Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Huh~"

Zhang Changming took a puff of cigarette, calmed down his drinking, and said: "As for this fishing boat, we really hit it today."

As he spoke, he gestured in the direction of Bai Xiyuan, Liu Lin and others and asked, "We have the most contact with fishermen and production teams, right?"

Seeing his subordinates nodding, he introduced to Li Xuewu and Li Huaide: "Our seafood company has its own offshore fishing team and offshore breeding areas."

“Other acquisition and purchase options are different”

Zhang Changming said: "The fishing brigades of coastal communes and their logistics teams that eat and sell grains, and the deep, medium and shallow sea operations of state-owned fishing companies all purchase 60% of the production plan for the year and keep 40% for themselves."

“Our company signs a purchase contract with the fishery brigade, and then the fishery brigade implements it to the production team. Over-planning is handled by the accounting unit that contracts the purchase task.”

"For urban residents in semi-fishing and semi-agricultural areas and those engaged in shallow sea production, all those who eat grain sold by the state must also purchase it."

“Half-fishing and half-agricultural areas that do not eat grain sold by the state do not need to purchase food, nor are they provided with fishing supplies.”

"For products from production units or individuals that are not assigned purchasing tasks, the aquatic products purchasing department can adopt the form of negotiation or exchange."

"The purchase form is usually based on the method of sharing the fish. Each voyage is based on the actual production, six are purchased and four are retained. Quarterly inspections are carried out, and annual settlement is made."

"Part of the aquatic products retained for self-reservation shall be processed by the production units themselves, and they are allowed to be sold or exchanged for fishing supplies at farmers' markets."

"but!"

Zhang Changming flicked the ashes from his cigarette and emphasized seriously: "Last month, the city's economic and management department issued the latest document notice."

"The purchase and sale policy of aquatic products has also been changed from the original distribution of purchase shares to unified purchase, and fishermen are not allowed to engage in private fishing."

"No organization or individual is allowed to board a ship to purchase fish without permission, and no one is allowed to buy or sell fish privately on the streets."

"No aquatic products are allowed to enter the trade market to plug the spontaneous loopholes in capital investment."

Zhang Changming looked at Li Xuewu and tilted his head and said: "In order to strengthen the management of aquatic product acquisition, the superiors require our company to expand purchasing and selling outlets and expand service scope."

When he said this, he raised his hand to signal Han Qingwei, which meant that the leader knew about it.

"The higher authorities also require us to establish a maritime acquisition fleet and go to sea for acquisitions."

"It's a lot of pressure!"

Han Qingwei nodded, glanced at Li Huaide and Li Xuewu, and said: "From brothers to parents and nannies, our burdens have suddenly increased."

“Everyone knows what happens at sea even if we don’t talk about it.”

Zhang Changming drank too much and spoke boldly. The steel rolling mill was not part of their system, so there was nothing hesitant to say.

"No one can guarantee that the fishermen will not take the fish back and send it to wherever they are. The most we do is to stretch our hands forward."

“Even annoying”

Zhang Changming smiled bitterly when he saw the reproachful look in his leader's eyes and nodded to express his understanding.

When he looked at Li Xuewu, his expression became serious and he said: "If the steel rolling mill wants to engage in a fishing boat project, we can talk about deepening cooperation."

Li Xuewu glanced at Li Huaide and showed that Li Huaide meant what he said.

After Li Huaide nodded, he said with a smile: "We are brotherly units. We have just what you need, what a coincidence!"

"What a coincidence!"

Zhang Changming took the initiative to raise his glass and touched it with Li Xuewu, as if he had completed the task with ease.

Li Xuewu did not dare to be careless. Those who tell the truth are not necessarily friends. The enemy may also tell the truth to you when he shoots you with a gun.

Putting down his wine glass, Zhang Changming gave Li Xuewu a thumbs-up gesture, and said with sincerity to Han Qingwei and Li Huaide: "I have learned a lot today, and I am a fairy in wine."

"Hehehe~"

Li Huaide glanced at Li Xuewu with a smile, and then said to Zhang Changming: "You are all young people and the backbone of the specific business. Please communicate more."

As he spoke, he looked at Han Qingwei beside him and said, "Director Han and I have the same idea. Let's hold hands and be heart to heart to complete the trade projects and maintain the brotherly relationship. We can all go hand in hand and develop together."

"I respect you!"

Zhang Changming smiled wantonly, as if he was really not afraid of getting drunk.

After having a drink with Li Huaide, he looked at the other person and said, "The management has given us a bottom line. We can decide on our own 1% of the annual shipment volume."

He looked at Han Qingwei again, opened his hands and said, "This is our sincerity."

"Win-win cooperation~"

Han Qingwei smiled and said to Li Xuewu: "Just like Director Li said, you are young people with smart minds and enterprising spirit. If you communicate more, you will have a bright future."

"Listen to you"

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded, glanced at Zhang Changming opposite, and said: "Director Li is also optimistic about the future development of Jinmen and is willing to invest more energy and time here."

He gestured in the direction of Zizhulin and said: "In the afternoon we looked around at several alternative addresses for the office, and one of them suited Director Li's wishes very well."

"Oh?! Where is it?"

Han Qingwei signaled to Li Xuewu and said, "Let me listen. I would like to see the steel rolling mill office settled in Tianjin."

“It’s the former Bank of East Asia site directly opposite Meihe Pier 17.”

Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Lingang and the street are also our trade area in Jinmen. Director Li likes it very much."

“It’s just too expensive, haha”

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Huaide, as if he was a little offended by revealing the leader's thoughts.

When Han Qingwei looked over, Li Huaide also smiled and said: "I really like it, but the price is too high. After all, our trading project has just started."

Han Qingwei raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Changming, who also accurately received the leader's message.

"Isn't that why Director Zhuang inquired about the situation of the Foreign Aid Office a few days ago?"

Zhang Changming took the initiative and said, "What? I know that property. It has been empty for several years. How much do they want?"

"Two hundred and eighty thousand"

Of course, Li Huaide and Li Xuewu couldn't let Li Huaide and Li Xuewu say this. Zhuang Cangshu took over the words with a wink: "You blame me too. I didn't do my job well. There may be a communication problem."

"It doesn't matter"

Zhang Changming waved his hand and said to Li Xuewu and Li Huaide: "There is a wall between the Foreign Aid Office and the Housing Management Office, and the Housing Management Office does not have the final say alone."

He accepted the challenge with great righteousness and asked Li Huaide: "Director Li, we want the best and the most satisfactory one. What do you think?"

“Of course the cheaper the better”

Li Xuewu couldn't let Li Huaide speak, and he couldn't tell the price, so the price would drop, so he turned from defense to offense in one sentence.

"What the leader means is that he is interested in the trade advantages of Tianjin Port and wants to slowly shift the focus of management and sales of trade projects to Tianjin."

"This is a good thing"

Han Qingwei glanced at Zhang Changming and blocked him before he spoke. The people in the steel rolling mill would not let go of the rabbit before they saw it, so they couldn't be too proactive.

What we are busy with is not the business!

He said to Li Huaide: "When the trade project comes to Tianjin in the future, we will have more time to sit and drink together."

"Haha~"

Li Huaide chuckled and said, "I really hope to come to Jinmen often!"

Zhang Changming was a little anxious. He glanced at Han Qingwei and saw that the leader was no longer trying to stop him, so he said, "This is not an outsider's matter. Maybe I can help."

"oh?!"

Li Xuewu was surprised: "Vice President Zhang is so capable?!"

"Hahaha~"

Han Qingwei smiled and looked at Li Huaide and Li Xuewu respectively, and explained softly: "Comrade Changming has some connections in the city."

“That’s really great”

Li Xuewu smiled and raised his wine glass and toasted to Zhang Changming: "We are so destined to come thousands of miles to meet you today. Let me propose a toast to you."

Zhang Changming smiled bitterly and clinked the glasses with Li Xuewu, holding the wine glass and said: "You can help me, but we have to drink slowly~"

After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass very generously.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed at his words. Who didn't know that Vice President Zhang from the head office had a good drinking capacity, but today he hit the iron plate.

Li Xuewu looked at Zhuang Cangshu and said, "Deputy Director Zhuang is temporarily in charge of the business of the Jinmen office. Come down and ask Vice President Zhang for more advice."

"Every place has its own style of doing things. Just do as the Romans do. If you don't understand anything, you should visit frequently."

"No no no~"

Zhang Changming waved his hand and said: "This matter is not difficult."

He looked at Li Xuewu and asked directly: "Have we responded to the house manager?"

"this……"

Li Xuewu looked at Zhuang Cangshu, blinked twice, and said, "I haven't seen the specific acquisition plan yet. What is the final agreed price?"

Zhuang Cangshu saw Li Xuewu blinking and knew that the problem was solved. He smiled and said to Zhang Changming: "We also asked the engineering office to give an estimate of the price, 130,000."

“Almost, it’s an old house that’s more than 20 years old.”

Zhang Changming put out the cigarette butt in his hand, nodded and said to Li Xuewu: "Okay, I'll ask about this tomorrow, and I'll give you an accurate answer then."

After saying that, he asked: "Why don't we leave tomorrow? Let's ask more questions."

Li Xuewu smiled and raised his glass of wine and said: "Then I'll leave it to you, thank you for your hard work."

Without waiting for Zhang Changming's reaction, he drank another glass of wine.

Zhang Changming glanced at Li Xuewu with a wry smile, knowing that this was a lesson in blindness, so he could only drink along.

Li Xuewu stopped showing the bottom of the glass and put down the glass with a smile. He looked at Li Huaide and gestured in the direction of Zhang Changming and said: "Tomorrow I will talk to Vice President Zhang about the work of the shipyard. We need the advice of insiders in this regard." and opinions”.

"Let go and communicate more"

Li Huaide knew that tonight's drink was not in vain, and it was a good start for tomorrow's symposium.

After testing and communicating with each other, we said what we could say first at the wine table, and agreed what we could do first. The next step was to wait until we sobered up and talk at the conference table.

There is nothing written in black and white, and Li Xuewu doesn't believe that he is bragging to himself here.

This wave of "intrigue" is nothing. Some people at the business banquet are just here to eat seafood and drink fine wine, and some are just fools who don't care.

Wouldn't anyone really come to eat at this kind of banquet? !

“Try the prawns”

Han Qingwei motioned to Li Xuewu to taste the food in front of him. Everything he wanted to talk about had fallen to the ground. It was time to communicate his feelings.

Li Xuewu took a bite and it was really delicious, chewy, elastic and full of texture.

"Prawn is now a special commodity and is not circulated in the market."

Bai Xiyuan explained: "Our company also has export business, and its main direction is several countries in Southeast Asia. When we guaranteed exports a few days ago, we couldn't afford this."

Seeing Li Xuewu's surprised expression, Zhang Changming smiled and explained: "Our company also has a brand called Food Import and Export Company Kinmen Aquatic Products Company."

"Business is separated, management is not separated"

He didn't go into details, he just let Li Xuewu know that their company was also very capable.

Li Xuewu nodded clearly and listened to Bai Xiyuan continue to talk about the situation of the seafood company.

He focused on the offshore aquaculture industry and offshore fishing operations, especially emphasizing the huge profits and fish catches of offshore fishing.

Li Xuewu listened very carefully. Although he did not understand fishing, let alone shipbuilding, it did not prevent him from managing this project.

If there is a need, there will be manufacturing. Since Jinmen Seafood Corporation needs it, then Yingcheng Shipyard will manufacture it.

Ocean fishing boats and offshore fishing cargo ships are equipped with freezers and ice machines. The styles and specifications of the fishing boats are determined according to the fishing nets and fishing methods used.

There is so much knowledge here, Li Xuewu doesn't need to study it specifically, he just needs to understand the general meaning.

He can design a car, but he would never dare to brag about designing a large fishing boat.

If a car is poorly designed, it will fall into a ditch at best, and if a fishing boat is poorly designed, it will capsize.

Leave professional matters to the professionals, but it doesn’t hurt to listen to more introductions from professionals now.

The banquet then entered this relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Everyone put down their wine glasses and started using their chopsticks.

The people in the steel rolling mill eat a lot, and the people in the seafood company eat less. They are all getting tired of it.

Seafood is a word of freshness. No matter how special it is, it cannot prevent deterioration and loss during transportation. To eat the freshest seafood, you have to eat it on a yacht, just as you catch it.

But now we don’t have such high-end conditions, so we can only settle for the next best thing. If we catch it on the boat at night, it is considered fresh if we can eat it that day.

Everyone is thoughtful. There are millions of dollars worth of business being discussed at the table, so we can't have clam shells piled up in front of us.

As long as you have enough food and wine, you don't have to lose the face of the steel rolling mill.

Li Xuewu thought that tonight's program was over, but he didn't expect to be invited by Zhang Changming again. When the group arrived next door to the banquet hall, they discovered that it was still a small dance hall.

Li Huaide's eyes clearly lit up, he liked this very much!

He...he just likes the art of dancing!

Li Xuewu walked down the stairs and felt the softness of the red carpet under his feet. Dancing on it was so exciting.

It's not that soft carpets are suitable for dancing, but they are suitable for dancing together. You hold me and I hold you. If you don't get close, you will easily fall.

So, people from Jinmen still know how to play!

Such places are basically closed in the capital, except for internal ones like seafood companies that are used by a small number of people.

And the men who dance in such places are no longer young people who love dancing, and the women are no longer flowers blooming with youth.

It's impossible to buy a ticket or come in as a worker, it can only be...

Li Xuewu's guess was correct. They had just sat down in the rest area, and before they had even had two sips of tea, they saw more than a dozen girls wearing white skirts walking in.

Although he changed his clothes, Li Xuewu still recognized the girl who poured him wine.

The girl also walked to him generously and sat down under Li Xuewu's gaze.

They can only be waiters. In this era, guest houses, management offices, external offices, and even art troupes all have such dancing tasks.

Don't think wrongly, theoretically speaking, nothing will happen. Ballroom dancing in this era is very formal and is a social activity.

I also danced up there, and even danced for a while after working until midnight. The people who participated in the dance were mainly K, Z and H dancers and bands.

Later, for some unknown reason, Z and H were not allowed to go, and only K was retained.

Li Xuewu also heard Li Huaide say it when he was chatting, but he was not sure about the details. After all, he could not enter the Spring Couple Studio in the northwest of Feng Z Garden now.

There were no dim lights, and the songs were positive and uplifting. Everyone just took advantage of the time to get drunk and do some activities.

Li Xuewu danced a song with the waiter named Bai Ling, and then sat on the sofa to rest.

There are more lesbians than gay men, and this can only happen in this situation.

Bai Ling saw that Li Xuewu stopped dancing, so she sat next to him and was lazy. At the same time, she also listened to him talking to Vice President Zhang about the customs and customs of Jinmen.

Maybe she was curious about this tall, fierce and elegant man, so Bai Ling kept her eyes on Li Xuewu.

During the conversation, she smiled when Li Xuewu smiled, but she stopped smiling when Li Xuewu was serious.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to her. He met her by chance. He didn't want to have such a relationship. His circle of friends was very simple.

Besides, it’s unclear whether the glass of wine she poured was related to Zhang Changming. It’s better to stay away from such a thoughtful girl.

Li Huaide and Han Qingwei are both people who like art. Except for a ten-minute break in the middle, they basically danced the whole show.

Both of them have small bellies, so dancing with them is a technical job.

Li Huaide was okay, but Han Qingwei's dancing was a bit funny.

He is short in stature, but he likes to dance with larger lesbians, and it is easy for him to jump in steps when he can't keep up.

Li Xuewu estimated that if the difference in status had not concealed the facts at the scene, everyone would be laughing now.

We didn't play for long in the dance hall, and they dispersed before ten o'clock. Although Li Huaide drank a lot of wine, his reason was still there and he didn't do anything extraordinary.

However, after saying goodbye to everyone in the seafood company, and walking back to the room upstairs and walking in the corridor, Li Huaide said softly to Li Xuewu: "This event is good. When we have our own guest house for foreigners, we can also learn from the advanced experience here."

Li Xuewu was amused. He didn't expect that he would get some advanced experience in dancing.

He promised, saying that we would discuss it after going to Yangcheng for inspection. Then we could dig deeper and focus on development.

After chatting with Li Huaide for a while, I returned to the room and took a comfortable hot bath again.

There was nothing to do this time, so I soaked for almost an hour.

I made a cup of hot tea with the thermos bottle in the room, sat on the rattan sofa by the window, looked at the night view and moonlight outside the window, and blew the night breeze that had become gentle at some point to clear my mind and relax my nerves.

After a meal, it would be more tiring than shooting ten people! ——

Friday's schedule was tight, but it went smoothly.

In the morning, Liu Lin, deputy director of the Office of the Seafood Corporation, accompanied Li Huaide and Wang Zongli to visit the seafood distribution market, warehouses and reprocessing plants.

At the Seafood Corporation, Zhang Changming presided over the reception of a group of inspectors from the steel rolling mill represented by Li Xuewu.

The two sides conducted trade consultations and specific matters of in-depth cooperation in a friendly atmosphere.

The symposium determined the trade conditions for several major categories of products within the trade project and the commodity trade plan outside the project.

The most important thing is to finalize the main sales channels and trade direction of Yingcheng Shipyard in Tianjin for the next five years.

Jinmen Seafood promises to provide orders for no less than 200 fishing boats of over 200 tons within three years, and no less than 50 fishing boats of 500 tons within five years.

At the same time, after inspecting and determining the construction capabilities and qualifications of Yingcheng Shipyard, Jinmen Seafood will provide orders for five 500-ton refrigerated transport ships and three 1,000-ton cargo ships.

The condition of the agreement is that Yingcheng Shipyard guarantees to start work on time, complete the work on time, and manufacture ships according to the order requirements.

At the same time, the steel rolling mill guarantees the cooperative status of Jinmen seafood in trade projects and ensures that the number of ships sold by its company as an agent is no less than 50% of the external sales of the Tianjin office.

In other words, as long as the fishing boats produced by Yingcheng Shipyard are sold locally in Tianjin, if ten boats are sold, five of them must be owned by the Marine Products Corporation.

The Seafood Corporation controls the acquisition and sales of Jinmen fisheries. They want to ensure the technological advancement of the fishing fleet and related fleets affiliated to the Seafood Corporation.

Li Xuewu's ability to negotiate half of the conditions lies in the shipyard's own advantages. Jinmen is in great need of fishing boats now.

Of course, once the order is negotiated, the Yingcheng Shipyard will not have to worry about running out of jobs in the next five years.

However, this is not the goal of the steel rolling mill in acquiring Yingcheng Shipyard. The workload of just over 14,000 tons per year cannot fully meet the full production potential of Yingcheng Shipyard.

If we want to build a 14,000-ton giant ship, we will probably be busy that year, but if we want to build 500-ton fishing boats and cargo ships, then it can be achieved.

Shipbuilding is not simpler as it gets bigger. The increase in tonnage represents a doubling of the technical requirements.

This is the development idea provided by Li Xuewu to Yingcheng Shipyard. Start with the small ones, and then gradually build the larger ones.

Shipbuilding is actually the same thing as car building. Yingcheng Shipyard does not produce its own engines. In the land of Northeast China, you can definitely find any heavy industry you want.

Heavy-duty diesel engines are purchased from No. 17 Factory and are dedicated marine diesel engines.

Li Xuewu really didn't understand the shipbuilding industry, and Xu Sinian is probably confused now.

After talking to Zhang Changming, it was time for lunch. Han Qingwei called the leaders of the company who were at home, and had a simpler lunch with Li Huaide and others who came back.

Li Xuewu estimated that Han Qingwei's reappearance may have something to do with the results of the morning's negotiations, or it may have something to do with their departure today.

Of course, we only finalized the intention to cooperate in the morning, and did not sign any documents on ship cooperation.

Even if Li Xuewu wanted to sign, the other party would not agree.

Li Huaide, who came to Tianjin this time, also sent a formal invitation to Jinmen Fisheries Corporation on behalf of the steel rolling mill, inviting them to visit the Beijing steel rolling mill.

Han Qingwei has officially responded on behalf of the Jinmen Seafood Corporation, which will pay a return visit to the rolling mill in November.

At that time, several major projects in the steel rolling mill will be inspected and agreements will be signed on the cooperation that has been negotiated.

Why did we choose November? Because Han Qingwei also said that he wanted to see the cars in the steel rolling mill.

Li Xuewu didn't think he was very interested in the automobile manufacturing industry, but he felt that he was waiting to see if the wind in Beijing would become less popular in two months.

If the wind in Beijing gets stronger by then, he probably won't come to Beijing.

Such people are cautious and will never put themselves in danger.

Once the morning's work is done, the afternoon's work will be relaxed.

After resting for a while at noon and hiding from the strong sun, Li Xuewu and his party came out of the guest house. Zhang Changming, who came to see them off, exchanged greetings and got into the car.

The three-day schedule was very tight. On the first day, I looked at four offices and negotiated with Jinmen Seafood Corporation.

The next morning, the details of the cooperation intention were formally finalized and the relationship between the two units was handled.

In the afternoon, Li Huaide and Li Xuewu will rush to Jingu. They will continue to inspect the location selection of the office in Jingu New Port.

On the morning of the third day, that is, tomorrow morning, they may come back to hear the results, if there is definite news here.

During lunch, Zhang Changming said that he had made an appointment with the city leaders and would take Zhuang Cangshu to discuss the former site of the Bank of East Asia in the afternoon.

Li Huaide was worried and left Li Haiyang here, so after getting on the bus, the team was reduced from seven to six.

Two cars boarded the boat from Meihekou Pier and arrived in Jingu in a little more than two hours.

Shipping is convenient. Since the history of urban construction, big cities have been built in locations that are convenient for shipping. This is not unreasonable.

The convoy got off the ship and passed through Jingu County and headed straight to the Xingang Terminal, which was reopened in 1952.

Li Xuewu looked at the desolation outside the window and found it difficult to find the buildings in his memory.

The convoy did not enter the busy dock and was stopped by guards just outside the port.

The clerk went to coordinate the entry procedures, but Li Huaide and Li Xuewu got out of the car and stood on the side of the road looking at the dock in the distance.

"This is a big port for 10,000-ton cargo ships to dock."

Li Huaide looked at the busy scene in the distance and said with emotion: "The development of the motherland is really changing day by day. I never dared to think that our own ships could be built so big."

"Building big ships is no longer considered an ability. In the future, it will become more and more segmented and specialized."

Li Xuewu rubbed his nose. He wanted to light a cigarette. Facing such an open scene, he felt comfortable lighting a cigarette.

"I had a chat with Zhang Changming and Bai Xiyuan last night. Nowadays, offshore fishing boats design their fishing boats based on net gear."

He pointed at the wooden fishing boats floating on the sea and said: "Such general-purpose fishing boats will be eliminated."

"Like trawlers, seine boats, whalers, fishery processing ships, etc."

Li Xuewu turned back and leaned against the wooden railing, looked at Buipaozi on the other side, and said: "The current situation is not very good. Solve the technical problems first, and then solve the development problems."

Li Huaide held his hand on the railing, looked at the ship in the distance, and said: "What you said makes sense, and you see it very clearly."

As he spoke, he turned back to Li Xuewu and asked, "Actually, building big ships is not conducive to the development of the shipyard, right?"

"Or do you have no confidence in the shipyard?"

Li Huaide smiled and didn't care too much about Li Xuewu's answer. He looked up at the seagulls circling in the sky.

From the capital to Jinmen, and from Jinmen to the seaside, Li Xuewu clearly felt that Li Huaide's mentality had changed.

Or can it be said that the mind has become much broader, the vision has broadened, and the thoughts have been sublimated?

"The development of the shipbuilding industry does not depend on whether I have confidence or not"

Li Xuewu turned around, faced the sea and said: "I firmly believe that we will be the strongest in the shipbuilding industry in the future."

"But again, solve the immediate production problems first, and then talk about development."

Li Xuewu turned his head and glanced in the direction of the port gate and said: "Building fishing boats is one direction. The future is the world of shipping. Communication between countries around the world will become closer and more frequent."

"Even though we are surrounded on all sides now"

He raised his hands, paused for a moment, and then continued: "But you also heard from the people at the seafood company that the export trade is still continuing."

"One thousand tons is a watershed. It can be transported by sea or inland river transport. If it is larger, it can only be transported by sea."

When Li Xuewu saw the clerk running back, he patted the dust on his hands and said to Li Huaide with a smile: "Don't worry, Yingcheng Shipyard has five years to start, and I have already negotiated the order."

"Including thousand-ton cargo ships"

His confidence is easily contagious. Li Huaide glanced at him, smiled, nodded and said, "I'll rest assured that you can do the work."

As he spoke, he patted Li Xuewu's arm and signaled him to get in the car and continue setting off.

There are two cargo yards to be visited this afternoon. In the future, many goods from the steel rolling mill will be loaded and disembarked at the New Port.

This includes parts, steel products, automobiles and other commodities shipped from the Steel City, as well as auto parts and other commodities produced by joint ventures to be shipped out of the capital.

Shipping must be cheaper than train transportation, and it does not occupy the train's carriage plan. Now the rail transportation plan is too tight, and it is impossible to say where it was stopped by the bastards.

These people are engaging in "grand tourism" where they don't pay for taking trains, they don't pay for accommodation and meals, and they go anywhere in the country anyway.

Those in the South Island can go to Harebin to visit, and those in Harlebin can also go to the South Island. People from all directions are rushing to the capital, and as long as they take the train, they are traveling.

When we came out, the leader at Jingcheng Station said that special trains had to be run for trade projects. They could not leave from Jingcheng Station, but had to take the locomotive directly from the steel rolling mill.

Li Xuewu asked someone from the Finance Department to calculate that shipping would save about 35% compared to rail transportation.

The reason actually lies in the large transportation capacity of shipping, the large limitations of railway transportation, and the low cost of shipping fuel.

A train with maximum capacity is equivalent to the capacity of a cargo ship currently operated by Dongfeng Shipping.

Eleven years ago, that is, in 1955, container transportation began to be promoted in China, and the railway department also began to promote and operate it.

Li Xuewu's plan for the transportation route from Steel City to Beijing is to operate in sections.

To put it simply, the first paragraph: Interoperability between Gangcheng and Yingcheng is realized in the form of shipping and railway transportation.

Because the distance between cities is short, the transportation of heavy steel or parts is based on practical conditions. If it is convenient to use ships, inland river transportation is carried out, and if it is not convenient, railways are used.

The second section: Yingcheng to Jinmen is based on shipping as an important development direction to reduce the cost of railway transportation and wagon planning.

The third paragraph: from Tianjin to Beijing, it will be converted into two forms of shipping and railway transportation.

There are inland river transportation lines from Jinmen to Beijing, such as the South Canal, Ziya River, North Canal, Ji Canal and Liangma River.

The train plan between Gangcheng and Beijing is more inclined to use refrigerated trains.

According to the time constraints, types of goods and transportation requirements, Tianjin will be included in the trade routes in the future.

Steel-Beijing: Direct access by railway and shipping.

Steel-Ying: Direct access by shipping and railway.

Ying-Tianjin: direct shipping.

Tianjin-Beijing: direct railway and shipping.

More transportation means and channels provide more convenient communication conditions between the capital and the steel city.

It seems that a heavy industrial enterprise such as a steel rolling mill can save enough on transportation every year to support a shipyard.

The use of containers can make shipping a key node in changing transportation.

Of course, it is precisely because of the use of containers that it has changed the development of the shipping industry.

In the first thirty years, rail transportation defeated shipping because loading and unloading sea ships was cumbersome and the time it took to dock at ports was also a cost.

Furthermore, the resistance of sea-going ships is proportional to the square of the speed. That is to say, the faster the ship speed, the greater the resistance.

This is not the case with railway transportation. There is no upper limit to the speed of a train and air resistance is not worth mentioning.

There is also a law for shipping to defeat railway transportation in the next thirty years, that is, the resistance of a sea-going ship is proportional to the power of two-thirds of its own weight.

In other words, under the premise of a fixed speed, if the weight of the ship increases by a thousand times, the resistance will only increase by a hundred times.

If the weight of the train increases a thousand times, the resistance increases a thousand times.

Using this rule as a basis for divergent thinking, the invention of the container reduced the waiting time of cargo ships at the port and accelerated the speed of loading and cargo capacity.

So in the next thirty years, it makes sense.

The bigger the more reasonable, the shipping capacity starts to compare with whose ship is bigger.

The bigger the ship, the lower the cost, and the big ships start to eat the small ships!

Li Xuewu limited the tonnage of new ships to 1,000 tons, which was a standard stuck.

A thousand tons can eat up most small boats, but it can also temporarily resist being eaten by giant ships of ten thousand tons. After all, inland waterway transportation does not require ten thousand tons ships.

At this time, shipping and inland water transport were not without fleets and shipping companies, but Li Xuewu did not dare and did not want to hand over these businesses to them.

On the one hand, it is necessary to use these businesses to support Dongfeng Shipping, while at the same time improving the channels for cargo evacuation and entrainment transportation at recycling stations.

On the other side, the current fleet and shipping company are not reliable. Many goods of the steel rolling mill are subject to confidentiality requirements and cannot be easily entrusted to others.

Li Xuewu did not need to explain the nature of Dongfeng Shipping to Li Huaide. Li Huaide had no doubts about the quality and reliability of this fleet.

After all, the investigation department is on the ship. Which blind "half a million" dares to take the initiative to get on the ship to deliver second-class merit?

The sun was just right at around three o'clock in the afternoon, and I didn't feel the heat at all while walking on the embankment by the sea.

Li Xuewu accompanied Li Huaide to look at several warehouse locations, which were originally chosen as offices.

However, after seeing the business atmosphere and trade situation in Tianjin, Li Huaide and the two discussed it and finally decided on a two-front battle.

On the one hand, an office is set up in Tianjin for trade management, and on the other hand, an affiliated warehouse is set up in Xingang for cargo management.

Using this standard to select an address, the conditions are much relaxed. After all, the development of Xingang has not been as big as that of later generations.

After looking at several warehouse locations, Li Huaide discussed with Li Xuewu and directly chose a compound close to the road and close to the dock.

Perhaps influenced by Li Xuewu's land theory, or perhaps inspired by the success of the steel rolling mill, Li Huaide is now a bit arrogant.

I didn't even consider the idea of ​​renting the place and directly chose to buy it.

It was precisely because of the future layout and development of the steel rolling mill in Tianjin that Li Huaide dared to invest a large amount of money in the Tianjin office.

His psychological price for the office in Jinmen City was 150,000 yuan. Li Xuewu blinked twice and partnered with Zhuang Cangshu to cut off another 20,000 yuan.

I still don’t know if it can be done in Tianjin. The dock and warehouse decided here cost another 70,000 yuan.

For 70,000 yuan, there is basically no construction on the ground, just a big open yard, very big.

Li Xuewu didn't know whether the big iron gate was worth 70,000 yuan, or whether the gatekeeper who was about to collapse at the door was worth 70,000 yuan.

However, the clerk who came here to make preparations in the early stage was also helpless. The price of this place was so high, and the people at the port asked whether I wanted it or not.

Although the large-scale study activities are now delaying a lot of business and work, the policy has changed even more drastically.

But it does not hinder the development and construction of Xingang. It seems that such a large yard is favored by many steel companies and coal companies.

Li Huaide was also very annoyed. Isn't he a steel company?

Li Xuewu smiled and explained that the tightness of terminal warehouses and rising land prices may be related to the imported iron ore and exported coal.

Li Huaide understood but had no idea. Seeing the coal pile as high as a mountain in the warehouse called 400,000 yuan on the roadside, he became more determined to buy the warehouse.

On the way back, he was still in a not-so-good mood. He was happy because it was so easy to make money from trading projects before, but now he sees how easy it is to spend money!

I haven’t done anything yet, and tens of thousands of dollars have disappeared like a few cents worth of matches from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Although it is not my own money, the feeling of spending money is still very pleasant.

In his words, every penny spent was earned with the hard work of the backbone of the trade project.

He only approved the construction standard of less than 10,000 yuan for the Wucheng office, which is less than one-tenth of that of the Jinmen office.

Fortunately, when the convoy arrived at the Jingu Port Guest House, good news came from Jinmen.

Zhang Changming is really capable. No wonder Han Qingwei is willing to promote him and reuse him, saying that he can really get things done if he has connections in the city.

Zhuang Cangshu called back and said that they had negotiated for the former Bank of East Asia site for 145,000 yuan.

Vice President Zhang is very capable and very helpful. He can go through the formalities and receive the goods within a few days.

Li Huaide listened to Zhuang Cangshu's excited conversation on the phone. He couldn't help but feel proud and satisfied on his face, but he calmly and pretended to reply: "What's so exciting about saving only 5,000 yuan?"

"Okay, you can do whatever you want over there~"