1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 581 No, I don’t believe it!
State-owned enterprises in the early 1990s were all semi-closed ecosystems. Not to mention the giant state-owned enterprises, even some enterprises that were only classified as medium-sized in terms of overall asset size, when you actually walked into them, you would have the illusion of having accidentally entered a small kingdom.

There are boulevards, squares, large lawns, ponds, cinemas, supermarkets, barber shops, kindergartens, swimming pools, gymnasiums, staff dormitories, libraries, welfare housing for married people, and a staff hospital. It seems that once you get this iron rice bowl, birth, aging, sickness and death, except death, can be solved in it.

Therefore, when Du Chuanming led a large group of "seed groups" selected from the grassroots level of Dahua Company to walk in the factory area of ​​a medium-sized pipeline factory in Cangzhou, he did not feel strange at all when he saw many married workers smilingly leaving their shifts to pick up their children before four o'clock in the afternoon, or going out in groups of three or five with baskets to buy vegetables and cook.

"Oh my! Director Liu, Director Li, why didn't you tell us in advance that you were coming to inspect our work? Seeing what happened, our factory didn't have time to prepare for the reception. We didn't even put up a banner... Oh, how inconsiderate! How inconsiderate!"

After only touring the factory for less than ten minutes, the factory leaders, upon hearing the report over the phone from the guard, immediately rushed over in a hurry. A middle-aged man in the lead immediately extended his hands to the two local accompanying cadres next to Du Chuanming, with a self-blaming smile on his face.

Liu Yonghui smiled and extended his right hand to shake hands with the middle-aged man. "Director Wang, you are too kind. I happened to walk near your factory and just came to take a look. How can I be called an inspector... Let me introduce you. This is Director Du of Qilu Dahua Company. We are here to accompany you. Director Du is the protagonist. Director Wang, please don't make any mistakes."

Since he was treated so humbly by the director of a medium-sized enterprise, the reason why Liu Yonghui was called "Director Liu" was naturally not a title but a rank.

Of course, from the carelessness vaguely revealed in his words just now, it can be seen that Liu Yonghui did not really care much about accompanying Du Chuanming and his group.

But this is not surprising. It is only the beginning of August now. Although the construction of the industrial and economic cooperation framework among Shandong, Hebei and Henan is progressing rapidly, it is impossible to form a red-open document so quickly... If no red-open document is formed, it cannot be regarded as a "serious matter", and it is hard to say whether it will be a success or a failure.

Besides, even if a red-opening document was formed, the organization's decision to support post-disaster reconstruction in East China has not yet come down. As a Shandong enterprise, why are you rushing to Cangzhou in a hurry to screen subsequent suppliers? Isn't it too early and overreaching?
Well, even though everyone knows that Dahua Company has a huge influence in Dezhou, the competent authorities in Dezhou are basically unlikely to object to the list of companies they have selected. In view of Dezhou's dominant position once the industrial and economic cooperation framework of Shandong, Hebei and Henan is established, Liu Yonghui, as the counterpart leader of the enterprise in Cangzhou, should not be so indifferent in any case.

The key is……

In his opinion, the additional conditions proposed by Du Chuanming and others were too excessive!
Even if he really came with an order, whether he would agree to those conditions is another matter, not to mention that we haven't even started yet?
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Hearing Liu Yonghui's attitude from his words, Wang Zhiquan smiled and shook hands with Du Chuanming enthusiastically: "Oh, it's Director Du from Dahua Company. I've heard of your great name for a long time. Your company has always been a role model for us to learn from! It's a great honor for our humble factory to have such a distinguished guest here!"

After a few pleasantries, Wang Zhiquan looked up at the sky, and then began the reception process that all state-owned enterprises currently follow without exception... inviting people to dinner.

Du Chuanming did not refuse Wang Zhiquan's invitation.

He is not a tough guy like Yang Mo who does not need to care about other people's opinions or give face to anyone; even if he is not working with any unit in the system at the moment, he still does not have the capital to skip some conventional procedures.

Like almost all state-owned enterprises, Wang Zhiquan hosted meals in the cafeteria, a three-story cafeteria that is usually only found in large state-owned enterprises.
That is, the first floor is where employees eat; the second floor is open to middle-level cadres and their families; and the third floor is a dining hall exclusively for the leadership, where the food is no worse than that of star-rated hotels and can be used for entertaining guests.

The only difference from the three-story canteens of some large state-owned enterprises is that there is no additional small corridor leading to the third floor canteen. I don’t know if it is because the factory leaders here like to show off.

So, when Du Chuanming passed by the first floor, in addition to discovering a large number of workers who had skipped work to eat in the staff canteen, he also discovered an interesting phenomenon:

The canteen charges one dish per ticket, that is, as long as you hand over the ticket, you can ask for as much as you want... This is not surprising. Although the quantity of meals in the canteens of units like the Drilling Company and Dahua Company is fixed, the welfare of state-owned enterprises in some places is good. Even if you are not very familiar with the canteen auntie, it is normal to give you more as long as you ask.

It's not surprising that there are boiled eggs in the window... Although eggs are definitely first-class good things in this era when materials are not extremely abundant, it is better to be nice to the employees and let them eat boiled eggs as much as they want. It can only be said that the factory leaders have a conscience.

But the strange thing was that Du Chuanming found someone carrying a bucket to collect eggs... Yes, Du Chuanming was very sure that he was not mistaken, it was really a bucket, of course it was a small bucket, which could hold more than 20 eggs. However, the canteen aunties turned a blind eye to this after collecting the tickets, which made him feel it was ridiculous.

In addition, he also found that some workers ate one portion for themselves and then took three or even five portions of dinner back home... The lunch boxes were stuffed full, and from the lunch boxes that had not yet been covered, one could vaguely see stir-fried tofu skin, stir-fried eggplant with green onions, and leeks and eggs.

However, what made him even more troubled was that all the people in the canteen were young workers. Seeing these young workers walking out of the canteen with cloth bags and full food boxes with disgust on their faces, Du Chuanming was very sure... these workers who packed the food to take home for their families would basically not be grateful. They might even scold the factory leaders for being rubbish for making the workers' meals so bad that there wasn't even much meat or vegetables.

In less than ten seconds, Du Chuanming took in all the different kinds of people in the staff cafeteria. Even though he had seen countless strange things in the tertiary industry units under Dahua before, the information conveyed by these details at this moment still made his eyes twitch.

No wonder Mr. Yang wanted me to come here and play as a forward at this time when everything is uncertain.
No wonder Mr. Yang repeatedly explained that this work is not result-oriented, it just needs to finalize some things.

original……

Did he know all this a long time ago?
Du Chuanming vaguely guessed Yang Mo's intention this time, and a chill surged behind his back. He didn't dare to think too much about it. He calmly withdrew his gaze, then smiled and went up to the third floor with Wang Zhiquan and others.

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It is said that the best chefs in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were all in state-owned enterprises, and this is true.

Although Cangzhou is not famous for its food, the kitchen on the third floor only served Du Chuanming and others the very standard four dishes and one soup;
But in the north, the plates are bigger, the portions are larger, and the ingredients are a little "rougher", which is normal.

The key is the taste, which is really good.

At least it was much more delicious than the food in Dahua Company's small canteen, and Du Chuanming even had a strange pleasure of "Yang Mo, no matter how great you are, you still eat sewage every day."

Du Chuanming, who had just tasted the fine bran, suppressed the slight melancholy in his heart, raised his glass and drank a few cups with several major factory leaders.
Wang Zhiquan, who had already roughly understood the purpose of Du Chuanming's visit from Liu Yonghui, was surprised.
Then he stood up, personally filled Du Chuanming's glass, and raised his glass: "Oh my, I was wondering why I heard the magpie calling at the window when I woke up this morning. I should have guessed that a distinguished person would come today... Come on, Minister Du, on behalf of all the employees in the factory, I toast you a glass. The livelihoods of more than 2,000 employees in our pipeline factory will depend on you from now on!"

Du Chuanming turned slightly to the side and covered his wine glass with his hand with a smile: "Hey, Director Wang, I can't afford this glass of wine for now. I came here on behalf of the leaders of DZ City just to preliminarily screen the list of suppliers. You are putting the lives and property of more than 2,000 employees in the factory on my shoulders. I am narrow-shouldered and thin, so I really can't bear it."

Wang Zhiquan laughed: "Minister Du is too modest. Your Dahua Company has made outstanding contributions, and the leaders of Dezhou have great trust in you. Although the documents for supporting the post-disaster reconstruction in East China have not yet been issued, since your company has begun to prepare relevant materials, it must be inevitable...Haha, whether it is laying oil and gas pipelines or such a large project of post-disaster reconstruction, the material supply units required are more than hundreds of thousands. With such a long list, Minister Du, please take care of our brother companies. Our 2,423 employees in the factory will certainly be grateful!"

Du Chuanming hesitated for a moment. "Director Wang, in theory, Cangzhou is the main city in the planned industrial economic cooperation framework of Shandong, Hebei and Henan. Although your factory has not been very profitable in the past two years, it is also a well-known pipeline manufacturing company in Cangzhou. It concerns the livelihoods of more than 2,000 employees. No matter from which side, our Dahua Company should directly select your factory as one of the material suppliers."

"But..." Du Chuanming glanced at everyone's faces, and saw from the corner of his eye that the "seed group members" at other tables had also stopped what they were doing, pricked up their ears and listened attentively. Then he sighed and said, "Director Wang doesn't know anything."

Gently putting the wine glass back in its place, Du Chuanming's voice was slightly louder: "Now that the news of the laying of the Tianjin-Dezhou oil and gas pipeline has been officially announced, the rainfall in East China has also begun to decrease significantly. In everyone's opinion, the projects on both sides must be started at the same time, and even the laying of the oil and gas pipeline will start first, right?"

Wang Zhiquan returned to his seat and nodded suspiciously. He glanced at Liu Yonghui, whose face showed no emotion, but said nothing.

Du Chuanming sighed again: "Actually this idea is wrong!"

"Although the news of laying the Tianjin-Dezhou oil and gas pipeline has been officially announced, it is only an intentional framework. How to lay the specific route, which areas will it pass through, how many throttle points and diversion points will be set along the way, and what scale of flow should be designed, all require a demonstration process... Although the distance from Tianjin to Dezhou is not far, only 200 to 300 kilometers, the design of the pipeline may not be only 200 to 300 kilometers, so this demonstration process will take at least half a year."

Wang Zhiquan felt strange when he heard this.

Even if he didn't understand the technology, he knew that the section from Tianjin to Dezhou was all plains, and alluvial plains at that. There were not even many hills, and the topography was not complicated at all. They could just dig the soil and bury the pipes. There was no need for any technical substantiation.

However, it is obvious that this pipeline is not straight, and the cities it passes through need to be carefully discussed, so it is understandable that it took about half a year to "demonstrate".

Thinking of this, he glanced calmly at Liu Yonghui, whose face was beginning to show no expression, and nodded slightly.

Du Chuanming sighed again when he saw this: "So, in fact, the reconstruction project to aid the disaster-stricken areas in East China will be launched first."

“So, this will face a very serious problem!”

At this point, Du Chuanming's face straightened, and he scanned everyone's faces with a burning gaze. Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, he continued, "I don't know if you have ever participated in the reconstruction of Tang S, and if you have any understanding of post-disaster reconstruction projects."

"But what I need to tell you is that after a flood, the first step in reconstruction is not to repair roads or houses as everyone thinks, but to dredge or reconstruct the city's drainage pipes that are blocked by silt, so that the accumulated water in the city can be drained out in the shortest possible time!"

Everyone was stunned, then reacted quickly.

After the flood, the most important issue on the surface seems to be food and accommodation for the affected people, but in fact the most challenging issue is sanitation.

The water level in the disaster area will not go down all at once, but will drain away slowly, or even rely on evaporation. By then, no matter in rural areas or cities, there will be stagnant and dirty water everywhere. Anyone with a little knowledge of hygiene knows how terrible this is, and it may even turn into a secondary disaster if you are not careful.

Therefore, as Du Chuanming said, draining the accumulated water and sewage in the disaster area as soon as possible is indeed the first priority of post-disaster rescue and even reconstruction.

Realizing this, Wang Zhiquan's eyes suddenly lit up.

As expected, Du Chuanming paused and continued, "In addition to high-powered pumps and water pumps, various types of metal hoses are also needed to unclog drainage pipes. In light of past experience, in order to prevent the next flood, it is necessary to expand the underground drainage and sewage systems in cities and even towns... This requires a large number of various types of metal pipes."

At this point, Du Chuanming turned his head and looked at Wang Zhiquan: "This is why I visited your factory first when I arrived in Cangzhou."

"Nothing special. The first phase of post-disaster reconstruction is all about the three major themes of life support, health care, and sewage and drainage. However, in the disaster-stricken areas, food, medicine, drinking water, clothing, and accommodation have been basically guaranteed and controlled. "

"Therefore, various materials and guarantees including special vehicles, water pumps, water pumps, and various soft and hard pipes that are closely related to sewage and drainage have become the focus of attention!"

After another slight pause, Du Chuanming leaned forward and said, "You should all be aware that such a large-scale post-disaster reconstruction is not something that can be done overnight... In fact, the reconstruction plan submitted by Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company to the organization is divided into three phases. The first phase alone took two years."

“But what you may not be aware of is that the budget and project scale vary from stage to stage;”

"Take the proposal submitted by Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company as an example. The 100 billion yuan that Dezhou plans to raise recently is only the budget for the first phase of the reconstruction plan... After two years, funds will be raised again to promote the second phase of reconstruction plan, but the scale of funds raised by then will be far less than now. Maybe it will be only billion, or even to billion."

Ten billion! ? ?

Or the first stage?

I'm a darling!
When Wang Zhiquan heard the news for the first time, his eyes almost popped out of his head and his hands and feet couldn't help but tremble.

Du Chuanming glanced at him, his face showing the arrogance that only middle and senior executives of central enterprises could have: "It's just that there is one thing that you may not understand; that is..."

"Since the first phase of the project will take two years, even if the post-disaster reconstruction of some cities is jointly assisted by Texas and several other cities, if something embarrassing happens during the construction process, the country will have every reason and ability to take over these reconstruction projects midway once the country's budget is sufficient, or if enough international donations are raised, or even if the country is determined to issue special government bonds on a large scale!"

Du Chuanming narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke with an unknown coldness in his voice: "So, the first battle is very important to Dezhou, very important to Dahua Company, and even more important to Cangzhou and all the material supply companies in Cangzhou... Director Wang, do you understand?"

Hearing Du Chuanming's last familiar warning full of superiority, Wang Zhiquan subconsciously straightened his body: "Minister Du, don't worry, as long as your company chooses our factory, there will be absolutely no problems with our factory!"

Du Chuanming heard this and shook his head: "No, I don't believe it!"

After hearing Du Chuanming's completely shameless words, not to mention Wang Zhiquan, even Liu Yonghui, who had not interrupted much throughout the whole process, changed his expression...

(End of this chapter)