According to the bankruptcy liquidation agreement, Pibei City took over the permanent magnet material development laboratory of Riyadha Group in Jiangzhou City, Jiangxi Province, including a three-acre courtyard, a two-storey small building with both office functions and experimental purposes, a simple factory building, some experimental equipment, research materials and achievements in the past three years, and more than 30 members of the laboratory, including three Chinese scientists in the United States

At the beginning of December 2001, Zhao Changfeng, accompanied by Gao Shengqiang, executive vice mayor of Pibei City, drove to Jiangzhou City, a famous rare earth base in western Jiangxi Province, to inspect the permanent magnet material development laboratory.

After staying in the hotel, Zhao Changfeng simply washed up, and immediately couldn't wait for Fang Zhonghai to drive to the permanent magnet material development laboratory on the outskirts of Jiangzhou City.

The big iron door of the laboratory was tightly closed, Bao Xiaofei stepped forward and rang the doorbell, and a few minutes later, the small door on the big iron door opened, and an old man with white hair and a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a clear face walked out.

"You ......" the old man looked at Bao Xiaofei with a puzzled expression.

"Dr. Zhang, I'm Gao Shengqiang, the deputy mayor of Bibei City, and we've met in Hong Kong." Gao Shengqiang stepped forward to introduce, "This is Zhao Changfeng, the magistrate of Yuehai County, and I came here this time to learn about the situation of the laboratory." ”

"Oh, Mayor Gao, I remembered." A faint smile appeared on Dr. Zhang Yanhua's face, he is the head of the permanent magnet materials laboratory, and he met Gao Shengqiang at the headquarters of the Riyadha Group in Hong Kong two days ago. Zhao Changfeng enthusiastically stretched out his hands and grabbed Dr. Zhang's hand and said, "Dr. Zhang, hello! I'm presumptuous to come here this time, and I'm sorry for your trouble. ”

Zhang Yanhua didn't expect that the young county magistrate Zhao in front of him would be so enthusiastic. It has been almost three years since he returned to the mainland from the United States, and he has seen the faces of many mainland officials, not to mention a county magistrate or a township chief, whose nostrils are eager to rise to the sky. Let's take Liu Chi, secretary of the Bibei Municipal Party Committee, who met in Hong Kong two days ago, Zhang Yanhua enthusiastically introduced the development prospects of NdFeB permanent magnet materials to the new boss of the laboratory, Secretary Liu Chi. But in exchange for a few hums in Liu Chi's nostrils, coldly, like a pig's head in front of the statue of Wutong.

But the county magistrate Xiao Zhao in front of him is obviously different from that Secretary Liu. His attitude is both sincere and cordial, obviously from the bottom of his heart, and the intimacy of those officials who pretend to be close to the people from the fake disguise, Zhang Yanhua has lived for more than 60 years and has seen a lot of wind and rain, these things can still be distinguished.

"County Magistrate Zhao is polite!" A smile appeared on Zhang Yanhua's clear face. "Wait until I open the door and drive the car in." As he spoke, he took out the key and went to open the door.

Zhao Changfeng looked strange from the side. He said loudly: "Dr. Zhang, where is the laboratory doorman?" ”

"It's long gone." Zhang Yanhua shook his head while unlocking the lock and said: "Riyadh Group has been bankrupt for ** months. Most of the staff at the lab site have left. ”

Originally. Because after the bankruptcy of the Riyadh Group. The domestic employees of the laboratory saw that the situation was not good. Most of them chose to scatter birds and beasts. Stay in the lab and hold on. In addition to Zhang Yanhua and three other Chinese scientists in the United States. There were only two or three experimenters who couldn't find a place to go for a while. However, even these two or three experimenters also fished for three days and dried their nets for two days. It's rare to show up once in the lab. In fact, only three Chinese scientists in the United States, including Zhang Yanhua, took turns to look after their homes in the laboratory.

Bao Xiaofei waited for Zhang Yanhua to unlock the lock. He rushed to push the door open. Let Fang Zhonghai drive the car in.

Zhao Changfeng followed Zhang Yanhua into the compound. Found the compound very clean and tidy. Apparently it was cleaned every day. This made Zhao Changfeng very surprised. Zhao Changfeng has seen those bankrupt factories. It's only been a month since it went bankrupt. The factory was overgrown with weeds. A desolate and dilapidated appearance. The Riyadh Group has been bankrupt for ** months. The lab compound is still so clean and tidy. That's it alone. has already touched Zhao Changfeng's center of the earth.

put Zhao Changfeng and Gao Shengqiang into the office. Zhang Yanhua was about to pour water. Bao Xiaofei had already taken the lead and poured a few glasses of water and brought them over.

Zhao Changfeng was let on the sofa by Zhang Yanhua. See that the office is also clean and tidy. In pristine condition. I have a little more good feeling in my heart.

"Dr. Zhang, how many people are there in the lab now?" Zhao Changfeng asked.

"It's just me and two old friends who come every day, and two or three young people who come once or twice a week." Zhang Yanhua said: "There are five or six people. ”

"Then the sanitary ...... of this compound," Zhao Changfeng pointed out the window.

"Oh, it's all me and my two old friends who do it ourselves, so it's kind of exercise." Zhang Yanhua laughed freely.

A three-acre compound, coupled with simple factory buildings, office buildings, and laboratory buildings, the burden of cleaning is not easy. It is not easy for these three old scientists to clean such a large area.

Zhao Changfeng was very emotional, and asked again: "Dr. Zhang, it has been almost a year since the bankruptcy of Riyadha Group, and so many employees have left, why do you stay here?" ”

The expression on Zhang Yanhua's face darkened, and after a long time, he said: "Unwilling, I'm unwilling!" ”

"Unwilling, why?" Zhao Changfeng asked.

Zhang Yanhua was silent for a while, and then said: "Our Huaxia country is a big country in rare earth resources, and the reserves of rare earths account for 80% of the world's total reserves. But in fact, the right to speak on the pricing of rare earth resources is in the hands of the Americans, Japanese, and Europeans, but the Chinese people who have huge resources have no say in the pricing of rare earth resources. ”

Zhao Changfeng's mood also became heavy. What Dr. Zhang Yanhua said is indeed the truth, and things in this world are so strange. All products that are in great demand in Huaxia, such as oil, iron ore, and potash fertilizer, are in the hands of international monopoly organizations and international speculators, and Huaxia has no right to speak at all. I can understand and endure this when I think about it. But what is unbearable is that it is obviously Huaxia that monopolizes the reserves of certain resources in the world, and other countries in the world cannot do without Huaxia's resources, but Huaxia also does not have the slightest say in the pricing of these resources. For example, tungsten ore, such as coke, and rare earths at the moment, it is breathtaking to think about this situation.