Chapter 217

"Of course, then the training location will be in Xiamen."

This meeting is mainly to study the distribution of these ships, formulate a plan, and provide unified training and guidance for the technical staff, so that there is no need to travel to various places.

"Ms. Lin, do you have any other requests?"

"No, please ask Minister Dai." Lin Wei smiled.

Minister Dai shook his head: "Ms. Lin, you are so polite. We want to thank you for sending these supplies, which are of great help to us."

Medical supplies have been sent to hospitals in Beijing, and there are several medical equipment worth millions. Yang The dean was pleasantly surprised when he saw it.

Originally, he wanted to hold a donation ceremony, but Lin Wei refused.

He paused and asked, "Are any of these ships manufactured by Harland?"

Hearing his question, Lin Wei paused and said, "...No, these are all manufactured by Xinbai Shipyard." She smiled, her expression a little bitter, "I'm just a shareholder without a say now."

Harland is still relatively sensitive now, and Lin Wei has not yet obtained control.

Normally according to the contract, she should have obtained control of Harland, but it turned out that the Iron Lady came to power and issued special regulations and added a lot of rules. It seemed that they were specifically targeted at them, and Lin Wei was anxious to return to China at this time. , so I didn’t take the time to say goodbye to them.

Sooner or later this matter will have to be settled back home.

"What's the problem?" Minister Dai asked.

The higher authorities are actually very concerned about this issue. The country attaches great importance to the shipbuilding industry. If the relationship is established, experience and technology exchange and learning can be carried out in the future, which will be very helpful to the development of shipbuilding.

Lin Wei sighed inwardly, and then said: "The shipbuilding industry is the lifeblood of British heavy industry and one of the main sources of foreign exchange. I probably regret it now. The British have been blocking me from getting the right to operate.

" The financial approach is different. Shipbuilding still exists as a heavy industry in the UK.

However, the British treasury cannot support the expenses of the shipyard for a long time, but if it is abandoned, the employment of nearly 100,000 people will be affected. This is the reason why they sold Haaland in the first place.

But now they find that Lin Wei will supply the shipyard, then all problems will be solved. It is Lin Wei who loses money, and it is Britain who makes profits in foreign exchange, taxes and employment. There is nothing more cost-effective than this.

With the intervention at the national level, the contract signed by Lin Wei and the others became a piece of paper.

Lin Wei's annual research and development expenses plus the shipyard's losses will cost her nearly 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The money doesn't seem to be that much, but this is the result of the shipyard cutting off some miscellaneous branch lines, the improvement of the world economic situation, and the upgrade of the management system. Once something happens again, it will cause a huge burden on Lin Wei. .

Minister Dai frowned: "This... do they want to take back Haaland?"

Lin Wei shook his head: "Now the Japanese shipyards' orders have been scheduled for next year, but the British shipyards are still ignored. The British Labor Party has won the victory for the workers. Very good welfare benefits, short working hours, and good welfare, but it also means low efficiency. The shipyard's income is mainly spent on labor expenses, and there is no money to invest in new equipment. This causes a series of vicious cycles and high construction costs. The construction period is long, and buying a British ship is equivalent to losing one year of business. In this case, taking back Haaland will be harmful to them. "

The problem of British shipyards is of course not only the labor problem, but the biggest burden. It was these workers who supported a lot of idle people. Many workers were actually doing nothing, and they were living in vain. The so-called free wages existed in Britain at this time.

"Then aren't they cheating people?" A person with a straight temper scolded Lin Wei after hearing what she said, "These foreign devils are so useless."

Lin Wei smiled, she also wanted to scold, but now she can only Be patient for now.

In fact, she should not return to China now, nor should she get too close to the mainland. Instead, she should stay in the UK and continue to deal with this matter until everything is resolved.

But it was more important to her to come back and reunite with her parents and make sure they were safe.

"Is there anything we can do to help? If necessary, Miss Lin can speak at any time." Minister Dai said suddenly.

Lin Wei was stunned for a moment and looked towards the other party.

Of course it's good to have help from the country. In games between individuals and the country, usually one's arms cannot control the other's legs. Listening to Minister Dai say this, she had an inexplicable feeling in her heart, as if she suddenly had a backer and no longer had to blindly rely on others. If you bully someone, someone will tell you the truth in the future.

This feeling is very strange. Although the country is not strong enough, it can provide her with strong support.

Lin Wei smiled, and the smile spread from the corner of her mouth to her eyes: "If it really comes to that point, I will ask for help. After the matter here is over, I will go to the UK to negotiate and communicate with them to find a solution. "

If it really gets to that point, it may turn into a national dispute, and things may be self-defeating. No one knows how it will develop. This kind of unpredictable direction is always risky.

Soon, the issue of Xiangjiang's return would have to be negotiated, and she didn't want this to affect anything.

The words came to an end, and Minister Dai said nothing more.

After talking for a while, the meeting ended.

The crowd dispersed, leaving a pack of tissues on Lin Wei's place. The black tissue box had a golden swan printed on it, noble, elegant, small and exquisite.

The young man cleaning up picked up the paper towel and said happily: "Do they still want this?"

"I definitely don't want it. I am the richest man, so I don't care about such gadgets?" The colleague came over and reached out to take it, " Give this to me, just in time to coax my wife."

The younger brother ducked and said, "Why, I saw it first."

"You're not married, why do you want this?" The colleague advised, "Just one. What's the point of holding the broken toilet paper?"

"What do you care? I got it anyway," the little brother carefully put it in his pocket, "I'll keep it for my future wife." "

This paper smells good. , and good-looking, Jiajia will definitely like it.

"Hey, these people use all the good stuff." The colleague looked at the other person with regret as he put away the tissue, and had to pick up the broom again and start sweeping the floor. "Xiao Li got a lot of stuff from the guest house. I heard that they often Instead of eating

the food from the guest house, I made my own hot pot and brought my own canned ham

. Just thinking about it for a moment made my mouth water.

"Have you eaten it?" the boy asked curiously.

"Xiao Li gave me a portion. You don't know, it's so fragrant. I've never tasted anything so good."

Maybe it was because the size of that bite was too unsatisfactory, or maybe it was because it was too "precious". Ham sausage has become the most delicious food in the world.

"Then they are quite nice. They even gave Xiao Li something." He spread out the rag and wiped the table carefully.

"There are also bad things," the colleague sighed, picked up an ashtray on the table, and said, "I heard that everyone is difficult to take care of. They also need hot water baths and dislike the poor environment of the hostel. What do you want? Ma's bucket is also very picky about food, and it's very troublesome to drink coffee."

"Ah? But aren't they staying in the best guest house here? Isn't this disgusting?"

"Yes, I heard that yesterday. There was a little girl in the guest house who was so angry that she cried. "

...

Lin Wei stood in the corridor on the second floor of the guest house, rubbed her forehead, then looked at the people crowded together opposite, and laughed angrily: "I felt like it before I came here. Let everyone be mentally prepared. The conditions in China are different from those in Xiangjiang. You need to overcome it temporarily and don't be emotional. We are here to work, not to travel. Why? There are people waiting for you now, and everyone is still taking this. Are you showing off?"

"No, it's not that serious," the leader of the hostel quickly said, "Our service is indeed inadequate and we have no experience in receiving foreign guests."

Lin Wei closed her eyes in anger: "What kind of foreign guests are they? "?"

She breathed lightly and looked at the other person: "You go ahead and talk to them." "

It's

okay, I don't scold them."

She doesn't usually scold people, even though she is now. Really angry.

After the other party left, Lin Wei looked at the opposite party again. Everyone quickly lowered their heads, especially the leader, who was very worried.

Lin Wei calmed down and then said: "I want to know how you came here when you were children? Did you all live a life of adequate food and clothing, hot baths, and toilets at home? Is that right? "

These people are of the upper class in Xiangjiang. Lin Wei's company is famous for its good treatment. There are dormitories, canteens, and gyms and cafes. It's hard to adapt to the sudden arrival.

But it was not like this at the beginning. How many years has Xiangjiang developed?

Lin Wei held her breath and said: "When we came here, Aying and I chatted and said that when I was a child, there was a basin of water at home, and the whole family would take turns to use it to bathe, and then use it to wash clothes and flush the toilet. I wanted to know, is that true? She was the only one who lived like this when she was a child, and none of you have ever experienced such a hard life?"

After saying this, Lin Wei looked at them.

No one spoke.

"Isn't it? No one said anything?" Lin Wei asked.

"...No." Someone whispered.

Lin Wei said: "Of course not. Most people in Xiangjiang are the same as Aying. Children in Xiangjiang used to be short of water. Children don't know. How could you not know?"

Lin Wei looked at them: "The fresh water in Xiangjiang How did it come about? In 1963, under its own difficulties, the mainland allocated 40 million yuan to build the Dongshen Water Supply Project, which completely solved the water problem in Xiangjiang. It has only been a few years, and everyone has forgotten that before What kind of water did you drink? "

When Lin Wei arrived in Xiangjiang, the Shenzhen Reservoir had just begun to provide water to Xiangjiang. She had not experienced the previous dilemma, but she knew how happy everyone was at that time. The poor used to use sewage and even had to buy water. Deworming medicine eliminates parasites.

Minister Dai and Yuan Guodong were standing at the stairs and happened to hear Lin Wei's words.

Just now, the person in charge of the guest house went to see Minister Dai. Seeing that Lin Wei was angry, he was a little scared because he was afraid that he would mess up. Minister Dai happened to be talking to Yuan Guodong nearby, so they came over together.

The manager in charge of managing them said quickly: "Mr. Lin, this is my fault, don't be angry."

Lin Wei breathed out lightly, calmed down her anger, and said, "I am in the luxury business, and I also understand people . The joy of life depends on a sense of superiority. I don't blame you for showing off, but when it comes to everything, what's the point of bullying a service staff? If you really have such a temper, stand up and talk to me. I brought you here. "Why don't you yell at me?"

Lin Wei usually doesn't like to train people like this, but they have to stay here for a while. What will happen if he goes to Xiamen to give technical guidance to people with this attitude?

Everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. Some people felt aggrieved because they were implicated and it was only Song Deyi and the others who staged the trouble, and now they have to be punished together here.

"Haha... Miss Lin, what you said is too serious. These are all trivial matters," Minister Dai smiled and walked over to smooth things over. "It's not entirely their fault. We are indeed inexperienced. I just told Mr. Yuan Well, there is still no modern international hotel in Beijing."

Lin Wei turned around and saw the two of them, a little surprised. She also knew about Yuan Guodong's visit to Beijing. She heard that Mr. Huo had also arrived in Yangcheng, and the three of them were the first. Businessmen in contact with the mainland.

Ordinarily, she was the earliest one in terms of time, but she brought too many people and items, and had to go through a lot of procedures and processes, which resulted in them all being about the same time in the end.

But it was somewhat surprising to see Yuan Guodong here.

"I'm telling you a joke." Lin Wei waved her hand behind her and told them all to go back.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the room. They had not had much dealings with Lin Wei. Seeing that she was really angry, they didn't know how she would react.

Lin Wei looked at them: "Did it delay your business?"

"No, I just wanted to come to you, so I came with Minister Dai." Yuan Guodong said.

He had just talked with Minister Dai and planned to donate a sum of money to the General Administration of Tourism to build an international hotel in Beijing.

The three of them walked out.

"Ms. Lin is very experienced in this area. You should listen to her opinion." Yuan Guodong took the initiative to bring up this topic.

Minister Dai also said: "I have also heard that Ms. Lin's five-star hotel in Xiangjiang is well-known internationally. We really need to learn from it."

Lin Wei took the wet wipes handed by the assistant and smiled helplessly. She smiled and said, "If you need any technical services, I can indeed help," she said while wiping her hands, "but the problem now may be that the efficiency cannot keep up."

Minister Dai looked at Lin Wei: "Your "I mean."

"There's no one else here, so let me tell you straight away. With the current domestic conditions for building a five-star hotel, most materials need to be imported. This procedure is very time-consuming. You must be mentally prepared, or Think of ways to shorten this time.”

Money is not a problem, but under the planned economy, everything needs approval, and it takes a lot of time to go around to get stamps from various departments. Originally, she could have come back earlier, but because of the delays of these ships and supplies, After several months.

She was so anxious at that time, her mouth was full of bubbles in those days.

Yuan Guodong's donation of the hotel is a good thing, but it may not be possible to implement it for another three to five years.

Lin Wei actually wants to help the mainland with construction and other things, but firstly, the time is not good now, and secondly, she and Haaland are at a standstill now, and getting too close to the mainland will make the British even more wary.

No matter what, we have to deal with Haaland first.

Yuan Guodong still has no idea about the problem Lin Wei mentioned. Minister Dai frowned. He knew that this was indeed troublesome. Reform is easy to say, but it is difficult to achieve without drastic courage.

He sighed and said: "Mr. Yuan just said that a businessman's time is money. Now I think, it should be the same for the country. We started late, but we will work harder in the future. We really need to rush forward. That'll do."

"It will definitely happen." Lin Wei was very optimistic.

Minister Dai had something to do and had to leave first. Lin Wei took the opportunity to invite Yuan Guodong to his home.

Yuan Guodong is considered a guest, but she has a home here, which is different.

"I said before that I wanted to visit your parents to see who could teach a daughter like you. Now I finally have the opportunity so that I can learn from it."

Lin Wei was completely embarrassed. She didn't feel that Old Man Fang was the best person. It would be embarrassing. He is also a professor, but this one seems to have too high expectations.

When I got back, there were guests at home.

The principal and colleagues of the old couple's former employer, University B, came to see them. In addition to keeping in touch, they also asked them if they wanted to return to work.

They were a little hesitant. They really needed to consider this matter, whether to go back to University Z or stay in University B. They had been looking forward to returning to campus to teach over the years and live the peaceful and comfortable life before, but this matter still needs to be decided. Discuss it with Lin Wei and see what she has planned.

"I heard that Tangtang donated a lot of medical equipment to the military hospital. Is it true?" someone asked.

"Is there such a thing?" Fang Lianxin said unexpectedly, "I didn't hear what she said."

Yesterday, he was just happy and didn't talk about it at all.

This early in the morning, my daughter went out. It’s already afternoon and she hasn’t come back yet. I don’t know what she’s busy with?

Her mother was so worried that she would scratch her neck and look out after a while. This was because she didn't have enough kisses yesterday.

Principal Cui put down the tea cup and said, "It can't be false. I heard what Lao Sun said." He adjusted the frame of the mirror and said slightly seriously, "Old Fang, you know the situation of the school. All teaching equipment depends on donations from alumni. , many teaching aids are from decades ago, and have been ruined over the years. The teaching conditions are very crude, but we can tolerate it, mainly because the students suffer. "

Ah...

Fang Lianxin didn't react for a while. He still hasn't put the fact that Lin Wei is rich into his own mind.

"That's true," Fang Lianxin took a sip of tea and followed his words, "it's not just the school, everywhere has been chaotic in the past ten years. It's good for you. You haven't been devolved, so I have to praise you. There are not many of us who are better at digging than you. We have all suffered a lot over the years, but now we are better and we see hope. From now on, you should focus on your teaching work and don’t mess around. I have always wanted to engage in political factional struggle. It’s time to do something practical. As the president of University B, you have a heavy responsibility and must be worthy of the cultivation of the party and the people.”

Principal Cui: “…”

You are labeled as a gangster. Cui Cheng could hardly maintain his expression. This old guy was the same as before. He spoke very bluntly and dared to scold anyone. He thought that after staying outside for a few years, he would change a little and learn to assess the situation, but the secret was revealed in a few words.

There was no other way, so he simply said directly: "I heard that Lin Wei brought back a lot of computers. Do you think you can let her give a few to the school?"