibin was telling was the truth.

  Li Weidong's voice changed, and then he asked: "Director Wang, how about the purchase of Yellow River heavy trucks?"

   "I'll go out myself, surely no problem. 10 Yellow River six-two heavy trucks have already been set." Wang Haibin said.

  "It was planned, right?" Li Weidong asked next.

   "How did you know?" Wang Haibin asked in a rather unhappy rhetoric.

   "You didn't go to dinner with the leaders of the Communications Department yesterday. You have to use the Communications Department. I think it was a planned purchase." Li Weidong replied.

   "You got it right." Wang Haibin turned to look at Li Weidong, and then asked: "I went to accompany the leaders of the Communications Department to eat for the company's business, but you, why did you also go to the Yellow River Factory Guest House for dinner?"

   "The people at the Yellow River Factory treat guests, I am also very kind." Li Weidong replied.

  "Why do they invite you to the Yellow River Factory?" Wang Haibin asked puzzledly.

  "It’s about repairing the car. They encountered some trouble. I just went to take care of it. As a help, I ate a meal by the way in the evening." Li Weidong replied vaguely.

   "You can go to the guest house to eat with your hands. This Yellow River Factory is really a big dog!" Wang Haibin said with a dissatisfied expression.

   During the conversation between the two, the car had already reached the gate of the Yellow River Factory.

  "Here, let's get off." Wang Haibin said.

   "Then I will go to the repair workshop first." Li Weidong got out of the car and went straight to the repair workshop of the Yellow River Factory.

  Li Weidong walked to the door of the workshop and happened to see the workshop director Wei Bin walking out of the workshop.

"Xiao Li, I just received a call, saying that there is a Chief Wang from your company, and I just went to tell him, let you stay for another week. You go to my office first, there is hot water in the thermos, on the table There are tea leaves, you make your own tea."

  Wei Bin said, and ran straight to the office building.

  According to Wei Bin, Li Weidong went directly to his office, then made himself a cup of tea, sat on the sofa, and began to think about purchasing Yellow River heavy trucks.

"Wang Haibin got the planned target from the Department of Communications, which should be the target in 1985, but in my memory, the transportation company only introduced the first batch of heavy trucks in 1986. What is going on?" Li Weidong Be puzzled.

   Twenty minutes later, Wei Bin returned to the workshop.

   "Okay, I have already told the Chief Wang of your company, I will borrow you for a week." Wei Bin said.

   "The Director Wang is not my direct leader. I will have to call our Director Cui later." Li Weidong said.

   "No problem, isn't it just making long distance calls? I can make long distance calls on this phone. After you dial the phone, I will tell you Director Cui." Wei Bin said with a smile.

   "By the way, Director Wei, I have something to ask you about. Yao 62 heavy truck, how many vehicles can your factory produce in a year?" Li Weidong asked.

  "Last year's production capacity was 3,000, and this year is expected to expand to 4,000. We strive to increase the production to 10,000 within five years!" Wei Bin said proudly.

  In terms of the level of automobile manufacturing in China at that time, the annual production of 3,000 heavy trucks at the Huanghe Plant was already very good.

  When FAW’s old Jiefang production line was first launched, its annual output was only 3,000 vehicles.

  However, the Yellow River Automobile Manufacturing Plant was the only domestic company capable of producing heavy-duty trucks at the time. In terms of domestic demand, let alone an annual output of 3,000 vehicles, even 30,000 vehicles per year is not enough.

  Li Weidong nodded, and then asked: "Director Wei, out of these 3,000 vehicles, how many are in the plan?"

   "Well..." Wei Bin smiled awkwardly, lowered his voice and said, "It's really hard to tell!"

   "Director Wei, I'm talking about the plan." Li Weidong emphasized.

  Wei Bin showed a shy expression: "It's in the plan, it's not easy to say."

  This time it is Li Weidong's turn to be a little confused. To say that there is no accurate number out of the plan, but the tasks in the plan are all arranged a year in advance, so how can it be "not easy to say".

"Xiao Li, you are still young. Some things may be unclear. Our Yellow River plant is different from other companies. Most of the heavy trucks produced by our plant are sold outside the plan." Wei Bin continued to lower his voice and explained. .

  "Then don't you undertake the planned production tasks?" Li Weidong asked curiously.

"Of course, we have to take on the planned production tasks. It's just that, if someone picks up the car with the plan's slip, it's up to us to give it or not. If we don't give a car, they can't help it." Wei Bin said arrogantly.

  Li Weidong looked at Wei Bin with some surprise. He didn't expect that the Yellow River Factory would have such a bull coin, facing the tasks assigned by the Planning Committee, he would dare to act.

  Of course, Li Weidong can understand what the Yellow River Plant did. After all, what is in the plan is the state, and what is not is the company's own profits. It is nothing new for enterprises to act arrogantly and violently against higher-level departments for their own interests.

   "Director Wei, if you do this, you won't be afraid that the Planning Committee will get you necked and not give you the raw materials?" Li Weidong asked.

  "Hehe, our raw materials are also purchased outside the plan. Don't forget, what do we produce? Heavy trucks! Where is there no shortage of heavy trucks now?"

Wei Bin straightened his chest arrogantly, and then said: "For example, if we need steel, we directly say hello to the steel mill and tell them to sell some of their trucks, and the steel mill will send the steel over in a pretentious manner. For another example, if we need tires, we directly greet the tire factory, sell them a few trucks, and they will also send the tires. Even if it is imported auto parts, we can exchange them with heavy trucks!"

   "That's it!" Li Weidong suddenly realized.

  The Yellow River Plant produces heavy-duty trucks. Almost all industries need heavy-duty trucks. Therefore, the Yellow River Plant can use heavy-duty trucks to exchange all the resources they need from unplanned. There is no need for the Planning Committee to allocate production materials.

Wei Bin went on to say: "Tell you another secret. On top of our Yellow River plant, there is the National Heavy Duty Truck Joint Venture Company. The Heavy Duty Truck Company spent 600 million US dollars in foreign exchange to introduce Steyr truck technology and use it for us. Let us make the Yellow River Yao 62. At the level of Sinotruk, of course, we hope that this project can bring profits as soon as possible. If the cars are allocated in the plan, how can there be profits?"

  In the 1980s, the country had such a shortage of foreign exchange. The use of 600 million US dollars of foreign exchange to import heavy trucks was also a loss. The Sinotruk joint venture has spent so much money, and naturally hopes to bring benefits as soon as possible, so that it can be accountable to the country.

  In that era of foreign exchange tensions, Sinotruk’s associates could use 600 million US dollars in foreign exchange, which shows that their power is not small. With the support of such a heavy-duty truck joint venture, the Yellow River Plant turned a blind eye to it.

  At this time, Li Weidong finally understood why the transportation company did not introduce heavy trucks until 1986. Because the Yellow River Plant didn't care about the approval notice in the plan at all.

   "It seems that Wang Haibin doesn't even want to mention the car even if he took the note from the Transportation Department!"

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