"Lin, I'm sorry! We, Leyland, cannot provide financing loans to an automobile factory in a certain province in China! It is also not possible to guarantee your business loan to a UK bank! After discussing with his colleagues, Kent shook his head and rejected Lin's request.

At this time, Lin Qiangsheng was in a luxury hotel room on the Champs-Éshavens, facing two negotiators from the British company Leyland.

After listening to the words of the Kent liaison officer, Lin Qiangsheng nodded silently, and still said with a fight: "Kent, can't this deal really be reached?" We are indeed very sincere in purchasing this engine plant in Leyland, and we do have the ability to repay it in the future! As you can see, the information and photos I have provided have proved that we are an automobile manufacturer with basic manufacturing capabilities! The cars we produce, the people are queuing up to buy! Look at the joyful expressions on their faces! It's not fake! China's car market is huge, and we are optimistic about the development of this market! ”

Kent watched as Mr. Lin took a photo on the table, showing the joyful expressions of some Chinese car buyers driving their cars out of the factory. These are all captured by Lin Qiangsheng in front of the factory when he has free time.

Kent nodded and said, "Indeed, your description and photos have really impressed us at Leland Company. So, here we are! The plant and equipment in the photos, as well as the customers, don't look like fakes. However, we at Leyland are not able to apply for financing from foreign companies at this time! ”

Lin Qiangsheng sighed deeply, and a huge sense of frustration permeated his heart.

Three days ago, after Lin Qiangsheng sent out the fax, he quickly received a reply from the French company Citroën, Renault and Peugeot, and they were willing to discuss cooperation with this local car manufacturer in China.

Then I received a reply from the British company Leyland Motors, and they would send someone to meet in Paris.

In order not to delay the trip, the delegation left Deputy Head Song and Lin Xiangrong, and the others continued on the road. After a two-day stay in France, the next trip was to Germany.

For this reason, the wife of Deputy Head Song was unhappy and complained that her family was left behind. Deputy Head Song showed great generosity, and did not embarrass the Lin family's father and son.

He naturally has his own Xiao Jiujiu, and Deputy Head Song serves as the vice governor of the province, but his status is not among the Standing Committee. Now the Standing Committee is still a group of old people in their 60s, and Deputy Head Song is conceited that he wants to be promoted to another level, and if he can introduce a big project this time, he will add a huge amount of seniority to himself. So, he actively stayed.

The people from the British Leyland company came and gave them a huge surprise!

Kent, the temporary liaison officer of Leland, provided several pieces of good news to the trio. The Leyland Group has several production lines for sale, a production line for the DolomiTesprint four-cylinder engine, as well as an assembly line for the closed Chinli plant and part of the assembly line at the Abingdon plant.

If the Chinese side has other purchase intentions, Leyland can also sell other auto parts production lines, and the British are willing to provide them with money!

The surprise was indeed a surprise, but the price of the British also poured cold water on the trio. Four-cylinder engine, the British are only willing to provide 8-valve technical products, their main 16-valve engine is not willing to provide, and the asking price is very expensive, this production line with engine technology, the British ask for 20 million US dollars! A car assembly line, the British asked for 8 million dollars, if you add 3 million, then the assembly line of the half-crippled Abingdon factory can also be sold to them. According to the price conversion of later generations, 20 million US dollars at this time is equivalent to 200 million US dollars in later generations!

Although the equipment sold to them by the British was somewhat outdated, technical equipment from the mid-to-late 60s to the early 70s. But even this is much better than domestic equipment! Those in China who can get their hands on it are still the technology of the Soviet Union in the 50s, which is a big gap with others!

The machining accuracy of the British is not only much higher, but also includes some high-end multi-angle machining machine tools, which are not available in China, and they can't get good things even if they try their best. In addition, the engine production line is a full set of technical equipment, unlike those patchwork things in domestic factories, which are very lame to use.

If there are these sets of production lines, then the car factory will really change the shotgun! The production equipment can at least be improved by several grades, and the quality and speed of car production have also been significantly improved, and it has truly entered the modern production of car industry manufacturing!

According to Lin Qiangsheng's estimates, the technology of these equipment of the British can catch up with the technical equipment that South Korean Hyundai invested 100 million US dollars to build a factory in 74 years. Because of the car production technology at that time, large-scale CNC automated production had not yet been implemented. It is impossible for Europe, the United States and Japan to sell their own advanced products to the production equipment bought by Koreans, at least one or two grades lower. Therefore, the technical content of the equipment in the UK is not much different.

Lin Johnson and his father, of course, are more covetous of British things. And as far as Lin Qiangsheng knows, Leyland is now a state-owned enterprise. At present, it is the most difficult time period for the Leland company, if there is more than half a year, after Margaret Thatcher comes to power, this old lady will provide a huge amount of $4 billion in aid to the Leland company, and then the bureaucrats of Leland will tremble again. With this $4 billion in aid, Leland did not change its fate, and it still stumbled along the way, changing its name to Rover in 86.

How can you not seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

After Lin Johnson and his father eagerly discussed with Kent, they asked the Englishman to wait for his good news.

As a result, after going back to discuss with Deputy Head Song Hui, he called China and asked the provincial government to sign the contract, but he didn't think that there was a situation in China. The province can't approve this contract now, and the central government has stuck with them!

After understanding, Deputy Head Song Hui learned about some domestic situations. It turned out that after they went abroad for inspection, the situation in China changed abruptly, and they were no longer allowed to negotiate cooperation projects abroad!

In 1978, 22 large-scale import projects were signed in China in one year, totaling 7.8 billion US dollars, all paid in cash.

And this cash was obtained by selling a large amount of oil resources abroad in exchange. The annual oil production in China is only 100 million tons, and Daqing's output accounts for half, with an annual output of 50 million tons.

These 22 large-scale introduction projects, including 10 sets of coal mining and preparation equipment, if the equipment is in place, the factory is completed, and the export of coal to foreign countries is started, and the repayment is expected.

However, now some people in the central government have proposed that 7.8 billion US dollars come in, and the equipment will come in, not only with foreign capital and equipment, but also with more than 35 billion yuan in domestic supporting funds. Moreover, so many large projects are being built at the same time, and there is also a huge gap in construction materials!

The central government has no good way to deal with the huge pressure of capital and material shortfalls. At the end of January, someone officially proposed that it was too blind to launch so many introduced projects, and it was necessary to take emergency brakes in a timely manner, and some projects should be strictly dismounted!

The pressure from the central government is huge, and there is a 300,000-ton oil refinery and a 300,000-ton ethylene plant in the introduction project in H Province. Although they are all decisions of the central government, and Daqing Oilfield is also a central enterprise, H Province has no decision-making power, and even cannot intervene, but any decision in this province has also been valued by the central government.

The content of the negotiations between the provincial automobile factory and the British company Leyland was also on the leader's desk, and the big man saw that the small automobile factory had risen against the wind again, applied for the introduction of foreign projects, and borrowed more than 35 million US dollars from abroad, of course, it was very popular. The big guy immediately called in person and severely reprimanded the leaders of H Province that they were not allowed to introduce this project and were not allowed to continue negotiations.

After receiving a call from the province, Vice Governor Song Hui immediately became discouraged, and the order from above was not allowed to talk about it anymore. So what else is the delegation inspecting this time, everyone pack up and go home.

I didn't expect that in just one month, there would be such a big change in the decision-making level. Last year, we also encouraged going out and bringing in funds, saying that we want $80 billion in aid loans, the more the merrier, and do it bravely! In the last half month of December, more than 10 projects were signed.

A month has passed, and this is an emergency U-turn!

Lin Qiangsheng has also been in a hurry for the past two days, and the equipment and technology of the British are there. Partnering with Lelan Company can be regarded as a good fate, which is a big money in the future! Plucking hair is thicker than your own waist! Unexpectedly, the first contact, everyone would break up unhappily.

Today, Lin Qiangsheng came alone to discuss with Kent whether he could unilaterally finance with Lelan, and Kent told him that without the guarantee of their local government, Lelan Company would not pay anyway.

The Kent liaison officer looked at Lin Qiangsheng's dead face, spread his hands, and said, "I'm sorry, Lin." Without the guarantee of your local government, we at Leyland will not be able to give you a factory financing loan! This is very, very troublesome! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "I know!" ”

He stood up, bowed slightly, turned and walked out of Kent's room and out of the hotel.

The middle-aged white man next to Kent said: "This young Chinese man is very self-motivated and sincere!" ”

Kent shook his head and said, "I also appreciate his attitude. However, it didn't work! ”

Walking on the street, Lin Qiangsheng sighed deeply, walked along the Champs-Ézés, until he reached the Eiffel Tower, looked at the top of the high tower, and made a flying gesture.

After watching it for a while, Lin Qiangsheng suddenly wanted to sing, he groped and sang "Old Boy", adjusted it a few times, and sang slowly:

That's the person I love day and night

How do I express it?

Will she accept me

Maybe I'll never say that to her

I'm destined to wander the world

How can there be care

Dreams are always out of reach

Is it time to give up

It is the rainy season when the flowers bloom and fall

Spring, where are you