Xie Wan looked around the office which was less than ten square meters, and thought that since this was where he would be working for a long time, he had to make it comfortable.
"Xiaoyan, please help me replace all the furniture in this room.
Add a blind to that window.
The furniture doesn’t have to be too expensive, but it must be environmentally friendly and comfortable. Also, give me a sofa, because sometimes I need to lean on it…”
Luo Xiaoyan did not dare to object to Xie Wan's order, but she still raised a question: "Director, the funds for our office have not been approved to date. Can you urge them to go back home?"
Xie Wan was stunned. No money?
Money is really not a problem for Xie Wan.
But there was no money in the public account, so there was no reason for her to pay out of her own pocket. If she did, people would criticize her and even suspect that her money was not obtained legally.
"Can I make international calls on the phone on my desk?"
"Of course. China Resources has set up a special line for you."
Xie Wan dialed the phone number of the higher authorities in Beijing. She didn't know who to talk to. After a lot of calls, she heard a familiar voice.
"Xiao Xie, is that you? They told me that there was a phone call asking for money, and I said it was none of my business. If I had known it was you, I would have answered it the first time."
Chu Jiangnan's voice made Xie Wan's heart immediately fall back into her stomach.
"Captain Chu, no, I'm going to call you Director Chu now. Have you let him out?"
Chu Jiangnan's joking voice came from the other side:
"What? It sounds like I just got out of jail. I just stayed in the guesthouse for a few days and wrote some materials.
Don't call me Director anymore, it sounds awkward, just call me Captain Chu, it's more friendly."
"Oh, Captain Chu, I'm at a loss. I don't even know who to call. Fortunately, I got your message. I just want to ask why the funds we specially arranged have not been approved yet?"
"No approval? I'll go ask for you."
As the saying goes, it is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court. Less than half an hour later, Chu Jiangnan called back.
"Xiao Xie, your funding has been approved, but it has to come from China Resources' account.
It will take a few days for the express delivery of the documents, so you can go and ask for it from Old Nie yourself."
After Xie Wan got the number, he called upstairs, only to find out that Nie Xiaoshuai was not in the office and had gone out.
I asked China Resources' Finance Department, and they said they had not received any notice from above, so Xie Wan should wait for the approval document to arrive and then go up to collect the money.
Xie Wan was a little annoyed by these trivial matters, and asked Luo Xiaoyan how to deal with the property here?
Luo Xiaoyan said: "We don't have a dedicated finance department here yet. Before you came, Captain Wang said that I would be responsible for daily expenses, and financial reimbursement should go directly to the China Resources Finance Department."
Xie Wan frowned, she didn't want to become a subsidiary department of China Resources. If the money and reimbursements were all in the hands of others, what was the point of her being the director?
"No, Xiaoyan, go and draft an application immediately. I want to add a financial position to the office. If the organization doesn't have a suitable person to send over, I will recruit someone locally in Gangcheng."
Luo Xiaoyan's eyes lit up and she said, "Director, I studied finance and I used to work in finance at my previous unit.
When I was asked to come to Hong Kong City for special affairs, I thought I was asked to be the financial officer.
Captain Wang asked me to be your secretary and not to set up a finance department..."
Xie Wanle was delighted. This Wang Tiejun was really a rough guy. How much did he look down on female comrades?
Luo Xiaoyan is clearly the financial officer assigned by the organization. Isn't it a waste of talent to let her be a secretary?
"Xiaoyan, from today on, you will be our special accountant. First, set up a separate account for the special office. When the approval arrives, you can go to China Resources to collect the payment and transfer our funds over."
Luo Xiaoyan was very happy, but she was also worried and asked, "Director, what about your secretary?"
Xie Wan thought for a moment and said, "There seem to be a lot of female employees upstairs. I'll go take a look around some other day and if I see one that I like, I'll grab one and make her my secretary."
Luo Xiaoyan covered her mouth and laughed, she thought Xie Wan was joking.
The departments in this building still continue the domestic custom of having a two-hour break at noon.
When Xie Wan got home from get off work, Aunt Zhou had already prepared lunch.
Aunt Zhou went to a nearby vegetable market in the morning and was shocked by the prices there.
"This pork costs more than five yuan per pound, it's so scary!
This spinach is 1.2 yuan per pound, how can I afford it! "
Aunt Zhou kept complaining. She was used to the fact that pork cost more than 70 cents per pound and spinach cost 8 cents per pound in China. Aunt Zhou was so scared that she only dared to buy two taels of pork and one pound of spinach.
I stir-fried some shredded pork with the sour cowpeas I brought from home and some spinach, and that was it for the meal.
Xie Wan seemed to be thinking about something. In 1977, my country implemented financial controls and foreign exchange prices were uniformly set by the state.
The official exchange rate is 1 Hong Kong dollar is approximately equal to 0.3-0.4 RMB, and the black market exchange rate can be as high as 1:1.
By this calculation, the prices in Hong Kong are much higher than those in China. According to the official exchange rate, a pound of pork costs about RMB 1.5 to 2.
China Resources should have made a lot of money just from supplying agricultural and sideline products to Hong Kong. But from what Nie Xiaoshuai said this morning, China Resources is now under considerable pressure from foreign exchange?
In the afternoon, Xie Wan got the answer.
"We really don't have money. Now all domestic industries rely on imports for production materials and machinery, even the more advanced ones.
The pricing power is in the hands of others, as are the freight terminals and air route hubs. We have to spend tens of billions of dollars a year just on iron ore and oil. The foreign exchange gap is too big. Xiao Xie, do you have any good ideas?"
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