1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 606 A Real Man Can't Live Without Power

The autumnal equinox has passed, and the nights in Qi and Lu have begun to grow colder.

On a road not far from the canal pier, a black Crown was parked quietly on the side of the road.

Ugh! Ugh!

Under the glaring orange street lights, Yang Mo was squatting on the curb vomiting violently.

Wang Xin glanced at the driver in the cab not far away who was watching his heart and soul, and stretched out her left hand speechlessly to help the young uncle next to her who was only a few years older than her to smooth his back.

For some reason, Yang Mo still doesn't have a full-time driver in the true sense, and she knows this.

Therefore, every time they go out, they are randomly assigned by the Security Department rather than the Administrative Department according to needs. This results in the driver, who should be regarded as the leader's confidant, consciously not touching or knowing anything that is not related to his job duties except for driving and security tasks... She can understand this.

She knew that her uncle was famous for his poor alcohol tolerance and didn't like drinking normally.

But the problem is, no matter how low your alcohol tolerance is, you wouldn't vomit like this after drinking just a dozen cups, right?

That's a one-cent cup, and the total weight is less than two taels!
As a Dai, Wang Xin found it hard to understand that there were people in this world whose alcohol tolerance was so poor that they couldn't even hold two taels of wine.

What's even more outrageous is...

The leader was vomiting like this, but the driver didn't even offer a helping hand. Instead, he just watched helplessly as a weak woman like her carried a 1.8-meter-tall big guy to the side of the road.

Nima!

Could it be that some gossip was spreading in the company that caused this guy to act like this? Maybe he thought that his uncle would be so ridiculous as to drag a little girl into the woods on the side of the road while drunk?

Thinking of this, Wang Xin looked at the newly installed street lamp less than a meter away from the two of them. Under the dazzling light, a feeling of sympathy surged in her heart.

I guess my uncle also knew this, so he had to force himself to walk to such a bright place before squatting down to vomit?

Recalling some gossip circulating in the company, Wang Xin curled her lips!
Should!
It's because of the unclear relationship between you and Minister Zhuo that now even you have become the target of gossip!

chah~
Just when I was feeling depressed, I heard a slight sound of flint next to my ear.

When he looked over, he saw that Yang Mo had stopped vomiting. He unsteadily took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

Seeing that the other party's condition had improved a little, Wang Xin loosened her numb left hand, complaining in her tone: "Uncle Yang, if you can't drink, then don't drink. Didn't you seal the cup at the beginning? Why did you drink it later?"

After being with Yang Mo for at least half a month, Wang Xin realized that he was not as difficult to deal with as rumored by the outside world. So, when they were alone together, she was no longer as restrained as before.

Yang Mo took a deep puff like an old smoker, and smoked a quarter of the cigarette. After the spicy burning sensation in his lungs slightly sobered up his groggy brain, he exhaled a long puff of smoke: "No way, I have to drink this wine."

You have no choice when you are in the world. Since others have shown their full sincerity, you must show the minimum attitude.

Wang Xin tilted her head and thought for a while: "Uncle Yang, the qualification to participate in the formulation of pharmaceutical and light industry standards... is very important to you?"

She was a little confused about the conditions proposed by Wei Hongjun, and even more confused by Yang Mo's reaction.

The several hundred million yuan loan offered by the other party at the beginning did not make his uncle blink an eye, but when the standard was mentioned, Yang Mo took the initiative to clink glasses with the other party.

Yang Mo laughed and corrected him, "It's the traditional Chinese medicine industry standard and the light industry industry standard, not the pharmaceutical industry standard, and it's only a partial standard... The topic of pharmaceutical industry standards is too big, even ten Wei Hongjun's fathers can't handle it."

As he spoke, trying to spit out the alcohol in his chest, Yang Mo looked at her and said, "Even if we can only guarantee participation in the formulation of some industry standards, especially for light industry, and can only guarantee the formulation of standards for more than 40 products such as plastic film, beer, children's bicycles, daily ceramics, refrigerators, and battery pulp paper, it is not worth mentioning compared with the total amount of more than 1,000 light industrial products in China; Texas's advantageous products such as special feed, chicken food, and sanitary napkins are not mentioned, but the bargaining chip that Wei Hongjun brought out is still very heavy, very heavy... so heavy that I can't help but be tempted."

Wang Xin was a little confused: "Why?"

Yang Mo glanced at her: "Because this is a mandatory standard, GB, not the recommended standard GB/T!"

Obviously, like many of her female compatriots, Wang Xin had no idea about this. After hearing this, she just widened her eyes with a look of confusion on her face.

Yang Mo sighed and patiently explained: "Although the name sounds overbearing, in fact, the mandatory standard is the minimum standard of the product, which is the lower limit of product quality... If I remember correctly, I should have explained what the wooden barrel theory is last time, right?"

"If we have the power to raise the standards of product quality and craftsmanship through official channels, can we force manufacturers to upgrade their quality management and technology?"

“What is industrial upgrading?”

"To put it bluntly, it means that companies can produce products with better quality, more advanced technology, and that better meet consumer needs. By raising the upper limit of mandatory standards, two of these elements can be achieved directly through mandatory means;"

"The first priority of Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company is to promote the industrial upgrading of the local area. This is not only a task, but also a credit... How can you not be tempted by the chips that Wei Hongjun has brought out?"

Wang Xin blinked her eyes: "Is it really that helpful?"

Obviously, the girl still didn't quite understand what was said.

At the very least, she still couldn't understand why Yang Mo was so concerned. After all, more than 817 kinds of light industrial products were not a lot for today's urban real estate fund companies, and they did not include a series of Texas blockbuster products such as broilers.

Yang Mo smiled: "Of course."

"Take children's bicycles, for example, which have seen the fastest growth in foreign trade sales in the Texas region recently."

"According to industry common principles, the total weight of bicycles for children aged 5 to 8 should not exceed 8 kilograms, and the maximum saddle height should not exceed 64 centimeters. Otherwise, they will be too heavy or too high to ride, resulting in loss of market share and orders."

"Correspondingly, in order to maximize profits, some businesses use a large amount of heavy but sturdy stainless steel for key safety components, but use plastic parts or even iron sheets for accessories and exterior components that are not directly related to riding safety. Then they paint the parts and paint the parts, and a children's bicycle with a beautiful appearance and no major problems will be shipped out of the factory with constant minor problems after a period of time."

"Are you saying these bikes meet minimum safety standards? Of course they do."

"But do you think such a bicycle with such a poor subsequent experience is really competitive in the market? Of course not."

"If you want to use the market mechanism to completely correct this kind of cheating and sly practice, it may not be as you wish. Even if it can be corrected, it will be a few years later. By then, the market and Texas' reputation will have been ruined by them. Even if they want to correct it, they will leave a big mess in the process."

“But what if we are qualified to participate in the formulation of industry standards for these products?”

"What if we force the frame head tube to be 1.5mm thick, the middle tube to be 1.1mm thick, and the lower beam to be 1.2mm thick? What if we force the frame to have a mountain-shaped cable tube?"

"What if we force the material standard of the front fork seat tube to match the British thread 1.005-14h6, and the coaxiality tolerance value cannot be less than 1.0mm?"

"What if we set a standard that requires the shape of the handlebar tail to be round and the diameter must be greater than 40mm? What if we also require that the connection strength between the handlebar and the cross tube must reach the 70N standard?"

"In addition to these parts, we can also make quality and technical requirements for a series of parts such as brake handles, brake cables, inner tubes, brakes, and bottom brackets... A normal children's bicycle has more than 20 important parts."

“If all of these accessories have corresponding detailed standards, and the size and weight of children’s bicycles cannot be changed, it will be basically impossible for those manufacturers to cheat and skimp as they did in the past in order to meet the most basic GB standards!”

"If we require that the breaking force of the chain cannot be less than 8010N, then they must give up the previous practice of purchasing large quantities of scrap chains for refurbishment and honestly order new chains from steel mills in Hebei;"

"If we require that the welding process for the frame must adopt the more advanced A-argon arc welding, then they must purchase the corresponding equipment and then hire or train professional welders;"

"If we set size and thickness requirements for major components such as the frame and fork, we can no longer use random stainless steel or even cast iron accessories as we did before, but need to specifically purchase lighter and thinner steel components with better properties... In turn, those steel mills will be motivated to develop special steels with more profits and usage scenarios for this market; similarly, the market will also differentiate its production capacity due to the sudden increase in demand, incubate a group of processing plants specializing in the production of corresponding accessories, and then support a group of workers who make a living from this."

After a slight pause, Yang Mo exhaled a long breath of alcohol again: "After the new standard is formulated, a children's bicycle alone can promote the stress upgrade of dozens of upstream and downstream links;"

"This is just children's bicycles. Refrigerators, ceramics, batteries, etc., etc., can produce more obvious stress upgrade effects... From coating technology to new semiconductor technology, all have the minimum application space. With application space, driven by interests and guided by the market, the speed of industrial upgrading will be greatly shortened!"

"Besides, don't forget that this is just the light industry sector. Participating in the formulation of TCM industry standards is the big deal... Dezhou already has one of the three largest Chinese herbal medicine trading markets in China, and GAP's Chinese herbal medicine planting area is the largest in the country. Lu Shiwei is also well-known in China. Once the medicinal properties standards of medicinal materials are raised, the benefits of giving full play to our advantages are self-evident, right?"

"You can only look at the bones, not the face. Since you are going to be transferred to Xijiang to help Lao Zhang, you should learn as soon as possible how not to be disturbed by superficial things... So what do you think, is this qualification important or not?"

In later generations, people often say on the Internet that "Traditional Chinese Medicine died because of medicine." Although this statement is too radical, it is not without reason. Artificially grown medicinal materials are seriously lacking in medicinal properties, and there was even a serious problem of pesticide residues. Even the FDA in America issued a special announcement to warn about it. This has indeed greatly affected the development of Chinese medicine and Chinese herbal medicine. Therefore, after having a minimum basic foundation, how to fire the first shot is indeed something that Yang Mo cares about very much.

Affected by the rampant counterfeit and shoddy goods in the country in the past two years, the country intends to strengthen industry supervision and formulate new industry standards. This is undoubtedly a very good opportunity to intervene... Although the quality of Chinese products throughout the 90s was still not very good, as long as there is an official standard to endorse it, the actions that Yang Mo can take are naturally incomparable to the past.

After listening to Yang Mo's simple example, Wang Xin immediately understood and felt that she had benefited a lot. After thinking for a while, she said hesitantly: "Uncle Yang, if that's the case, why didn't you add some conditions just now... For example, chicken feed, chicken food, sanitary napkins and textile industry standards, we all have the qualifications to try them out!"

These are all Texas' advantageous industries or potential industries today.

Hearing this, Yang Mo laughed. "Agricultural materials, food, textiles, which one is not a huge industry involving tens of thousands of companies? Didn't you see that even in the formulation of standards for the pharmaceutical industry, Wei Hongjun deliberately excluded the most popular field of Western medicine... It's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't."

Yang Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, if you say that Wei Hongjun hasn't considered this at all, then you must be lying... If there is a possibility that the two of us will join hands in the end, then I will definitely strive for the right to participate in the formulation of standards for some sub-categories as a bonus. But now everything is uncertain, and it is never a smart move to reveal your cards too early." Bonus?

Wang Xin found it hard to understand: "Uncle Yang, are those wholesale centers really worth Wei Hongjun and his team's attention?"

By now, no matter how dumb she was, she knew the importance of the right to set industry standards, so she found it difficult to understand why Wei Hongjun was willing to pay such a huge price.

Yang Mo turned his head and looked at the driver who seemed to be a wooden man in the car. After thinking for a while, he tightened his coat and asked: "Have you read The Deer and the Cauldron written by Mr. Zha Liangyong?"

Wang Xin was stunned, then shook her head: "I don't read martial arts novels."

Okay, that's understandable.

Yang Mo shrugged: "Actually, I suggest you take a look at this book. In The Deer and the Cauldron, the hero Wei Xiaobao once said, "A young man cannot live without money, and a real man cannot live without power... Do you understand now?"

Wang Xin was a little dumbfounded: "I... still don't quite understand."

If it weren't for Wang Yinuo's kindness, Yang Mo would have just wanted to abandon this girl and leave. It was too tiring to take care of a girl like this with no foundation.

But there's no way. You just received a big gift from Wang Yinuo, and he keeps calling you uncle all day long. You can't really ignore it, right?
Thinking of this, he changed his teaching method and pointed at his nose: "Xiao Xin, what do you think of my influence in the city?"

Wang Xin glanced at him in surprise: "Of course it is very important. Mayor You, Secretary Tian, ​​and Executive Director Ye all rely on you very much!"

Yang Mo hummed: "Then why do you think Lao Tian, ​​Lao You, and Lao Ye are so polite to me?"

Wang Xin thought without hesitation: "Is there any need to ask? Dezhou has risen from a county-level city to a prefecture-level city, and now it is booming. It is all due to your contribution."

Yang Mo hummed again: "What is the project that marks the turning point for Texas' development from a declining old industrial city to the present?"

Wang Xin thought for a moment and said, "It should be... the establishment of the Dahua Commercial Demonstration Zone, right?"

Yang Mo: “Be more specific.”

Wang Xin bit her nails and thought for a moment: "It should be the opening of Dahua Commercial Street, right? It immediately boosted the popularity of the place."

Yang Mo shook his head: "No, it was the commodity trading center in the Dahua Commercial Demonstration Zone that really started to revitalize the Dezhou economy."

Wang Xin was surprised: "Huh?"

Yang Mo glanced at her and said, "Xiao Xin, you have to remember that different stages of social development have different economic strategic heights. Perhaps in ten years, when domestic productivity begins to be in excess, the comprehensive value of trendy centers like Commercial Street 1 and 2, which are biased towards the C-end, will be truly reflected. But at present, the strategic value of ten commercial streets cannot compare to a commodity trading center specifically for the B-end!"

Wang Xin was shocked: "Why?"

Yang Mo did not answer her, but continued to ask: "Then what do you think is the most important contribution of Dahua Commodity Exchange Center to the city?"

Wang Xin thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Because by controlling quality, the economic circulation is activated and accelerated, so that various commodities in cities and counties can be directly and smoothly circulated to other provinces through market behavior, and then a large number of enterprises are supported?"

Yang Mo hummed in a noncommittal tone: "Yes, but not entirely. At least it didn't get to the point... Ensuring the circulation of goods and maintaining the livelihood of local enterprises is certainly a very important reason, but the most essential point is that this line with the Dahua Commodity Trading Center as the hub is no longer the previous state-owned enterprise-state-owned enterprise docking method, but an enterprise-platform-enterprise trading method;"

"This will allow the city to collect various circulation taxes, mainly value-added tax, openly. At the same time, since the Dahua Commodity Trading Center is open to the whole society, sufficient traffic and business opportunities can incubate more township enterprises and private enterprises to create more business taxes, and through the spontaneously formed industrial scale advantages, it will greatly enhance the local fiscal and tax revenue expectations."

"With money, the city will have the ability and the courage to do what they want... Dezhou is now a pilot city for the tax-sharing reform. The pressure of economic construction is certainly greater than before, but the concentration of power is higher than before. Do you understand?"

Wang Xin finally reacted: "Uncle Yang, what you mean is...the super-large commodity wholesale center planned to be established in Jintan and Danyang can also play a similar role?"

Yang Mo nodded: "The country is still in an era of relative shortage of goods... To be more precise, it is a relative shortage of high-quality goods."

“This situation will not change much in the short term. Even after ten years, even if the comprehensive production capacity of domestic goods begins to be in excess, there will still be a shortage of genuine high-quality goods… This is a dynamic relative process. Even if domestic productivity will have a huge leap in the short term, as long as the economy is in an upward space, this trend will always exist;”

"Although some commodity wholesale markets have gradually appeared in the southern region, they are mostly privately owned and are generally small in scale. Not only are the types of goods not complete, but the quality is also uneven. Therefore, if this situation does not change, even if the scale is forcibly expanded, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages;"

"But the super-large commodity wholesale centers we plan to build in the disaster area are different."

"First of all, because we are the aid and reconstruction planners in the disaster area, the location and size of these commodity wholesale centers will largely be fully respected by our opinions, and the local authorities will not interfere excessively. At the same time, during the reconstruction of the disaster area, the obstacles encountered in various aspects regarding land expropriation and compensation will be reduced to a very low level... In other words, we have the geographical advantage, and a good location can significantly reduce transaction costs;"

"Secondly, Dahua has developed foreign trade routes in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the North, and has incubated many high-quality enterprises based on the high standards of the commodity trading center. We can stably supply a wide variety of imported goods and high-standard domestic goods, and we can continue to increase them... This is our ecological competitiveness, which is difficult for other companies and regions to imitate at present."

"Secondly, after several years of development and publicity, the word Dahua has become a golden signboard. We are not only famous for our wide variety of products, novel styles, and high cost performance, but also the control of product quality and the efforts to combat counterfeit goods in Dezhou have been on the news several times in the past two years;"

"In other words, as long as the Dezhou + Dahua brands are hung together, it is equivalent to a guarantee of quality. This is similar to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the past, but the diversity of our services and products is even better!"

"Perhaps residents living in Texas are accustomed to this, but at a time when counterfeit goods are still rampant, I dare say that in other places, with this label, it will immediately attract countless residents to flock to it!"

"I'm not lying. More than 90% of the products that can be hatched from the Dahua Commercial Demonstration Zone have shown overwhelming competitiveness. The reason why the sales of other products, except for a few brands such as Babao Tea, have not reached an amazing level is that each place has its own protection barriers... But in the disaster-stricken cities we are helping to build, such barriers will no longer exist."

"With products that better meet consumer demand, sufficient traffic and a loyal consumer base, it will not be difficult for East China to replicate a hub similar to the Dahua Commodity Trading Center and continuously generate lucrative tax revenues directly or indirectly for local authorities."

"With sufficient budget, the competent authorities will be able to show their talents and achieve more results!"

At this point, Yang Mo paused slightly and glanced at Wang Xin beside him: "In the administrative system, if you want to achieve results and make progress at the department level, you need both... You need to have eye-catching gimmicks and solid achievements and contributions."

"And the several super-large commodity wholesale centers that our Dahua Company plans to set up are first-class in terms of contribution to people's livelihood, GDP, and tax revenue. In the special environment of the disaster-stricken areas, which are already the focus of attention, they can be regarded as rocket boosters for department-level progress!"

With two snorts, Yang Mo threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out: "If you still don't understand the relationship between them, let me ask you... If Lao Tian and Lao You must be ranked, who do you think has a heavier weight now?"

Wang Xin was startled when she woke up from her deep thoughts. After thinking for a while, she said, "Logically, Secretary Tian should be ranked first, but... now I feel that Mayor You's voice is slowly catching up."

Yang Mo chuckled: "Personnel power and financial power are the two most important powers in any unit. However, if there is no money, personnel power is not that important. If you promote someone in vain, it may even be a huge pit... Especially under the tax-sharing system."

"So, Xiao Xin, now you finally understand why Ren Hongjun and his team value those super-large commodity wholesale centers of Dahua Company so much, right?"

"Haha, making money is not a difficult thing for people who have reached a certain level. However, how to stack attractive chips and how to effectively expand their influence are what they care about most... Shanghai has always been the most important economic hub in my country. Incubating several economic engines within Shanghai's economic radiation circle has a comprehensive value that is far more than what most people think."

No matter how dumb Wang Xin was, she understood the cause and effect relationship and couldn't help but gasp.

After being stunned for a long time, she came back to her senses and quickly reached out to support Yang Mo, who was a little shaky: "But Uncle Yang, since Wei Hongjun's background is so scary and the conditions he offered are so generous, why didn't you give a positive answer on the spot?"

After understanding the twists and turns here, she felt even more puzzled about this young uncle's behavior at the dinner table.

After all, Yang Mo is just a department-level cadre. Wei Hongjun's carrot and stick are almost directly placed on the table. Even an ordinary person would know how to make a choice.

Hearing this, Yang Mo stood up with some difficulty under the help of Wang Xin. He glanced at Wang Xin with a strange expression and said, "It seems that as a daughter, you really don't know anything about your father's situation."

Wang Xin frowned, looking somewhat unhappy. How was this matter related to that old man Wang Yinuo?

Seeing this, Yang Mo couldn't help but sigh: "When the Tongren delegation came last time, you were also there. You wouldn't think that..."

Yang Mo shut up halfway through his speech, looked up at the night sky and sighed silently: "Forget it, the most unfortunate thing in my life is meeting your dad...your dad is really good at calculating my temper!"

After saying that, he put another cigarette in his mouth with some annoyance: "Didn't you ask why I didn't reply to Wei Hongjun on the spot, and didn't even make the most basic statement?"

"The reason is simple. I need to talk to your father about this first;"

"If he has this idea and can offer similar bargaining chips, he should be given priority in this matter;"

"Of course, if your father and his group don't have this idea, or can't come up with similar conditions... then I'm sorry!"

After saying that, she stretched out her right hand and waved it in front of Wang Xin's face, who was completely dumbfounded. "Hey, let's go, otherwise your dad will go to sleep soon... You, as his daughter, have to make the call to him!"

After saying that, he staggered towards the Crown with a smirk on his face...

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PS: I have something to do tomorrow and don’t know when I will be back. There may not be any updates, so I’m letting you know in advance.

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