Hongshan Port is a large-scale coal export terminal built by the state since the end of the 70s, which undertakes the task of transporting coal from Shanbei Province and Bac Ninh Province to the south and exporting it overseas. The construction scale of Hongshan Port is very large, two phases of construction have been completed, the third phase of construction is underway, and there will be four, five, and six phases in the future, and finally the coal throughput capacity alone will reach more than 200 million tons, which is one of the best in the world.

The positioning of Hongshan Port is very high, and it has aimed at the international advanced level from the beginning of construction, requiring the fully automated operation of coal unloading and loading. In the past, the major projects that the Heavy Equipment Office was responsible for included the Hongshan Port and the supporting heavy-haul coal railway line.

Due to the limitation of domestic technical level, many automation equipment in Hongshan Port is heavily dependent on imports, and the automatic unloading system of the third phase of the project is handed over to the German company Bowohin as the general contractor, and several Chinese companies have subcontracted some sub-projects in it, but the core part of the technology is in the hands of Bowhang.

Perhaps because he knows that his technology is irreplaceable, the company is very proud from top to bottom. The Equipment Industry Company has come forward to negotiate with Pavohen many times, hoping that they can transfer some of the technology to the Chinese side during the construction process, even if it charges some fees for this, the Chinese side can agree. But Pavohen shrugged off China's request, saying that it was okay to help China do the project, but it was absolutely impossible to transfer technology.

In recent years, the state has adopted the method of "market for technology", and has exchanged a lot of core technologies from many large foreign enterprises, and Feng Xiaochen is also familiar with this set of practices. But who would have thought that this method hit a wall in front of Paiwohen, people bite it, that is, do not agree to transfer technology, you Chinese do not want to cooperate with us, it doesn't matter, leave us Pavohen, who else can help you build this automatic unloading system?

Feng Xiaochen was still the assistant general manager at the time, and he personally participated in several negotiations with Paiwohen, and was repeatedly so angry that he went back to find a corner and desperately draw a small circle to curse these bullish Germans. But the curse is the curse, and in the end, the Chinese side still had to bow its head and hand over the project to Paiwohen. Hongshan Port is a big project, and the automatic unloading system is an important part of the third phase of the project, if this part is delayed, the entire third phase of the project will not be put into operation on time, so the port construction company really has no confidence to compete with Pavoheun.

What Feng Xiaochen never expected was that Pai Woheng actually went bankrupt, and he didn't know if the small circles drawn by Feng Xiaochen played a role. Hearing that Paiwoheng was bankrupt, Feng Xiaochen's first feeling was definitely not schadenfreude, he set his eyes on Tian Yaorui and Weng Sihong of the Hongshan Port Construction Company, and said bitterly: This is trouble!

"Mr. Tian, how much has the automatic unloading system been completed so far?" Feng Xiaochen asked Tian Yaorui across the table.

"30% done. Tian Yaorui said.

"Did you bring the rest of the equipment?"

"Only 20 percent came in, and 50 percent was in Germany. ”

"Have you been in contact with Paiwohen?"

"Contacted. ”

"What do they say?"

"I can't contact ......," Tian Yaorui showed a bitter look on his face.

The news of the bankruptcy of the company was heard by the Hongshan Port Construction Company from the employees of the Pavohen who were in charge of the installation work in the Hongshan Port, and the company did not even think to say hello to its customers. Tian Yaorui was holding a meeting in the capital in the past few days, and when he heard the port district calling to report the matter, he immediately arranged for someone to confirm the reliability of the news, and at the same time asked the business department to urgently contact the headquarters of the company to inquire about the authenticity of the matter and how the company planned to deal with the aftermath.

Unexpectedly, no one answered the phone call from the business department, and it seemed that the company was not bankrupt, but directly hit a bomb, and the whole company from the executives to the clerks below was collectively wiped out. The Pavochen employees in the port of Red Hill were able to contact the company, and the company instructed them to leave their jobs and return to Germany immediately, supposedly because they were too late to get their severance pay.

"What's the matter!" Feng Xiaochen exploded when he heard it, the company went bankrupt, this is something that no one wants to see, and it can also be regarded as force majeure. But even if they go bankrupt, they always have to have an explanation for half of the project, right? A project has just been 30% completed, another 20% of the equipment has been shipped over, and the arrangement has not yet been completed, and the other 50% of the equipment has not yet been shipped, and it is impossible to verify whether it has even been produced. In this case, if Pai Woheng picks a pick, it is equivalent to putting the Hongshan Port Area in mid-air, and he can't go up and down.

"There is no business ethics at all!" There is no credibility at all!" Weng Sihong, chief engineer of the Port Construction Company, also said indignantly. Because they still have to wait for officials from the Ministry of Machinery, the Ministry of Electronics, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and other ministries and commissions, there is no formal meeting at this time, and they can have a small meeting below.

"Employees of Pawoheng, are you leaving?" Feng Xiaochen calmed down a little, and he asked Tian Yaorui.

Tian Yaorui said: "When they got the news, it was already more than 8 o'clock in the evening, and even if they wanted to leave Hongshan City, they already had no car. I just called back and asked, and they were all packing their bags and preparing to take the train back to Beijing early tomorrow morning, and then take a plane back to Germany from Beijing. I asked a few leaders in my family to do work for them, hoping that they could stay for the time being, or at least leave after the work was handed over. ”

"Did they promise?" Feng Xiaochen asked again.

Tian Yaorui said: "There is news from home that these Germans are difficult to communicate. The rest of them have always been like this, loners, and don't communicate with people on our side at all. Now that their company has gone out of business, they are even more unrestrained, and it will be very difficult to get them to stay. ”

"This won't work!" Feng Xiaochen said categorically, he looked at Qu Jianzhong and said, "Director Qu, there is something I think needs to be settled first, and I can't wait for others to arrive, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Qu Jianzhong was also discussing this matter with several cadres in the committee just now, and when he heard Feng Xiaochen's words, he raised his head and asked, "Tell me, what is the matter?"

"There are now dozens of Pavohen employees at the port of Red Hill, and they have been instructed by the company to return to Germany immediately. Just now, General Manager Tian told me that these people are not even willing to complete the handover of work and are ready to leave Hongshan early tomorrow morning. My opinion is that we must not let them leave like this, the company is bankrupt or not, we can't take care of it, but we can't just throw it away when the work is done halfway, this kind of thing is absolutely not tolerated. Feng Xiaochen said.

Qu Jianzhong pondered for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "Salute first and then soldier." Work with them first, let them complete the assigned tasks before leaving, and we can pay for this time. If they don't want to stay, then the minimum requirement is that there must be a handoff to our engineers to at least let us know how far they have come. ”

"But what if they don't even agree to this request?" Qu Jianzhong asked.

Feng Xiaochen smiled coldly and said, "Then it's up to them." ”

Tian Yaorui, Weng Sihong and the others were all startled, and asked in unison: "Mr. Feng, what do you mean? You don't mean to detain them, right?"

Feng Xiaochen asked rhetorically, "Why not?"

"They're foreign guests!"

"What's wrong with the foreign guests? Foreign guests can play?" Feng Xiaochen said disdainfully, "We are paid, they are paid to do things, and they are employed by us." Now that the work has not been completed, they want to leave without even handing over the work, what is the reason? This is the ground in China, can they still do whatever they want?"

"This ......" Tian Yaorui was a little undecided, and he set his eyes on Qu Jianzhong.

Qu Jianzhong pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "What Xiao Feng said makes sense, the investment in the automatic unloading system is 80 million marks, and now we have paid 40 million, and they have only completed 30% of the workload, so they owe us money." If we let them go like this, no one knows how far the work has been done, and in the future, whether we take over ourselves or ask companies from other Western countries to take over, we will have to spend a lot of time and money to figure out the previous progress, which is unacceptable to us.

These employees of Pavohen should complete the work at hand and carry out a serious handover with us, both in terms of rules and morals, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty. It is not an exaggeration to take some tough measures against those who derelict their duties. ”

Tian Yaorui's eyes lit up: "Director Qu, do you really think so?"

"Yes, we can't afford to suffer in a hurry. Qu Jianzhong said.

"Great!" Tian Yaorui patted his thigh, "I'll call home and ask them to leave people behind." The port area is still more than 20 kilometers away from the city of Hongshan, as long as we don't send them a car, they can't leave the port area......"

Feng Xiaochen snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Tian, you are still too soft. Now it is not a question of whether or not to send them a car, but to directly restrict their personal freedom. In this case, you immediately call the port district and ask them to arrange for the security personnel to put all the Pavohen employees under house arrest, and not allow them to leave for half a step, and if they dare to leave forcibly, they will be handcuffed directly!"

"Cuffs!" Tian Yaorui was cold, and handcuffed the foreign guests, Feng Xiaochen dared to say this kind of thing, but he didn't even dare to listen to it.

Qu Jianzhong snorted beside him and said, "If you can use coercive means, try not to use it." But if they don't obey the management and have to make trouble, when it is time to be tough, we have to be tough, you don't have to be afraid, if something happens, the committee will help you carry it. ”

"Understood!" Tian Yaorui got Qu Jianzhong's authorization, and his courage was enough at once, he took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and then began to give orders: "Xiao Shao, you should contact the Hong Kong District Police Station now, and ask them to send all the police forces and surround the expert building for me!"