Chapter 406 Money is not everything
"Haha, this is exactly what I am good at."

Wang Deming originally wanted to provide financial support to domestic science and technology, but he lacked good channels and precedents.

It is not yet the 8s or 90s, and there is no precedent in China for foreign financial donations.

I remember hearing that Mr. Bao was going to donate 1000 million US dollars to build a five-star hotel in Beijing, using his father's name. It took more than two years, and he studied it over and over again, before finally reporting it to his superiors.

The construction started only after the leader gave the approval.

Including Mr. Shao, Mr. Huo, and even Li Bancheng's donations to education, such as the Yip Fu Building, Shantou University, etc., it was only after setting precedents that they gradually began to expand in the country.

It seems that it is more common for wealthy people to donate to higher education, but not many seem to donate to the Hope Project.

Don't know why.

Wang Deming added: "If the leader can really solve the problem of accepting donations in China, I can attract technical research funds for many scientific research institutes in Hong Kong."

"Really!" Director Zhan's eyes widened. "This is not a small amount, and it won't happen overnight. It will take a long time to donate."

"Hey, I can't say anything else, but when it comes to durability, I'm really confident." Wang Deming originally wanted to make a joke, but then he thought better of it.

I don't think it's acceptable in this era.

"That would be great!"

After getting Wang Deming's promise, Director Zhan finally regained his confidence and took Wang Deming back to the information room to start studying the oil refining project together.

These oil refining projects are not the cooperation of a single country, but rather the work of the United States, Japan and Federal Germany, led by the Americans.

So the difficulty lies here. We need to negotiate with the supply partners in these three countries in order to move the project forward smoothly.

Since Mr. Neely of the United States visited China in 72, China and the United States have set up offices in each other's country, which is equivalent to the consulates in the future, so as to give each other a heads-up in advance if there is anything to be done.

After Wang Deming communicated with Director Zhan and others, he thought that they must first negotiate with the most difficult party, that is, the Americans, and then defeat them one by one. If the Americans do not agree, it will be useless whether it is the Japanese or the Federal Republic of Germany.

In fact, Chief Fang had contacted the director of the US liaison office more than once before, but unfortunately the other party insisted on following the contract.

The leaders were all busy with other things, and even though Chief Fang reported the matter several times, there was no response.

After hearing Director Zhan's report that Wang Deming wanted to visit the director of the American Liaison Office, Chief Fang couldn't help but frown and asked directly: "Old Zhan, we went to find that immortal several times, but there was no effect at all."

"Where does Wang Deming get his confidence from?"

"If nothing else, his rank is not high enough. If I go to meet him, he might agree, if it's Wang Deming."

Chief Fang shook his head and thought: "I guess the leaders above won't agree either."

"It's difficult."

After not seeing each other for a few days, Chief Fang was still tired, but Director Zhan seemed to be in better spirits. He took Wang Deming to the Beijing Petroleum Refining and Chemical Plant which was under construction to meet the foreigners and found that Wang Deming was indeed very capable.

After a while, the foreigners became obedient and started to talk openly about the technical details that they had previously concealed.

This makes the work of the Chinese technical staff much easier.

Although these technical issues are included in the contract, if you don't ask, others won't tell you, or if you ask, others will only tell you half of the answer. The gap in technical absorption is too big.

I believe that if I take Wang Deming to visit a few more oil refineries, the technology of the million-ton oil refinery built by our country in Jinling will also have a great breakthrough. It is possible that the date of its commissioning and completion will not be later than that of the large oil refinery imported from abroad.

This is the real meaning of technology introduction.
Director Zhan said unwillingly: "Lao Fang, I really didn't exaggerate."

"Comrade Wang Deming's ability is more powerful than what he says!"

He generously gave a thumbs up, "In just two days, the foreigners at the oil refinery in Beijing have provided a lot of key technologies."

"I believe that if he meets that undead American, it will definitely help our project progress further."

"What's more, he also said that he could help solve the problem of borrowing money and domestic research funding."

"Once these two problems are solved, we hope that all these projects will be implemented within two years. The 3-5 years planned before will be about the same at best."

Chief Fang smiled bitterly and waved his hands, "Okay, I'll go and report again even if I have to endure the scolding from my superiors."

Director Zhan slapped his thigh and said, "Well, that's right. We are also doing this for work. The leaders all know it."

"hope"

At this time, Wang Deming had already arrived at a seaside in Tianjin.

After getting off the train at Tianjin Station, he waited for the 212 jeep that came to pick him up, and then drove for almost an hour before arriving at a seaport.

A wide breakwater has been built on this beach, with a deep-water dock in the middle. A huge cargo ship is docked at the dock. It is a 2-ton ocean-going cargo ship built independently in China.

There are high mountains on both sides of the harbor, surrounding this excellent deep-water port and serving as a shelter from the wind.

Looking down from a high place, the construction site, which covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, is full of machines and workers, who are working tirelessly like ants.

There are already several refining reactors about 2 to 30 meters high erected on the construction site. The reactors are connected by pipes of varying thicknesses. The thickest one has a diameter of more than 1 meter, and the thinnest one has a diameter of at least 30 centimeters.

Wang Deming was not the only one who came to Tianjin this time. Li Dongdong from the office was also here. He was also standing on the mountainside looking down at the project site.

And from time to time he introduced to Wang Deming: "Deputy Director Wang, the progress of the project in Tianjin is slightly faster than that in Beijing. The current problem is that the Japanese engineers who came to China said that the reactor we provided was not up to standard."

"It doesn't meet their needs. If we can't manufacture it domestically, it's best to purchase it from Japan. This will ensure that the reactor erosion is low in the future refining process."

"It ensures that the refining process is not interrupted all year round and does not cause problems such as toxic gas leakage."

The job title is called position. Wang Deming's current position is deputy director of the team office. In fact, he was in a technical position before. Before going to Hong Kong, he was already an associate chief physician at the deputy department level.

Deputy Director Wang Deming is at the deputy department level. Although not as good as the county-level cadres who are often reported to be full department level cadres in their early 30s in the country, it is still pretty good.

After all, cadres of this era dare not take excessive actions after multiple rounds of education.

But a few years later in the 80s, this was not necessarily the case.
Wang Deming smiled silently, "It's the Japanese trick."

"They sign the contract first, and then charge more than the contract amount through vague terms in the contract or after-sales problems."

"Let's go, we'll meet them today."

(End of this chapter)