Material Empire

When Qin Hai and Chen Hongcheng returned to the hotel, they found that everyone in the delegation had already gone out, and they didn't come back exhausted but excited until dinner time, exchanging shopping experience while walking. Chen Hongcheng took an excuse to go around several rooms, then returned to the room he shared with Qin Hai, closed the door and whispered to Qin Hai: Xiao Qin, there is something I want to discuss with you.

Qin Hai was flipping through a phone book he had just borrowed from the service desk, trying to determine where to visit next. Hearing Chen Hongcheng's words, he smiled and asked, What is it, so mysterious?

Chen Hongcheng said: Xiao Qin, can you lend some of the foreign exchange we earned to Director Zhu and the other directors? If we want to do foreign trade in the future, these people will be useful.

Borrowing money? Qin Hai was a little surprised, Why, did you tell them about the foreign exchange we earned?

No, no, how can you say that? Chen Hongcheng quickly denied it. He didn't want to give Qin Hai the impression that he was not strict. This is the most taboo thing for a businessman. He explained: I didn't say that we have foreign exchange on hand, but when I went to chat with them just now, they all muttered that they didn't have enough foreign exchange and they couldn't buy what they wanted to buy.

When Chinese people travel abroad, they cannot use RMB for payment and must use foreign exchange. The state stipulates that every cadre on a business trip can have a few dollars in foreign exchange as pocket money every day. This number is fixed and cannot be changed. All people who go abroad are reluctant to use these foreign currencies casually. They often save up to buy a foreign electrical appliance and take it back home.

Some well-connected cadres can exchange some extra foreign exchange through certain channels, and they will have more money when they go abroad, and they can buy some small gifts to send back to others. But most people don't have such access. To get foreign exchange, unless they go to the black market like Chen Hongcheng and exchange it at a ratio of 10 to 1. Who is not a businessman, who would be willing to exchange this kind of black market foreign exchange?

Just now, under the leadership of Huang Liwei, all the members of the delegation went around the surrounding commercial streets and saw countless dazzling arrays of exotic goods, all of them were dazzled. It is embarrassing to say that the most common plastic cups and ballpoint pens in foreign stores are all extremely beautiful things in the eyes of Chinese people. The price of these things is not expensive, but it is equivalent to dozens or one or two hundred pesetas, but everyone in the delegation is just envious, and no one is willing to take out precious foreign exchange indicators to buy them.

When Chen Hongcheng went to the room of Zhu Xiaofeng and several other directors to chat, he heard them talking about how exquisite a certain product was in a regretful tone, and how he wanted to buy one for his wife, children, grandchildren, etc. at home but couldn't get it. Out of foreign exchange, can't help but feel moved. He thought of one of the best ways to connect with officials, and that was to lend them foreign exchange.

These officials are not short of money, and it is not difficult to spend hundreds or even thousands of yuan. All they lack is foreign exchange. If Chen Hongcheng lends them foreign exchange now, and asks them to return the RMB at the foreign exchange rate after returning to China, then it is not considered a bribe, and the officials will definitely remember Chen Hongcheng's benefits, and will open the door to him in various matters in the future of.

Thinking of this, he hurried back to discuss with Qin Hai. After all, Qin Hai earned the money. If Qin Hai doesn't nod, he can't control it.

After listening to Chen Hongcheng's explanation, Qin Hai almost burst out laughing. He felt that he was right to choose Chen Hongcheng as his partner. This person is good at speculation and profiteering, and he has no psychological barriers in doing things like flattery, and he just happens to be able to complement Qin Hai's ability. Qin Hai also has a few people around him, such as Heizi and Ning Mo, but they are still young and have insufficient experience, so they can't compare to Chen Hongcheng's sophistication. If Qin Hai wanted to accomplish something, he really couldn't do without a partner like Chen Hongcheng.

Old Chen, you are really too sensitive. This is a very good idea. Qin Hai praised, Our foreign exchange is in your hands. You can use it however you think. Who should you lend it to? How much to pay is up to you, you don’t have to discuss it with me.”

When Chen Hongcheng heard that Qin Hai agreed, he regained his spirit immediately, and said:

How can we do that? This kind of thing must be discussed. Xiaoqin, my idea is this. I hope that we can lend him 50,000 pesetas, which is almost 1,000 U.S. dollars; As for the director, 10,000 to 20,000 pesetas each, depending on who is more useful; and some other people, when we break the money tomorrow, each person can borrow one or two thousand pesetas.

Calculated in this way, if we borrow 100,000 to 150,000 pesetas, we can make the people in the regiment feel good about us, and it will be easy to find them to do business after returning home.

Let me think about it... Qin Hai thought for a while and said, It doesn't matter to us to borrow more than a hundred thousand pesetas. However, if someone asks where our foreign exchange comes from, what do you plan to do? How to explain it?

Isn't that simple? Chen Hongcheng said with his eyes wide open, I just said that our Red Sea Company has partners in Europe, and we exchanged them with our partners. Don't worry, everyone won't care about this, they know The less you have, the less risk you have, and it would be a fool to ask.

Well, well, since you are sure, go ahead. Qin Hai nodded.

That night, Chen Hongcheng kept going in and out of each room. Every once in a while, Qin Hai could hear someone smiling and sending Chen Hongcheng out of his room, and everyone was saying some secretive greetings to each other, the kindness in the tone could be felt even through the door Qin Hai could feel.

When eating the buffet breakfast in the restaurant the next morning, Qin Hai even saw the contacts that Chen Hongcheng cultivated overnight. Almost everyone in the delegation warmly invited Chen Hongcheng to share a table with them for dinner. Chen Hongcheng only hated I don't know how to do my best, and I don't know whose invitation to go to.

Have you checked the route yet?

Qin Hai was watching Chen Hongcheng's performance with a smile when he suddenly heard someone at the same table asking questions. He turned his head and looked, only to realize that not everyone was paying attention to Chen Hongcheng, the four in front of him were obviously thinking about their own affairs.

Qin Hai recognized that they were the ones sent by Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works to purchase steelmaking equipment, including Jiang Huanwen, the director of the factory, Yao Guojie, the chief of the financial section, Zhu Shouhe, the chief of the technical section, and Xiao Mengqin, a technician who had just graduated The reason for taking her out as a female college student is mainly because her English level is the best in the factory.

Yesterday, Chen Hongcheng went to everyone's room to talk about lending foreign exchange, but he didn't go to these few people. In Chen Hongcheng's eyes, they are just people in the company and have no use value.

Just now, Xiao Mengqin was holding a Spanish and English map of Madrid, studying the route. Her eyebrows were wrinkled into a pimple, looking very embarrassed.

The person who asked her was Jiang Huanwen, the director of the factory. He was a strong man in his forties. During the flight from China, Qin Hai had a brief chat with him and knew that he was a technician. , It was also through the spring breeze of the educated and younger cadre team that he became the factory director. His experience is somewhat similar to that of Wei Baolin at Qingfeng Factory. However, he is a bit more down-to-earth than Wei Baolin, and he has spent a lot of thought on the issue of introducing steel-making equipment.

Xiao Xiao, where are you going? Qin Hai asked casually. We were all in the same group, so we were acquaintances. Seeing Xiao Mengqin's troubled look, Qin Hai felt that it was only natural for him to help her.

Xiao Mengqin looked up at Qin Hai, and said lightly, Oh, we want to check a company that we are going to visit today.

Which company? Maybe I've heard of it. Qin Hai said again.

Xiao Mengqin snorted softly and said, OMT, have you heard of it?

Osso Metallurgical Technology Company... Let me think about it. It should be on Ellinton Street. There is a subway at the door. It is more convenient for you to take the subway. Qin Hai said calmly.

You...how did you know that! Xiao Mengqin stared at Qin Hai in surprise, her mouth opened wide.

Xiao Mengqin knew that Qin Hai and Chen Hongcheng were in the same group, they both belonged to an obscure trading company, and they came to Europe to make money with the help of their delegation.

Hongyuan Iron and Steel Works originally wanted to arrange seven or eight technicians to negotiate the introduction project, but was told by the superior department that the funds were tight and the number of places had to be reduced. However, his technicians were compressed, and a lot of officials who had nothing to do with the imported project appeared in the regiment, which made Xiao Mengqin, who lacked social experience, feel furious.

Xiao Mengqin had no chance to despise officials from the Foreign Trade Department, Provincial General Office, Metallurgical Department and other departments. They didn't take her as a little technician seriously at all. As two powerful businessmen, Chen Hongcheng and Qin Hai became the targets of Xiao Mengqin's venting of dissatisfaction.

When Qin Hai greeted her just now, she followed the principle of not hitting anyone with a smiling face, and didn't say anything harsh. But when Qin Hai further asked her which company she was looking for, she sneered in her heart. She deliberately said the company's abbreviation, just to slap Qin Hai in the face: Aren't you just a badass who is good at making connections and going through the back door? Do you know what OMT is?

What Xiao Mengqin never expected was that when Qin Hai heard the abbreviation of OMT, he immediately reported its full name, which was the so-called Osuo Metallurgical Technology Company. Not only that, he was able to directly tell the location of the company without looking at the map, and even knew that there was a subway in front of the company. You know, Xiao Mengqin knew the street where the OMT was in advance, and just checked the map for a long time before finding out that he could get there by subway. How does this young man in front of him know so many things?