Feng Xiaochen and his entourage returned to China, and when they came out, there were five people, and when they went back, there were only four left. Hearing that Feng Fei took the initiative to stay in Africa as a military adviser to the country of Dee, in order to sell the howitzers of the Dongxiang Factory, Wu Shican and Wang Genji were also embarrassed. Especially Wu Shican, who sighed countless times in front of everyone, saying that he didn't have the courage of Feng Fei, and said that people live for a lifetime, how can they have an experience like Feng Fei in order to be worthy of this life. Hearing Wu Shican say the same, Feng Xiaochen understood that everyone has a heroic dream in their hearts, especially Feng Fei and Wu Shican's generation, they have always been educated to be heroes, and the hero complex in their hearts is beyond the reach of juniors like Feng Xiaochen.

"I think what you should worry about the most now is how to explain to your aunt after you go back. Your second uncle went abroad with you, and now that you are back, you will throw him in Africa, and follow a warlord as a consultant, and your aunt has to find someone to ask you for. On the return plane, Wang Genji teased Feng Xiaochen with a smile.

Feng Xiaochen patted his pocket and said, "I have here a handwritten letter written by my second uncle, one is for my aunt, one is for my father, and one is for my grandmother, and there is also a letter to my cousin. With these letters, they can't trouble me. ”

"They'll all understand. Wu Shican said, "Especially your aunt, she herself works in a military industrial enterprise, and this kind of thing has been seen a lot." I think that when the atomic bomb was being worked on, how many people had been gone for more than ten years, and there was no news, and this is how the family lived?"

"Well, that's inhumane. Feng Xiaochen said.

Wu Shican shook his head and said, "What's the solution? Someone has to make sacrifices to engage in construction, right? By the way, I remember when you and Director Luo went to the Chemical Design Institute to find me, Director Luo also said this, in the face of national interests, what can a personal thing be counted?"

"At the end of the day, the country is too poor and too weak. Feng Xiaochen sighed, "When we were engaged in the atomic bomb project, the reason why we needed to keep it so secret was that we were afraid that others would know about our progress and that others would cause us trouble somewhere." If the country had been stronger, these worries would have been unnecessary, and those seniors would not have to endure the pain of parting. ”

"Haha, I'm afraid it's you Xiao Feng who is worried that he and his lover are separating, right? It's no wonder that at your current age, it's the time when you and your girlfriend are like glue, and you don't see each other for a day, like every three autumns. If you are asked to stay in Africa and not go back, I guess you will not be able to stand it. Wang Genji joked.

Wu Shican corrected seriously: "This kind of thing is not only unbearable for young people, but also for people of any age. I have seen many families where the husband and wife live separately, and even if they are transferred together, the relationship between the husband and wife is very stiff, and the relationship between father and son, mother and child, etc., is difficult to recover. By the way, I remember that Xiao Feng once asked us to reorganize the office to carry out an action to solve the problem of separation between employees, which is really a good thing. ”

"Times have changed, and China is not as poor as it used to be, so we can't always make our cadres and workers suffer sacrifices. Feng Xiaochen said, "I've thought about it, I have to report this matter to Dong Lao after I go back, my uncle will stay in Africa, at most one year, I have to let him come back, and I must not let him be separated from my aunt like this." If it really doesn't work, I asked the factory to send my aunt over. Well, that's a good idea, the two of them can go to Africa, maybe they can not be restricted by the family planning policy, and they can give me another cousin. ”

"Poof!" Wang Genji laughed directly, he pointed at Feng Xiaochen with his finger, and said happily: "Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, you usually say that other people's brains are too big, I think you are the one who opens your brains." Your second uncle and aunt are almost 50, you let them give you another cousin, if you let your second uncle hear this, believe it or not, he will beat you to death?"

After a joke, Wu Shican brought the conversation back to the topic and said to Feng Xiaochen: "Xiao Feng, in the few days when you, Feng Gong and Director Zhang went to Die, Xiao Wang and I received some African friends who came to inquire about the equipment. So far, there are 12 companies that have come to ask about fertilizer equipment, five companies about thermal power equipment, three companies about steel equipment, three companies about hydropower equipment, and more than 30 companies about construction machinery and printing machinery.

I have carefully analyzed that the equipment needs of African countries are within the scope of our production capacity. In terms of price, we also have obvious advantages compared with Western countries. Especially in terms of installation and after-sales service, the labor cost in Western countries is too high, and the man-hour cost of installing a small fertilizer is higher than the cost of buying equipment. We have an absolute advantage in this point, and no one can compare with us.

I wondered if I would find the heads of the equipment companies after I went back, convey these intentions to them, and let them negotiate directly with African merchants. Many of our companies are now a little under-employed, and these orders are coming, for these companies, it is a relief in the snow. ”

Feng Xiaochen didn't express his opinion immediately, but turned his head to Wang Genji and asked, "Old Wang, what do you think?"

Wang Genji said: "My idea is similar to Lao Wu, but there is one more suggestion, that is, those enterprises that have undertaken the task of exporting equipment should pay some management fees to our reloading office." A few of us went to Africa, and the travel expenses alone cost tens of thousands, and they had to bear the money, right? As for the labor expenses of the three of us, forget it, and the right is for us to contribute to the following enterprises. ”

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to let the following companies pay management fees. Wu Shican retorted, "There is no policy basis for this." ”

"Then why do we come up with all this money?" Wang Ji choked.

"This is our duty, let's reload, isn't this what we do?"

"Who said that we are doing this? We only need to do coordination, when will we take care of the business of the enterprise? Lao Wu, you should also change this thinking, now talking about the commodity economy, the salesmen in the enterprise receive business, they all want to get business commissions. A few of us went to Africa to pull business, and we didn't get a commission, how could we even have to pay for our travel expenses?"

"Isn't this all the state's money, how can it be regarded as upside down?"

"It's the state's money, you can find some money from the following companies to try it and see if they give it?"

"They are ...... who have paid profits and taxes to the state"

The two of them debated word by word, and Feng Xiaochen listened beside him, just laughing and not saying a word. The two quarreled for a while, probably finding it difficult to convince each other, so they set their eyes on Feng Xiaochen together, and said in unison: "Xiao Feng, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb, tell me your opinion, whose point of view do you support?"

"My opinion?" Feng Xiaochen smiled for a long time and said, "I don't think what you two said is reliable, and I don't support it." ”

"What do you mean?" The two of them immediately turned into allies, and they both glared at Feng Xiaochen and asked.

Feng Xiaochen said: "It's very simple, Lao Wang also said just now, this is the business we brought in, so why do it for the following companies in vain?"

"Yes, yes, isn't that what I mean, if they want to take over these businesses, they have to at least pay for our travel expenses, right?" Wang Genji said.

"Travel expenses?" Feng Xiaochen showed a look of disdain and said, "Lao Wang, Lao Wang, are you also the director of a state organ, are you so ambitious?"

"What's wrong with this?" asked Wang Jiji, puzzled.

Feng Xiaochen said: "How much is the travel expenses of the three of us? 100,000 yuan is enough to survive, right? The price we quote to African countries for these equipment is at least more than 70% of the profit, even if the other party cuts the price, the profit of two or three hundred million yuan is stable, and you will be satisfied with 100,000 yuan?"

"That's right. Wang Genji reacted, they negotiated with people in Africa this time for equipment exports, and they all increased the price of equipment in China several times, so they made Uncle Hei grateful. If these equipment are handed over to any company, they are more than fifty percent of the profits, and the total of two or three hundred million is safe, and it is indeed a very stupid and naïve idea to just think about letting the other party travel expenses.

"In your opinion, what should we do?" asked Wang Genji.

Feng Xiaochen said: "I didn't expect that there would be such a big market in Africa, and the profit margin could be so high. It turned out that my idea was similar to that of Lao Wu, that is, to directly hand over the business to the following companies to solve their urgent needs. However, now that I have changed my mind, I want to go back and talk to Director Luo, we can't leave these businesses to them. ”

"If you don't leave it to them, can we do it ourselves?" Wang Genji asked subconsciously.

"That's right, we'll do it ourselves. Feng Xiaochen said.

"How is this possible!" Wang Genji directly regarded Feng Xiaochen's words as a joke, or a cold joke that no one could understand, he said disdainfully, "Xiao Feng, let's talk about business, you have to look at the occasion if you are joking." ”

Feng Xiaochen spread his hands helplessly and said, "What I'm talking about is the right thing, you have to be a joke, what can I do?"

Wu Shican knew Feng Xiaochen well, and knew that although he loved to joke, he was not the kind of person who spoke up, so he said: "Xiao Feng, what do you mean, let's just say it, don't play dumb riddles with me and Xiao Wang." What do you mean when you say we produce our own products?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "I didn't say that I produced it myself, I just said that I did it myself." Or rather, we will take these businesses next and then contract them to the following companies to do it. ”

"Isn't this the same way of thinking when we used to do big chemical fertilizers?" Wu Shican understood a little, he thought for a while, and said: "However, this time is different from the last time. Last time, we were faced with Japanese companies, got subcontracting tasks from Japanese companies, and then sent them to the following companies to do, and the specific technical requirements were taken care of by the Japanese side. This time...... Well, even if there are some similarities, there are still differences. Besides, how can we sign contracts with African countries because we are an agency, not an enterprise?"