Everyone was joking, and Ning Zhongying asked Qin Hai again: "Xiao Qin, you are a person who understands technology. What new products do you think we can make next to help Qingfeng Factory get out of its predicament?"
"Can rotary tiller blades count?" Qin Hai asked.
Ning Zhongying's face darkened, he slowly shook his head and said, "I can't forget it."
"What do you mean?" Qin Hai was surprised. After Ning Zhongying came back, the first thing he did was to promote the development of the surfacing process for rotary tillage blades. Now that the automatic cladding fixture has been manufactured, the post-processing of the blades is progressing smoothly.
Factory employees all believe that rotary tillage blades can become a flagship product of Qingfeng Factory, which can at least ensure that Qingfeng Factory reaches its goal of stopping losses this year. But Ning Zhongying suddenly said such pessimistic words. What is the reason?
"Lao Xiao came back from Hongze yesterday and brought back bad news." Xiang Jiyong explained for Ning Zhongying, "The Provincial Agricultural Materials Company promised to receive our 20,000 blades in stock, but there will be no further orders."
"Why?" Qin Hai asked strangely, "Where did we offend them? For example...forgot to give them some meaning?"
Qin Hai still understands the current social atmosphere. When asking people to do things, they have to show their "meaning". People in those days were not very courageous and had little appetite. A pot of tea oil and a few kilograms of sugar can express "meaning".
". He didn't know whether Xiao Dongping ignored these etiquettes, but based on his guess, an experienced supply and marketing man like Xiao Dongping would not make such a low-level mistake.
Xiang Jiyong said: "No, the relationship between Lao Xiao and the agricultural supplies company is going well, and all the thanks that should be expressed have been expressed. The agricultural supplies company has also done its best, but the provincial market is not big enough.
, they have also specifically contacted the large farms in the Northeast and sold some of them, but it is still quite difficult to digest these 20,000 blades."
Seeing that Qin Hai still didn't understand, Ning Zhongying added: "The situation is similar everywhere now. Agricultural machinery companies are half dead, so each province has to protect its own companies and is unwilling to purchase goods from other provinces. Although the quality of our blades has already
It is no less than some big factories in other provinces, and it is much stronger than those small factories, but there is nothing you can do about local protectionism."
"I understand." Qin Hai nodded. He really ignored this key factor, that is, the national market was separated from each other. Each province and city was a closed economy, and local protectionist barriers were far away.
Worse than the international trade barriers of later generations.
At that time, if a certain commodity was in short supply, then various localities would strictly restrict local companies from selling to other places, and at the same time send purchasing personnel to foreign markets to snap up purchases. On the contrary, if a certain commodity was relatively surplus, then various localities would restrict sales to other provinces and cities.
Enterprises come to the local market to promote their products, leaving the limited local market to their own enterprises.
At that time, the cruelty of local protection was unimaginable to later generations. In order to protect local in-demand supplies from leaking out, some places did not hesitate to use militiamen and policemen to patrol provincial borders with loaded ammunition. When encountering vehicles carrying in-demand supplies, no one could comment.
Just detain them directly. In order to avoid inspection, those "traffickers" who are interested in the price difference of goods between provinces often hire farmers near provincial borders to cross the border through remote roads. Their behavior is almost similar to smuggling.
Some time ago, Qingfeng Factory's rotary tillage blades were unsaleable because the quality of the products was too low. Most of the users of rotary tillers in the province were state-owned farms and had strong lobbying power, so agricultural supplies companies did not dare to take risks.
The world is in disgrace, and they are forced to accept the products of Qingfeng Factory. As long as the products of Qingfeng Factory can get on the market, they can also enjoy the treatment of local protection.
"So, our blade is hopeless?" Qin Hai asked.
Ning Zhongying said: "This kind of thing depends on human factors. By the way, Xiao Qin, that engineer shovel you told me about in the car last time, what's the situation now?"
"We are still in contact about this matter. We have to wait for the army to confirm it before we can start it." Qin Hai explained.
Ning Zhongying said: "Ning Mo has been running out every day these days, saying that he is helping you contact some steel factory. What's going on?"
Qin Haidao: "The engineering shovels made for the troops require special alloy steel. I would like to borrow the idle steel-making equipment of Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant to smelt it. Don't worry, we will do the steel-making and the machining will be done by us."
Leave it to our Qingfeng Factory. If the business starts, the order will definitely not be small."
"What a mess! It would be great to have this energy to put into work!" Ning Zhongying commented with feigning anger.
Ning Zhongying knew that this business was Qin Hai's private business, and his son Ning Mo also had a share in it. He was not a conservative person, and he adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards Qin Hai and Ning Mo's actions.
Stop them. Of course, if Qin Hai and Ning Mo go too far and encounter the legal or policy boundaries, the old man will not sit idly by and do nothing.
Xiang Jiyong had also heard about the engineer shovel matter. Because the matter involved Ning Mo, he couldn't say anything more. He brought back the conversation and said: "Director Ning, what are your plans for the rotary tiller blade?"
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Ning Zhongying said: "I thought about it last night. I'm afraid I have to take action in this matter. Xiao Dongping can just make a small fuss, but he will have no idea when it comes to big things."
"This is great!" Xiang Jiyong seemed to have had a stone fall from his heart, and a smile appeared on his face, "Lao Xiao and I were still discussing yesterday about whether we could ask you to come forward. Jinling, over the Pujiang River
If several large agricultural machinery factories in the country are willing to accept our blades, we will really survive."
"You guys!" Ning Zhongying pointed at Xiang Jiyong, with an expression of resentment on his face, but he was a little proud in his heart. He was able to keep Qingfeng Factory profitable during his tenure, not only because of his
The authority in the factory, as well as various relationships throughout the country. Xiang Jiyong mentioned that the directors of several large agricultural machinery factories in Jinling, Pujiang and other places are all good friends of Ning Zhongying. These factories produce rotary tillage.
They do not produce blades. If Qingfeng Factory can establish a connection with them and let them recommend their users to use Qingfeng Factory's blades, the sales effect will be very significant.
Ning Zhongying had already thought of this step when he listened to Xiao Dongping's report on the situation of the Provincial Agricultural Materials Company. As the director of the factory, he had many opportunities to go out to sell products in person, but he didn't expect that after two years of retirement, he would do so so quickly.
It's time to go back to the old business.
"Xiao Qin, get ready and go on a business trip with me tomorrow." Ning Zhongying ordered Qin Hai.
"Why me?" Qin Hai asked in confusion, "Isn't it Section Chief Xiao who is going with you?"
"You don't need so many people." Ning Zhongying replied.
"I'm a human too..." Qin Hai was depressed again.
No matter what Qin Hai thought, Ning Zhongying ordered his general, so he had no choice but to follow. In fact, he had been thinking about the engineer shovel in his heart. Yue Guoyang never gave him a reply, and he didn't know.
What was the reason? Before leaving the Provincial Military Region, Yue Guoyang not only lent him a jeep, but also allocated 2,000 yuan as an advance payment. He had already spent some money, and the jeep was driven everywhere. If the final thing was done
If it didn't work, he didn't know how to go back and explain to Yue Guoyang.
After repeatedly telling Ning Mo, Yu Haitao, Miao Lei and others some things, Qin Hai finally set off with Ning Zhongying. They first took a car, then a train, and then transferred to a river cruise, and then arrived
to Jinling City.
Wu Guishan, the director of Jinling Agricultural Machinery Factory, was a friend of Ning Zhongying. When he heard that Ning Zhongying had arrived in Jinling, he immediately sent a car to take Ning Zhongying and Qin Hai to the factory. Ning Zhongying took the car from the car
When he came out, before his feet even touched the ground, Wu Guishan laughed and stepped forward to hold his arm and said: "Haha, Lao Ning, you old guy, didn't you take a back seat? Why are you, Hu Hansan, back again?"
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"Hu Hansan is back again" is an allusion from the movie "Sparkling Red Star". The older generation likes to quote such allusions, and there is no taboo that the character referred to is a big villain. In Qin Hai's view, Ning Zhongying and
Hu Hansan also has some similarities, both have a bit of a heroic temperament.
Ning Zhongying briefly told Wu Guishan about the Qingfeng Factory. Wu Guishan was deeply touched and nodded his head and said: "The situation here is the same, but our municipal government is quite smart, let them see
The sensible person in the list first became the executive deputy director of the factory, and I, a confused person, remained the director. As a result, the sensible person worked for a year and did a lot of stupid things. Now he was transferred by the city government and caused harm to other factories.
.This Jinling Agricultural Machinery Factory should still be left to me, a fool, to take care of it."
"The ancients said that it is rare to be confused." Ning Zhongying laughed.
"That's right, that's right, it's rare to be confused." Wu Guishan said, "Let's go, the food has been prepared in the canteen. Let's eat first and chat while eating. By the way, today we are celebrating your return to the profession, Lao Ning, and we won't stop until we get drunk.
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Ning Zhongying was not shy, chatting and joking with Wu Guishan openly while walking towards the small canteen.
A middle-level cadre from the Jinling Factory had already come forward, first asked Qin Hai's name and position, and then invited Qin Hai to accompany the leader to the canteen. Qin Hai didn't know what kind of relationship Ning Zhongying and Wu Guishan had.
, and didn’t know what to do, so he adopted the strategy of listening more and talking less, and only talked about local customs and customs with the other party, and did not involve business situations.