Chapter 1 compresses 40 million

In the early autumn of 1980, Nan Giang Provincial Department of Metallurgy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the large conference room, four floor-to-ceiling electric fans were working hard to provide a cool breeze, but they could not dispel the stuffiness and thick smoke of cigarette smoke in the room. Twenty or thirty participants from three generations, old, middle-aged and young, sat around the conference table, their lips were arguing, and even their eyes were full of murderous energy.

"The spirit of the central government is very clear, the investment of 40 million US dollars must be reduced, which is not negotiable. The project of Pujiang Iron and Steel Plant, which is more than ten times more important than yours, has now been completely discontinued. It is already very good that your Nangang project can be retained, but the budget must be drastically reduced, otherwise it is impossible for the Economic Commission to invest!"

The person who spoke was Hao Yawei, director of the Budget Department of the Metallurgical Bureau of the State Economic Commission, a 30-year-old "young Zhuang" official who is known as the "cold-faced king of Yama" in the industry.

"Director Hao, we're not talking about price, we're talking about science. The 1780mm hot rolling mill project of Nangang is not to serve our province of Nanjiang Province, but to provide hot-rolled plates for the entire national economy. The budget of the project has also been approved by your budget department, and now the contract with the Japanese side is about to be signed, and you suddenly ask for a budget cut, where can we cut it for you? If you want to cut it, then cut my salary first, and I will take my wife and children to your house for dinner!"

Zheng Chuankai, director of Nanjiang Iron and Steel Plant, did not show weakness to refute Hao Yawei's request, he is more than 50 years old this year, and has been the director of Nanjiang Iron and Steel for more than 10 years.

Hao Yawei said coldly: "Why should I care about your wife and children eating? Don't think that I don't know about your Nangang's over-standard construction of a small canteen, who can't eat, and it's not your turn to eat the old snacks of Director Zheng's family." ”

Zheng Chuankai was choked all of a sudden, and the material revealed by Hao Yawei was really a shortcoming of Zheng Chuankai, at least it could make him unable to find words to deal with.

Perhaps since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state has constantly required enterprises not to build "buildings and halls", and similar notices are more frequent than the menstrual cycle of lesbians. On the other hand, the company does not take this kind of request to heart at all, and no rich company will not privately build a small canteen, club, guest house and other facilities.

It's not because the leaders in the enterprise are greedy for enjoyment, it's really because everyone is doing this, and you don't have it in your factory, so you will fall behind. Besides, when the superior leaders inspect your factory, how can you let the leaders eat and drink well without a small canteen? How can you let the leaders have a good time without a club?

Nangang is one of the largest enterprises in Nanjiang Province, and officials of central ministries and commissions often go to Nangang to have a look, so these hospitality facilities in Nangang are built to be more high-end than other enterprises. This kind of thing is not a big deal in normal times, but when discussing the budget, it can be a handle. You have the money to build a luxurious canteen, can't you compress the budget for a new project a little? You bite the bullet and say that 40 million dollars can't be suppressed, and who knows if you want to use the money to build some kind of entertainment facility.

Liu Huimin, deputy director of the Nanjiang Metallurgical Department, came out to relieve Zheng Chuankai, who is also an old cadre and is about to retire. When a person of this age arrives, his temper will not be so short-tempered, he coughed lightly, attracted everyone's attention to himself, and then said to Hao Yawei with a pleasant face:

"Xiao Hao, one yard to one yard, the matter of Nangang building a small canteen was actually a few years ago, and it has nothing to do with the investment in the 1780 hot rolling mill. Lao Zheng's words just now are also angry words, no matter how you say it, it will not be unpaid. I understand that Lao Zheng means that the budget for the introduction of complete sets of equipment for hot rolling mills has been set a long time ago, and there is a basis. We have been negotiating with RB's Sanli Steel Institute for nearly half a year, and they offered us an offer of $380 million for a complete set of equipment, which is the result of our repeated price reductions. If we work hard to push down another million dollars or two, maybe it's still possible. But to crush 40 million at once, this is completely impossible. ”

"Unless we lower the equipment standard and choose another 1,500 mm rolling mill from Sanli Steel, then we can do it by another 100 million, not to mention compressing 40 million, but can the State Economic Commission agree?" Zheng Chuankai interjected.

Hao Yawei said: "This is impossible, 1780 is the Metallurgical Bureau after repeated deliberation to select the specifications, if it is replaced by 1500, then not waiting for the equipment to be put into production, it is already backward, such an introduction is unnecessary for us." ”

"That's it, you want to modernize, and you can't think of money, is there such a good thing?" Zheng Chuankai regained his confidence and began to counterattack.

Hao Yawei said: "For negotiations, the Metallurgical Bureau can send people down again to assist you in discussing with the Japanese side." You can also contact other suppliers to see if you can find a lower price. Budget reduction is a unified arrangement for the entire country, and the focus of this year's economic work as a whole is to shut down and transfer a number of projects with large investment and slow results. If the budget of Nanjing Iron and Steel's 1780 rolling mill cannot be compressed, then it can only adopt another set of plans. ”

"What plan?" asked Zheng Chuankai.

"Slow construction. Hao Yawei said, "Postpone it for two years, wait for the country's economic situation to improve, and then start again." ”

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate, right?" Qiao Ziyuan, director of the Department of Metallurgy, spoke, he did not communicate directly with Hao Yawei, but looked at Luo Xiangfei, deputy director of the Metallurgical Bureau of the State Economic Commission, who was sitting next to Hao Yawei, and said: "Lao Luo, I remember that when you came last time, you told us that the launch of the hot rolling mill is urgent. I still remember you said that our country will spend three or four billion dollars a year just to import steel, which is tens of millions of dollars a day. If the project is delayed for two years because it is $40 million less, it will not be worth it, right?"

Hearing Qiao Ziyuan's words, Hao Yawei wanted to refute at that time, Luo Xiangfei patted his arm, signaled him to be calm, and then said to everyone with a smile:

"What Director Qiao said just now is the truth. Our country's steel production technology is seriously backward, in the words of the central leadership, it is called steel is not a product, the material is not suitable, and a large amount of precious foreign exchange is spent every year to import steel from abroad. Because of this, the country has made up its mind to introduce a number of steel projects, including our 1780 hot rolling mill project of Nangang, and this determination is unquestionable.

However, it is also clear to everyone that our country is now facing huge economic difficulties, and in the past few years, the stalls have been too large and there is a serious shortage of funds. If the scale of investment cannot be effectively reduced, then people's lives will be affected, and subsequent construction cannot be guaranteed.

Under these circumstances, the state decisively launched a large number of projects, including the Pujiang Iron and Steel Plant mentioned by Director Hao earlier, for which we also undertook huge liquidated damages to foreign parties. Nanjing Iron and Steel is a key project guaranteed by the State Economic Commission, and the Economic Commission also hopes that this project can be put into operation on time to alleviate the country's foreign exchange tension. However, the original budget is definitely not guaranteed, the compression of 40 million is the result of Director Hao's careful calculation, the country only has so much money, if you don't press, other projects will be launched, which I think everyone can understand.

Then, for us now, there are only two choices, one is to continue to tap the potential, and strive to reduce the funds for the introduction of equipment by another 40 million, and the other is to suspend the project and wait for the country's economic situation to improve, and then restart. There is no third way beyond the two options, and you don't have to waste time on the third way. ”

Luo Xiangfei's tone was very peaceful, but the firmness in his words was no weaker than Hao Yawei just now. He came to Nanjiang Province as the leader of the Metallurgical Bureau, and his words basically represented the final opinion of the Metallurgical Bureau, and Qiao Ziyuan and others could not doubt it.

"It's really hard to do. Qiao Ziyuan scratched his scalp and said, and at the same time turned his eyes to Lu Jianyong, the deputy chief engineer of the Metallurgical Department, "Xiao Lu, you have been negotiating with foreign businessmen, tell me, is there any leeway?"

Lu Jianyong helped his myopic glasses and spoke sneeringly: "Director Luo, Director Qiao, in fact, in the process of negotiation, we have also learned about the quotations of several other RB manufacturers, and the price of Sanli Steel Mill should be regarded as the lowest, even if we negotiate with other companies, I am afraid it will be difficult to reduce the price." If the Metallurgical Bureau wants us to lower the price, then I think we can only focus on the equipment.

The main rolling line part must not be reduced, finishing equipment, we originally planned to introduce three cross-cutting units, divided into thin plate, medium plate and thick plate, if only two are introduced, the thick plate line is left for later introduction, can be reduced by about 12 million US dollars. The water treatment, laboratory, maintenance workshop and other parts of the auxiliary equipment can also be canceled first, and the existing facilities of Nanjing Iron and Steel can be replaced by ......"

"How can the laboratory be cancelled?" Luo Xiangfei said in a deep voice, "The existing laboratory equipment of Nanjing Iron and Steel is outdated and cannot meet the needs of the new hot rolling mill. At that time, the production line will be put into production, the experimental technology will not keep up, and the products produced will not have quality assurance, and the efficiency of this production line will be greatly reduced. ”

Lu Jianyong nodded with a bitter face: "Director Luo is right, so ......"

He couldn't go on, in fact, he also knew that this kind of function reduction was very inappropriate, and it was really the leader who forced him to come up with a plan, and he could only say it head-on.

Qiao Ziyuan saw that there was another stalemate in the venue, so he quickly stood up, looked at his watch pretendedly, and then said with a smile:

"Otherwise, let's eat first. The world is big, it's not as big as your own belly, and things can't be solved all at once, so you can't go hungry and think of a way, right?"