Chapter 393: A dilemma
"What about this now?"
After feeling the indisputability of domestic enterprises, Meng Fanze returned to the topic and asked Feng Xiaochen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Feng Xiaochen said: "This is the problem that Director Luo is facing. The year before last, in order to strengthen the sense of responsibility of all enterprises, we required all enterprises that undertake the task of subcontracting large fertilizers to sign a guarantee with the Heavy Equipment Office, promising that once there is a quality problem, compensation will be made in accordance with the provisions of the guarantee. According to the terms of the guarantee, Beihua Machinery needs to bear all the economic losses caused by this quality accident, that is, about 15 million. ”
"It's impossible. Meng Fanze blurted out.
Feng Xiaochen looked at Meng Fanze with a playful eye and said, "It turns out that Minister Meng also thinks it's impossible. ”
"Why can't I think it's impossible?" Meng Fanze asked rhetorically, he actually subconsciously said the previous sentence, and after saying it, he already felt that something was wrong, but it was inconvenient to change his words immediately. Hearing Feng Xiaochen's questioning, he found a reason for himself and said: "Beihua Machinery can't afford such a large amount of compensation at all, if they have to compensate, then they will really go bankrupt." ”
"But that's a contractual, and bankruptcy is their own responsibility. ”
"But how can the state watch a major company go bankrupt?"
"So the state should watch a key company default on its debts?"
"It's not a bad account, it's a ......" Meng Fanze was speechless, every time he quarreled with Feng Xiaochen, he would lose, on the one hand, because Feng Xiaochen often had some deviant but realistic ideas, and on the other hand, because Meng Fanze was a 70-year-old man after all, if he wanted to make a brain teaser, he would definitely not be able to play Feng Xiaochen.
"I think this loss is not necessarily so big, right? The profit of 200,000 yuan a day is too exaggerated. Meng Fanze changed his tone and said to Feng Xiaochen.
The so-called loss of 200,000 yuan if the construction period is delayed for one day is calculated according to the profit after the fertilizer equipment is put into production. But before the fertilizer plant was built, this kind of profit did not exist, and in the economic concept that Feng Xiaochen had just learned, it was just an "opportunity cost". Before the start of the large-scale chemical fertilizer project, the "relevant departments" studied whether and how to build it, and in addition to the work of negotiating with the Japanese side, bidding for tenders, and so on, the delay was not only a year and a half?
In the past, it was common for national key projects to be delayed, and it was not strange for a project to drag on for several years or even more than ten years. As long as you can find an objective reason to explain it, then no one will pursue the economic losses caused by this delay, at best, the builder and the owner will sit together, fine three glasses of wine, and the matter will pass.
This time, Beihua Machinery made a fuss, resulting in a delay of two months in the construction period of the project, and the Autumn Club demanded compensation from Beihua Machinery, also because the owner would ask the general contractor for compensation. In other words, the money compensated by Beihua Machinery is paid to the owner, and the owner of this project is Qingdong Province, which is equivalent to paying his own people's money, and the meat is rotten in the pot. If Qingdong Province can give up the claim, or reduce the amount of the claim, the Autumn Club will also reduce the claim to the North Chemical Machine, which is why Meng Fanze believes that the compensation amount does not need to be so high.
Feng Xiaochen said: "As you said, Cheng Yuanding, the director of the Beihua Machine, has already gone to the Qingdong Provincial Economic Commission and asked the Qingdong Provincial Economic Commission to give up the claim for the loss of construction period, and allow the Qiujian Club to postpone the delivery date of the equipment for two months, waiting for the Beihua Machinery to make a new fractionation tower." ”
"Qingdong Province agreed?"
It is said that Cheng Yuanding made a bottle of Qingdong Daqu in front of the director of the Qingdong Provincial Economic Committee, and then Qingdong Province had no choice but to agree. Feng Xiaochen said in a sarcastic tone.
The saying of "three glasses of wine" is really not made up by jokers, and in many cases, the country's major economic losses can be settled with a few glasses of wine. Cheng Yuanding made this move, that is, to treat official affairs as private affairs, and when the other party saw this kind of structure, he could no longer treat it with a business-like attitude, otherwise he would offend Cheng Yuanding and then form a personal grudge.
The loss of profit of 200,000 yuan a day is the loss of the state treasury and has nothing to do with private individuals. What's more, this kind of loss is only an opportunity cost, and it is not reflected in the financial account, so it is even less worth mentioning. Cheng Yuanding is the leader of a super-large state-owned enterprise, a bureau-level cadre, and has a huge network of contacts, offending Cheng Yuanding is equivalent to having one more enemy in the rivers and lakes, and no one wants to see such a result.
As a result, the leaders of the Qingdong Provincial Economic Commission could only compromise and promised not to investigate the responsibility of the Autumn Company, which is actually not to investigate the responsibility of the Beihua Machine. However, they put forward a request, that is, Cheng Yuanding needs to settle the reloading office again and let the reloading office recognize this matter. Qingdong Province's reasons are also very legitimate, they have given and accepted Cheng Yuanding privately like this, in case the Heavy Equipment Office does not agree and stabs the matter to the top, the leaders of Qingdong Province will also be responsible.
After getting the promise of Qingdong Province, Cheng Yuanding immediately went to the capital and found Luo Xiangfei. After an hour-long self-review, Cheng Yuan made a request to Luo Xiangfei, saying that he had already negotiated with Qingdong Province, and hoped that the Heavy Equipment Office would stop worrying about this matter.
"What is your attitude towards Director Luo?" asked Meng Fanze with a smile. He knew that Luo Xiangfei was a serious person, and when he encountered this kind of thing, he must be very entangled. Agreeing to Cheng Yuanding's request means violating Luo Xiangfei's own principles of doing things, and at the same time, it has also made a bad start. But if you don't agree, not to mention that the relationship between all aspects cannot be balanced, it is the compensation of 15 million yuan that is pressed on Beihua Machine, making Beihua Machinery bankrupt, and this responsibility is not something Luo Xiangfei can afford.
Sure enough, Feng Xiaochen looked helpless and said, "Director Luo didn't directly agree. However, he hadn't slept well for several days, and he couldn't think of a perfect solution. Cheng Yuanding said that whether the Beihua Machine can survive depends on Director Luo's thoughts, which makes Director Luo even more afraid to make up his mind easily. ”
"Cheng Yuanding is a person I know, I have been a business leader for more than 20 years, and I am a little arrogant. This time, he probably recognized that this matter was too big and it was difficult to operate the reload, so he dared to call it out like this. Meng Fanze commented.
"This is what our teacher said a few days ago, there is no separation between government and enterprise responsibilities. The government treats enterprises as its own children, and is reluctant to fight, and the children become more and more willful, and eventually become a burden on the family, which is the so-called paternalism. Feng Xiaochen said, "Beihua Machinery is making equipment for Qingdong Province this time, and the delayed construction period can be made by Qingdong Province to give up the claim through government relations." If we are going to produce equipment for foreign merchants in the future, will we have to pay the bills in this way? If our enterprises do not learn to take responsibility for their own actions, how can we go to the international market?"
"Listen to what you mean, should the Beihua machine be severely punished?" Meng Fanze asked tentatively.
Feng Xiaochen said: "How is this possible? Even you said just now that this is impossible, how can the state let such a large enterprise as Beihua Machinery go bankrupt?"
Meng Fanze spread his hands: "Then what else?"
Feng Xiaochen said: "The Heavy Equipment Office plans to send an investigation team to Beihua Machinery to investigate the cause of this quality accident, clarify the person responsible, and then take corresponding measures." ”
"In the event of such a thing, it is necessary to send an investigation team. Meng Fanze said, he looked at Feng Xiaochen again, and asked, "What, do you want to participate in this investigation team?"
Feng Xiaochen said: "I think Director Luo meant, it seems that he hopes that I can participate." This is not to say that other comrades are unable to complete this task, but that my method of dealing with problems is more tempered by Director Luo, and some other comrades are easy to be muddy, and turn big things into small things and small things, and finally they can't do it. If I were to go instead, even if the state could not sit idly by and watch the Beihua Machinery go bankrupt, I would still be able to find a way to make Cheng Yuanding bankrupt, right? The current obstacle is that I am no longer a person in the rearmament office, and it is not appropriate to work in the name of the rearmament office. ”
"Hehe, so you're coming to me?" Meng Fanze only understood Feng Xiaochen's intention at this time, and couldn't help but pretend to be angry and said, "If there is no such thing, have you forgotten about me, an old man?"
"How can you. Feng Xiaochen said obediently, "Actually, the main reason why I came to see you was that Xiaodi boiled some tea eggs, so I had to bring you a few to try them." No, I brought it. ”
Meng Fanze glanced at the small aluminum lunch box that Feng Xiaochen had placed on his desk when he entered the door, smiled, and didn't try to expose Feng Xiaochen's nonsense, but frowned and thought about it, and said: "Xiao Feng, not to mention what name you participated in this investigation team, this matter is another matter that offends people, if you participate and put forward some important opinions, I am afraid that you will get into trouble again." Director Zhang and Director Luo sent you to study at the Academy of Social Sciences just to keep you out of the limelight, why are they pushing you to the forefront now?"
"It's not that they're pushing me, it's that I'm not going to go. Feng Xiaochen explained, "I initiated the matter of letting Beihua Machine sign the guarantee letter back then, and now there is a problem in the matter of the guarantee, so naturally it should be handled by me." Since I am not a member of the Rearmament Office, it is not appropriate for me to come forward in the name of the Rearmament Office, so I wonder if it is possible to let the Rearmament Office send a letter to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to allow me to participate in the form of secondment, which can be regarded as justifiable. ”
"It's too obvious that the Heavy Equipment Office directly sent a letter to borrow a graduate student to participate in the investigation team. If it's borrowing a researcher...... Hey, why didn't I think of this solution?" Meng Fanze's face showed some joy, and he said, "Isn't it reasonable to ask the Heavy Equipment Office to invite Professor Shen to come forward, and you will go with you as Professor Shen's disciple?"