Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Friendship Hotel.

After the opening of the country, more and more foreigners came to China, but there were not many hotels qualified to receive foreign guests. The Friendship Hotel in the southern suburbs of the capital was one of them. It was built in the mid-to-late 1950s and had a noble origin. It was originally the South Suburb Hotel of the General Office of the * * Academy. In the 1970s, it began to receive foreign guests who came to China for vacation and tourism.

The Friendship Hotel covers a total area of over 300,000 square meters and has nearly 2,000 hotel rooms. The Friendship Hotel has more than 20 restaurants and banquet halls, which can accommodate 3,000 people dining at the same time. It is considered a large foreign-related hotel in the capital.

At the main entrance of the hotel, two people stood under the gray exterior wall and the red gate. A young man was wearing a suit, and a middle-aged man was wearing a Zhongshan suit. They were looking at the road outside, waiting for something.

"The foreigners don't know when they will come. Xiao Zhu, let's wait inside," said the person in charge of the hotel front desk, wearing a Zhongshan suit, to Zhu Guohua.

"No, I'll wait at the door. This will show our importance," Zhu Guohua said.

At this moment, a Hongqi car drove over and stopped directly at the gate. Several people came out of it.

"The one getting out of the back seat is Zerafikus."

Zhu Guohua nodded and strode over.

"Mr. Zerafikus, hello, I am Zhu Guohua, an engineer from the Capital Iron and Steel Plant." Zhu Guohua tried to make himself look more dignified. As he spoke, he pulled at his suit.

The translator who got out of the passenger seat glanced at Zhu Guohua: "Irrelevant people, please leave. Do not disturb foreign guests at will."

"My father is a * * *, and my grandfather is a deceased * * *," Zhu Guohua said proudly.

The translator's face changed suddenly, and he looked at the person in charge of the hotel front desk. The person in the Zhongshan suit nodded quickly.

The translator immediately put on a smile: "Okay, Engineer Zhu, I will translate for you immediately. Mr. Zerafikus, this is..."

Zerafikus was overjoyed. When he had dinner with Qin Yang today, he had just decided on a plan. Now the other party had come to his door. What did Qin say? Yang Hu, you have to get a cut!

"Okay, let's go to the room," Zerafikus nodded.

After entering the room, Zhu Guohua began to flatter him: "Your Steyr company is a famous heavy-duty truck company. The heavy-duty trucks produced by your company are famous in Europe and are even more popular than Mercedes-Benz..."

"Sir, the Steyr produced by our company is not famous in Europe, and it is not even comparable to Mercedes-Benz. We rely on sincerity to come to the East. If you have anything to say, please say it as soon as possible. We are very busy and can only give you five minutes."

Zerafikus looked at his watch and said, "After five minutes, we will have a meeting and have to talk to the country."

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. The electroslag remelting steel equipment you exported to us cannot be ignited and used after we installed it ourselves. I hope you can send technicians to help us. The equipment you export always comes with certain services, right?"

"Wasn't the equipment exported to the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory? How did it get into your steel factory's hands? If it has been resold, then it has nothing to do with our Steyr company!" Zerafikus said, "Please leave!"

Zhu Guohua's face changed suddenly: "Mr. Zerafikus, the equipment is yours after all! Now that there is a problem with the equipment, you have to help solve it!"

"We signed an export contract with the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory. We can indeed help with maintenance, but the maintenance object is the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory. In Europe, the transfer of this equipment to a third party is strictly prohibited. We have to ask the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory how they can transfer the equipment we exported at will!" Zerafikus's face also darkened.

Zhu Guohua's mind was racing. He originally planned to ask the foreigners to help in the name of after-sales service, at most paying them overtime pay, but now it seems that it is impossible.

Because their Capital Iron and Steel Plant does not have any cooperative relationship with Steyr Company. The Capital Iron and Steel Plant is not on the contract, so Steyr Company will certainly not pay attention to them.

Now, there are two ways to solve the problem: one is to ask the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory to find Steyr Company's after-sales service to help, but considering that the equipment was obtained by dishonorable means, the Capital Agricultural Tool Factory will definitely not help.

Ten thousand US dollars!

When Zhu Guohua heard this, he was dumbfounded. This was too expensive, wasn't it? Are you foreigners so valuable?

Even according to the official exchange rate, the monthly income is 15,000 yuan. A month's earnings in China is only a few dozen yuan! The difference is too big, isn't it?

"Plus round-trip air tickets and travel allowance, you should pay 30,000 US dollars first."

Thirty thousand US dollars!

Zhu Guohua was completely dumbfounded. Even if he had wide connections, it would not be easy to get such a large sum of foreign exchange. The factory pays? If the factory pays, it has to go through formal procedures, and the factory director has to sign it. After all, Secretary Song is not here for this matter. If the factory director knows about it, wouldn't he scold him?

"Okay, you can leave now. Mr. Translator, you can also get off work." Zerafikus drove the guests away again.

Zhu Guohua and the translator walked out together.

"Alas, this is a big trouble. I originally planned to do something big to show my family, but I didn't expect..." Zhu Guohua also regretted it. If he had known this, he wouldn't have bothered with these rotten things. Now the mess is getting bigger and bigger!

"By the way, Comrade Translator, does your foreign affairs department have a way to get foreign exchange?" Zhu Guohua would never give up easily. He started to use his brain again.

The translator was assigned by the foreign affairs department. He followed the foreign guests when they needed him, and was superior to ordinary people, but he also had to give Zhu Guohua some face.

"Well, there is a way, but the amount of foreign exchange we can get is very small."

"Then find a few more people. As long as you help me get through this difficult time, I will definitely repay you!" Zhu Guohua said.

"Then you have to provide the corresponding money. Even if we calculate according to the official exchange rate, it will be 45,000 yuan."

"I'll give you 50,000," Zhu Guohua said, "But you have to help me get the money as soon as possible. We can't wait!"

According to the original agreement, it was a month. It took a week to install and debug the equipment. It is estimated that it will take another week to invite foreigners from abroad. I hope the foreigners can repair the equipment, and they can use the remaining ten days to produce qualified steel!