Zhu Jinli, director of the Equipment Industry Committee, is very familiar with Lin Zhenhua, last year at the Frankfurt Equipment Exhibition, the China Creceous State booth with the concept of developing industrial solutions for the country of China, won nearly 400 million US dollars in orders, a big upset. After returning to China, Zhu Jinwen was praised by the leaders of the Central Committee, which made him always have a sense of gratitude to Lin Zhenhua.

Hearing that Lin Zhenhua found his door, Zhu Jinwen specially pushed down a small meeting and waited for Lin Zhenhua and his party in the office.

"Director Zhu, take the liberty of disturbing me." Lin Zhenhua said as soon as he entered the door.

"Oh, Xiaolin, you're a rare guest, please take a seat, please take a seat." Zhu Jinwen personally walked out from behind the desk, shook hands with Lin Zhenhua, sat him down, and then greeted Wei Dongqi and Xiang Zhe: "Director Wei, let's meet again." This spoon ............"

Zhu Jinwen had dealt with Wei Dongqi in Frankfurt, so he was quite familiar with him. But Xiang Zhe is new to Hanhua Heavy Industry, and Zhu Jinwen doesn't know him at all.

"Xiang Zhe, Mr. Lin's assistant." Xiang Zhe replied dutifully.

"Xiang Zhe is Wharton's MBA." Lin Zhenhua added Xiang Zhe's identity.

"So powerful" Zhu Jinwen's eyes widened, he is not an uninformed person, what does Wharton's Peng A mean, he knows very well, "Xiaolin, you can also find such talents, there is really you." ”

Lin Zhenhua pretended to lower his voice and said: "Director Zhu, you also know that my assistant's background is hard, and now I can't control him a little, so I want to run to you and borrow your tiger skin to support me." ”

Although his words seemed to be whispered to Zhu Jinwen, the volume was enough for Wei Dongqi and Xiang Zhe to hear clearly. Xiang Zhe knew that Lin Zhenhua was going to be funny, and he didn't defend anything, just smiled slightly and watched Zhu Jinwen's reaction.

"I know that you Xiaolin has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, just say it if you have something, don't use other young men as a shield. I think your Wharton's MBA is still very simple. Zhu Jinwen laughed and broke Lin Zhenhua's lie.

"He just looks simple, and he has a lot of bellies. If I don't make some achievements, he will take my position as deputy general manager. Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, "As the old saying goes, an MBA who doesn't want to be a general manager is not a good cook." ”

Everyone laughed and got down to business. The people in this room are all smart people, jokes are jokes, and there is no need to detour too much when talking about business. Lin Zhenhua asked Zhu Jinwen to return to his seat and sit down, and then said: "Director Zhu, I do have something to ask you for help with now, in fact, you also know about this matter, that is, the oil refining equipment of the Xiya tribe in southern Sudan. ”

With that, he handed a letter to Zhu Jinwen's desk. Zhu Jinwen opened the letter and read it carefully, his brows gradually twisted into a pimple.

"From what was presented in Wahir's letter, the situation in Southern Sudan remains very complex and the threat of war is constant and present. It would be too risky to have this kind of cooperation with the Siya tribe at this time. Zhu Jinwen said.

Wahir, the industry minister of the Siya tribe in southern Sudan, spoke with Lin Zhenhua about a 500,000-tonne oil refining plant at last year's Frankfurt Equipment Fair. After Lin Zhenhua returned to China, he submitted the matter to the Ministry of Foreign Trade for approval, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade, after consulting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejected the project because the situation in southern Sudan was too complicated and involved some more sensitive international relations issues. In such matters, our country has always avoided it as much as possible.

Lin Zhenhua was also a little unsure about this project, and he still had a lot of things to do, so he didn't continue to operate. He simply informed Vahir of the Foreign Trade Ministry's reply by letter, and then put the matter behind him.

I never thought that Vasil was a very persistent person, of course, maybe it was because he had no other choice, so he held on to Lin Zhenhua's life-saving straw and refused to let go. He wrote a letter to Lin Zhenhua, in which he introduced the current difficult situation in southern Sudan and asked friends from the Creceous country to lend a helping hand to save the people of his tribe from fire and water.

In Wahir's letter, Mr. Lin learned that the dispute over oil had intensified. Both major political blocs, led by the United States and the Soviet Union, developed their own proxies on the ground, paying for guns and making local tribes kill each other. The leaders of the Xiya tribe saw through the ugly behavior of the United States and the Soviet Union and did not want to become their puppets, so they always maintained a neutral attitude. But in such troubled times, it is completely impossible to be alone. ,

Wahir told Lin Zhenhua that the tribal leaders had a special trust in the Cretaceous people, and he believed that if the Cretaceous people wanted to help them, there would be absolutely no political conditions attached, which would be conducive to their independence and self-reliance. The tribal leaders expressed the hope that the Creceous friends would provide them with this set of oil refining equipment as soon as possible, so that they could turn the oil into dollars, so that they would have enough money to buy the necessary weapons and equipment to defend their homes and property.

After reading this letter, Lin Zhenhua couldn't sit still anymore, so he had this trip to Beijing

"Xiaolin, the scale of your Hanhua Heavy Industry is not small now, you can't chew too much, like the project of the Xiya tribe, why do you have to promote it?" Zhu Jinwen persuaded him.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Director Zhu, if I say that I want to promote this project because I want to help African people get rid of poverty, do you believe it? ”

Zhu Jinwen hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really hard to say." If someone else said this, I would definitely think that he was talking big and making official articles. But if you Xiaolin said this, I really believe it. ”

"Do I look so noble?" Lin Zhenhua turned his head to look at Wei Dongqi and Xiang Zhe, and asked depressedly.

Xiang Zhe said with a smile: "Zhenhua, you do give people a very upright feeling sometimes, so it makes sense for Director Zhu to say this." ”

"I'm already upright, okay?" Lin Zhenhua confessed, then turned back to Zhu Jinwen and said, "Director Zhu, let me tell you a few reasons." First of all, I am a very internationalist person, so I am very sympathetic to the suffering of the African people, and I am very willing to help them. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Jinwen nodded, and then directly filtered out Lin Zhenhua's "First of all, the reason, he knew that the reason Lin Zhenhua said may be really chalky, but it will definitely not be the first thing."

"Secondly, the project is very profitable. Our initial offer to Vasil was $2.5 billion, and the cost was less than 80 million yuan, which is dozens of times the profit, and as soon as the profit reaches 10 times according to Marx, the capitalists will go crazy. Lin Zhenhua continued.

Zhu Jinwen smiled: "So you Xiaolin went crazy, isn't it?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "I don't deny it. You know, how much oil, coal, rare earths do we have to sell in exchange for trillions of dollars, and this set of equipment can earn 250 million, why should we refuse? What's more, this is only the amount of a set of equipment, and if the equipment is upgraded and more equipment is provided in the future, it will bring greater benefits. ”

Zhu Jinwen didn't comment, but asked, "You just said two reasons, is there a third?" ”

"Yes." Lin Zhenhua said, "This third reason is that I don't think our country can be a peacemaker in everything like this." As Vasil said, the United States and the Soviet Union are pursuing their own interests locally, so why don't we

Can you go? If our country wants to develop, the demand for oil in the future is definitely very large. If we don't lay out an oil-rich region like this in advance, other countries will delineate their spheres of influence in the future, we think

I can't get in. ”

"Regarding the third point that Mr. Lin said, I feel the same way." Xiang Zhe interjected, "Director Zhu, when I was studying for a master's degree in the United States, I felt this way. Our country

Of course, it is not wrong that China is very reasonable and principled in international affairs, and this attitude has won us a lot of praise in the developing countries. However, in the end, international relations speak by strength, and the Americans have never been

Unreasonable, but in this world, who dares to say a word about it? In a world that believes in power, it is a disadvantage to do things completely according to the rules. ”

After listening to Xiang Zhe's words, Zhu Jinwen turned his head to Wei Dongqi and asked, "Director Wei, what is your point of view?" ”

Wei Dongqi said embarrassedly: "Director Zhu, I am from the older generation, and the education we received when we were young was to coexist peacefully with other countries, not to seek hegemony, and not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. However, this time

I was with Kobayashi and them to discuss these things, and I was also infected by some of them. I don't think it's okay to be completely unreasonable like the United States. However, if you do not meddle in international affairs at all, you may also suffer. "Hehe, even your old Wei was persuaded by them, it seems that this Xiaolin, as well as this Wharton's CBA, really has a bit of incitement. Zhu Jinwen said with a smile.

"Director Zhu, do you think our reasons are sufficient?" Lin Zhenhua said.

Zhu Jinwen nodded and said: "I can't hide it, as for the three reasons you mentioned, I also discussed them when I chatted with Minister Gao and some other comrades. Everyone's opinion is very consistent with yours. ”

"Including the third point?" Lin Zhenhua asked curiously.

Zhu Jinwen said: "Of course, the third point is included. Do you think that only you young Zhuang know the philosophy of pragmatism? We old guys just eat dry food for nothing? Let me tell you, what you hear in the newspaper or on the radio is just a kind of propaganda, and in practice, our country will not be so stupid. We have to bear international obligations, but we can't do loss-making business. ”

"But ......" Lin Zhenhua wanted to speak and stopped, he remembered some unbearable cases, but he didn't know whether to talk about it on this occasion.

Zhu Jinwen said: "I know what you want to say, there are some things that we can't do without suffering losses if we want to." Our country is weak, and other people's strength is strong, so we can only choose a way to do it with the least loss, and we can't

I can not suffer at all. For example, some countries that we once supported turned against us afterwards, and this is also something that cannot be helped. At the time, you don't support them, and the result could be worse. At the end of the day, it's the cause

There are no cards to play for the country. ”

Lin Zhenhua nodded suspiciously and asked, "Director Zhu, since this is the case, can you give us some support for this project of the Xiya tribe?" ”

Zhu Jinwen asked rhetorically: "Xiaolin, the approval of the project is a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Trade, what is the matter with you finding the Machinery Committee?" ”

Lin Zhenhua poured bitter water: "Director Zhu, you don't know anything. The attitude of the Ministry of Foreign Trade has been very clear, they do not support this project, so our application report was directly returned. Now I want to re-propose this project, there must be a very hard backer, I think about it, or think that it is most appropriate to find the mechanical committee as a backer. ”

Zhu Jinwen said: "If you don't take into account the special political environment of Southern Sudan, the Machinery Committee will naturally fully support your project.

After all, this is a large-scale equipment export project, which is of great significance. However, when it comes to political and military matters, the Mechanical Committee has no say, and even the Ministry of Foreign Trade does not have much say in this matter, and the main obstacle to this matter is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you have to think about how to convince the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

Lin Zhenhua spread his hands and said, "If I have a way, why do I come to beg you, the big director?" Didn't I just expect the Machinery Committee to start from the overall situation of the development of the entire machinery industry and help us find some reasons? ”

Zhu Jinwen said: "I can provide you with this reason." If I need a letter from the mechanical commission to prove the significance of this project, I can do it. But I can't help with how to break through the political and military barriers. 、,

"That's okay, then I'll thank Director Zhu first." Lin Zhenhua responded that Zhu Jinwen's attitude was also expected by Lin Zhenhua. When he came to Beijing this time, he did not have a very mature idea, but only planned to bump into various ministries and commissions to see where he could bump into an opportunity. Zhu Jinwen said that the Department of Mechanical Engineering can support this matter, and for Lin Zhenhua, it has already gained something.

After saying what should be said, Lin Zhenhua took Xiang Zhe and Wei Dongqi to get up and say goodbye, and when Zhu Jinwen sent them to the door, he seemed to ask inadvertently: "Xiaolin, I remember that you have a good relationship with the navy, so do you have any relationship that you can use in the security department?" ”

Lin Zhenhua's heart moved, and said: "I know a friend from the security department, what's the matter, does Director Zhu have any suggestions?" ”

Zhu Jinwen said: "I was thinking just now, whether it is the United States or the Soviet Union, they are currently engaged in proxy wars in Africa, and those who show up should be the CBA and the KGB." If you want to meddle in this matter, I'm afraid the security services will help you the most. ”。 ）