In the evening, a China Southern Airlines passenger plane slowly landed on the runway of Guangdu Airport.

Three middle-aged men dressed in Mao suits, carrying briefcases, and knowing at a glance that they were leading cadres, hurriedly got into a Toyota Coaster bus that drove directly onto the runway, and hurried to the Special Administrative Region.

A month ago, when the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was inaugurated, an unsigned letter from the masses was forwarded by the relevant leaders of the central government and quietly circulated among the top leaders. The letter argues that the stock market is a capitalist thing, and the sooner it closes, the better, and the sooner it closes, the sooner it takes the initiative.

It is believed that capitalism is rampant in the special zones, party and government cadres are all rotten, and that further development will cause serious social problems, and I don't know how many people will jump off buildings. Some leaders strongly agree with this viewpoint, while others are more softened and believe that investigation and study should be strengthened.

The municipal party committee and government were under great pressure, and when they heard that the ministry and commission were coming, the permanent secretary decided to personally accompany them on a trip.

The deputy provincial leaders personally accompanied him, and the deputy director of the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Economic and Trade Gu was flattered, and hurriedly got up and said: "Secretary Chang, I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

"What's troublesome or not, it's all for work." Secretary Chang smiled, motioned for the driver to drive, and shook hands cordially with the other two Beijing officials.

"Zhao Qianqian, deputy chief engineer of the oil and gas company."

"Hello, hello, welcome to the SAR."

"Hello Secretary Chang, Chen Yourong of the State Council, I sent you materials when I held the National People's Congress last time."

As soon as I got in the car, I felt familiar, and it turned out to be a cadre of the State Council. Secretary Chang was secretly frightened, holding his hand and smiling casually: "Director Chen, I am fortunate to be there." ”

Considering that there will be a lot of trouble for the SAR government in the future, Deputy Director Gu leaned on the back of his chair and said: "Secretary Chang, I can't say it clearly on the phone in the afternoon, and I will briefly report the situation to you while there is still some time." ”

"Okay, as long as our municipal party committee and government can speak, we will definitely help you make it."

"Thank you, Secretary Chang."

Deputy Director Gu paused and succinctly introduced: "The reconstruction of the Gulf has created a common opportunity for all countries in the world. Naturally, China cannot afford to miss the opportunity. As early as half a month ago. In accordance with the Prime Minister's instructions, the Ministry of Economic Cooperation took the lead in setting up a 'Gulf Group'. The trickiest thing for us is the race for a rebuilding contract. It was overshadowed with special political overtones. So little progress has been made.

Later, Zhao Gong proposed. The oil field fires are endangering the survival and development of Kuwait, and even the Emir of Kuwait has called it a 'national crisis', if our country can participate in this 'new battle to save Kuwait'. And showing strength in this high-tech field is equivalent to getting the ticket to enter Kuwait and even the entire Gulf. ”

If you don't look for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for this kind of thing, why do you look for NB Electrical?

The permanent secretary was confused, but still nodded slightly, and Deputy Director Gu continued: "Five days ago, Kuwaiti Minister of Cabinet Affairs Awadi visited China. During the meeting, the chairman and the prime minister successively expressed their willingness to provide assistance for Kuwait's reconstruction and to support Kuwait's restoration of its legitimate rights and interests.

On the night that Awadi agreed, the oil and gas company immediately set up a firefighting team and set off on Awadi's special plane early the next morning, without even having time to get his passport. Expectations from top to bottom were high, and the expert group was very competent, and after two days of inspection, a series of recommendations were made.

For example, dig a tunnel to the oil well, install a valve at the waist of the tubing, and draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle. According to the feedback from the embassy, the Kuwaiti side greatly appreciated this. In addition, some people in China have sent letters to the relevant departments, suggesting that qigong be used to extinguish the fire, on the basis that some newspapers said that 'the fire in Daxinganling was extinguished by a qigong master's work', but the relevant departments felt that it was too mysterious and did not dare to adopt it. ”

The more Secretary Chang listened, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help asking: "Director Gu, what does this have to do with NB Electric?" ”

"Six hours ago, the Prime Minister of Kuwait held a press conference at Poplar Palace to inform the world about the plan to extinguish the fire in the oil field. It was announced that a consortium of four fire companies in the United States and Canada, as well as NB Electric, would be solely responsible for extinguishing all ignited oil wells. The total contract value is 3.5 billion US dollars and the duration is 4 months. ”

The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the major hotels and hotels in the city, you can see the switch panel of the NB electrician everywhere you go, and the permanent secretary is very familiar with NB Electrical, so he shook his head without thinking about it: "Director Gu, you are not mistaken, right?" NB Electric makes switch panels, industrial appliances and high and low voltage switchgear, and has a transformer factory in Vietnam and a power plant in Germany, but I haven't heard that they have a fire protection business. ”

"Make no mistake."

Director Chen of the State Office took over the conversation and confirmed with a serious face: "Secretary Chang, there was no before, it doesn't mean that there is no now." In fact, it was the turbine fire-fighting equipment they invented that made all the efforts made by Director Gu and Zhao Gong before useless. According to the latest news sent back by the embassy in Kuwait and the Huaxin News Agency, they have a dominant position in the consortium, and they can get at least a quarter of the $3.5 billion large order. ”

"$870 million?"

"And even more."

Thinking of NB Electric's NB laboratory and the "giant magnetoresistive effect" they discovered, Secretary Chang suddenly realized that maybe there was really this possibility, and muttered to himself: "If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it." ”

"Secretary Chang, you have a lot of opportunities, it's normal to not know these things."

Deputy Director Gu took out a stack of materials from his briefcase and said with frustration: "In fact, fire extinguishing is just one of their many orders in the Gulf, in addition to contracting several projects such as the Shuweich Power Plant, the Shuweich Seawater Desalination Plant, the emergency repair of the power grid in the main urban area and the emergency repair of water supply pipelines, and even made a set of power grid automation system for Kuwait." ”

"I haven't heard they have anything to do with the Kuwaiti government?"

"But they have agents, and these projects are all in cooperation with a Saudi power installation company. In case you don't believe it, they not only opened up the Kuwaiti power equipment market in one fell swoop, but also secured a series of orders from the Saudi National Power Company, including grid automation systems. 132 kV transmission line, grid renovation of two SABIC chemical plants. ”

Secretary Chang was happy and couldn't help laughing: "NB Electrical and NB Electric are joint ventures, with 30% of the shares in the district, and low-voltage electrical appliances, high-voltage circuit breakers and switchgear can all be used, which is a good thing." ”

"Of course it's a good thing for them, it's not a good thing for us. They blew the fire out with a huge 16-ton thrust from an aircraft engine, which was equivalent to blowing back our firefighting team. ”

As soon as Director Chen's words fell, Deputy Director Gu added with a wry smile: "Secretary Chang, this is our only chance to participate in the reconstruction. There is no such ticket. It is likely that none of the Chinese companies will be able to squeeze in. ”

Joint ventures in the jurisdiction have robbed the business of central enterprises. The more Secretary Chang thought about it, the more funny it became, and he asked with a smile: "What do those three mean?" What do you want our municipal party committee and municipal government to do? ”

Director Chen of the State Office had a straight face and said very seriously: "Secretary Chang, as far as we know. NB Electric's breakthrough in fire extinguishing technology. not only grabbed nearly $1 billion for themselves. It also helped Germany grab more than 6 billion US dollars in equipment procurement contracts. Even in the previous power plant and grid emergency repairs, it helped Saudi Arabia win a $1.4 billion power supply contract. ”

Billions at every turn, or dollars. Secretary Chang felt very incredible, and asked suspiciously: "Director Chen, Director Gu, how did they do it?" ”

"They provide the services that Kuwait needs most, and they do it well. Whether it is power plants, power grid emergency repairs, or current fire extinguishing, both in technology and quality, and in terms of speed, it is impeccable. ”

"You want to ask them for help?"

Chen Yourong sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Now that the matter is now, I can only pin my hope on them." ”

Thinking of NB Electric's style of doing things, Secretary Chang immediately took a precautionary shot: "The three of them may not know very well that NB Electric is different from ordinary joint ventures, although it is engaged in the power equipment industry, it rarely deals with the government. ”

"The municipal party committee and the municipal government don't have any influence?"

It is normal for Chinese companies to not be able to grab orders because they did not send troops or money, and they abstained from voting on the Security Council.

The central government has the ideas of the central government, and the localities have local plans, and the permanent secretary does not want to offend a god of wealth because of this, so he pretends to be helpless, shakes his head and smiles bitterly: "Earn foreign exchange every year, pay taxes according to regulations, most of the products are exported, and you can sell as much as you can in China, and you have never even done TV commercials, so people don't need to ask the government." Besides, this is just a branch, and the branch manager is only in charge of the branch, so how can he be the master of the headquarters? ”

"Are they really not interested in the domestic market?"

"Three, you don't know how serious local protectionism is. Especially in the power industry, one province has one access standard. Zhao Gong, and your oil field, the threshold is so high, the procedures are so cumbersome, beg grandpa to tell grandma, if it were me, I would not be interested. ”

Zhao Qianjin was embarrassed and said stupidly: "As long as the product is excellent, as long as it meets the relevant standards, it is not difficult to enter the oilfield." ”

NB Electric has the most international certifications in the Special Economic Zone, especially the quality management system certification, which even the National Standards Committee has issued a commendation. So far, it has hundreds of international and domestic patents, and dozens of intellectual property lawsuits have been fought at home and abroad. With an annual output value of hundreds of millions, the products are exported to more than 60 countries and regions around the world.

The domestic market is doing very ordinary, that is, it is unwilling to engage in crooked ways.

This matter NB electrical appliances and NB electrical sets have been reported to the district, and the district has reacted to the city. There are many, many more situations like this, and the permanent secretary sighed secretly and did not squeak again.

In the blink of an eye, the bus slowly stopped in front of the office building of NB Electric China.

As soon as they got off the bus, they stepped forward to introduce Li Xiaoshan, general manager of the Chinese company, Yao Guanghui, the Chinese manager of NB Electric, and Feng Changguo, the Chinese manager of NB Electric.

Secretary Chang also came for the first time, looked around and couldn't help but quip: "Mr. Li, I heard that you have received a large order of hundreds of millions of dollars in the Middle East, why don't you celebrate?" ”

Li Xiaoshan walked towards the conference room with everyone, and said with a casual smile: "Secretary Chang, you are really well-informed, but the fire extinguishing contract was signed by a European company, and it has nothing to do with our Chinese company." In contrast, we are more interested in grid and power plant rebuilding projects. ”

"Anyway, you made a lot of money, how much foreign exchange can you earn this year?"

"400 million Hong Kong dollars shouldn't be much of a problem."

"Yes, double the number last year." Secretary Chang nodded with satisfaction, and sighed with emotion: "Mr. Li, if there are two more companies like yours, the city will not have to worry about this year's foreign exchange earning task." ”

"Secretary Chang has a good reputation, come, please inside, Director Gu, Director Chen, Zhao Gong, please take a seat."

Time is the contract, Deputy Director Gu didn't dare to delay any longer, and pretended to be angry and complained when he sat down: "Mr. Li, your turboblast fire tank can make us miserable." The boiled duck flew, shouldn't you show a little? ”

Two phone calls a day, Li Xiaoshan knew the situation in Kuwait well, and said bluntly: "The four leaders, we don't hide it, we know very well about the fire extinguishing expert group of the oil and gas company. But things are not as simple as you think, and even without us, it will be difficult for oil and gas companies to get firefighting contracts. ”

"Why?"

"Because not only we Chinese can do tai chi, but Kuwaitis can also do it." If the guess is correct, the Kuwaiti side will definitely ask the expert group to issue a technical report first, and then organize a technical committee to make a defense. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, wondering how he knew?

Looking at the three Beijing officials looking at each other, Li Xiaoshan continued: "This is not surprising, this is true for you, and the same is true for fire companies in other countries, this is an expedient measure for the Kuwait side, after all, Kuwait still needs the support of the international community in restoring its legitimate rights and interests." In addition, the Kuwaiti government is being reshuffled, and Awadi, who promised you, is about to become a 'former Minister of Cabinet Affairs', so it is doubtful whether he can fulfill his promise. ”

This is a new situation, Deputy Director Gu didn't think he would joke on this issue, and after thinking about it, he asked expectantly: "Mr. Li, then do you think we still have a chance?" ”

"Director Gu, I'm in China, I've never been to Kuwait, and I don't understand those national affairs, so you're really asking the wrong person this question. However, there is a labor export opportunity in front of me, I don't know if you and Zhao Gonggan are interested. ”

"How many? What kind of people? ”

"Three thousand," Li Xiaoshan took out a fax he had just received from the folder, gently pushed it in front of him, and said with a sincere face: "In fact, if you and Zhao Gong don't come, we will also contact you through Chen Zhenghuai, deputy director of the Binhai City Foreign Economic Cooperation Commission." In short, on the issue of Kuwait's reconstruction, the chairman and Zhang Gong have been helping the country find a way. ”

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.

With a labor export contract of 35 million US dollars, Deputy Director Gu was overjoyed, and suddenly got up and said: "Mr. Li, thank you, thank you very much, I know that your company will not let us run in vain." Please wait a minute, I'll go out and make a phone call to report the good news to the leader. (To be continued......)