"I want to cooperate with Commander Yue on a business deal. The profits will be split equally between the two parties. The profits earned by the troops will be used to purchase these engineering shovels. What do you think, Commander Yue?" Qin Hai said slowly.
"You want to do business with me? Did I hear you correctly?" Yue Guoyang was a little stunned. This was the most arrogant request he had ever heard.
"Xiao Qin, don't talk nonsense. How can Commander Yue do business with you? Besides, you are a worker, what kind of business do you do?" Chen Heqian saw that Qin Hai was becoming more and more unreliable as he spoke, so he quickly interrupted him to avoid Yue Guoyang's anger.
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Qin Hai ignored Chen Heqian's dissuasion and said: "Commander Yue, maybe if I put it another way, it will be easier for you to accept it. Now the country has shifted its focus to economic construction, and military expenditures have been reduced, but the equipment construction of the army has
There is no need to delay. In this case, the army can consider cooperating with the local area. The army has some resources that the local area does not have. If it can share resources with the local area, a win-win situation can be achieved. In this way, the local area can develop the economy and the army can also
Why not improve equipment?"
Qin Hai had pondered this idea for many days. He knew that the military funds in the 1980s were very tight, and many troops had to find ways to generate income on their own to improve their living conditions and equipment. He proposed this suggestion to Yue Guoyang.
Based on this background, he believed that Yue Guoyang would be interested in this kind of cooperation.
Yue Guoyang was silent for a moment, and then asked slowly: "How do you plan to cooperate with the army? What kind of resources can the army provide you?"
When Qin Hai heard Yue Guoyang's words, he knew that the other party was already tempted. After all, this was out of the need to improve the army's equipment and was not related to Yue Guoyang's personal interests. There were some things that he could do openly. The key was the plan proposed by Qin Hai.
Is it reasonable?
Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, don't worry. I hope the support provided by the army is not complicated. First, I hope the army can give me a name so that my friends and I can set up a small factory specializing in the production of various military and civilian equipment."
Equipment used.”
"This is not difficult." Yue Guoyang replied. He knew that although there are some private enterprises in society now, the policy control of such private enterprises is very strict. Qin Hai hopes that the army will provide a status, which is nothing more than
He just wanted to circumvent some policy restrictions. Regarding this, he believed that the influence of the Provincial Military Region was sufficient and could provide a protective umbrella for Qin Hai.
Qin Hai nodded and continued: "After we have this name, we will start to smelt steel formally. I don't have steel-making equipment at the moment. I would like to ask Commander Yue to help solve the problem of steel-making equipment."
"I can't help with this." Yue Guoyang shook his head, "Do you need a steel-making furnace to make steel? Where can I get this thing for you?"
Qin Hai smiled and said: "I am not asking Commander Yue to provide me with a steel-making furnace, but I want to ask Commander Yue to help me coordinate a relationship. I have learned that the Pingyuan County Steel Plant has two sets of idle steel-making equipment, which are now locked.
In the workshop, it is of no use. If Commander Yue can help inform the Pingyuan County Government and allow us to rent these two sets of equipment, then our problem will be solved."
"Can we coordinate the relationship between Pingyuan County Government?" Yue Guoyang turned to Ge Dongyan, who was standing aside, and asked.
Ge Dongyan looked at Qin Hai, then took a step closer, put his mouth to Yue Guoyang's ear, and whispered something in a low voice. Yue Guoyang nodded repeatedly and said, "If this is the case, then it will be easy to handle. Xiao Qin, this matter
I can promise you, just go on."
Qin Hai didn't know what Ge Dongyan said to Yue Guoyang, and he was not interested in knowing the details, so he continued: "If the steelmaking problem is solved, then my plan is to use engineering shovels as products first, and provide part of them to the province.
The military region will sell part of it to the market, and use the profits from market sales to cover the cost of this part of the product provided to the provincial military region. In this way, the military region can obtain this batch of engineering shovels for free."
"I'm afraid it's not easy to sell in the market, right?" Yue Guoyang shook his head and said: "I heard from Xiao Ge that the price of your engineer shovel is 100 yuan a piece. How can anyone in the market be willing to pay so much to buy an engineer shovel?
Where’s the spade?”
Qin Haidao: "This is the third thing I want to ask Commander Yue for help."
"Why do I feel like I've been fooled?" Yue Guoyang said with a smile, "In the blink of an eye, there were three things. Okay, tell me what they were."
Qin Haidao: "I would like to ask Commander Yue to help us sell spades."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Heqian and Ge Dongyan both chuckled and almost laughed out loud. Yue Guoyang also looked helpless and said: "Xiao Qin, you are not mistaken. I am also a military region commander after all. I can help you."
Selling shovels?”
"Yes, only Commander Yue can sell this shovel," Qin Hai said.
"To whom?" Yue Guoyang asked.
"The Iraqi and Iranian military." Qin Hai said.
"Iraq and Iran!" This time, the smile on Yue Guoyang's face was gone. He stared at Qin Hai, his heart full of surprise.
Who doesn’t know that the Iran-Iraq war is in full swing right now, and TV and radio are talking about things in the Middle East all day long, so it’s not surprising that Qin Hai knows about Iraq and Iran. The key is that no matter how lively the Iran-Iraq war is,
, what does it have to do with Anhe Province? How could Qin Hai associate an engineering shovel with Liang Yi?
Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, think about it, the war between Iran and Iraq is so fierce, with hundreds of thousands of troops deployed by both sides, don't these soldiers need engineering shovels? Both countries are rich, and they can buy planes and tanks.
Regardless of spending a lot of money, what are the tens of thousands of engineer shovels? Even if a engineer shovel sells for 20 US dollars, 10,000 are equivalent to 200,000 US dollars, which is not worth the price of a missile. Do you think they will save such a small amount of money?"
"That's not how the account is calculated." Yue Guoyang was a little confused, and he retorted bravely: "This engineering shovel is indeed not expensive for Liangyi, but why do they want to buy it? And why do they want to buy it from you?
Should I buy it here?"
Qin Haidao: "The reason is very simple, because my engineering shovel is of good quality and has many functions. Even Commander Yue can't put it down after seeing it. What's more, those locals in Liangyi... uh, those officers who have never seen the world?"
He wanted to use the word country turtle to describe the officers of Liang Yi, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the word back. In front of Yue Guoyang, he should not be too presumptuous, otherwise Yue Guoyang would think that he was too frivolous.
"I think even if the armies of Iran and Iraq want to purchase engineering shovels, they will import them from European and American countries. It is impossible to import our products." Yue Guoyang said uncertainly.
"European and American countries probably don't bother to produce such products. In addition, their products are definitely more expensive than ours. I believe that as long as Commander Yue is willing to promote them, they will definitely choose our products," Qin Hai said.
Yue Guoyang somewhat understood Qin Hai's thinking. He took a long breath and said, "Okay, even if you are right, how can I help you as a salesman?"
Qin Hai smiled and said: "Commander Yue misunderstood, I don't want you to do the sales in person, but I want you to introduce our engineering shovels to Iran and Iraq through the relationship in the army. Now the whole world is doing this.
arms trade, I think our country should also make a difference."
"How did you get such a big head!" Yue Guoyang cursed and said nothing further. Of course he knew that many units of the military were already doing business with Iran and Iran. Iran and Iraq were very interested in tanks, fighter jets, and missiles from China.
People are very interested in arms, and the country is also using this opportunity to earn valuable foreign exchange. He himself has a former comrade who is doing trade with Iran and Iraq. If he can be asked to help sell this magical engineering shovel, he might be able to return it.
It really has some effects.
It was not convenient for Yue Guoyang to express this kind of thing to Qin Hai, but in his heart, he had accepted Qin Hai's suggestion. He even thought that if he could really sell 10,000 engineer shovels as Qin Hai expected,
, earning back 200,000 US dollars, then the provincial military region will not only get some free engineering shovels, but also can intercept part of the funds and use them for other aspects of equipment improvement.
Qin Hai watched Yue Guoyang's expression change from gloomy to clear, and knew that the other party had been convinced by him. Regarding the arms trade between the country and Iran and Iraq, it was kept secret at the time, but in later generations, these things have been made public, and some
Those who witnessed it also wrote articles recalling the details of the transaction at that time. It was precisely because of Qin Hai's understanding of these circumstances that he dared to make such an unorthodox-sounding suggestion to Yue Guoyang.
"Commander Yue, how about we settle this matter?" Qin Hai asked tentatively.
Yue Guoyang said: "This is not that simple. How can I make the decision on such a big matter? I must go to the party committee for collective discussion. However, the idea of military-civilian cooperation is still worth promoting. Let's do this, Xiao Qin
, you go back to the base first, and I will reply to you after the military region party committee comes to a conclusion after discussion."
Qin Haidao: "Commander Yue, I came to you today for one more thing, which is to say goodbye to you. My work at the base has been completed, and Professor Chen has agreed for me to leave. I want to return to Pingyuan today."
"Is that so?" Yue Guoyang looked at Chen Heqian.
Chen Heqian nodded and said: "Yes, Xiao Qin's work has been successfully completed. He is anxious to return to the work unit, and I have agreed. But..."
"But what?" Yue Guoyang asked.
Chen Heqiandao: "Xiao Qin played a big role in this project and worked very hard these days, but we don't seem to have any compensation, which is a bit inappropriate. Our research team is all sent by various units, and we get the compensation
It's a business trip subsidy. Xiao Qin doesn't have any subsidy, so I feel a little sorry."
"This is difficult." Yue Guoyang scratched his head and said: "Even though I am a commander, I have no name to give Xiao Qin any subsidies."