Sail across the sea

Chapter 344 Where Does the Money Come From
"There are too many clues, I'm afraid you will lose sight of one thing while focusing on another." Zheng Linong said.

Gao Fan said: "There is already a tendency towards this. So after discussing with my father and Mr. Gu, we decided to stop the expansion and stabilize the current business first.

"General Manager Gu, Director Yin and Director Pang jointly proposed a plan for large-scale job training, and planned to use one year to allow all employees to fully master the technical requirements of their positions."

"This is very necessary." Zheng Linong said, "The foundation of your Canghua Science and Trade is the labor service company of the Canghai Fertilizer Plant. The employees are all unemployed young people in the factory and have no production experience. Later, in order to produce vitamins, the Yanxiu and Wuyuan fertilizer plants were merged. These two fertilizer plants have some skilled operators, but the number is limited. I'm afraid the technical level of most workers is not satisfactory."

Gao Fan smiled bitterly and said, "Minister Zheng is indeed very observant."

Zheng Linong said: "This is not a very clear understanding. The situation in the entire chemical industry is the same. The situation in large and medium-sized enterprises is better. For county-level fertilizer plants like Yanxiu and Wuyuan, the technical level of workers has always been a difficult problem."

"Does it also include our Canghai Fertilizer Factory?" Gao Fan asked tentatively.

Zheng Linong said: "I have consulted Director Xu of your provincial department. She said that the situation of Canghai Factory is better than other similar enterprises. The main reason is that your father, Director Gao, has been strict in the job training of employees, especially the job rules that Canghai Factory later developed, which played a great role in improving the operating level of employees.

"The Ministry of Chemical Industry has also promoted your Canghai Factory's experience to the whole country. By the way, that set of management rules should be attributed to you, right?"

"I just proposed an idea." Gao Fan said modestly. This matter could not be hidden from Xu Ying, Zheng Linong and others, but they just didn't say it out loud. He followed Zheng Linong's words and said: "The job training we are going to do in Canghua Science and Trade is also based on this idea. It's called job training, but it actually includes running-in the entire management process, which takes a lot of time."

"I guess Yin Baowen, Pang Zhongmin and others are better at these things than you?" Zheng Linong asked.

Gao Fan said, "Yes. We came up with the big ideas together. When it comes to formulating detailed job rules, I am not as good as Director Yin and Director Pang. Their experience is far beyond my reach."

"So, at least in the next year, you will have nothing to do?" Zheng Linong asked meaningfully.

Gao Fan said cautiously, "You can't say that... We at Canghua Science and Technology are developing several new products, and I want to participate. Also, I'm still a college student, and I have to go back to school to take exams."

"You still remember that you are a college student! I thought you were a money-grubber obsessed with making money." Zheng Linong laughed and scolded, then changed his expression to a serious one and said, "Developing new products and going back to school for exams will not take up too much of your time. Since you have nothing else to do now, come to the department and help out."

Gao Fan knew that this was the serious matter that Zheng Linong wanted to talk to him about, so he put away his teasing expression and asked, "Minister Zheng, is there anything going on in the ministry that requires a student like me to participate?"

Zheng Linong said: "Strictly speaking, I'm not asking for your help, but this is something you caused yourself, and I need you to solve it from beginning to end."

"I caused this trouble?" Gao Fan was a little confused. "Minister Zheng, I have been hiding in that small place called Cangtang for more than a year, producing some cleaning agents and vitamins. How could I have caused any trouble?"

"Was it you who caused the change of ammonium into urine?" Zheng Linong asked.

"Ammonium to urine?" Gao Fan was even more confused. This matter certainly had something to do with him. The ammonium to urine scheme currently recommended by the Ministry of Chemical Industry to the whole country was the design idea he provided.

However, the idea of ​​converting urine into ammonium did not start with him, but was proposed by the Ministry of Chemical Industry a few years ago.

Zheng Linong put the blame on Gao Fan and used the expression "trouble caused", which was a bit unreasonable.

Zheng Linong knew that he was in the wrong, and he was just looking for a reason to drag Gao Fan into this matter. He did not dwell on the saying of "causing trouble", but explained: "Last year, the Ministry of Chemical Industry selected five small fertilizer plants including Canghai Fertilizer Plant to carry out a pilot project of replacing ammonium with urine. Judging from the feedback so far, the pilot project was successful.

"For enterprises that have converted ammonium to urine, the consumption of both coal and urea has dropped significantly, achieving good economic benefits. The quality of urea produced by several pilot enterprises is not significantly different from that of imported urea, and has been well received by agricultural materials departments and farmers.

"In view of this, the Ministry of Chemical Industry has decided to speed up the process of converting ammonium to urine, striving to completely eliminate outdated ammonium bicarbonate production equipment within ten years and convert all nitrogen fertilizers used in agricultural production to urea."

"That's great." Gao Fan said.

Gao Fan had personally witnessed the effect of the ammonium-to-urine conversion at Canghai Fertilizer Plant. He knew better than anyone else the technical and economic advantages of the process, and was therefore the one who most supported it.

Now Zheng Linong said that the country plans to complete the conversion of all small nitrogen fertilizers from ammonium to urine within ten years, and Gao Fan naturally agreed with both hands.

"Very good?" Zheng Linong pretended to be serious and said, "Do you think it's so easy to convert ammonium into urine? The Ministry of Chemical Industry invested 2000 million yuan in the conversion of ammonium into urine at Canghai Fertilizer Plant. If all small fertilizer plants in the country were to convert ammonium into urine, based on 200 sets of equipment, it would cost 40 billion yuan. Where would the money come from?"

What does this have to do with me...

Gao Fan almost blurted out his complaint.

Old Zheng, Old Zheng, what you said is too nonsense. The country wants to change urine with ammonium. Whether there is money or not, shouldn't it be something that you, as a minister, should consider? Why are you asking me?

I'm still a child, okay!
"Minister Zheng, are you eyeing the small amount of money that our Canghua Science and Technology Trade makes?" Gao Fan asked cautiously.

"You make a lot of money." Zheng Linong said. Before Gao Fan could refute, he changed his words and said, "Don't worry, the country will not punish you local tyrants. After all, you are a scientific and trade enterprise, and you make money by technology. To develop new technology, you can't do without capital investment. So, it's better for you to keep the money you earn in your account. I have also communicated with your provincial chemical industry department on this point."

"The minister is wise!" Gao Fan quickly flattered him.

"Of course, it's mainly because the little money you have is of no use. Compared with the investment in converting urine with ammonium, it is just a drop in the bucket." Zheng Linong added.

(End of this chapter)