When the bus drove into the new factory of COSCO Shipping, the first thing I saw was a sea of red scarves. At least five or six hundred schoolchildren, dressed in brand new clothes and waving small flags, lined up in the parking lot.

In front of the elementary school students, there are more than a dozen middle school girls in beautiful school uniforms, their stockings are covered with plaid skirts, a bit like the style of female students in the Republic of China, although they do not show their skin, but they also light up the environment.

This time, without Su Cheng saying anything, several young foreigners ran to the door in a hurry, waiting to go down to watch the scenery.

Jensen has been in China for a long time, and hurriedly said: "I remember your training before you go to China, you must respect Chinese cultural traditions and beliefs, and after getting off the bus, don't do superfluous actions, this is China, there is no place to hire a lawyer!"

Only the deterrent effect of the last sentence was sufficient, and the engineer in front of the door smiled and said: "We know, just see." ”

Su Cheng took a deep breath, waited for the car door to open, and went down first.

"Director Su. He Yuwei arrived earlier and was stunned when she saw Su Cheng.

He Chengjun's Taoism was much taller than her, his face did not change in the slightest, and he greeted Su Cheng with his eyes, on the surface, he just shook his gloves, and those who didn't know thought that the two did not know each other.

It's also a trick that makes it difficult for everyone to know they're familiar with it.

Sioux smiled and continued to walk down. The leaders of COSCO Shipping and the Tianjin Municipal Government lined up in a long line, and they had to shake hands one by one.

So, Sioux City shook hands with the mayor first, and then with the deputy general manager. Then shake hands with the deputy mayor, then shake hands with the second deputy general manager, and then shake hands with the second deputy mayor......

walked over step by step, and shook hands twenty or thirty times before it was over.

Subsequently, leaders at all levels received experts in a pre-designed order. He Yuwei accompanied Su Cheng, and He Chengjun and others all went to the foreign experts. Speaks English in half-baked English. Those who don't know English speak through the interpreter, all kinds of greetings and compliments, as if the superior leaders have come to visit.

These engineers have never experienced such treatment. Like a marionette, he was able to support someone, and it took a long time before he could speak smoothly. However, people learn to enjoy it very quickly. Especially the long-trained sycophant kung fu, although it is filmed in English, it has become a bit of a skewer, but the skewered sycophant is still a sycophant, and after a while, the hair of the 11 engineers has been smoothed out.

Su Cheng was speechless for a while, and he was also a little admired. is also a controller, Sioux City used coercion on the bus, and although the foreign engineer gave in, he was probably uncomfortable. Now. COSCO Shipping uses a sycophant method, although it requires a little psychological construction, the cost is extremely low, and foreign engineers are still comfortable in their hearts......

This kind of method. Su Cheng thought he could think of it, but he couldn't do it.

The only thing that made him a little unhappy was the welcome team of primary and secondary school students. Su Cheng saw that some of the children were already standing sleepy, and couldn't help whispering to He Yuwei: "It's ugly to let the children in these schools go back." ”

He Yuwei knew his thoughts at a glance. defended: "This is not what we COSCO Shipping, it was sent by the municipal government, and the leaders of the local education bureau are there." In order to pull our COSCO Shipping joint venture project, the municipal government is also pouring out its nest, which can be regarded as a regular way to welcome. ”

Sioux City let out an "um" and didn't say anything more. In fact, including the mayor, none of these officials at the department level and deputy department level are willing to bow their heads. It is better to serve foreign experts for the sake of the factory than to serve the superior leaders for the official position, and let the primary school students line up to welcome them, which can only be said to be a bad rule.

He Yuwei obeyed the order and left, she was not good at forcing orders, and she had to use various explanations, Su Cheng was too lazy to pay attention, and when she looked back, all the foreign experts got in the car.

All the same Audi 100, two experts on a car, loose and surprisingly loose. In 1989, this kind of pomp and circumstance was much more beautiful and decent than BMW Brilliance, and naturally there were many difficulties. Su Cheng also knew with his chin that COSCO Shipping, which had just started to build a new factory, could not buy a slip of Audi, and could only be borrowed by the government......

"It's not easy!" Su Cheng thought of the investment promotion policy in the late 90s, and looked sympathetically at the officials of the city government, who would have to stay up for another 20 years before they could see the dawn of civil servants. Today's municipal government officials are not only less wealthy than individuals, but also have less social status than state-owned enterprises, so their work intensity and work pressure are naturally greater.

He Chengjun's secretary ran to call Su Cheng into the last Audi 100, then ran to the passenger seat and motioned to drive. Other COSCO officials and government officials did not have such treatment, and models such as Santana and Volvo have surpassed the category of mid-range cars, and a large number of Eastern European cars and imported cars from the 60s are the mainstream.

With the start of the convoy, the welcome group of elementary and middle school students was evacuated one after another, and Su Cheng breathed a soft sigh through the window, he was powerless to change the situation, and could only affect the people around him as much as possible.

"Can't get used to it?" He Chengjun suddenly spoke, he is a very discerning person, 30 years of state-owned enterprise career, erased his technical cells, and exercised his political vision.

Su Cheng said simply: "I just don't think it's necessary, a few American engineers, although they are valuable, are not so valuable." ”

In Su Dong's eyes, these foreign engineers may be small people. However, COSCO Shipping has a dark eye for offshore oil equipment, and whether the joint venture plant can be completed or not, whether the technology can be obtained, in the end, does not depend on these engineers. He Chengjun said, sighing as if it were true or false, and said: "I heard that Changning Infrastructure signed a contract with Japan's Ito Trading. If it weren't for the help of Director Su, we at COSCO Shipping would have been in danger this time. ”

"There is no formal contract yet, there are still opportunities. ”

"I also want to ask Su Dong to continue to bother. He Chengjun bent down in the car and saluted.

Su Cheng hurriedly held him up with his hand and said, "Our Dahua Industrial and COSCO Shipping are a partnership, and we are both prosperous. The improvement of COSCO Shipping's engineering level is also of great benefit to us, so. Say thank you and don't have to. ”

"You can't just say thank you. What I promised, I will accomplish. The battle of the offshore drilling platform will be carried out as soon as we go back, and the offshore drilling platform in the Chengdao Oilfield is also our priority work. When He Chengjun said this, he soothed his tone and said, "I saw the telegram yesterday. I said there were 12 engineers, but I only saw 11 of them. ”

Actually, he just asked casually.

Sioux City didn't take it seriously. To put it mildly, "Well, there was one that I fired." ”

However, this sentence fell on He Chengjun's ears. It was like thunder, and he immediately sat up straight and said in disbelief, "What!

"Well, I drank heavily during working hours, and I not only fired him, but I also asked Haliburton to fire him. ”

"This ...... This...... This ......" He Chengjun's eyebrows twitched. If it weren't for Sioux City, he would have started cursing by now.

Su Cheng then explained it from the beginning.

Even so, He Chengjun was not satisfied, hated that iron could not be made of steel, and said: "He wants to drink." Just let him drink it, and spit out the truth after drinking, right? We don't let him be a worker, he just sits in the office and fills one box of Moutai a day. As long as you can write me a book of experimental parameters, I will buy it for him at my own salary. Su Dong, think about it, how difficult it is for us to talk about technology with Haliburton. People want money, they want patents. If you want a share of technology, you also want us to let the market and make them pay dollars...... However, as long as we serve these foreign experts well, not all these efforts will be saved. ”

"It is impossible for foreign experts to say everything, some patented technologies or something, before Haliburton comes, must be clear. Su Cheng reluctantly pleaded out.

He Chengjun shook his head again and said bitterly: "They are disciplined, it doesn't matter, there will always be times when they are undisciplined." Let me tell you, back then, we were engaged in technology with the Soviet Union, and the one we served was called a good one, and the discipline of the Soviet Union was much better than that of the American imperialists, and if you poured two bottles of two pots, you can always get two sentences......"

Su Cheng had nothing to say, bowed his head and said, "I was wrong, I'll get that drunkard back." ”

"No, so as not to startle the snake. He Chengjun really regarded it as a war, and said seriously: "Didn't you just say that there are two foreign experts drinking? ”

Su Cheng told him, and said: "FPSO is actually nothing complicated, the difficulties are in engineering, you don't need to spoil them too much." Haliburton put half of the money, and if it doesn't get results, Haliburton will be in a hurry. ”

"It's a little bit to be able to steal a little. He Chengjun suddenly revealed his face as a small farmer.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After a few words of gossip, seeing that the car was about to arrive at the new factory, He Chengjun said softly: "We asked some people why Ito Trading Company was able to build a joint venture with Changning Infrastructure. ”

"Why?"

"Ito Trading Company is building a joint venture air-conditioning plant in the Long March Factory in China, and Changning Infrastructure forced the Long March Factory to give in, and the equity alone gave up 10%, and the production line with an annual output of 150,000 pieces of air conditioning is equivalent to a profit of 15,000 pieces, and it is a ...... year after year" He Chengjun shook his head and said: "The people I said are blushing. ”

"How about it in the media?"

"It's such a big thing, there's no evidence to say anything. Newspapers won't publish it. ”

Su Cheng's eyes flickered over the faces of Su Dongyuan and Su Zhenguo. This matter is dominated by Su Xing, and his energy is definitely not enough to complete such a big deal, however, it is not very likely that Su Zhenguo will participate, after all, it is his son's in-laws.

Su Cheng continued to think deeply, secretly thinking: it is definitely not possible to attack the joint venture, and it is easy to implicate COSCO Shipping. It is also inappropriate to attack Ito Trading Company and is a direct violation of national policy. There is no evidence of black-box trading...... Then, you can only start indirectly......

Thinking of this, Su Cheng asked softly: "Long March Factory, is there anything inappropriate?"

He Chengjun was taken aback and said, "Let's not have infighting." ”

"Don't be so serious, just delay them for a while with some detailed issues that affect the joint venture. For example, the placement and diversion of personnel, the ownership of brands, etc., we will discuss it in the newspapers, and we will just create some trouble for the merger of Ito Trading Company. ”

He Chengjun hesitated: "What's the use of delaying for a month or two?"

"It's good to find a way when the time comes. "Sioux City won't tell the truth this time.

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