Coming back from the Pengyue Hotel, Shen Huai read a book in his residence for a while, and then heard the sound of a car engine going out outside the yard, he put down the book in his hand, listened to the movement outside, and didn't know who would come to the door late at night.

"Pap, papa, pap", listening to the knock on the courtyard door, Shen Huai walked out of the living room and asked outside the courtyard, "Who?"

"Secretary Shen, hello, it's me Zeng Zhirong, don't disturb Secretary Shen so late to rest, right?" Zeng Zhirong's voice came from across the door.

Shen Huai said in his heart, walked over and opened the courtyard gate, and saw Zeng Zhirong, who had just been separated from the hotel for less than half an hour, standing at the gate of the courtyard with a lockbox, and he didn't know who Zeng Zhirong borrowed the car from, so he parked opposite the courtyard gate, and there was no one else in the car, so he could see that Zeng Zhirong was driving alone, and it was really difficult for him to touch here.

"It's so late, Mr. Zeng still has a lot of fun?" Shen Huai asked with a smile, and he was not busy inviting Zeng Zhirong in.

"Today in Pengyue said that it was a thank you banquet, but Secretary Shen, you can't express our hearts for your help to Hengyang, no matter how much you thank you," Zeng Zhirong said, "Although I was forced to be helpless before, it did cause some interference to Xiapu County and Secretary Shen's work, so why do you have to come over to express your gratitude and apologies alone......

Shen Huai's eyes fell on the heavy lockbox in Zeng Zhirong's right hand, and said sincerely: "Mr. Zeng, you were in the hotel just now, and you have prepared a gift for everyone to thank you, and we have all received it." If you come here with two bottles of wine, you can come in and we'll have a drink and chat, but your lockbox, no matter what's in it, I let you in, I can't tell you about it. Is this good, you put the box back in the car first, and then I'll make tea and serve the guests......"

"I really don't mean anything else to Secretary Shen, our Hengyang turned around at the threshold of life and death, if it weren't for Secretary Shen's righteous help, Hengyang wouldn't have been able to cross this level......;

"The problem with Hengyang is on our side, and the county has the obligation to correct it. Mr. Zeng didn't mind this and was willing to make friends with us, and I was very happy. However, if Mr. Zeng really doesn't want to treat me as a friend, then he can only apologize and forgive me for not being a guest. Shen Huai said.

Seeing Shen Huai blocking the gate of the courtyard, with an undeniable insistence on his face, Zeng Zhirong had no choice but to put the lockbox full of brand-new banknotes back in the car first.

Shen Huai invited Zeng Zhirong into the living room to sit down, Kou Xuan said that he was a nanny, but after playing with Xiao Li in Xucheng for these days, he probably forgot about it, and when a guest came, he could only go to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

Zeng Zhirong looked at the layout in the living room, and the book was elegant.

There was a dictionary and a foreign book on the coffee table, and it could be seen that Shen Huai was reading foreign books with the dictionary after he came back.

A gold leaf given by Hengyang Ship as a gift at the thank-you banquet today was given to Shen Huai as a bookmark and sandwiched in the page, Zeng Zhirong would not risk losing sight of what book Shen Huai was reading, but spread out the page and left it blank, densely filled with Chinese annotations.

Shen Huai brewed tea and brought it out.

Zeng Zhirong said with a smile: "Secretary Shen came back so late, and he didn't forget to study?"

Shen Huai and Zeng Zhirong have been in contact two or three times before and after, and the affairs of Hengyang Ship are mainly solved by Zhao Tianming and Xu Jian, so they have no opportunity to have in-depth conversations.

He saw Zeng Zhirong looking at the foreign books on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "This is a Japanese book on lean manufacturing management, many domestic manufacturing companies are lacking in this regard, and there is no translation in China, so I try to translate it every day." ”

Shen Huai didn't mention the pure gold ornament that was used as a bookmark for him.

This leaf-shaped pure gold ornament is a gift prepared by Hengyang Ship for everyone attending the banquet today, fifteen or sixteen grams, which is a relatively expensive gift in ninety-six years, but it is not a touch line.

It can be seen that Zeng Zhirong is still very knowledgeable in gift-giving, and he knows a sense of proportion.

Shen Huai also knows that when the water is clear, there is no fish, and when he encounters this kind of occasion, he will not sweep everyone's interest, so he will accept it as a small gift, otherwise every time he goes out to drink with Zhou Zhibai, Yang Haipeng, Song Hongjun and others, he will open a bottle of foreign wine for tens of thousands, can he still follow AA?

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Zeng Zhirong was a technician in Yangchengguo Construction Shipyard for 80 years, and later resigned with three colleagues to go to sea, starting from a contracted shipyard, and earned a net worth of tens of millions in more than ten years.

The two of them did not mention the matter of gift-giving, and discussed the issue of lean manufacturing management.

After the liberation of China, the use of 30 or 40 years, mainly state-owned enterprises, initially formed a relatively perfect industrial system, after the reform and opening up, the private manufacturing industry has a space to sprout and grow, but it is until the present in 96 years, whether it is state-owned, collective, or private manufacturing industry, there are still all kinds of defects in production management, which appears extensive.

Starting from Meigang, Shen Huai mainly focused on the problem of fine and lean production, and even implemented this spirit into the construction of the factory, so that the construction period of Meigang No. 2 Plant, the per capita steel output after it was put into operation, and other data were much higher than those of the Birmingham Steelmaking Plant under the control of West Youmins Industrial Group.

The reasons for the gap are the collectivist concept of strong obedience and discipline of domestic workers and the strong individualism of British workers, which also reflects that the management level of Meigang is not below that of international first-class steel enterprises.

Without this core factor, it would be impossible for West Youmins Industrial Group and Feiqi Industry to cooperate with Meigang to have such a large cooperation.

Zeng Zhirong also has a deep study and feeling of production management, he rushed over late at night, and planned to leave the lockbox to leave, but he didn't think of the problem of lean production, and he couldn't stop talking about dawn.

Zeng Zhirong's entourage who stayed in the hotel thought that something was wrong with him outside and called to ask.

The sky was white, Shen Huai still had a meeting in the morning, and he needed to sleep for a while, Zeng Zhirong got up to say goodbye, took the lockbox that was not sent out, and drove back to Pengyue International Hotel.

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Back to Pengyue International Hotel, it was only half past five, the sky was blue and white, it was the coolest moment of the day in the hot summer, Zeng Zhirong did not feel sleepy, opened the window, poured a cup of pure water, stood outside the window, and looked at the scenery outside.

Pengyue International Hotel, Hengyang Ship and his party are arranged in the top floor room of the new building on the west side of the Meixi River, the luxury suite where Zeng Zhirong lives, you can overlook the magnificent scenery of the Meixi River entering the Zhu River from the window, in the large metasequoia forest, the reeds are luxuriant, the river is hanging clouds, and you can see the blurred shoreline wharf of Pingjiang City on the other side of the Zhu River.

Not long after Zeng Zhirong returned to the room, Wei Changlin knocked on the door and came in, saw that the lockbox was placed on the coffee table, and lifted it, it was heavy, obviously the contents were not sent out, and asked: "Is it too little to delay for so long and not send it out?"

Zeng Zhirong founded Hengyang Shipping for 12 years, Wei Changlin is his most important partner, three years older than him, just over 50 this year, and is also the second largest shareholder of Hengyang Shipping, naturally knowing that it contains 2 million cash.

Due to physical reasons, Wei Changlin has not been involved in daily management much in recent years, and has been hidden behind the scenes. However, the dispute with the Xiapu County Shipping Company involves the survival of Hengyang Ship.

Hengyang Shipping has been developing for 12 years and has accumulated hundreds of millions of assets, but the arrears of two 5,000-ton coal carriers and Xiapu Shipping Company involve more than 30 million yuan, plus another 10,000-ton container ship under construction, which almost broke the capital chain of Hengyang.

In less than two months, more than 30 million ship payments returned to Hengyang's account in time, which made Hengyang relieved.

Although the matter was successfully resolved, Hengyang Ship also successfully passed the biggest crisis since its establishment, this time taking the opportunity of handing over the ship to hold a thank-you banquet, Wei Changlin also came over with Zeng Zhirong to meet with the people of Meigang.

Of course, the matter has been solved, there was no promise before, and Hengyang Shipping did not need to prepare such a heavy gift, but on the one hand, considering that Shen Huai did help solve the survival crisis of Hengyang this time, and on the other hand, it was also considering that the soon-to-be-established Xinpu Shipping Group would be a potential big customer of Hengyang Shipping, Zeng Zhirong discussed with Wei Changlin, it was still necessary to send a generous gift to Shen Huai.

The 30 million ship money was successfully returned to the account, and it was not a small amount to take 2 million out to give back, but after so many years in business, it is not that he has never seen more greedy officials, Wei Changlin saw Zeng Zhirong return with the box intact, and thought that Shen Huai was too little so he refused to accept it.

"I didn't have a chance to send it out at all," Zeng Zhirong said, "but I discussed management issues, and before I knew it, the sky was dawning......

Wei Changlin and Zeng Zhirong started from Yangchengguo Construction Shipyard, and they have been partners for 20 years, so they naturally know what Zeng Zhirong's words mean, not because Shen Huai has any scruples, because they don't trust each other enough and don't feel at ease enough, so they didn't accept this gift, but Zeng Zhirong didn't have the opportunity to give this gift at all.

Wei Changlin was not particularly surprised, they have been in business for many years, and the shipping companies they have come into contact with are still mainly state-owned and collective, so they naturally have to contact a large number of local or state-owned enterprise officials.

Among these officials, there are those who are insatiable, and there are also those who attach importance to their careers and are more restrained, but it is quite surprising that Zeng Zhirong stayed with Shen Huai for four or five hours, and they were all talking about management.

There are a total of four partners before and after Hengyang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, and it is not for nothing that Zeng Zhirong was finally formed with Zeng Zhirong as the core and responsible for the management of the group and became the largest shareholder.

Of course, Zeng Zhirong can casually talk to other officials for four or five hours, but talking for four or five hours in the early hours of the morning, when it is obviously not the time to talk and it seems a little rude, can only show that the topic and depth of the discussion are attractive enough for Zeng Zhirong.

Zeng Zhirong turned to look out the window, looking at the magnificent scenery of Meixi New Town on the other side of the Meixi River in the morning light, and said to Wei Changlin: "No one can succeed for no reason, this is true;