Material Empire

Next, the chief director made a series of instructions, nothing more than asking all departments to actively cooperate and do a good job of stabilizing the price of steel. Qin Hai, Xiao Weihao and the others did not dare to be negligent, and carefully recorded the speeches of the chief executive, and occasionally agreed to show respect.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed. Wang Hongsheng sent away officials from other ministries and commissions, and called Qin Hai and Xiao Weihao to his office alone. After closing the door, his face became gloomy, and he asked:

"Xiao Qin, Xiao Xiao, what do you think of the current situation we are facing?"

Qin Hai glanced at Xiao Weihao, seeing that the other party didn't intend to answer, he had to speak first: "Director Wang, I feel a little stressed, but if all departments can work together, this problem is not impossible to solve. After all, Jiezi Fund is They came in through the loopholes of our supervision, and dare not be too arrogant, we are fully capable of controlling their influence."

"Xiao Xiao, what do you think?" Wang Hongsheng didn't comment on Qin Hai's words, but turned his head to Xiao Weihao.

Xiao Weihao smiled lightly and said: "Xiao Qin's statement is correct. As long as our various departments can work together, it will not be difficult to control the price of steel. The problem now is that there are people in our system who are cooperating with those trading companies internally and externally. Our Every move, the other party knows everything, which is very troublesome."

"Is there such a thing?" Qin Hai's eyes widened, and he finally understood why Wang Hongsheng's face looked so ugly. It is not an exaggeration to describe this kind of economic game as war. In the war, there is a traitor on one's own side, and it is really troublesome to inform the opponent at any time.

Wang Hongsheng nodded to Qin Hai, and said, "If Xiao Xiao hadn't come to report to me, I wouldn't have realized this. The other party has a clear grasp of all our plans for this reform of the supply and marketing system, so he dared to So reckless they started to hype. They are sure that we do not have enough power to control the market, and they want to use foreign funds to muddy the water."

"Do you know who leaked the secret?" Qin Hai asked Xiao Weihao.

Xiao Weihao shook his head, and said: "There is no conclusive evidence yet, and the other party may have bribed more than one official. What we can do now is to continue to observe, but we can't take any action yet."

Qin Haidao: "Regardless of whether the evidence is solid or not, at least we should exclude the suspects from this project first, right? Those who remain in the project team must be absolutely reliable. Director Wang, do you think so? ?”

Wang Hongsheng smiled wryly and said, "How could I not know this? But just as Xiao Xiao said, there is no conclusive evidence so far. How can we explain the exclusion of certain people under such circumstances? Also, the people in the agency If you don’t understand things, everyone keeps their heads down and sees them every day. As long as one person knows about many things, others may ask about them. It is irresponsible for the political future of these comrades to publicly announce certain things and keep them secret. of."

"What... what is this!" Qin Hai went crazy. He really doesn't understand the affairs in the agency. For example, some things are clearly within Zhang San's job. If Zhang San is suspected and transferred to Li Si, all kinds of discussions will be brought about, and the consequences will be extremely serious. Wang Hongsheng has no actual evidence now, so it is impossible to exclude certain people. This is his difficulty.

"Now, the people I can absolutely trust are the two of you." Wang Hongsheng pointed at Qin Hai and Xiao Weihao, and said.

"It's absolutely fine for you to trust Director Xiao, but why do you trust me so much? Compared to the staff in your planning committee, I'm still an outsider." Qin Hai retorted with a bit of gloom.

Wang Hongsheng smiled: "Xiao Qin, don't say such things. I have so many years of work experience, and I still can't tell who is a good person and who is a bad person? Although you, Xiao Qin, are a private entrepreneur, your loyalty to national affairs is It's tried and tested and totally trustworthy."

"Thank you Director Wang." Qin Hai nodded solemnly and said.

Xiao Weihao said with a smile: "Actually, there is another reason for trusting you, Chairman Qin, that is, no one has the ability to bribe you. Some of our cadres can't stand the temptation of money and go into the water. You, Chairman Qin, regard money as nothing. Dung, who can buy you?"

"This reason seems to be more reasonable." Qin Hai scratched his head with a smile, and then said to Wang Hongsheng: "Director Wang, since Director Xiao and I are trustworthy people, what plan do you have for the next step? Disclose it to Director Xiao and me so that we can best cooperate with you."

Wang Hongsheng said: "I invited the two of you here to discuss the next move with you. Xiaoqin, I kept a close eye on the potential of your Daqin Group and didn't make it too clear to the other comrades in the planning committee. At present, what the price department knows is that you can provide about 5 million tons of reserves to balance supply and demand. Now that no one else is present, can you tell me what your maximum capacity is? "

Qin Hai thought for a while and said: "We originally prepared 10 million tons, which is equivalent to leaving room for another 5 million tons in addition to the 5 million tons promised to the Planning Commission. However, in view of the new situation now, I intend to expand some more supply capacity, and if the situation is really very tight, I can take out up to 15 million tons of steel to meet the supply."

"15 million tons?" Wang Hongsheng clicked his tongue, "I really can't see that you, Chairman Qin, have such a lot of energy, and you are more confident than me, the deputy director of the planning committee. 15 million tons of steel is not a small amount. How did you do it?"

"This is not enough for outsiders to understand." Qin Hai laughed, but did not give an answer. Some of the 15 million tons of steel he mentioned needed to be obtained through his own special channels. Even for Wang Hongsheng, he was unwilling to make these channels too clear, let alone there was Xiao Weihao next to him. It's not that Qin Hai doesn't believe in Xiao Weihao's loyalty, it's just that he doesn't believe in this person's character. For people on the secret front, as long as they seize a little opportunity, they will make full use of it. Qin Hai doesn't want to be used by Xiao Weihao.

Wang Hongsheng guessed Qin Hai's thoughts, he smiled, no longer asked, but nodded, and said: "Okay, if you can provide an additional 10 million tons of steel, then we have enough room to maneuver." There is room. Xiao Qin, how many people in your group know about the amount of steel you can provide?"

"These situations are only controlled by Director Ning and Xiao Song, and the others are not very clear." Qin Hai replied.

Wang Hongsheng said: "Well, this situation must be kept strictly confidential. The other party knows the relationship between the Daqin Group and the Planning Commission, so they will definitely follow the Daqin Group. You must do a good job of keeping it secret."

Qin Hai asked: "Director Wang, do you have any idea for keeping the secrecy work so strict?"

"Idea?" Wang Hongsheng was taken aback for a moment. The reason why he wants to keep the secret is that he doesn't want the other party to grasp his hole cards so early, so that he can combine reality with reality, disrupt the other party's steps, and buy himself time. Generally speaking, what he has thought so far is how to protect himself, that is, to do a good job in the reform of the supply and marketing system. However, the "idea" Qin Hai asked clearly meant something else.

"Why, Xiao Qin, what do you think?" Wang Hongsheng asked back.

Qin Haidao: "If only some domestic trading companies are making waves, we just need to suppress them. But now the Americans have also stepped in. If we only focus on destroying their plots, it will be too much." Negative. In my opinion, we should teach them some lessons, so that they will not dare to reach out to the Chinese market easily in the future, and this will make a difference. Director Wang, what do you think of my idea?"

"Is this something extraneous?" Wang Hongsheng hesitated.

Qin Haidao: "The market economy is a life-and-death economy. As the old saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields. On the battlefield, offense is the best defense. As long as the opponents realize our strength and are threatened by us, they will retreat in spite of difficulties. .If we just blindly get beaten passively, the other party will become more and more arrogant, and we will become more and more passive.”

"Offense is the best defense..." Wang Hongsheng smiled, "Your statement is quite interesting. Tell me, how do you plan to attack?"

"The idea is very simple." Qin Haidao, "Since the other party wants to speculate, let's let them speculate. Not only must we let them speculate, but also help them to speculate at a higher price, so that they can sink deeper. Wait until their funds are exhausted At that time, we suddenly suppressed the price, so that the goods they hoarded at high prices became a hot potato. At that time, they will either cut their meat to close their positions, or they will be locked up and unable to get out."

What Qin Hai said is all too familiar to future generations. Whether it’s stocks, real estate, or even those who fry garlic and ginger, they all understand this truth. The key to speculation in the market is that the total amount of funds of the speculators is more than the commodities on the market, so that they can monopolize the entire market.

And Qin Hai's confidence lies in his belief that the products he can provide cannot be digested by those domestic and international speculators. When they run out of money, the price is no longer under their control. At that time, as long as a large number of commodities are put on the market, the price will plummet, and all speculators will be caught.

"Xiao Xiao, do you think Xiao Qin's idea is feasible?" Wang Hongsheng looked at Xiao Weihao and asked.

Xiao Weihao said with a relaxed smile: "Whether the idea is feasible or not depends entirely on the ability of Chairman Qin. If Chairman Qin is sure enough to control the market, then this plan is completely feasible."

"Okay, let's try it then." Wang Hongsheng's emotions were also mobilized by Qin Hai, his eyes sparkled, and he said in an affirmative tone.