Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

The items that are taken back must be sold normally. This is the rule that Zeng Wangcai wants to establish.

In fact, Zeng Wangcai had no choice but to do this.

We all know that we used to plan everything, from what the factory produced and how much to produce, to what the people ate and how much to eat.

Later, Zeng Wangcai promoted the cancellation of tickets, which greatly improved people's food and drink.

But the general direction above is still the plan.

Take the last time Zeng Wangcai went to a meeting, for example. The security issues of various large enterprises, including now, are all traces of planning.

Zeng Wangcai didn't expect that he could promote this, but he felt that no matter which state-owned enterprise it was, if you wanted something from me, you could buy it with money, but don't expect to be taken care of.

"Wangcai, what do you mean?" Jiao Hua sensitively noticed that Zeng Wangcai meant something wrong.

"What I mean is that I have to sell the things I have taken back and make money!" Zeng Wangcai said calmly, "I paid money, took risks, sent people abroad to negotiate, paid for dinner with the Russians, and used the back door with the Russians, and finally I was able to buy such good things. Of course, most of them will be used as scrap steel.

"But if we give it to BAIC or other companies here, these scrap steel can be turned into commodities and make money. In this way, I will not lose money, right? Any factory in the country can come to us to discuss purchasing business."

This is market behavior!

"Zeng Wangcai, Zeng Wangcai, you are such a cunning sly guy!" Jiao Hua suddenly realized and saw Zeng Wangcai's true colors. "You are really good at this. So many companies are looking for you. They can praise you to the sky."

"Brother Jiao, this is not right or wrong!" Zeng Wangcai said seriously, "What is right is that my foreign trade company must have been greedy some time ago, but it won't last long. Domestic companies can't always rely on foreign trade to buy scrap steel for development? In the final analysis, this is only a small part. The big part is the improvement of our domestic raw material processing capabilities.

"Also, you brought two factory managers here today. I will satisfy them, but what about the other factory managers who didn't come? Their production tasks are no longer tasks? Development cannot be achieved by just taking care of them."

Liu Yong and Yang Mingyuan seemed to be thinking about something; they could hear something else in Zeng Wangcai's words.

However, Zeng Wangcai did not intend to go into details. As for the general direction of development, Zeng Wangcai always does things rather than talks. If he can influence something, he will influence it. If he cannot, then forget it.

"No, this is not a matter of taking care of others." Jiao Hua still couldn't understand Zeng Wangcai's deep meaning, and said anxiously, "The situations of these two companies are different. FAW is exporting, and YTO is involved in the infrastructure construction of agricultural development. They should be given priority, as they should be."

"Brother Jiao, this kind of thinking is not good. In the future, you will find that there are too many companies that need to be prioritized. How can you choose when all of them are prioritized?"

You have to choose one, planning or market.

When you can’t make plans, you will naturally know to follow market demand.

Both have disadvantages, it depends on how the trader operates, but there is one thing Zeng Wangcai can be sure of, if things continue like this, the collective decline of companies will not be far away.

Jiao Hua seemed to understand Zeng Wangcai's meaning at this time, and asked, "How do you plan to sell it?"

"According to the domestic market, although there is no such thing as a market in China, I don't mind being the first one to try it out." Zeng Wangcai replied, "There is no one doing this in China yet, but I believe that if we are the first, as long as we make money, there will definitely be people who will follow suit. By then, the market will be formed. I will offer a high price, and if you don't buy from me, then that's fine..."

If there is no market, I will build one.

In fact, what Zeng Wangcai said about there being no market was only for materials such as scrap steel. For other small commodities, markets have already been formed with private participation.

What Zeng Wangcai didn't know was that Chen Xueru and Fan Jinyou had already followed suit.

"But don't worry, two factory managers. I won't make money by dishonest means." Zeng Wangcai said again, "A tank has a lot of scrap steel. I will give you a reasonable price..."

Zhou Bo and Zhang Dongping's expressions eased a little, and the latter asked, "Aren't tanks made entirely of steel?"

"By the way, thank you Director Zhang for your reminder." Zeng Wangcai smiled, "I am planning to set up a factory to process this kind of material. There are precious metals on the tanks. During this period, I dismantled several tanks in good condition and found that... the diesel engines were good. So Director Zhang, have you considered purchasing diesel engines?"

When he received the report, Zeng Wangcai was very surprised and thought that the Russians were crazy. The diesel engine on the T34 was really not damaged. Although this was an old tank, the engine inside was a good thing. It could play a big role in other places. Ivan of the Russian military was so greedy that he didn't even have time to destroy it?

"Are you going to sell them separately?" Zhang Dongping's face turned green and he wanted to slap himself in the face.

"Old Zhang, you have such a big mouth!" Zhou Bo complained, "I've already told you that some tanks can still be driven. Why are you asking so many unnecessary questions?"

The two learned their first lesson of failure.

"Haha..." Zeng Wangcai laughed wickedly, "You two, you must get used to it. There may be many unscrupulous merchants in the future. If you two don't keep your eyes open, you will be deceived in many places. When the time comes, the tuition fees will make you bankrupt."

The word bankruptcy had never occurred to either of them.

But Jiao Hua and the other two were shocked and looked at Zeng Wangcai at the same time.

"Wangcai, come here!" Liu Yong called Zeng Wangcai aside and whispered, "Have you been aware of this market problem for a long time?"

"Haha, old man, it's not that I realized it, but it's the same outside." Zeng Wangcai laughed, "You used to work in the First and Third Machine-Building Departments. I don't need to mention the Third Machine-Building Department. There must be some of your old subordinates in the First Machine-Building Department looking for you, right? Is there a problem with some factory?"

The country is so big and there are so many factories and mines, how can all of them be good?

Let’s not talk about anything else, just one thing is that when it comes to entertaining guests at dinner, some factories can make a big profit and get subsidies.

"Alas, times have changed. You young people will rule the world in the future!" Liu Yong did not directly answer Zeng Wangcai's question, and said with emotion, "We are old, so we will give you less advice in the future."

This is an indirect acknowledgement of what Zeng Wangcai said.

Zeng Wangcai put his arm around the old man's shoulders and said, "Grandpa, don't be like this. An old man in the family is a treasure. I still need your advice on some things. We can talk about it later when we have time!"

"What do you need our advice on? Don't fool us."

"Like...buying an aircraft carrier!"

"..."

Buying a ship is destined to be a private matter, but it cannot be without support from above, so people of Liu Yong and Yang Mingyuan's status are just right to act as middlemen.

Zeng Wangcai used this topic to shock the two old men. He then said to Jiao Hua and the other two, "Brother Jiao, please publicize this matter with your work group. I will prepare a trade fair in a while. Anyone who is interested in purchasing materials can come. By the way, the second overseas procurement of our foreign trade company has already begun!"

I guess Zeng Wangcai is the only person in the world who could have come up with the idea of ​​a scrap trade fair.