Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong and Zhao Hu walked out of the electric gate of the Hongxing Rubber Factory. On the way, neither of them spoke.

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

"This is normal. How can a company like Red Star Factory give us a refund so easily." Li Weidong paused, then said, "Go back to the guest house first, I remember there was a long-distance phone call in the guest house. "

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

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

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

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

"Nonsense, I also read newspapers every day." Zhao Hu rolled his eyes at Li Weidong, and then asked, "What are you calling Volkswagen for?"

Li Weidong smiled mysteriously: "You will know then. By the way, you have to go with me for this long-distance call."

"Why?" Zhao Hu asked in confusion.

"Director Cui said that one is personal and two are public. You have to prove to me that I made this long-distance call for business, and then I can ask Director Cui to reimburse the telephone bill." Li Weidong said.

...

What the transportation company does is to travel from south to north, so there must be a long-distance telephone line in the hotel of the transportation company, but it was more expensive to make long-distance calls at that time, and extra charges were required.

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

I saw Li Weidong speaking into the receiver in a very standard Mandarin: "Hello, hello, is this SAIC? Is this the Santana production office? I'm the Hongxing Rubber Factory in Pingzhou!"

Zhao Hu next to him looked at Li Weidong with a look of surprise. He didn't understand why Li Weidong pretended to be the Red Star Factory.

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

Li Weidong went on to say: "I heard that German engineers have tested the parts produced by our factory, and the test result is unqualified? I don't know if there is such a thing?"

"What? Really unqualified? There is such a thing! Even if it fails, we have to give our factory a written notice!"

"The written notice has been sent? It's been several days? Okay, thank you, I'll check at the post office."

After hanging up, Li Weidong called the Pingzhou Post Office.

"Hello, I am from Hongxing Rubber Factory. I want to check if there is a letter from our factory. It was sent by SAIC. This letter is very important."

"Yes, the postman has been sent to deliver the letter! Okay, thank you, then I'll take a look at the delivery room."

Li Weidong put down the phone and let out a long sigh, everything was as he expected.

Zhao Hu next to him had a confused look on his face. He asked, "Why do you pretend to be someone from the Red Star Factory?"

"In order to find out some news." Li Weidong said with a look of relief: "Tomorrow we will go to the Red Star Factory again."

"What are you going to do?" Zhao Hu was still puzzled.

"Of course I'm going to return it." Li Weidong replied.

Zhao Hu shook his head: "They don't give refunds today, but tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, they will definitely return it tomorrow." Li Weidong changed his voice and asked, "How's your alcohol intake?"

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

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

...

In 1984, the Sino-German joint venture agreement on the formation of SAIC Volkswagen was signed.

But SAIC Volkswagen was really established in early 1985. Before that, the Santana was still produced by SAIC.

It is said to be production, but it is actually assembly. The parts are imported from Germany. The masters of SAIC hold a hammer and wrench to piece together a car.

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

In addition, there are some parts, after some process improvements, can also meet the production requirements of Poussin. For example, some rubber parts, such as wipers, window seals, etc., do not involve very advanced production processes, and can be produced with China's technical level.

Therefore, the production of Poussin began to replace the 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 component produced locally, the country could save a foreign exchange. .

As a national second-level enterprise, Hongxing Rubber Factory has completed military production tasks for many times and undertaken the localization project of Poussin. Naturally, it does its part.

For Hongxing Rubber Factory, providing parts for the localization of Poussin is not only a business addition, but also a political task. For a state-owned enterprise of this level, political tasks must be given 120% attention.

The Hongxing factory immediately produced several samples of parts and components, which were sent 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 full steam ahead and produced a batch of spare parts, which were sent to SAIC for the production of Poussin.

For the leaders of the Red Star Factory, being able to provide parts and components for the localization of Poussin is definitely a dazzling achievement, enough to be boasted by the Ministry of Machinery Industry.

However, what the Red Star Factory did not expect was that their mass-produced parts were identified as substandard product quality by German engineers!

This incident was finally reported as a negative example. At that time, the substandard parts produced by the Hongxing Factory also included the batch of gaskets and rubber rings used by Qinghe Transportation Company.

Because of this incident, Li Weidong was deducted from the bonus for three months, 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 the written notice of unqualified parts has been sent to Hongxing Rubber Factory.

...

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

When passing by the doorman, Li Weidong took the initiative to put a cigarette on the ground. The doorman saw that it was the two young men who had been there yesterday, and he didn't ask any further questions. He 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 we, Section Chief Liu, say that it is impossible to return the goods." The clerk at the sales office was very impressed by Li Weidong.

Li Weidong quickly handed over the cigarette and said, "Comrade, please help me find Section Chief Liu, we have something important to call him."

The clerk hesitated for a moment. He wanted to reject Li Weidong, but he was afraid that Li Weidong and Section Chief Liu would only see some shady deal, so he still called Liu Xueqin.

After a while, Liu Xueqin pushed open the door and came in. Seeing Li Weidong and the two of them, he repeated what he just said impatiently: "Why are you here again? Didn't I say it yesterday? Returning is impossible!"

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

"Your news is quite well-informed." Liu Xueqin nodded proudly: "Yes, the localization of Santana is a national key project. There are very few companies that can participate. Our factory is one of them."

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

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

As a middle-level cadre of the Hongxing Rubber Factory, Liu Xueqin also attended an emergency meeting when he was about to get off work yesterday afternoon, only to find out about the unqualified product quality. As for ordinary workers, I don't know yet.

However, this young man from other places in front of him knew that the products of the Red Star Factory were returned by German engineers, which made Liu Xueqin greatly puzzled.

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

"So it is!" Liu Xueqin nodded suddenly.

State-owned enterprises are in the era of drought and flood, and there is almost no pressure of competition, but human connections have become an extremely important resource. A lot of things can’t be done with money, and even if the higher-level leaders speak, the following will be yang and yin. But finding a relationship and going through the back door can be done easily.

Li Weidong's sentence "it is related" can explain all of Liu Xueqin's questions, and Liu Xueqin has not been able to ask in detail what the relationship is.

Zhao Hu next to him was a little guilty and swallowed his saliva. He knew Li Weidong well, and of course he understood that Li Weidong was completely lying.

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

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

Li Weidong just smiled and did not speak.

Liu Xueqin understood in an instant, and his face instantly put a smile on his face: "The two comrades are here to return the goods. It's a trivial matter. You should come to me, and I will handle the return for you immediately."

"Then many thanks to Section Chief Liu." Li Weidong said and gave Zhao Hu a look, and Zhao Hu immediately took out the purchase receipts from his arms.

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

Soon after, when the formalities were completed, Liu Xueqin asked again: "Comrade, when you bring that batch of goods over and we inspect it, you can go to the accounting office to collect the money. Can you tell me now why SAIC is in the end? What went wrong?"

"It's really not SAIC's fault for this. It's true that your products have quality problems." Li Weidong paused, then said, "As far as I know, the problem should be the raw materials."

"There is a problem with the raw materials?" Liu Xueqin frowned, the answer was too broad.

Li Weidong deliberately looked at the wall clock on the wall, and then said: "It will be more complicated to say it specifically, it is already noon, and it is time to eat. If Section Chief Liu doesn't dislike it, I will invite you for lunch, and we will eat together. chat."

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

Next to him, Zhao Hu touched his stomach, secretly thinking in his heart, Red Star Factory really wants to invite you to drink!