Chapter Eighty-Fifth Supplier

  Su Cheng personally reported to Lin Yonggui: "Dahua Industrial got another $10,000 this time."

  After talking about the details, Lin Yonggui was very moved and said: "This technology is really useful. Our oil field has several factories, but none of them can get foreign exchange. The production cost is low, and even Americans don't want it..."

  Su City's hidden passage: Our state-owned oil field, where has the production cost been reduced? Workers' wages are indeed low, but they take things home, waste raw materials, and produce defective products with a careless attitude, which has already offset that little price difference. You haven't seen the truly low-cost township enterprises yet.

  Lin Yonggui unconsciously called his secretary over and had him write a few reports.

  Su Cheng suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and thought: If I were to debut as a Chinese department student, I would probably be doing something like this too.

  Farewell to Lin Yonggui, Su Cheng made a special trip to see that secretary. He saw a 30-year-old man with his brow furrowed, writing as if possessed by a spirit, and it was incredibly smooth... After a while, when he was about to finish writing, he pulled out the thin paper from bottom to top, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the trash can beside him.

  There were already over ten paper balls there.

  Su Cheng let out a sigh and quietly retreated, behind him seemingly still echoing the secretary's murmurs: The improvement of foreign trade level, the enhancement of independent innovation capability, the improvement of industrial technology level, the positivity of shareholding system reform, the success of optimizing industrial structure...... Zila...... the improvement of foreign trade level......

  The day after tomorrow is December 5th.

  The celebration ceremony of Halliburton was grand and spectacular, with not only the big shots from industries such as petroleum, machinery, metallurgy and chemical engineering, but also central leaders coming to give speeches.

  In this situation, Su Cheng could only hide in the corner and be a spectator, even with the invitation in hand.

  Looking around, the representatives of various oil fields are almost all big shots. Only a few small shots can sit in the front row, which is already considered an over-arrangement. In comparison, the leaders of factories and mines in industries such as chemicals and coal, hardly any of them can go on stage.

  Halliburton is a leader in the global oil extraction industry, and many of the equipment they produce and manufacture are still difficult to replicate domestically until the 21st century. This is not only due to patent barriers but also technical gaps.

  Su Cheng secretly regretted: If he had studied for another ten or twenty years, or if he had crossed over to become a technical staff member of companies like Halliburton, he would have been able to bow his head in submission.

  As for now, he shook his head - it's impossible to design something like a submersible pump in the way of memory.

  Behind him, someone gently clapped a palm and asked, "What are you shaking your head for?"

  Su Cheng turned around and saw Wang Ting wearing casual clothes, and couldn't help but smile with surprise: "How did you get here?"

  At that time, in the same dormitory, Wang Ting's family was the best and had not helped other classmates less. However, Su Cheng was a person who would rather die than lose face at that time, and instead made people change their ways to "serve" him. Looking back now, it is also interesting.

  Wang Ting went to the Ministry of Public Security as a secretary, and must have been pleased with his official career. He pointed at someone on stage and said: "I'm here accompanying our leader. I saw your name on the list of people attending the signing ceremony, so I took the opportunity to come find you."

  Su Cheng thought for a moment and smiled: "Our company is going to sign a contract with Halliburton, but the contract has already been drafted, it's just a formality."

  "Who doesn't go through the motions." Wang Ting said with a lost smile: "At that time, I couldn't understand why someone would specifically run to the grassroots level. Didn't expect, you've now also made a name for yourself..."

  Su Cheng hastily interrupted him and said, "You're here too."

  "This is ridiculing me, I'm here for security work, you're here for contract signing ceremony..."

  "The leader of the Public Security Department, who dares to use you to protect himself. When I came to see you, I didn't expect that you would choose such a place, could it be that you wanted to save a meal?"

  "Go, go. You've made all your money abroad and still owe me for a meal." Wang Ting paused, his tone somewhat hesitant as he asked: "Is it true what people are saying, that Dahua Enterprises has some foreign exchange in hand?"

  Su Cheng nodded affirmatively. The "Overseas Chinese policy" back then was very effective, including the power to freely dispose of foreign exchange. The first batch of foreign exchange was used to buy a factory and get treatment, but this batch of foreign exchange can be left behind.

  Looking at Wang Ting's expression, Su Cheng smiled and asked: "What, are you thinking of getting some foreign exchange?"

  "It's what our leader wants, and there are quite a few of them." Wang Ting said in one breath, his face almost turning red. From studying to working, he rarely asked others for help.

  Su Cheng could understand Wang Ting's feelings. As a secretary, if he didn't take the initiative to help, that was one thing, but how could he refuse his leader's explicit request?

  He patted Wang Ting's shoulder and asked: "I'm in charge of foreign exchange, how much do you want?"

  "20,000. US dollars." Wang Ting stretched out two fingers, looking very embarrassed: "Last year there was an opportunity to go abroad, the leader wanted to buy some more things..."

  "200,000 is no problem, after today, just send someone to collect it and return the official price to me then."

  "This isn't good." Wang Ting knew that this was a difference of 500,000 yuan.

  "There's nothing wrong with it, just don't forget to mention my name." Su Cheng thought that at your level of leadership, it's only fresh for these two years. Later, when going abroad again, you won't even bother to exchange currency. This kind of gift-giving opportunity will probably be gone later on.

  Wang Ting saw Su Cheng and didn't think much of it, but he also became happy.

  At this moment, the signing ceremony also began.

  "Alright, I'm going up." Su Cheng patted Wang Ting's shoulder and walked along the narrow path to the stage, sitting down on the right side.

  On this side, there is only one person sitting alone, while on the opposite side, there are four tables.

  Minister Mu was also one of the signatories. He glanced at Su from across the table and then withdrew his gaze with disdain.

  After a while, Hagrid sent out two high stools, which were placed on either side of the table facing each other.

  The host introduced in an impassioned voice: "Today, Halliburton China Branch will confirm the first five partner companies in China through a public signing ceremony. They are: Purchaser 'Daqing Oilfield', Purchaser 'Shengli Oilfield', Purchaser 'Changqing Oilfield', Purchaser 'Baoji Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd.', and Supplier 'Dahua Industry Co., Ltd.'"

  The host enunciated clearly, so everyone understood what was being said.

  It turned out that the four on the left were buying goods, while the one on the right was selling goods.

  Leaders outside the oil industry can't help but discuss it quietly. For those who have just learned about the gap between Halliburton and Chinese companies, the supplier "Dahua Industrial Co., Ltd." is quite unique.

  Wang Ting also took this opportunity to whisper a few words into the leader's ear.