Chapter 221 Negative Foreign Exchange Reserves
Lin Qiangsheng and Qi Jinping reached a cooperation intention, and the two sides signed a letter of intent for cooperation. Mr. Lim invested US$500 million to purchase 90,000 Jetta cars and BJ Taxi Company to form a taxi joint-stock company, and he promised that the foreign exchange would be remitted to Nanyang Bank's domestic account as much as possible.
Qi Jinping signed a letter of intent with Lin Qiangsheng with the permission of the central government, and the two sides accounted for 46 shares, with the state accounting for 40% of the shares and Lin Qiangsheng accounting for 60% of the shares.
Although Lin Qiangsheng is very optimistic about the future development of the taxi industry, the country's expectations for this industry are insufficient, and the upper leaders do not think that this industry can be profitable in a short period of time. Let's try it, who let Lin Qiangsheng invest so much foreign exchange, no one will push it out when the country is in urgent need of foreign exchange.
Lin Qiangsheng and Eriksson attended the signing ceremony together, and Li Gang and other management of Bincheng Automobile Company felt reliable and relieved when they saw this foreigner participating in the signing.
But what Qi Jinping cares about is whether the foreign exchange can be in place as soon as Lin Qiangsheng promised, and Li Gang and others are even more anxious than them!
The transaction of 90,000 cars has earned nearly 500 million US dollars for the country, which has greatly relieved the burden of car exports on Li Gang and others, and this transaction can be regarded as fulfilling the expectations of the superior leaders to export cars!
Although each Jetta car was lowered to $5,200 by Lin Johnson, don't forget that the domestic settlement price is calculated at 2.8 yuan to one dollar, even if each car is sold for $3,000, it will not be a loss, and the foreign exchange of 90,000 cars earning 468 million US dollars is definitely a big overfulfillment of the task, and they can explain to the Party Central Committee to the higher-level leaders!
Qi Jinping and Lin Qiangsheng negotiated the price, they were afraid that Lin Qiangsheng would regret it, and the three of them were ready to further reduce the price, as long as each car was more than 3,000 US dollars.
If you don't know how tight China's foreign exchange reserves are at this time, then you don't understand why there is such a desperate need for foreign exchange in China.
In the past 78 years, China has signed more than 100 cooperation projects with foreign countries. The introduction of equipment and foreign investment of nearly 10 billion US dollars. Even if a large number of contracts are breached in China, there is still a large amount of equipment that has entered the country, not to mention the liquidated damages to be paid abroad.
In 1980, the country's foreign exchange reserves were -$1.296 billion, yes, you read that right, it was a debt of $1.296 billion. China's foreign exchange has dried up at this time, and it still owes $1.296 billion overseas!
Of course. According to the understanding of people in the 21st century, if a country does not owe some money, the United States owes the whole world money. But Chinese do not have the habit of indebtedness to foreign debts, and if they have a little foreign debt, they immediately want to pay it back!
The foreign exchange income of 468 million US dollars can at least pay off one-third of the foreign debt immediately, how can this not make Qi Jinping and others excited!
At the same time, Li Gang and others are also looking forward to this cooperation, which is a great achievement of Bincheng Automobile Company! Earned a lot of foreign exchange for the country, which proves that Ben Thanh Motor Company is on the right path and their efforts are not in vain. The pressure of exporting foreign exchange earnings that had been pressing on them for a long time disappeared in an instant, and they fulfilled the expectations of their superiors!
This is the great benefit that Lin Johnson brings to everyone!
Their signing was done in secret, and two days later Mr. Lin mobilized $500 million from the United States into Xiangjiang and then deposited it into the account of Nanyang Bank.
This move fully proves that Lin Qiangsheng really intends to invest in China, and Nanyang Bank is equivalent to an agent in China, and its relationship with China is not ordinarily deep.
When the central leaders learned that 500 million US dollars had entered Nanyang Bank, their faces finally showed a look of joy and relief.
At the same time, a leader surnamed Ye, who was in charge of the economy, also learned the news. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"Jingle bells" The red telephone on the old-fashioned desk rang. The leader surnamed Ye picked up the phone, and the voice of his old comrade-in-arms was immediately excited from the microphone.
"Ye Lao, hello! I heard that the Bincheng Automobile Factory has earned nearly 500 million US dollars, and the car industry is still very promising! Deng Lao's cheerful laughter came from the phone.
The leader surnamed Ye also laughed and said, "Yes, I also heard the news!" Well, at a time when the country owes a lot of foreign debt, they can help the country solve its difficulties. Commendable! ”
Deng Lao said with a smile on the phone: "With this $500 million, the foreign debt will be almost half repaid!" It seems that the country must pay attention to the car industry! Let's talk a few moments? ”
The leader surnamed Ye said: "Okay, let's have a chat." ”
"Then I'll go find an old friend and talk about it right away." Deng Lao said with a smile, and then said a few more words.
The leader surnamed Ye nodded and promised to support Deng Lao's decision, and then hung up the phone.
Deng Lao smiled and put down the phone and stood up. He walked back and forth in the office, and then said to the secretary: "Comrade Xiao Qi asked him to come to me immediately after he came back, and I want to learn more about the negotiation process from him!" ”
This time, the Bincheng Automobile Company sold its cars and earned foreign exchange, which not only greatly improved the foreign debt situation, but also proved that it was right to vigorously develop the economy and carry out a set of economic reforms that brought in and went out! This successful example is enough to touch a large number of bystanders who are staggered and do not grasp the reform enough, and it can also encourage those rare reformers!
Thinking about it, Deng Lao sat back in his chair and picked up a pen to write a note himself, handed it to the secretary and said: "Let the Central Daily report on this matter, this is the largest large-scale export of manufactured industrial products since our reform and opening up, and it is the export of cars to earn foreign exchange, which should be celebrated!" ”
Deng Lao's secretary nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll send it personally!" ”
Qi Jinping returned to Beijing when newspapers such as the Central People's Daily and other newspapers were enthusiastically celebrating the foreign exchange of 500 million US dollars for 90,000 cars in China, and he still remembers the scene before he got on the plane.
"Qiangsheng, you don't have to care if I call me Comrade Qi," Qi Jinping realized after speaking, he and Lin Qiangsheng are not the same generation, and the two are many years apart.
Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile: "Then I'll call you Qi Da, how about this title?" ”
"Qi Da?" Qi Jinping said suspiciously, then nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, it's Qi Da!" ”
"Regarding the issue of satellites, you think about it carefully, the domestic Dongfanghong series of satellites is good! You may not be able to buy advanced satellites abroad, and even if you do, it will cost you a lot of money, and you can't take it back to China and launch it for nothing, so that foreigners can earn this money! Domestic satellites are cheap and guaranteed, and will not give you some stubble halfway, even if there is a problem with the country to compensate! Qi Jinping said again. He can now guarantee the matter of the satellite, and after signing the cooperation intention, several central leaders paid attention to this matter, and the leaders asked him to work hard to reach a cooperation with Lin Qiangsheng.
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said: "Okay, I must think about it, I will go to BJ in two days, and I will trouble you then!" ”
Qi Jinping nodded with a smile and said: "I will take you to the National Academy of Space Sciences when the time comes, and let you know about the development achievements of my country's satellites and rockets, and you will definitely be impressed!" ”
"Come to the capital to sign a formal contract, we are waiting for you!" Before leaving, Qi Jinping instructed Lin Qiangsheng again.
Since he came to Bincheng, he has been constantly reporting the situation to the capital, and every negotiation with Lin Qiangsheng will be transmitted back to BJ. As they negotiated, more and more central leaders paid attention, after all, it was difficult for a $500 million project not to attract attention!
After Qi Jinping returned to the capital, he was immediately recruited into the office by Deng Lao, and he repeated the details of the negotiation to Deng Lao in detail.
After listening to Qi Jinping's retelling, Deng Lao looked at the negotiation minutes and said with a smile: "This Lin Qiangsheng really dares to think and do!" ”
"Old Deng, is there anything wrong with Lin Qiangsheng's mentions?" Hearing what Deng Lao said, Qi Jinping was startled and hurriedly asked. He was involved in the whole process, and it was his responsibility if something went wrong in the future, so he had to figure it out.
Deng Lao said: "If he wants to separate the taxi company and do business in partnership with the State Council, then the public security organs will really not interfere in the future!" In fact, Deng Lao also thought that in the future, not only would the public security organs not be able to interfere, but the State Council would also not be able to interfere in the operation of this company.
"What's going on?" Qi Jinping hadn't figured out the reason yet, and looked at Deng Lao suspiciously.
Deng Lao thought for a while and said: "Let's see, see how far we can develop in the future!" ”
At more than eight o'clock, after Lin Qiangsheng sent Qi Jinping away, he did not return to the company, but drove directly to the train station.
At about 11 o'clock in the morning, Professor Jiang Buju took five master's students to Bincheng Station by train.
"Professor Jiang, here!" Lin Qiangsheng went directly to the platform and saw Professor Jiang Buju carrying simple luggage at the entrance of the passage.
"It's Comrade Lin Qiangsheng, right?" After a while, Professor Jiang Buju still vaguely remembered Lin Qiangsheng's appearance, and she nodded and greeted her students.
"Professor Jiang, I'll help you with your luggage, let's go, there's a car outside!" Lin Qiangsheng grabbed Professor Jiang Buju's luggage, a leather suitcase and a rolled blanket.
"You don't have to carry it myself, Lin Qiangsheng, you can lead the way in front!" Professor Jiang looked at Lin Qiangsheng carefully and said with a smile.
"Good!" Lin Qiangsheng agreed with a smile, he looked at the five students brought by Professor Jiang and said with a smile: "Everyone follow me, there is a car outside that can definitely sit away!" ”
The five students were four men and one woman, the older one was in his 30s and the younger one was twenty-five or sixteen, and they all smiled when they saw Lin Qiangsheng so polite.
Although the scientists of this era got rid of the identity of the stinky old nine, their social status did not improve much, and they saw Lin Qiangsheng's sincere smile, and the fatigue along the way was alleviated a lot. (To be continued......)