Chapter 362 Price Reform

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"Brother Chen, don't worry, when have I ever let you down?"

Zhang Lu held up the phone, held a cigarette in his hand, and said proudly: "The matter has almost been done, and the price reform in Bohai Province will definitely not be able to continue." The matter of the imperial capital is entrusted to you, we have drained the inventory of Bohai Province, you must mobilize relations and resist the pressure of Bohai Province to transfer textiles from other places, otherwise the brothers will have to lose their money in this business!"

"What? Chen, the mayor will do it himself?"

Zhang Lu seemed to have heard some terrible news, his eyes widened, the green tendons of his hand holding the microphone collapsed, and he nodded violently: "Yes, Brother Chen, don't worry, I will be tight-lipped about this news!"

"But look at Hu Wenhai, what news do you have? I'm here in Bohai Province, and some of the news sounds like hehe, a little scary......

"The white glove from the time when I was in the Ministry of Electronics Industry in the magic capital, I thought so before. But to be honest, the attitude of the people in Bohai Province doesn't seem to mean what a white glove should have. Can the matter of price reform really pose a threat to Hu Wenhai?"

"Why do you say Hu Wenhaiti is letting go of the price reform? He is not even a *** member, he wants to wade into this troubled water!" Zhang Lu gritted his teeth, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it fiercely, as if he had stepped on it to kill his father and enemy.

"What, it is related to the follow-up policy of China Railway Construction Investment?"

Zhang Lu couldn't help but take a breath of cool air with a "hiss-" sound, and his heart was a little upside down, and he frowned, and even said with a little trill: "Ministry of Railways, that's a big project of the Ministry of Railways this year!"

"We're going to give the Ministry of Railways eye medicine, this ......" Zhang Lu looked a little flinching, and a few harsh reprimands came from the phone. Although it wasn't in front of him, he still couldn't help but lower his head.

"Hey, Brother Chen, I didn't mean that, I didn't doubt you!

"Okay, I'll not say anything. Don't worry, Bohai Province will definitely do it for you!"

Zhang Lu hung up the phone, and then spit out the breath that he had been holding for a long time. The hand holding the phone was raised, and he took out a cigarette in the cigarette case tremblingly, and pressed the lighter several times before lighting the fire.

He took a deep breath of his cigarette, then exhaled a large cloud of smoke and hid himself behind it, as if that would give him a sense of security.

Ministry of Railways, it's not that he didn't hear the wind. China Railway Construction Investment can be seen from the name, this is a bank established by the Ministry of Railways.

It's just that Zhang Lu only thought that Hu Wenhai was just a figure standing on the stage, and he came to instruct Bohai Province to carry out price reform. In this way, it explains why the failure of price reform has forced him back to the negotiating table. Obviously, price reform and wafer factories are the pawns of the people behind him.

But he didn't expect that the price reform would be related to the follow-up policy of China Railway Construction Investment of the Ministry of Railways, and he couldn't understand why it would affect the follow-up policy of China Railway Construction Investment.

Also, if he can understand the circulation and recycling of money, then he doesn't have to stay in a ****** with no real power. If China Railway Construction Investment wants to invest tens of billions of dollars and not cause a new economic crisis, it must let the market have sufficient currency recovery capacity. However, relying on the rigid state-run supply and marketing system in the past, it is obvious that it will not be able to absorb such a large capital flow.

It is not a question of one or two tens of billions of dollars, but the circulation of money in society, at least a few times, a dozen times, or even dozens of times the wealth. This money is doubled once it circulates in every social link. Enterprises that have received investment, upstream and downstream enterprises, supporting enterprises, life services, infrastructure construction, and transportation -- if these money are invested, it is like pulling up a piece of cloth with a corner, and the economy of the entire society will be affected.

If there is no sufficiently dynamic market, in addition to creating inflation, this money is to first eliminate local industries with low technology, high costs, and not yet competitive. In the end, the economy of the region that receives investment will become a backwater that depends on a few large enterprises that can barely survive - just like the economy of the Northeast in the future.

Therefore, if the economic vitality of the Northeast is insufficient, it may be difficult for the country to agree to the development of China Railway Construction Investment Bank at full capacity. It will take a lot of time for Hu Wenhai to digest these technologies and industries in China.

The price reform is only the first step to improve the economic vitality of Northeast China, but it is obviously a crucial first step related to the relevant policies of China Railway Construction Investment in the future.

Zhang Lu may not understand these truths, but he understands a little. If it blocks the road of China Railway Construction Investment, it is blocking the road of China's industrial mouth system. This pressure is really terrifying.

It was in the midst of this anxiety that he felt a kind of pain that he could not help himself as a pawn. However, since the above words were spoken, what could he do? As a pawn, he could only charge forward without turning back.

Of course, in his opinion, Hu Wenhai is just a chess piece. Standing behind him are those who want to abolish the two-track system of prices.

As the old saying goes, cutting off a person's wealth is like killing a parent. Although Zhang Lu himself is not a bad man, who made his backer the top group of bad masters? The one who called him just now is undoubtedly the most proud of the two-track price system. And it just so happened that his intention to resist price reform and the people who wanted to snatch the wafer factory from the mouth of the magic capital just happened to be together.

The backers get the political achievements of the wafer factory, and the backers continue to enjoy the benefits brought by the dual-track price system, which is really their own place!

In the eyes of some people in the imperial capital, Hu Wenhai is just a white glove for some forces in the Gongkou. The former minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry had just gone to the magic capital to take up his post, and someone sent a wafer factory to the past? Do you want to be so blatant? If you want to build a wafer factory, why should you put it in the magic capital, not in my imperial capital? Everyone has to go around twice in advance to try it!

It can only be said that many things about Mr. Hu are, from the perspective of common sense, that they are not like the level that can be reached by manpower. Naturally, if he is not a party or the highest-ranking circle, it is easy to mistake him for a representative of certain forces.

Who would have thought that this guy was a chess player disguised as a chess piece? Even a real chess player had to wipe Mr. Hu's ass many times.

In the final analysis, with the vision of these people, it is impossible to see the whole picture of Mr. Hu. Tragedy, most of the time, stems from information asymmetry.

"Brother Zhang!"

There was a sudden knock on the door in Zhang Lu's guest room, and after hearing his response, Hong Wu hurriedly pushed open the door of the room.

"Hongwu, what's the matter?" Zhang Lu pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray and asked calmly.

"Something!" Hong Wu was obviously a little excited, and his breathing was a lot shorter: "Tonight's news, Bohai Province may have to do it! Everyone is waiting downstairs, Brother Zhang, are you going to say a few words?"

Zhang Lu's expression made Hong Wu a little puzzled, only to see that he was slightly stunned, and the expression on his face couldn't tell whether he was excited or apprehensive. Then he shook his head and said indifferently: "I won't go down, you turn on the TV, what time is the news?"

Zhang Lu's guest room is the best suite in the military region, unlike the room where Hongwu is crowded with a few people below, and you have to go to the hall to watch TV. Click on the TV, and it is broadcasting "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" that I don't know how many times it has been replayed.

"Half past six, Bohai News. Hong Wu raised his hand and looked at his watch, opened his mouth and smiled: "There are fifteen minutes left, I guess the first article in today's news has to be about this matter." ”

Zhang Lu kicked off the leather shoes on his feet, took two pillows and put them on his back, and raised Erlang's legs to watch the TV series with great interest, and he didn't know if he heard Hongwu's words.

At half past six, before it was dark, the TV set heard the opening music of Bohai News.

"Hello viewers and listeners, today is Monday, May 12, 1986. The main contents of today's Bohai news are that our province has taken the lead in implementing the price reform pilot, plans to liberalize the production plan for textiles, and implements the market pricing method......"

With the clear and crisp announcement of the announcer on the TV, Hong Wu couldn't help but wave his fist so hard that he almost didn't jump.

"Great!" Hong Wu smiled proudly and turned his head to look at Zhang Lu: "Brother Zhang, let's-"

Zhang Lu didn't say much on his face, although his eyes were looking at the screen, his eyes were empty and dull, and he didn't seem to see the content on the TV in his heart.

However, the moment Hong Wu's eyes were fixed on him, Zhang Lu seemed to suddenly wake up from this state, nodded and said, "Hong Wu, tell everyone, act according to the plan!" and-"

"What else, Brother Zhang?" Hong Wu nodded, as if he had taken Zhang Lu's every word as a holy decree.

"No, it's nothing, you go. Zhang Lu finally shook his head and didn't say anything superfluous.

"Hey, okay, I'll just go and say!" Hong Wu ran out of the guest room with great interest, just thinking that Zhang Lu was under too much pressure.

Since there is no turning back when the pawn crosses the river, why do you want to do so much? Zhang Lu smiled self-deprecatingly, rubbed his face, and carefully looked at the specific report on the Bohai News on TV.

After a while, it seemed that there was a cheer in the hall downstairs that almost toppled the roof.

Hong Wu and a group of young people slapped the table and shouted at the waiter arrogantly: "Waiter, bring me a box, no, two or three cases of beer, and ten bottles of Lingchuan Laojiao! Peanuts, pork heads, sauced beef, if there is anything delicious, hurry up and serve it, our buddies are happy today, I will take your guest house down after serving!"

The waiter who passed by wiped his hand on his apron, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and asked seriously: "Comrade, you have to order specifically, otherwise I won't be able to place an order for you." ”

"Hey, Nuolan, you just have to worry about what is expensive. Let's not talk about this for a while, let's have a drink with my brother, how about a hundred drinks for you?" A young man in the crowd grabbed the waitress and slapped a stack of money from his wallet with a smile: "Nuo Lan, have you seen it? This money is nothing, in a few days, brother, I will buy your guest house, and I won't even blink an eye!"

The waitress who was stopped frowned slightly, and took two steps to the side: "This comrade, we entertain all the guests who are not allowed to eat guests, and besides, I don't want your money." ”

"Hey, what do you say, don't want money as good things?" The young man flicked the money in his hand and put on a self-confessed charming smile: "What kind of rules are broken in this guest house, or you just quit your job, the money you earn with me is much better than your work." You think you're not a rarity with money, it's because you haven't tasted the goodness of money. Having tasted the benefits of money, who dares to say that it is not rare?

"Yes, yes, money is a great thing! With my brother, you will experience the beauty of money!"

"Come on, beauty!"

The young man gave his soul and threw himself at the waitress with his open hand. However, before he could hold the person in his arms, he somehow turned around, and then he was kicked on the buttocks, and suddenly turned into a rolling gourd.

The waitress Nuo Lan glanced at the group of people around her lightly, picked up a bottle of freshly opened liquor from the table, and drank it in a moment.

"Do you want me to drink with you?"

Everyone looked at the bottle of Lingchuan Laojiao that Nuo Lan was carrying, it was a 500ml one-pound bottle!

What are you kidding and drinking with a Northeast woman? Watching Nuo Lan shine with great power, everyone was almost silent.

With a snap, Nuo Lan slapped the wine bottle on the table, wiped his mouth contemptuously, and snorted: "You don't even have the courage to fight?

"Oh, that's a pot of meat, sauced beef, pig's head meat, ......"

Nuo Lan left the restaurant calmly, walked out of the door and turned into the manager's room next to him, closed the door and held his chest and couldn't help but gasp.

"Nuolan, how are you? Drinking, are you alright?"

A woman stood up from behind the desk in the manager's room, sniffed her nose and smelled the smell of wine on Nuolan's body, and hurriedly poured her a cup of tea and handed it over.

Nuo Lan took the teacup, drank the tea in one go, finally felt a lot better, and nodded: "Instructor, I'm fine." Target No. 3 just pulled me to drink, but I had no choice but to drink some. ”

Well, drank a little......

The manager, who didn't know the truth, nodded and exhaled: "It's okay, I can't come forward for the time being, the outside information still has to be collected by you, don't force yourself." ”

"I know. Nuo Lan nodded, pouted and said, "What is wrong with the selection of these people, but they chose the guest house of the Air Force." There were people in the guest house who covered me, and they couldn't find the problem at all. ”

"Be careful. The female "manager" helped her tidy up her clothes and nodded in satisfaction.

However, these people recruited by the military region are just a small episode. With the release of this news of Bohai News, the entire Bohai Province almost set off an uproar.

Although only the price of textiles is liberalized, this is not only the cloth and clothes in the store can be bought casually, but also means that the entire production process plan is liberalized.

The cloth woven in the textile mill is no longer planned to be allocated to the clothing factory, and the clothing of the clothing factory is no longer planned to be sold to the supply and marketing system. Similarly, the raw materials for textile mills are no longer allocated through the guò plan. The so-called price reform of the textile system as a whole, or rather simply a market-oriented reform, is not just the abolition of planned prices.

Of course, the light industry sector is rejoicing, so that the pricing is autonomous, and it is enough to increase the price as much as you want to get, and it is natural to make a lot of money for a while.

However, this is not a technological reform and a bigger cake, the factory is still the original factory, the workers are still the original workers, since the light industry system takes more, naturally some people take less.

Obviously, the supply and marketing system is relatively full of sorrow.

The state-run supply and marketing system is still trying to get goods from the light industry system at the prices of the past, but in the face of the suddenly active non-governmental market, the prices of the supply and marketing system are almost not competitive.

Without textiles, the supply and marketing system is like a broken arm. However, what happened next, even the light industry system couldn't laugh.

The supply and marketing system has been hit by self-employed individuals and small collectives, but after all, there are other businesses. The energy of private capital is still small, and it is impossible to completely digest all textiles, and there are always some textiles that can be provided to the supply and marketing system at a lower price.

As more and more private capital enters the textile industry, the light industry system has also begun to be affected by township enterprises, collective enterprises and enterprises affiliated with the tertiary industry. The state-owned quilt factories will soon be unable to carry out private garment handicraft workshops, and then the cost of large textile factories will not be able to compete with the township and large collective textile factories, and finally even cotton thread and chemical fiber raw materials, large textile factories must also compete fiercely with private capital.

After a brief boom in the market, price reform suddenly seems to be facing increasing resistance.

"I didn't expect the problem to be so big after the price reform!"

Director Zhu has the statistics provided by the Bohai Provincial Government, but this number is something he has never seen before.

"It's too big a problem, it's too big to believe. Director Zhu shook the statistics in his hand, and almost never saw him frown so badly: "I have been doing economic work for so many years, and I have never seen such simple statistics. ”

As he spoke, Director Zhu threw the form in his hand onto the table. I saw that most of the statistical reports that have been sorted out every day since the price reform are empty.

The reason why it is said that the price reform in Bohai Province is a pilot project is because there has never been any experience. Obviously, the statistical system designed for the sake of the planned economy could not adapt to the chaos that followed the liberalization of the plan.

As a result, it is impossible to accurately grasp how many textiles are currently on the market. At the same time, the news coming from all over the province is obviously not so reassuring.

"Shengjing No.2 Textile Shutdown? Isn't it the largest textile factory in Bohai Province? Why is it suspended?"

Sitting next to Director Zhu was Wang Hongwei, executive vice governor of Bohai Province, executive deputy head of the price reform group. He pointed to the nose of the person standing next to him, and he yelled in a bit of anger.

"Governor Wang, the situation of Erfang is more complicated, and the key is that there is no capital to start construction. ”

"No funds? Hulanxuan, how are you the director of the hall, what are you kidding! In the warehouse of Shengjing Erfang, at least there are products with a planned price of more than 20 million yuan, and now you say that it has no money to start work?"

Wang Hongwei snorted heavily, and glared angrily: "If you can't say a meridian today, I don't think I'll do anything about you, the director of the hall!"

"That's the case, although the inventory of Erfang said that there are 20 million goods, but now the goods are no longer theirs. Before...... Three months ago, Erfang signed a contract with an import and export company in the imperial capital, agreeing that all the goods would be shipped to the United States for sale after three months. The other party's import and export company used US dollars to pay the bills, and in order to complete the foreign exchange task, the Light Industry Department agreed to the deal at that time. ”

"Oh, to earn foreign exchange. When Wang Hongwei heard this reason, he was not so angry, and nodded: "What about this money? Although it is paid in US dollars, there are also a lot of export tax rebates plus subsidies, right?"

"This was originally stipulated in the contract that the import and export company would settle the balance after receiving the funds from the United States. Now the other party's import and export company has not completed the export procedure, so the money has not yet been obtained. ”

"Even if there is no final payment, then there is always a deposit, right? Take out the deposit first, and the province will give you a price of one to six to convert it into RMB. Less liquidity, just turn around quickly!"

"There is a deposit. Hulanxuan nodded, then hesitated for a moment and said, "But the deposit is only 50,000 US dollars, 300,000 yuan, I'm afraid it's not enough for a month's salary." ”

"$50,000?" Wang Hongwei repeated as if he hadn't heard clearly: "$50,000!"

"Wang Wensheng is a ****, right? 50,000 US dollars will trap him with 20 million goods! Hulanxuan, this is the good factory director you chose, and this is the good cadre appointed by the Light Industry Department!"

Although Wang Hongwei's usual image is not suave, there are few or even almost no people who have seen him lose his temper so much. Being able to scold such ugly words shows how angry he is.

"Don't care about the import and export company, let Wang Wensheng sell the products, and quickly organize the resumption of production! If there is any problem, I will send you all to the steel city to mine!"

Hulan Xuan moved his mouth, almost crying and said, "Governor Wang, Wang Wensheng has planned to do this for a long time. However, the imperial capital import and export company of the contract party immediately sued Erfang directly in court. Now that Erfang's assets have been seized, the wages of workers are about to be unable to be paid this month!"