Xu Zhenbo did not accept the document in Feng Xiaochen's hand, but reprimanded angrily: "Assistant Feng, I know that you have a good relationship with the Commission of Science and Technology, and it is not a problem to ask for such a document." However, is such an excuse too blunt?"

Feng Xiaochen grinned and said, "Director Xu, didn't you just ask me to provide a reason last time? National defense security, isn't this reason enough?"

"Now that the Cold War has ended, it is unreasonable to use such reasons to perfunctory foreign businessmen. Xu Zhenbo said disdainfully.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Director Xu, if Sanli says so, you can ask them to help us purchase high-precision five-axis linkage machine tools and high-performance control chips in Japan, as long as they can help us buy them, I will definitely not interfere in Qin Chong's affairs again." ”

"Alas......" Xu Zhenbo was speechless, as a cadre of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, how could he not know that Feng Xiaochen's request was something that the Japanese side would not agree to. The Cold War is indeed over, but the high-tech embargo against China by Western countries has not ended, and high-precision machine tools and high-performance chips are within the scope of the embargo on China, and the reason for this is precisely the issue of national defense and security.

"Are you going to present this document in the next negotiation?" asked Xu Zhenbo.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Yes." Not only Qin Chong, but also some other key equipment enterprises also have similar requirements, if foreign capital wants to control these enterprises, then all the workers in the enterprises who have participated in key national defense projects must be transferred. ”

"This condition, Sanli will never accept. Xu Zhenbo said.

Feng Xiaochen shrugged: "ho_cares?"

"This question...... , I need to report to the minister in charge. Xu Zhenbo said helplessly.

Back in the ministry, Xu Zhenbo immediately reported the situation of the equipment company to Cao Haiming, the deputy minister in charge. Cao Haiming listened, pondered for a moment, and asked Xu Zhenbo: "Zhenbo, what do you think about this matter?"

"I feel like the equipment company is trying to stop this joint venture in any way they can. Xu Zhenbo responded.

Cao Haiming shook his head and said, "This is obvious. I mean, what is your attitude towards the matter of Sanli Holdings Qin Chong?"

Xu Zhenbo hesitated: "I mainly consider this matter from the perspective of our Ministry of Foreign Trade. It is our job to attract investment, and from this point of view, Sanli's investment in Qinzhong is consistent with our goals. In addition, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry is also very active in this matter, and if it is not handled properly, it may affect our negotiations for the resumption of GATT......"

"That's your vision. Cao Haiming said, "Zhenbo, we are doing foreign trade work, but we must always remember that we are doing foreign trade for the country, and the purpose of our foreign trade is to serve the construction of the country, so we must not ignore the overall interests of the country for the sake of foreign trade." What is the purpose of our resumption of customs relations? It is to expand exports to earn foreign exchange, to eliminate foreign trade discrimination, and to purchase more urgently needed equipment and raw materials for the country. If national interests are abandoned for the sake of resuming the border, then this pass will not be restored. ”

"I see. Xu Zhenbo couldn't hear the meaning of the leader, since he had the support of the leader, he didn't have to pay attention to the noise of the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Obviously, the intentions of the leaders are consistent with Feng Xiaochen's demands, and behind Feng Xiaochen, there are also high-level leaders such as Luo Xiangfei, Meng Fanze, the State Economic and Trade Commission, and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry. These high-level officials may have different political views, but they are highly consistent when it comes to enriching the country and strengthening the military.

"But on the side of the Northwest Province, how can we reply?" Xu Zhenbo asked another question.

Cao Haiming smiled and said, "The Northwest Province has also given up on this matter." Their province just called me and said that they also felt that it was a major loss for a backbone enterprise like Qinzhong to be controlled by Japanese capital, so they hoped that we could block the pressure from the Japanese side for them. ”

"What's going on?" Xu Zhenbo said in surprise.

Cao Haiming said: "It's very simple, Qin Chong has just signed two big contracts, both of which are over 100 million, so Northwest Province will not give this cash cow to the Japanese." ”

At this moment, in the best restaurant in Ha Nhat Nguyen City, Binhai Province, a grand banquet is being held. The invited party is Chen Kun, director of Qinzhou Heavy Machinery Factory, Deng Pan, director of sales, Cui Yongfeng, chief engineer and others, while the owner is the largest private enterprise in Xiayuan City, Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant.

"Director Chen, thank you for your support to our Xiagang, I won't say anything, it's all in the wine. Tu Kechun, the director of Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, held a two-tael wine glass in his hand, pulled Chen Kun, and said with his tongue curled slightly. He was visibly drunk, but the smile on his face was so excited.

Chen Kun held Tu Kechun's shoulder with one hand, and also held the wine glass with the other, and said: "Director Tu, I don't dare to take this word of thanks, this is obviously because you gave us business and saved our factory, why do you still say thank us in turn? It should be that we thank you." ”

In the afternoon, Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant had just signed a contract with Qin Chong for the purchase of a thin plate hot rolling production line, with a contract amount of more than 300 million yuan, which was equivalent to Qin Chong's turnover for two or three years. Coupled with another production contract with a state-owned steel plant in Xinyang Province, Qin Chong will not have to worry about eating and drinking in the next few years. This is only the beginning of the new year, looking at the production form of the national steel industry in the past year, it is conceivable that there will be a new big order this year, and Qin Zhong can be said to have ushered in spring.

That is, after the news was transmitted back to Northwest Province, Northwest Province's attitude towards Sanli's holding of Qin Zhong immediately underwent a 180-degree reversal, from the original intention of throwing Qin Chong off as a burden, to worrying that Qin Chong would be taken away by Sanli, which would make the province lose such a large profit and tax account.

Chen Kun originally had a somewhat wavering attitude towards Sanli Holdings, but after signing these two big orders, he firmly stood on the opposing side. With hundreds of millions of orders in hand, he, the factory director, has the confidence to speak, and he has a status in the province, is it still necessary to be a subordinate to the Japanese?

It is precisely for this reason that Chen Kun personally attended the signing ceremony with Xiagang this time, and said that he would set up a banquet to thank the people of Xiagang. Who would have thought that Tu Kechun would thank him in turn, which made him a little panicked.

Hearing Chen Kun's words, Tu Kechun laughed and said, "Director Chen, if you can come to our Xiayuan, you can afford me." You should know, my Lao Tu is a farmer, five years ago, if you beat me to death, I can't believe that I can sit and drink with you Director Chen, and I can't believe that such a big enterprise as you Qin Zhong can help us build a production line, which is simply a blessing that I cultivated in my previous life. ”

"Look at what the director of the slaughter factory said, your Xiagang is also a well-known large enterprise in the steel industry, and in the future, those of us who are engaged in metallurgical equipment will also point to you to slaughter the boss to eat. Chen Kun said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

In fact, not to mention Tu Kechun's imagination, five years ago, Chen Kun could not have imagined that a private iron and steel plant would be qualified to order a steel rolling production line from Qin Chong, and that Qin Chong's customers were not well-known national large enterprises, and that private enterprises should not be the kind of small workshops with small scale and backward technology? When will they be able to afford to build a large-scale continuous casting and rolling production line worth more than 300 million yuan?

But that's exactly what happened. Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant was originally just a small township factory, which was separated from the casting workshop of the township agricultural machinery factory, with an annual output of dozens of tons, and the steel produced was not of much good quality, and could only be used to make some steel doors and windows. Tu Kechun is a person who can endure hardships, and he worked hard with more than a dozen workers, and in more than ten years, he developed this small factory to a scale with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons.

In recent years, the domestic economy has developed very rapidly, especially in the past two years, real estate has continued to heat up, the supply of steel is very tight, and the price has been rising. Seeing that the domestic policy is becoming more and more relaxed, he is becoming more and more bold, and resolutely decided to double the scale of production, for which a large number of equipment orders have been placed.

Qin Chong is the number one enterprise in China that produces hot rolling equipment, so Tu Kechun tried to send someone to contact Qin Chong and ask Qin Chong if he could deign to build a rolling production line for his private steel mill. Qin Chong's sales department was a little unconvinced at first, thinking that a private steel plant could have such a large order, and when he inquired, he learned that the current private steel plant is no longer what it was back then, and the output of hundreds of thousands of tons a year is not much worse than that of some state-owned medium-sized iron and steel enterprises.

The most rare thing is that those state-owned medium-sized enterprises in China do not have the courage to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a new production line at once, but Tu Kechun dares to do so. Once this production line is put into operation, Xiagang's steel output can jump to a new level, directly on a par with state-owned factories, and no one will dare to underestimate this enterprise at that time.

"Director Chen, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I've thought about it. Next year, the steel output will be 1 million tons, the year after 2 million, and by 2000, at least 5 million tons. At that point, I'll have to have three hot-rolled lines, plus three cold-rolled lines, and I'm going to have to do the kind of all-computer-controlled ones, just like foreigners. Tu Kechun said to Chen Kun with the strength of wine.

Chen Kun said: "I didn't say it, we are now developing the next generation of hot rolling equipment, and when the time comes, as long as you say something to the head of the slaughterhouse, we will build you a set of world-class hot rolling lines, which is guaranteed to be no worse than the Japanese." ”

"Japanese?" Tu Kechun said with a disdainful expression, "I hate the Japanese the most, no matter how good their equipment is, I don't need it." I am the most patriotic person, and I recognize our country's own equipment. Director Chen, you have to add some oil, don't let us down. ”

Chen Kun couldn't cry or laugh, if the peasant entrepreneur in front of him, who claimed to be his most patriotic, knew that Qin Chong was still negotiating a joint venture with Sanli a while ago, I don't know how he would feel. He raised his wine glass and said to Tu Kechun: "Director Tu, with your words, even if our more than 10,000 employees in Qinzhong are desperate, they must come up with first-class equipment and destroy the Japanese!"

"Okay, just say this to Director Chen, let's do it!"

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