Lin Sanqi had a very happy Spring Festival this year.
To quote Brother Bo: When you become famous, you will be surrounded by good people.
By the same token, when the Lin family became rich, and even the Lin residence had become the most luxurious and extravagant residence in Shilou Village, relatives from both the father's and mother's sides came to the door with bags of gifts.
It almost never stops during the entire Spring Festival.
Lin Sanqi and Lin Bingqiao had to receive various relatives at home every day, and they had to call people and serve tea and water. No matter whether you were a billionaire or not, you had no status in the family.
If he meets an elder, Lin Sanqi will give him a gift of Cordyceps or other nourishing products, which can be worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.
It’s not that Lin Sanqi is generous, it’s just that Cordyceps is too expensive. The Cordyceps at Lingnan Hall are all above grade one, and one cordyceps costs almost a thousand yuan, but you can’t just give away one or two cords, right?
If you give 20 of them, they will be worth more than 20,000 yuan.
It is a privilege and a status for the rich to buy to eat. They are being taken advantage of. It is just that expensive.
By the end of this Spring Festival, the Lin family had given away countless boxes of Cordyceps, but the red envelopes received more than 1 million in cash.
You can't give wild ginseng as a gift, that's even more expensive.
You have to give it. Now everyone in Huadu knows that the Lin family sells Cordyceps. If you don't give Cordyceps but give Nelumboxin, believe it or not, you will still be criticized behind your back.
When you meet a younger person, you should give him a big red envelope.
The amount of red envelopes given by people in Huadu is actually very small, usually 10 or 20 yuan is enough, for good luck.
But for a wealthy family like the Lin family, who use golden nanmu wood to make furniture, the red envelopes they give are worth thousands, and they cannot be stingy at all.
If you are stingy, someone will immediately scold the Lin family behind your back for being rich but unkind and looking down on their poor relatives.
Lin Sanqi is not short of money, so naturally he doesn't want to bear a bad reputation, so it is worth spending money to buy peace of mind and make all his relatives happy.
After the Chinese New Year, before Lin Sanqi had a chance to rest, he received a call from Section Chief Song on the eighth day of the first lunar month.
"Director Lin, is the New Year over? Get up, it's time to get to work."
Lin Sanqi took the phone away and saw that the caller was "Section Chief Song Taichu". Then he said uncertainly:
"Section Chief Song, if I'm not mistaken, I should be the boss of Lingnan Hall, right? I'm the biggest boss in the company, how can someone still order me around? You remind me of those black-hearted capitalists exploiting a small employee like me."
Section Chief Song laughed out loud on the other end of the phone:
"Chairman Lin Sanqi really does seem like a black-hearted capitalist. You don't know that when you casually said you wanted to buy this factory and that factory, we were working overtime throughout the entire Spring Festival without a single day off."
Lin Sanqi was a little puzzled: "Why can't I rest?"
Section Chief Song didn't waste any words: "It's hard to explain over the phone. Why don't you come to the Humen Power Plant now?"
Lin Sanqi put down the phone and smiled bitterly, probably understanding what was going on.
At noon, Lin Sanqi and Qiao Jingzhu had already arrived in Humen Town, Dongguan City.
Before the Maybach arrived at the Humen Power Plant, Lin Sanqi realized something was wrong, because there were all kinds of large trucks loaded with machines on the road, constantly coming and going, stretching as far as the eye could see, and it seemed very lively.
The direction is Humen Power Plant, and basically the trucks leaving Humen Power Plant are full, while the trucks heading towards the power plant are empty.
Entering the factory area, Wu Gang, the general manager of Humen Power Plant, ran over at top speed, wearing a red safety band on his head:
"Director Lin, President Qiao, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you for quite some time."
Lin Sanqi pointed at the busy factory area that looked like a demolition site and asked:
"Boss Wu, what are you doing? The last time I came here was more than half a month ago, and it wasn't like this. Were you being raided by the Japanese?"
Wu Gang laughed when he heard this:
"Mr. Lin, the thing is, you offered 3.5 billion to buy our power plant's used generator sets. We reported this to the provincial government before the New Year, and they approved it the same day. Then we started shutting down the power plant the next day.
Over a thousand employees in our power department and power plant spent the entire Spring Festival dismantling generators. We even paid them triple overtime pay for their work.
Lin Sanqi almost vomited blood:
"No way, Mr. Wu, are you guys that impatient? Others would just pack up and run away overnight, but you're just dismantling the machines and selling them for money?"
At this time, Section Chief Song and Director Qin from the Development and Reform Commission also came out of their offices:
"Mr. Lin, we've already signed the contract, so we're not worried about you going back on your word. It's rare to find a boss as generous as you these days. 3.5 billion for the secondhand equipment at Humen Power Plant is absolutely a whopping price.
You've also acquired nearly 15 million kilowatts of other generators in the province, for a total of 15 billion yuan. With such a significant client, boss, we must of course fully cooperate and race against time to complete this order."
Lin Sanqi sighed and said to the leaders:
"Director Qin, Section Chief Song, you guys are not even pretending anymore? You're making me feel like a sucker. I'm afraid you'll kill me with this one blow, and I'll have a good year."
Director Qin was a little embarrassed and laughed dryly twice.
When the leader heard that such a "stupid fish" had taken the initiative to bite the hook, he had nothing else to say but to quickly make the matter a fait accompli and refused to give the other party a chance to regret.
In fact, 15 billion was not enough to spend
Firstly, Lin Sanqi was still too young and didn't know how to handle things. If he had inquired earlier about the policy of replacing old with new by his superiors, he could have bargained down the price.
This also reveals that Lingnantang is a new company with no background or connections.
Secondly, the relevant departments represented by Section Chief Song obviously wanted to make a killing for Lin Sanqi, so they sold the deal at a price slightly higher than the market price.
In fact, although it seems that Lin Sanqi suffered a loss in terms of money, he actually paid protection fees. There is absolutely no harm in giving face to a special department like Section Chief Song.
When Lin Sanqi's Lingnan Hall encounters "trouble" in the future, unless it is someone who cannot be offended, the relevant departments will generally endorse Lingnan Hall.
This kind of endorsement cannot be bought with money.
The Humen Power Plant had already been included in the closure list, the employees had been laid off, and most of the production lines had actually been stopped long ago. They were only occasionally ignited for test runs to prevent the machines from rusting.
Therefore, the Humen Power Plant did not take a holiday even during the Spring Festival, and was busy dismantling the machines, packing them up and sending them to the port terminal.
Section Chief Song didn't know what embarrassment meant:
"Mr. Lin, we both get what we need. Even if you don't make money selling to Africans, there must be other profit points. How can you lose money? As a businessman, we will do business that will cost us our lives, but we will never do business that will lose us money."
Section Chief Qin is an old bureaucrat and knows that he should be polite when speaking:
"Director Lin, our province is promoting the policy of vacating cages and replacing birds. Your appearance is a timely rain. Not only does it help us promote the policy of vacating cages and replacing birds, but it also provides a way out for the equipment shutdown. The leaders are very happy."
Lin Sanqi understood. Director Qin's words were to tell him that he, Lin Sanqi, had caught the attention of the main leader.
You paid for this, so it's not a loss.
Lin Sanqi curled his lips in his heart, thinking that since he was a businessman, it would be better for him to stay away from politics.
People who play politics have dirty hearts. They don’t want to gain any advantage but end up being eaten up by others without leaving anything behind.
"Director Qin, Section Chief Song, how is the relocation mission going?"
Director Qin said with a smile:
"Now, nearly all of the province's 20 million kilowatts of generators have been dismantled and are stacked at Guangzhou Port, ready for export. And because you've helped us so much, all export costs are waived, even the ocean freight."
General Manager Wu Gang also added:
"We have all the design and installation drawings for each generator set, and we record the entire disassembly process on video. The first step is carefully recorded and recorded on video.
As long as the Africans reinstall the generators according to our drawings and procedures, they will be able to generate electricity. It's very simple. If the Africans still can't handle it, we can also send engineers to assist them with the installation."
Lin Sanqi thought it was okay.
Thermal power plants were not a new thing in 1962. The only difference was that the machines now were more advanced, while the machines from the 1960s were a little backward, but the general direction was the same.
As long as we bring the generator set over, relying on the domestic strength in the 1960s, we can install and debug it and finally generate electricity successfully with almost no accidents.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi felt a little happy. (End of this chapter)
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