Everyone is always happy during the New Year, but Zhou Shuo's return is destined to make some people's New Year less comfortable.

Just after the New Year, Deputy Mayor Jiang Ning lost his temper again in the office. The secretary stood at the door of the office and knocked calmly, and the angry voices inside gradually stopped.

"Come in!" Jiang Ning collected his emotions and shouted loudly.

The secretary pushed open the door and walked in, silently putting away the pieces of the glass that Jiang Ning threw on the ground, and then stood still at his desk.

Jiang Ning rubbed his brows and asked tiredly, "How is it, has the news been confirmed?" ”

The secretary pushed his glasses, opened his notebook and replied: "It has been confirmed that 10 sets of 200mm electronic grade single crystal furnaces were purchased from Toshiba Ceramics Company of Japan, with a total value of five million US dollars." The customs clearance procedures have been completed at the Xiucheng Port Authority, and now the goods are stored in the port warehouse and can be taken away at any time. ”

"One or two are not worrying!" Jiang Ning slapped the table and said: "This matter involves the use of foreign exchange, can't the customs check him?" ”

The secretary looked at the notebook, flipped the page and said: "The reply from the customs side is that this money does not involve the issue of export foreign exchange. The funds should be the profits generated by Zhou Shuo's own investment in Japan, which do not belong to the current account and capital account, and are not within the scope of national foreign exchange supervision. ”

In China's nineties, foreign exchange was regulated. In the early years, the country's foreign exchange reserves were insufficient, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) had always been a pixiu, only entering and not leaving. The so-called current account, in simple terms, refers to the continuous foreign exchange income of domestic export business units. The corresponding capital account refers to the foreign exchange transferred by foreign capital to the domestic investment at one time.

In terms of regulations, these foreign currencies are the amount of foreign exchange that must be returned as much as the products exported. Exporters are not allowed to divert or repatriate these foreign currencies. Although this kind of provision may seem impersonal and unreasonable, it is in fact very necessary.

On the one hand, it is precisely in this way that China has accumulated trillions of dollars in foreign exchange. On the other hand, it is also the state's supervision of the foreign exchange market that enables the RMB to be strong for a long time. It will not be the best for an international financial predator like Soros, and it will be able to withstand the pressure of the United States and insist that the RMB will not appreciate.

"What investment? Our country is in such difficult conditions now, and he still has money to invest in Japan? Check him out for me to see if he has evaded foreign exchange supervision! Jiang Ning said in disbelief.

"I've checked it." The secretary said with an unnatural expression: "The principal of Zhou Shuo's investment in Japan is the return of the transaction with Microsoft, and it has been transferred to the domestic account within the specified time. ”

"Returned home?" Jiang Ning asked in disbelief: "What kind of investment did he make, he can make five million dollars so quickly!" ”

"He invested in Nikkei stock index futures, and then ......" The secretary closed his eyes and said bitterly: "In the event of the Great Hanshin earthquake, the investment has increased at least seven or eight times." ”

"Nonsense!" Jiang Ning slammed a stack of documents on the secretary's head, and shouted angrily: "He Zhou Shuo is a god, can he pinch it?" How did he just invest in Nikkei stock index futures, and there was the Great Hanshin Earthquake to make money for him? I think it must be his hidden foreign exchange income, taking the opportunity to launder money! Check it for me, check it hard! ”

"Yes!" The secretary hurriedly straightened up, allowing the scattered pieces of paper to fall to the ground, and his forehead was bruised.

Jiang Ning sat behind the desk angrily, thought about it, waved his hand and said, "You go out first, let the driver prepare, I will go to the office of the San Dieban Group in a while." ”

The secretary answered, first sorted out the documents on the ground, and put them back on Jiang Ning's desk, and then retreated a little embarrassed.

After waiting for more than an hour, Jiang Ning pinched the meal, greeted the driver and went to the office of the San Dieban Group.

"Mayor Jiang!" Solomonovsky, vice president of San Dieban China, greeted him from afar.

"Mr. Solomon is so gracious, you have come so far to meet me." Jiang Ning said with a spring breeze on his face.

"Whereever, you're a valued guest of our San Dieban Group, it's nothing." Solomofsky was a stout Caucasian man who preferred a bear hug to a handshake.

"Oh!" Jiang Ning was slammed by Solomonofsky's thick arms, and he almost didn't turn his back on his breath. But he was not annoyed at all, but said unsatisfactorily: "You foreigners' etiquette is different, revealing a passion!" ”

Solomonovsky smiled, stepped aside and said, "Mayor Jiang, please come in, it just so happens that the chef made a steak, let's eat it together!" ”

Jiang Ning's eyes lit up when he heard this, his steps were two points brisker, and he said with a smile: "Great, then I might as well meet by chance!" ”

The office is a small three-story courtyard, and Solomovsky is not a Caucasian, but he is an authentic white-skinned ABC who grew up in the United States. Since he discovered that Vice Mayor Jiang Ning particularly likes Western food, he specially invited an Italian Western chef in the imperial capital to open up the relationship with the government.

The high-nosed Italian with a big tall hat pulled out a chair for Jiang Ning and asked in pidgin Chinese: "Dear mayor, how ripe do you want today's steak?" ”

"Three ripe!" Jiang Ning smiled: "The steak must be bloody to be delicious!" ”

"Come on, come on, potatoes and roast beef, let's run into communism!"

"Yo, this beef is good, soft enough, rotten enough, and flavorful enough!" Zhou Shuo gulped a few pieces and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Yao Dao is different from Zhou Shuo, but his favorite thing is potatoes. I specially picked a few pieces of potatoes that were soaked in soup, and took a bite, and there were layers of sand in the potatoes, which were the most delicious.

"Master's craftsmanship is really not to say, how many years have passed, I just don't get tired of eating!" Yao Dao said with a look of enjoyment.

"Do you still remember when you kid first joined the work, and rushed to brush my lunch box, just to smear my soup base with steamed buns?"

"Oh? Yao Gong still has this history? Zhou Shuo asked the old man across the table with interest.

The old man had silver hair on his head, and the ravines on his face were like loess earth. Although he is not young, his every move is like a general commanding thousands of troops on the battlefield, dignified and dignified.

"Master, let's not expose this short, okay?" Yao Dao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Principal Zhou came this time, and I also hope to invite Master to come out of the mountain, whether the history of our Huaguang Factory for decades can continue depends on you." ”

The old man didn't care, and said with a smile: "I don't care if Huaguang Factory can continue or not." Anyway, the class has been handed over to you, and it is not my responsibility to do this chief engineer well. If Huaguang Factory is really gone, it will also complete its historical mission. As long as the country can continue, what is the benefit of the small collective? ”

"Hey, Master, your temperament hasn't changed at all after decades." Yao Dao shook his head and said: "This time, President Zhou imported 10 electronic-grade monocrystalline silicon furnaces from Japan, which is not only an opportunity for Huaguang Factory, but also the hope of our country's monocrystalline silicon industry. In order to be able to achieve a breakthrough in technique, you can't go out of the mountain. ”

"Who says I won't say yes?" The old man crunched on the beef, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "I am obligated to contribute to the country's quartz industry, whether there is a Huaguang factory or not!" ”

"Great!" Zhou Shuo couldn't help but exclaim: "In fact, the material of the quartz crucible coating has been determined, which is barium hydroxide octahydrate. Now the question is how to determine the barium coating process, and you still need to make an idea in this regard. ”

Zhou Shuo's previous life only had an understanding of this knowledge, and he might be able to say one, two, or three in principle, but if he really wants to put it into production to determine the process, it will be blind. Twenty years after the coating of barium hydroxide on quartz crucibles, it is still a trade secret of major fabs. As long as a breakthrough can be made in this regard, the crystallization rate can be immediately pulled to a higher level.

But in industrial production, it's not like you know a recipe and everything will be fine. It can even be said that if a technique can be applied, the completion of theoretical research is only the first step in the long march, and there are countless problems that need to be solved later.

For example, since barium hydroxide is to be coated, then it is necessary to prepare a barium hydroxide solution, how to prepare this solution? What is the ratio of barium hydroxide to water? How many degrees does the quartz crucible heat up during the spraying process? What is the spray density? What is the spraying time limit? How to ensure both the coverage of the solution and the uniformity of the coating......

"Haha Solomonofsky's exaggerated Da Gong laughed and shook his head: "Mayor Jiang can't help but have too much heart, with the technical level of you Chinese, it is simply a fool's dream to master the technique of an electronic-grade quartz crucible." ”

Vice Mayor Jiang Ning was not embarrassed, but nodded with some feelings and said: "Yes, our Chinese's skills are too far behind compared with foreign countries." However, this Zhou Shuo bought electronic-grade monocrystalline furnace equipment in Japan, and if he imitates it on this basis, he must not be unguarded. ”

"First of all, not to mention whether they have the technical level of single crystal furnace reverse engineering, the coating technology of quartz crucible is only available to top companies in the industry. You can rest assured, Huaguang Factory is in the pocket of San Dieban Group, and no one can take it away. Solomofsky said as he cut the steak with a knife, and the blood that had not yet coagulated seeped out of the beef. He didn't care about the sauce and put the beef in his mouth, and his mouth was full of blood.