Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Traveling with the leaders of the foreign trade department is a very worry-free thing. You don’t have to worry about anything along the way. From food to accommodation to itinerary arrangements, someone has already arranged it.

Li Weidong and the heads of several other companies got into a Toyota Coaster together. This is the second-generation Coaster, with air conditioning and independent air outlets. At that time, a minibus with air conditioning was definitely a luxury configuration.

It's just that the ride is not very comfortable. The second-generation Coaster uses a truck site, and the shock absorption effect can be ignored. Fortunately, the roads to the capital are not bad, and there are no bumps along the way.

Although Li Weidong holds more than 20 million foreign trade orders, which is equivalent to more than 100 million yuan in RMB, but in this car, he can only be regarded as a small shrimp, and the other people in the car are all bigwigs in the industry.

For example, Director Huo, the person in charge of the 400,000-ton ethylene project, has an investment of more than 10 billion yuan for one project. Every morning, when he opens his eyes, it is more than 3 million yuan in bank interest. On average, the interest is more than 100,000 yuan per hour. If I talk to you for a minute, thousands of dollars will be gone!

Li Weidong was carefully mixed in with a group of industry leaders. He heard people talk about hundreds of millions of billions of dollars in business, but he didn't understand it, and he didn't dare to ask.

After arriving in the capital, the minibus took Li Weidong and others directly to the hotel. The standard of accommodation was quite high, one room per person.

But it's normal to think about it. The executives of these tens of billions of state-owned enterprises are not low in the administrative level. The directors of ordinary cities are not comparable to them, and it is normal to enjoy higher treatment.

Li Weidong, an unofficial and jobless little shrimp, can live in a high-standard room, which is regarded as the light of the big guys.

The leaders of the ministries and commissions are all day-to-day, and it is not possible to see them when they want to. Naturally, they have to make an appointment many days in advance. Many places come up to report work, and it is common to queue for many days. If someone cuts in the queue, the wait will be longer. Of course, major and urgent matters will definitely be faster.

After waiting in the hotel for two days, Li Weidong and several other industry leaders were taken to the office building of the ministries and commissions, and then waited in a lounge to be summoned by the leaders.

After a while, the secretary came in: "Director Huo of the 400,000-ton ethylene project, the leader invites you to come over."

Director Huo immediately tidied up his clothes and followed the secretary out.

After less than five minutes, Director Huo came back. At the same time, the secretary also came in. He said, "Secretary Lu of Qicheng Petrochemical, the leader, please come over."

This time, Secretary Lu only went for more than three minutes. It was followed by the next industry leader to report to work.

Li Weidong did some calculations in his mind. Most of the big bosses have less than three minutes to report, and some major projects can have five minutes to report.

"Director Li of Qinghe Electric Furnace Factory, please come over." The secretary finally called out Li Weidong's name.

Li Weidong also tidied up his collar and walked over with the secretary.

Entering the leader's room, I saw Sun Xinmin and another leader, sitting side by side on the sofa. This person Li Weidong didn't know, but if he could sit side by side with Sun Xinmin, he should be at the same level as Sun Xinmin.

on the sofa next to it,

There were two other people sitting, Chen Ting and Ma Dexing from the Provincial Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department.

"Hello leaders, I'm Li Weidong." Li Weidong introduced himself. In front of so many leaders, he was too embarrassed to report the name of the township enterprise of the electric furnace factory, so as not to be humbled.

Chen Ting introduced: "Li Weidong, this is Sun Si, this is Liu Si."

"Hello, two leaders." Li Weidong greeted quickly.

"Okay, Director Li, it's not the first time we've met, so let's make a long story short." Sun Xinmin took the lead and said, "You proposed to continue to complete foreign trade orders by delaying delivery. This is a very important task. It's a good idea, and this is also a way to reduce losses; and in this way, it can also stabilize those foreign businessmen who do business with us and lay a foundation for continued cooperation in the future. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. I think, This method is worth promoting!"

"What the leader said is, but this method is limited to companies like me that produce machinery or electrical products." Li Weidong paused, then said: "Our type of company, products can be stored for a long time, Even if it is left for five or six years, at most, the wiring will be aging. Other types of enterprises are different, such as processed food, the product will go bad once the shelf life expires, and some chemical raw materials, not only have the storage time limit, There are also requirements for storage conditions.”

"Director Li, it seems that you have a unique opinion on this method of delaying delivery. You may wish to introduce it in detail." Sun Xinmin said.

Li Weidong nodded and explained: "In addition to whether the products I just mentioned are easy to store, the replacement of products is also a problem. In some industries, the product cycle of a new product is three or four years. For example, TV sets. Three or four years ago, 14-inch color TVs were the best products on the market, but now the most popular ones are 18-inch color TVs. Compared with 14-inch color TVs, 14-inch color TVs are somewhat outdated.

If the delivery is delayed, it will inevitably face the problem of product replacement. The industrial capacity of our country is not as good as that of western developed countries. Compared with western developed countries, our products are a generation or even several generations behind. If we wait another year or two, when our products are sold again, Hasn't it become an antique, and there will be no market at that time. "

Sun Xinmin nodded: "What you said is indeed a very realistic problem. Manager Li, the method of delaying the delivery is what you thought of, and the problems in it are also raised by you, so what are you going to use? Any way to solve it?"

Li Weidong immediately replied: "Leader of the report, our factory exports a toaster, which has existed in the West for more than half a century, and the replacement cycle is relatively slow. I estimate that in the next five or six years, this kind of There will be no major upgrades to the product.

In addition, our factory has also been carrying out product research and development. I dare not say that our products are at the world's advanced level, but at least we can guarantee that our products can reach the world's average level. Our products are in the international market, and in the face of fierce competition from foreign products, there is still room for us to fight back.

According to my plan, once the foreign trade export has improved, we will directly produce the latest products and then deliver them, so that foreign businessmen get new products, and there is no need to worry that the products have been eliminated by the market. "

Sun Xinmin and Liu Si next to him looked at each other, this time it was Liu Si who said, "Just now when your Director Chen reported on the work, you mentioned that after your factory received the foreign trade order, it has not yet started production, so this Not only did it not lose, but it also made money. Other companies are not as lucky as you. Some products have already been produced, and some products are already in transit. What do you think they should do?"

"Leader, if the products that have been produced cannot be exported for domestic sales, they can only be dismantled. The products are new, and the parts are also new. They can be sold and they should be able to recover some. Losses; as for the products that are already in transit, even if the cost of shipping it back is enough, if it is not enough, just throw it into the sea!" Li Weidong secretly said that the sea was sorry.

Sun Xinmin chuckled: "It's been a long time, but the way you propose to delay the shipment is still your own factory's problem!"

"Leader, as I said just now, this method has limitations." Li Weidong paused, then continued: "But the leader can use our factory as a pilot, and try this method first. Besides, I haven't contacted Wal-Mart yet. And, I don't know if people are willing to accept my plan to delay the shipment."

Sun Xinmin and Liu Si looked at each other again, and then Sun Xinmin said, "Director Li, since you have said so, then the ministries and commissions will take your factory as a pilot. We will send people as soon as possible to carry out discussions with Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart. Contact, if they are willing to delay the delivery, then sign a supplementary contract for delayed delivery, you will leave Beijing in the next two days, and you still need to sign the contract."

"Thank you leader." Li Weidong replied.

Li Weidong originally planned to let Zheng Jianan contact Gordon of Walmart and Hayward of Walmart, but now that Sun Xinmin is willing to take the initiative to undertake this matter, Li Weidong is naturally unable to ask for it.

In this kind of negotiation with foreign businessmen, it is more prudent for the state to come forward.

...

Li Weidong returned to the lounge, and when he arrived at the door, he saw five or six more people in the lounge.

"The work in this committee is very busy. I went to see the leader. It took less than five minutes to go back and forth. There are so many people waiting to see the leader."

Li Weidong walked in while thinking about it.

"Li Weidong is back!" Someone shouted softly, and everyone's eyes were focused on Li Weidong.

Only then did Li Weidong realize that the five or six people who came here, he still knew, were all old acquaintances at the Canton Fair, including Cai Qianjin and Jiang Aiguo.

"Why is Cai Qianjin them? I feel that the visitors are not good!" Li Weidong thought to himself, then stepped forward and said hello: "Director Cai, Director Jiang, long time no see! You are also here to wait for the leaders to meet?"

"We're here to find you!" Jiang Aiguo replied.

"Looking for me?" Li Weidong blinked: "I am not an official or a general, what are the leaders looking for me for?"

Jiang Aiguo said, "Director Li, I'm a straight-minded person, so I'll be straightforward. You have to refund us the royalties for our air fryer!"

"Why?" Li Weidong was slightly taken aback.

"Because our air fryer didn't sell!" Jiang Aiguo said confidently.

Li Weidong looked at Jiang Aiguo inexplicably and thought to himself: Is this a joke sent by monkeys?