Every time you go on a long trip, you have to have a reunion dinner with your family, and this time is no exception.

The most rare thing is that Chen Zhenghuai, who helped in Kuwait for half a year, came back. Arrived in Hong Kong the day before yesterday and flew on a Boeing passenger plane for a trial flight of NB Airlines.

I have to catch the wind and see me off, and the villa is busy.

Tian Qiuju is a capable woman, and she can make the taste of cabbage when stewed Chinese cabbage. When she was at the Haibin City People's Hospital, she was taken care of by Chen Zhenghuai, who had just been promoted to deputy director of the Ministry of Economic and Trade and her son-in-law and daughter were going to the Soviet Union again, and she didn't want to sit in the living room waiting to eat as before, so she had dinner with Wu Xiulan, Gu Hongxia, Xu Ping, and Zhang Bing's mother, Lu Qianfang.

Although Chen Baolin and Ding Wenming are "childhood sweethearts", and the relationship between the Ding and Chen families has always been very good, they can't bear the fact that the Ding family is rich, and they have a little inferiority complex. Her father came and was promoted, she was more excited than anyone else today, grabbing a photo album and running around the living room with a big belly, and let her father Chen Zhenghuai take a photo with the prime minister in Kuwait when she saw people.

Sure enough, it was the prime minister, Xia Yao showed a look of admiration very cooperatively, pointed to the photo and asked, "Sister Paulin, who is this?" ”

"Director Wu of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Yesterday, she pestered her father to ask for a night, and Chen Baolin was like a treasure: "These two are reporters from the New H News Agency and the People's M Daily, look at this one, the Emir of Kuwait is the head of state." This is the Prime Minister of Kuwait, and he is flanked by the Minister of Oil. ”

They are all big shots, but unfortunately Wu Xiaolian is not interested in these, and after reading it, she couldn't help but ask: "Xia Yao, did you really go to the Soviet Union?" ”

This is not a temporary decision. The charter said it back two months ago. The first time I went abroad. Xia Yao was a little excited. Not without excitement confirmed: "First to Moscow, then to Leningrad." ”

The little couple is going to leave tomorrow, Chen Baolin seems to realize that it is not interesting to show off again, put down the photo album and ask: "When will I come back, I am still waiting to eat you two candy." ”

"The charter says that I may not be able to come back until next year," Xia Yao moved to Wu Xiaolian's side, trying to make her pregnant woman sit as comfortable as possible.

Wu Xiaolian asked suspiciously, "Going for so long?" ”

"Leningrad University invited him to communicate, and he also wanted to learn Russian."

"What about the company. What will happen to the company when you leave? ”

"There is a brother-in-law, there is Mr. Wu, what is there to worry about?" can live a real life of two people, Xia Yao's heart is sweet.

Chen Baolin felt incredible, held her chin and said: "It's not good to go to any country, but to go to the Soviet Union, haven't you watched TV, it's a mess there!" It's nothing to ask for, and it is said that the common people can't even eat. I had no choice but to exchange things with us. Some time ago, I used the plane to exchange hundreds of wagons of daily necessities with us. ”

"Really?" Xia Yao asked knowingly.

"Why am I lying to you, even the M Daily reported it," Chen Baolin paused, and added: "In the past, the 'fallen master' bought and sold in China, but now they are all 'dumped' in the Soviet Union, I don't believe you go to the electronic market to ask those who take the goods." ”

Thinking of NB Electric's first pot of gold, Wu Xiaolian, who had "charged" the SAR pass, couldn't help but smile and asked: "Could it be that San'er has itchy hands and is ready to return to his old business?" ”

"What do you say, how can he have this time?"

Chen Baolin was the acting manager of the electronics division, and after thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "The company has developed to this point, and there is no need to join in the fun." Don't look at the fact that the matter of changing planes is stirring up outside, to put it mildly, that kind of Soviet aircraft really can't be looked down upon, or NB Aviation can lease out those planes that Germany lent us for nothing? ”

"And what is he going to do?"

"One is to communicate, and the other is that the company has business in the Soviet Union," Xia Yao explained with a smile: "I heard him say that NB Industrial Manufacturing began to provide after-sales service for Soviet enterprises the year before last, but the name of the company that provides after-sales service has not changed, and it is still called Berlin Industrial Corporation." ”

They chatted in the living room downstairs, the mothers were busy in the kitchen, and Chen Zhenghuai and Ding Aiguo sat on the second floor with Charter, Liu Siwei, and Ding Wenming to chat.

“…… Well No. 118 in the Bargan oil field was the last one, and the fire was not large, so we left it to the Kuwait Fire Brigade and held a extinguishing ceremony at the wellside. At 9 a.m. that day, senior government officials such as the Emir, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Al-Sabah all went to the scene. The military band played the Kuwaiti national anthem, and the dancers danced a folk dance. At 10 o'clock, the emir ordered the fire to be extinguished, and the fire was extinguished with 4 water cannons without using the vortex fire tank.

Applause, gongs and drums rang out in unison to celebrate the success of the last oil well extinguishing the fire. On behalf of the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, the Minister of Oil, Hammad, expressed his gratitude to us. Emir met with all the firefighters of our five families and took a group photo, and finally a truck pulled an oil well that had been damaged by the Iraqi army slowly passed through the venue, as a sign not to forget the past. ”

As soon as Chen Zhenghuai finished speaking, Ding Aiguo quipped: "San'er, such a meaningful ceremony, people don't invite you to go, and your shelf is too big." ”

"I'd like to go, but do I have the time? Do I dare to go? ”

"Why don't you dare?"

The reconstruction of an oil gathering station does not require so many people, and the extinguishing of the oil and gas fire means that most of the construction personnel of the oil and gas company have to go home.

Kuwait's reconstruction has just begun, and China has received less than one-thousandth of the $250 billion pie. It was hard to squeeze in, and the top definitely didn't want to come back like this. If you go at that time, it is tantamount to asking for trouble for yourself, after all, this kind of national event is not something that NB Electric can control.

The charter sighed secretly and said sideways, "Uncle Chen knows. ”

"It's right not to go."

Chen Zhenghuai nodded slightly, and said with emotion: "At this time and that time, the current situation is completely different from when we first started, thousands of companies from dozens of countries are guarding there, and the competition is very fierce. Compared with technology, we are inferior to the developed countries of the West; Vietnam and North Korea are lower than we are in terms of wages; In terms of religious beliefs, countries that believe in YSL, such as Egypt, Malaysia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, have the advantage.

Fortunately, the prime minister visited the country in time, and the comrades of the oil and gas company finally stayed. However, although the two projects were general contractors, they were even listed in the joint communiqué of the Chinese and Kuwaiti governments. The meeting with the Prime Minister with the Emir of Kuwait and the meeting with the Prime Minister of Kuwait were called the 'three major achievements of the visit to Kuwait'. But whether it can make money or not is really two words. ”

Ding Aiguo frowned slightly: "The price is low? ”

"The low offer is one thing. The key is that they have no experience in general contracting and do not know much about the situation in Kuwait. After all, they only needed to work before, whether it was food and drink, project progress, construction equipment, or the relationship with the government, they didn't need to care. A project of tens of millions of dollars was received at once, and a total of 7 people knew Arabic and were not proficient, so it was easy to have problems. ”

Seeing Ding Aiguo look at himself. The charter shook his head and said, "Uncle Ding, don't look at me like this. They are all Chinese, and if they can help, of course they will help, but the problem is that I can't help this matter if I want to. First, they are central enterprises and don't like to be criticized. Second, Saudi Arabia not only closely follows the United States politically, but has always been very dissatisfied with the religious practices of socialist countries, so it did not establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and China until last year. One can imagine what the attitude of the prince and Muhammad would have been on this issue. And the reason why we have been able to do so is because of their help. ”

Ding Aiguo realized that he had lost his temper, so he lit a cigarette. Puzzled, he asked, "San'er, Ah Wei, I don't understand the things in the laboratory." You made such a big fuss, invested so much money, offended the British government in Hong Kong and the country, and even gave away the property rights of the experimental workshop, what are you trying to do? ”

The charter did not answer this question directly, but looked at his watch and said with a smile: "It's almost 6 o'clock, watch the news first, and see what the governor of Hong Kong says." ”

Due to various reasons such as money and politics, domestic TV is far less popular than Hong Kong TV.

At the beginning of reform and opening up, the people of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) used television antennas to watch the programs of Hong Kong Television, and Hong Kong Television has been openly and covertly snatching the audience of Dongguang Province.

Especially when I first came to the SAR to start a business, Hong Kong TV broadcast "Rogue Tycoon", and the ratings were amazingly high, and thousands of people were empty at night. A self-employed person not far from the company complained that when the finale of "Rogue Tycoon" was broadcast, he only did business for five yuan all night.

Chen Zhenghuai, who has been to Kuwait several times before the SAR, is not surprised that he can watch Hong Kong TV programs here. But like Ding Aiguo, he didn't know English or Cantonese.

As a son-in-law and son, Ding Wenming naturally couldn't watch their jokes, stared at the TV screen, and translated without giving in: "The governor said that this is an industrial upgrading project launched by the Hong Kong government, so that Hong Kong will have one more business card of science and technology port and entrepreneurship port in addition to the trade port, financial port and free port."

He hoped that the development of the Techno-Harb and the Start-up Harbour could promote the upgrading of the manufacturing industry through various schemes, support start-ups, provide support and explore business opportunities. He said, 'I am not pursuing the achievements of the Techno-Harb and the Start-up Harbour per se, but rather using them to drive the development of the whole industry and the community, so that the Hong Kong economy can benefit from them'.

He said, 'The ultimate success of the companies we nurture depends on their own efforts, just as universities only provide education, they cannot guarantee that graduates will flourish, but we will continue to optimize policies to provide better support......

It's out, it's really out, and I can even understand English. Ding Aiguo was very pleased, glanced at Chen Zhenghuai, who also showed a hint of a smile, crossed his arms and listened to his translation.

The Governor of Hong Kong claimed on TV in a high-spirited and subdued voice: Now, as long as you are at least 18 years old, have a Hong Kong identity card, and have a business plan, or plan to set up a manufacturing enterprise, then you have the opportunity to receive funding or cultivation for industrial upgrading and entrepreneurship programs.

He also said that the funding and incubation program do not require entrepreneurs to sell company shares or future earnings. If you are interested, you may contact the Commerce and Industry Branch of the Chief Secretary for Administration, the Education Department, the Productivity Council, the Vocational Training Council, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers or NB Bank Hong Kong Branch for more information.

A truly service-oriented government is more like socialism than socialism.

Chen Zhenghuai did not know why, and directly put it on the same level as how the Kuwaiti government treated Kuwaitis, and said with mixed feelings: "San'er, I found that you are better to the Germans and Hong Kongers than to the Chinese." ”

As soon as the charter was written, he immediately replied: "Those who know my heart say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want." Uncle Chen, everything we do is for the development of the company, not as simple as you think. ”

As an Independent Director of the Group. As good brothers who work together. Ding Wenming is very aware of his good intentions. hurriedly defended: "Dad, you really misunderstood San'er and brother-in-law, do big things informally, the group thinks about the future, not just the present." The treatment of Germany and Hong Kong is also based on the future development of the Group. ”

Liu Siwei wasted no time in adding: "We donated 10 million yuan to the flood in East China, and also donated to build 5 hope primary schools. Not as much as Mr. Gu, but by no means less. Because we have to take into account some political factors. If there is more, it will inevitably affect the development of the group. ”

It's not easy for children to make money, how can they twist their elbows outward, Chen Zhenghuai shook his head again and again: "Ah Wei, San'er, I didn't mean that." It's just that when I think of the floods in East China, I feel it. ”

The charter turned off the TV and said unhurriedly: "There is a lot of water in my hometown, and I also want to do more, but many things are one thing, and whether I can do it is another." As for the plan that the Governor just mentioned. We did invest a lot, and we can say that the whole project is based on our NB Electrical.

For example, all the Xiangjiang experimental workshops were transferred. Invest hundreds of millions of dollars to jointly build a larger, more researcher, and more advanced laboratory with the Hong Kong government; For example, the establishment of the NB Venture Fund, such as the NB Bank to provide entrepreneurial loans, and in the future, it will even set foot in the insurance industry, and introduce 'foreign exchange insurance', 'nationalization expropriation insurance', 'political violence insurance' and 'business interruption insurance' like the United States, so as to protect the investment security of Hong Kong's overseas small enterprises.

Why? We are not a living Lei Feng, but if we don't do this, Hong Kong manufacturing enterprises and people who are interested in manufacturing will not dare to invest in upgrading and transformation easily, and they will not dare to set foot in the manufacturing industry easily. Therefore, we need to build confidence in them and let them know that there is a future for them to follow NB Electric. ”

Pondering that Ding Aiguo has a set, but he can't figure out such a high-level business plan, and he can't help asking: "Then what?" ”

"Then we can become the leader of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry, and we can form a coalition of companies that is more united than FHKI."

The charter smiled and continued to explain proudly: "We now have a little capital, but we don't have so many technical and management talents, and it is impossible for us to let the management and technical elites we have cultivated in the past few years be responsible for those non-core businesses. With their joining, we can outsource all the enameled wires and paper-wrapped wires needed by the transformer company, as well as the bridges, busways, copper bars, aluminum bars and terminals required by the complete sets of high and low voltage companies.

The same is true for NB electrical appliances, NB electricians, NB medical, NB electronics and NB computers, doing the most with the least amount of money and the least number of people. When these supporting enterprises are developed, they will extend to the upstream of the industrial chain together in the form of cooperation and joint ventures. And use our technology to help more Hong Kong enterprises develop horizontally.

For example, the use of our industrial control technology and products to develop CNC machinery; For example, the technology of the system engineering laboratory and the traction machine manufactured by NB industry are used to support several elevator manufacturers; Another example is to use the copper ore we imported from Vietnam to support one or two wire and cable production enterprises. ”

Ding Aiguo pondered for a moment, and then asked: "I know, what is the benefit of supporting them for horizontal development?"

Liu Siwei took over the conversation and patiently explained: "There are many benefits, one is that it can help us produce NB products on an OEM basis. Second, in the process of building factories and expanding production scale, there will be a need for technical services of NB Technology, industrial electrical appliances of NB Electric, complete sets of high and low voltage switchgears of NB Electric, production equipment of NB Industrial Manufacturing and power transformers of NB transformers, and even the development of NB Bank and NB Aviation. ”

Thinking of the wires and cables used in the emergency repair of the power grid in Kuwait, Chen Zhenghuai reacted and asked worriedly: "I can understand the technology and equipment that I bought you, but is it a wolf to be brought into the house by them to produce NB products on an OEM basis?" ”

"We have been sparing no effort to cultivate the brand, as long as the brand has enough influence, the competitiveness should not be a problem. Moreover, the competition is all non-core business, which belongs to the kind that can be done or not. The reason why we do it is completely to expand the brand influence, in order to give customers an impression that NB products are everywhere and that NB Electric is very powerful. ”

As soon as Liu Siwei finished speaking, Ding Wenming added: "In addition, there is a market positioning, each product is divided into high, medium and low grades, and we will have a series of very strict requirements for product quality during OEM to ensure that NB manufacturing will always be a high-quality product." ”

Chen Zhenghuai was happy, and said with a smile: "It's a bit interesting to make other people's money and then use other people's money to do your own business." ”

The charter smiled modestly: "First-class enterprises do standards, second-rate enterprises do brands, and third-rate enterprises make products, we are still far behind." ”

Ding Aiguo was not so optimistic, and asked thoughtfully: "The technology and management of state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises cannot keep up, and there is no capital, so cooperating with Hong Kong enterprises is indeed a shortcut." It's just that Hong Kong's labor is so expensive and the land price is so high, can supporting enterprises afford it? ”

"Hong Kong does product design and sales, and production is placed in China."

The charter handed the two of them a cigarette again, and while helping them light the fire, he said: "So the benefits of this matter outweigh the disadvantages for the country, and it is not offended, after all, what will happen in a few years will only be known in a few years." Hong Kong's future government spending is already enough, and it doesn't care about hundreds of millions more NB labs every year. In contrast, it is better to have a good relationship with us and develop the domestic economy first. (To be continued......)