Chapter 744 IQ Tax
Seeing that Song Yuanchao was not very interested, Jiang Dongliang did not give up and continued to enthusiastically explain the benefits of his project. He also said a lot about how difficult it was to do this project and how many companies were competing for it. He was able to participate because he had finally got the opportunity through a friend's introduction. This opportunity was very rare. If it were someone else, he would never have told him about it. But Song Yuanchao was different. Not only were they old friends, but he also owed Song Yuanchao a favor. This time he was taking this opportunity to make amends and at the same time give Song Yuanchao some benefits.
Seeing Jiang Dongliang's enthusiasm, Song Yuanchao told him that there was no need to be like this. The past was over and he was doing well in his job now. As for the profitable business, Jiang Dongliang could do it by himself and there was no need to bring him along.
"No, no, how can this be possible?" Jiang Dongliang shook his head and said, "Brother Song, I am sincere today. Can you give me a chance to make amends?"
"Brother Jiang, what you said makes me embarrassed. By the way, this project you mentioned is so good? What project is it?" Song Yuanchao shook his head and smiled bitterly. At the same time, he couldn't help but become curious. What ?
"Do you know about oil?" Jiang Dongliang asked Song Yuanchao in a low voice.
"Oil? Of course I know. Brother Jiang, are you in the oil business?" Song Yuanchao was stunned.
"Haha, of course it's not oil trading. I'm not qualified to do this, but it is somewhat related to this." Jiang Dongliang said with a smile: "Oil is known as the blood of industry. In modern industry, oil is indispensable. Not to mention that chemical products need oil everywhere, even other industries cannot do without it."
"But brother, do you know where oil comes from? How is it produced?" Jiang Dongliang enthusiastically taught Song Yuanchao, and began to talk about the birth and extraction of oil. No one knew where he heard these things from, but he spoke very clearly. Seeing that he was talking enthusiastically, Song Yuanchao did not interrupt him and sat there listening with a smile.
"...In short, oil is not inexhaustible. It is a resource, but not a renewable one. There is only so much oil in the world, and the total amount will be exhausted in a few decades or even hundreds of years. Once there is no oil, many industries will face the dilemma of being unable to continue. Let's not talk about other things, just take the cars we ride. Cars need gasoline to run, and gasoline is extracted from oil. Brother, do you understand what I mean?"
"Haha, I see." Song Yuanchao laughed and said, "Brother Jiang, what you mean is that oil is an important non-renewable resource? Once the oil is mined, it will affect all walks of life. We may even run our cars without gasoline. Isn't that the truth?"
"Oh, college students are college students. This is a good summary!" Jiang Dongliang slapped his thigh and nodded repeatedly.
"But Brother Jiang, what does all this talk have to do with the project you just mentioned? Are you going to stop running the plastics factory and start working on energy?"
"Hahaha, not that exaggerated, not that exaggerated..." Jiang Dongliang laughed, waving his hands with a bit of pride, and said: "I'm just playing with gasoline and diesel, and it's not real gasoline and diesel."
"Gasoline? Diesel?" Song Yuanchao was stunned again, thinking about Jiang Dongliang's words. Is he going to open a gas station? If so, it would be a good project. From the late 1980s to the 1990s, the development of private gas stations was very fast. Many large and small gas stations appeared in various places like mushrooms after rain. With the development of road transportation, gas stations also made lucrative profits.
Later, when the policy was adjusted, the three major companies successively acquired these private gas stations and incorporated them. At that time, the owners of gas stations did make a lot of money by doing this. If Jiang Dongliang opened a gas station, this project would be quite good, with stable returns and reliable projects. It was indeed good.
When Song Yuanchao asked Jiang Dongliang if it was a gas station project, Jiang Dongliang laughed again. He shook his head and told Song Yuanchao that it was not a gas station project, but starting from the oil itself. This made Song Yuanchao alert. Would this guy want to smuggle oil?
"No, no, how can I do something illegal, and even involve you, my brother?" Jiang Dongliang shook his head repeatedly, which made Song Yuanchao even more confused. What project was he talking about?
At this time, Jiang Dongliang lowered his voice and asked Song Yuanchao again: "Brother, do you know what it means to turn water into oil?"
"Fuck!"
When Jiang Dongliang asked this question, Song Yuanchao was stunned. After all the fuss and going through so much trouble, it turned out to be such a thing. For a moment, Song Yuanchao was completely speechless.
Turning water into oil, this so-called "high-tech" is very famous. In the previous life, it was known all over the country. A bus driver named Wang Hongcheng from Bingcheng publicly announced that he had invented a special "water-based fuel" after years of research and experiments. As long as this special water-based fuel is mixed into ordinary water, water can be turned into the same fuel as gasoline and diesel, and its calorie content even exceeds that of ordinary gasoline. At the same time, it is more environmentally friendly and safer.
This scam lasted for more than ten years and was not completely exposed until the mid-1990s. This so-called fifth invention of China became a laughing stock in science. Countless companies and individuals were deceived, and the amount involved was as high as 400 million.
Song Yuanchao never thought that Jiang Dongliang's so-called good project turned out to be this thing. In his previous life, the news about turning water into oil was all the rage. Song Yuanchao had also seen reports about this thing in major newspapers, with a lot of applause and excitement .
When Jiang Dongliang said the three words "water turns into oil", Song Yuanchao understood what was going on.
Looking at Jiang Dongliang who was talking incessantly and excitedly, Song Yuanchao felt sad for him. It was obviously a scam, but he saw it as a great opportunity. It was clearly a trap, a trap that could kill people.
"Brother Jiang, I don't think this is reliable. From a scientific point of view, it is impossible to do. You'd better be careful and don't let others cheat you of your hard-earned money." Song Yuanchao advised out of kindness.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Jiang Dongliang said firmly: "This technology has been reported in the newspapers, and I heard that Bingcheng has already put it into actual operation, which actually proves that this technology is real."
As he spoke, Jiang Dongliang suddenly remembered something and took out a folded newspaper from his pocket to show it to Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao took it and was speechless. It was a newspaper from Bingcheng Daily. The headline on the front page was the successful trial production of Hongcheng expanded diesel industrial equipment. The content reported extensively on the so-called water-based fuel, which was officially named Hongcheng mother liquor, and promoted this great "invention".
Looking at the newspaper, Song Yuanchao was completely speechless and didn't know how to explain to Jiang Dongliang for a moment.
At this time, Jiang Dongliang was still enthusiastically persuading Song Yuanchao to join him in this project, saying that he had already negotiated with others and was ready to invest 200,000 yuan in this project and purchase a batch of Hongcheng mother liquor.
He spent a lot of effort and used a lot of connections to get this project. Most people don't have this channel. Once the mother liquor is in hand, you can make a fortune. According to the proportion of the mother liquor formula, the profit can be multiplied several times.
With an investment of 200,000 yuan, it is certain that a profit of one million yuan will be made. The reason why Jiang Dongliang brought Song Yuanchao along was because he felt that he owed Song Yuanchao before and planned to use this project to compensate Song Yuanchao. From this point of view, Song Yuanchao also felt somewhat of Jiang Dongliang's good intentions.
But such a project is completely a "tax on IQ". Not to mention that Song Yuanchao clearly knew that this was a scam, even if he didn't know, with his knowledge, he would not believe in such a thing.
Looking at Jiang Dongliang's excited expression, Song Yuanchao sighed secretly in his heart. He reminded Jiang Dongliang indirectly that this matter was not very reliable, but who would have thought that Jiang Dongliang laughed at Song Yuanchao for being timid. How could this project be false since it was published in the newspaper?
It's difficult to persuade the damn ghost with kind words. Now Jiang Dongliang's mind is full of dreams of getting rich. How can he calm down and listen to Song Yuanchao's persuasion?
What's more, he still has the newspaper in his hand. This project is extremely popular now. Countless companies and individuals are trying their best to get in. If you don't have some connections, it will be impossible to get it.
Song Yuanchao understood what Jiang Dongliang was thinking now, because he had encountered a similar situation in his previous life. Of course, it was not him, but a friend of his.
It seemed to be around 2000. Song Yuanchao was still his leader in the telecommunications company at that time. One day he received a call from a friend who wanted to get together. This friend had a good relationship with Song Yuanchao and was the boss of a small company. After receiving the call, Song Yuanchao did not take it seriously and went to the appointment.
When they met there, Song Yuanchao realized that this friend wanted to ask him something, because at that time his company was doing well in the domestic market, but had never involved in the international market, and he had always wanted to try exporting products and opening up overseas markets.
In order to achieve this goal, this friend set up a foreign trade department within the company and participated in several foreign trade fairs, where he met some clients with overseas resources.
Not long after he returned to Shanghai after the trade fair, his company received a cooperation intention from a foreign enterprise in a certain place. This good news made him extremely excited, but he was not familiar with the specific operations. Song Yuanchao was already a middle-level manager of a Shanghai company at that time, and was responsible for coordinating with foreign companies. Although it was not foreign trade, it was related to foreign trade.
Therefore, he invited Song Yuanchao to ask about some specific foreign trade operational procedures. Song Yuanchao had a good relationship with him and was happy for him when he heard about this. He immediately explained to him some related matters and procedures.
But as they were chatting, when Song Yuanchao asked about the other party's situation and looked at some conditions regarding the products proposed by the other party before the cooperation, Song Yuanchao keenly realized that something was wrong, because according to his understanding, these procedures were not necessary at all. Moreover, the other party also proposed that his friend's company provide a certain number of products and pay the so-called inspection fee. Song Yuanchao knew that he had encountered a scammer.
