Cao Guangshan came to Feng Xiaochen at this time, of course, not to reminisce about the past, in fact, he and Feng Xiaochen did not have much "old" to talk about. It is true that there is some personal friendship between the two, but the age difference is more than ten years, Cao Guangshan is usually more wooden and not good at socializing, how can he have so much to say with Feng Xiaochen?

Cao Guangshan came to see Feng Xiaochen, he was entrusted by the factory council, to be precise, it was Yan Delin and others who felt that Feng Xiaochen must be hiding a big conspiracy, and they knew nothing, so they sent Cao Guangshan, who had some personal relations with Feng Xiaochen, to spy so that Jiang Gang could prepare in advance.

Cao Guangshan is a technical person, and he is not proficient in human affairs. But after all, he is an old man of Jianggang and a member of the factory leaders, and it is also his duty to come to spy on the news. Just when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know what to say, and when Feng Xiaochen asked him rhetorically, he was immediately dumbfounded.

"Lao Cao, you tell me how much money Jianggang can come up with to participate in the investment in overseas mines. Feng Xiaochen was anti-guest and began to ask Cao Guangshan.

"Actually...... It's not much, at most it's 200 million, or $24 million. Cao Guangshan said that this figure was told by Yan Delin, and this was the bottom line of Jianggang in this project, but Feng Xiaochen did not ask for such a high price, Yan Delin was not at ease, so he asked Cao Guangshan to bring a message to Feng Xiaochen, saying that he would give in to this extent.

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "Lao Cao, you are an honest man, how can you follow Yan Delin and them to play an official tone? Jiang Gang earned more than 1 billion yuan in profits last year alone, even if he took out one or two hundred million yuan to build staff dormitories, as well as buildings and halls, at least seven or eight billion yuan were put in the bank, how could it be that there were only 200 million?"

"This ...... In fact, there are some other plans in the factory, and I can't say the specifics. Cao Guangshan said.

"Lao Cao, tell me the truth, why doesn't the factory support the development of the Pete Sig Iron Mine?" Feng Xiaochen asked again. Cao Guangshan is the leader of Jianggang's factory, so how can he casually tell others the real situation in the factory? But Feng Xiaochen just wanted to ask like this, he knew that Cao Guangshan would definitely not be able to bear the guilt, so he would tell the truth.

Sure enough, Cao Guangshan's face swelled into black and red, and after a while, he sighed softly and said, "Alas, Xiaochen, you said so, I really can't hide it from you." To be honest, the factory opposes participating in the construction of the Pitsig iron mine, mainly because they think that this mine is in Africa, and if it is really developed in the future, then everyone will have to go on a business trip to Africa?"

And so it was. Feng Xiaochen smiled, Cao Guangshan's answer really did not exceed his expectations. The so-called shortage of funds, too high freight and so on, are all excuses, and the key factor is still self-interest.

In recent years, the country has begun to increase the import of iron ore from abroad, and the ore source of Jianggang has also shifted from domestic to foreign, and most of the high-grade pellets currently used are from Australia. To import iron ore from Australia, it is indispensable to send people to negotiate, to supervise the iron ore mining process, to contact transportation and other matters, so that Jianggang has a lot of opportunities to go abroad, for the specific manager, is a very good welfare.

Australia's status in the minds of the Chinese people is not as good as that of the United States and Europe, but it is also a developed country in the West, with beautiful cities, luxurious life, and a dazzling array of goods in shopping malls. Domestic personnel go to Australia for business trips, can enjoy the life of a developed country, and can bring some high-end electrical appliances and daily consumer goods when they come back, which is the dream of many people.

Jianggang imports a lot of iron ore every year, and according to the proportion of foreign exchange spent, it can send hundreds of people to Australia every year. Except for some technicians who are irreplaceable, the rest are basically sent to whomever they want. The factory leaders are very fair, and the indicators of going abroad are assigned to the workshops and administrative offices, and everyone sits in a row and divides the fruits, and can get one or two opportunities to go abroad. Sometimes, the factory will reach a tacit agreement with Australian suppliers and agree to hold seminars in the United States or Britain, France, Germany and Italy, etc., such opportunities are of course exclusive to factory leaders, and the heads of some important departments can sometimes follow suit.

But this arrangement of the Economic and Trade Commission has made everyone depressed. Invest in the development of Pitsiger iron ore, and strive to replace part of the Australian ore with Pitsiger's ore in the future, so that the opportunity to travel to Australia for business will be greatly reduced, and the opportunity to travel to Gabe will be replaced by the opportunity to travel to Gabe. Gabay is in Africa, a much poorer place than China, and occasionally goes hunting for curiosities, and it's just that, and he goes to Africa for business trips in three days, isn't there something wrong with it?

Everyone has a problem with the development of the Pitsig iron ore mine, and it is not difficult to find reasons to oppose it. What ore grade, what transportation is inconvenient, and financial difficulties are all natural reasons. These reasons are not all fabricated, if Feng Xiaochen wants to delve into this matter with Jiang Gang, Jiang Iron and Steel can come up with some reason.

It was precisely because he knew that Jiang Gang had a reason to speak of that Feng Xiaochen avoided the truth and directly accepted the bid of $18 million, and no longer entangled with Yan Delin and others. Now the autonomy of enterprises is very large, and the steel industry is on the rise, and the status of steel companies such as Jianggang is quite high, Feng Xiaochen wants to reason with Yan Delin, I am afraid it is difficult to take advantage.

"Old Cao, can you understand the significance of developing the Piesig Iron Mine?" Feng Xiaochen began to do Cao Guangshan's work.

Cao Guangshan nodded and said, "I fully understand and fully support it." In addition, the Australian mine owners are also very arrogant, many things are not negotiable, sometimes the ore sent over does not meet the requirements of the contract, and it is very difficult to negotiate with them, which is a disadvantage. If we can win the Pitsig iron ore mine and have the right to speak, it will be of great benefit to our steel companies. ”

"Who else in the factory leaders has a similar view to you?"

"In fact, everyone understands this truth, and when I communicated with several factory leaders in private, everyone also felt that the decision of the Economic and Trade Commission was very far-sighted. However, at the factory director's office meeting, no one raised this opinion. ”

"Why?"

"Why?" Cao Guangshan thought for a while and said with a wry smile, "Maybe I don't want to offend people, right? Think about it, the opportunity to go on a business trip to Australia is the welfare of the cadres of the whole factory." If I speak out in favor of the development of the Piesiger Iron Ore Mine, will I become the public enemy of the whole plant?"

"It's called the small collective interest. Feng Xiaochen said with emotion.

"yes. Cao Guangshan was ashamed and said: "I also know that I shouldn't do this, but what's the use of me thinking like this alone? Everyone in the factory thinks like this, and besides, the current social atmosphere is the same, everyone is taking care of the interests of the small collective, you say that I am a technology practitioner, can I do against so many people?"

Feng Xiaochen comforted: "It's not necessary, besides, even if your old Cao comes out to fight against everyone, it won't change any problems." In the final analysis, this is the deficiency of the system, we have delegated too much power, so that the enterprise completely ignores the overall situation, and it is difficult to twist into a rope. ”

"So, Xiaochen, what are you going to do?" Cao Guangshan asked.

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "What else can I do? Didn't Director Yan promise to give 18 million? This is a very good result." There are so many iron and steel enterprises in our country, and each one will make up a little, isn't it enough?"

"However, in the notice of the Economic and Trade Commission, doesn't it say that 500 million US dollars will be invested? If other iron and steel enterprises are like us, and only come up with less than 20 million yuan, and our country has a total of more than a dozen steel enterprises, how can you make up 500 million US dollars?" Cao Guangshan said worriedly for Feng Xiaochen.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Lao Cao, you are confused, who said that there are more than a dozen steel enterprises in our country? Xiagang and Donggang, aren't they steel enterprises?"

"Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, you mean, private steel plants can also participate?" Cao Guangshan asked in surprise. Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, referred to as Xiaguang Iron and Steel Plant, is a private steel plant in Binhai Province, the earliest is just a small township steel mill, the development has been extremely rapid in recent years, and last year's steel output has been basically the same as that of Jiangcheng Iron and Steel Plant. Tu Kechun, the director of Xiagang Iron and Steel, is an ambitious peasant entrepreneur, he put all the profits he has obtained into the expansion of reproduction, in recent years from abroad to buy five or six sets of second-hand metallurgical equipment, and the purchase of seven or eight sets of domestic equipment, production capacity continues to expand, this year's output exceeds that of Jianggang Iron and Steel has no suspense.

Although the production capacity of private iron and steel enterprises such as Xiagang and Donggang is comparable to that of state-owned steel enterprises such as Jianggang, and the future development is unlimited, cadres of old state-owned enterprises such as Cao Guangshan still do not regard them as part of the steel industry, and they will always be ignored unconsciously when discussing the situation of the industry.

When they saw the notice of the Economic and Trade Commission requiring iron and steel enterprises to participate in the construction of the Pitsig iron mine, all the factory leaders of Jianggang ignored the existence of private enterprises such as Xiagang Iron and Steel and only used state-owned steel enterprises to measure them, so as to conclude that they needed to come up with $70 million or $80 million. If these private enterprises are also included, then the cost to be shared by Jianggang will be reduced by more than half. However, in everyone's opinion, it is impossible to allow private enterprises to participate in overseas investment, and these private enterprises are not guerrillas? With their own regular army, how can the guerrillas have a right to speak?

Hearing Cao Guangshan's questioning, Feng Xiaochen smiled and said, "Old Cao, this is your narrow-mindedness. Why can't private enterprises participate in overseas investment? To tell you the truth, before I came to Jianggang, I had a telephone conversation with Mr. Tu of Xiagang, and he said that no matter how much money other enterprises contributed, he would be responsible for the shortfall. With his words, I have the bottom, whether Jiang Gang pays or doesn't pay, what can I embarrass about?"