Chapter 3139
3 million US dollars, really not expensive
Chapter 3139 Three hundred million US dollars, really not expensive
The courtyard was silent at night.
Yang Xiaotao leaned against the headboard, holding a series of design drawings in his hand.
Ran Qiuye pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing that Yang Xiaotao was still looking at something, she went over and sat down on the edge of the bed, reaching out to press down the design drawing in front of her.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing much, just a little worried."
Ran Qiuye leaned against Yang Xiaotao without saying a word, but her face was full of worry.
After dinner, Ran Hongbing briefly recounted what had happened in France, and then brought up the little girl named Helen again.
Yang Xiaotao didn't say anything about it, but Ran Qiuye looked worried.
Yang Xiaotao put down the design drawings in his hand, then pulled Ran Qiuye into his arms. "Don't worry, matters of the heart can't be rushed or explained."
"What's that saying again? When good fortune in love comes, you can't stop it."
No sooner had he said that than Yang Xiaotao felt a hand on his waist.
"Romantic luck?"
Ran Qiuye looked at Yang Xiaotao with ill intent, but before she could get an explanation from him, her mouth was gagged.
"Ugh!!"
The mountains became bright and moist, the waters rose, and the sun's face turned red.
As the sunlight streamed into the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao put on his coat and prepared to go out.
Looking back at my wife, who looked refreshed, and then feeling the soreness in my lower back, I once again thought to myself, "What an ox that's worked itself to death."
"Good morning, Mr. Yang."
As soon as she arrived at the Ninth Department, Lou Xiao'e happily went up to greet her.
"morning."
Yang Xiaotao nodded indifferently, but Lou Xiao'e leaned forward and stared at Yang Xiaotao's wrist, saying, "Mr. Yang, your watch is really beautiful!"
Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes, then put his hands behind his back. "They're all just external things!"
Lou Xiao'e chuckled. This morning she had heard that everyone who went there received a watch, a German brand, and they were quite exquisite.
Needless to say, this piece is definitely for the Dragon Boat Festival. And look at Yang Xiaotao, although he looks disgusted, he's probably secretly thrilled.
Of course, I also prepared a gift for her for the Dragon Boat Festival, a small silver earring. I don't know who helped pick it out, or if that's what she originally wanted.
If it's the former, then she'll have to help her take a good look; she can't just befriend any girl.
If it's the latter, then it's probably like his father, something he has in his bones.
What are you thinking about?
Yang Xiaotao entered the office and saw Lou Xiao'e still standing there in a daze, so he asked her a question.
"Ah, no, I wasn't thinking about anything!"
Lou Xiao'e smiled quickly, then went to her seat and began working.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao didn't ask any more questions, but asked about the progress of the West-East Gas Pipeline project.
"Also, why haven't we heard from Teacher Xie Jiarong lately?"
Have you been in contact recently?
Lou Xiao'e quickly got into work mode after hearing Yang Xiaotao's words.
We have been closely following the progress of the West-East Gas Pipeline project.
After saying that, he took out a document from the archives behind him, opened it, glanced at it, and then said, "The western route has been fully launched, and the pipeline is 90% complete. It is planned to be fully laid before October."
“Various facilities, including compressor stations, distribution stations, pigging stations, and pressure regulating stations, are under rapid construction, and compressors from various locations are arriving one after another.”
Lou Xiao'e then added, as if remembering something, "By the way, Mr. Yang, speaking of compressors, it seems that one of our factory's veteran workers improved the compressor's structure, increasing its efficiency by ten percent."
"As a result, the production of pure oxygen has also increased significantly."
Yang Xiaotao was listening to the news about the West-East Gas Pipeline when he suddenly heard this news and immediately looked up and said, "This is a good thing, we should give it more encouragement."
Lou Xiao'e nodded, "Factory Director Xu Guoxing has already applied for personal honors and material rewards."
"We're preparing to promote the other party to level eight!"
Yang Xiaotao thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I completely agree."
"And this plan can be used to handle similar situations in the future."
"In addition, issue another reward in the name of the Ninth Department Headquarters."
"Ok."
Lou Xiao'e quickly took notes and then continued, "The main difficulty in our work in the west lies in the local environment. Many of our comrades are not used to the environment there, making the work very difficult and the transportation of living supplies challenging."
"Fortunately, with the help of Hongxing Machinery Factory, the cannery received a steady supply of materials."
"However, this foreign exchange was spent like water."
Yang Xiaotao waved his hand and said, "Money is meant to be spent, anyway, we won't have any kids."
"It is worthwhile to spend this money on the people and on revolutionary construction."
Lou Xiao'e nodded, then continued, "The middle section is still the same as last time, crossing the Yellow River and building a tunnel."
"This time, the Ministry of Machine Building has started construction on four tunnel boring machines at the same time to support domestic construction. It is expected to be completed in November."
"There are three tunnel boring machines in the middle section. The tunnel excavation speed is not slow, but because of the complex geological conditions, the distance is the shortest of the three, but the construction difficulty is the most difficult."
Yang Xiaotao had anticipated this; the phrase "a land of mountains and rivers, both inside and out" was not just a casual remark.
If it weren't for this complex terrain, how could we have fought the Japanese for so long back then?
What about the eastern section?
Yang Xiaotao was quite concerned about Xia Lao's situation. The notebook had yielded quite a few things last time, but he didn't know if any of these underground items had made it into a museum.
Lou Xiao'e smiled when Yang Xiaotao asked about it.
"Old Xia called just two days ago, saying he'd come across another big tomb."
"We ran into each other again?"
Which dynasty?
Yang Xiaotao became interested, his face full of curiosity.
"Mr. Yang, shouldn't you be worried about the condition of the pipeline?"
Seeing Yang Xiaotao's smiling face, Lou Xiao'e reminded him in an annoyed tone.
Yang Xiaotao quickly suppressed his smile, then coughed lightly and asked, "What's the difficulty now?"
Lou Xiao'e was speechless. Wasn't this the same thing?
"This time it's in the Jizhou direction, supposedly a royal tomb from the Warring States period. The cultural relics department of the capital city has gone there, saying it's of great research value."
"By the way, this time it's not the tomb of a Qing Dynasty landlord, so the cleaning will take longer, and we also need to carefully excavate the surrounding area."
Yang Xiaotao was able to laugh at first, but after hearing Lou Xiao'e's words, he started to wonder if the excavation would take a century. "What are your thoughts, Elder Xia?"
Lou Xiao'e waved her hand and said, "Old Xia said that we can't let the old things underground delay the new things in revolutionary construction."
“He told the cultural relics department that he would only give them one month, and construction would officially begin on July 15th. This time, there is no way he will stop.”
Yang Xiaotao asked curiously, "What did the people from the cultural relics department say?"
"What else can we say? Of course, it's like the arm can't twist the thigh."
"I heard they're excavating overnight, and even cultural relics workers from other places have come to help."
"Old Xia can take this opportunity to build the supporting facilities."
After Lou Xiao'e finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao had a basic understanding of the progress of the West-East Gas Pipeline project.
"In other words, we will not be able to achieve our goal this year."
"Yes, it should be."
Lou Xiao'e affirmed, and Yang Xiaotao leaned back in his chair helplessly, saying, "This all costs money."
Lou Xiao'e nodded in agreement, "That's right, the cost of feeding the people and horses every day is a huge sum of money, not to mention that once the machine is running, it's even more expensive."
"Mr. Yang, if we continue like this, we won't run out of money, but we can't go on like this either."
Yang Xiaotao rubbed his temples. "Of course I know, but we've made a lot of money, but there are still many places where we need to spend it."
"We still can't spend money recklessly."
After saying that, Yang Xiaotao stopped thinking about it and reminded them, "You should finalize Teacher Xie Jiarong's matter as soon as possible. Didn't Turkmenistan agree?"
"Let's confirm the pipeline route issue."
"Ok."
Lou Xiao'e agreed. At this moment, Liu Lixue walked in from outside, with dark circles under her eyes, and started yawning as soon as she entered.
Yang Xiaotao glanced at the other person but didn't say anything.
Lou Xiao'e stepped forward to inquire about the situation with concern, but Liu Lixue shook her head and remained silent.
The three quickly got to work.
In the morning, Zhao Gang came to report to Yang Xiaotao on the internal audit and quality control work, and finalized the plan for internal audits in local areas this year.
The West-East Gas Pipeline project will also be included in the scope of supervision.
Yang Xiaotao talked with the other party for a whole morning, focusing on the system construction of various factories, as well as the situation of the West-East Gas Pipeline and power transmission stations.
It's still unclear about this lifetime.
But in my previous life, stealing electricity was quite common.
After lunch, Yang Xiaotao received a call from Old Zhou, inquiring about the Persian purchase of warships. Yang Xiaotao explained the situation and then hung up.
No sooner had I hung up than Old Wang called back, saying the same thing.
Yang Xiaotao had no choice but to explain again. After hanging up the phone, he thought it over and over again before speaking with Old Chen.
In the afternoon, Yang Xiaotao received a call from Mr. Chen and drove to Mr. Chen's office.
Also present was General Manager Peng.
The three sat down in the office, and Yang Xiaotao explained the purpose of their visit.
"Boss, Mr. Peng, I'm here today to confirm the Persian ship order plan."
Yang Xiaotao spoke first, and then President Peng and Old Chen exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
Mr. Chen said, "We discussed this matter a long time ago. We support the other party's desire to purchase the Weiqing-class guided-missile cruisers and are happy to see it happen."
President Peng nodded, "That's right, the Weiqing missile cruiser is just a temporary product for us, and it still has many shortcomings."
"Selling it would not only alleviate our financial pressure, but also allow us to expand our influence."
"However, this includes the radar equipment, weapons and ammunition carried, which needs to be carefully considered."
Peng didn't say it explicitly, but Yang Xiaotao understood the meaning behind his words.
The boat can be sold.
But good things shouldn't be given away easily.
Even the closest of brothers.
"I see!"
Yang Xiaotao nodded and said, "The ships sold abroad will be equipped according to the current Weiqing. Didn't we build eight ships in two years before?"
"We'll sell four of them, and use the remaining four as a temporary measure."
"Furthermore, with the increasing prevalence of computers, our radar systems, missile systems, and communication systems will all see a qualitative improvement in two years."
"In addition, I think it is very necessary to move helicopters to ships, which would be very helpful for our anti-submarine warfare."
Mr. Peng's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "That's a good idea. We can give it a try."
Old Chen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and didn't say much, only glancing at Yang Xiaotao.
Seeing that General Peng agreed, Yang Xiaotao then explained the purpose of his visit.
"Mr. Peng, should we finalize the price?"
As soon as money was mentioned, Mr. Peng immediately became wary.
After glancing at Yang Xiaotao, President Peng instinctively asked, "How much do you think is appropriate?"
Yang Xiaotao immediately stated the price he had decided on, holding up three fingers and saying, "How about three hundred million?"
puff
Old Chen, who was standing to the side, turned his head and spat out the tea in his mouth, then looked at Yang Xiaotao in surprise.
The Weiqing warship, which cost 50 million to build, was bought for 300 million?
That's too cruel.
"US dollars!"
Seeing Mr. Chen's reaction, Yang Xiaotao, fearing he hadn't explained things clearly, added more details.
Even President Peng was unsettled.
Three hundred million US dollars! That's enough to build ten Wei Qing ships.
Isn't this kid on pretty good terms with the Persians?
Could it be that they have a grudge?
"Isn't this asking for too much?"
"Peng asked tentatively, and Old Chen beside him nodded in agreement."
But Yang Xiaotao firmly stated, "Three hundred million US dollars is really not expensive."