"How much?"
The next second, the leader of the Ministry of Petroleum, Meng Pingfan, who was sitting there, asked with disbelief in his tone.
For Wei Qingshan and Zhou Jinlie, they still have a basic concept of Wang Ye's foreign exchange earnings this time. After all, Wang Ye briefly described it in his previous report, but the leader of the Ministry of Petroleum, Meng Pingfan, did not know ah!
"Nine hundred million, I heard it clearly!"
Without waiting for Wang Ye to repeat, the leader Su Mingyuan who was sitting there spoke quickly with his eyes shining, and he spoke clearly, and there was absolutely no difficulty in hearing. This time, the old man Wei Qingshan did not tease him about being in charge of money.
"Has it been posted? Ah? Has it been posted?"
"Old Wei? Old Zhou? Old Su? Why didn't you react at all?"
"Applause! Are you scared to death? Hahahahaha!"
Following the voice of leader Su Mingyuan, leader Meng Pingfan of the Ministry of Petroleum who was sitting there suddenly became excited. It seemed that he could already imagine that if all these foreign exchanges were used to purchase various petroleum-related equipment, China's petroleum industry would suddenly collapse. level, it can soar forward for at least twenty years!
Although this is impossible, it does not prevent him from thinking about this exciting and spectacular scene!
"Yes! Applause!"
"Hahahahaha!"
At that moment, the leader of the Ministry of Finance, Su Mingyuan, also reacted. Under the leadership of the leader of the Ministry of Petroleum, Meng Pingfan, thunderous and warm applause erupted in the entire conference room. Wang Ye's face may have been because he had just entered the warm room from the cold, He looked red and had nothing but a silly smile on his face.
When the applause finally died down, the person who clapped the loudest was none other than the leader of the Ministry of Finance, Su Mingyuan. He looked sighing with emotion, blinked hard, and breathed a sigh of relief with reddish eyes, as if his shoulders were filled with tears. His burden was a little lighter, he looked at Wang Ye and said:
"In 1980, we just adjusted our direction and wanted to develop the economy, but we didn't have any money. It was those brother countries who loaned us money and loans, and we finally took the first step with difficulty."
"I remember clearly that at the end of that year, our foreign exchange balance was arrears of 1.296 billion."
"In 1981, everyone was very anxious. Foreign exchange creation activities were launched vigorously across the country. There may have been some unreasonable assignments, but at the end of the year, we had money in our accounts, with a balance of 2.7 billion at the end of the year. .”
"And this year, by the end of October, we still have a total of 5.8 billion in foreign exchange on our account!"
"Wang Ye! Well done! Well done! You go out for such a trip, which is comparable to the hard work of countless units in our country for two months, not to mention that most of our foreign exchange is currently in oil and minerals. exit."
"The costs and profits are simply incomparable to these orders of yours!"
"In the past few years, everyone has said that I, Old Su, belong to the zodiac sign of Pixiu. I can only get in but not get out. I am an iron rooster who never pulls out a dime. Every unit has a reason to use foreign exchange. Don't I know how to spend this money? But where can I do that? What a dollar!”
Accompanied by the voice of the leader of the Ministry of Finance Su Mingyuan, everyone at the scene had a sighing expression on their faces. Even the old man Wei Qingshan was full of emotion. Even though he was dissatisfied with the reduction of military expenditures, it was also an internal financial problem. In foreign exchange This area has been so difficult in the past few years!
"Especially you, Lao Meng! You have been a big consumer of foreign exchange in the past two years!"
"Some time ago, I was so worried that I couldn't sleep. If you insist on making a decision on Mitsui Group's oil equipment, we will have to spend a lot of money on the little wealth we have managed to save in the past two years!"
"I didn't expect that this good news would come so quickly. Not to mention the business success in Saudi Arabia, there is still such a big income at the end of the year!"
"Now I, Old Su, can spend the New Year comfortably!"
"Even if you don't mention Wang Ye's subtlety that promoted your cooperation with Saudi Arabia, just talking about the foreign exchange, you all have to thank him!"
Finally, Su Mingyuan, the leader of the Ministry of Finance, brushed aside the previous decline and emotion, and couldn't help laughing again.
In fact, what this leader said is also true. Petroleum is the basis of industry. As the country determines that economic development is the main direction, the improvement of the petroleum industry is naturally the most urgent issue. Only the development of the petroleum industry, related Only downstream industries can prosper. Not to mention distant places, the petroleum industry is not good enough, even the production of chemical fibers is a problem. Indeed, Liangdu has become a high-end clothing among the people!
Not to mention, for the current China, eating is still the top priority, and the fundamental issue of eating is food. But if you want to increase food production, in addition to the impact of seeds, labor, agricultural machinery, and water conservancy, the most important thing is pesticides and Chemical fertilizers, but in today's era, the production of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, such as urea, has an important relationship with the petrochemical industry.
"Hahaha, that's right! That's right! We should thank Wang Ye properly!"
"Wang Ye, if your Red Star Alliance gets involved in anything related to the petrochemical industry in the future, if you have any questions, please call me directly!"
"Come on, do you know how to smoke? Have one!"
Leader Meng Pingfan of the Ministry of Petroleum looked really happy, and he opened such a big hole for Wang Ye with a wave of his hand. In the end, he even took out the cigarettes in his pocket, took out one himself, and threw half a pack towards Wang Ye. Ye pushed in the direction.
"Since the leader said so, I won't be polite!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of laughter, especially the old man Zhou Jinlie who said with a cigarette between his fingers:
"Lao Meng, what you said is that Wang Ye is really not polite!"
"Just wait! We're in big trouble! Hahaha!"
At the same time, Wang Ye quickly stood up, leaned over with a smile, and lit a cigarette for leader Meng Pingfan. However, leader Meng Pingfan disagreed with Zhou Jinlie's statement and said with a smile while smoking a cigarette:
"Trouble? How much trouble can it be? Is there any trouble in buying equipment without foreign exchange?"
"As long as there is no such trouble, it is not a trouble!"
Hearing his decisive voice, old man Zhou Jinlie smiled and did not continue speaking, as if we would just wait and see. At the same time, the atmosphere at the scene gradually relaxed, and everyone lit cigarettes. The sky was covered with snow outside the window, and the room was filled with smoke. , everyone started chatting.
"By the way, Wang Ye."
"Didn't your previous report say that the final transaction amount should be around 700 million?"
"Why are there so many suddenly?"
After chatting for a while, old man Zhou Jinlie suddenly said this. Regarding this question, Wang Ye said with a smile:
“Because when I was writing the report, I didn’t have statistics on the tiny orders.”
"I just counted a few relatively large businesses."
"But then I did the math, and I found that there were a lot of small orders, and these orders mainly came from the nobles and businessmen in Saudi Arabia. But then I thought about it carefully, if it was just armed guards like the powerful, it should be It’s impossible to consume so many weapons.”
"So some of these powerful people and businessmen must be agents of other countries and organizations. They obtain weapons from Saudi Arabia and then transport them to their destinations through other means. Even those who I suspect have colluded with Iran do not Few, I just don’t know how they prepare to transport the things there, and some of them may belong to some armed organizations.”
"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that these nobles and businessmen in Saudi Arabia are very business-savvy and are ready to resell these weapons."
"I guess the arms black market will be bustling soon!"
After hearing Wang Ye's explanation, everyone present suddenly realized. However, everyone basically didn't care about where these weapons would go. At this stage, it was enough to directly earn foreign exchange, and nothing else mattered.
Then Meng Pingfan, the leader of the Ministry of Petroleum, put down the teapot in his hand and asked curiously with a smile:
"Wang Ye, can you tell us about your journey?"
"I heard from Xiao Chen and others that it's quite exciting!"
Hearing what Leader Meng Pingfan said, several leaders present nodded their heads immediately, even Zhou Jinlie and Wei Qingshan were no exception, because although Wang Ye had submitted a report before, the description above was rather vague, so how could he tell it personally? So lively and interesting?
"Except for keeping it secret, it doesn't matter."
Noticing the expression Wang Ye looked at him, old man Wei Qingshan said with a smile.
Then under the gaze of everyone, Wang Ye took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, then coughed lightly before starting to talk:
"When I arrived at the airport that day, I happened to meet Director Chen and others."
Subsequently, as Wang Ye narrated, the expressions of everyone present were like riding a roller coaster, sometimes surprised, sometimes laughing, sometimes worried, sometimes excited, sometimes amazed and sometimes enlightened.
Finally, when they heard Sattler's "Three Kingdoms Melee" idea and plan, everyone was stunned!
"I never expected that we would be so valued in this way by a country that is thousands of miles away, in the middle of four wars, and has not even established formal diplomatic relations!"
Finally, old man Zhou Jinlie couldn't help but said with emotion, while old man Su Mingyuan next to him frowned and said:
"But I have to say that his thoughts and ideas are actually correct."
“This is indeed a check and balance!”
"So I think that next we should work hard to promote the establishment of relevant diplomacy with Saudi Arabia. After all, we didn't know in the past that this country is so rich and has such amazing spending power!"
Hearing this, old man Wei Qingshan couldn't bear it anymore and complained with a smile:
"I said, Lao Su, you never talk about money!"
"When it comes to diplomacy, let's talk about diplomacy. Can it all be related to whether you have money?"
In response, leader Su Mingyuan said angrily:
"Of course, and I'm in charge of money. What's wrong with talking about money?"
Of course, Old Wei Qingshan was also teasing. He smiled and did not answer the leader Su Mingyuan's words. Instead, he sighed and said:
"But this prince overestimates us!"
"How can we now have the strength and capital to set foot in desert areas?"
"Are we just relying on the soldiers? Besides, the next step is to focus on economic construction. How can we take care of them thousands of kilometers away? Their plan may fail!"
"I just hope that in the end they will not be disappointed by this and it will affect our future cooperation, especially the deal with your consortium."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Wei Qingshan finished speaking, Wang Ye shook his head and said:
"Chief, I don't agree with your statement!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes suddenly changed slightly when they looked at Wang Ye, and old man Wei Qingshan asked with great interest:
"Why? Tell me and let everyone listen."
"See if it makes sense?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Ye thought for a moment, organized his words, and then said:
"When I met with Commander Song before, I said similar things when you two went to the joint venture."
"Although we are poor, we are not weak. We do need development, but at some point, we should not belittle ourselves. This will greatly affect our interests in the world."
"To give a simple example, how many countries in the world can launch rockets and satellites, and how many countries have nuclear weapons?"
"Actually, there are only a few, and we are one of them. This is our hard power."
"To put it in more popular terms, if there is a man in a village who is very poor, but he is tall and strong, and the most important thing is that he is very good at fighting, would everyone give him three points? face?"
"Of course, this example is not an appropriate metaphor, but the fact is that when a strong man stands there, his very existence is a deterrent. In my opinion, there is no doubt about this! Even if this strong man is a Good people don’t like fighting at all!”
"Just like this time, Sattler's plan was like this. I cooperated with him. We pretended to be powerful, but didn't we succeed in the end?"
"At least through this incident, we can see the big from the small, that is, the United States and the Soviet Union both 'respect' us, because they each understand one thing, that is, if we completely fall to the other side, then for this side For everyone, it will be a fatal disaster!"
"The art of politics is checks and balances, and under such circumstances, why can't we be like Saudi Arabia and play both sides?"
Having said this, among everyone's thinking expressions, a smile appeared on Wang Ye's face, he coughed lightly and continued:
"Besides, I have given Sattler an idea, an idea for us to intervene in the desert!"
"Of course, this is just an idea at the moment. Whether this idea can be turned into a plan or even an implementation plan, or how big a plan or grand plan it is, depends on the final decision of the leaders!"
After hearing this, old man Zhou Jinlie put out his cigarette butt and said:
"explain!"
Wang Ye chuckled and said:
"This plan is called the 'one-to-one scientific research assistance package plan'."
"To put it simply, we and they complement each other's strengths through cooperation and joint construction. They have money, and we have the scientific research foundation and scientific research technology. Isn't this just about getting what we need?"
"In the first stage, let me give you an example."
"Take their Riyadh University and our Red Star Vocational School as an example. They sent the first batch of 2,000 students to study abroad. We implemented military-style management and charged them a small fee for studying abroad, such as 10,000 yuan per person per year. A dollar isn’t too much, right?”
"Then we sent five hundred experts and professors in various fields to the University of Riyadh to serve as university teachers for teaching and simple scientific research activities. For the annual overseas expenses per person, it is not excessive for them to give us US$50,000 per person, right? Of course. , this is the price that covers food and housing.”
"Going back and forth, even if it's just the first stage, both of us have gained a lot!"
"We gained money, and the teachers who went there received a better experimental environment and financial support, and they obtained a group of students with outstanding academic performance and outstanding ability. At the same time, the overall level of the university has also been further improved. improve."
"Look, isn't this a win-win?"
"And more importantly, this is only the first phase of cooperation, and it is only the first step of the first phase of cooperation!"
"The key point is that we have indeed set foot in the desert, which has had a certain degree of impact on the local area, and as cooperation advances, this impact will be further expanded, and because this impact does not involve the military, neither the United States nor The Soviet Union will not react too violently."
"Leaders, do you think this is true?"
Along with Wang Ye's voice, everyone present had dumbfounded expressions, but soon after Wang Ye's words went through their minds, everyone's expressions became much more exciting!
First of all, if Saudi Arabia is interested in this plan, there is no reason to reject it!
It is indeed as Wang Ye said, a win-win plan, what reason is there not to proceed? And this is a long-term solution, it won’t be effective in one or two years, it will take at least ten or eight years!
The key is just the first step in the first phase, which can bring 55 million in foreign exchange income to the country every year. Don’t use bean bags as dry food. Although 55 million cannot be compared with Wang Ye’s results this time, In fact, it's quite a lot. How many barrels of oil do we need to sell normally, after taking into account production costs, to make so much profit in the end?
More importantly, this process also achieves another function, that is, going out and completing contact with the world!
After all, compared to the current China, it is obvious that Saudi Arabia needs to be more integrated with the world. Such a plan to kill two birds with one stone, three gains, or even more gains is simply perfect!
"Hey! Let's see! Let's not talk about it here."
"Just report this matter directly! Then call Mr. Huang from the Ministry of Education over and discuss it in detail."
"And it's getting late, let's eat first!"
Finally, the leader of the Ministry of Finance, Su Mingyuan, who was sitting there, looked very complicated. He chuckled twice and said this. This suggestion was instantly approved by everyone else in the conference room!
