Material Empire

After everyone made a joke, Ning Zhongying asked Qin Hai again: "Xiao Qin, you are a person who understands technology. What new products do you think we can make in the next step, so that Qingfeng Factory can get out of the predicament?"

"Does the rotary blade count?" Qin Hai asked.

Ning Zhongying's face darkened, he shook his head slowly and said, "It can't be forgotten."

"What do you mean?" Qin Hai was startled. After Ning Zhongying came back, the first thing he focused on was to promote the development of the surfacing welding process of the rotary tillage blade. Now the automatic surfacing fixture has been manufactured, and the post-processing of the blade is progressing smoothly. All the employees in the factory believe that the rotary tillage blade can become green One of Feng Factory's main products can at least guarantee that Qingfeng Factory can achieve the goal of stopping losses this year. But Ning Zhongying suddenly said such pessimistic words, what is the reason?

"Old Xiao came back from Hongze yesterday and brought back bad news." Xiang Jiyong explained for Ning Zhongying, "The provincial agricultural materials company promised to receive our 20,000 blades in stock, but there will be no further orders."

"Why?" Qin Hai asked strangely, "Where did we offend them? For example... forgot to give them something?"

Qin Hai still has some understanding of the current social atmosphere, and when asking people to do things, he has to "mean" to some extent. Back then, people didn't have much guts or appetite, and a pot of tea oil and a few catties of sugar could express "meaning". He didn't know whether Xiao Dongping had neglected these etiquettes, but based on his guess, an old supply and salesman like Xiao Dongping should not make such low-level mistakes.

Xiang Jiyong said: "No, the relationship between Lao Xiao and the agricultural materials company is good, and the thanks that should be expressed have already been expressed. The agricultural materials company has also done its best, and the market in the province is not big enough. , They also specifically contacted the large farms in the northeast and sold some, but it is still quite difficult to digest the 20,000 blades."

Seeing that Qin Hai still didn't understand, Ning Zhongying added: "Now the situation is similar everywhere, and the agricultural machinery enterprises are half-dead, so all provinces have to protect their own enterprises and are unwilling to buy from other provinces. Although our blades are inferior in quality, It is no less than some large factories in other provinces, and it is much stronger than those small factories, but there is nothing you can do about local protectionism.”

"I understand." Qin Hai nodded. He really ignored this key factor, that is, the national market back then was separated from each other, every province and city was a closed economy, and the barriers of local protectionism were far greater than the barriers of international trade in later generations.

At that time, if a certain product was in short supply, local companies would be strictly restricted from selling to other places, and procurement personnel would be sent to other markets to snap up products. Conversely, if a commodity is relatively surplus, all regions will restrict enterprises from other provinces and cities to sell their commodities locally, leaving the limited local market for their own enterprises.

At that time, the cruelty of local protection was unimaginable to future generations. In order to protect local supplies that are in short supply, some localities did not hesitate to use militias and police, armed with live ammunition, to be on duty at the provincial borders. In order to avoid inspections, those "bad guys" who take a fancy to the price difference between provinces often hire farmers near the provincial border and take remote trails to cross the border. Their behavior is almost similar to smuggling.

Some time ago, the rotary tillage blades of Qingfeng Factory were unsalable because the quality of the products was too low, and most of the users of the rotary tillers in the province were state-owned farms with strong lobbying capabilities, so the agricultural material companies did not dare to take risks. The world is so bad that they are forced to accept the products of Qingfeng Factory. As long as the products of Qingfeng Factory can be put on the table, they can also enjoy the treatment of local protection.

"So, our blades are hopeless?" Qin Hai asked.

Ning Zhongying said: "For this kind of thing, what matters is human effort. By the way, Xiao Qin, what's the situation with the engineer shovel you told me about last time in the car?"

"This matter is still in contact, and we can only start it after the army has confirmed it." Qin Hai explained.

Ning Zhongying said: "Ning Mo has been running out every day for the past few days, saying that he is helping you contact some steel factory. What's going on?"

Qin Haidao: "The engineering shovels for the army need to use special alloy steel. I want to borrow the idle steelmaking equipment of Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant to smelt them. Don't worry, we will do the steelmaking and the machining will be done. Let us contract it to Qingfeng Factory. If the business is established, the order will definitely not be small."

"It's smoky! It's great to have this energy to focus on work!" Ning Zhongying commented pretending to be angry.

Ning Zhongying knew that this business was Qin Hai's private work, and his son Ning Mo also had a share. He is not a conservative person, he took a wait-and-see attitude towards Qin Hai and Ning Mo's actions, and did not stop them. Of course, if Qin Hai and Ning Mo go too far and encounter the borderline of laws or policies, the old man will not sit idly by.

Xiang Jiyong has also heard about the engineer shovel, because it involves Ning Mo, so it is inconvenient for him to say more. He pulled back and said, "Director Ning, what are your plans for the rotary tiller blade?"

Ning Zhongying said: "I thought about it last night. I'm afraid I have to get involved in this matter. It's okay for Xiao Dongping to make small troubles, but he has no idea when it comes to big things."

"This is great!" Xiang Jiyong seemed to have a stone in his heart, with a smile on his face, "Yesterday, Lao Xiao and I were still discussing whether we could ask you to help. Jinling and Pujiang If the several large agricultural machinery factories in China are willing to accept our blades, we will really live."

"You guys!" Ning Zhongying pointed at Xiang Jiyong, with a look of resentment, but a little bit of pride in his heart. During his tenure, he was able to keep Qingfeng Factory profitable, not only by his authority in the factory, but also by various relationships across the country. The directors of several large agricultural machinery factories in Jinling, Pujiang and other places mentioned by Xiang Jiyong are all good friends of Ning Zhongying. These factories produce rotary tillers, not blades. If Qingfeng Factory can get online with them and let them recommend their users to use Qingfeng Factory's blades, the sales effect that can be generated will be very significant.

When Ning Zhongying listened to Xiao Dongping's report on the situation of the provincial agricultural materials company, she had already thought of this step. As the factory manager, he has many opportunities to go out to sell products in person, but he never thought that after two years of retirement, he would return to his old job so soon.

"Xiao Qin, get ready for a business trip with me tomorrow." Ning Zhongying instructed Qin Hai.

"Why me?" Qin Hai asked in confusion, "Isn't Section Chief Xiao going with you?"

"It doesn't take so many people." Ning Zhongying replied.

"I'm human too..." Qin Hai was depressed again.

No matter what Qin Hai thought in his heart, when Ning Zhongying ordered his general, he had no choice but to follow. In fact, he has been thinking about the engineer shovel in his heart, and Yue Guoyang has never given him an answer, and he doesn't know why. Before leaving the provincial military region, Yue Guoyang not only lent him a jeep, but also allocated 2,000 yuan as an advance payment. He has already spent some money, and the jeep has been frolicking around. If the matter fails in the end, he doesn't know how to go back and explain to Yue Guoyang.

After repeatedly exhorting some things to Ning Mo, Yu Haitao, Miao Lei and the others, Qin Hai finally set off with Ning Zhongying. They first took a car, then a train, and changed to a riverboat, and then arrived in Jinling City.

Wu Guishan, the director of Jinling Agricultural Machinery Factory, was a friend of Ning Zhongying. When he heard that Ning Zhongying had arrived in Jinling, he immediately sent a car to take Ning Zhongying and Qin Hai to the factory. Ning Zhongying came out of the car, before his feet touched the ground, Wu Guishan laughed and stepped forward to grab his arm, and said, "Haha, old Ning, you old guy, didn't you retreat to the second line? Why? You Hu Hansan are back again?"

"Hu Hansan is back again" is an allusion in the movie "Sparkling Red Star". People of the older generation like to quote such allusions, and they don't shy away from referring to a big villain. From Qin Hai's point of view, Ning Zhongying and Hu Hansan still have some similarities, and they both have a bit of a heroic temperament.

Ning Zhongying briefly told Wu Guishan about the Qingfeng factory. Wu Guishan was deeply moved and nodded repeatedly: "The situation here is the same, but our city government is pretty smart. Let them see it." The sensible person among them became the executive deputy factory director first, and I, a foolish person, remained as the factory director. As a result, the sensible person worked for a year and did a lot of stupid things, and now he was transferred by the city government to harm other factories. The Jinling Agricultural Machinery Factory is still left to me, a foolish person, to manage it foolishly."

"The ancients said, it's rare to be confused." Ning Zhongying laughed.

"That's right, that's right, it's rare to be confused." Wu Guishan said, "Let's go, the small cafeteria has prepared food, let's eat first, and chat while eating. By the way, today we will celebrate your Lao Ning coming out of the mountain again, and we will not stop getting drunk .”

Ning Zhongying was not shy either, and chatted and laughed with Wu Guishan openly while walking in the direction of the small cafeteria.

A middle-level cadre from the Jinling factory had come forward, first asked Qin Hai's name and position, and then invited Qin Hai to accompany the leaders to the small cafeteria. Qin Hai didn't know what kind of friendship Ning Zhongying and Wu Guishan really had, and he didn't know what he should do, so he adopted the strategy of listening more and talking less, and only chatted with each other about customs, not about business matters. Condition.