Chapter 89 Digging a Pit

  Before Du Lijun returned to Tianjin, news came from the Jinshi General Factory that Dahua Industry would not pay its debts.

  Du Li Jun said gloomily "You're seeking death", and then turned around to find the leader.

  He sarcastically said that Su Cheng would only look for department leaders, but when he himself looked for department leaders, there was not a single psychological barrier.

  The lawsuit went all the way to Minister Song's place and dragged both parties over there.

  Su Cheng had been prepared and first complained: "Director Song, our Dahua Industrial wants to purchase a production line to increase output, but Director Du is unwilling to sell it to us. You have to solve this problem for us first."

  Du Li Jun got angry: "You're the first to report, one thing at a time. The accessories are made of real gold and silver materials that we bought, you say you won't pay and just don't pay? Isn't this robbery?"

  "We didn't say we wouldn't settle the account, but since you delayed delivery, we will naturally delay payment until you deliver the delayed parts on time."

  "It was you who refused to pay back first, so we delayed shipping. You Dahua paid the payment, and I will arrange for shipment immediately."

  "Who knows if you have produced anything..." Suzhou City is not afraid of a lawsuit, it's just a quarrel. People in their 40s and 50s are not afraid, young people should be even less intimidated.

  Minister Song quickly understood from their conversation. He coughed and said, "Old Du, can't you make a production line?"

  "It's tough." Du Lijun said with a pained expression: "Now it's hard to get raw materials, everywhere is shrinking, and our cost pressure is huge. Another thing, like Dahua, such enterprises occupy hundreds of millions of yuan in arrears, refusing to return them, even if we produce the production line, we dare not sell."

  "This won't do, Dahua has export and foreign exchange earning tasks, you must ensure quality and quantity to complete the production line, understand?"

  "I understand." Du Lijun said weakly.

  Minister Song turned his head and said: "The Jinshi General Factory has agreed to provide you with a production line, you turn around and transfer the money over, do you know?"

  "I know."

  Both parties were given fifty lashes each, but their answers were all evasive.

  Minister Song took a look and felt it was unacceptable, saying: "You stay here and sign the agreement for me."

  Du Li Jun was unhappy and thought: How could Su Xiaozi get the production line so easily.

  He frowned and said, "Director Song, our production tasks are really heavy. If we sign the agreement and can't complete it, what should we do? Isn't this a trap for us? In business, you have to be willing to sell and I'm willing to buy. You can't force Dahua to make a strong sale, right? Another thing is that Dahua Industrial's payment method, we really don't want to go through it again. Can we ask Dahua to pay back the debt first, and then talk about the new production line?"

  Minister Song exclaimed, "Aye!" and said, "Old Du, I say one sentence about signing the agreement, and you respond with a whole set of...".

  He seemed to be criticizing Du Li's army, but Su Cheng knew that this was just for show. Just like the Daqing Oil Field, a large enterprise like the Jinshi General Factory is essentially an independent kingdom. Vice Minister Song can criticize them from various angles and have opinions, but he has no power to intervene in operations and personnel matters. Nowadays, decentralization is all the rage, and factory directors and superiors are taking the lead, so there's little severe criticism, let alone substantial harm.

  Du Li Jun slanted his eyes and looked at Su Cheng, thinking of waiting for him to beg for mercy.

  Su Cheng shook his head slightly and said: "Director Song, Director Du's approach has a great impact on our Dahua Industry..."

  The two men got into another lawsuit.

  After a while, Minister Song also got annoyed and asked: "Then what do you want to do? Su Cheng, you speak first."

  He also saw it, the key was with Du Lijun, but only Su Cheng could solve it, so he hinted and let Su Cheng give in.

  Su Cheng said, "Even if we start manufacturing now, the production line will take about two months to complete. Now, Director Du is forcing me to buy from other companies. I have three or four months of time, and I can also ask Baoji Petroleum Machinery Factory to modify a set of production lines."

  Du Li Jun was really afraid that Su Cheng would buy someone else's production line, so he hastily said: "We can sign an agreement, you pay the money first, I guarantee to start production immediately. When the time comes, one hand will exchange money and the other hand will exchange goods. As long as your money is not less, I guarantee that within 3 months, I will deliver the production line."

  He thinks Suzhou City can't do without his production line, so he's prepared to swallow his pride and deliver the production line on time. This way, apart from him being satisfied himself, there won't be any extra losses.

  Su Cheng hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I don't guarantee that I will definitely buy back your production line in three months."

  Du Li Jun burst out laughing and said: "If you don't want to buy, then forget it. Don't worry, only Dahua forces people to buy and sell, our Jinshi General Factory never forces people to do what they can't."

  He said that Su Cheng was even more reluctant to speak up, and if he told him now that he had bought a production line from overseas, who knows what kind of trouble would arise.

  After hesitating for a moment, Minister Song urged him to sign the agreement.

  Du Li Jun's fake help in verifying the agreement content.

  Su Cheng thought: You reap what you sow, if you don't want me to mess with you, I won't be able to mess with you either.

  He then read through the agreement and signed his name on it.

  The ink had not dried yet, and Du Lijun burst out laughing triumphantly. According to the agreement, Dahua Industry would first pay over 10 million yuan in arrears to Jinshi General Factory, which would then deliver the delayed components to Dahua Industry. Furthermore, Jinshi General Factory guaranteed that it would complete production within three months, and when the time came, Dahua Industry could pay the money and take the production line back from Jinshi General Factory without delaying production.

  It looks straightforward, but in fact, there are pitfalls everywhere.

  Du Li Jun decided that after March, he would directly say that he was unable to complete production, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

  He was already fantasizing in his mind: when Su Cheng tried to hand over the money and goods at the same time, he found that the goods were not good yet. The seller was not in a hurry, and the buyer had to beg for mercy, being manipulated like a puppet... Three copies of the agreement were left as a backup for the Petroleum Department.

  Du Li's army sent people back to Tianjin, starting to prepare materials for production on the "production line", while he himself went to a wine house on Chang'an Street and ordered some wine. Sitting here watching the capital's people busy with their lives gave him a kind of heartfelt pleasure, roughly the same as when Beijing people sit in a tea house on Heping Road, watching Tianjin people busily rushing about.

  Su Cheng was also relaxed and at ease staying in Beijing, waiting for Jensen to move the production line over.

  Harry Burton's government has strong capabilities, and the production line originally intended to be sent to India was changed midway to China, only needing to add a procedure. Although some of the production lines were produced in China, this process without temporary public relations greatly shortened the time for both parties, and every minute saved can be counted as money.

  Su City has been tasting Haliburton's ability to run the government for several days in a row.

  The Chinese like to call enterprises with good government public relations "official-business collusion". But in Su's view, officials and businessmen are still businessmen first. If they use their official power, the enterprise will ultimately be destroyed, which is fully reflected in the Westernization Movement.

  Taking enterprises as an example, within the scope of legal permission, business operations are ultimately inseparable from the government, which holds the power to allocate social resources and can determine the fate of enterprises while also being willing to listen to their opinions. However, when enterprises express their opinions, they need to use clever methods and reasonable channels.

  If Dahua Industry had one-third of Halliburton's government relations capabilities, the Jinan Power Plant issue would be settled with just one word and wouldn't need to drag on.

  However, in the eyes of Su City, the ability to operate a government is more important than facing its own country's government. It is also a good thing to use domestic political institutions that are not yet perfect to train a public relations team that can fight hard battles with foreign governments.

  Waiting in the wings, January 1st, 1988 arrived quietly.

  In this era, Chinese people are still not very used to New Year's Day as a holiday and just treat it as an ordinary day off.

  However, today still has some fresh things - Tiananmen Gate Tower is officially open to Chinese and foreign tourists.

  Xiao Pang and Qin Yun eagerly pulled Su Cheng and Huo Chang to have fun.

  Li Lin also came over with Chen Zuonian under the pretext of visiting.

  Su Cheng doesn't know how many times she has been to Tiananmen Square and doesn't feel it's fresh to go up the city wall. When she arrives at the destination, what she looks at is people rather than scenery.

  However, others were excited beyond measure.

  Tiananmen Square has too much symbolic meaning for China. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, this has been China's most important political castle. Since 1949, all major ceremonies of the Republic have been held here. Many people who climb the city wall first look for the place where Chairman Mao gave his speech... Li Lin turned around, stuck to Su Cheng's side, and whispered: "I also have a photo in front of Tiananmen Square."

  "Isn't this your first time in Beijing?"

  "You're quite concerned about others, aren't you?" Li Lin said softly, pressing her mature body against Su Cheng's back. "I took it in front of the backdrop, and there are also studios in Dongying that can make it look just like real."

  Su Cheng smiled lightly.

  Li Lin was annoyed that he didn't understand romance, so she walked in front of him, swinging her coat and said: "There are a lot of people today, when do you plan to go back?"

  "Wait a minute. I have an appointment." Su Cheng said, and saw Wang Ting jumping down below. He waved his hand and shouted: "Wait!"

  The people nearby seemed to think this pose was cool, so they all rushed forward, waving their hands and shouting: "Wait a minute!"

  Wang Ting naturally heard it.

  He was still wearing the green military uniform, but it was much newer than when he was in school, and the style had changed a bit. He walked with a dragon's stride to the front of the Golden Water Bridge, waiting for Su Cheng.

  Su Cheng quickly ran down, Li Lin struggled to keep up with him in her high heels.

  After seeing each other with laughter and noise, she said familiarly: "I'm exhausted, you two big men, don't know how to cherish the beauty."

  Wang Tingdeng was shocked at this time.

  Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "Don't mind her, let's find a quiet place."

  The two of them found a small restaurant nearby with a nice seat, and Li Lin followed behind them "tapping" as usual.

  Su Cheng thought for a moment, then let her follow him and sat down in the private room, saying: "Just right, Li Lin can be a witness."

  After he finished speaking, he pulled out two stacks of US dollars from his overcoat.

  The fashionable girl naturally recognized the dollar and counted it stupidly. Suddenly, she was surprised to cover her mouth.

  Even if it were two stacks of RMB, Li Lin had only seen them when receiving her salary; two stacks of USD suddenly gave her a sense of crisis.

  Before she could speak, Wang Ting opened his briefcase and poured out 8 stacks of brand new RMB, all of which were newly issued 100-yuan bills.

  Compared with the US dollar, this is the most direct impact.

  "800,000 yuan? Have you robbed a bank?" Li Lin could no longer hold back.

  Wang Ting pouted and said: "800,000 yuan, you have to rob three banks. In order to make up for 10,000, I gave the finance department two boxes of cigarettes."

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