After arranging the dinner, Feng Xiaochen was finally able to get out. Accompanied by Zheng Yuxin and Meng Yang, he left the airport and got on the Iveco minibus sent by the company. At this time, the factory directors and managers of various enterprises made time to meet with the overseas personnel of their units, and they patted their subordinates on the shoulders, said a bunch of greetings and words of encouragement, and made all kinds of promises, which needless to say.

On Iveco, Feng Xiaochen took the thermos cup handed over by Meng Yang, took a sip of tea that was neither cold nor hot, and then said to everyone with a smile: "You have been waiting for a long time, right? This plane took off an hour late, and I am afraid that you will be in a hurry." ”

"How can it!" Zheng Yuxin smiled and said with disgust, "I heard that Mr. Feng led a group to make an upset in Munich, and everyone said that they would come to the airport to pick you up." Later, Director Liu said that the company has a rule prohibiting receiving and sending, and this regulation is formulated by Mr. Feng, and if you violate it, you will definitely be criticized. So that everyone will not dare to come. Take me as an example, the qualification for this pick-up was also snatched from Director Liu. ”

"Haha, Sister Liu is so old, how dare I let her pick me up. It's Xiao Zheng, you don't need to come, just let Xiao Meng and the driver come over. Feng Xiaochen said.

Director Liu that Zheng Yuxin said is Liu Yanping, the company's old office director. As early as when Feng Xiaochen first arrived at the Metallurgical Bureau of the Economic Commission, Liu Yanping was the director of the office of the unit, and later Luo Xiangfei was ordered to set up the Heavy Equipment Office, and Liu Yanping became the director of the Office of the Heavy Equipment Office. Although she is a bit of a surprise, she is very capable of doing things, so although she is nearly 60 years old, she has not yet retired, and she will not leave her post until young people like Zheng Yuxin and others can take on the lead.

I don't know when it began, but there was a tradition of receiving and sending people to and from some government agencies. Wherever the leaders are going on a business trip, the middle-level cadres in the unit have to go to the airport to see them off, and when they come back, they have to go again to greet them, which is very laborious and costly. Although the equipment company is an enterprise, it is transformed from the heavy equipment office, with a very heavy agency color. Some middle-level cadres in the company also want to imitate the appearance of other units and engage in this set of sending leaders back and forth.

When Luo Xiangfei was the general manager, because he was older and had fewer business trips, he didn't create too many opportunities for these people to pick up and drop. After Feng Xiaochen took over as the general manager, he still ran around like he was an assistant to the general manager in the past, and when he saw this kind of pick-up scene, he immediately asked the company's office to issue a document, stipulating that all company leaders or department leaders are on a business trip, and irrelevant subordinates are not allowed to be picked up at airports, stations, etc., which can be regarded as curbing this unhealthy trend.

In this document, there are also different regulations for different business trips, such as domestic business trips and overseas business trips, there is a difference in terms of pick-up and drop-off. Feng Xiaochen led a delegation to Germany to participate in the exhibition this time, and it took half a month to go, and it was permissible for the office to send a director or deputy director to pick up the airport, after all, it was necessary to consider the views of other enterprise personnel who came back on the same plane, and it could not give people a feeling that the leader was snubbed by his subordinates. But if Feng Xiaochen is only on a short-term business trip in China, and Zheng Yuxin goes to pick him up at the airport, it is a violation of the regulations and will be criticized.

After saying these polite words, Zheng Yuxin began to formally report her work, she said: "Mr. Feng, Director Qu called yesterday to ask about the time of your return trip, and knew that you would come back today, so he instructed that if you have worked hard all the way, you can go home to rest first, and then report to him tomorrow." If you feel that you are in good health, then you can always go to him when you come back. ”

Director Qu mentioned by Zheng Yuxin is the deputy director of the Economic and Trade Commission in charge of this aspect of the equipment company's work, and his name is Qu Jianzhong. When Feng Xiaochen was in Germany, he had called Qu Jianzhong several times to report the relevant situation at the exhibition. Qu Jianzhong was very happy to learn that the sales of the China Pavilion were doing well and was anxious to learn more. Although he gave Feng Xiaochen two choices, allowing Feng Xiaochen to go home to rest after getting off the plane, and then report to work tomorrow, but you must not take the leader's politeness seriously, the leader has said that he will wait to listen to your report at any time, do you dare to really go home and sleep first, and let the leader wait?

"Go directly to the Economic and Trade Commission. Feng Xiaochen instructed, then pulled his suitcase from Meng Yang, took out a package of things from it, handed it to Zheng Yuxin's hand, and said: "I'll go to the Economic and Trade Commission to report to work, Xiao Zheng, you can go back to the company first, and let Meng Yang stay and wait for me." These small gifts were given by my grandmother and aunt, you can take them back and share them with the comrades in the office, there are not many things, that is, a heart. ”

"Hehe, I knew that it would definitely be beneficial to pick up Mr. Feng, every time Mr. Feng came back from abroad, he would bring us good things. By the way, Mr. Feng, for the sake of me picking you up at the airport, can I pick these gifts first?"

Zheng Yuxin took the bag with a smile, opened it and looked at it with interest, while selling Meng to Feng Xiaochen. Zheng Yuxin is actually a second-generation official, and her father is a ministerial-level cadre, so this kind of small foreign gift is not new to her at all. However, what Feng Xiaochen gave was extraordinary, she had to show that she liked it, which was the correct posture to accept the leader's gift.

Feng Xiaochen just smiled and didn't say anything. Zheng Yuxin can also be regarded as an old man in the heavy equipment, and her personal relationship with Feng Xiaochen is very good. In the past, when Feng Xiaochen was only a deputy director, Zheng Yuxin would pull Feng Xiaochen's arm to ask him for gifts, and if Feng Xiaochen didn't give it, he would be chased and "beaten" by her and several other girls. But now the situation is different, although she deliberately wants to imitate the past and seems to be the same as Feng Xiaochen, but how can she really be as unscrupulous as in the past?

Alas, that's the trouble of being a leader. Thunder, rain and dew, everyone has to take it seriously, and it is no longer as unrestrained as when he was an ordinary cadre in the past.

Iveco drove downstairs to the Economic and Trade Commission, Feng Xiaochen took Meng Yang out of the car, went straight to the door of the building, and came to the door of Qu Jianzhong's office with familiarity. When the secretary saw Feng Xiaochen coming, he went in to make a report, and then came out with a smile and led Feng Xiaochen into the office.

"Xiao Feng, it's been a great job!" Qu Jianzhong walked out from behind the big desk, stepped forward to shake hands with Feng Xiaochen warmly, and at the same time greeted him affectionately. He's only in his early 50s this year, and in terms of his position, he's in the prime of life. Feng Xiaochen has been dealing with him for several years, and they know each other very well. Qu Jianzhong admired Feng Xiaochen's ability and character, and Feng Xiaochen also knew that Qu Jianzhong was a wise leader, and the relationship between the two was very close.

After the greetings, Qu Jianzhong pulled Feng Xiaochen to sit down on the big sofa, and the secretary poured tea for Feng Xiaochen, and then took out a notebook, ready to sit down next to him to record the conversation between the two. Qu Jianzhong waved his hand to him and said, "You don't have to accompany you here, I and Xiao Feng will chat, and we will talk about work when Xiao Feng is rested, you just stay outside." ”

The secretary smiled slightly, got up and went out the door, carefully closing the door at the same time. He knew that he would definitely have to talk about work between his leader and Feng Xiaochen, but he wouldn't talk about too many specific things, but he would have to be pragmatic and talk about some more macro ideas. As for chatting or something, it's a joke, can these two still talk about the European Championships together?

Seeing the secretary go out, Qu Jianzhong turned his head and said to Feng Xiaochen with a smile: "You just got off the plane, right? Didn't I explain to your company office, let you go home and rest today, and it's not too late to report back tomorrow, didn't they tell you?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "I said, but I slept well on the plane, and I don't need to rest now." This time I went to Germany, there are a lot of new situations, and I need to ask you for advice in time, so I came here. ”

"Well, I guess you also have a lot of experience, since you said you don't need to rest, let's talk together, I'm looking forward to hearing some new ideas from you. Qu Jianzhong said.

Feng Xiaochen knew Qu Jianzhong's work style, so he didn't go around in circles at the moment, but said bluntly: "The most important thing is the problem of the Piesig iron ore mine in Gabe, I have already reported to you on the phone last time. ”

Qu Jianzhong nodded and said, "This matter is indeed very important. After receiving your call, I specifically asked someone to find out, according to the analysis of experts in the mineral department, the prospective reserves of the Pitsig iron ore mine may reach more than 8 billion tons, which is a very valuable iron ore. If we can participate in the operation of this iron mine, it is of great significance to ensure the safety of China's iron ore imports.

However, this iron ore mine is currently less developed, the mining cost is much higher than that of Australian and Brazilian iron ore, and the transportation distance is longer, the price is more than 30% higher than that of imported Australian iron ore, which is completely uncompetitive. None of the major steel mills have shown much interest in using the ore from the Pitsig iron ore mine, let alone participating in the investment in it. The plan you talked about on the phone may be a little difficult in reality. ”

Feng Xiaochen said: "I have also estimated this. However, people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries. Several steel mills can start from their immediate interests and reject Piet Seeger's iron ore, but from the perspective of the State Economic and Trade Commission, we must not be so short-sighted, and we must resolutely take this iron ore. ”

"You're quite right. Qu Jianzhong said, to his position, how can this kind of account not be calculated, he said: "The problem now is that the country's finances are still very tight, to invest in the Piesig iron mine, you can only rely on enterprises, the state can not come up with money." We are now engaged in a market economy, emphasizing the separation of government from enterprises, and it is inconvenient for the government to directly issue orders to enterprises, so how to persuade these large steel plants to participate in investment is a difficult matter. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Feng Xiaochen with a smile, and his subtext was already very obvious.