Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong and Zhao Hu walked out of the electric gate of the Red Star Rubber Factory. Neither of them spoke a word along the way.

"What should we do if they don't return the goods to us?" Zhao Hu was the first to break the silence.

"This is normal. How can a company like Hongxing Factory, which has been coaxed with money, return the goods to us so easily?" Li Weidong paused and then said: "Let's go back to the guest house first. I remember there is a long-distance phone in the guest house.

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"We have to call Director Cui to report the situation." Zhao Hu nodded.

"Who said I was going to call Director Cui?" Li Weidong looked at Dongfang and then said, "This call is for Volkswagen."

"Volkswagen? Is it the joint venture company with the Germans?" Zhao Hu asked in surprise.

"You still know about Volkswagen!" Li Weidong asked in surprise.

"Nonsense, I also read newspapers every day." Zhao Hu rolled his eyes at Li Weidong and then asked, "Why did you call Volkswagen?"

Li Weidong smiled mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes. By the way, you have to come with me to make this long-distance call."

"Why?" Zhao Hu asked puzzledly.

"Director Cui said that one person is for private purposes and two people are for public purposes. You have to prove to me that I made this long-distance call for business, so that I can ask Director Cui to reimburse the phone bill when the time comes." Li Weidong said.

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The transportation company's business was to travel all over the country, so there must be long-distance phone lines in the transportation company's guest house. However, long-distance calls were more expensive at that time and required additional charges.

Through the post and telecommunications office, Li Weidong found the phone number of SAIC Santana's production office.

I saw Li Weidong speaking into the receiver in standard Mandarin: "Hello, hello, is this SAIC? Is this the Santana production office? I am the Red Star Rubber Factory in Pingzhou!"

Next to him, Zhao Hu looked at Li Weidong in surprise. He didn't understand why Li Weidong pretended to be Red Star Factory.

However, there was no caller ID in those days. Li Weidong said he was from Red Star Factory, and the other party could not verify it.

Just listen to Li Weidong continue to say: "I heard that German engineers tested the parts produced by our factory and the test results were unqualified? I wonder if this is the case?"

"What? Are you really unqualified? There is such a thing! Even if you are unqualified, you still have to give our factory a written notice!"

"Has the written notice been sent? How many days has it been sent? Okay, thank you, I'll go to the post office to check."

After hanging up the phone, Li Weidong dialed the number of the Pingzhou City Post Office.

"Hi, hello, I'm from the Red Star Rubber Factory. I would like to check if there is a letter from our factory. It is from SAIC. This letter is very important."

"Yes, the postman has been sent to deliver the letter! Okay, thank you, then I'll go to the messenger room and have a look."

Li Weidong put down the phone and took a deep breath. Everything was as he expected.

Zhao Hu, who was next to him, looked confused. He asked, "Why are you pretending to be from Red Star Factory?"

"To find out some information." Li Weidong said with a relieved look on his face: "Let's go to the Red Star Factory again tomorrow."

"What are you going for?" Zhao Hu still looked puzzled.

"Of course I went to return it." Li Weidong replied.

Zhao Hu shook his head: "They didn't refund the money today, but they will refund it tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, they will definitely return the goods tomorrow." Li Weidong changed his voice and asked: "How is your drinking capacity?"

"Half a catty of liquor is fine." Zhao Hu replied honestly.

"That's good, let the Red Star Factory treat us to a drink at noon tomorrow! You can drink more then." Li Weidong said.

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In 1984, an agreement was signed between China and Germany to jointly establish SAIC-Volkswagen, but SAIC-Volkswagen was actually established in early 1985. Before that, Santana was still produced by SAIC.

It's said to be production, but it's actually assembly. Parts are imported from Germany, and SAIC's masters use hammers and wrenches to piece together a car.

At that time, the localization rate of Santana was only 2.7%. Among the thousands of parts of the vehicle, only tires, radios, speakers, antennas and small signs could be made domestically.

In addition, there are some parts that can meet the Poussin production requirements after some process improvements. For example, some rubber parts, such as wipers, window sealing strips, etc., do not involve very high-end

The production technology is completely feasible with China's technical level.

So Poussin's production began to replace localization. After all, at that time, the country's foreign exchange was tight and there was not so much foreign exchange to import auto parts. For every Poussin's parts made locally, the country could save a sum of foreign exchange.

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As a national second-level enterprise, Hongxing Rubber Factory has completed military production tasks many times, so it is natural to undertake the Poussin localization project.

For the Red Star Rubber Factory, providing parts for the localization of Poussin is not only an additional business, but also a political task. For a state-owned enterprise of this level, the political task must be 100%

Twenty to pay attention to.

The Red Star Factory immediately produced several parts samples and sent them to SAIC for testing by German engineers. In the end, a few of them barely met Poussin's production requirements. So the Red Star Factory immediately went into full gear and produced a batch of parts and sent them to SAIC.

, used in the production of Poussin.

For the leaders of the Red Star Factory, being able to provide parts for the localization of Poussin is definitely a dazzling political achievement, enough to brag to the Ministry of Machinery Industry.

However, what the Red Star Factory did not expect was that the parts they produced in large quantities were deemed by German engineers to be of substandard product quality!

This incident was eventually reported as a negative example. The unqualified parts produced by the Red Star Factory at that time also included the batch of gaskets and rubber rings used by Qinghe Transportation Company.

Li Weidong had his bonus deducted for three months because of this incident, so he has a very deep memory of the ins and outs of this incident.

Now through several phone calls, Li Weidong has confirmed that a written notice of unqualified parts has been sent to the Red Star Rubber Factory.

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The next day, Li Weidong and Zhao Hu came to the Red Star Rubber Factory again.

When passing by the guard, Li Weidong took the initiative to lay down a cigarette. When the guard saw that it was the two young men who had been here yesterday, he didn't ask any questions, took the cigarette and let him go.

Li Weidong and Zhao Hu came to the door of the sales office again and waited all morning.

When it was time to get off work at noon, Li Weidong and Zhao Hu finally walked into the sales office.

"Why are you two here again? Didn't our Section Chief Liu say that returns are impossible." The clerk at the sales office was very impressed by Li Weidong.

Li Weidong quickly handed over the cigarette and said: "Comrade, I would like to trouble you to help me find Section Chief Liu. We have important matters to find him."

The clerk hesitated for a moment. He wanted to refuse Li Weidong, but he was afraid that Li Weidong and Section Chief Liu would see some shady deal, so he dialed Liu Xueqin's number.

After a while, Liu Xueqin pushed the door open and came in. When he saw Li Weidong and Li Weidong, he repeated what he had just said impatiently: "Why are you here again? Didn't I say it yesterday? Returns are impossible!"

"Chief Liu, I heard that Red Star Factory also participated in the localization project of Santana?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"You are quite well informed." Liu Xueqin nodded proudly: "Yes, the localization of Santana is a national key project. There are only a few companies that can participate, and our factory is one of them."

"I also heard that the quality of your factory's products was unqualified and was returned by SAIC's German engineers!" Li Weidong said with a smile like an old fox.

Liu Xueqin's expression suddenly changed: "How did you know?"

As a middle-level cadre of Hongxing Rubber Factory, Liu Xueqin only learned about the substandard product quality when he attended an emergency meeting yesterday afternoon before getting off work. As for ordinary employees, they still don’t know.

However, the young man in front of him from out of town knew that the products of the Red Star Factory were returned by German engineers, which made Liu Xueqin very confused.

Li Weidong replied calmly: "Our company is with SAIC and we have some connections."

"That's it!" Liu Xueqin nodded in sudden realization.

State-owned enterprises are in an era of drought and floods with guaranteed harvests. There is almost no pressure from competition, and personal connections have become an extremely important resource. Many things cannot be done with money, and even if the superior leaders say something, the subordinates will follow the instructions. But it can be easily done by finding connections and using the back door.

Li Weidong's words "there is a relationship" can explain all Liu Xueqin's questions, and Liu Xueqin has not been able to ask in detail what the relationship is.

Next to him, Zhao Hu swallowed with some guilt. He knew Li Weidong very well, and of course he also understood that Li Weidong was completely lying.

Li Weidong continued: "Actually, I know a little bit about why your products were judged to be unqualified by SAIC."

"Really?" Liu Xueqin was surprised at first, and then immediately asked: "Why are our products judged to be unqualified by SAIC?"

Li Weidong just smiled and said nothing.

Liu Xueqin understood instantly, and a smile instantly appeared on his face: "You two comrades are here to return the goods. It's a trivial matter. Just come to me and I will handle the return for you right away."

"Thank you very much, Chief Liu." Li Weidong said and gave Zhao Hu a look, and Zhao Hu immediately took out the purchase receipt from his arms.

Liu Xueqin checked the receipt in person, then contacted the accounting office of the Red Star Factory to handle the return for Li Weidong.

Soon after the formalities were completed, Liu Xueqin asked again: "Comrade, when you bring that batch of goods over, after we inspect it, you can go to the accounting office to collect the money. Now can you tell me why SAIC is doing this?

What went wrong?"

"SAIC is really not to blame for this. It is indeed a quality problem with your products." Li Weidong paused and then said: "As far as I know, the problem should be with the raw materials."

"Is there something wrong with the raw materials?" Liu Xueqin frowned. This answer was too broad.

Li Weidong deliberately looked at the wall clock on the wall, and then said: "To be specific, it will be more complicated. It is already noon and it is time to eat. If Section Chief Liu doesn't mind, I will buy lunch and we will eat together."

Let’s chat.”

"How can I let you spend money? I'll treat you to this meal." Liu Xueqin immediately ordered: "Go and notify the company's guest house and tell them that I want to entertain customers and ask them to prepare a table of good wine and food."

Next to him, Zhao Hu touched his belly and thought to himself, Red Star Factory really wants to treat him to a drink!