Chapter 137 The Meat Has Been Taken Away by Others

After coming out of the production area, Xiao Ming still told Hou Jiangtao to send Tang Zifeng and Tang Zifeng to the guest house, while he returned to the chief engineer's office. In fact, there was no need for him, the chief engineer, to discuss the 170,000 yuan renovation business in person. He could just find an equipment section chief or something to accompany Tang Zifeng and the others. The reason why Xiao Ming took action personally was because of Qin Zhongnian's face. After all, he was Lao Qin's colleague, and it would be inappropriate for him to be too negligent.

Hou Jiangtao sent Tang Zifeng and the others back to the guest house and left. Listening to his footsteps disappearing at the end of the corridor, Han Weichang closed the door and asked Tang Zifeng, "Assistant Tang, what is going on?"

"I'm thinking, there must be something fishy in this!" Tang Zifeng said, imitating the tone of a character in later TV series.

"Could it be that Institute 17 wants to use these crappy machine tools to test us?" Han Weichang guessed that a machine tool that sells for less than 10,000 yuan can indeed be considered a crappy machine tool for Linyi Machinery. Don’t you see, the heavy boring machine Qin Zhongnian and the others are designing is priced at more than 10 million. If 17 needs to refurbish this level of machine tools, it would not be an exaggeration to quote 1 million for the refurbishment cost of each machine.

Tang Zifeng shook his head: "It's not like that. Judging from Lao Xiao's performance yesterday, he never planned to give us 5 million in business from the beginning. I actually thought wrong. The poorest in the country now are military enterprises. 500 Ten thousand is not a small amount to them, and they cannot be so casual."

"Who said there was a 5 million machine tool renovation budget in 2017?" Han Weichang asked.

"Well..." Tang Zifeng rarely blushed. It was really embarrassing to be deceived by a girl. He was really embarrassed to say it in front of Han Weichang.

"This is considered a rumor. Although it is not confirmed, it has its source and has a certain degree of credibility." Tang Zifeng said vaguely.

"Oh, I understand." Han Weichang said as if he suddenly understood. Zhou Heng was sent from the ministry. Perhaps such information was obtained through the ministry's channels. This was not something he, the deputy chief of the small technology department, was qualified to inquire about. He said: "So, how come there are only these hundreds of thousands of businesses left now?"

"I need to make a call." Tang Zifeng said.

Room 17 assigned them both single rooms. When he heard that Tang Zifeng wanted to make a call, Han Weichang wisely left Tang Zifeng's room and went back to his own room. Tang Zifeng closed the door, took out a mobile phone from his pocket, and dialed the number in Beijing.

After Lin Yiji's financial situation improved slightly, Zhou Heng asked the factory office to equip some important personnel with mobile phones, and Tang Zifeng was one of them. The employees in the factory have seen the efforts of the factory leaders and the improvement of the factory, so they can accept the fact that the factory leaders provide mobile phones. As long as the factory leaders are busy working for the revitalization of the factory, it is reasonable to have a mobile phone.

"Hey, is Xiao Wenjun from the one-word class here? Please ask her to answer the phone."

The call was connected and Tang Zifeng said to the other party. The phone number he dialed was left to him by Xiao Wenjun before he left Linhe. It was the number of the Tsinghua Mechanical Department Laboratory. Xiao Wenjun said that she often stays in the laboratory when there is no class.

The other party responded and called for someone to go. After a while, a familiar voice came from the phone: "Hello, I'm Xiao Wenjun, who is this?"

"I am Tang Zifeng." Tang Zifeng said.

"Hello, senior brother." The other party responded politely. There must be teachers, classmates and others around, so Xiao Wenjun would not be in trouble with him.

"I'm in Wulang now."

"What? Did you go to No. 17?"

"Yes, half an hour ago I was chatting and laughing with Lao Xiao."

"Hehe, is Lao Xiao awesome?"

"He's not great. He's a very kind little old man."

"Are you sure you didn't find the wrong person?"

"Probably not..."

"You called me just to tell me this?"

"The main thing is to tell you this. Of course, I also have a small question I want to ask you."

"What little problem?"

"Lao Xiao asked us to help refurbish a total of 86 machine tools, all of which were ordinary domestic machine tools from the 1960s and 1970s. We have just calculated that based on the refurbishment cost of 2,000 yuan for each machine tool, the total amount of this business is 172,000. By the way, to show my respect for Lao Xiao, I erased the fraction of 2,000 yuan."

"What?"

Xiao Wenjun immediately understood what Tang Zifeng meant. Even though Tang Zifeng spoke calmly, how could she not know that the other party was here to investigate. Before leaving Linhe, she told Tang Zifeng confidently that the 17th Institute had prepared 5 million yuan for the renovation of machine tools. However, when Tang Zifeng rushed to Wulang in excitement, he got a business of only 170,000 yuan. Can people not seek an explanation from her?

"Have you seen the 86 machine tools you mentioned?"

"I saw it."

"Do you remember which workshop it is?"

"It's Workshop 107."

"So, didn't my father take you to those workshops that start with the word "2"?"

"No. I've never heard of any workshops that start with the word "2"."

"I understand. Senior brother, I will give you an answer after I understand this matter."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Wenjun thought for a moment, took out a 300 card, and started calling Xiao Ming.

Xiao Wenjun heard what his father said about No. 17's plan to spend 5 million yuan to renovate machine tools. This is definitely true. But after all, Xiao Wenjun is only a college student, not an employee of Institute 17, so his understanding of the situation is not comprehensive.

While in Linhe, Xiao Wenjun called her father out of apology to Tang Zifeng and said that she was working as a training teacher at Linyiji and met Qin Zhongnian. She heard that Linyiji's business conditions were not very good. , so I wanted to introduce the machine tool refurbishment business of the 17th Institute to Linyiji, and asked my father if he agreed.

Xiao Ming didn't think too much about her daughter's request. He said that the institute is indeed looking for local companies to help refurbish some machine tools. If Lin Yiji is interested, he can send someone over to talk. Under equal conditions, he can make the decision and leave the business to Linyiji.

Perhaps it was because long-distance phone calls were too expensive that the father and daughter could not communicate in depth, or perhaps because there was something hidden about Xiao Wenjun’s introduction to the business, and she was inconvenient to tell her father too much. In this round of communication between the two parties, a misunderstanding actually occurred.

According to Xiao Wenjun's idea, 17 Research Institute plans to spend 5 million to renovate the machine tools, and Linyi Machinery will undertake it. Of course, it is for this 5 million, no need to say more.

But on Xiao Ming's side, he didn't know that his daughter was worried about the 5 million business. The equipment department asked local enterprises for help, just for the refurbishment of these 86 ordinary machine tools. Xiao Ming was thinking about this small business. When he received a call from his daughter, of course he readily agreed. After all, it’s just a matter of hundreds of thousands of dollars, so who can we do it for?

If Xiao Ming knew that what Xiao Wenjun was talking about was the 5 million business, there would be no way he would agree to his daughter. 5 million is a large sum of money for 17 institutions. Who should be entrusted with it needs to be discussed at the administrative office meeting of the institution, and even one discussion is not enough. How could he agree to such a big thing just because of a phone call from his daughter?

Later, Qin Zhongnian called him, and he also thought that Qin Zhongnian was asking about the refurbishment business of these ordinary machine tools. So when he heard that the person Lin Yiji sent to contact the business was actually a capable assistant to the factory director, he was a little surprised. Is a business of more than 100,000 yuan so grand?

If Xiao Wenjun calls Xiao Ming at this time, of course he will not tell the truth about Tang Zifeng's words. She just claimed that Linyiji called her and thanked her for introducing the business, and then pretended to ask about the details of the business unintentionally. Xiao Ming was not wary of his daughter, thinking that her daughter only cared about his work, so he told her some non-confidential matters.

After making the call, Xiao Wenjun had a wry smile on his face. After making trouble for a long time, he really made an mistake.

"So that's it."

After receiving another call from Xiao Wenjun, Tang Zifeng's eyes flashed and he fell into deep thought.

"Assistant Tang, what did you learn about the situation?" Han Weichang asked after hearing the news.

Tang Zifeng said: "I have learned that the 17th Institute has indeed applied for a special fund of 5 million for equipment renovation from the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense for the renovation of old machine tools. The focus of this work is to A batch of machine tools that were imported in the early years will undergo CNC transformation. As for the part we are asked to do, it is only a fraction of this work."

"But why didn't Mr. Xiao mention the CNC transformation to us?" Han Weichang asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "Because this business has been taken over by another unit, this unit has not yet determined the final price, but 17 institutes are expected to invest 4 million to 4.5 million."

"After a long time of commotion, the meat has been taken away by others, leaving only a mouthful of soup for us. If we had known this, we wouldn't have even served this mouthful of soup, and we would have just thrown the bowl back." Han Weichang said grumblingly.

Tang Zifeng had previously asked him to quote the lowest standard. His understanding was that Tang Zifeng might want to use this method to stabilize the other party in order to obtain subsequent business. But now it seems that they have found the manufacturer a long time ago, and no matter how diligent I am, it is in vain. In this case, this 170,000 yuan business has no value.

Tang Zifeng smiled and said: "Old Han, look at your bad temper. Business is not that easy to do. If we can get big business with just a quick trip, why should the factory promise such a high commission?"

Han Weichang said: "Hey, Assistant Tang is right. But now that the manufacturer has been determined, what's the use of us staying here?"

Tang Zifeng said: "You just said that the meat has been taken away by others, which is true. But another news I heard is that although the meat has been taken away by others, it has not been eaten so far. go."

Han Weichang was stunned: "Why?"

"Maybe the meat is a bit hot to the mouth." Tang Zifeng said, "Old Han, as long as the other party hasn't eaten the meat, we still have a chance, what do you think?"