Chapter 503 Mianjun (Part 2)
In the homes of the ancients, there was usually a memorial tablet called "Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Parents and Teachers". The Heaven, Earth, Monarchs, Parents and Teachers are the objects of Chinese folk sacrifices. In the old days, the folks often set up tablets or banners for the emperor, relatives and teachers for one day to enshrine in the middle hall. It is a synthesis of folk sacrifices such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestors, and saints in ancient times. Sacrificing to heaven and earth originated from the worship of nature. In ancient China, heaven was the supreme god and ruled over everything. Sacrificing to the king originated from the concept of divine right of the king. Since the king was the symbol of the country in feudal society, offering sacrifices to the king also meant praying for the peace of the country and the people. Worshiping relatives is also worshiping ancestors, which developed from primitive ancestor worship. Priests are sacrificing saints, originating from the tradition of sacrificing sages, specifically referring to Confucius as a model for all generations, and also generally referring to the Confucian tradition initiated by Confucius.
There is also such a memorial tablet in the chairman’s room, but it is not shared and enshrined. There is no emperor now, but there is still such a king. In the old society, those old masters would definitely talk about loyalty to the king, but how to do it is another matter. Thinking about it, Li Cong is obviously not very loyal to the emperor. Otherwise, the room would not have been silent for five minutes. The chairman is also a person who has seen the world, and knows that the current energy group is definitely not an ordinary company. Li Cong's own methods are useless at all. The reason why Li Cong returned to China was for other reasons. What the old man of the Li family said was just an excuse. In the future, the Chinese government cannot use its rights to demand that energy groups should do what they should or should not do. What have you done? The establishment of the Ministry of Natural Gas Production in the United States is to give the government a blow. If the chairman can't even understand this, he might have been kicked out of office long ago.
"The government plans to increase the pace of western development this year. Is there anything your group wants to do in the west?" Seeing Li Cong's appearance as an old monk, the chairman's heart is not in one place, and he knows You are angry, but who is this to throw face at? The first thing a head of state should consider is the country. The position of the king on the sign is also in front of the relatives. Besides, he is not related to you. Could it be that so many people’s objections are not enough? Don't take it to heart, just looking after you?
Western Development? Li Cong's brain seems to be a little short-circuited. Isn't this something that happened a few years ago? The government hasn't raised this issue much in recent years. Why did he talk to himself again at this time? There is a joke about the problem in the west. It turns out that China and Central Asian countries have laid various oil and gas pipelines. Ten years ago, they were going to import from there to China, but now they have become energy groups. These pipelines were used for export. Originally, the energy group wanted to buy out these pipelines at one time, but the government only agreed to lease them out for economic benefits, and did not agree to sell them. Since the chairman proposed such a motion, he had to take advantage of it.
In fact, what the energy group mainly needs is the main line of the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, and Tektronix’s plan has not given the green light to China. Back then, the Tarim Basin was the largest natural gas base in the country, but now it is only 30% of the original output, which is no longer It has mining value, and the government is preparing to close the Tarim Oilfield. It’s just that the West-East Gas Pipeline, a huge project costing hundreds of billions of yuan, can’t be shut down. Otherwise, the questions from the representatives at the National People’s Congress are not so easy to fool. Yes, after all, the propaganda about the West-East Gas Pipeline Project was a bit too big.
"Chairman, the energy group only has one grain base in the northwest region." The chairman was not happy to hear Li Cong's statement. What is "just", is that a small thing? Of course not, with an annual output of 300 million tons of wheat, the largest grain production base in the world, and a railway network extending in all directions, it is such a base that has caused many farmers at home and abroad to abandon their farm tools and enter the city. Seeing the chairman frowned, Li Cong knew that he was a bit overbearing, and then said respectfully, "The group has plans to set up a natural gas production base in the west, but Xinjiang is not very suitable. Gansu has set up a large-scale natural gas base, which can reach an annual output of 400 billion cubic meters.
It's just that there are still some difficulties, and I haven't made up my mind yet. "Li Cong looked at the chairman with some embarrassment. This difficulty will be gone as long as you nod your head.
The chairman is also an old man, how could he not know what Li Cong wanted? It was nothing more than that pipeline, but that pipeline was more than 1,000 kilometers from Gansu to Tarim, and the government spent more than 100 billion You can't ask you to take it for nothing. It would be great if the energy group would also buy the eastern line of the West-East Gas Pipeline. The chairman just thought about it for himself. Li Cong bought such a waste section What are the pipes for? The government does not allow them to operate natural gas retailers.
Now energy groups sell 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Russia every year through the West-East Gas Pipeline, 10 billion cubic meters to Central Asian countries, and 10 billion cubic meters to Eastern Europe. This is mainly because these countries still have In the production of natural gas, once the production is stopped, the export volume of the energy group will increase several times. At that time, if the pipeline in Russia is purchased, it will be able to reach the hinterland of Europe. At that time, it will be the ultimate goal of the energy group, regardless of Europe. No matter who is in power, energy issues are the top priority. You can't let the people give up less polluting natural gas and use coal gas instead.
"Of course there will be difficulties. How can a person's life be smooth sailing? I have an idea to share with you first. Now the West-East Gas Pipeline Project has basically stopped, and the government lacks funds for the development of the West. I think This gas pipeline is all new and has not been used for a few years, don’t you need it for your energy group?” Finally got to the point, most of what I said today is conceptual in nature, and only this is the substantive issue .
The current energy group is using this pipeline, but it has to pay an annual usage fee of 6 billion yuan, which is not enough for the maintenance cost of the pipeline, and when it can be used and when it cannot be used is still up to others. It was very inconvenient for both parties. At first Li Cong thought that the government would not sell such a big project, but now that the chairman had this intention, he couldn't refuse it anymore.
"Chairman, to be honest, our energy group really needs this pipeline. I asked some government officials. The section from Gansu to Tarim is a total of more than 1,300 axioms. The original cost was 1,395. 100 million yuan, I don’t count the depreciation expenses, I can buy it directly at the original price, I don’t know what you mean?” This proposal seems to be a disadvantage for Li Cong, but in fact, what’s so good about depreciating this thing is that it will be used for decades I can't see anything. The maintenance costs in the past few years have been quite a lot. It's just that the government's losses can't be made to listen to the energy group. Energy group, who would buy such a big waste.
The chairman glanced at Li Cong meaningfully. He is a dignified head of a country who looks like a businessman. Trillions in tax revenue, but only I understand that it is all looking glamorous, but in fact the money is still too much, the government still has no money, Russia relies on selling castles and so on, although China is not at that level, However, selling such a project is indeed reaching the limit of lack of money. There are places asking for money everywhere, and the tax for the money is so little. It is difficult.
"Hehe, that's just a saying. I didn't expect you to understand it so thoroughly. It seems that you have been paying attention to this pipeline for a long time. It won't be clear in a while. The price is easy to negotiate. The point I want to talk about is Tarima. Several groups of the hundreds of thousands of oil workers around here have come to Beijing to petition recently." The chairman stopped talking after he finished speaking, the meaning is obvious, your proposal is not impossible, as long as you can get these hundreds of thousands of oil workers Once it's arranged, everything can be done.
When Li Cong heard this, he lost his temper. It's not that he didn't want to arrange these oil workers, but these people were used to being uncles in the oil field before. Would they be willing to pay three thousand yuan a month? Anyway, I will not restore the previous high salary of the energy group. Besides, the current oil fields are full of temporary workers doing tiring work, and the hundreds of thousands of them are regular employees. They usually drink tea and chat in the office. It's really not enough to rely on them for serious business, and they have to petition at every turn, and if they want to eat them, it's like swallowing a fly.
There are also tens of thousands of oil workers among the employees of the energy group. Only a small number of them can be said to have performed in the past. Most of them are the kind of people who are incompetent and arrogant. In the past, the oil field was managed by the government, but now the energy group is managed by the enterprise. There are many contradictions between the two.
The chairman also knows these things, but he really can't arrange them. Their fathers were all members of the Xinjiang Construction Corps back then. Don't talk about yourself, even some old cadres in the capital for the elderly are also very concerned about their lives, and the tongues left by their own bad arrangements are getting worse.
Both sides were in a dilemma. The chairman saw that it was time to eat, so he took Li Cong to eat at a small restaurant in Zhongnanhai. At first, Li Cong didn't think much of it. I understand what the chairman means. This is for others to see. Although there are no reporters here to take pictures, Zhongnanhai is always a place that everyone pays attention to. The fact that Li Cong had dinner with the chairman within half an hour was full of people in Beijing. You will know, and then everyone will know that the energy group has reconciled with the government.
Generally speaking, there are advantages and disadvantages. With such a gesture, Li Cong’s policies cannot be implemented. After all, after you have dinner with the chairman, you will raise prices in China. Such a thing is not easy to do. There are also advantages, that is, the announcement that the energy group has reconciled with the government. Officials inside the government are in constant fear of offending the energy group. If they have a good relationship with the energy group, they feel that their spring is coming again.
The chairman at the dinner table also saw Li Cong's unhappiness. After all, it would be unhappy for anyone to be calculated by others, even if you are the head of a country.
"Hehe, Hong Kong is about to have a general election. How about He Chenghui? You are a businessman, and you won't have these factional issues within the government. It doesn't matter if I ask you so casually, or you say so casually." "If someone else said this, they might really not take it seriously, and it would be nothing more than gossip at the dinner table, but who are the two people at the table now, one is the head of a world power, and the other is the president of the largest group. "Gossip" is a bit confusing.
Li Cong's thinking can't keep up with the chairman. Can a great man's brain be that of an ordinary person, especially the leader of the 1.3 billion people? He quickly found a place for Li Cong to fill. He Chenghui is the current Hong Kong Department of Justice Long, originally his backer was Stanley Ho. The Ho family is not bad in Macau, but it is not enough in Hong Kong, but behind the Ho family is the energy group. The chairman said this is to sell Li Cong's face. Anyway, how does the chief executive do things? It still depends on Beijing. If Li Cong wants to further increase Hong Kong's position in the energy group structure, another good government support is indispensable. If the chief executive is his own, it will save a lot of effort.
Speaking of this, He Chenghui's ability is beyond doubt. Of course, there are family reasons for taking this position at the age of 50. Who calls his cousin Stanley Ho? But it is also inseparable from his own ability. If this guy knows I don't know how happy I will be when my name is spit out from the mouth of a head of state.
"Chairman, I don't know this person very well. I think the opinion of the central government shall prevail." It is not easy for Li Cong to say anything about this kind of matter. After all, the chairman's every move is watched by others. I have written it down. In the future, if this guy does a good job, it is the chairman who knows people with his eyes. The credit is not yours, and the fault is yours.
There are some things that need not be said very clearly. Li Cong is not the chairman's subordinate and there is no need to force Li Cong to accept the chairman's feelings. Thousands of workers have no complaints anymore. Anyway, the energy group implements a three-month elimination system. Those who do not meet the requirements should leave after three months. At worst, it will be fine to support these hundreds of thousands of people for three months. , That can cost a few dollars, but this amount of money can buy a Hong Kong chief executive for himself.
(Except for the 4,000-word chapter at the beginning, it has not been over for a long time. Thank you for the motivation from the comrades who urged the update. Today’s update is 6,000 words, which is also the limit. Tomorrow, there are seven chapters that will be updated to 12,000. That's the thing...)