Chapter 408 I am a professional in praising people

"Mr. Li."

Seeing Li Dongdong beside him speechless after being scolded by Mr. Li, Wang Deming smiled and took over the conversation, slowly saying: "You are right."

"Indeed, our Foreign Trade Department is responsible for the introduction of large projects and the timely payment of funds. If the Tianjin oil refining project, because we did not pay in time, the foreign partner was unwilling to provide the subsequent technical information and complete sets of equipment.

That is a problem for our Ministry of Foreign Trade.”

"Director Wang!" Li Dongdong turned his head in surprise and looked at Wang Deming.

How can one take the responsibility on one's own department?

Mr. Li has been pushing the blame for the project construction period not meeting expectations onto others, without considering his own problems at all. Aren't you giving people something to talk about?
Sure enough, "bang!" The attitude of Mr. Li on the other side was even worse. He slammed the table again and directly pushed all the responsibility on himself: "You know it's your department's problem, why don't you go to the higher-ups to solve it?"

"Instead, you keep coming to my project site to give me instructions?"

"I tell you, Tianjin's oil refining project is a major project that benefits the country and the people! Because you have caused the project to be delayed again and again, this is not a work problem, this is a crime!"

“This is a crime against the people of the whole country!”

Mr. Li talked incessantly, spit flying everywhere, and Wang Deming kept responding with a smile.

By the time he finally took a break, he was so thirsty from talking that he had time to drink some water.

Wang Deming continued slowly, "But Mr. Li, according to the progress reported by the Tianjin project department to the Ministry of Chemical Industry, it seems that the progress of the first phase of the project has not yet reached the real acceptance?"

“Wouldn’t it be better if we discuss the disbursement of funds for the second phase after the acceptance of the first phase?”

It seems polite, but it turns into a tit-for-tat confrontation in the blink of an eye.

Li Dongdong was shocked again.

How to do this job in the future?
Mr. Li on the opposite side was even more angry, "Little devil, when I was conquering the world, you didn't even know where I was!"

"You don't need to be picky here. If you have the ability, convince those foreign devils!"

"Let them bring all the equipment for the second phase here, and see how I can complete the project with guaranteed quality and quantity!"

Wang Deming still kept smiling: "Mr. Li, what if we can do it? Although I didn't participate in the previous negotiations with foreigners, after I read the contract carefully, I think the other party should fully cooperate with us."

"After all, if we start production one day earlier, the other party can also get the final payment and the maintenance fee, right?"

Mr. Li's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"You are not kidding!" Wang Deming stood up and stretched out his right hand. "Shall we high-five to swear?"

"Okay!" "Pa!" Boss Li looked at him fiercely, with a murderous look on his face. He clapped his hands vigorously with Wang Deming, and suddenly laughed out loud, "Okay!"

“This is what it means to replace the old with the new!”

"We old guys can still protect you for a few more years. The future development of New China depends on you."

"He was able to sit still and grasp the key points. In the end, he even used a trick to provoke me. Not bad, not bad." CEO Li looked at Li Dongdong with a smile, "Your Ministry of Foreign Trade has finally sent someone with principles and bottom lines."

"Unlike those softies before, who always thought that what foreigners said was right! They just agreed blindly."

"That's all bullshit!" "Xiao Zhao!" CEO Li called his secretary in from outside the door and pointed at Wang Deming and Li Dongdong. "These two are comrades from Beijing who came to guide our project work. You can arrange for them and the comrades from the technical team to hold a meeting with the foreigners later."

He turned around with a sad face, "I am walking on thin ice in this position, but sometimes I really can't do it."

"It's up to you."

"Mr. Li, please take more rest."

"Ah."

After leaving the office, Li Dongdong hadn't figured it out yet. After getting in the car, she asked in confusion, "Director Wang, what's wrong with you?"

"Haha, you mean why I talked to Mr. Li like that? And I finally achieved my goal?" Wang Deming glanced at her. "It's such a big project, and Mr. Li is an old revolutionary. He won't gamble with his beliefs and future."

"We have the same goal as him. He may not be able to manage such a large project, but he also hopes that the project can be completed sooner."

Even without relying on the golden finger, Wang Deming has become very proficient in understanding people's hearts after so many years of hard work.

As soon as he met the project manager in Tianjin, he knew that Mr. Li particularly didn't like others to interfere in his affairs.

This was actually specifically mentioned in Mao's Selected Works, which opposed sectarianism.

But Wang Deming had sharp eyes and had long observed what document Mr. Li was looking at: the "project schedule."

If you eavesdrop on his thoughts, you will know how to deal with him.

He is so old that he needs to consider his reputation after death and also the issue of paving the way for himself.

If it can really help him to fully implement the Tianjin project, Mr. Li is willing to use more connections and effort to speed up the progress of the project.

But the problem is that he can't handle the foreign technical personnel now, and no one under his command can do it, so he won't easily ask for support from above.

This is the same as being a soldier and fighting in a war. If you don't even know the bottom line, you can either be strong enough to win the battle in one go and ask for guns and artillery from your superiors, or you can know both yourself and the enemy, and win the battle as long as you get some support from above.

Of course, this is Mr. Li’s deepest thought.

There are no foreigners on the project site now. They all live in villas in the suburbs of Tianjin. If Wang Deming guessed correctly, the place where these people are arranged to live is the expert apartments built for the Russians in the past.

After Wang Deming and his group returned to the city, he asked the translator to make an appointment with the other party in advance to have dinner together in the evening, and he would treat them.

During the Republic of China period, Tianjin was as prosperous as Beijing, with many time-honored brands, such as Hongbinlou, which moved to Beijing in 55.

Of course, it was not called that name at that time. The dishes were cooked in the cafeteria of the expert apartment, and the chefs from two big restaurants, Lishun and Cheeseland, were invited to cook.

In the evening, at a large round table with 14 people, there were Japanese people on Wang Deming's left and Germans on his right, with a clear distinction between the two.

The dishes served are also different. The Germans mainly eat pork, such as braised pig's trotters, braised pork, and pork stewed with sauerkraut. The Germans' eating taste is similar to that of Northeast China.

The Japanese mainly serve fish, such as grilled conger eel, yellow croaker, abalone, etc.

The wine must be Moutai.

, Wang Deming smiled and raised his glass first: "Today's meal is my own salary to treat you all. You have come from afar to support our country's construction. I am here to thank you for your work. Drink this glass."

(End of this chapter)