Material Empire

In the previous life, Qin Hai was quite familiar with Dong Laishun, but in this life, he came here for the first time. The waiter took the two of them to a side table for two and asked them what they wanted to order. Qin Hai cast his eyes on Wang Zheyi, Wang Zheyi was not polite, he opened his mouth and said, "Here are four plates of mutton!"

The waiter agreed, turned and left. Qin Hai turned his head to look at the mutton plate on the table next to him, then turned his head and whispered to Wang Zheyi, "Wang Zheyi, the mutton plate here...seems to be bigger."

"It's not too big, a plate is half a catty, I know that." Wang Zheyi replied.

"The two of us eat two catties of mutton?" Qin Hai said dumbfounded.

Wang Zheyi chuckled and said, "Why, do you feel distressed?"

"It's not that my heart hurts, it's that my stomach hurts... Let me ask first, how much can you eat?" Qin Hai said.

Wang Zheyi said: "If I'm not afraid of you spending too much money, I can eat four plates by myself."

"Okay... let's add more if we don't have enough." Qin Hai convinced. The girl from the capital city is really fierce, a girl who looks weak and ladylike, actually has the appetite to eat two catties of mutton in one meal.

The mutton came out quickly, sliced ​​as thin as paper, and piled up on the plate in rolls, red, white and white, which looked very appetizing. When Wang Zheyi saw the mutton, her eyes lit up. She casually gave Qin Hai a courtesy, then picked up a piece of mutton, put it in the boiling copper hot pot for a few seconds, and then did not dip it in any seasoning. It was stuffed directly into his mouth, and he chewed.

"Ah, the taste of boiled mutton is still so delicious!"

After swallowing the mutton in his mouth, Wang Zheyi let out a sigh of intoxication. Immediately afterwards, she took another piece of mutton and stuffed it into the soup.

"We don't need to be so exaggerated, right?" Qin Hai couldn't take it anymore.

Wang Zheyi said seriously: "Qin Hai, you haven't been stationed abroad, so you don't have this kind of experience. During the two years I was away, I dreamed of Donglaishun's boiled mutton. Once when I was dreaming, I woke up and found that the pillow towel was wet from crying. "

"I suspect it's saliva..." Qin Hai guessed viciously.

"There are tears too..." Wang Zheyi argued with a red face.

Qin Hai asked: "How long have you been back from abroad?"

"It's been more than two months." Wang Zheyi said.

"You haven't been to Donglaishun for more than two months?" Qin Hai asked again.

"Yeah." Wang Zheyi said, seeing Qin Hai's strange eyes, she explained: "You also need to have a companion when eating, and it will be tasteless if you eat by yourself."

"You are from the capital, how could you not find a companion?" Qin Hai felt even more strange.

Wang Zheyi smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Of course I have companions. There are many middle school classmates and college classmates in the capital. However, when I come back this time, I always feel a little alienated from them. It's not just them, I think The people around me are different from before I went abroad. The topics everyone is most keen to talk about are making money and building relationships. By the way, there is a boy who was in college who said he wanted to invite me to dinner, but his purpose is In order for me to help him contact foreign schools, he wants to study in Europe."

"This is also a good thing." Qin Hai commented.

"I don't like this kind of relationship that is too utilitarian." Wang Zheyi said, "If the purpose of inviting you to dinner is to ask for you, what's the taste of the meal?"

Qin Hai smiled and said, "How do you know that I am asking you to eat? To be honest, I heard that you are in the chemical import and export company, so I rushed to invite you to dinner. Four plates of mutton... ... How much does it cost, it hurts when I think about it."

"Four dishes are not enough!" Wang Zheyi smiled with wide eyes, "For sugar-coated shells, the principle I have always adhered to is that the sugar-coated shells are kept, and the shells are returned. By the way, it's like the ice cream you gave me when you were in Spain. Like coupons."

Speaking of ice cream coupons, Qin Hai couldn't help but think of his dealings with Wang Zheyi in Spain. Although the two of them didn't communicate much, Qin Hai could feel that Wang Zheyi was smart, generous, and had a very simple concept of right and wrong.

As a diplomat, Wang Zheyi must provide services to people from China, but her attitude towards different people is very subtle.

For those like Zhu Xiaofeng who took the opportunity to go abroad to play abroad, Wang Zheyi showed a businesslike face, polite but not close. Qin Hai showed his Spanish, and immediately got Wang Zheyi's approval. She didn't show any trace on her face, but secretly gave her a lot of convenience. In the end, she accepted the ice cream coupon from Qin Hai, not out of the mentality of taking advantage of petty gains, but because she really regarded Qin Hai as a friend that she could associate with.

"Wang Zheyi, don't tell me, you are in the chemical import and export company, maybe I will really have the opportunity to ask you to do something in the future." Qin Hai said in a prepared manner.

Wang Zheyi took a bite, and the glutton in his stomach had stabilized. Seeing that Qin Hai didn't move his chopsticks much, she picked up a few rolls of mutton and threw them into the pot. After rinsing it a few times, she pushed it to Qin Hai's side with the chopsticks, and said, "It's finished rinsing, you can eat it quickly... ...I remember you are not engaged in steel, why are you dealing with chemical industry again?"

Qin Hai took out the mutton that Wang Zheyi cooked for him, dipped it in the ingredients and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he said, "I'm in the business of materials, steel is part of it, and chemical materials are also involved. Recently, I'm working on modified polymers. Some researches on vinyl chloride and FRP belong to the field of chemical industry, I think you have heard of it too, right?"

Wang Zheyi stopped his chopsticks, looked at Qin Hai, and said, "PVC and FRP are the business we are doing now. These materials are all imported, and the scale of imports is worryingly large. In a country as big as ours, such Basic chemical materials are heavily dependent on imports, and we don’t know what to do if we encounter foreign sanctions.”

"Is this your opinion, or your leader's opinion?" Qin Hai asked in surprise. Now is the honeymoon period between China and the West. Wherever Qin Hai goes, everyone is talking about optimistic topics such as how to participate in the international cycle and integrate into the global economic circle. The views expressed by Wang Zheyi, in the eyes of some people, It can definitely be regarded as alarmist.

"Maybe it's because of the influence of my family." Wang Zheyi said, "I always feel that a country like ours still needs to have some independence in many places. I have a feeling in the past two years in Spain. They talk about welcoming China back into the international order, but in private, they still have a lot of discrimination and prejudice against China. In case of any emergency, it is entirely possible for Western countries to exclude China from their circle again outside."

"You're right." Qin Hai commented simply. As a time traveler, he certainly knows all kinds of containment and suppression of China by the West in later generations. But Wang Zheyi didn't have such golden fingers, and he could see this, which inevitably made Qin Hai think highly of her.

"What I am doing now is to improve China's self-supply capacity in terms of chemical materials. However, to achieve this, it is inevitable to fully interact with the international market. I need to import some necessary raw materials. The products we produce For products, you need to enter the international market, compete with foreign manufacturers, and gain your own place. All of this is inseparable from the help of your chemical import and export company. It seems that my dinner is well deserved." Qin Hai laughed.

"It's not wrong for you to invite me. If you don't see a rabbit and don't scatter a eagle, you have already thought about using me." Wang Zheyi scolded with a smile. For some reason, she has always disliked people talking about relationships and interests together, but she couldn't feel disgusted when Qin Hai said this. Perhaps it was because when Qin Hai was in Spain, he never suffered a loss when doing business with foreign manufacturers, which gave Wang Zheyi some confidence in him.

"In addition to import and export, if it is convenient, I would like to ask you to help me collect data on the import of various chemical materials in our country, including types, prices, quantities, etc. Do you have suitable channels?" Qin Hai asked.

Wang Zheyi frowned and asked, "What do you want these data for?"

"It is used to determine the focus of my work." Qin Hai explained, "My consideration is that in terms of chemical products, we must first achieve import substitution, and then turn to export substitution to occupy the international market. To achieve import substitution, First of all, we must know which materials are currently in short supply in our country, how big the gap is, and how much the price is. Only by clearing up these data can we be targeted, right?"

"You mean, you alone can solve our country's chemical raw material problem?" Wang Zheyi asked incredulously.

Qin Hai shook his head and said: "Of course it is impossible to rely on me alone. But I can influence other chemical companies and make them realize what to do. In addition, we have developed various technologies in a targeted manner, which can be transferred to related companies. Enterprises, let them obtain production capacity, which can also effectively achieve import substitution. In short, these things have to be done by someone, and I am one of them."

Wang Zheyi was persuaded by Qin Hai. She nodded and said, "You are right. However, the information you want is confidential to our company, and I cannot disclose it to you. If you can let me I believe that you really have the ability to influence the domestic chemical industry, maybe I can use my spare time to help you collect some public data, I believe it will also be helpful to you."

"If so, then thank you very much." Qin Hai said with a smile. He knew that Wang Zheyi chose a more euphemistic way of saying that the so-called collection of public data, compared with those who don't know how to do it, can see completely different things from the data. As an insider, Wang Zheyi is willing to help him do this kind of data collection work. In fact, he already has the intention of revealing some internal data to him, but everyone doesn't need to reveal it.

"What's the use of just saying thank you, you have to take some practical actions." Wang Zheyi protested with a pursed smile.

"It's not easy." Qin Hai said, he turned his head, stretched out his hand and slapped the waiter not far away, and shouted: "Waiter, come four more plates of mutton!"

Sixth update!

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