Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Wang Haibin didn't sleep well all night because he didn't eat first-grade tofu, but Li Weidong did.

Early the next morning, Wang Haibin appeared in front of everyone staring at the dark circles under his eyes.

"I have to go to Huanghe Factory today to discuss purchasing business with them." Wang Haibin said, looking at Li Weidong and the two driver masters: "If you have nothing else to do, you can move around freely today."

The two driver masters nodded, and one of them said: "We have finished testing the car. We will not go to the Yellow River Factory today. We will just stroll around and see Baotu Spring."

Li Weidong said: "I haven't finished my work yet, so I have to go to the Yellow River Factory."

Li Weidong, Wang Haibin and the clerk from the Purchasing Department got into the jeep together, and Wang Haibin drove the car himself to the Huanghe Factory.

Wang Haibin was driving very fast. Li Weidong was sitting in the jeep, but he couldn't feel the bumps. Li Weidong couldn't help but said: "Director Wang, your car is driving very steadily!"

"Nonsense, I am a driver. Twenty years ago, I was also a transportation pacesetter in the company. You were not born yet at that time!" Wang Haibin said angrily.

Li Weidong smiled, knowing that what Wang Haibin said was true.

Li Weidong changed his voice and asked: "Director Wang, how are the talks about purchasing Huanghe heavy trucks going?"

"I will go out personally, so there will be no problem. 10 Huanghe Ya62 heavy-duty trucks have been decided," Wang Haibin said.

"Is it planned?" Li Weidong asked next.

"How did you know?" Wang Haibin asked somewhat unhappily.

"You didn't go to have dinner with the leaders of the Transportation Department yesterday. You had to use the Transportation Department. I guess it was a planned purchase." Li Weidong replied.

"I guess you were right." Wang Haibin turned to look at Li Weidong, and then asked: "I went to eat with the leaders of the Transportation Department for company business, but you, how come you also went to the Huanghe Factory Guest House to eat?"

"The people from Huanghe Factory treat me with hospitality, and I can't refuse the hospitality." Li Weidong replied.

"Why did the Yellow River Factory invite you?" Wang Haibin asked puzzledly.

"It was a matter of repairing the car. They encountered some trouble, so I happened to go and lend a hand. I was able to help a little bit, and I just had a meal in the evening." Li Weidong replied vaguely.

"You can go to the guest house to eat with me. This Huanghe Factory is really a big business!" Wang Haibin said with a dissatisfied look on his face.

While the two were talking, the car had already arrived at the gate of Huanghe Factory.

"We're here, get off the car." Wang Haibin said.

"Then I'll go to the rework workshop first." Li Weidong got out of the car and went straight to the rework workshop of Huanghe Factory.

Li Weidong walked to the door of the workshop and happened to see the workshop director Wei Bin walking out of the workshop.

"Xiao Li, I just received a call saying that Director Wang from your company has arrived. I just happened to go and tell him that he will stay for another week. You go to my office first. There is hot water in the thermos bottle and it is on the table.

There are tea leaves, you can make tea yourself."

Wei Bin said and trotted straight to the office building.

Li Weidong followed Wei Bin's instructions and went directly to his office, then made himself a cup of tea, sat on the sofa, and began to think about purchasing Huanghe heavy trucks.

"Wang Haibin got the planned indicators from the Department of Transportation, which should be the indicators for 1985, but in my memory, the transportation company only introduced the first batch of heavy trucks in 1986. What is going on?" Li Weidong

I can't figure it out.

Twenty minutes later, Wei Bin returned to the workshop.

"Okay, I've already told Director Wang of your company that I can borrow you for a week," Wei Bin said.

"That Director Wang is not my direct boss. I have to call our Director Cui later." Li Weidong said.

"No problem, isn't it just a long-distance call? I can make long-distance calls with this phone number. You can make a call later and I will tell you, Director Cui." Wei Bin said with a smile.

"By the way, Director Wei, I have something to ask you. How many 162 heavy-duty trucks can your factory produce in a year?" Li Weidong asked.

"Last year's production capacity was 3,000 vehicles, and this year it is expected to be expanded to 4,000 vehicles. We strive to increase production to 10,000 vehicles within five years!" Wei Bin said proudly.

In terms of China's automobile manufacturing level at that time, the Huanghe plant's annual output of 3,000 heavy trucks was considered very good.

When FAW's old Jiefang production line was first launched, its designed annual output was only 3,000 vehicles.

However, Huanghe Automobile Manufacturing Plant was the only enterprise in China that could produce heavy-duty trucks at that time. In terms of domestic demand, even an annual output of 30,000 vehicles, let alone 3,000 vehicles, was not enough.

Li Weidong nodded and asked: "Director Wei, of these 3,000 vehicles, how many are in the plan?"

"Well..." Wei Bin smiled awkwardly and lowered his voice: "It's really hard to say!"

"Director Wei, what I said is within the plan." Li Weidong emphasized.

Wei Bin showed a shy expression: "It's just part of the plan, so it's hard to say."

This time it was Li Weidong's turn to be a little confused. It's okay to say that there is no accuracy for the unplanned tasks, but the planned tasks were all arranged a year in advance, so how could it be "hard to say".

"Xiao Li, you are still young, and you may not be clear about some things. Our Huanghe factory is different from other companies. Most of the heavy trucks produced by our factory are sold unplanned." Wei Bin continued to lower his voice and explained.

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"Then you won't undertake the planned production tasks?" Li Weidong asked curiously.

"Of course we have to undertake the production tasks within the plan, but if someone comes to pick up the car with a note from the plan, it's up to us to decide whether to pay them or not. If we don't give them a car, there's nothing they can do about it."

Wei Bin said with an arrogant look.

Li Weidong looked at Wei Bin with some surprise. He did not expect that Huanghe Factory, with such a high reputation, would dare to violate the tasks assigned by the planning committee.

Of course, Li Weidong can understand why Huanghe Factory did this. After all, what is within the plan belongs to the country, and what is outside the plan is the company's own profits. For the sake of its own interests, it is not new for companies to work both covertly and covertly with superior departments.

"Director Wei, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the planning committee will choke you and not provide you with raw materials?" Li Weidong asked.

"Haha, our raw materials are also purchased from outside the plan. Don't forget, what do we produce? Heavy-duty trucks! Where is there a shortage of heavy-duty trucks now?"

Wei Bin puffed up his chest arrogantly and continued: "For example, if we need steel, we directly say hello to the steel mill and offer to sell them a few trucks, but the steel mill still doesn't send the steel over.

?For another example, if we need tires, we can directly contact the tire factory and sell them a few trucks, and they will also send the tires. Even imported auto parts can be exchanged for heavy trucks!"

"That's it!" Li Weidong suddenly realized.

Huanghe Factory produces heavy-duty trucks, and almost all industries require heavy-duty trucks. Therefore, Huanghe Factory can use heavy-duty trucks and obtain all the resources they need from outside the plan. There is no need for the planning committee to allocate production materials.

Wei Bin continued: "Let me tell you another secret. Above our Huanghe plant is the State Heavy Duty Truck Joint Venture. The Heavy Duty Truck Company spent 600 million US dollars in foreign exchange to introduce Steyr truck technology and then gave it to us.

Let us build the Huanghe Ya62. At the level of the National Heavy Duty Truck Company, of course we hope that this project can bring profits as soon as possible. If all the cars are included in the plan, how can there be any profit?"

In the 1980s, the country was so short of foreign exchange that it spent US$600 million in foreign exchange to introduce heavy-duty trucks, which was a huge investment. The Sinotruk joint venture spent so much money, naturally hoping to bring in profits as soon as possible so that it could contribute to the country.

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In that era of tight foreign exchange, the Sinotruk Joint Venture Company was able to use 600 million U.S. dollars in foreign exchange, which shows that it has considerable power. With such support from the Sinotruk Joint Venture Company, the Huanghe Factory worked both ways, and the higher-ups turned a blind eye.

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At this time, Li Weidong finally understood why the transportation company did not introduce heavy trucks until 1986. Because Huanghe Factory didn't care about the planned approval slip at all.

"It seems that Wang Haibin won't even think about mentioning the car even if he has the note from the Department of Transportation!"