Material Empire

"I want to do a business with Chief Yue. The profit will be split equally between the two parties. The profit earned by the troops will be used to purchase these engineering shovels. What does Chief Yue think?" Qin Hai said slowly.

"You want to cooperate with me in business? Did I hear correctly?" Yue Guoyang was a little taken aback, this was the most arrogant request he had ever heard.

"Xiao Qin, don't talk nonsense, how can Chief Yue do business with you? Besides, you are a worker, what kind of business do you do?" Chen Heqian saw that Qin Haiyue's words were getting more and more unreliable, so he hurriedly interrupted him to prevent Yue Guoyang from getting annoyed .

Qin Hai ignored Chen Heqian's dissuasion, and said, "Chief Yue, maybe you can accept it more easily if I put it another way. Now that the country has shifted its work focus to economic construction, military expenditures have been reduced, but the equipment construction of the troops has been reduced." It is urgent. In this case, the army can consider cooperating with the local government. The military has some resources that the local government does not have. If resources can be shared with the local government, a win-win situation can be achieved. In this way, the local government can develop its economy and the military can also Why not improve the equipment?"

Qin Hai's idea was pondered for many days. He knew that in the 1980s, the military budget was very tight, and many troops had to find ways to generate income to improve their living conditions and equipment conditions. He made this suggestion to Yue Guoyang precisely based on this background of the times. He believed that Yue Guoyang should be interested in this kind of cooperation.

Yue Guoyang was silent for a moment, then asked slowly: "How do you plan to cooperate with the army? What kind of resources can the army provide you?"

Qin Hai heard Yue Guoyang's words and knew that the other party was already tempted. After all, it was out of the need to improve the army's equipment, not related to Yue Guoyang's self-interest. He could do some things openly. The key was whether Qin Hai's proposal was reasonable or not.

Qin Haidao: "Don't worry, Chief Yue, I hope that the support provided by the army is not complicated. First, I hope that the army can give me a name so that my friends and I can set up a small factory specializing in the production of various military and civilian products. equipment."

"It's not difficult." Yue Guoyang replied. He knew that although there are some private companies in the society now, the policy is very strict on the control of such private companies. Qin Hai hoped that the army would provide him with a title because he wanted to avoid some policy restrictions. Regarding this point, he believed that the influence of the provincial military region was sufficient, and it could completely hold up a protective umbrella for Qin Hai.

Qin Hai nodded, and then said: "After we have this name, we will start to smelt steel normally. I don't have steel-making equipment in hand now, so I want to ask Chief Yue to help solve the problem of steel-making equipment."

"I can't help you with this." Yue Guoyang shook his head, "Steelmaking requires a steelmaking furnace, right? Where can I get you this thing?"

Qin Hai smiled and said: "I am not asking Chief Yue to provide me with a steel-making furnace, but I want to ask Chief Yue to help me coordinate a relationship. I have learned that there are two sets of idle steel-making equipment in Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant, and now they are locked. In the workshop, there is no use. If Chief Yue can help to say hello to the Pingyuan County Government and allow us to rent these two sets of equipment, then our problem will be solved."

"Can we coordinate the relationship between the Pingyuan County Government?" Yue Guoyang turned his head and asked Ge Dongyan who was standing by.

Ge Dongyan looked at Qin Hai, then took a step closer, put his mouth close to Yue Guoyang's ear, and muttered something in a low voice, Yue Guoyang nodded repeatedly, and said, "If that's the case, then it's easy to handle. Xiao Qin, this matter I can promise you, you can continue to talk."

Qin Hai didn't know what Ge Dongyan said to Yue Guoyang, and he wasn't interested in knowing the details, so he continued: "If the problem of steelmaking is solved, then my plan is to use the engineering shovel as a product first, and provide part of it to the provincial government. The military region sells part of it to the market, and uses the profits from market sales to make up for the cost of this part of the product provided to the provincial military region, so that the military region can obtain these engineering shovels for free.”

"I'm afraid it's not easy to sell in the market, right?" Yue Guoyang shook his head and said, "I heard from Xiaoge that the price of your engineering shovel is 100 yuan a piece. No one in the market is willing to pay so much for an engineering shovel." Where's the shovel?"

Qin Haidao: "This is the third thing I want to ask Chief Yue for help."

"Why do I feel that I was fooled?" Yue Guoyang said with a smile, "In the blink of an eye, there are three things. Well, tell me, what is it."

Qin Haidao: "I want to ask Chief Yue to help us sell shovels."

As soon as this remark came out, both Chen Heqian and Ge Dongyan burst into laughter, almost laughing out loud. Yue Guoyang also looked helpless, and said: "Xiao Qin, you are not mistaken, I am also the head of a military region, help you sell shovels?"

"That's right, only Chief Yue can sell this shovel," Qin Hai said.

"To whom?" Yue Guoyang asked.

"Iraq and Iran military." Qin Hai said.

"Iraq and Iran!" Yue Guoyang didn't have a smile on his face this time, he stared at Qin Hai, full of surprise in his heart.

Who doesn't know that the Iran-Iraq war is in full swing, and the TV and radio are talking about things in the Middle East all day long, so it's not surprising that Qin Hai knows about Iraq and Iran. The point is, no matter how lively the Iran-Iraq war was, what does it have to do with Anhe Province? How could Qin Hai associate an engineer shovel with Iran-Iraq?

Qin Haidao: "Chief Yue, think about it, Iran and Iraq fought so hard, and the two sides used hundreds of thousands of troops. Don't these soldiers need engineering shovels? Both Iran and Iraq are rich countries, and it is very expensive to buy planes and tanks." No expense spared, what are tens of thousands of sapper shovels worth? Even if a sapper shovel sells for 20 dollars, 10,000 is 200,000 U.S. dollars, not worth the price of a missile, do you think they will save such a little money?"

"That's not how the account is calculated." Yue Guoyang was a little dazed, and he retorted bravely: "This engineering shovel is indeed not expensive for Liangyi, but why did they buy it? Also, why did they ask you to buy it?" where to buy it?"

Qin Haidao: "The reason is very simple, because my engineering shovel is of good quality and has many functions. Even Chief Yue, you can't put it down after seeing it. What's more, those soils from Liangyi... Uh, what about those officers who have never seen the world?"

He really wanted to use the word soil turtle to describe the officers of Iraq and Iraq, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the word back. In front of Yue Guoyang, he should not be too presumptuous, otherwise Yue Guoyang will think he is too frivolous.

"I think that even if the Iranian and Iraqi armies want to purchase engineering shovels, they will import them from European and American countries. It is impossible to import our products." Yue Guoyang said uncertainly.

"European and American countries probably don't bother to produce such products. Besides, their products must be more expensive than ours. I believe that as long as Chief Yue is willing to sell them, they will definitely choose our products." Qin Hai said.

Yue Guoyang somewhat understood Qin Hai's thinking, he let out a long breath, and said, "Well, even if you are right, how can I help you as a salesman?"

Qin Hai smiled and said: "Chief Yue misunderstood, I don't want you to sell it yourself, but I want you to introduce our engineer shovel to the Iran-Iraq side through the relationship in the army. Now the whole world is doing the Iran-Iraq For the arms business, I think our country should also do something."

"How did your head grow!" Yue Guoyang cursed, and there was no more to say. Of course he knows that many units of the military are already doing business with Iran and Iraq, and both Iraq and Iran are very interested in tanks, fighter jets, missiles and other arms from China.

It was not convenient for Yue Guoyang to tell Qin Hai about this kind of thing, but in his heart, he had already accepted Qin Hai's suggestion. He even thought that if he could really sell 10,000 engineering shovels and earn back 200,000 US dollars as Qin Hai expected, then what the provincial military region would get would not only be some free engineering shovels, but also retain them. Part of the funds was used for equipment improvement in other areas.

Qin Hai watched Yue Guoyang's face change from cloudy to sunny, knowing that the other party had been persuaded by him, but in later generations, these things have been made public, and some witnesses have also written articles recalling the details of the transaction at that time. It was precisely because of Qin Hai's understanding of these situations that he dared to make such a suggestion to Yue Guoyang that sounded very deviant.

"Chief Yue, why don't we settle this matter?" Qin Hai asked tentatively.

Yue Guoyang said: "It's not that simple. How can I decide on such a big matter by myself? It must be discussed collectively by the party committee. However, the idea of ​​military-local cooperation is still worth advocating. How about it, Xiao Qin , you go back to the base first, and I will answer you after the military region party committee discusses a result."

Qin Haidao: "Chief Yue, I have one more thing to do when I come to you today, which is to say goodbye to you. My work at the base has been completed, and Professor Chen has agreed with me to leave. I want to return to Pingyuan today."

"Is that so?" Yue Guoyang looked at Chen Heqian.

Chen Heqian nodded and said: "Yes, Xiao Qin's work has been successfully completed, he is anxious to go back to work, and I have already agreed. But..."

"But what?" Yue Guoyang asked.

Chen Heqian said: "Xiao Qin has played a great role in this project, and he has worked very hard these days, but we don't seem to have any compensation, which is a bit inappropriate. Our research teams are all dispatched by various units. It's a business trip subsidy. Xiaoqin doesn't have any subsidy here, so I feel a little sorry."

"This is difficult." Yue Guoyang scratched his head and said, "Don't look at me as a chief, but I have no name to give Xiao Qin any subsidies."