1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 387: Profit from One Hole (2)

"Hmph! You're good enough, kid!"

"You run the entire Momo Baitou like an iron barrel. Not only did the acting section chief He Yongyi help you keep it a secret, but even the employees who were transferred to Dahua with you were kept in the dark by you!"

"Heh~ Momo Baitou, Qingfeng Food, Xialiu Marketing Agency, the Fifth Farm, Laoliu Chicken Breeding Institute, Dahua's Business Department 3, Asset Preservation Department 2, and now Mu Siyuan, Song Youlong, Lin Kaiquan and others from the Dongying Command..."

Zhang Wenshun's face was filled with rage as he read out the names one after another. He slammed the coffee table hard, "Of course! Others try to establish their own base within their own company, but you are setting up your base outside of the company, right? And you are making it so airtight... idiot! idiot! idiot!!"

Another string of idiots came out, and Yang Mo was completely confused by this incoherent scolding.

"No, Fatty, what do you mean? You're in menopause and you called me here just to scold me, right?"

"I'm telling you, don't try to get ahead of me with this trick! If you have something to say, just say it. If not... I have a lot of work to do back in Texas, so I'm sorry I can't keep you company!"

Yang Mo glared at Zhang Wenshun, as if to say, "Don't try to do those fancy things to me."

When Zhang Wenshun heard the word "Fatty", his chest was still beating like a drum, but his expression finally relaxed a little.

With a cold snort, Zhang Wenshun gnashed his teeth and looked at the jerk: "Did you promise Mu Siyuan to take on the landing docking work of the Solitary Island II project in Texas?"

Yang Mo suddenly realized, no wonder that fat guy had just ranted about nothing, so this was the reason.

The preliminary docking work of the Isolated Island II project was carried out in secret. Before achieving phased results, in order to prevent some unpredictable variables, Yang Mo issued a gag order. Even though Yang Mo had already coordinated with many units to plan the preliminary driving work of this project, those works seemed to have nothing to do with this super-large petrochemical project at first glance; therefore, except for a limited number of people, neither the outside world nor the drilling company, and even other people in Dahua Company, knew about this.

what?
You said that the little disciple Bai Mengmeng was also a participant? Given her relationship with Uncle Zhang, why didn't she tell anyone?
Oh, Yang Mo was very generous in teaching this young apprentice, but at the same time, the rules were very strict;
Since the master has issued a gag order, if you still dare to spread it privately...

Sorry, let’s find someone else!
After thinking for a while, Yang Mo looked at Zhang Wenshun with some doubts: "How did you know?"

Zhang Wenshun laughed angrily: "How should I know? The documents from the headquarters came out...On the second day after Mr. Wang and I arrived in Dongying, the Solitary Island II project was voted through and officially approved...Haha, a super large project with a total investment of 6.8 million yuan, who can hide it from me!?"

The resolution was passed on Saturday, so fast?
Yang Mo was a little surprised. He originally thought that for such a large project, even if it was urgent, it would take at least two or three months for the headquarters to pass a vote!
You know, although a lot of things have been finalized during this period, and even some plans have begun to be promoted, that is due to the high efficiency on his side; today is only May 5th, and it has only been a week since he came back from Dongying.

Such a huge super project was successfully completed in just one week...

Not to mention state-owned enterprises, even in private enterprises in later generations, this speed is terrifyingly fast!

hiss~
Yang Mo, feeling that he was being plotted against, took a small breath.

Not to mention that Mu Siyuan and his group are basically only at the deputy-department level. Even if such a large project was proposed by the department-level bosses in the command center, it would definitely not be approved so quickly... In this day and age, an investment of 6.8 million yuan is really not a small number, which is approximately equal to 1/3 of the Asian Games!
Zhang Wenshun saw Yang Mo thinking about something with a gloomy face, and sneered: "Boy, now you know, don't think you are the only smart person in the world... You may have some skills in business, but when it comes to political schemes, you are not even as good as a primary school student... And you are so smart as to block the news? Humph, idiot! Sooner or later, you will be eaten by those old foxes without leaving any residue!"

trickery?

Hearing Zhang Wenshun's words, Yang Mo immediately confirmed something.

The reason why the headquarters approved the approval of the Solitary Island II project so quickly was, on the one hand, because they had already had this plan, but just needed the right momentum;

On the other hand, I'm afraid you're afraid that Mr. Wang will know the news in advance?

After all, his personnel relationship is tied to the drilling company. After Mr. Wang finds out, even if he doesn't make trouble, he can still make a huge request due to the unspoken rules. As for the command center, I'm afraid they can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

Although he was a little angry, Yang Mo, with the mentality of losing the battle, still shrugged his shoulders pretending to be indifferent: "Eat all the crumbs? I think Director Zhang is worrying too much... If Mu Siyuan wasn't my future father-in-law, I wouldn't have agreed to this so easily... If you want to marry a beautiful woman, you have to pay a price. The Solitary Island II project is my betrothal gift to my father-in-law."

As he spoke, Yang Mo leisurely took out two Yuxi cigarettes, threw one over and lit the other in his mouth: "After I marry Ya'er, Mu Siyuan will be my official father-in-law... After all, as a father-in-law, he only has one daughter, so he won't just sit there and watch his precious son-in-law get cheated. Even if he can't do much, it's okay to help check some things... What do you think?"

Hearing Yang Mo's extremely arrogant words, Zhang Wenshun laughed angrily.

But on second thought, this bastard is right.

Since his debut, Yang Mo had achieved all his achievements single-handedly. He had the confidence. Strictly speaking, he really didn't care about Mu Siyuan's resources...even the super project like Isolated Island No. 2 was a request from the headquarters to him.

Judging from this guy's attitude of not wanting to be too involved in the cause and effect, I'm afraid that only if Mu Siyuan, his father-in-law, lowers his posture and speaks softly to him, this bastard may accept the resources that Mu Siyuan voluntarily offers to him for the sake of their relationship.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenshun felt an inexplicable rage in his heart, and he crushed the Yuxi he had just received in his hand: "Damn it, I should have directly opposed you getting together with that girl Mu Liya... If you want a woman, there are all kinds of beautiful girls in the company. If it doesn't work, I'll find you one somewhere else! I guarantee that her appearance and temperament are not worse than that girl!"

After saying a bunch of inappropriate things without any image, Zhang Wenshun was almost biting his teeth: "Now you are going to be killed by this woman!"

Yang Mo stared at him in dissatisfaction: "Lao Zhang, for the sake of our past friendship, I won't bother with you this time... But remember, Ya'er is now my de facto fiancée. If you keep saying such dirty things next time, don't blame me for turning hostile!"

After the warning, Yang Mo frowned: "Also, what do you mean I'm about to be killed... Although I didn't let you take advantage of the Solitary Island II project, this matter is not that serious. Mr. Wang is just dissatisfied at most. In the current situation, it is not appropriate to use this matter as an excuse to cause trouble to me... After all, the promotion of the Solitary Island II project mainly uses the resources of Dahua Company. Even if I have a relationship in it, it is just a semi-public and semi-private matter for the company."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenshun's emotions, which had calmed down a little, became violent again.

"Not serious?"

"Just dissatisfaction at most?"

“Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!”

"Boy, I'm telling you, you're in big trouble this time. Big, big trouble!!"

Zhang Wenshun's face turned ashen and his voice was as low as a wild beast watching its own cub being taken away.

The reason why he had never been willing to explain to this bastard about the secret move that forced Wang Yinuo to leave was because he didn't want this guy to get involved in some things and then get screwed and crushed.

Even before leaving, Wang Yinuo used his privileges to push the drilling company and the command center to jointly establish the Dahua Company, and specifically asked Yang Mo to go to Texas to take charge of the work. He clearly had a trump card to stop this, but he held back, in order to allow this brat to avoid the center of the storm as much as possible.

But he never expected that after so many twists and turns, this kid actually took the initiative to get involved, and was the main force. How could he not be sad and angry?
Sensing the complicated emotions in the fat guy's eyes, Yang Mo finally took it seriously. After thinking for a while, he lighted another cigarette and handed it over: "Lao Zhang, what's going on?"

Zhang Wenshun stared at the Yuxi cigarette in front of him for a long time before reaching out to take it and lighting it.

As he exhaled a puff of green smoke, the fat man with a face like Maitreya Buddha seemed to have aged ten years in an instant: "Our oil system has been constantly adjusting since the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the Ministry of Petroleum Industry in 1955, to the Ministry of Fuel and Chemical Industry in 1970, to the Ministry of Petroleum Industry in 1978, and finally in 1988, the China National Petroleum Corporation was established on the basis of the Ministry of Petroleum... You should be clear about this process, right?"

Yang Mo thought about it seriously and nodded: "I know."

Although what Zhang Wenshun said seemed to be common nonsense, he knew very well that at this moment, every word the other party said could not be aimless.

Zhang Wenshun sighed: "Although many oil fields have been discovered over the past few decades, overall, my country's oil production cannot fully meet industrial production needs. In addition, oil production in many areas is difficult, with high impurity content and difficult refining... In a sense, our country has not yet completely gotten rid of the label of an oil-poor country. You know this, right?"

Yang Mo nodded: "I know."

Even though several large oil fields have been discovered one after another in later generations, and the reserves are very considerable, for a big country with a population of 14 billion, oil energy is still in short supply... This is true even in later generations, let alone the present time when offshore drilling is just beginning to be tried?

Zhang Wenshun hummed softly: "In fact, our country had close contact with the Middle East in the 1970s and 1980s. Did you know about this?"

Yang Mo nodded slightly: "I know. When we first sold those firecrackers, it caused quite a stir internationally."

Zhang Wenshun glanced at him and said, "The firecracker incident has little to do with what we are going to talk about today, but the China Petrochemical Corporation, which was established in July 1983, has a lot to do with this matter."

China National Petroleum and Chemical Corporation?
Yang Mo was startled, and vaguely realized something. Although the names are almost identical, the China Petrochemical Corporation, which was only established in 1983, is not the same as the "Sinopec" mentioned in later generations... Although the former is the predecessor of the latter, there is still a big gap in terms of scale, level, and even business scope.

Strictly speaking, before the restructuring, the main business of China National Petroleum and Chemical Corporation was to import/exchange high-quality crude oil from abroad, and then refine and process it into petroleum products and various primary petrochemical industrial raw materials to make up for the domestic petrochemical raw material production capacity gap.

Looking at Yang Mo who seemed to be thinking about something, Zhang Wenshun sighed: "The reason why I mentioned the Middle East and the Petrochemical Corporation... is because I will mention someone next... Ali Naimi from Camel Country. Have you heard of this person?"

Ali Naimi?
Is he the Minister of Petroleum and Mining of Camel Country who has been in office for decades and is internationally renowned as the "Oil Eagle"?
No, no, no, officially speaking, he should be called “Mr. Oil”.

How could he not have heard of it?
At that moment, he asked with some confusion: "What happened to this Mr. Oil?"

Zhang Wenshun first looked at Yang Mo with a little surprise. He obviously didn't expect Yang Mo to actually know the person he mentioned. But then he thought, this brat has always been famous for his extensive knowledge and can often surprise people. Even if he really knows the name of Mr. Oil, it is not something that is very puzzling. He shook his head and said, "Nothing. It's just that Ali Naimi is very optimistic about the Asian market and the future economic prospects of our country. So when other countries tried to start an ice-breaking journey with our country in the name of private economic exchanges last year, Camel Country also contacted us."

Thinking of the Egyptian exchange group that the drilling company received last year, Yang Mo had a vague understanding: "Are they planning to expand the scale of their oil business?"

Zhang Wenshun nodded: "That's right. Oil is the blood of industry and the fuel for economic development in the industrial era. Our country is in great shortage of oil...especially high-quality light crude oil."

Yang Mo immediately understood: "So the main business entity in this area is the Petrochemical Corporation?"

Zhang Wenshun nodded, "That's right. Our country's onshore oil fields are mainly concentrated in the north, with very few in the south... After the imported crude oil arrives at the port, it can be refined and transported nearby, which will reduce a lot of costs and ensure sufficient supply of oil products and petrochemical raw materials in the south... After all, our country is not rich. If we don't build an oil pipeline, the cost of transporting oil from the north to the south will be too high given the current logistics situation. Besides, this is a dangerous and flammable and explosive product after all."

Yang Mo nodded to show his understanding.

The West-East Gas Pipeline in later generations was a super-large project. The investment in pipeline laying and other supporting facilities was staggering... Even the infrastructure cost of natural gas transmission was so high, not to mention the oil pipeline.

"But what does this have to do with you getting so angry today?"

Yang Mo became a little impatient. Appropriate foreshadowing was fine, but if he kept going around in circles, he wouldn't like it.

Zhang Wenshun glanced at him and said, "If you are still so impatient, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later... Of course, what I said is related to what happened today, and it is very related!"

As he spoke, the fat man stabbed out his half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray in annoyance. “I mentioned the history of our oil system before. Did you notice anything?”

Yang Mo looked at him with amusement: "Isn't it obvious? The country has always had high expectations for our oil system and hopes that our oil system can make outstanding contributions to economic development and modernization... It's just a pity that we seem to be lacking in skills and have not been able to hand in a high-scoring answer sheet, so the country has been making adjustments to us;"

"And... this adjustment period seems to be getting shorter and shorter."

When it comes to the last sentence, Yang Mo's tone is quite meaningful.

Zhang Wenshun smiled when he heard this: "At least you're not that stupid!"

After saying this, Zhang Wenshun stopped smiling and began to ponder in silence again.

Yang Mo's eyebrows furrowed when he saw this. He knew how cunning this fat guy was. The other party's hesitant attitude gave him a very bad feeling.

Just when Yang Mo couldn't help but want to ask more questions, he saw Zhang Wenshun sighing:
"Guan Zi: State Reserves" says: "Profits come from one source, from farming and from war;"

"The Book of Lord Shang also says: If the benefits come from one source, the country will have more things;"

"The New Book of Tang: Biography of Liu Chong is even more straightforward: The way to govern a country is that one hole makes it king, two holes make it strong, three holes make it weak, and four holes make it extinct."

"Boy... after all, you graduated from the Chinese Department. What do you think of this?"

Not quite used to this fat guy suddenly speaking in a literary way, Yang Mo was surprised and then quickly fell into deep thought.

The meaning of [profit comes from one channel] is easy to understand. It means that there is only one way to bestow rewards with wealth and honor. Only when everyone's upward/profit channel is locked within the established rules will people follow the baton obediently and the country can become prosperous.

Although this word has a strong connotation of making a fortune, it has to be said that people with rich social experience can see that this is a solid truth.

But the thing is, this statement can be applied on many levels.

You can simply understand it as the most straightforward corporate reward and punishment mechanism.
It can also be elevated to the level of combining values ​​with interests;
Of course, you can continue to pull it up, to the cloud;

But by the same token, it can also be used as a means of [skill] to be used in other aspects...

Yang Mo did not want to answer this question, nor was he willing to answer it. He just shrugged and said, "I don't have any opinion. I am just a farmer's son. I am not qualified to read Gongsun Yang's masterpiece."

Seeing Yang Mo pick out "The Book of Lord Shang" alone, Zhang Wenshun immediately laughed.

After laughing, Zhang Wenshun suddenly said calmly: "There are rumors that some people believe that as reform and opening up enter the deep water zone, the current business model of the National Petroleum Corporation can no longer meet the needs of social development... Especially in terms of business distribution, the focus is too far to the north, and it is unable to provide good service and care for the more economically developed southern region."

“So…some people think that we should continue to reform our oil system;”

"After several years of rapid development, the Petrochemical Corporation not only has cheaper, higher-quality imported oil resources and supply channels, but also has rapidly improved its strength and level in crude oil refining and chemical industry over the years;"

"Therefore, we can try to adjust the regional radiation range according to their respective geographical location advantages while the oil system continues to integrate major oil fields and oil companies... For example, we can reorganize and split into two companies along the Yangtze River, one responsible for the business north of the Yangtze River and the other responsible for the business south of the Yangtze River."

"In this way, since the instability caused by geographical distance is largely eliminated and the decision-making and business links are reduced, it can not only provide good and timely services to the society, but also reduce a lot of infrastructure costs and duplication of investment due to the different composition of crude oil sources. It can be said to be the best of both worlds."

"Of course, using the Yangtze River as the line is just a preliminary idea. Others have suggested that since we have already implemented reform and opening up and have to take the market-oriented path, we should let the market decide everything. After splitting into two companies, each company will compete for the market with its own strength under the premise of fairness and justice. At that time, we can define the areas of responsibility of each other based on the actual market reaction."

"In fact, although there are many people who maintain a neutral attitude, there are also many people who agree with these views... Some people even suggest that the focus of chemical refining should be moved south. After all, the economy in the south is more developed, and the relatively market-oriented environment makes it easier to obtain a faster and more comprehensive market response, and it is also easier to contact and introduce more advanced foreign petrochemical technologies."

At this point, Zhang Wenshun sneered at Yang Mo and said, "Although our oil system is a vice-ministerial unit, due to the special nature of oil, China National Petroleum Corporation is not only ranked very high among the central enterprises in China, but also has a high-level leadership team. You are aware of this, right?"

Yang Mo nodded again: "I know."

Zhang Wenshun pinched his brows in annoyance: "So, you know how much trouble you have caused by pushing the Solitary Island II project to land in Texas!?"

"In short, this matter is more troublesome than you think. In short... Mr. Wang was very angry after hearing the news. Very angry!"

"So, if he is determined to punish you, the consequences will be very serious!"

Looking at Zhang Wenshun who had a manic look on his face, Yang Mo's expression became a little strange.

meaning is……

In fact, we now have some preliminary ideas about the two oil companies?
only……

The Yangtze River as the line?

Was this the original plan?

He roughly knew why the Solitary Island No. 2 project he promoted made Mr. Wang so furious, and also knew why he would intervene in the affairs of those small refineries as the general manager. However, at this moment, Yang Mo still felt an indescribable sense of absurdity in his heart...

(End of this chapter)