"Dare to ask where the road is, the road is under your feet-"

A loudspeaker on a telephone pole plays the theme song of the TV series Journey to the West.

This song was played almost for more than ten hours a day in the factory of Qianyuanzheng, perhaps to use this exciting song to lift the spirit of more than 3,000 workers in the factory.

It's December, and the factory in the ravine of Guizhou Province is cold and gloomy, and there is no heating equipment in the house, and people shiver with cold.

Although there are not many production tasks in the factory now, the workers still go to work on the factory floor and mess around.

A group of retired elderly people lit a fire with firewood in a vacant lot in the factory area, and twenty or thirty elderly people chatted around the fire while roasting the fire.

Listening to these old people's voices, they all speak in a south-to-north accent, with a northeast accent, a Sichuan provincial accent, and a Hubei provincial accent and a Guizhou provincial accent.

This situation is not at all surprising in the southwest, where in the sixties all over the country concentrated their efforts on building factories in the ravines of the southwest to prepare for possible future wars.

Wang Weidong's father, Wang Haifu, was also sent to the southwest for several years, but later he was transferred back to the Xiangyang Chemical Factory.

The old people are discussing an exciting news.

It is said that this time the state will allocate 100 million yuan to the Guizhou expedition to this factory, which will be used to pay arrears of wages and organize production!

"Ge Laozi, I just said that the country will not ignore us!" An old man said.

"This time it's good, there are less than two months to go before the New Year, and everyone can have a good year if they pay their wages and pensions for five months at a time." Another old man said excitedly.

The other old men grinned happily as well.

In fact, the first version of this news began to spread a month ago, but the first version of the gossip said that the state allocated 1 million to solve the problem of workers' wages, but a month later, the total amount of funds allocated by the state has become 100 million!

In fact, this kind of thing often happened in the 90s in various factories that were not doing well.

After one gossip turned out to be fake, another soon began to spread in the factory.

Every time almost all the workers were eagerly looking forward to it, and if everyone could calm down and think about it, they would themselves find the gossip unreliable, but now almost all of them would rather believe such news to comfort or deceive themselves.

Wages in the factory hadn't risen in years, and two years of intermittent overcrowding, adding up to five months' wages were now in arrears.

Every worker and retiree has more than 1,000 wages and pensions in arrears.

This money is not worth mentioning at all for the rich, but it is simply life-saving money for these workers, and not a penny is missing!

Wang Keling, the secretary of the factory, sat in his office and heard the secretary's report, and he decided to turn a blind eye to this kind of gossip as he had done several times before, and pretended not to hear it.

It would be bad if the factory issued a notice to clarify that the matter was false information for such a thing, it would be like pouring a basin of cold water on a red-hot stove, and the stove would burst.

Of course, it cannot be said that this gossip is completely false, because now the factory director Fan Jingyi has rushed to the capital to ask for help from the ministry and strive for a sum of money to pay wages to all the workers in the factory before the year.

When Fan Jingyi, the factory director, walked into Vice Minister Jiao's office, Vice Minister Jiao's face was ugly.

He said helplessly to Fan Jingyi: "Old Fan, you have come to me again to change your fate, tell me yourself, how many times have you been here this year?" Do you think I'm here to print money? How can a listed company of yours be like this after less than two years of listing? ”

"Vice Minister Jiao, I have been the director of this factory for less than a year, and I don't know anything about it before, and it was a mess when I took over! If you want to track down where the 50 million obtained from the listing financing was spent, you should not look for me. But I'm kneeling for you now, and you have to give me the money so that the more than 3,000 workers in the factory can pass this Spring Festival. Fan Jingyi said.

"You don't have to cry with us all the time! You are now a listed company, so you can raise money. Vice Minister Jiao said.

Hearing Vice Minister Jiao say this, Fan Jingyi knew that Vice Minister Jiao did not understand the regulations on financing in China's stock market.

Now that the factory has been on the market for less than two years, it is impossible to raise a second fund. Moreover, the performance of the factory does not allow for financing.

"According to the rules of the stock exchange, there is still a year before the second financing, and we can't afford to wait." Fan Jingyi said.

"Can't you find a bank to take out a loan?" Vice Minister Jiao asked.

When Fan Jingyi heard Vice Minister Jiao's words, he said with a wry smile: "If I go to the presidents of those banks, they will definitely avoid me like a plague god!" They now have to burn incense every day, and they are looking forward to the economic benefits of our factory to get better than me! Because only in this way can the more than 100 million loans owed to them be repaid! It is absolutely impossible to borrow money from them now, because they also know that this is a meat bun and a dog will never go back! ”

"You all know about it, but we can't help it, we really don't have any money. Even if I squeeze out a sum of money to you, the other companies below will come to me immediately when they hear these news, which one is not difficult now? And I gave you this money, can you guarantee that you will not come to me again in the future? Absolutely impossible! This one, that one, this month, next month! I can't handle it. Vice Minister Jiao said with an embarrassed face.

But what about the workers? The Spring Festival is coming soon, and there has been no expenditure in the factory for two months! Fan Jingyi said.

"Well, I'll report this to the minister first, and then we will meet to figure out a solution. You wait a few more days in the capital before leaving. Vice Minister Jiao said.

During this time, Wang Weidong went to the brewery construction site 400 kilometers away for two days.

The foreign bulk carrier is about to arrive at the port of Tianjin to unload its cargo. They can then ship the equipment to the factory for installation.

Li Yueshi has been keeping an eye on the stock of Shancha shares during this time. During this period of time, Shancha shares have been rising moderately, and the stock price has risen by nearly 10% relative to the stock price when they arrived in Beijing, but the time has been long and not very conspicuous.

Li Yueshi judged that there must be many rat intestines secretly buying the company's shares.

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Weidong received a call from Shi Ke.

Shi Ke laughed heartily on the phone and then said, "Weidong, I'll let you see someone when I come home at night." ”

"Minister Shi, if you still want to persuade me to be high-spirited, forget it, I'm not interested in saving loss-making state-owned enterprises!" Wang Weidong pretended to refuse.

"Weidong, what kind of attitude do you have! Didn't you even give me face? You're stiff now, aren't you? Shi Ke pretended to be angry and said.

He completely put on a posture of an elder reprimanding a junior.

"The person who came to my house tonight is not an outsider, I also knew you before, it is Deputy Minister Lu, who also served as the director of the Xiangyang Chemical Plant before! Hurry up, everyone is from the original Xiangyang Chemical Factory, sit down and talk about the past. Shi Ke said.

Hearing Shi Ke say this, Wang Weidong deliberately was silent for a while and then pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "Okay, since it is the leader who speaks, then I will go over and take a look!" ”

After Vice Minister Lu arrived at the Xiangyang Chemical Plant, he began to make drastic efforts to promote the work of converting military to civilian use. Among them, the two main ones are the introduction of float glass production lines, and the other is the purchase of the small radio factory from Wang Wei and Xiaoyang in Eastern Europe.

Due to his outstanding achievements in promoting the conversion of military to civilian use, Director Lu was soon transferred back to the ministry and worked in the working group for military to civilian use.

Regarding the fact that Wang Weidong and Ou Xiaoyang sold the small radio factory to the Xiangyang Chemical Factory for 300,000 yuan, although Vice Minister Lu did not say anything on the surface, he was indignant in his heart.

To be sure, Xiangyang Chemical Factory did not suffer a loss in buying that small radio factory, because the value of that plant was not in the production equipment, but in the sales channels that had already been laid.

If you manage it well, you can quickly earn back the 300,000 yuan you sold by selling the radios to a few universities in Hei Province that can listen to campus radios.

However, at that time, Director Lu appointed Deputy Director Fang to take charge of the work of the radio factory, and due to poor work and his own economic problems, Deputy Director Fang was executed in 90 years, and the radio factory under the Xiangyang Chemical Plant also completely collapsed.

This responsibility cannot be counted on Wang Weidong.

This time, Vice Minister Lu was also forced to see Wang Weidong at Shi Ke's house, because everyone lived in the same agency compound, and it was very convenient for them to visit each other.

Shi Ke said to the minister: "Minister, the factory of the Qianyuan expedition, when the third line was built, it produced artillery barrels, and now it has been unable to find the direction of production for so many years when it is switching to civilian products, and it has lost tens of millions on the books. But you and I both know in our hearts that if we carefully check the hole, there are at least more than 100 million, and it will already be insolvent! Keeping it in your hand is a hot potato! If it is sold, it will not only find a way out for the more than 3,000 workers in the factory, but also solve the problems of other factories in the ministry with the money returned. ”

The minister was very interested after hearing Shi Ke's suggestion, so he asked Vice Minister Lu to have a private interview with Wang Weidong.

It is impossible for the minister to know Vice Minister Lu's psychological activities, and he should have thought that the reason why Wang Weidong is so familiar with Shi Ke is undoubtedly because Shi Ke used to be the director of the Xiangyang Chemical Plant, and Vice Minister Lu also used to be the director of the Xiangyang Chemical Plant, so it would be better to send him to talk to Wang Weidong about this matter.

After hearing the minister's instructions, Vice Minister Lu's initial reaction was resistant. However, he immediately came to his senses that solving the problem of the operation of state-owned enterprises is now a big problem of the overall situation, and if he contributes to the ministry in this regard, what a good thing it would be!

This is just like when he made a bold move to promote the conversion of military to civilian use at the Xiangyang Chemical Plant.

After figuring this out, Vice Minister Lu happily accepted the task, and then went to Shi Kewei's house and asked Shi Kewei to call Wang Weidong.

"Two old guys want to calculate me, so let's see who can calculate who in the end!" Wang Weidong said naturally to himself in the mirror.

He changed his clothes and then took a ride to Shi Kewei's house in front of the hotel.

The door opened, and Vice Minister Shi Ke and Lu stood at the door to greet him.

The moment he saw Wang Weidong, Vice Minister Lu immediately stepped forward and pressed his hands on Wang Weidong's shoulders and said, "Weidong, we haven't seen each other for ten years, right?" ”

Then he shook his head left and right, as if he was carefully studying Wang Weidong's appearance, then shook his head and sighed: "I feel that there has been no change in your appearance in the past ten years, but your temperament has changed a lot, and you are more calm!" ”

Wang Weidong also said to Vice Minister Lu with a look of surprise: "Director Lu, I haven't seen you for ten years, and you still look so high-spirited!" The fact that I was welcomed by the two directors of the Xiangyang Chemical Plant really made me feel terrified! ”

Hearing Wang Weidong's words, Shi Ke and Vice Minister Lu both laughed. The three of them walked into the living room and sat down, Wang Weidong quietly observed Vice Minister Lu, and found that he was looking at himself with a smile and sincerity, just like an elder looking at a junior.

Wang Weidong knew in his heart that Vice Minister Lu must have been worried about the affairs of the small radio factory back then, and now seeing him like this, he couldn't help but sigh emotionally: A leader is a leader, and he really has a level!

"Weidong, you are the big boss now, but since we have come out of the Xiangyang Chemical Factory, that is the pride of our Xiangyang Chemical Factory! Speaking out in the future, Lao Shi and I will have face! Vice Minister Lu said with a smile.

"I have been studying in Xiangyang Chemical Factory since I was a child, and I can have today's training and education in Xiangyang Chemical Factory!" Wang Weidong said with a look of nostalgia.

In front of the two ministers, he consciously sat on the sofa with only half of his buttocks, willing to be a junior.

"Weidong, let's get to the point, the last time you came to my house, I went to the minister and told him my opinion, there are two listed companies in the ministry that are not doing well now, since you want to acquire a listed company, you can choose one of these two companies." Shi Ke said.

"Minister Shi, you yourself have just said that the business of these two listed companies is not good, and you still recommend this to me? What I want to acquire is a well-run listed company! Wang Weidong said with a bitter face.

"Weidong, it's up to people, the country is now advocating the use of various methods to activate the old state-owned enterprises, and the eight immortals cross the sea, each showing its ability! Just like TV breakout, we have to break out too! You have owned such a large company in just over ten years, which shows that you are a capable person! Isn't the state advocating the use of new thinking and new management methods to promote state-owned enterprises? I think it's fitting for you to do it! Vice Minister Lu said.

(End of chapter)