The Beacon of Laiyang Metal

Chapter 14 Integrating Factory Industry Belt

Opening the door, he saw Wei Jianguo playing with his pots of flowers and plants on the balcony. The Ludong intangible cultural heritage - Ludong Drum Book was also playing on the radio in the living room. At this time, he was playing with his back to the living room and humming along with the radio. After the deputy retired, he was leisurely and contented with the behavior of veteran cadres.

Dagushu plays "Xue Family General", which tells the story of Xue Rengui's conquest of the West.

The old guard heard the movement of the living room door, raised his hand to hold the reading glasses he was wearing, looked at his son who was dressed in a dusty appearance, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Where have you gone since I haven't seen you for a few days?"

Wei Yuan suddenly laughed and turned down the volume of the radio: "You are not going out to run business. There are still so many holes in your factory waiting to be fed."

Picking up the apple on the table, he gnawed it without washing his hands and asked: Where is my mother? "

"Your grandma hasn't been feeling well these days. Your mother has gone back to her parents' house to take care of her for a few days. If you have nothing to do these days, you can go and visit," Wei Jianguo said;
  Then he complained: "It's true that your boss is not young anymore. When will he find a partner? The grandson of Lao Zhu's family next door can go to kindergarten. Your mother has been talking to me about it every day recently."

"You must not imitate others in DINK or anything like that. Our old Wei family needs a queen. Your mother and I are waiting to have a grandchild." Wei Yuan suddenly felt a headache. He had just taken over such a big blanket after graduating. , there is no time to find someone.

Seeing that his son came back this time wearing a suit and seemed to have a new hairstyle, Wei Jianguo asked again: "How is the business going this time? Have you got any orders?"

Although he has taken a back seat, the factory is, after all, his hard work accumulated over the years, and it would be a lie to say he doesn't care.

Wei Yuan said: "I was just about to talk to you about this matter. I recently negotiated a big deal. The other party is a local armed leader in Africa. It seems that he wants to carry out infrastructure construction in their country. There is a high demand for various mechanical supplies. This business is estimated to be at least several billion in size."

"How much? How many billions? Are you crazy!" Wei Jianguo was taken aback. His first thought was that the other party was a liar.

"This kind of international business with a scale of hundreds of millions has always been accessible only at the national level. When did the pie fall from the sky and fell on our own township enterprise?"

Seeing that his father didn't believe it, Wei Yuan took out his "Bank of China" online banking APP and directly showed the balance of more than 4500 million to Wei Jianguo: "In order to show sincerity, the other party transferred all the payment for the first transaction in one go. What are you always worried about~"

"I'm worried that they will deceive our factory. Tell me yourself, if we package all of our factory for 500 million, will anyone buy it?"

As the saying goes, people become better with age. Looking at the long list of numbers on his son's mobile phone balance, Wei Jianguo still felt a little unbelievable.

Then he asked Weiyuan: "Such a big business could only be done by some state-owned enterprises before. Why did they suddenly find us? What kind of products does the other party want to order?"

Seeing that his father still didn't believe it, Wei Yuan explained: "The other party is a regional armed organization and lacks legal government status internationally. We can only find some private factories for production, otherwise we will not find them. us".

“As for the required order products, they are mainly steel-making blast furnaces, lathes, machine tools, drilling machines, stamping machinery, seamless steel pipes, and other infrastructure equipment, as well as some transportation, lifting, and loading and unloading vehicle equipment. They don’t pursue the brand but only value for money, and they can pick up the goods themselves without the need for additional transportation from us.”

However, due to the limited skill level of the workers, the other party required that for their products, they must provide a complete set of product instructions and production equipment drawings in Chinese and English, including pictures, text and video descriptions. The more detailed the operating steps in the instructions, the better. It is best for the masters to provide one step at a time. The steps are broken down and explained, and the other party is not afraid of trouble.

After listening to Wei Yuan's explanation, Wei Jianguo nodded in agreement. The orders were for commonly used infrastructure equipment and there were no prohibited materials. As for the production drawings, they were not confidential. I searched a lot online and found them myself. The family does business legally and compliantly, and no one can say anything about it.

At the same time, I secretly sighed in my heart: "Good guys, African brothers also have capable people. The products required range from manufacturing equipment to mechanical engineering, mining and transportation. They are completely prepared to imitate the "Rabbit" in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China and follow the path of self-reliance and independent research and development. This It's not the same thing as what I saw in the news before, waiting for other countries to provide assistance."

Suddenly, as if he thought of something again, Wei Jianguo frowned: "Although the products you mentioned are not very technical, our family specializes in the production of accessories. We can't handle such a large order?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Isn't this pointing at you for always leaving the mountain?"

"I thought about it when I signed the contract. The entire town of our "Weigezhuang" is engaged in machinery supporting production. At present, the entire industry is not doing business. Every family is struggling to maintain production. I heard that There are also several companies that are planning to close down their factories and move on to other projects."

"We can unite these large and small factories to form a joint production association, such as truck-mounted cranes ordered by customers, Uncle Liu's hydraulic factory produces hydraulic equipment, Fatty Wang's rubber factory produces vehicle tires, and Uncle San's bearing factory We produce vehicle bearings, and our parts factory provides body parts and final vehicle assembly."

"With your connections and prestige, this president must be you." Wei Yuan flattered him a little.

"As for vehicle design, there were many designers who retired from the main factory before. Let's just set up a design department. In short, we will design whatever products customers need, as long as they are not illegal."

Wei Jianguo, who was sitting on the sofa, took a sip of tea and pondered for a moment. He felt that what his son said made sense, and there was no reason to push the business delivered to his door to others.

Besides, I drink tea, grow flowers, and listen to the radio every day at home. To outsiders, it looks very leisurely, but I feel that my bones are almost rusty. I never expected that when I get old, my son will be able to do such a good job. Just thinking about the business alone makes me excited, and I immediately feel full of energy.

Done~
  Then he turned to look at his son sitting next to him, "Did the other party say when the delivery will be, and what is the order quantity for various products?"

Wei Yuan said hurriedly: "At present, we have only reached a cooperation agreement. The specific delivery date, equipment type and quantity requirements will be sent by email in the next two days. Moreover, the other party also stated that the funds received so far are only used to order the first batch. sub-product, if there is insufficient funds later, they will transfer the money to us at any time.” Having lived for most of his life, this is the first time that Wei Jianguo has seen such a cheerful buyer, and he is also an African brother. "Don't they all say that Africa is poor? Judging from the other party's behavior, it seems that he is a big business owner from the Middle East who has no shortage of money."

Ignoring his son who said he hadn't eaten yet, Wei Jianguo slapped the table and said, "I'm going to call someone right now. We'll have a meeting in the factory conference room tonight."

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the conference room of "Wei's Machinery Processing Factory" was brightly lit, and the conference room that could accommodate more than 50 people was packed with people. The noise in the room almost knocked off the roof of the conference room. A group of elderly factory workers The leader, each holding a cigarette, was having a heated discussion. The old guard summoned everyone to have a meeting late at night. Looking at the smoke coming out of the window, those who didn’t know thought someone was lighting a fire for cooking. This group of people didn’t Feeling choked and panicked.

However, Wei Jianguo, who was at the head of the long table in the conference room, did not explain. Instead, he looked at everyone with a smile on his face and said that he would wait until everyone arrived before talking.

Another 10 minutes passed, during which several people rushed over one after another. Seeing that all the people notified on the phone had arrived, Wei Jianguo stood up and knocked on the table in front of him to signal everyone to quiet down.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, waiting for him to speak, Wei Jianguo said: "This time I brought everyone together for a meeting, mainly because there is a big business that needs to be done with everyone. Let's see if everyone wants to get involved. Let's go together. Take this big order."

Then the cooperation plan between Weiyuan and "Africa", as well as the amount of payment received, were displayed to everyone attending the meeting.

After reading the cooperation plan and the payment amount, the originally peaceful conference room became noisy again with a loud bang;
  The youngest of the factory directors here is over 50 years old. I have never seen such a large amount in an order, and the buyer is responsible for the transportation issues. They are all real money. It can be said that people like me only focus on production and delivery on schedule. It can be said that there is no risk at all.

My factory has not had much business recently. If I let this business go, I will deserve to go bankrupt.

The first person to react was a factory director surnamed Wang. The factory specializes in the production of various types of agricultural vehicle engines, such as agricultural tricycles, agricultural tractors, diesel engines, and gasoline engines. It mainly produces customized products according to customer needs.

The factory director named Wang patted the table to signal everyone to be quiet, and turned to ask Wei Jianguo, who was sitting at the head of the conference table: "What kind of equipment do they want to order? How much is the quantity? What is the cooperation charter?"

The other factory directors were also waiting expectantly for Wei Jianguo's answer;
  Wei Yuan, who was standing aside, was the first to answer, and what was initially determined was:
  200 cargo trucks with a cargo capacity of 5 tons;

200 crawler tractors;

500 agricultural cargo tricycles;

50 crawler bulldozers;
  50 crawler excavators;
  50 weighing 200-ton wheeled cranes;

A complete set of instant noodle processing equipment with an annual production capacity of 10 tons;

A complete set of canning processing plant equipment with an annual production capacity of 10 tons;

A complete set of sugar processing plant equipment with an annual production capacity of 10 tons;

Two sets of fertilizer processing equipment with an annual production capacity of 100 million tons

A complete set of 2-ton spinning factory equipment;
  A complete set of garment processing plants with an annual production capacity of 500 million sets;
  Two sets of 5000-ton water conservancy stamping machines;
  Two sets of steelmaking blast furnaces with an annual steelmaking capacity of 100 million tons;
  500 sets of mechanical lathes;
  500 sets of gun beds;
  500 sets of grinding machines;
  1000 sets of welding equipment;
  500 sets of cutting equipment;
  5 tons of 30mm high manganese steel plates;

2 7.62mm*3m seamless steel pipes;
  1000 75mm*3m seamless steel pipes;
  1000 105mm*5m seamless steel pipes;
  etc.
  The other party will add orders at any time in the future, and we need to ensure that there are no problems with productivity and delivery as scheduled;
  "In addition, because the educational level of workers in "Africa" ​​is generally low, and at the same time, in order to increase employment, the equipment does not need to be too advanced. All electronic equipment is cancelled, and automation is definitely not used where manual labor can be used. The overall technical level of the equipment is based on that of our country in the 1950s and 1960s. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of my country, we only needed to meet the design and production capacity required by the other party."

Seeing that no one had any opinions, Wei Yuan emphasized, "This time the other party is a local armed force in Africa. Due to the need for confidentiality, any text with production date and production address is not allowed to appear on all production materials and machinery, including operating manuals and instructions. , manufacturers will always use "Zhenhua Heavy Industry" and "Zhenhua Light Industry" instead based on material classification.

If a later customer discovers any of the above prohibited words while using the product, the responsible manufacturer will deduct all the balance and put it on the blacklist, and no more orders will be issued.

Although the requirements of the "African" brothers from the participants were strange, it was the uncle who paid the money. They were Party A and they had the final say. They only produced according to the orders. Why did they care so much? It was just a slight modification of the grinding tools. The quality inspection should be stricter, God knows how difficult it is to get a big order now, and it is such a high-quality customer.

No problem….The requirements of African brothers must be met! ! !
  Later, Wei Yuan said: "Considering the recent operating difficulties of various factories and insufficient cash flow, different project departments will be divided according to Party A's needs. The director of the project department will be responsible. Each participating factory in the project department can receive corresponding production As for the task, 20% of the total payment amount will be used as the initial start-up capital, and the remaining 80% will be paid after the order is delivered."

A huge order made everyone in the meeting feel dizzy, as if they had drunk too much. Who would have thought that happiness would come so suddenly, when everyone was worried about where to find orders and maintain factory turnover. " No matter what kind of warlord or armed organization the other party is, if you place an order and pay for it, you will be the god of wealth."

In the following time, the conference room turned into a "war room", where everyone brainstormed and discussed until late at night, constantly improving all aspects of the production task details.

Several experienced and prestigious local old factories, headed by Wei Jianguo, turned into production commanders. According to different order tasks, different project departments were established, assigned to corresponding factories, and production budgets were determined. Responsible for controlling and supervising the entire production process in terms of order delivery deadlines.

Early the next morning, the entire "Weigezhuang" town seemed to have come alive, reviving the hustle and bustle of the 90s. Vehicles transporting various production materials were shuttled back and forth on the streets. People who were idle at home or doing odd jobs here and there made a living. The workers were recalled to the factory again, and the various production machines in the factory also resumed their long-silent roar.

(End of this chapter)