Chapter 110 Tongchuan Agricultural Machinery Factory
With the blessing of Topeman, Feng Xiaochen finally enjoyed the treatment of riding a soft sleeper in this era. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 After more than a day's trek, the INFO train drove into Xinling Station. Feng Xiaochen and Peman looked through the car window and saw that a banner had already been hung on the platform, on which were written in both Chinese and German languages such as "Warm welcome to Mr. Peman, the special commissioner of the Philo Company, to Nanjiang". Beneath the banner, a large group of well-dressed officials stood, flanked by beautiful girls dressed in bestowed belts. With such a formation, not to mention that Peiman was taken aback, even Feng Xiaochen was a little dumbfounded.
The train stopped, Feng Xiaochen and Peiman got out of the carriage, and two tall girls from the literary school greeted them and gave them flowers. Looking at their shy and excited looks, Feng Xiaochen believed that if Peiman wanted to hug them and take the opportunity to rub the oil, it was estimated that they would not refuse.
Nanjiang Province has really invested in it, Feng Xiaochen sighed helplessly in his heart.
At this time, Tang Huihua, director of the Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau, came over and greeted Peiman with a smile on his face. Lao Tang is a veteran college student with a bit of culture, and one mouth is a bunch of allusions to the Nanjiang River, such as what Xiongzhou Wulie, Juncai Xingchi, etc., and the German translator invited from the Normal University was so tired that his brain was sweating, and the translation was so good that Feng Xiaochen was anxious for him when he listened to it.
Peman is an engineer by training, not to mention Chinese culture, even German culture, he doesn't have a deep understanding of it, and after listening to this half-Chinese, half-German, half-literate and half-pun greeting, he was a little at a loss, and he didn't know how to reply. Seeing this, Feng Xiaochen could only step forward to relieve the siege, talked nonsense with Peiman, and then expressed his gratitude to Tang Huihua in his own words.
By this time, Tang Huihua seemed to have just seen Feng Xiaochen, he smiled and patted Feng Xiaochen's shoulder, praised him for being young and promising, and then shifted his attention to Peman. In his eyes, Feng Xiaochen is also Peiman's personal translator, and he is really a passer-by who is not worth paying attention to.
Of course, Peiman could see the difference in status between himself and Feng Xiaochen in the eyes of these local officials, and if it hadn't been for the contact with Meng Fanze a few days ago, maybe he would have really forgotten his identity. can think of a minister who is so important to Feng Xiaochen, he knows that he doesn't have the capital to be embarrassed in front of Feng Xiaochen, the boss. The compliment he enjoys now is just an opportunity given to him by Feng Xiaochen, if his performance makes Feng Xiaochen feel dissatisfied, everything in front of him will come to naught.
After the welcoming ceremony at the station, the Foreign Trade Bureau arranged for a car to take Peiman and Feng Xiaochen to the Qinshan Hotel, the most exclusive hotel in Xinling City, and arranged for them to stay. In the evening, in the banquet hall of Qinshan Hotel, a grand welcome dinner was organized by the Foreign Trade Bureau to entertain the first German businessman to invest in Nam Giang Province. More than a dozen departments and bureaus in the province sent officials to attend, and even the provincial party committee and the provincial government each sent a deputy secretary general to support the event.
According to the design of the Foreign Trade Bureau, the dinner will be divided into several steps, first the provincial leaders and foreign guests delivered speeches respectively, toasted together, and then the leaders of the departments and bureaus came to toast, after completing these necessary procedures, it is the stage of free exchange, everyone can show their powers, see who can attract the attention of foreign businessmen, and establish a good cooperative relationship with foreign businessmen.
But who would have thought that Peyman lacked experience in dealing with this kind of Chinese-style banquet, and as soon as everyone said to raise their glasses, he honestly dried the wine in the glass. The banquets he attended in Germany were all low-alcohol red wine or beer, and this was fine. But at this banquet, the host poured Moutai at more than 50 degrees, and after three or five cups, Peman couldn't find the north.
Tang Huihua saw Peiman drinking happily at first, and secretly sighed that foreigners are massive, and more than one or two glasses of Moutai dare to dry it in one gulp. By the time he finally realized that something was wrong, it was too late. Before the cadres of several departments and bureaus came up to toast, Peman had already gotten under the table. Seeing this, the officials looked at each other. Tang Huihua could only call a few strong waiters and carry Peiman, who was as strong as a bear, back to the room to rest, and the banquet could only end hastily.
The next day, at Peman's request, the Foreign Trade Bureau sent a bus to send Peman and Feng Xiaochen to Dongshan to inspect the joint venture factory. Tang Huihua personally accompanied him, sat in the car and talked and laughed with Peman, but it was a pity that he played the piano to the cow, and the humanistic allusions he said did not arouse Peman's interest at all.
Feng Xiaochen sat in the row behind them, listening to Tang Huihua's words so incoherent, he could only sigh secretly: After being locked down for so many years, these local officials don't know how to deal with foreign businessmen at all. If Peyman is a scheming person, and he is not around, Tang Huihua may really be sold and help count the money.
Naturally, there is no need to elaborate on the welcome of Peman by the Dongshan Prefectural Committee and the Executive Office. Peman learned his lesson, and at the banquet arranged by the Dongshan Agency, he no longer toasted stupidly, but drank quite sparingly, and finally did not show any more foreign appearances. Yu Changrong, Liu Zhiwu and other officials in the administration tried Peiman again, trying to persuade him to build the joint venture in Dongshan City, Peiman remembered Feng Xiaochen's confession, and insisted that the decision to invest in Tongchuan was made by the company, and he had no power to change the company's decision. Hearing him say so resolutely, Yu Changrong and the others could only give up in a huff.
The same process was repeated again in the Tongchuan County Party Committee and the county government. Finally, Feng Xiaochen and Peiman finally came to Tongchuan Agricultural Machinery Factory, which is the joint venture object that Feng Xiaochen intended. As a representative of the factory, Yang Haifan, who had just been transferred from the county party committee office to the agricultural machinery factory to serve as the factory director, greeted them. Seeing Peiman, Yang Haifan's heart fell to the ground, knowing that the joint venture could not run.
"Mr. Peman, you are very welcome to visit Tongchuan Agricultural Machinery Factory. Let me now accompany you on a tour of our production halls. Yang Haifan said politely.
"It's a great honor, Mr. Yang. Peman said in a reserved tone, and at the same time gave a chest hug.
Regarding Yang Haifan's identity, Feng Xiaochen introduced it to Peiman. Peman knows that if there is no accident, after the joint venture is established, Yang Haifan will be the second person in status after Feng Xiaochen, and Peman, the so-called "German businessman", is just a subordinate of Yang Haifan. However, in view of the fact that there were Tang Huihua, Yu Changrong, Fan Yongkang, Xiong Xiaoqing and other officials accompanying him, Peiman could not be too humble, and could only apologize to Yang Haifan with his eyes.
During the Spring Festival, Feng Xiaochen has inspected Tongchuan Agricultural Machinery Factory. Now that it had come again, he was surprised to find that the farm machinery factory had changed. The former messy factory area is now somewhat neat. The weeds have been cleared, the garbage everywhere is gone, the dilapidated fence has been repaired, and even the broken glass planted on the wall to prevent theft is shining.
Walking into the workshop, the changes are even more obvious. The walls were repainted with snow-white lime above the waistline and light blue paint below the waistline. There are a few more machines in the workshop than before, and although the models are still a little old, each machine is polished and neatly placed. The floor of the workshop is painted with yellow paint, which seems to have the momentum of a modern factory.
"Nice, nice, shocking. Peman exclaimed. This was not a script that he had discussed with Feng Xiaochen in advance, he was completely instinctive. Peyman wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened in a German factory, but it's a good thing for a factory in a developing country.
Peyman has also traveled to the Third World in the past, and has seen factories in India, Guatemala and other countries, and is very impressed by the mess there. He has always been a little unsure about coming to China to build a joint venture this time, worrying that Philo's technology will not be applied in this backward and poor country. The production of oil film bearings has high environmental requirements, if the workshop is too dirty, it is easy to be stained with dust and other impurities during the bearing processing process, and the lubricating oil is polluted, which is the biggest threat to the quality of oil film bearings.
Now seeing this neat workshop, Peman's worries have disappeared, and he has begun to look forward to the follow-up production.
Of course, Peman could also think that the cleanliness of the workshop should be cleaned up in order to welcome him as a foreign guest. But being able to clean up a clean environment shows that the managers and workers here are smart and disciplined, and in a country like India, even if you take a whip and beat those workers, they can't clean up a workshop.
"Mr. Peman, are you still satisfied?" Yang Haifan pointed to the workshop and asked Peman with a smile, but when he said this, his eyes were looking at Feng Xiaochen. It is not so much that he is asking Peiman, but that he is showing merit to Feng Xiaochen.
"Haifan, good job. Without waiting for Peiman to say anything, Feng Xiaochen spoke first. This time he brought Peiman to Tongchuan, and he had informed Yang Haifan in advance, Yang Haifan said that he wanted to clean up the factory area, and Feng Xiaochen agreed, but he still didn't expect Yang Haifan to do so well.
The environmental sanitation outside the factory is just that, but the finishing inside the workshop requires some professional knowledge. The layman can only see that the windows are clear and clean, and the floor is free of dirt, while the insider will pay attention to a series of characteristics such as smooth passages, fixed equipment, and eye-catching signs, which are themselves an integral part of total quality management.
Yang Haifan was able to complete the fixed management of the workshop site in a short period of time, which is enough to show that he has some industrial qualities, not an embroidered pillow that can only brag. (To be continued.) )