In the general manager's office of Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company.
After Manager Bao received Chen Xia’s call, he was confused and thought, is this a pie in the sky?
Then he stood up suddenly and shouted to the staff outside the door:
"Xiao Li, hurry up and prepare the car. Xiao Dong, immediately tell Deputy Manager Cai, Deputy Manager Gu, and Zhang Guozhi to drop what they are doing and come with me to the Qingfeng branch factory. Quickly."
Bao Yong was so anxious that he didn't even have time to hold a meeting. The Hong Kong merchants had all arrived. If the export business was successful and foreign exchange was earned, it would be a greater political achievement than turning the company from loss to profit.
When Cai Hongjun, Gu Wei, and Zhang Guozhi rushed downstairs panting, Manager Bao was already sitting in the car, which was idling.
"Hurry up and get in the car, hurry up, it's an urgent mission."
When they heard this, they thought something serious had happened and quickly climbed into the car, saying, "Hurry up and get to the Qingfeng branch as soon as possible."
Cai Hongjun took a deep breath and asked anxiously, "Old Bao, what happened? Did something happen at the Qingfeng branch? Was anyone injured?"
Bao Yong, sitting in the front row, said mysteriously, "It's not a bad thing, it's a very good thing. A Hong Kong businessman has fallen from the sky."
"Hong Kong merchants?" The three people in the back row were full of questions.
"Chen Xia just called and said two merchants from Hong Kong have come and are eager to purchase this 666 Weitai. He asked us to go over and discuss it quickly. If we can export it, we can get foreign currency in return."
Cai Hongjun and the other two were delighted when they heard this. Foreign exchange! This is something that so many people and organizations dream of.
In the early 1980s, when China's doors had just opened, everyone from the central government to local governments realized that we had lagged behind other countries for so many years.
What should I do then?
In order to develop the economy, we have to buy technology, equipment, etc. from abroad, and this requires a large amount of foreign exchange to trade. Other countries do not accept our RMB.
At that time, the country was poor, and it was nothing like it would become the world's factory decades later, with trillions of dollars in reserves to spare.
No one could have imagined the extent of China's foreign exchange shortage in the early 1980s.
Take 1980 for example. At that time, the country's foreign exchange reserves were negative, at -1.296 billion US dollars.
In other words, there is not a penny of foreign exchange in the People's Bank of China's vault. Instead, it owes nearly 1.3 billion US dollars to foreign countries and has to use gold for transactions or barter.
What is a banknote? It's just paper, printed matter. Gold is the real currency. This back and forth has caused losses for Java.
This is a very serious matter. Without foreign exchange, many advanced foreign technologies and equipment cannot be imported at all. Even if the country has a food shortage, it cannot be imported from abroad. This can easily cause domestic unrest.
So at this time, the central government desperately encouraged everyone to export, and whoever could earn foreign exchange would be a hero.
But China has nothing to sell except some mineral resources, so how can it export? This worries many state-owned enterprises.
At that time, in order to obtain foreign exchange, the country had to produce some products at a loss and export them at a loss, just to exchange for those pitiful foreign exchanges and ensure the smooth operation of the national economy.
At this time, the Qingfeng branch suddenly said that its products had been favored by Hong Kong merchants. How could Bao Yong and others not be excited?
Political achievements, these are political achievements. Officials must have political achievements. As for whether it makes a loss or not, or whether it is cost-effective or not, it is completely not within their consideration.
Less than an hour after Chen Xia hung up the phone, the jeep from Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company drove into the Qingfeng branch.
Chen Xia rushed out when he heard the car sound. Manager Bao almost jumped out of the car, grabbed him and asked anxiously:
"Section Chief Chen, please tell us quickly, what exactly is going on?"
Cai Hongjun, Gu Wei and Zhang Guozhi also hurriedly gathered around. They were also full of curiosity and couldn't understand how Chen Xia had attracted the people from Hong Kong.
"Don't worry, don't worry, this is what happened..."
"Bullshit, how can I not be anxious? Just say it and don't waste time," Manager Bao was really anxious.
"The Hong Kong merchant here is my aunt. She now runs a pumpkin vine pharmaceutical company in Hong Kong."
Zhang Guozhi muttered, "What a lousy name!"
Manager Bao and Deputy Manager Cai glared at him fiercely, scaring him so much that he immediately shut up.
"I went to Hong Kong for an inspection a few months ago and gave her some Sanliu Weitai. She and her friends found it very effective. So, I'm taking this opportunity to go home and pay respects to our ancestors and try to buy some back. If sales there are good, we can start exporting on a long-term basis."
Oh~~~~Now they understand.
But isn't this better? It's easier to negotiate with relatives, so it seems the order is secure.
"Hahaha, Chief Chen, you're awesome! You didn't forget to promote your products even when you were out on the inspection. If we can finally reach a cooperation agreement, you're the one who deserves the credit."
Chen Xia rolled his eyes when they weren't noticing. If his pharmaceutical factory wasn't informal and didn't have the right to export on its own, he wouldn't have given this opportunity to the pharmaceutical company.
Produce by yourself, export by yourself, and earn foreign exchange by yourself, isn’t that great?
Cai Hongjun asked anxiously, "Where are those Hong Kong merchants? Hurry and get over there."
"Sitting in the office."
When the four old men heard this, they quickly pulled at the collars of their Mao suits to see if anything was wrong with them. Gu Wei even squatted down to wipe his leather shoes, which had long since turned gray.
Then he put on a smile, very much like the leaders on TV news, and walked in.
Chen Xia felt that at this moment he must be like the dog translator in "Tunnel Warfare", standing in the middle and introducing both parties.
"Manager Bao, these two are merchants from Hong Kong. They are Ms. Chen Shuqin, the general manager of Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company, and her assistant, Ms. Lin Hui."
"These are Comrade Bao Yong, General Manager of Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company, Comrade Cai Hongjun, Deputy Manager, Comrade Gu Wei, and Comrade Zhang Guozhi from the Purchasing Department. They are all leaders of our head office."
When Gu Lin and Chen Qiaogu heard Chen Xia talking about pumpkin vines, they almost laughed out loud and quickly turned their backs to pretend to look at the scenery outside the window.
"Hello, hello, Comrade Chen, oh no, it's Ms. Chen, Ms. Lin, welcome to the motherland, welcome to our subsidiary pharmaceutical factory."
Bao Yong acted with great grace. If there had been a camera and a few flashes at that moment, it felt like he could have been featured directly on the 7 o'clock news.
Chen Shuqin had seen all kinds of people, so she was no problem with the mainland country bumpkins. She also stood up and shook hands politely:
"Hello, Manager Bao, and good morning, gentlemen. I'm sorry for the hasty nature of this visit and for having to rush you over."
"No, no, it's hard for Ms. Chen to come back to her motherland from thousands of miles away."
…
Chen Xia was almost falling asleep due to their business flattery.
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