Shencheng's supply and marketing office is located near the North Railway Station. It is an old-fashioned building. The entrance is very busy with people coming and going. Standing at the door, you can see the goods yard of the North Railway Station not far away. There are more than a dozen trains parked inside, most of which
They are all trucks, carrying coal, steel, cotton yarn and other goods. They will start the train in ten minutes and don't know where they are going.
"With so much steel, I don't believe you can't come up with dozens of tons for us?"
Once here, Zhou Delu put aside his anxiety and led his men into the hall of the supply and marketing office.
There were a lot of people in the lobby, with people of various accents, either queuing up in front of the counter or whispering in small groups.
"Where can I buy it?"
No one had ever experienced this kind of thing, so Zhou Delu randomly pulled someone over.
"Comrade, I want to buy steel. Where can I buy it?"
The other party seemed to be a southerner. Hearing the other party's inquiry, he waved his hands and left in a hurry.
"Comrade, I want to buy steel, where can I buy it?"
Zhou Delu pulled another person over and asked.
"There there!"
The other party pointed to the counter in front of him impatiently, then turned and left.
After asking several people, they still didn't get it. A few people decided to queue up and ask the salesperson at the counter.
"Comrade, we want to buy 60 tons of second-grade round steel, but we don't know how to buy it."
After a while, several people arrived in front of the counter. Zhou Delu lay in front of a small window and asked.
"What do you do?"
The other party was a saleswoman and she asked directly and politely.
"I am the director of Fucheng Bearing Factory, and this is my letter of introduction!"
Zhou Delu took out the letter of introduction issued by the factory and wanted to hand it in.
"Letter of introduction from the factory? Take it away. What's the use of this crap? The steel is allocated to your city by the province. How are you going to buy it from us if you don't go to the city?"
The other person didn't even look at him.
"The city asked our factory to buy it from you."
Zhou Delu hurriedly explained.
"I've already said that the province has already given you a quota for your city. If the city doesn't have it, that's your city's problem. How can we have it here? Unless you have the quota given by the province, if you don't have the quota, leave quickly!"
"The provincial quota? Where do we get it?"
Zhou Delu and others were stunned at that time. You look at me and I look at you and you are at a loss.
"If not, leave immediately, don't stand here blocking it, just walk around!"
The other party immediately kicked him out.
"That's right! Let's go quickly. If you want to buy steel, you have to ask for a quota. Without a quota, you can't even buy a hair!"
A southerner behind looked at them and said.
"You have a quota?"
Zhou Delu looked at the other party and asked.
"Nonsense! Why am I here without a quota? Just look at it!"
The southerner held a red-headed document in his hand. It was indeed a quota approval document from the Provincial Supply and Marketing Department, which said one hundred tons of cotton yarn.
Several people couldn't leave the counter.
"What does this mean to him?"
Zhou Delu cursed, "Let us buy it ourselves, what a waste! They don't care about us at all!"
"It seems that we can only go to the big leader and see if he has any connections."
Just as a few people were about to leave, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to them.
"You guys want to buy steel! How about I buy you quota?"
The other party said softly.
"What? You have a quota?"
Several people were shocked.
"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, come on, come with me to the side to talk!"
The other party winked at them, then turned and left.
Several people looked at each other.
"Director, is he a liar?"
one person asked warily.
"This...! Go and see, there are several of us, what can he do to us by himself? Besides, this is the supply and marketing office, who dares to steal money in public? You two, protect the money for me!"
"
Several people cautiously followed out.
The man came to a corner and stopped, looked around and found nothing wrong, and waved his hands to Zhou Delu and the others.
"You have a quota?"
Zhou Delu asked when he arrived.
"Of course there is. Not to mention the steel quota, there is also grain, cotton yarn, and wood. How much do you want?"
"We don't need anything else, just 60 tons of second-grade round steel!"
Zhou Delu replied.
"Sixty tons of second-grade round steel, yes, yes, one ton is seven hundred yuan, sixty tons is forty-two thousand yuan."
The other party said.
"Seven hundred yuan a ton! Forty-two thousand yuan?"
This price almost scared Zhou Delu and others to their knees.
He had already found out before he came that the national quota for second-grade round steel was 300 yuan per ton. He took 20,000 yuan and could buy more than 60 tons. These 60 tons of round steel were enough for their production for three or four months.
, but now I heard the other party say that the price is 700 yuan per ton, which is far beyond my ability to bear.
"I said, isn't the second-grade round steel 300 yuan per ton? How come it becomes 700 yuan?"
Liu Donglai on the side asked quickly.
"Hey, three hundred yuan per ton is the government's price. You must not have the raw materials to produce it. It's because steel is in short supply now. It's needed everywhere. First-grade rebar costs fifteen hundred yuan per ton.
I got the quota only through some connections, and I spent a lot of effort. Seven hundred yuan is not much to buy for you."
The other party answered.
"Are you lying to us? Can you get the quota just by yourself?"
The other person obviously didn't believe what he said.
"Huh, I don't believe it... bang bang!"
As soon as the other party clapped his hands, three men walked out of an alley, all of them very strong.
"Lao Wu, let them see the quota document!"
A big man took out a document from his leather bag. It turned out to be a red-headed document from the Provincial Supply and Marketing Office. It said the quota for five hundred tons of first-class round steel, and there was a big red seal printed on the signature.
"Did you see it? Not to mention sixty tons, I also have six hundred tons!"
As soon as the other party waved his hand, those people put the documents back into their wallets and turned to leave.
"That's true!"
Liu Lang saw it clearly from the sidelines. His previous assumption was correct. They were the so-called "official rebels". These "official rebels" were all people with great hands and eyes. They had very deep backgrounds. Some were even relatives of some high-ranking officials.
They use their power to obtain approvals and resell them at a high price. They can get huge returns without spending much effort. For example, this time, 300 yuan per ton of steel can be purchased for 700 yuan immediately, which is more than double.
Of course, you don’t have to buy it, but now the whole province is short of raw materials. A large amount of raw materials must first be supplied to those large enterprises. As for enterprises such as bearing factories that cannot be ranked at all, what impact will it have if you complete the task or not?
?Who will pay attention to you?
In addition, most of these raw materials are bought to individual small businesses in the south, because these small businesses cannot obtain the government's raw material quotas. Even if the raw materials obtained through "official transfer" are very expensive, the labor costs are very low, so the production of
The price of their products will never be much higher than that of state-owned enterprises, and they do not require quota tickets such as food stamps, so these products will be more competitive than state-owned enterprises, and they will definitely make a lot of money in the end.
However, individual enterprises can spend a lot of money to buy these raw materials, but the bearing factory does not have such strength. If Zhou Delu dares to buy round steel for 700 yuan a ton, whether it is enough or not, the price must be known to the city.
I will definitely not be able to be the factory director. If I fail, I will be sentenced. The price is too high.
"Seven hundred yuan a ton, we...we can't afford it, we can't afford it!"
Zhou Delu shook his head repeatedly.
"Can't afford it? If you can't afford it, you won't be able to complete the task."
The other party obviously knows the situation in Liaobei Province very well.
"If you can't complete the task, don't buy it. Let's go!"
After Zhou Delu said that, he turned around and left with a few people. If he couldn't complete the task, he would be dismissed at most. If he bought high-priced steel, he might be imprisoned.
"A bunch of paupers!"
The other party curled his lips, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and ignored the others.