"Xiaolin, in the matter of the refrigerator production line, the greatest hope is on you. You have to help with this no matter what, this is a big deal related to the welfare of 500 employees of Hanhua Machinery Factory. ”

In the conference room of the Hanhua Machinery Factory, Chen Weiguo, the director of the factory, said to Lin Zhenhua with hope.

The factory leaders invited Lin Zhenhua to come back to discuss the matter, with the purpose of using Lin Zhenhua's influence in the Light Chemical Hall to persuade Xie Chunyan. Lin Zhenhua's current status in the Light Chemical Department can be said to be like Zhongtian, he can earn both RMB and US dollars, and even the Foreign Trade Department and the Economic Commission greet the Light Chemical Department from time to time, so that the hall can take care of Lin Zhenhua.

There is another factor that has also brought Lin Zhenhua a great say in this matter, that is, Lin Zhenhua has a large amount of foreign exchange quota in his hands, and the biggest difficulty for Hanhua Machinery Factory to introduce refrigerator production lines is in foreign exchange. It is understood that a production line with an annual output of 100,000 refrigerators will use about 5 million to 8 million US dollars in foreign exchange, which is not a small amount.

Previously, Chen Weiguo went to the Foreign Trade Department to learn about the introduction of production lines. The Foreign Trade Department said that the foreign exchange quota in the province is very tight, and if it wants to come up with such a large amount of money to introduce production lines, unless it can be approved by the central government. However, after hearing that Hanhua Machinery Factory was the superior unit of Hanhua Industrial Company, Hua Keqin revealed to Chen Weiguo that Lin Zhenhua had a large amount of foreign exchange balance in his hands.

After Gao Zuxing returned to Yanjing, he brought Lin Zhenhua's request for the establishment of a patent fund to the office meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Trade for discussion, which aroused the interest of all the leaders of the ministry. It was agreed that the establishment of a patent fund was a very good idea, which would help improve the competitiveness of China's export commodities, and it was a very far-sighted idea.

However, while this is a good thing, the Ministry of Foreign Trade cannot come forward to do it personally. A few million dollars is not a large amount for the ministry, and it is not difficult to come up with it. The difficulty is that once this fund is established, the provinces will inevitably reach out to the fund, bring over some trivial technologies, and ask the fund for support.

The characteristic of the political axe is that it must be a bowl of water, and it cannot favor one over the other, otherwise there will be opinions below. If this fund is set up by the ministry, the money in the fund will inevitably eventually become pepper noodles, and every province will sprinkle a little bit of it, and it will not really play the role of the fund.

And if this fund is handed over to Lin Zhenhua to operate and operate in the name of Hanhua Company, then who to support or not to support can be decided by Lin Zhenhua alone. The Ministry of Foreign Trade can hide behind the scenes, and the projects they want to support hint at Lin Zhenhua and let him invest money. The project they didn't want to support was directly pushed to Lin Zhenhua to be a villain, and the local political axe had nothing to say.

After thinking about this problem, the Ministry of Foreign Trade immediately made a decision, instructing the Jiangnan Provincial Foreign Trade Department to divide the patent fee of 8 million US dollars received by Hanhua Industrial Company into two, half of which should be settled according to normal procedures, and the other half should be left in the hands of Hanhua Company, and the special fund will be used as a fund to support domestic enterprises to apply for international patents. The operation of the fund is entirely under the responsibility of Hanhua Industrial Company, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the People's Republic of China and the Provincial Department of Foreign Trade only provide operational guidance.

In this way, Lin Zhenhua suddenly had 4 million US dollars of foreign exchange in his hands, although this money was nominally earmarked, but the province wanted to temporarily embezzle it and use it to import equipment, which was still allowed.

What the leaders of the Hanhua factory thought of, Lin Zhenhua could understand a little bit. Hearing Chen Weiguo's words, he responded with a smile: "Director Chen's words are out of sight, after all, I am still an employee of Hanhua Factory, what instructions are there in the factory, even if I don't agree?" ”

"I'll just say it, Kobayashi won't let the factory down on key issues." Liang Guangping said affectionately, "With Xiaolin's attitude, I think the matter of the refrigerator production line is basically 80% successful." ”

Lin Zhenhua waved his hand and said: "Leaders, don't place such great hopes on me, I am also a soft-spoken person in the Light Chemical Hall, how can you be so respectful and respectful." Since the leaders called me back from Xunyang to discuss this matter, can I ask, why does our factory have a refrigerator production line? ”

"It's a very clear thing." Jiang Manqing, deputy director of the factory, said: "Now the chemical industry in the country is sluggish, and the equipment orders of our factory are decreasing year by year. Since the last time I finished the large fertilizer equipment of the Guixi Fertilizer Factory, I have never received a similar large order. Now, if you don't hurry up and change production, it is estimated that in a few years, it will be too late to turn around. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "As far as I know, the large fertilizer equipment of Guixi Fertilizer Plant has been very well received after it has been put into operation. The chemical design institute has evaluated and believes that the quality is not inferior to the set of equipment that is said to be two. Since we have such a strong strength, why don't we continue to do our business and have to move to a new field? ”

Zhu Tiejun said: "I want to do this business, and it is more enjoyable to make big fertilizers, which is called industry." What does a refrigerator look like, now even a township enterprise can make refrigerators, and it is a shame for a state-owned heavy industry factory like ours to switch production to make refrigerators. ”

Liang Guangping said: "Lao Zhu, your idea is not right, what is the shame of making a refrigerator." Look at Xiaolin and them, they have done a good job of making electric fans, how beautiful are they in the hall now? ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Director Liang praised us too much, in fact, our electric fan is only a time difference, and this year's situation is not as good as last year." After next year, there will be a question mark over whether it can still be profitable. Let's talk about refrigerators, I want to ask, what do we think about the prospects of refrigerator production? ”

Jiang Manqing said: "We have fully calculated this problem. We have learned that to build a refrigerator production line with an annual output of 100,000 units, the investment is about 15 million to 20 million. Now according to the price stipulated by the state, the ex-factory price of a 150-liter single-door direct-cooling refrigerator is 676 yuan, and the 180-liter is 774 yuan, and the proportion of allowed to fluctuate up and down is 8%. The profit of the refrigerator is expected to be about 20%, so that we can earn 150 yuan from the production of a refrigerator, and the production of 100,000 units a year is 15 million, which is equivalent to being able to recover all the investment within a year. ”

Zhu Tiejun added: "This is of course a more ideal algorithm, in fact, the production line can not achieve full capacity production as soon as it is completed, our annual output in the first year or two is set at about 50,000 units is more realistic, so that calculated, at most two to three years, you can recover the investment." ”

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said: "I also have some information here, and I will say it for the reference of all leaders." Some time ago, I went to Shanghai and visited some enterprises in Shanghai to learn about some information. At present, there are two refrigerator factories in Shanghai, one is the Shanghai refrigerator factory of the Shanghai Handicraft Industry Bureau system, and the other is a county-run enterprise in Chongming County, called Chongming Refrigerator Factory. In addition, the Handicraft Bureau is preparing to build the second refrigerator factory in Shanghai, and the new China Machinery Factory under the Ministry of Aerospace is also preparing to produce refrigerators. There are four refrigerator companies in Shanghai alone, and we can imagine how many there will be in the country. ”

Chen Weiguo said: "We also know this situation, not to mention Shanghai, that is, our Jiangnan Province, there are already two refrigerator factories that have been launched, and if we build them, it will be the third." ”

"And the petrifier." Jiang Manqing added.

"Petrochemical machines also need refrigerators?" Lin Zhenhua asked in surprise.

Zhu Tiejun nodded: "I asked Xie Chunyan, now there are two companies in the system of the Light Chemical Department that are applying for the introduction of refrigerator production lines, one is us, and the other is a petrochemical machine." They're about the same as us, and they're not having a good time. ”

Chen Weiguo said: "The petrifier is not as good as us, although they have more tasks than us, but they also have more people than us, and they can't eat enough." Last year, we made a large set of fertilizer equipment, and the profit was very high, and now there is still some money in the account. The petrochemical machine is said to have been borrowing money from the bank. ”

"The Light Chemical Hall won't have two refrigerator lines at the same time, right?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Liang Guangping said: "You are right, the current situation is that we have to compete with the petrochemical machine to see who can say it in the hall." I heard that the leaders in the hall are also divided into two factions, one group supports petrochemical machines, and the other group supports us. A few of our factory leaders touched it and felt that the final key factor might be in Xiaolin. ”

"The foreign exchange quota that can be used now in the hands of the Light Chemical Department is the patent fund in the hands of your Hanhua Company. This money is under a hat, and no one else has the right to use it except for you Xiaolin. Whoever you say you vote for, you will eventually be able to vote for. Chen Weiguo said.

"Needless to say, Hanhua Company is also part of our Hanhua factory, how can fertilizer water flow to outsiders?" Party Secretary Zou Shicheng said as a matter of course.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Leaders, with all due respect, I don't approve of our factory building refrigerators. ”

"Why!" All the factory leaders were stunned. Everyone thought that Lin Zhenhua might talk to the factory about the conditions, but they didn't expect that he would object. For Lin Zhenhua's character, everyone believes in it, knowing that he will not do anything unfavorable to Hanhua Factory, now such a major event related to the future of Hanhua Factory, why would Lin Zhenhua oppose it?

Lin Zhenhua said: "The reason for my opposition is also very simple, there are too many companies targeting the refrigerator market now, and our Hanhua factory does not have an advantage in this regard." ”

Jiang Manqing said dissatisfiedly: "Xiaolin, I don't approve of what you say. When your Hanhua company made electric fans, did you have an advantage? Didn't the results also do very well? Back then, when you made a fan, the factory was very supportive. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Director Jiang, our Hanhua company really has some advantages in making fans. Our earliest water lily fan was unique in design. As for the five-blade fan that was later exported to earn foreign exchange, it is an international patented product, which is ahead of its domestic counterparts in technology. But even so, we are now under pressure from rising costs and falling profits, and it is estimated that in another year or two this product will not be profitable. ”

"The fan thing, it might be. However, the refrigerator should not be out of profit so quickly, right? There is a very short supply of refrigerators on the market now, and as long as they can be produced, they can be sold, which is still different from the situation of fans. Jiang Manqing said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I'm not worried about the sales of refrigerators, what I'm worried about is the supply of original components of refrigerators." As far as I know, most of the compressors and thermostats of domestic refrigerators are imported. The import price of a compressor is 50 US dollars, if we produce 100,000 units per year, we will use 5 million US dollars of foreign exchange to import compressors, how to solve this money? ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience fell silent.

(To be continued)