"Okay, Dong Xu, our project team is waiting for good news from your side." As expected, Dai Jiahong gave Xu Zhenming a satisfactory answer as agreed.
He told Xu Zhenming that the leaders of the railway department attach great importance to the localization of PLC projects and have reduced the purchase of foreign brands of PLC, with the purpose of waiting for the domestic brand of PLC products to be launched on the market.
Nowadays, there is no domestic PLC in China.But these PLCs are developed to complete scientific research tasks, and product performance and price can be imagined.
After listening to this explanation, Xu Zhenming smiled and said: "Please rest assured, Mr. Dai, we have two solutions, one is a high-end PLC, although the performance can be matched with Siemens; the other is a low-end PLC, whose performance far exceeds Delta. electronic."
"Eh?" Dai Jiahong's surprised voice came from the phone when he heard this.
He told Xu Zhenming that he was looking forward to the PLC of Yiming Group.While talking, he asked what equipment Yiming Group used to detect these PLCs.The instruments selected by their project team are all imported goods, and the detection accuracy is very high.
The implication is that Dai Jiahong is not at ease with the Yiming Group's testing equipment, for fear of messing it up.
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming smiled, "Don't worry, we will ship the testing instruments to your laboratory together. You will be surprised at that time."
"Okay, I'll wait and see." Dai Jiahong's polite laughter came over the phone.From this point of view, he is still a little worried about Yiming Group's testing methods.
But Xu Zhenming was relieved, smiled and shook his head.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately called Meng Haisheng, the person in charge of the Xiangnan City Office, and asked Meng Haisheng to rush back to the headquarters of the group company.
The next morning, Xu Zhenming saw Meng Haisheng and Li Yang in his office.
These two are the heads of the Yiming Group Company in Shonan City, and they will be able to report to Xu Zhenming when they come back together.
The three of them sat down in front of the glass coffee table in Xu Zhenming's office, drinking tea and talking about work.
"Report Xu Dong, our group company's manufacturing base in Shonan City has begun construction. The first phase of the project has reached 89%; the Yiming Xiangnan Commercial Plaza plan has also begun to be implemented, and the Siya Xiangnan Building has completed the positive or negative Basic engineering, the following work speed will be faster."
Li Yang put down his teacup and introduced the overall work progress to Xu Zhenming.He is now Meng Haisheng’s assistant and one of Xu Zhenming’s successors in electromechanical products.
Looking at young Li Yang, Meng Haisheng's eyes blinked a few times.
He knew Xu Zhenming's habits, but the most desired news was the production of servo motors.Yiming Group has invested four or five third-generation servo motor production lines in Xiangnan Motor Factory to create output value and benefits.
Mindful of this, Meng Haisheng and Li Yang immediately followed up to report the situation as soon as they finished speaking, “Xu Dong, in order to cooperate with the railway department’s project, we now have two servo motor production lines in production. The benefits are good. The profit of low-power servo motors is much higher."
Hearing these words, Xu Zhenming smiled and accepted the report from Meng Haisheng.
"Well...their work efficiency is really not good, the number of man-hours to produce a servo motor is about twice that of ours. Is it okay?"
Although it is a joint venture company, this level of production management is really not good.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming saw at a glance that this aspect needs to be improved.Fortunately, the wage level of the workers in the joint venture is a bit low, and the total cost is acceptable to Xu Zhenming.But this is not a problem, the company will be eliminated.
With this in mind, Xu Zhenming presented this situation to Meng Haisheng face to face.
But Meng Haisheng's answer surprised Xu Zhenming.
He told Xu Zhenming, “Xu Dong, this report data is made manually, and the actual situation is much better than this data.”
"Why are you doing this?" Xu Zhenming looked at Meng Haisheng in surprise.
Meng Haisheng smiled and said: "Xiangnan Electric Plant needs a financial report that is rising year by year. So, we can't start too high, otherwise, what will we do with future reports?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming suddenly realized.He has heard of such things.For example, various steel companies in China operate in this way.
The senior leaders of these listed companies often adjust the report data in order to get the full salary and bonus.At the beginning of the year, steel companies are losing money, and at the end of the year, steel companies are making money.Those who are kept in the dark will always be the retail leek investors.
Xu Zhenming didn't expect that he could encounter this kind of thing when he cooperates with the Xiangnan Electric Machinery Factory.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, "It seems that I still have to practice."
Because he knew that the SMIC chip company, which was recently deployed in Mordu, will definitely be listed on Mordu stock market in three years.If it is not listed, he will not be able to explain to the leaders of the magic city.
So, "Hey..." Xu Zhenming couldn't help but sighed and put the matter aside.
Next, he will assign tasks to Meng Haisheng and Li Yang so that they will be responsible for the connection of the YM-PLC project."You go over this trip, and transport a set of YM-PLC test benches by the way." Xu Zhenming smiled and arranged tasks.
Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't understand, and looked at Xu Zhenming with surprise.
Meng Haisheng can understand a bit of the meaning, "Xu Dong, do you mean to sell this set of PLC test benches to the project department of Xiangnan Electric Factory?"
"Well, I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, I am afraid of comparing goods. I speak with facts and tell them with data: Yiming Group's own testing instruments are first-class in the world. Otherwise, how can we make PLC?" Xu Zhenming explained with a smile.
There is some truth in what he said. As the saying goes, "If you want to do well, you must first sharpen your tools."
Since Yiming Group wants to develop PLC, it must first have detection means.Otherwise, if you don't know if your product is good or not, how can you do research?
Of course, Meng Haisheng knew the rules of Yiming Group, and smiled at Xu Zhenming’s explanation, "Xu Dong, please rest assured. I will get things done properly."
Meng Haisheng and Li Yang got up and left after taking over the task of docking this project.
Xu Zhenming stood up and prepared to give them off.
But at this moment, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.Xu Zhenming could only smile apologetically at Meng Haisheng and waved for them to leave on their own.
Go to the desk and pick up the phone.
"Xu Dong, Mr. Song from Huajing Chip Company just called and asked if you have time to receive their visit?" Hu Chunmei's question came from the phone.
He told Xu Zhenming that Song Shitian wanted to come to the headquarters of Yiming Group to discuss cooperation between the two companies with Xu Zhenming.From this point of view, Huajing Chip Company can't stand it anymore and wants to make an immediate move to find a good way to turn losses into winning.In another time and space, they did the same.
Mindful of this, Xu Zhenming ordered Hu Chunmei to agree that the other party would negotiate the acquisition and cooperation project in two days.
Before that, he asked Hu Chunmei to immediately cooperate with the team of the planning department to find out the situation of Huajing Chip Company.As the saying goes, knowing oneself, knowing one another, and winning every battle, Xu Zhenming does not want any accidents to happen.
Two days later, the conference room at the headquarters of Yiming Group.
Xu Zhenming led the investment team members of the Planning Department, sitting behind the conference table and waiting for Song Shitian's speech.He already knew Song Shitian's hole cards, so he didn't rush to make a move.
"Xu Dong, dear leaders, according to the instructions of superior leaders, our Huajing Chip Company decided to restructure, and specially invited you to participate in this corporate restructuring action." Song Shitian followed the general meeting process and led his team to a blast. Explain the purpose of the group company again.
After saying this, he gave the right to speak to Director Lin of the SASAC.
Director Lin is in his fifties, he is relatively fat, with a thick neck and a pair of fish eyes.He seems to be a bald person, but he is wearing a wig, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
"Xu Dong, comrades, in accordance with the requirements of our leaders in Xicheng: No matter how the Huajing Chip Company is restructured, our SASAC must absolutely control it. So this major premise cannot be changed, and other issues are still discussed."
Director Lin's voice was a bit sharp, with a feminine taste.
But the content of what he said was a bit hard, and it seemed beyond doubt.
After hearing these words, Sister Han’s team members became a little unhappy, “How can we talk about this? Our Yiming Group must absolutely control, and the other party must also absolutely control. It’s too much for speculation!”
After negotiating so many projects, Sister Han has experienced many battles, "Director Lin, let’s put aside your request. Let’s report the asset evaluation of Huajing Chip Company. If there is no consensus on this issue, let’s Can't talk."
"Mr. Han makes sense. I'll report on the assets of our company." At this time, a middle-aged gay man with eyes took the topic of Sister Han with a smile.
He is the chief financial officer of Huajing Chip Company and has a good understanding of the company's situation.
"Our Huajing Chip Company owns a piece of land of 300 acres by the Taihu Lake. According to the current market, it is worth about 300 million yuan. Because this piece of land has been used as a commercial land for a high-end community in the planned city, the market value does not need to be questioned."
"In addition, our company has an industrial park covering an area of 1,000 acres in Xicheng High-tech Development Zone, with a construction area of more than 100,000 square meters and a real estate valuation of 150 million yuan. We have introduced a chip manufacturing line with a total investment of 26 100 million yuan..."
The chief financial officer did his job very well. He didn't need to look at the data report at all when reporting, he could report all the data in one go, and explained in detail.
According to his calculation method, Huajing Chip Company currently has 3 billion yuan in fixed assets, nearly 2 billion yuan in bank liabilities, and about 1 billion yuan in net assets.
But this is all calculated verbally, how can it be counted?
So, after this person finished speaking, Xu Zhenming glanced at Sister Han and motioned to Sister Han to fire the cannon immediately, awakening the group of people.Otherwise, these people are still dreaming.
Sister Han sneered a few times at Xu Zhenming's hint.
"Director Lin and President Song, I have a data analysis report provided by a third party here. Please take a look." She winked at an assistant and motioned to him to open the PPT file immediately and assign Yiming Group to Huajing Chip The company’s asset appraisal report is displayed.
Soon after, a line of words appeared on the wall opposite the conference table: "According to our assessment, this company is already insolvent and should be able to file for bankruptcy."
This evaluation report is provided by a third-party organization, and the data is relatively objective.
"Ah? How could there be such a conclusion?" Director Lin was surprised after seeing this line of words.
But Song Shitian, who was sitting next to him, said nothing.As the head of the company, he actually already knew this result.
Although the conclusion of Yiming Group's evaluation is a bit excessive, it is not too far from reality.Huajing Chip Company is not far from bankruptcy.Of course, if the country converts bank loans into appropriation investment, this report will come to another conclusion.
Therefore, Song Shitian raised no objections, including the chief financial officer sitting next to him.
At this time, Sister Han continued to speak.
"Chip manufacturing will be upgraded every 18 months. Your company’s second-hand chip production line is now more than six generations behind the world’s most advanced level. Don’t question our evaluation. For now, Intel Corporation in the United States and our Mingxin manufacturing The company has been able to manufacture chips with a lithography accuracy of 0.12 microns."
"The process accuracy of your company's production line is only 0.8 microns. The production line with this accuracy can still accept the chip foundry business? I think it should not be possible. There is no business here, there is How many months can Huajing Chip Company’s assets last for a few months when repaying bank loans?"
Having said that, Sister Han stopped and stared sharply at the opposite Director Lin.Immediately, she swept aside the faces of the other team members.
At this time, the meeting room suddenly became quiet, only the sound of dry cough and breathing existed.
Song Shitian's team members all looked serious at this time and did not speak.Almost all of them are aware of the current predicament of their companies and hope that they can gain something from the Yiming Group this time.
But looking at it now, the city leaders represented by Director Lin may have different opinions, which will cast a shadow over this negotiation.
Sure enough, Director Lin said with a serious expression at this time: "Mr. Han, according to your algorithm, our company sold the production line for less than 2 billion yuan?"
"Two billion yuan? Haha... 800 million yuan is a bit dangerous. The Americans will soon eliminate the old production lines, and the price of second-hand chip production lines in the international market will plummet."
"How can this be possible?" Director Li didn't believe Sister Han's words.
But it doesn't matter, Xu Zhenming didn't plan to settle this matter in one negotiation.He waited for Director Lin to calm down and made two suggestions.
"The first form of cooperation, I suggest that our group company buy Huajing Chip Company at a price of zero yuan. The bank loan of Huajing Chip Company will be repaid by our group company."
"The second way of cooperation is that you convert all bank loans into investment. Please ask an international third-party authoritative organization to evaluate the assets of your company. Let's talk about cooperation."
Xu Zhenming suggested to adjourn the meeting immediately and leave the opportunity to Director Lin.
Director Li would definitely not be able to make such a major decision.
He wants to report to the leaders for instructions.
"Okay, Dong Xu, our project team is waiting for good news from your side." As expected, Dai Jiahong gave Xu Zhenming a satisfactory answer as agreed.
He told Xu Zhenming that the leaders of the railway department attach great importance to the localization of PLC projects and have reduced the purchase of foreign brands of PLC, with the purpose of waiting for the domestic brand of PLC products to be launched on the market.
Nowadays, there is no domestic PLC in China.But these PLCs are developed to complete scientific research tasks, and product performance and price can be imagined.
After listening to this explanation, Xu Zhenming smiled and said: "Please rest assured, Mr. Dai, we have two solutions, one is a high-end PLC, although the performance can be matched with Siemens; the other is a low-end PLC, whose performance far exceeds Delta. electronic."
"Eh?" Dai Jiahong's surprised voice came from the phone when he heard this.
He told Xu Zhenming that he was looking forward to the PLC of Yiming Group.While talking, he asked what equipment Yiming Group used to detect these PLCs.The instruments selected by their project team are all imported goods, and the detection accuracy is very high.
The implication is that Dai Jiahong is not at ease with the Yiming Group's testing equipment, for fear of messing it up.
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming smiled, "Don't worry, we will ship the testing instruments to your laboratory together. You will be surprised at that time."
"Okay, I'll wait and see." Dai Jiahong's polite laughter came over the phone.From this point of view, he is still a little worried about Yiming Group's testing methods.
But Xu Zhenming was relieved, smiled and shook his head.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately called Meng Haisheng, the person in charge of the Xiangnan City Office, and asked Meng Haisheng to rush back to the headquarters of the group company.
The next morning, Xu Zhenming saw Meng Haisheng and Li Yang in his office.
These two are the heads of the Yiming Group Company in Shonan City, and they will be able to report to Xu Zhenming when they come back together.
The three of them sat down in front of the glass coffee table in Xu Zhenming's office, drinking tea and talking about work.
"Report Xu Dong, our group company's manufacturing base in Shonan City has begun construction. The first phase of the project has reached 89%; the Yiming Xiangnan Commercial Plaza plan has also begun to be implemented, and the Siya Xiangnan Building has completed the positive or negative Basic engineering, the following work speed will be faster."
Li Yang put down his teacup and introduced the overall work progress to Xu Zhenming.He is now Meng Haisheng’s assistant and one of Xu Zhenming’s successors in electromechanical products.
Looking at young Li Yang, Meng Haisheng's eyes blinked a few times.
He knew Xu Zhenming's habits, but the most desired news was the production of servo motors.Yiming Group has invested four or five third-generation servo motor production lines in Xiangnan Motor Factory to create output value and benefits.
Mindful of this, Meng Haisheng and Li Yang immediately followed up to report the situation as soon as they finished speaking, “Xu Dong, in order to cooperate with the railway department’s project, we now have two servo motor production lines in production. The benefits are good. The profit of low-power servo motors is much higher."
Hearing these words, Xu Zhenming smiled and accepted the report from Meng Haisheng.
"Well...their work efficiency is really not good, the number of man-hours to produce a servo motor is about twice that of ours. Is it okay?"
Although it is a joint venture company, this level of production management is really not good.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming saw at a glance that this aspect needs to be improved.Fortunately, the wage level of the workers in the joint venture is a bit low, and the total cost is acceptable to Xu Zhenming.But this is not a problem, the company will be eliminated.
With this in mind, Xu Zhenming presented this situation to Meng Haisheng face to face.
But Meng Haisheng's answer surprised Xu Zhenming.
He told Xu Zhenming, “Xu Dong, this report data is made manually, and the actual situation is much better than this data.”
"Why are you doing this?" Xu Zhenming looked at Meng Haisheng in surprise.
Meng Haisheng smiled and said: "Xiangnan Electric Plant needs a financial report that is rising year by year. So, we can't start too high, otherwise, what will we do with future reports?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming suddenly realized.He has heard of such things.For example, various steel companies in China operate in this way.
The senior leaders of these listed companies often adjust the report data in order to get the full salary and bonus.At the beginning of the year, steel companies are losing money, and at the end of the year, steel companies are making money.Those who are kept in the dark will always be the retail leek investors.
Xu Zhenming didn't expect that he could encounter this kind of thing when he cooperates with the Xiangnan Electric Machinery Factory.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, "It seems that I still have to practice."
Because he knew that the SMIC chip company, which was recently deployed in Mordu, will definitely be listed on Mordu stock market in three years.If it is not listed, he will not be able to explain to the leaders of the magic city.
So, "Hey..." Xu Zhenming couldn't help but sighed and put the matter aside.
Next, he will assign tasks to Meng Haisheng and Li Yang so that they will be responsible for the connection of the YM-PLC project."You go over this trip, and transport a set of YM-PLC test benches by the way." Xu Zhenming smiled and arranged tasks.
Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't understand, and looked at Xu Zhenming with surprise.
Meng Haisheng can understand a bit of the meaning, "Xu Dong, do you mean to sell this set of PLC test benches to the project department of Xiangnan Electric Factory?"
"Well, I am not afraid of not knowing the goods, I am afraid of comparing goods. I speak with facts and tell them with data: Yiming Group's own testing instruments are first-class in the world. Otherwise, how can we make PLC?" Xu Zhenming explained with a smile.
There is some truth in what he said. As the saying goes, "If you want to do well, you must first sharpen your tools."
Since Yiming Group wants to develop PLC, it must first have detection means.Otherwise, if you don't know if your product is good or not, how can you do research?
Of course, Meng Haisheng knew the rules of Yiming Group, and smiled at Xu Zhenming’s explanation, "Xu Dong, please rest assured. I will get things done properly."
Meng Haisheng and Li Yang got up and left after taking over the task of docking this project.
Xu Zhenming stood up and prepared to give them off.
But at this moment, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.Xu Zhenming could only smile apologetically at Meng Haisheng and waved for them to leave on their own.
Go to the desk and pick up the phone.
"Xu Dong, Mr. Song from Huajing Chip Company just called and asked if you have time to receive their visit?" Hu Chunmei's question came from the phone.
He told Xu Zhenming that Song Shitian wanted to come to the headquarters of Yiming Group to discuss cooperation between the two companies with Xu Zhenming.From this point of view, Huajing Chip Company can't stand it anymore and wants to make an immediate move to find a good way to turn losses into winning.In another time and space, they did the same.
Mindful of this, Xu Zhenming ordered Hu Chunmei to agree that the other party would negotiate the acquisition and cooperation project in two days.
Before that, he asked Hu Chunmei to immediately cooperate with the team of the planning department to find out the situation of Huajing Chip Company.As the saying goes, knowing oneself, knowing one another, and winning every battle, Xu Zhenming does not want any accidents to happen.
Two days later, the conference room at the headquarters of Yiming Group.
Xu Zhenming led the investment team members of the Planning Department, sitting behind the conference table and waiting for Song Shitian's speech.He already knew Song Shitian's hole cards, so he didn't rush to make a move.
"Xu Dong, dear leaders, according to the instructions of superior leaders, our Huajing Chip Company decided to restructure, and specially invited you to participate in this corporate restructuring action." Song Shitian followed the general meeting process and led his team to a blast. Explain the purpose of the group company again.
After saying this, he gave the right to speak to Director Lin of the SASAC.
Director Lin is in his fifties, he is relatively fat, with a thick neck and a pair of fish eyes.He seems to be a bald person, but he is wearing a wig, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
"Xu Dong, comrades, in accordance with the requirements of our leaders in Xicheng: No matter how the Huajing Chip Company is restructured, our SASAC must absolutely control it. So this major premise cannot be changed, and other issues are still discussed."
Director Lin's voice was a bit sharp, with a feminine taste.
But the content of what he said was a bit hard, and it seemed beyond doubt.
After hearing these words, Sister Han’s team members became a little unhappy, “How can we talk about this? Our Yiming Group must absolutely control, and the other party must also absolutely control. It’s too much for speculation!”
After negotiating so many projects, Sister Han has experienced many battles, "Director Lin, let’s put aside your request. Let’s report the asset evaluation of Huajing Chip Company. If there is no consensus on this issue, let’s Can't talk."
"Mr. Han makes sense. I'll report on the assets of our company." At this time, a middle-aged gay man with eyes took the topic of Sister Han with a smile.
He is the chief financial officer of Huajing Chip Company and has a good understanding of the company's situation.
"Our Huajing Chip Company owns a piece of land of 300 acres by the Taihu Lake. According to the current market, it is worth about 300 million yuan. Because this piece of land has been used as a commercial land for a high-end community in the planned city, the market value does not need to be questioned."
"In addition, our company has an industrial park covering an area of 1,000 acres in Xicheng High-tech Development Zone, with a construction area of more than 100,000 square meters and a real estate valuation of 150 million yuan. We have introduced a chip manufacturing line with a total investment of 26 100 million yuan..."
The chief financial officer did his job very well. He didn't need to look at the data report at all when reporting, he could report all the data in one go, and explained in detail.
According to his calculation method, Huajing Chip Company currently has 3 billion yuan in fixed assets, nearly 2 billion yuan in bank liabilities, and about 1 billion yuan in net assets.
But this is all calculated verbally, how can it be counted?
So, after this person finished speaking, Xu Zhenming glanced at Sister Han and motioned to Sister Han to fire the cannon immediately, awakening the group of people.Otherwise, these people are still dreaming.
Sister Han sneered a few times at Xu Zhenming's hint.
"Director Lin and President Song, I have a data analysis report provided by a third party here. Please take a look." She winked at an assistant and motioned to him to open the PPT file immediately and assign Yiming Group to Huajing Chip The company’s asset appraisal report is displayed.
Soon after, a line of words appeared on the wall opposite the conference table: "According to our assessment, this company is already insolvent and should be able to file for bankruptcy."
This evaluation report is provided by a third-party organization, and the data is relatively objective.
"Ah? How could there be such a conclusion?" Director Lin was surprised after seeing this line of words.
But Song Shitian, who was sitting next to him, said nothing.As the head of the company, he actually already knew this result.
Although the conclusion of Yiming Group's evaluation is a bit excessive, it is not too far from reality.Huajing Chip Company is not far from bankruptcy.Of course, if the country converts bank loans into appropriation investment, this report will come to another conclusion.
Therefore, Song Shitian raised no objections, including the chief financial officer sitting next to him.
At this time, Sister Han continued to speak.
"Chip manufacturing will be upgraded every 18 months. Your company’s second-hand chip production line is now more than six generations behind the world’s most advanced level. Don’t question our evaluation. For now, Intel Corporation in the United States and our Mingxin manufacturing The company has been able to manufacture chips with a lithography accuracy of 0.12 microns."
"The process accuracy of your company's production line is only 0.8 microns. The production line with this accuracy can still accept the chip foundry business? I think it should not be possible. There is no business here, there is How many months can Huajing Chip Company’s assets last for a few months when repaying bank loans?"
Having said that, Sister Han stopped and stared sharply at the opposite Director Lin.Immediately, she swept aside the faces of the other team members.
At this time, the meeting room suddenly became quiet, only the sound of dry cough and breathing existed.
Song Shitian's team members all looked serious at this time and did not speak.Almost all of them are aware of the current predicament of their companies and hope that they can gain something from the Yiming Group this time.
But looking at it now, the city leaders represented by Director Lin may have different opinions, which will cast a shadow over this negotiation.
Sure enough, Director Lin said with a serious expression at this time: "Mr. Han, according to your algorithm, our company sold the production line for less than 2 billion yuan?"
"Two billion yuan? Haha... 800 million yuan is a bit dangerous. The Americans will soon eliminate the old production lines, and the price of second-hand chip production lines in the international market will plummet."
"How can this be possible?" Director Li didn't believe Sister Han's words.
But it doesn't matter, Xu Zhenming didn't plan to settle this matter in one negotiation.He waited for Director Lin to calm down and made two suggestions.
"The first form of cooperation, I suggest that our group company buy Huajing Chip Company at a price of zero yuan. The bank loan of Huajing Chip Company will be repaid by our group company."
"The second way of cooperation is that you convert all bank loans into investment. Please ask an international third-party authoritative organization to evaluate the assets of your company. Let's talk about cooperation."
Xu Zhenming suggested to adjourn the meeting immediately and leave the opportunity to Director Lin.
Director Li would definitely not be able to make such a major decision.
He wants to report to the leaders for instructions.
