When will I have a long tassel?

"Hey, Sister Liu, welcome, what kind of wind brings you here?"

In Qingbei City, Ningxiang Province, there is a warm atmosphere outside the office building of Qingbei Machine Tool Factory. The leaders of No. 1 Factory, headed by director Zhao Zhaoxin and secretary Le Minhua, are welcoming guests from the capital. The person they called "Sister Liu" was none other than Liu Yanping, deputy director of the Mechanical and Electrical Department of the Second Bureau of the Ministry of Machinery. In fact, Le Minhua was two years older than Liu Yanping, but this did not prevent him from calling her Sister Liu one after another. Huanshi.

"Director Zhao, Secretary Le, excuse me for disturbing you. I should be considered an uninvited guest, right?"

Liu Yanping shook hands with the other party and said polite words with a smile.

Zhao Zhaoxin pretended to be angry and said: "Look at what you said, Sister Liu, how can you be considered an uninvited guest? You are the leader of the department, and coming to our small place to inspect the work is something that makes us shine. Like you We usually can’t even invite our distinguished guests.”

Liu Yanping laughed so hard that her branches trembled: "Director Zhao is really good at talking. Your Qingji family has a big business. The senior officials and leaders who usually come to inspect the work are all there. I am a small deputy director, what kind of leader can I be?" , Director Zhao, just don’t think my status is too low.”

"Sister Liu's position in the ministry is much more important than that of ordinary senior officials and leaders. Who do we underestimate, but we dare not underestimate you, Sister Liu!" Le Minhua also joked.

The flattery of Zhao Zhaoxin and Le Minhua was not without reason. In terms of rank, Liu Yanping is indeed just a deputy director, which is equivalent to a middle-level cadre at Qingbei Machine Tool Factory, and is not a full-time position in the department. But Liu Yanping has worked in the Machinery Department for more than 30 years and has worked in several departments and bureaus. Not to mention department-level leaders, even department leaders have watched her grow up. Who dares to neglect such a person?

Liu Yanping and Zhao Zhaoxin were also very familiar with each other, and one or two polite words were enough for this kind of meeting. After shaking hands with several main leaders of Qingji, she pulled a young man who was following her and said to everyone: "Come on, come on, let me introduce to you, this is Xiao Tang from our Mechanical and Electrical Department. As for your current identity, you can take a guess. Let me first reveal that this time in Qingji, the protagonist is not me, but our little Tang."

"Xiao Tang?" Zhao Zhaoxin was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Sister Liu, you said he is the Xiao Tang who came to Yiji with Director Zhou, Tang Zifeng, Director Tang?"

Liu Yanping laughed, turned to the young man next to her and said, "Ha, Xiao Tang, I just said you have a good reputation, right? Have you met Factory Director Zhao soon?"

Tang Zifeng, who had been playing the background wall next to Liu Yanping just now, quickly smiled, stretched out his hands to Zhao Zhaoxin, and said: "Director Zhao is really..., uh, UBM Guangji, even the name of a little person like me You all know, it really makes me feel honored.”

Zhao Zhaoxin also stretched out his hands, shook Tang Zifeng's hands vigorously, and said with a smile: "Director Tang is not a small person. Your name is deafening in our machine tool industry. Lin Yiji These two The baling machine, wood carving machine tool, and machine tool refurbishment business you developed in 2016 were all developed by you, right? To be honest, the wood carving machine tool you built at Linyi Machinery made us all envious. Just like this It’s a small gadget. It’s not technically difficult. It has an output value of at least 50 to 60 million a year. I can’t even make half of the profit.”

"No, no, in fact, wood carving machine tools are just a small business. The sales last year were okay, but this year the market is a bit saturated." Tang Zifeng said modestly. It is never a good thing to let others stare at one's own property. He is very clear about the principle of keeping wealth private.

Le Minhua said with emotion: "We went to the department for a meeting. When Director Xie mentioned you, it made us smile. What kind of virtue did Lin Yiji have in the first two years? Do we still know? But since you, Director Tang, left, After that, we got out of trouble in one year and made huge profits in two years, but we were left behind. It’s really a terrible future.”

"Secretary Le praised me." Tang Zifeng said, "I was able to get out of trouble at the first opportunity, mainly because of the good management of Factory Director Zhou, as well as our Chief Engineer Qin, Mr. Ning, Director Wu, and Director Zhang. I am one Those who run errands for leaders really haven’t done anything extraordinary.”

"Humility is a virtue, but excessive modesty is pride." Zhao Zhaoxin said, "Director Tang, we have heard of the things you did. It is indeed remarkable. To be honest, we often do it in the factory Use your deeds to educate those young cadres, so that they can learn from you, expand their thinking, and be eclectic."

"I'm ashamed, I'm so ashamed, Xiao Tang. I can't bear it." Tang Zifeng looked horrified. These two were state-owned enterprise leaders with the same qualifications as Zhou Heng. They referred to him as "Director Tang", and they did not hesitate to praise him, which would make anyone feel fearful. This is obviously to put him on the fire to roast, maybe brush it with some cooking oil, sprinkle some cumin or something.

Liu Yanping and Tang Zifeng came to Qingbei Machine Tool Factory after Zhou Heng and Xie Tiancheng discussed it. Qingbei Machine Tool Factory is just one of the targets they visited. Next, they will visit some other large machine tool companies. It can be said that, except for a few companies within the military industry system, they will not miss out on all large machine tool companies in the country.

South Korean machine tool companies have aggressively entered the Chinese market, which has sounded the alarm for the Second Bureau. The Ministry of Foreign Trade is currently conducting WTO accession negotiations with countries around the world. Once China joins the WTO, China will open its market in batches, and the original protective policies in many fields will have to be cancelled. The machine tool industry is one of the earliest markets to be opened under the national plan. Once the market is opened, not only Korean machine tool companies will enter China, but also a large number of machine tool companies from the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy and other countries, and even machine tool companies from Baodao. I will also come and take a share of the pie.

Korean companies alone have already posed a strong threat to domestic machine tool companies. If the world's powers come, can China's machine tool industry survive?

With such worries, Zhou Heng and Tang Zifeng went to Beijing to propose ideas to the Party Committee of the Second Bureau, proposing to unite large domestic machine tool companies to stay together and jointly resist foreign competition. Xie Tiancheng agreed to Zhou Heng's request and assigned Liu Yanping and Tang Zifeng to work together to lobby various companies. This led to their trip to Qingbei.

In theory, alliances between enterprises should be coordinated by the competent authorities. The Second Bureau has done many such things in the past. However, when the competent authorities come forward to handle matters, the efficiency is actually very low. When facing the competent authorities, each company has a sense of "fighting for milk". Everyone will not regard the competent authority as an equal partner, but as a rich father. Everyone wants to reach into his pocket to see if he can take out a passbook or bank account. Cards and the like, and then you can just lie down and eat and drink.

Another reason why it is not appropriate for the Second Bureau to come forward directly is related to the matter of joining the WTO. WTO rules require member states to establish complete market systems. This kind of government intervention in industrial organization is contrary to WTO rules and can easily lead to criticism.

Because of this, after Xie Tiancheng and Zhou Heng discussed it, they decided to use Linyi Machinery as the leading unit to establish this industrial consortium. The second bureau only provided moral support, or at least on the surface it only provided spiritual support. Support, as for what happens behind the scenes, it is not enough for outsiders to understand.

Linyi Machinery is not the largest among the machine tool companies affiliated to the Second Bureau. The most important reason why Linyiji is the leading unit is that Linyiji has Tang Zifeng, who is good at making troubles. Xie Tiancheng asked Tang Zifeng to state his plan at the bureau party group meeting, which was approved by most of the bureau leaders. There are many experienced managers in other companies, but in terms of overall perspective and flexibility, there is no one who can compare with Tang Zifeng.

Tang Zifeng was ordered to organize a machine tool industry consortium, but his age and seniority became a flaw. In the past two years, his reputation has indeed spread throughout the entire machine tool industry. What Zhao Zhaoxin and Le Minhua just said was not exaggeration. But fame is fame. After all, he is only a 25-year-old young man. Even if he has been appointed as the deputy director of Linyi Machinery, I am afraid that not many people in the industry are convinced by him.

People like Zhao Zhaoxin are seven or eight years older than Tang Zifeng's father, and their working experience in the machine tool industry is longer than Tang Zifeng's. Tang Zifeng came in front of them to point fingers. Can they accept it? Don't look at what they say about the fear of future generations. When there is a dispute over interests, they will dare to show their seniority in front of a young person like you. Don’t be dissatisfied, everyone in the system still accepts this.

At this time, Liu Yanping's value was reflected. Liu Yanping is a careless aunt who usually doesn't care about any specific business, so no one will take her words as instructions from the second bureau, but at the same time, no one will think that her existence is insignificant. Letting such a person accompany Tang Zifeng to various companies not only represents the attitude of the Second Bureau, but also does not steal Tang Zifeng's limelight and make people mistakenly think that the matter is led by the Second Bureau.

Liu Yanping looks carefree, but after staying in the agency for more than 30 years, how can she not understand anything? She knows her role very well and plays her role conscientiously.

"Director Zhao, Secretary Le, you are not just planning to chat with us here, are you? Although it is already October, the weather in Ningxiang is still very hot." Liu Yanping reminded with a smile.

"Yeah, look, I'm confused!"

Zhao Zhaoxin followed the good example and quickly greeted:

"Let's go and chat in our conference room. Xiao He, arrange for someone to prepare some fruit, and also send a car to Lixiang Garden to buy freshly roasted chestnuts with sugar. Director Liu likes the sugar from Qingbei the most. Roasted chestnuts."