Ning Weimin didn't expect to see Huo Yanping looking a little frustrated today.
Perhaps it was because Director Huo always had a firm and confident attitude in front of him, and he never showed any hesitation.
So this sudden contrast made him very surprised, and he couldn't help but stare at Huo Yanping for a while.
However, he quickly realized that Huo Yanping could show an unusual side in front of him, which was undoubtedly a sign of trust.
To put it bluntly, he was even more indifferent to him, and he really regarded him as one of his own.
Ning Weimin's gratitude was not unfounded. He also knew that Huo Yanping was a good official with ethics. He could understand how stressful Huo Yanping's work was.
Especially when he saw that Huo Yanping's hair seemed to have significantly more gray hairs than last year, he was even more touched.
So he bit his lip and said directly, "Boss, did you encounter any problems at work? How about... you tell me? If you don't mind, please give me a chance to learn. Although I am young, I have insufficient knowledge and limited understanding of the international situation, so I may not be able to really help you with your worries. A businessman doing business in a foreign country must pay attention to changes in the financial environment and must be flexible. Maybe I can provide you with some additional ideas. Of course, if the nature of your work is really related to state secrets, I won’t ask any more…”
Huo Yanping felt a little relieved by the kindness and concern shown by Ning Weimin.
He really trusted Ning Weimin. At least he knew that he acted according to the law, knew the rules, and had the national interests at heart.
Although I didn't really believe that he could help me, there were some things that I had been holding in my heart for a long time, and I really needed to vent my feelings.
So I didn't show any pretense. I thought about the problem I was worried about and realized that even if it were leaked, it wouldn't be worse than it was now, so I told Ning Weimin calmly.
I bet Huo Yanping is now in a big trouble with his official duties.
He needs to coordinate with the Ministry of Commerce to obtain a large amount of industrial raw materials for the country from outside as soon as possible.
You must know that China is currently unswervingly following the path of reform and opening up. Whether it is the need for urban upgrading or industrial development and upgrading, it cannot do without a large amount of steel, iron, copper, aluminum, and these industrial materials.
At the same time, due to insufficient production capacity and limited resources in the domestic mining industry, especially in some places where there are no mining areas at all, the best way is to obtain a large amount of relevant materials and ore resources from the international market and transport them directly to the companies in need through ports. .
Especially for iron ore, the domestic gap is currently the largest.
But the problem is that there are still big obstacles in this matter.
One is that the Republic has insufficient foreign exchange, and the other is that trade channels are not smooth.
You must know that our country has not yet "re-established customs" at this time, and its position in international trade is very embarrassing. It is basically a small and transparent person who is excluded.
To put it bluntly, we have no money and are not popular, so we naturally have no sense of presence in the international market.
This not only causes our country's companies and products to suffer a lot of discriminatory or unfair treatment when entering the international market, but also seriously restricts the process of our reform and opening up to develop the economy.
So one can imagine how important this task on Huo Yanping's shoulders is.
But the problem is, judging from the harsh external environment, this is almost an impossible task.
In the past six months, no matter how hard he tried, he still ran into obstacles everywhere and could never find a breakthrough.
Not only are you doing useless work, but you are also feeling humiliated. How can you feel better?
In addition, some people in China are also confused.
Some people have seized on the loopholes of the dual-track system and relied on certain innate advantages to plunder the country and poach the corners of socialism.
This has further aggravated the shortage of domestic raw materials and even caused the normal production of many domestic factories to be unsustainable.
Take the Jinmen toothpaste factory, which has an annual output of 120 million units of Blue Sky toothpaste and uses thousands of tons of aluminum annually. It failed to order even a ton of aluminum this year.
The national price is 4,400 yuan per ton of aluminum, but there is a price but no supply. The price in private transactions is 10,000 yuan per ton.
From the perspective of the Blue Sky Toothpaste Factory, the total profit of this factory in 1987 was 5 million yuan, but now it costs an extra 6 million yuan just to purchase raw materials.
what does that mean?
This means that even if the toothpaste factory does not make any money, it will still have to lose 1 million in materials if it wants to maintain normal production.
The more you do, the more you lose, so why do you do this?
There is also Shenyang's "Double Happiness" brand pressure cooker, which is also a victim of shortage of raw materials.
The aluminum ingots required for the production of pressure cookers have been added to the factory at a national price of more than 4,000 yuan per ton, which has risen to more than 8,000 yuan per ton.
If this were the case, the pressure cooker factory would not be able to continue its work.
In short, the current domestic shortage of raw materials is already very serious.
Judging from the time, there is almost no breathing space for Huo Yanping. One can imagine the pressure on him at the negotiating table.
Therefore, although Ning Weimin brought good wine today, when Huo Yanping drank it, he had no intention of savoring the taste, but seemed to want to drink away his sorrows.
Ning Weimin quickly noticed that Huo Yanping rarely ate while sitting at the dinner table, as if he could not swallow anything.
But the XO that was half poured into his red wine glass was almost finished by him in one gulp.
"Leader, I have an immature idea that I would like to discuss with you. If we can't buy this iron ore, can't we think of something else and find a replacement?"
Ning Weimin didn't dare to let Huo Yanping drink like this anymore, so he opened his mouth to attract his attention.
"What is... replacement?
"Huo Yanping did put down his wine glass, but he was obviously confused and didn't understand the future vocabulary that Ning Weimin accidentally picked out.
"Ah, it's a substitute." Ning Weimin quickly explained, and then added, "Boss, I don't understand international trade, but I know how to live a life. I always feel that maybe we don't have to follow the iron Ore competition. Sometimes, the right path doesn't lead, so you just have to take a detour, even if you take a few more steps, it's fine as long as you can reach your destination.
"What do you mean by that?" Huo Yanping's eyes lit up, and Ning Weimin's subtext aroused his interest.
"I mean, everyone wants this good thing. If the quantity is small, it will definitely be difficult to buy. To use an analogy, the iron ore you mentioned is difficult to buy. I always feel it is a bit like the industrial coupons we issued back then. Similarly, you have to pay for everything such as three-turn and one-ring. Later, color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and cassette recorders require more people. You can't buy them if you don't care, unless you are willing to pay a lot of money and let others kill you to get them. "< br>
Huo Yanping nodded, "Your statement is quite interesting. It seems to be similar."
Then there was another sigh, "That's why I'm so worried. In fact, if I have to buy it, it's not impossible to buy it if I'm willing to spend the money, but the price is definitely too uneconomical. Others pay twenty dollars a ton, so we have to Forty dollars a ton, the quality is still poor. Our country only has limited foreign exchange, so we can’t let those foreigners really treat us like pigs.”
"Don't worry, the rich have their own tricks, and the poor have their own mistakes. To be honest, my first pot of gold came from industrial coupons. Others couldn't get those products, but not only did I not Although I lacked these things, I still made a fortune using this rule because I found the loopholes in the rules and successfully exploited them.”
Follow Ning Weimin and tell him everything. When he just returned to the city and had no job, he once joined a small group of blind liars in the eastern suburbs garbage dump and picked up rags with them for more than half a year.
Then he talked about refurbishing the old gadgets in the trust store and selling them to blind people at high prices to make a profit.
He didn't even hide the fact that he took advantage of the information gap to collect copper from blind people and made huge profits, and that he found a bronze artifact and handed it over to the country.
Finally, an inductive summary was made.
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"Leader, we are not afraid of being poor. What is important is the understanding of being poor. You must first learn to live a careful life, and then look for opportunities to strengthen yourself. You have to ride a donkey to find a horse, step by step. Don't imagine that you can achieve it in one step. The rich can use it. Okay, we don’t have to. Without new clothes and fine food, can’t we survive? Old clothes can still keep us warm, and wotou can also be used. Fill your stomach. Otherwise, if you say that they are both watches and they are of the same brand, is there any difference between buying a new one in a store and an old one in a trust store, both in terms of use and in the eyes of others? , I’m afraid they’re all the same, but the buyer spends less and it’s cheaper.”
Huo Yanping really didn't expect Ning Weimin to have such a special experience.
It was hard for him to imagine that the young man in front of him, who could use the warmth of his hands to warm the XO in a cup and enjoy foreign wine like an "old money man", had once made a living by picking up garbage, and yet he had ever done such a dirty and tiring job.
However, while he was surprised that Ning Weimin's growth path was not easy, what surprised him even more was Ning Weimin's way of solving problems. It was his ability to "change when you are poor, and change when you are poor" that he was able to bring such a person together. A disgusting drudgery turned into a fat one that made one's fortune overnight.
For this reason, Huo Yanping had to admit that Ning Weimin seemed to be born to be a businessman.
What's more, I can hear the direction to solve the problem from his words.
"Well, you are a very smart person. I didn't expect that you are really good at squeezing oil from rocks. Cost-effective, that's a good word. Then please tell me more specifically. In your opinion, this solution can solve the problem of industrial raw materials. What is the most cost-effective method? ”
Although these words sounded a bit joking, Ning Weimin didn't take it seriously at all. "Leader, I will take it as your compliment. Anyway, if you agree with my idea, I'm not afraid of trying to do anything in front of you. Just follow me. In my opinion, when it comes to iron ore, we can settle for the next best thing and use industrial waste first. Import more scrap iron and steel. You see, I have collected scraps. In fact, there is no money to be made from scrap metal. Why is it because there is always a shortage of materials in the country? Raw materials, and these things can be reprocessed.”
"Industrial waste? Where to import it from? Scrap steel and iron, can these things still be imported?"
Huo Yanping was a little stunned. This was indeed a solution he had never considered.
This year, due to the solidification of thinking patterns, no one in the Republic has thought of ways to import industrial waste from abroad.
"Japan. I have thought of ways to import these things for you."
Ning Weimin, on the other hand, got excited. He inadvertently proposed this expedient that would inevitably happen behind the Republic at least two years in advance.
"You see, how close we are to Japan. It's not just a strip of water as they always say. It's just a little bit of sea, so we can just import from Japan. By sea, we can go to Fuzhou, to Shanghai, to Qingdao, to Weihai, to Tianjin The door is convenient all the way from south to north.”
"But... I'm afraid you don't know something. Japan is the largest buyer of iron ore in the world. Japan is short of resources and mainly relies on imported raw materials for industrial production. Wouldn't they use these wastes for secondary purposes? Export? You, you, have the advantage of being flexible and finding a new way, but the objective reality is still insufficient. I think your idea will be difficult to realize.”
At this time, Huo Yanping still believed that Ning Weimin's plan had omissions and was not properly considered.
For this reason, the excitement that had just been felt was once again depressed.
But I didn't think that he was a bit arbitrary. In fact, it was only appropriate to give this sentence to him.
Just listen to Ning Weimin say, "Leader, I know Japan quite well. I'm afraid their understanding of the value of waste items is different from ours. Not to mention scrap steel and scrap metal, it means intact electrical appliances, home appliances, furniture, and musical instruments. They throw them away when they should. And because the government has strict laws on the recycling of garbage, Japanese people have to spend extra money to properly dispose of these things and reduce environmental pollution.”
"Why? Because what is really expensive in Japan is labor, so what they fear most is labor-intensive work. If an electrical appliance breaks, the repair cost is higher than buying a new one, so why do they need to repair it? Socks After wearing it once, they simply throw it away. They won’t even wash it because it’s a waste of their income. In other words, this kind of daily consumables is too cheap. The same principle can be applied to industrial waste. Although I don’t know the technology, I think the Japanese will have to pay unimaginable labor costs for reusing scrap steel. What is precious to us may be a drag on them.”
"I admit that Japan is a resource-scarce country and has huge demand for industrial production capacity. So according to what you said, Japan is currently the largest buyer of iron ore in the world. But conversely, through reverse thinking, we Can we also think that because Japan buys the most iron ore and has developed rapidly in recent years, there must be a lot of scrap metal and scrap steel that needs to be properly processed in Japan? "
Huo Yanping could not refute Ning Weimin's words.
He carefully weighed the stakes, not to mention, it really made sense.
Why not give it a try? Anyway, that's the situation now. Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
What if it's going to happen, even if it solves part of the problem. The situation could be much better than it is now, right?
Just as he thought of this, Ning Weimin spoke again, "Leader, as the saying goes, without investigation, there is no right to speak. I know it is difficult for you to make a decision based on my words alone. By coincidence, I happen to know a steel man in Japan. The owner of the factory, his name is Beimao, is the president of a company called Hanhe Industrial. If not, I can inquire about the situation through him. ”
Huo Yanping couldn't help but appreciate other people's food almost reaching his mouth.
He tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and finally said, "Then let's do this. Just as you said, you can help collect relevant information as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow!"
Huo Yanping was very satisfied with Ning Weimin's attitude, so he picked up the wine glass and motioned for Ning Weimin to pour him wine.
At the same time, he said, "I owe you a favor for this matter, but if it is done, it will also be an opportunity for you. Think about what you asked me for today. Understand?"
"Understood."
The two of them tacitly understood each other, clinked glasses together and took a sip.
And with this sip of wine, Huo Yanping finally felt like enjoying it. (End of chapter)