Sail across the sea

Chapter 187 Where is the market
"Congratulations to Mr. Pan."

Gao Fan said with a smile.Without waiting for Pan Yue to say anything modest, he immediately asked: "So, how is the design of the small polyester device that Minister Zheng explained?"

"Uh, this..."

Pan Yue's face froze all of a sudden, and he began to falter.

"Old Pan, you're not going to tell me that you haven't done anything in the past two months, are you?" Gao Fan asked tentatively.

"How is this possible..." Pan Yue responded subconsciously, but then he lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice: "The progress is indeed not ideal."

"What do you mean by not ideal?" Gao Fan asked.

He didn't want to question Master Pan Yuexing, after all, Zheng Linong didn't give him this authorization.He just remembered that Pan Yue was full of confidence when he talked about it in Zheng Linong's room last time, and Gao Fan himself knew that a small polyester device was not too complicated, so how could it be possible that nothing happened in two months? What's going on?
Pan Yue didn't know what Zheng Linong had explained to Gao Fan. Hearing Gao Fan's question, he vaguely felt that maybe Gao Fan was here to inspect the post on behalf of Zheng Linong, so he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

He said: "We have held five program demonstration meetings, and I have personally made some preliminary designs, and others... have not yet."

Co-authoring is doing nothing.

How could Gao Fan not understand what Pan Yue meant.He looked at Pan Yue and said, "Old Pan, you don't think that what Minister Zheng said at the beginning was just casual talk, right?"

Pan Yue said: "Of course not. Minister Zheng transferred me to be the chief engineer of the hydration plant. He asked me to develop a small polyester plant. I must know this."

"Then why are you passive and sabotage?"

"I didn't sabotage my work, but..."

Pan Yue thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a more euphemistic way of saying it, so he simply said: "Minister Zheng told us to develop a small polyester plant for our hydration plant, but he didn't say who will pay for it. I will report I asked the Department of Chemical Industry to approve a research fund of 10 yuan, but it has not been approved for two months, can you blame me?"

"Then who is to blame?" Gao Fan asked.

Pan Yue was taken aback for a moment, and replied: "No one complains, who made us a developing country."

That's what he said, but his tone was full of resentment.

When Zheng Linong arranged for him to be the chief engineer of the water plant, Pan Yue was full of ambition, and made up his mind to die for his confidant, planning to work hard and make some achievements, worthy of the minister's favor for him.

But after arriving at the hydration facility, he discovered that Zheng Linongguang had said that he was asked to develop a small polyester device, but he did not say who would pay for the initial investment.It is true that he is the chief engineer of the hydration plant, and he is indeed in charge of dozens of engineers. However, it costs money to develop a complete set of equipment. What can he do without money?

He also submitted an application for funds to the factory manager, who complained to him that the factory has not been operating well in recent years, and even had a net loss on the books.Fortunately, the country has some subsidy policies for policy losses, so the factory can be considered to have some money, but the money is used to improve the lives of employees, how can it be invested in research and development?

As for the small-scale polyester plant, since the minister gave it to him, the funds should naturally be provided by the superiors. How can there be any reason for the company to invest in technology development by itself?

Pan Yue knew that the factory manager was right, so he turned his head and asked the chemical industry department for money, which was what he said to report.As a result, the report was suppressed in the hall, neither agreed nor rejected, and it was delayed for two months without any news.

The Department of Chemical Industry's move is actually very obvious.The matter of small polyester was requested by the Ministry of Chemical Industry, so why should the Ministry of Chemical Industry pay for it?But when Zheng Linong was in Shuinan, the Provincial Department of Chemical Industry agreed to the matter, so it was inconvenient to directly dismiss Pan Yue's report.

That being the case, then procrastinate.Maybe Zheng Linong was busy with work and forgot about it, wouldn't everyone be happy?
In Pan Yue's heart, he was actually full of resentment.He was in front of the salted fish in the Chemical Industry Department, and Zheng Linong, by the way, and Gao Fan, the kid in front of him, tricked him into the company. After coming out, he didn't say a word.

Now that he is trapped in the pit of shuihuaqi, and the sky does not answer, and the earth does not answer, can he not be full of complaints?
However, he couldn't tell who to blame.It seems that everyone is right, so the one who is wrong is himself.

Hearing what Pan Yue said, Gao Fan understood the whole story.He said with a smile: "So, Minister Zheng fired an empty cannon, just issued an order, but didn't pay you, and let you sit on wax."

"I didn't say that." Pan Yue said.

Just kidding, you are the little red man in front of the minister, do I dare to speak ill of the minister in front of you?Later, you go to make a small report, can my small body withstand the minister's thunder and wrath?

"I think it's okay for you to say that." Gao Fan said, "I'm going back to Beijing soon, and then I will help you report this situation to the minister."

"The Ministry's funds are also very tight, I can understand, I don't mean to blame Minister Zheng." Pan Yue insisted.

"This kind of funds should be raised by the company itself?" Gao Fan said, "It is good for the company to be able to develop new products, and the company should bear this expense."

"That's not necessarily the case." Pan Yue said, "Even if a small polyester plant is developed, it may not be able to find business immediately. What benefits will it have for our company?"

"The domestic polyester market is still in short supply. How can there be no market for small polyester plants?" Gao Fan asked.

"Where is the market?" Pan Yue stretched out a palm, as if asking for something, and said to Gao Fan.

This sentence stopped Gao Fan from asking.

Gao Fan knows that the domestic polyester market is in short supply.However, the investment of a domestic small-scale polyester plant may be more than 1000 million yuan, which is not something that any unit or city can afford.

In Gao Fan's memory, it was in the 90s that large-scale small-scale polyester plants were launched in China, and the main investors were township enterprises.But at present, township enterprises are still in their infancy, and those who can invest 1000 million yuan are rare, and those who happen to be willing to invest in polyester are rare.

At this time, it is really difficult for Gao Fan to take out a few orders from his pocket and hand them over to Pan Yue.

However, if we do not engage in research and development now, the country will have to purchase sets from abroad at high prices. This is also a pity, and it feels very useless to be cheated by others.

"Mr. Pan, let me ask you two questions. First, how much capital do you need to fully design a 5000-ton small polyester plant?" Gao Fan asked.

(End of this chapter)