1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 388: Profit from One Hole (3)

Just like "North Railway connects to South Telecom" and "North China Unicom connects to South China Mobile", "North Petroleum connects to South Petrochemical" is also a fact known to everyone in later generations.

However, many people may not be very clear that the "North-South business dividing line" here is not the Yangtze River, but basically the Yellow River;

But what more people may not be aware of is that the business dividing line between the two oil giants is different from that of the previous two. The previous two use the Yellow River as the approximate dividing line, dividing the companies into ten provinces in the north and twenty-one provinces in the south; but the dividing line between the two oil giants is simply the Great Wall.

In other words, according to conventional wisdom, the three provinces in the Central Plains, including Qi and Lu, should be included in the northern market and become the basic market of PetroChina.
But in fact, when the two oil companies were officially reorganized in 1998, both the Qilu Oilfield and the Zhongyuan Oilfield were all transferred to Sinopec... This was a result that was beyond the expectations of most people.

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Yang Mo suppressed the absurd feeling in his heart. It was impossible for him to predict the future of some fat guy and look at him with amusement: "Old Zhang, let me say something unpleasant. Even if Mr. Wang is angry, what does it matter?"

"The main body responsible for promoting the Solitary Island II project is Dahua Company... and the Dongying Command is the largest shareholder of Dahua Company with a majority stake;"

"Although my current personnel file is in the Drilling Company, my main work relationship is with Dahua Company... If the board of directors has given me a task, it is impossible for me, the vice president, not to carry it out, right?"

"Besides, it has only been a week since the board of directors assigned me the task and I was asked to carry it out. It is not my fault for not reporting it to the company in a timely manner without knowing the situation. Don't forget, last Monday was the Labor Day holiday, and the company did not hold its weekly meeting."

At the end, Yang Mo shook off the cigarette ash leisurely: "Besides, let me say that a general is not subject to military orders when he is away from home... When the company sent me to Dahua Company, the only task I was given was to make money, enough to allow the company to smoothly overcome this year's hurdle."

"So, if I don't make a special report on work that has nothing to do with the main task, Mr. Wang can't say anything, right?"

"Don't forget, from the time I received the secret mission from the board of directors until now, I have not used any of the company's funds and resources. The main force is all the tertiary industry units in Dongying. Even if Mr. Wang wants to accuse me of damaging the interests of the company, I'm afraid he has no excuse or evidence, right?"

"Hey~ Although Mr. Wang is highly respected, I think he has a rather hot temper. I just hope he won't be as impulsive as Vice President Feng was back then."

Seeing this bastard's compassionate look, Zhang Wenshun suddenly laughed out of anger.

Yang Mo was simply telling himself:

1. The drilling company, which has seen a sharp drop in its main business income, is having a hard time this year. If it wants to successfully overcome this hurdle, and to do so while expanding rapidly, then Mr. Wang had better suppress his anger and not find fault with him.

2. Don't think about finding fault with procedural justice and position. His main work relationship now is with Dahua Company, and he has to abide by the rules and procedures there. When the company's regular meeting was cancelled last week, he did not report the situation of the Isolated Island No. project, which was not directly related to his main task, to the company. There was no fault.

3. Since I can try to leverage the implementation of a super project of the scale of Isolated Island No. without using any resources of the drilling company, Mr. Wang had better think about whether it is worthwhile to directly break up with me because of a fault that strictly speaking cannot be considered a fault. It has not been long since I confronted Vice President Feng... Although your level and energy as a pioneer are far beyond that of Vice President Feng, I am no longer the insignificant little fish that I was last year.

Although Zhang Wenshun knew that the "board of directors" that this guy used as a shield was basically nonsense, and the implementation of the Isolated Island No. 2 project was more of an agreement reached privately between this guy and Mu Siyuan's group of old foxes, but you have to admit that by coincidence, if you really want to find fault with Yang Mo in the open procedures, it is really difficult.

This damn May Day holiday!

Zhang Wenshun cursed inwardly at first, then sneered: "You compare Feng Yuan with Mr. Wang, is he worthy?!"

"Boy, I think you've been going too smoothly all the way. You've become a little too carried away. If Old Wang really wants to punish you, you won't be able to resist at all... When he gets angry, do you really think those people around you can do anything?"

Yang Mo chuckled: "Of course I know about Qingfeng Food, Xialiu Marketing Agency, and Laoliu Chicken Breeding Institute. In the eyes of Mr. Wang, they are just dregs... After all, he is the head of a second-level unit of a central enterprise! He is also a deputy department-level cadre."

"Even the Dongying Command, I guess he doesn't take it seriously... After all, he has some privileges as a senior person."

After stubbing the cigarette a few times and extinguishing it, Yang Mo looked at Zhang Wenshun with a smile: "But...hasn't the country been vigorously advocating for the active promotion of central-local relations in the past two years? Even if Mr. Wang doesn't care about other people, I'm afraid he should take care of the feelings of the competent authorities in Dezhou and Lanling, right?"

"Don't forget, our drilling company is located in Texas after all, and Texas is also actively promoting the county-level upgrading. I think after the company has overcome the difficult period of the first two years, it will be time for it to be promoted to a prefecture-level city."

At this point, Yang Mo clicked his tongue twice: "A prefecture-level city is completely different from a county-level city. Mr. Wang's rank doesn't give him any advantage over them. The tax-sharing reform is about to begin... I'm afraid that by then, Mr. Wang's status won't be that useful in front of them."

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As a reborn person, Yang Mo, who knew some changes in the future, decided from the beginning not to be involved in too many causes and effects in the state-owned enterprise circle. While actively cultivating his own direct lineage, he also began to look for suitable help from the outside, intentionally or unintentionally.

For those who are not very experienced in the world, they may think that Yang Mo has already established a certain business territory, and can compete with others by relying on those projects that have unlimited potential and business influence that cannot be underestimated.

But a cruel fact is that, from ancient times to the present, the status of merchants in Chinese society has never been truly high...especially in the "inner society".

Even if you are a boss with a net worth of over 100 billion, it is actually the same.

In the eyes of ordinary people, you may be a super big shot who they need to look up to, but in fact, you don’t even need a purple-robed big shot. A fifth-rank official who has just been appointed can overwhelm you.

This is still a top businessman. If he were an ordinary billionaire, he would not even be qualified to sit at the same table with the green-robed man; being able to toast with two or three black-robed clerks would be already very good.

Therefore, if you are stupid enough to take yourself seriously just because you have some money, you will die without knowing how you died.

That is why Yang Mo attaches so much importance to the development of rural grassroots and the "second battlefield".

To be honest, it is precisely because Yang Mo is a cadre of a central enterprise, and the cooperation with Linyi, Lanling and Dezhou are all deeply bundled projects with positive significance. In addition, it was carried out before the tax-sharing reform. Otherwise, whether the expected effect can be achieved is really a big question mark.

Facts have proved that it is always right to be prepared. When faced with this kind of emergency, the help I got in the second battlefield came in handy, didn’t it?

At the very least, it's okay to use it to scare people!
He didn't believe that Mr. Wang was clueless about what the upcoming tax-sharing reform meant, nor did he believe that this pioneer didn't understand what kind of changes the central-local relationship would face in the future. He even less believed that the other party would be so stubborn as to ignore everything after he revealed his cards.

In fact, he didn't want this.

But there was no way. The fat guy's previous words had hinted very clearly that the super petrochemical project, Isolated Island No. 2, which might be located in the territory of Qilu, had seriously affected some unknown games. For something like this that might be related to the fate of dozens of large and extra-large oil companies, he really didn't dare to continue pretending to be a good little white rabbit.

You have to know that even in later generations, after the approximate business areas were delineated, the business units under the two oil companies still overlapped with each other... For example, CNPC has a petrochemical branch in North China and an oil and gas field branch in the southwest, and Sinopec also has its own Northwest Oilfield in WLMQ, and so on.

If you think about it for a moment, you'll know why this happens.

Therefore, he really didn't know whether the implementation of the Isolated Island II project would cause some chain reactions, thus changing the original course of history; he also really didn't know whether someone would vent their anger on him, a small fry, after their plans were blocked.

So he needs to show his trump card to scare Mr. Wang, so that he will be cautious and let him go, and then he can cover up the situation or even act as a small shield when necessary... Although this kind of transformation may sound ridiculous at first, it is actually very common in work.

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Zhang Wenshun could naturally see what this guy was planning, and the sneer on his face became more and more sarcastic: "Boy, put away your little tricks. You are still too young to play these tricks with Mr. Wang!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wenshun unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt in annoyance, revealing his already wrinkled chest flesh: "Have you ever thought about this problem... The Solitary Island No. 1 project in Dongying is known as the first station in Asia, but after it was built, the actual annual processing capacity is so far away from the design indicators?"

"Hmph, it's understandable that there is a gap between the data on paper and the actual data. After all, Lonely Island No. 1 originally used a lot of new technologies. But if the gap is too big... I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the maturity of the applied technology, right?"

Yang Mo frowned when he heard this.

As the pride of the Dongying Command, the Gudao No. 294.4 Joint Station, which covers an area of ​​ acres and is responsible for the oil and gas gathering, transportation and comprehensive processing tasks of the entire Gudong Oilfield, is well-known in the system.

After all, Isolated Island No. 1991 is not only the largest joint station in Asia, but also won the National Engineering Construction Lu Ban Award in . It is truly the most boastful project of the Dongying Command.

It is a little puzzling that the original design of the Solitary Island No. 2000 project was to process 700 million cubic meters of liquid per year and million tons of crude oil per year;

However, after its completion, the actual annual liquid processing volume was only 1500 million cubic meters, and the annual crude oil processing volume was only 200 million tons, which was far from the data on paper.

(Since Chapter 362 was put in the black room, some readers said they didn’t know what the Solitary Island 2 Project was, so I’ll add some more information here. Readers who have read it don’t mind.)
As this fat guy said, this data gap is unlikely to be caused by technical reasons alone.

so……?
Yang Mo's face looked a little unhappy.

Zhang Wenshun snorted when he saw this. "The state-owned enterprise system and the administrative system often exchange talents. State-owned enterprise cadres serve in local competent units, and cadres and even leaders of the administrative system often come to the state-owned enterprises to preside over work. You know this, right?"

Yang Mo nodded with a dark face: "Of course I know... In state-owned enterprises, you usually have to be at the department level to take up a temporary position, but whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a central enterprise, you will usually be demoted to the administrative system... When I went to Dongying on May Day, my future father-in-law specifically explained this to me."

Zhang Wenshun snorted, "You don't believe me when I say you're an idiot. You're thinking about getting promoted to the department level when your foundation isn't solid yet... You're asking for trouble!"

After saying that, he did not continue to expand on this issue, but returned to the main topic: "Do you know why in our oil system, only the people in the Dongying Command are the weakest in terms of local worker-peasant relations?"

Weakness?

Instead of doing the worst?
Sensing the difference in wording, Yang Mo shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

Zhang Wenshun squinted at him for a while, with an expression that said, "So you don't know things sometimes." Then he curled his lips and said, "Because although Qilu doesn't look that good now, it is actually a strong economic province that ranks high in the country. "

"More importantly, during the Huaihai Campaign, Qilu was the most important base and rear area of ​​our party. In terms of mass base and closeness, Qilu can definitely be ranked in the top three!"

Yang Mo was a little stunned.

What and what?
What does this have to do with the fact that the Dongying Command is in a weak position in local worker-peasant relations!
Zhang Wenshun snorted coldly when he saw this: "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're not even as good as an elementary school student in this regard!"

"You know, the nature of a central enterprise means that we must closely follow the baton! We must take on the role of a pioneer and respond to the country's call in all aspects!"

Yang Mo rolled his eyes and thought, of course I know.

If it weren't for the positioning and responsibilities of state-owned enterprises, how could Wang Yinuo and I have been able to cause so much trouble last year?

Zhang Wenshun noticed his reaction and snorted, "Then do you know why in economically developed provinces and cities, most of the people who go to the administrative system to work are cadres from local state-owned enterprises, but you rarely see cadres from central enterprises?"

Yang Mo was a little confused: "I don't know."

Zhang Wenshun looked at him and said word by word: "Because the country needs us to be on the front line, the cadres of central enterprises, especially the middle-level cadres, usually work in the county-level administrative system or even the township-level administrative system in economically underdeveloped areas... This is a tradition!"

Thinking of the father of his little apprentice, Yang Mo was a little dazed.

Guizhou is well-known for its poor economy. Tongren was also a county-level city a few years ago. The father of his apprentice could stay in Tongren for more than ten years. Somehow, Yang Mo's mind suddenly emerged with the workers who built high-voltage transmission towers in the desolate wilderness and the postmen who rode motorcycles on the grasslands to deliver mail for hundreds of miles. He suddenly believed the fat man's words that seemed to be a slogan.

Zhang Wenshun naturally didn't know what Yang Mo was thinking. He tilted his face in a somewhat defiant manner: "So you know why those people in Dongying are so cowardly and have people begging for alms at their doorstep all day long... The reason is very simple. Most of their potential cadres have gone to work in the northwest!"

"But our drilling company... no, to be precise, our Southwest Petroleum Bureau is different!"

"The four southwestern provinces are poor and the situation is complicated. A considerable number of our cadres are assigned to work in nearby provinces... At most, they are assigned to work in another province, and some are even assigned to work directly in their own province."

"The three southwestern provinces are one family. Even the accents, food, and customs are not much different. I don't need to say much about the conveniences of this, right?"

Yang Mo nodded. Like the three provinces in the Central Plains, the three provinces in the Southwest were also close to each other. Moreover, the economy there was not well developed at present. Aid from the oil system was an extremely important source of blood for many regions. Therefore, the words of the cadres on secondment from the Southwest Petroleum Bureau naturally carried much more weight.

After hearing what the fat guy said, he already knew what the other party was going to say next.

As expected, Zhang Wenshun's face was even more arrogant. "So, the Dongying Command has become a pig in a pen. Even a good project like Solitary Island No. 1 cannot be fully utilized. On the other hand, our Southwest Drilling Company is respected by everyone in the southwest region, and our words are powerful!"

At this point, Zhang Wenshun turned his head, his eyes showing a strong warning: "So you know, if President Wang really wants to punish you, there is no need for anything else. Just reward you according to your merits, promote you to a department-level cadre, and directly transfer you to the southwest region to work... The position of the central enterprise is there, you dare not refuse, and if you dare to disobey, you will suffer the consequences immediately!"

"Once you go to the southwest to take up a temporary post, it is equivalent to leaving the state-owned enterprise system... The elite troops under your command, such as Momobai Investment, Qingfeng Food, Xialiu Distribution Co., Ltd., immediately became leaderless. In addition, they were originally either affiliated units of the company or cooperative units of the company. Seeing that your return is nowhere in sight, they are facing both carrots and sticks. It is not as difficult as you think for President Wang to recruit them!"

As he spoke, Zhang Wenshun looked at Yang Mo seriously and said, "Boy, you have to understand one thing. Mr. Wang's work focus has never been on pure book profits. As long as the company can successfully get through the difficult period of the first one or two years, you are not that important to him!"

“Even if the company needs a steady stream of funding from tertiary industry projects over a relatively long period of time, the current market is basically enough… In your words, even if the company only eats the stock market of the basic tertiary industry projects, it is enough!”

"As long as I can recruit those elite soldiers under your command... even if only half of them can be recruited, even if they are no longer as effective as before without your command, that would be enough!"

At this point, Zhang Wenshun looked at the idiot in front of him with a complicated expression: "Boy, it's your fault that you acted too aggressively in the beginning. President Wang once asked the newly appointed chief financial officer to evaluate. Even if the shares of Dahua Company are not counted, the mid-term commercial valuation of the projects you worked on in the name of the company last year was as high as 87.2 billion. In the next five years, the steady income provided to the company every year will not be less than 4.1 million!"

"And if the company wants to keep this stable income in its hands, it won't be difficult at all... All they need to do is to divert you, the backbone, to the administrative system and transfer you far away!"

Yang Mo's expression was very ugly, and he had to admit that if Mr. Wang really did this, he would be in big trouble.

Seeing Yang Mo's expression change rapidly, Zhang Wenshun sighed: "Boy, don't think about intercepting it in advance. We can operate through the Dongying Command Headquarters. After promoting you to the department level in the name of Dahua Company, we will find a way to transfer you to Dezhou or Lanling to work... This way will not work!"

Yang Mo's thoughts were discovered, and he was shocked: "Why?"

Whether he can keep his plate stable depends on, on the one hand, not losing his official status, and on the other hand, he cannot leave Qilu; therefore, it does not matter whether he, as the backbone, will be transferred to the administrative system to take up a temporary position, but he must not be transferred to another province.

We are not in the age of advanced transportation and communication where we can make video calls at any time or reach any part of the country within a day. The compound barrier effect brought about by geographical space makes the distance of 2,000 kilometers an insurmountable chasm.

Zhang Wenshun looked at him steadily and said, "First, your personnel file is in the drilling company after all. It may not be difficult for Dongying to help you get promoted to the department level in the name of Dahua Company, but if they want to transfer you to the administrative system, they need the approval of the Organization Department of the head office... Unfortunately, I'm afraid their application may not be approved so easily."

"Secondly, I know that you have a very good relationship with the authorities in Dezhou and Lanling, especially Dezhou. They have been very close recently. Therefore, it is not impossible to ask them to apply for a secondment of you... In fact, I believe that Dezhou will be happy to do so."

"But it's also a pity that... although the local authorities have priority in cross-system secondments like this, Dezhou is only a county-level city after all, so its say still lacks some weight!"

Yang Mo looked grim: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Wenshun glanced at him and said, "Haven't you already guessed it?"

"Although most of the cadres of central enterprises will go to underdeveloped areas for work, that refers to mid-level cadres... Senior cadres of enterprises often go to second- and third-tier cities with better economic development levels, or even to provincial governments for work."

"After all, the Southwest Petroleum Bureau is a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation. As I said before, although the Corporation is a vice-ministerial unit, it is customary for the leadership team to be highly-qualified;"

"So... in today's world where the integration of government and business is still the mainstream, do you think there will be senior executives from the head office working in Qilu?"

"Besides that, there are basically no mediocre cadres among the cadres who can be transferred out of central enterprises. Southwest Drilling Company has been settled for so many years, and the main areas of transfer are the three southwestern provinces, which are underdeveloped but the easiest to achieve results if done well. Do you think there will be cadres who are promoted all the way and then transferred from the administrative department to other provinces to take charge of work?"

Yang Mo couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

It is not uncommon for senior executives of central enterprises to be transferred to various provinces and cities to be responsible for carrying out work; even in later generations, there were chairmen of central enterprises who were parachuted into a province to take charge of overall work, let alone now?

The cadres of the Energy Department have always been very popular.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is what Zhang Wenshun hid in his words and did not say directly.

MD, this is really a headache.

Unless I quit my job and start my own business, and then detonate the equity traps hidden in various companies, if Mr. Wang really does this to me, I will have no power to resist at all.

Sure enough, dimensionality reduction attack is the most deadly!

Zhang Wenshun looked at him quietly, and suddenly reminded him, "Boy, don't blame me for not reminding you. Don't think of fighting to the death, and don't think of making a fuss about the equity structure of Qingfeng Food and Laoliu Chicken Breeding Institute... I have been keeping this a secret from President Wang. The situation is not that bad now, but if you really do this, President Wang will definitely let the Discipline Inspection Department and the Finance Department intervene immediately, and then report to the organization, and give you a thundering blow in the name of embezzlement of state-owned assets!"

As he spoke, the fat man lowered his voice: "I know that the equity traps you set up are legally sound, and I also know that anything is allowed unless prohibited by law... But believe me, Mr. Wang is absolutely capable of getting rid of you!"

Yang Mo felt a huge sense of powerlessness in his heart. He was not one of those innocent boys who had just entered society. He naturally knew that the fat man's words were not meant to scare him.

He sighed weakly and waved his hand: "Thanks, Lao Zhang!"

He was thankful that Zhang Wenshun did not tell Mr. Wang about the equity trap... These traps would not really take effect until after 92. If they were discovered in advance, they would be useless except for causing some minor troubles to others.

Zhang Wenshun smiled bitterly, "You don't have to thank me. Mr. Wang doesn't understand this. If he had asked, I would have told him everything I know. But if he hadn't asked, I wouldn't have been so nagging... I know you are a cautious person, and those equity traps are mostly used as a means of self-protection. If possible, I really don't want to see you and Mr. Wang come to this point."

Yang Mo looked at him deeply, and suddenly laughed: "Thanks, Fatty!"

Although the words may sound disrespectful at first, this thank you is much more sincere and heartfelt than the previous one.

He knew the status of Mr. Wang in Zhang Wenshun's mind, and it was no exaggeration to say that this fat guy was a die-hard fan of Mr. Wang.

And now, the other party actually concealed these extremely important equity traps from Mr. Wang for his own sake, and he had to acknowledge this favor.

Zhang Wenshun heard this, but smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "Why should we thank each other?"

"I know you have a backup plan... Your strong mass base in those hundreds of villages is a trump card that no one dares to underestimate. In fact, this is the only thing that Mr. Wang really hates about you. It doesn't matter whether you talk about the equity trap or not."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Wenshun sighed, took out a wrinkled big Chongjiu from his trouser pocket and handed it over: "But as the saying goes, profit comes from one source, from farming to fighting... I won't hide it from you, Mr. Wang came back this time with the determination to burn his boats. He is under a lot of pressure, and he must make the company follow his baton completely in order to complete the task;"

"Therefore, he would never allow any major obstacles to appear during the process, let alone allow an unknown variable in the company that he cannot control... Based on my understanding of him, he is willing to do something as drastic as cutting off one's own arm."

"Kid, I didn't want you to get involved in this mess. After all, you are still too immature in these aspects. If you are not careful, you will be crushed to pieces... But now there is no other way. Since you are already involved, it is useless to say more."

At this point, Zhang Wenshun lit a match and handed it over, then looked at Yang Mo sincerely: "Boy, listen to my sincere advice, quickly throw away the explosive bag of Solitary Island No. 2, while we have just started, everything is still in time... You don't have to do anything else, as long as you pretend to work but don't put in any effort, so that this project will fail, and I will help to intercede, and Mr. Wang should not make it too difficult for you."

As if he didn't realize that the match was about to burn his fingers, Zhang Wenshun's eyes were somewhat empty: "Two years... I can only help you for two years at most. As long as you get rid of the explosive bag of Solitary Island No. 2, don't go back to the drilling company for these two years. You shouldn't be involved in too much muddy water."

"As for two years later..."

"Boss Wang has probably completely controlled the situation, and with your ability, I'm sure your wings will be much stronger;"

"When the time comes, should I take the risk and make peace with Mr. Wang and discuss the big plan together? Or should I just go away and become a rich man who enjoys drinking tea leisurely in his residence? It's up to you. This is all I can do!"

Seeing that Zhang Wenshun never mentioned Dongying from beginning to end, Yang Mo knew without asking that Lao Wang would never transfer his personnel file to Dongying.

Listening to the fat man's words, which were full of powerlessness but sincere and heartfelt, Yang Mo felt a warm current in his heart, but the expression on his face was extremely awkward.

"Um... Lao Zhang, it seems like it's too late to stop now."

Facing Zhang Wenshun's puzzled eyes, Yang Mo swallowed his saliva and said, "To be honest, I have reached a preliminary agreement with Texas on the preliminary docking work of the Solitary Island II project;"

"As for landing..."

"I have basically arranged the work that needs to be arranged."

"You know, I've always pursued efficiency, and my subordinates are also very efficient;"

"More importantly, I have asked Song Wenxuan to go to the capital to ask for policy support. As long as the policy support is given, all the work arrangements will form a closed loop. Moreover, the policy support is directly related to the Asian Games. This is related to the reputation of the leaders and forms a common value trend."

"so……"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this car won't be able to stop. Even if I want to stop it now, I can't!"

What! ! ? ?

Did you let that kid from Song Youlong's family go to God?

Is it related to the most important Asian Games at the moment?

Does it also concern the leader’s face?
Thinking of this bastard's usual bold and reckless behavior, Zhang Wenshun's eyes suddenly went dark when he heard the words, and he suddenly felt a burning pain in his hand.

The match has burned out...

(End of this chapter)