The officials present all knew Feng Xiaochen, and they also knew that the general manager of the equipment company had a high status in the minds of the leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission, and belonged to the big killer in the hands of the National Development and Reform Commission, which could often be used to solve some thorny problems. This time, Han Hong grandly launched Feng Xiaochen, obviously planning to set up a big game again, and everyone couldn't help but have a sense of expectation.

"Minister Qiu just said that the new large-scale oil refineries we have built are using construction funds provided by Middle Eastern oil countries. Since the commissioning of these refineries, the production has been doing well, and the profits and taxes paid so far have been equivalent to 70% of the investment. In addition, these refineries have also provided a large number of cheap domestic refined oil products for various sectors of the national economy, saved a lot of foreign exchange for the country, and reduced production costs for enterprises, which should also be counted in the refinery's income. Taking into account the various revenues, it can be said that the investment invested by the NDRC in the construction of these refineries has been fully recovered. Even if this is a trap set up for us by others, we have already come out of the trap, and there is no problem that we cannot unravel. Feng Xiaochen first reported to everyone.

"You mean to say that these factories can close their doors now?" Qiu Jianxing choked angrily.

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "The worst case is just to close the door, and this investment can at least be regarded as not losing money or making money." ”

"Hmph!" Qiu Jianxing could only use a nasal voice to express his dissatisfaction. Feng Xiaochen's words were a bit of a trick, but he really couldn't refute it. I borrowed money from abroad, built a factory, and now the money is all earned back, the country has no loss, and three factories have been left in vain, what can you say?

Feng Xiaochen's purpose was to disgust Qiu Jianxing, and when he saw that the old man was silent, he turned his head and said to the officials: "What I said just now was actually just a joke. How can these factories be closed down with advanced technology and abundant production capacity? At present, the import price of crude oil in the Middle East is $45 per barrel, and our refining is still profitable. Even if oil prices rise to $60 in the second half of the year, it is impossible for us to close refineries as long as the various sectors of the national economy need refined oil. ”

"If the international crude oil price can not be suppressed, then the international price of refined oil will definitely rise, our own refining is still cheaper than imported refined oil, and even through the export of refined oil to make profits. Therefore, there is no problem with the construction of these three refineries. Wang Zhenbin made a note for Feng Xiaochen, and by the way, he also added a spade of soil to Qiu Jianxing's grave.

Feng Xiaochen nodded to Wang Zhenbin in agreement with his words, and continued: "In fact, when we introduced Middle Eastern funds to build these three refineries a few years ago, we already considered the risk of rising international crude oil prices. At that time, the leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission had a far-sighted plan and spent tens of billions of yuan to support the research and development of oil substitution technologies in a very tight financial situation, just to cope with today's situation. Now, I can tell you that our country's coal-to-liquids technology is relatively mature and has the ability to replace oil to a certain extent, which is our hole card in bargaining with the Middle East oil tyrants. ”

"What? coal-to-liquid!"

Most of the officials present were wide-eyed, and only a few officials who had some knowledge of the situation in advance were calm. The official from the Ministry of Finance asked in surprise:

"Mr. Feng, the coal-to-liquid project has also been supported by our Ministry of Finance. However, I've heard that the cost of coal-to-liquid has been high, so it's not economically viable, so what's the matter, have you brought the cost under control now?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "We have indeed reduced the cost by more than half, but compared to the price of crude oil, it is still on the high side, and there are still problems with the economics of coal-to-liquid. However, if the price of oil continues to rise to $60, the cost of coal-to-liquid will be relatively cheaper, and it will be more economical to use coal-to-liquid than to import crude oil. ”

"In other words, your equipment companies are most looking forward to the increase in oil prices. Xu Zhenbo, director of the Ministry of Commerce, said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Director Xu thinks of us too selfishly. Feng Xiaochen pretended to be unhappy and said, in fact, he and Xu Zhenbo were also old friends, and he knew that what the other party said was just a joke. "We're just preparing for it," he explains. If oil prices don't rise, we can start coal-to-liquid projects to replace imported oil. With such a hole card, when the prices of those countries in the Middle East are going to rise, they also need to weigh and weigh. ”

"I see. The official of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission smiled, "I'll just say, how could such a wise person as Director Han of the National Development and Reform Commission fall into the trap set by others." It turned out that Director Han had already had a layout, but he put others in it. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at Qiu Jianxing's face, this Nima is the slap in the face of Hongguoguo. Qiu Jianxing's mouth opened, wanting to say something tough to fight back, but he couldn't find a suitable explanation, the most important thing is that he found that no one in the audience was on his side, even if he had more truth, it would be useless if no one cheered him. Knowing this, Qiu Jianxing didn't want to stay any longer, he stood up angrily, didn't greet everyone, pushed away the chair behind him, and walked out of the conference room.

Wang Zhenbin was in charge of presiding over the meeting, and when he saw this, he hurriedly caught up and asked in a low voice: "Minister Qiu, what, do you have other things?"

"That's right, I still have a meeting, so I'll go first!" Qiu Jianxing put down a sentence and strode towards the door. Wang Zhenbin took the first step to help him open the door, and then everyone watched the old man leave with gloating eyes.

"Alas, Minister Qiu is ......," someone muttered in a low voice, but the rest of the words did not come out.

China's economy is developing so fast that it is not uncommon for officials like Qiu Jianxing to think too hard to keep up with economic development. Some officials may have a better understanding of the field they are in charge of, but they are relatively unfamiliar with other fields, and some of them even stayed more than a decade or even decades ago.

In fact, it's not just officials, many social elites are still very open-minded when they are young, and they can also accept new affairs, and when they have a certain status and are busy with all kinds of entertainment, the opportunity and ability to accept new information will decline. They tend to look at today's world in terms of some of the ideas they had when they were young, but they don't know that today's world is completely different from what it used to be.

Many old jokes in the circle of friends in later generations can still be spread by the directors and directors with relish, which is the reason. Compared with the young people born in the 90s and 00s, the post-80s are already old men and old ladies......

Han Hong stopped everyone's whispered discussion about Qiu Jianxing's departure, and brought the conversation back to the point, saying: "Regardless of whether international oil prices will rise or not, we have already decided to start the coal-to-liquid project. In the initial stage, the cost of coal-to-liquid will definitely be greater than that of oil, but with the expansion of the scale of construction, the technology will become more mature, and the cost of equipment can also be greatly reduced, and the cost of coal-to-liquid may fall to the same as the oil price, or even lower than the oil price. Our current consideration is to use coal-to-liquid technology as a lever to force OPEC and China to sign an agreement to cap oil prices. If OPEC refuses our request......"

"It's very simple, we will make the coal-to-liquid technology the price of cabbage and make OPEC completely bankrupt. Feng Xiaochen said lightly.

"Let OPEC go bankrupt, that's what you Feng always dare to say. Xu Zhenbo smacked his tongue and said. As an official who has been engaged in foreign trade for a long time, he knows how bullish OPEC is. In today's world, with oil in hand, you can do whatever you want. But the Feng Xiaochen in front of him actually released the wild words that made OPEC bankrupt, is this too confident, or is the hole card hard enough?

Feng Xiaochen didn't care about Xu Zhenbo's evaluation, he said: "Director Xu, I hope that the Ministry of Commerce can make an appointment with OPEC personnel as soon as possible, saying that we need to determine with them the issue of ensuring the supply of crude oil in the coming period, including both the supply quantity of crude oil and the supply price." ”

"Is this meeting mainly on Mr. Feng's side?" asked Xu Zhenbo.

"Yes, this meeting is mainly for us, and the Ministry of Commerce has provided us with some cooperation. We need to inform each other of our thoughts, which can be regarded as a salute before a soldier. Feng Xiaochen said.

Xu Zhenbo nodded: "Okay then, I'll arrange this matter." However, I have to report to Director Han in advance, since it is a negotiation between the equipment company and OPEC, we are only responsible for arranging the time and place of the negotiation, and we dare not guarantee the outcome of the negotiation. ”

Han Hong understood what Xu Zhenbo meant, and said: "Let Xiao Feng talk about this matter, Director Xu will help check the foreign affairs policy." If Xiao Feng and the others can't negotiate, then your Ministry of Commerce will negotiate, and the conditions for negotiation can be determined by you. ”

Xu Zhenbo said with a bitter face: "If Mr. Feng and they don't negotiate, if we talk about it again, I'm afraid we will be passive." However, I still have a lot of confidence in Mr. Feng's negotiation ability, and I think everyone thinks the same way, right?"

As he spoke, he glanced around the crowd, and everyone nodded in agreement. Feng Xiaochen has long been notorious, everyone knows that he is the best at dealing with foreign businessmen, and he has repeatedly been able to highlight surprise soldiers and make foreign businessmen have to submit.

Feng Xiaochen smiled at everyone, and then said, "If we want to sing this scene well, we still need your help." In this regard, SASAC hopes that several large petrochemical equipment companies can go all out to cooperate with us to complete the construction of coal-to-liquid projects. On the Treasury side, we may need some financial support. There is also the Ministry of Science and Technology, can you cooperate with us to complete some major technical research tasks......"

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