At the end of the project, everyone went back to the city for dinner, and the car was not enough, so Xu Xin gave the car to Jiang Yehu to drive.

Xu Xin was about to sit in the co-pilot of the rotten pickup truck, but he was tapped on the shoulder from behind, and when he looked back, it was actually He Penghui, a member of the expert group.

"Hello, Mr. He." He had a good impression of He Penghui, because he had a lot of words to defend him at the meeting just now.

"Call Mr. He to have more points, if you don't dislike it, call me Brother He, or follow Mr. He and Mr. Song, and call me Xiaohe." He Penghui smiled.

He is of medium height, has an ordinary appearance, and has a very earthy smile when he smiles.

And in his words, he was very respectful to Xu Xin, which was completely unnecessary.

How dare Xu Xin call him Xiaohe, if he really wants to call him that, then he really has no heart and lungs.

"Uncle He, do you know me?"

"Yes, before I came, Mr. He and Mr. Song called me specifically."

He Penghui didn't hide it, he still had a smile on his face, "Mr. Song said that Zhenyuan County is about to set up a diamond exploration project, so let us 107 Company wait for your dispatch." ”

"Diamond project?" Xu Xin understood something.

He Penghui nodded hurriedly, "I won't tell you, our 107 company's economic situation in recent years is not optimistic, since entering the market economy, the competition with private enterprises has lagged behind, I heard that I can do a diamond project, I am very happy." ”

107 Company?

Listening to the name, it doesn't seem to be an ordinary company.

"You used to be the 107th geological team, in Deyun City?" Xu Xin has a little understanding of the system of geological institutions in the past.

His father, Xu Hengqiang, used to be an ordinary technician in the Bureau of Geology and Mining.

Later, public institutions were reorganized into enterprises, and some stubborn diseases within the system were gradually exposed in the course of market competition.

Seeing that the efficiency of the unit was not satisfactory, Xu Hengqiang gritted his teeth and came out to do it alone.

Regarding the system of the unit, Xu Hengqiang often chatted with Xu Shuo and Xu Xin.

"We are still an enterprise under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Geology and Mining, and it is difficult to be responsible for our own profits and losses."

"I know your unit, I heard that you have a Grade A qualification for solid mineral exploration, which is very powerful!"

"Now the set of qualifications is about to be eliminated, and the market economy pays attention to technology, reputation and efficiency." He Penghui had a bitter face.

"yes, the market is very competitive." Xu Xin thought so.

Many of the public institutions are struggling to change their business structures.

On the contrary, it is a small private enterprise like Shuoxin Company, with its flexible management methods, to win a corner of the market.

The car in front of me has started to start the return journey.

He Penghui waved his hand at Xu Xin, "Let's talk about the plan of the diamond project in Zhenyuan County in detail." ”

"Okay." Xu Xin nodded and got into the passenger seat of the pickup truck.

Xu Hengqiang started the car and said curiously: "What are you going to do next?" ”

"When I went to the provincial capital before, He Lao and Song Lejia, the chief engineer of the Geology and Mining Bureau, talked to me and said that Zhenyuan County has great hope for diamond prospecting."

Xu Xin briefly talked about the situation of the diamond project that day, "I want to see the situation, if I can really do it, I will invest money." If there is little hope for prospecting, I should not be wronged. ”

The car followed the mountain road slowly.

The sound of clanging and clanging kept ringing.

Xu Hengqiang has walked this road many times, and every turn is very familiar, but he is still very cautious.

He looked ahead and said, "Do you know why I refused when He Lao invited me to carry out a diamond exploration project? ”

"Why?" Xu Xin asked rhetorically, obviously his father had something to say.

"Diamond prospecting, taking Zhenyuan County as an example, has been full for 70 years, and it can be said that there is no gain. Every expert went to see it and said that there was still hope for prospecting, and the metallogenic conditions were very good.

But where to find it?

It's not so easy to go deep and find hidden ultramafic rocks! ”

"I've checked the information, and it's really hard to make a breakthrough."

Xu Xin agrees with his father's words, but he also has his own ideas, after all, with the help of the system, he has the convenience of prospecting that others do not have, "I'll take a look first, after all, they have re-conducted a large number of data summaries and re-selected the prospecting target area." ”

"It's okay to go and see, but your brain must be clear, and you can't pat your chest with your brain hot and do something unrealistic."

"I understand."

"You are also a person who does your own business now, no matter what you do, you must think twice."

"Hmm." Xu Xin opened the car window and blew the cool breeze of the night.

It's November, and the weather is getting colder, especially at night.

"Today's project acceptance, at such an important moment, why didn't Luo Qiqi come?" He thought it was strange.

"I heard Qi Mingyuan say that he went to Gaoshan Province, and went with Xie Yanghui, and Nonferrous Mining established a branch in Gaoshan Province. The snow over there closed the mountain, and the field work was long over. At this time, they are estimated to be at the end of the year's work, and the people in the branch are beginning to enter the holidays. ”

"It's so cool to go on vacation so early."

"Cool? In the future, if you have the opportunity, you will be allowed to go to Alpine Province to do field work and experience whether it is cool or not. Xu Hengqiang smiled.

There is no doubt that it is absolutely unpleasant to do geological work in the Alpine Province.

At least in Xu Hengqiang's place, he must have experienced a difficult moment.

Xu Xin didn't want to go to Gaoshan Province to do work, but he didn't think much about it, "Now that the project has been accepted, the recoverable reserves are basically fixed at 19 million tons......

"Nineteen million tons," Xu Hengqiang suddenly sighed, "At the moment when I signed the gambling contract, I never thought that we would be able to find such a large area of ore.

At that time, when I came out of the headquarters of the Fu Phosphorus Group, you can also see it, my hands are shaking, and I am a little unsteady holding the steering wheel. ”

The scene of signing a VAM contract with Fu Phosphorus Group seems to be just yesterday.

Not only the phosphate exploration project in the five mines section of the Liangping mining area, but also the VAM contract ten years ago, every picture still appears in dreams from time to time.

Xu Xin turned his head to look at his father's side face, "We did it." ”

"Yes, we did, and it totally exceeded expectations!"

Xu Hengqiang's face seemed to have a glow, and he could feel the deep joy and excitement emanating from him, "After signing the contract ten years ago, I was full of ambition.

I signed a contract recently, and from the moment I put it to paper, I regretted it. ”

"Why do you regret it?" Xu Xin couldn't understand.

The two contracts, spanning ten years, have little difference in content, why is there such a huge gap in mood?

"I'm scared." Xu Hengqiang is not afraid or nervous now, he is very relieved.

It was as if the turbid qi that had been accumulated for ten years instantly emanated from the inside of the body.