1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 626: Squeeze a Little More

According to convention, the annual work reports of local authorities will be announced in January of the following year after being reviewed by the National People's Congress. There is a certain degree of flexibility in the timing. Generally, it will be released in mid-January, but it may also be released in late January.

In comparison, DZ City’s work report for the previous year was not released until the end of January, which is really very late.

However, everyone can understand that this is not the Internet office era of later generations, where any data can be easily pulled out. In the past year, Dezhou, an old industrial area that has just been promoted to a prefecture-level city, has ushered in a leapfrog development that can be described as a complete transformation. Just counting the huge amounts of data is enough to make the staff of various departments collapse.

Therefore, even though the annual work summary was made more than a week later than usual, when You Yakun was sitting on the podium and making the report, his expression was still full of excitement.

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"1991 is a year for further rectification and deepening reform, and a year for the full implementation of the Eighth Five-Year Plan. We insist on..."

"Under the strong leadership of the provincial government, provincial government and municipal government, DZ City has taken [high-quality development and multiple breakthroughs] as its guiding ideology, effectively responded to difficulties and challenges, and successfully completed various major goals and tasks:"

"First, the economy is operating steadily under pressure, and we will improve the responsibility division mechanism, highlight targeted regulation, provide frontline services, and make precise efforts."

"We fully implemented the national and provincial policies to benefit and assist enterprises, dynamically introduced cost-cutting and efficiency-enhancing measures, refunded, reduced, and deferred taxes and fees by more than 5 million yuan, increased the total bank guarantee scale by 3.9 million yuan, implemented the additional deduction policy of more than 5 million yuan, and strived for 6.3 million yuan in various policy funds."

“市县协同推进重大项目谋划储备、要素保障，610个省市县三级实施类重点项目完成投资15.09亿元，投资完成率421%。争取国债资金8.6亿元、专项债券21.1亿元，新增贷款47.6.4亿元。”

"We have solidly promoted the construction of regional consumption center cities and held more than 200 consumption promotion activities. The number of newly registered business entities increased by 240.4%, exceeding 20 for the first time."

"Regional GDP grew by 46%, general public budget revenue grew by 16.6%, industrial added value grew by 28.8%, fixed asset investment grew by 170.1%, total retail sales of consumer goods grew by 71%, and per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents grew by 66.2%. Major economic indicators achieved the "three higher than" targets, and economic operation continued to develop at a high speed and improve."

“Second, industrial cultivation and agglomeration have taken shape, with seven leading industries and 12 iconic industrial chains accelerating their development.”

"Chemical new materials and soybean and corn deep processing were selected as provincial goose-shaped industrial clusters, electronic information, new textiles, and condiments were selected as provincial characteristic industrial clusters, and Dahua Industrial Park was selected as a national comprehensive commercial demonstration base."

"150 key projects, including the Solitary Island No. 6 Integrated Processing Station, the Drug Chiral Catalyst Production Center, the 13mm (-inch) Silicon Wafer Pre-research Center, the Sputtering Target Through-line Experiment Center, and the Silicon Material Experiment Center for Etching Equipment, have started construction; the construction of an important national integrated circuit key material base has achieved initial results."

"130 key industrial technical transformation projects at or above the municipal level have completed an investment of 26.7 billion yuan. The transformation and upgrading of Dezhou Rubber Factory and the high-end solvents of Linyi Refinery have been completed and put into operation. Projects such as Huamo Environmental Protection Equipment and Qilu Huarong New Materials have been steadily promoted. The Yinghua Photovoltaic Rolled Glass Project has been successfully approved. We have supported and strengthened key enterprises and added 194 industrial enterprises above designated size..."

“Third, rural revitalization has been steadily advanced, and grain production and income have been successfully increased.”

"We focus on strengthening agriculture through science and technology, and actively cooperate with seven universities including Laiyang Agricultural College. The average yield of 7 million mu of land in the core area is 102 kilograms per mu. We have built the first batch of pilot projects for high-standard farmland construction at the municipal level in the country. The total grain output for the whole year is 1089.8 billion jin, an increase of 107.5%, achieving five consecutive bumper harvests."

"【Lu Shiwei】GAP medicinal material planting bases have been established, expanded and improved, with both unit yield and total yield reaching historical highs. Innovative management and protection models for cultivated land have been introduced, 394 high-standard medicinal material planting operators have been added, 33 regional agricultural machinery promotion stations and 20 agricultural service centers have been established."

"The construction of a famous food city is progressing in an orderly manner. The construction of the Food Innovation Industrial Park has been accelerated. The Fifth Farm Dairy and Qinghua Food projects have been completed. The Zhongyuan Noodles and Xueji Food projects have been smoothly implemented. Dezhou Braised Chicken, 817 Broiler Industry Commercialization Development Center, and Yucheng Functional Sugar have been selected as national key local specialty food industry clusters."

"The rural construction has achieved remarkable results. The construction of rural revitalization demonstration areas in 40 provinces and cities has been comprehensively promoted. 10 central towns have implemented 389 construction projects with an investment of 19 billion yuan. 872 kilometers of rural roads have been newly built and renovated. 51 dilapidated bridges have been renovated, 64 small and medium-sized reservoirs have been newly built, and 430 kilometers of water supply pipelines have been built..."

“Fourth, the vitality of development continues to be released.”

"With the industrial manufacturing cooperation framework of Shandong, Henan and Hebei as the guide, we will coordinate and promote a number of key projects, major platforms and important reforms. We will successfully hold a series of activities such as the Central Enterprise Investment and Development Forum to connect with Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and deeply connect with Puyang and Hengshui..."

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The report took three hours to complete.

Although the time was a bit long, unlike ordinary meetings, almost no one yawned during these three hours. Instead, they looked excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

There is no way. At this moment, the achievements made by Texas last year are too impressive. The contents and data in the report may seem mediocre to ordinary people, but in fact, before China joined the WTO, it was already a very exaggerated achievement, especially the figures in the two columns of gross social output value and rural construction.

But what is even more exaggerated is that many people know in their hearts that this report is still toned down... At the very least, the connection with the Horgos bonded warehouse, the "export" to Mexico, and the support and promotion of the fruit planting industry, which are achievements that anyone with a discerning eye can see have amazing potential, have not been included.

We often hear about people padding their reports, but deliberately concealing one's own achievements is rare nowadays.

But...

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. After all, Texas is now a pilot city for the tax-sharing reform.
Yang Mo actually doesn't care about these things.

To be honest, if he didn't hold the position of general manager of Texas Urban Real Estate Fund Company, he would not want to attend today's meeting at all.

Not only did he know these data as soon as the work report came out, but the countless pairs of eyes that turned their heads to look at him from time to time in the meeting also made him feel very uncomfortable (Dezhou Urban Development Fund Company is marked as a public institution, so it is arranged with seats in the back in such meetings).

Instead of spending three hours reviewing a bunch of data you already know, wouldn't it be better if you used that time to process a few more documents?
If there is really no other choice, you can go buy some gifts for your parents and prepare New Year's goods for the house before the department stores close. That would be great!
Ok……

That’s right, today is January 1th, and the day after tomorrow, which is February 30st, Dahua Company will have an early holiday.

Although Dahua Company is notoriously high in work pressure nowadays, state-owned enterprises still care about human feelings after all. Everyone works very hard for a year. In addition to giving them a year-end bonus that drives countless people crazy based on their contributions, you also have to let them have a few more days of rest. After all, people are not machines!

So, after the meeting, Yang Mo simply pretended not to notice You Yakun's secret glance, and walked out of the hall with his head down, just like a poor student who had finished his class.

As soon as I saw the flushed expression on Old You's face, I knew that there was nothing good about staying. Most likely, he would just force me to recall all the efforts and hardships of the past year, and then force me to have dinner and get myself drunk at the table.

Cut~!

Do you want me, Yang, to embarrass myself at the dinner table?

dream!

Feeling relaxed before the holiday, Yang Mo returned to Dahua Company.

Like all state-owned enterprises, Dahua Company, which has completed most of the work and is in the process of closing its accounts, is no longer as busy as before, and the entire office area has become loose and leisurely.

Along the way, Yang Mo even saw many employees in the car pestering people from the administrative department to secretly experience the garden games that would be officially opened tomorrow.

In this regard, Yang Mo chose to be blind. If it weren't for the rules and regulations, he would have just wanted to give people a day off today. What's wrong with slacking off? Who hasn't slacked off before?
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"Come on, wife, let's skip work and go shopping in the department store!"

After slipping into Miss Mu's office, Yang Mo closed the door, then snapped his fingers in a casual manner, completely lacking the dignity he usually displayed in the company.

Mu Liya, who was sitting with her chin on her head and struggling with a pile of documents, looked up in surprise when she heard this: "Skipping work? The general manager took the lead...skipping work?"

Yang Mo chuckled and sat down on the desk like a little gangster: "Isn't it the holiday soon? There's nothing to do anyway, so why should I stay in the office?" Miss Mu rolled her eyes and said: "My dear Mr. Yang, you also know that it's the holiday soon, not that it's already been taken. As the head of the company, have you ever considered the impact?"

"Besides, you don't have anything to do, but I still have some work to do here... The account will be completely closed tomorrow, so I have to finish it today."

Yang Mo grinned wickedly, "There's still tomorrow, so we can just finish it in the morning... Hurry up, let's go pick out some gifts for our parents, and have a proper candlelight dinner while it's still early, and then... hehe, we can watch TV quietly at night!"

Miss Mu blushed when she heard this.

Of course she knew what this guy was up to, so why did she just watch TV quietly?
Then it would be great if I could watch TV for ten minutes!
However, in the past two months, there have been too many things to do in the company, and working overtime until late at night has become the norm. Therefore, even if she may face the tragic experience of being tossed around all night, a little romance between the couple is really attractive to her.

Besides, carefully selecting New Year gifts for the two elders is an important matter. As long as it does not affect work, skipping work is not a big deal.

only……

Miss Mu sighed: "Why don't I go with you tomorrow afternoon? I really can't leave right now... If we wait until tomorrow to deal with it, I guess the Finance Department won't be able to close the account."

Yang Mo was stunned: "What is so troublesome?"

Mu Liya glanced at him and pushed the folder in her hand over to him. "It's your childhood friend, Yingying... Here, three foreign exchange disbursement applications were submitted this morning, totaling 170 million US dollars."

Yang Mo took the document, scanned the application form and the attached project brief, and then returned it nonchalantly: "Just sign and approve it, it's only 170 million US dollars, not a very large number."

At this juncture, apart from Dahua, there are probably not many companies that can say that 170 million US dollars in foreign exchange is not a lot.

Mu Liya looked at him speechlessly: "My Lord, this is not enough? You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!"

"Please look carefully, this is US dollar foreign exchange, not Japanese yen foreign exchange!"

As she spoke, Mu Liya rubbed her temples with a headache: "Do you know how much foreign exchange quota our company has left?"

Yang Mo thought for a moment and said, "It seems that... there is still more than 2400 million yuan left for this month. Isn't this quite sufficient?"

Miss Mu rolled her eyes and said, "My Lord Bai, this $2400 million foreign exchange quota sounds like a lot;"

"But the problem is, I can't use these 2400 million as I want!"

"You forgot that Director Zhang just submitted a report to the company a few days ago, requiring that the foreign exchange quota used by the External Comprehensive Department in February should not be less than 800 million US dollars to cope with the investment in the springboard projects in the Central Asian and northern markets;"

"Overseas investment is not border trade, and barter is not possible. In addition, the exchange rate and liquidity of the local currency in the northern market are currently facing major problems. The US dollar has become a rigid requirement for carrying out work, so the US$800 million must be guaranteed at all costs."

"2400 million minus 800 million, there is still 1600 million left, which seems quite sufficient, right?"

"But the problem is that our External Affairs Department also has an urgent need and plan to use US dollar foreign exchange!"

"The main destinations for our brand's overseas expansion plan are Japan and South Korea in Northeast Asia. The island countries are easy to deal with. Whether it is exporting or reselling the equipment and technology we need, we use Japanese yen. The company's Japanese yen foreign exchange quota is very sufficient, so we don't need to worry about business with Japan for the time being;"

"But it's different in South Korea. Our country and South Korea have not yet established formal diplomatic relations, and the two sides do not have an official currency exchange platform. In addition, our demand for Korean won is not urgent. In order to maximize value, the business on both sides is settled in US dollars."

"In the past, we could use the island countries as a springboard and use island banks such as Mitsubishi and UFIDA to convert Korean won into Japanese yen, and then into US dollars;"

"But it's no longer possible. With the bursting of the island nation's economic bubble and the massive currency arbitrage by the Watanabes, the Japanese yen's exchange rates for various foreign currencies are simply horrible. If we continue to operate in this way, plus various handling fees, we will suffer huge losses!"

"As the preparations for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea have deepened, our Department of External Affairs has also been actively seeking business layout in South Korea... Trade settlement, joint venture establishment, and the purchase of some components, which one does not require a large amount of US dollar foreign exchange?"

"In addition, the currency exchange rate hedging operations and futures business of the China-Japan Economic Promotion Association, as well as the development investment and various expenses of the Mexican springboard market, all require the use of US dollars!"

At this point, Mu Liya sighed: "In short, after calculating all these expenses, plus the favors from other brother companies, our company now has very little surplus US dollar foreign exchange quota left... This situation will last at least until June, when the overseas investment demand in the Central Asian and Mexican markets slows down, and the company's US dollar foreign exchange quota can be accumulated again."

Yang Mo frowned: "Not much left?"

Mu Liya glanced at him and said, "To be precise, if I follow my plan, there is no way to squeeze out the $170 million... unless I readjust the foreign trade and investment plans for the next few months."

Yang Mo immediately understood why his wife said she couldn't squeeze out time to come today. Approving the three application forms from Tugou would mean that he would need to temporarily adjust one or even several work plans and project budget plans after the spring. The workload was indeed not a small number.

After thinking for a while, Yang Mo asked, "Approximately how many gaps are there?"

Muliya blurted out: "Not much, but not less either. There is a gap of about $87."

Yang Mo nodded: "South Korea's pace can be slowed down appropriately. After all, the two countries will soon formally establish diplomatic relations. At that time, there will be a wave of enthusiasm. Whether it is joint ventures or trade, we just need to catch up with the enthusiasm. Anyway, South Korea's situation is very similar to that of the island countries. There are plenty of opportunities in the future... Compared with those obvious benefits, our own affairs are more important."

Miss Mu hummed softly: "So I have been thinking about what actions to adjust in order to squeeze out the $87."

Yang Mo thought for a moment and said, "Why not open the door wider and squeeze out $300 million?"

Miss Mu was stunned: "Isn't it only $87? Why are you squeezing so much?"

Yang Mo's expression was somewhat helpless: "The Southern Tour Speech has already begun. After the New Year, there will definitely be a large number of people in the towns and villages in Dezhou who are eager to work hard. By then, someone will definitely ask Yingying for help... I know that girl too well. She is soft-hearted. As long as the project is acceptable, she will definitely lend a hand."

Upon hearing this, Mu Liya couldn't help but frowned: "But if this happens, I will have too many plans to adjust, and my work after the New Year will also be greatly affected."

The US dollar at that time was much more valuable than that in later generations; and South Korea at that time was completely different from South Korea after the financial crisis in 98. 300 million US dollars was enough to do a lot of things.

In fact, she didn't really care about the 3 million US dollars foreign exchange quota. It was mainly because of the almost doting helplessness in her man's expression and tone that made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Yang Mo pondered for a while and shook his head: "It's okay if it's affected a little. As I said before, we are a central enterprise. Compared with the glory on the books, the affairs of our own people are more important... After all, Texas is closer to the inland. Once many things miss the opportunity, it will not be so easy to get back on track."

Of course, Mu Liya knew that the opportunity her husband was talking about was the Nanxi Tour's speech, and she also admitted that what Yang Mo said made sense. However, she didn't know if it was because her period was approaching, but she, who had always been rational, always felt a little inexplicably irritated. She just nodded lightly at the moment, and then quickly signed the three application forms, and then buried her head in dealing with other documents.

Seeing this, Yang Mo couldn't help but touch his nose in embarrassment. Even if his emotional intelligence was low, he should be able to see that his wife was in a bad mood.

I opened my mouth to explain something, but found that I had no idea where to start.

After thinking about it, I could only silently touch the cigarette in my pocket, then say goodbye and gently push the door open and leave...

(End of this chapter)