Chapter 2888
Department Head Yang, Start Recruiting!
Chapter 2888 Department Head Yang, Start Recruiting!
Foreign trade, Li Rong's office.
Like Mr. Chen, I've been extremely busy lately.
However, there was also a sense of joy amidst this busyness.
Busy is fine.
Being in her position, being busy is always better than being idle and having nothing to do.
Looking at the documents in my hand, I saw that grain that was previously unavailable for purchase was now being made available.
Large quantities of wheat can be purchased from Canada, and there are no quantity restrictions.
She now wishes she could exchange all the money she had for grain and transport it back by the boatload.
There is also cooking oil, fabrics, various processed products, daily necessities, and so on.
As long as it doesn't involve heavy industrial products or prohibited items in certain sectors, everything else is fine.
If she didn't have to be careful with her money, she would have immediately sent a telegram abroad with one word: Buy!
Three words: Buy, buy, buy!
Picking up a document at random, Li Rong's expression turned slightly serious when he saw the United States' attitude towards trade.
To date, the United States has not given any positive news.
On the contrary, some merchants in the United States are quite active.
Especially that guy named Dawson, he made a fortune from domestic trade last time.
This time, they proposed a deeper level of cooperation and even wanted to build a factory in the United States to facilitate product export.
This is not something she can decide on her own.
Especially since what the other party wanted was the production of medicines.
Set this document aside and discuss it with Mr. Chen this afternoon.
Then he picked up another document.
This is a document from Australia exporting iron ore.
In recent years, China's influence in Southeast Asia has been growing, and its products have become increasingly popular. In some places, Chinese communities have even established special trade zones, resulting in rapid commercial and economic development.
Australia recognized this economic potential, and this opportunity led them to seek to deepen cooperation.
This iron ore transaction was a trial.
However, this is also not something she can decide.
Set it aside again, ready to review the next document.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and the secretary walked in, looking anxious.
"Boss, this is an export order for game cartridges. We've contacted Department Nine, but the quantity they want is too large to fulfill in a short time!"
After the secretary finished speaking, she placed the order on the table and pointed to the numbers on it.
Li Rong immediately took it, then frowned as she looked at the contents.
"Why were so many added all of a sudden?"
"Boss, the publicity for this gaming tournament held in Hong Kong has been great, especially in Japan. There's been a huge uproar, with many young people shouting for revenge and to wipe away their humiliation. A large part of this is thanks to the other side buying tickets."
"In addition, France wants to host a gaming tournament next year, which has also increased its purchasing efforts."
"Federal Republic of Germany also wants to develop new games and achieve success in the French Games Competition."
"And there's the Alliance, and the United States..."
You talked more and more, but besides anxiety, there was also a hint of excitement on your face.
Such a big order, how much money is it!
Li Rong rubbed her temples, feeling her head spinning.
She knew this would have an impact, and she was aware that the demand for products from Department Nine would increase significantly, but she never expected it to increase by this much.
This is far beyond what we had anticipated.
"What did the Nine Departments say?"
Li Rong asked.
The secretary hurriedly said, "They said they have done their best to produce, but it will take at least three months to complete this order, and that's assuming there is a continuous supply of raw materials."
After the secretary finished speaking, Li Rong had a headache again.
Because the biggest problem is the raw materials.
Before the two of them could explain themselves, another person walked in, with the same expression as the secretary.
There was both anxiety and surprise.
He walked into the office and immediately said, "Boss, this is the order for the Shiguang photocopier, it's just been compiled!"
"You don't know, this time the number of photocopiers alone has doubled, and the number of ink cartridges has tripled. Many buyers are buying in the thousands."
"They also said they'd buy more stock to stock up, in case we raise prices later."
The visitor was chatting and laughing, but by the end, the two people inside the room were calm and showed no sign of smiling.
"No, this, this..."
The visitor seemed somewhat bewildered, and before the secretary could offer an explanation, two people walked up behind him.
The two turned around at the same time and saw the director and deputy director in charge of foreign trade in pharmaceuticals walking over together.
The two were surprised to see so many people in Li Rong's room, but they also had urgent matters to report. So, after nodding to the people in the room, the director spoke first, "Sir, we just received an order from the alliance. This time, the order for medicines is very large, especially cephalosporin antibiotics."
He added, "According to the news from our comrades, it seems there's a flu outbreak in the Alliance. Our cephalosporin antibiotics are effective in stabilizing the condition, so this order is very large!"
After the director finished speaking, the deputy director placed the order on the table. Before Li Rong could pick it up and check it, the director added, "Not only anti-inflammatory drugs, but also a considerable amount of disinfectant are being procured."
"In addition, some member countries of the alliance have also begun to stockpile cephalosporins. Comrades reminded us to pay attention and prepare medicines in advance to cope with the upcoming large orders!"
After the director finished speaking, Li Rong immediately covered her face with both hands.
Just a moment ago she thought she was on a shopping spree, buying whatever caught her eye.
But in the blink of an eye, someone came knocking on the door. They said they could buy it, but they had to sell it!
This is clearly a case of buying and selling!
Seeing their leader in this state, the group exchanged bewildered glances.
Ring ring ring
Just then, the phone on the desk rang, breaking the silence of the office.
Li Rong remained unmoved, so the secretary had no choice but to step forward and answer the phone. After listening for a while, she immediately covered the receiver and said, "Boss, it's Director Yang from Department Nine on the phone."
Upon hearing this, Li Rong put down her hand and took the phone.
"Hello, Aunt Rong, this is Yang Xiaotao!"
Hearing Yang Xiaotao's address, Li Rong felt a bad premonition rise in her heart again.
"Minister Yang, you've come at the perfect time. I also need to speak with you!"
Li Rong decided to take the initiative and, without waiting for Yang Xiaotao to speak, said directly, "I have many orders here that require the cooperation of your Ninth Department."
"This requires 500 tons of anti-inflammatory drugs and 3,000 tons of disinfectant..."
"We need 100,000 new-generation game consoles and their corresponding game cartridges!"
"In addition, we also need 500,000 copies of your newly launched game cartridges!"
"besides…"
On the other end of the phone, Yang Xiaotao looked dazed. The words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat. He tried to interrupt several times but found that he had no chance at all.
That's all for now. I'll have someone send you the list later, so please get everything ready as soon as possible.
"Also, these might be orders for this month; there could be even more next month..."
Li Rong added one last sentence. Yang Xiaotao waited a while after she finished speaking before he realized what she meant.
"I see!"
In the end, Yang Xiaotao couldn't come up with a clear explanation; there was nothing he could do, as it was ultimately their business.
Just recalling those numbers from earlier, and thinking about the production capacity, Yang Xiaotao felt that even breathing was a bit difficult.
That's way too much.
After Li Rong finished speaking, she picked up the porcelain bowl on the table, took a sip of tea, and then asked Yang Xiaotao, "Is there anything else?"
"Oh, I have something I need you to do."
Yang Xiaotao snapped out of his daze and said, "And instead of offering help, he just gave me the task."
Noticing the change in Yang Xiaotao's tone, Li Rong also became serious.
"We need to purchase an ultra-high voltage transformer with a voltage of over 220 kV."
"You can choose the specific model you want; it doesn't matter which country it's from."
"The more the merrier!"
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Li Rong agreed, and then the two hung up the phone.
Afterwards, the two of them sat in their seats for a while, lost in thought.
It wasn't until the door opened and Chen Gong and Lou Xiao'e walked in that Yang Xiaotao got down to business.
"Old Chen, there's something you should remember..."
After Yang Xiaotao finished explaining that the nuclear power plant needed transformers, he also mentioned the situation at Factory 709. Chen Gong immediately understood Yang Xiaotao's intention.
"I'll contact them later, and they'll provide whatever they need, as long as it's reasonable."
After Chen Gong finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao nodded and then said, "You can arrange for someone to follow up on this matter."
"There's something else urgent right now. We got word from the foreign trade department that we might not have enough stock this time. The specific order quantity will be sent over shortly."
"Let's have a meeting later. We can't turn down this business that's been offered to us."
Chen Gong smiled upon hearing this; they had been preparing for this all along!
He immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange the manpower."
After a while, Liu Lixue contacted the director of the electric furnace factory. Upon learning that the Ninth Department needed a winding machine, she immediately arranged for someone to deliver it.
They also knew that the Nine Departments generally wouldn't do anything pointless.
Moreover, everyone in Beijing knows that if someone goes to the Ninth Division and becomes interested in something, it means that their troublemaker is coming.
What's more, Yang Xiaotao himself made the arrangements this time, so they were overjoyed.
As for the winding machine, it's not a problem at all.
Small transformers can be wound by hand; why would you need a machine?
So after the factory informed everyone in the workshop of the decision, some people immediately began to take action.
Less than half an hour after I arrived at the Ninth Department, the information from the Foreign Trade Department had already been delivered.
When Yang Xiaotao looked at the thick stack of purchase orders in front of him, he was still slightly shocked.
They then proceeded to the conference room.
At this moment, everyone was still chatting animatedly.
Yang Xiaotao didn't come, but Chen Gong gave a general overview of the situation. After everyone heard it, they just chatted happily and didn't take it too seriously.
After all, these things were expected, and they were fully prepared.
As soon as Yang Xiaotao walked in, with Lou Xiao'e and Liu Lixue each carrying a stack of documents behind him, the smiles on everyone's faces froze for a moment.
"The export orders have arrived!"
Yang Xiaotao walked to the front and sat down, then said to Lou Xiao'e and the other person, "Write the information on the blackboard."
"Just write down which project requires how much."
The two understood each other and immediately picked up the chalk and went to the prepared blackboard to start writing.
In the conference room, Li Hongfeng, Lao Hong, and the others watched intently, their expressions growing increasingly grave as they read.
When Xu Yuanshan saw that 500 tons of cephalosporin antibiotics were needed, he almost jumped out of his seat.
Although he left the chemical plant, he had worked there and often thought about the situation of the chemical and pharmaceutical factories.
He knows nothing about the production volume of this cephalosporin antibiotic.
Last month, due to an increase in domestic orders, mainly to provide medicine supplies to the Northwest and Southwest, an additional production line was added, and a group of workers were transferred from other pharmaceutical factories in Beijing to help.
Even so, monthly output did not exceed two hundred tons.
This increases by 1.5 times, how are pharmaceutical companies supposed to compete?
Then, seeing the disinfectant below, Xu Yuanshan was completely stunned.
Li Hongfeng, who was standing to the side, was also speechless. Old Hong opened his mouth as if to ask if an extra zero had been written in the data, but in the end he did not ask.
Because he could tell that Yang Xiaotao's expression was similar to the others'.
After Lou Xiao'e and Liu Lixue finished writing down all the items, the meeting room fell silent.
From top to bottom.
From various medicines and materials to game consoles, photocopiers, and even pressure cookers and rice cookers that we've almost forgotten about...
It seems like any product manufactured by the nine departments that can be exported is listed.
With so many orders, let alone all of them, just one of them would be enough to give everyone a headache.
Previously, the worry was about how to earn foreign exchange.
The current problem is how to get foreign exchange into one's own pocket.
That's all for now, but there might be more later.
Yang Xiaotao said weakly, "I heard that there's another flu outbreak at the Alliance, and our cephalosporin is working well."
"Given the psychological impact of the pandemic on people, you can imagine how much demand there is for this medicine!"
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
"We don't have enough materials!"
Chen Gong said with a bitter face.
"We're short-staffed!"
Wang Guodong scratched his head helplessly.
Old Hong sighed and then looked up at Yang Xiaotao, "Director Yang, let's recruit some people!"
"It's always better to recruit early than to recruit when it's too late!"
Yang Xiaotao listened, glanced at Lao Hong, and then looked at the others.
Seeing that Li Hongfeng and Yang Youning both nodded, he nodded in agreement, "Then we will draft a document in the name of the Ninth Ministry to prepare for expanding production."
Li Hongfeng nodded, "I agree!"
"I agree!"
"no problem!"
Everyone reached a consensus, and then Yang Xiaotao instructed Lou Xiao'e to distribute the various orders to the factories, which would then organize production.
He needed to consult with Mr. Chen first before submitting the report.