Sail across the sea

Chapter 250 Americans are not short of money
Gao Fan had thought about this plan for a long time.

From the overall situation, it is better to hand over the equipment to domestic chemical machinery factories for manufacturing.The development of any industry needs an industrial chain as a support. Chemical equipment is an important part of the chemical industry. China must master this link by itself, otherwise it will inevitably be controlled by others no matter it is now or in the future.

Gao Fan talked about this idea when he talked about polyester production with Zheng Linong half a year ago.He believes that as long as China has mastered the manufacturing capacity of polyester equipment, even if it is only the manufacturing capacity of 5000-ton small polyester equipment, it can effectively suppress the price of imported equipment.

But ideals are one thing, reality is another.This attitude of Maolin Chemical Machinery Factory was totally unacceptable to Gao Fan.With his current ability, he is also powerless to change the atmosphere of other companies, so he can only consider the way of importing equipment from abroad.

Unlike later generations, due to the generally low level of China's manufacturing industry and serious shortage of production capacity, the prices of many imported products are lower than domestic prices.Some companies are willing to purchase foreign equipment, and there are also intermediate factors.

"The Hatch Group's investment does not go into the provincial account, but directly buys equipment and raw materials abroad. Can the Foreign Trade Department agree?" Gao Yiping asked a question.

Gu Kunquan thought for a while, and said: "The question raised by Director Gao really needs to be asked by the Foreign Trade Department. However, if Mr. Bob..., er, I mean, if Mr. Bao can be asked to follow If the foreign trade department says a word, the foreign trade department has no reason to object."

"There's no problem with that." Bob replied extremely frankly.

Gao Yiping also nodded: "Well, Director Gu's suggestion is good. If it is proposed by the foreign guests themselves, the Foreign Trade Department really has no way to object."

Liao Derong also nodded in agreement. Obviously, the old people had the same opinion, and they all knew the weight of a foreign guest's words.Gao Fan sat aside, feeling helpless, but he had to admit that everyone's thoughts were reasonable.

"Okay, then this matter is settled like this."

After Gao Fan finished speaking, he turned his head to Bob and asked, "Bob, when are you planning to return to the United States?"

Bob replied with a grievance on his face: "But, Gao Fan, I just arrived yesterday..."

Everyone froze for a moment, then snickered.Gao Yiping suppressed a smile, glared at Gao Fan, and said, "Xiao Fan, how can you ask such a question?"

Gao Fan didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, and he continued to say to Bob: "The purchase of equipment cannot be delayed. You should hurry up and communicate with Mr. Liao in the past few days, and write down the models and specifications of the equipment you need. , and then go back.

"Most of these equipment are conventional equipment, and it should be manufactured in the United States very quickly. You need to urge the manufacturer to let them deliver the goods as soon as possible. We will also start civil construction at the same time. Once your equipment is in place, you can start Produced.

"I hope by this time next month at the latest, we'll be able to come up with the first products."

"I see, respected boss." Bob responded with a doggy look.

He is not a fool, he knows that Gao Fan's arrangement is correct, and there is a cost to occupying funds. The sooner the factory goes into production, the sooner it will benefit. There is nothing wrong with this principle.The reason why he wanted to complain was just to show off his cuteness habitually.

He found that he already liked this feeling a little bit. Could it be that he still has a bit of masochism in his bones?

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you come back." Gao Fan only thought of appeasing Bob's glassy heart. He said with a smile, "You can come back anytime after you finish your work. I promise, the Red Army Coke is enough."

"Really?" Bob had little stars in his eyes.

"Xiaofan, what Red Army Coke?" Gao Yiping was a little puzzled.

Gao Fan said with a smile: "Actually, it's the New Year's wine in the country. It tastes like Coke. Americans have never eaten anything good, so they take it as a treasure.... By the way, fat man!"

"Huh?" Ning Mo agreed consciously.

"During the few days when Bob is in Cangtang, you will be in charge of three company, that is, to accompany him to eat, drink and play. As long as he finishes his work, you can arrange for him to eat and drink whatever he wants. .”

"En!" Ning Mo continued to reply in a low voice.

"In terms of fees?" Gao Yiping looked at Gao Fan with a questioning look.

Gao Fan pointed at Bob, and said, "It's fine for him to take care of the expenses, Americans are not short of money."

Everyone grinned in unison, Gao Fan really did not treat Bob as a foreign guest.The point is, this Bob is still smirking, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with Gao Fan's words. This completely subverts everyone's understanding of the belief that "diplomacy is no small matter".

Among them, the one who is a little calmer is Gu Kunquan.Did he know that when Gao Fan met the Japanese Masanobu Kitajima, he directly threatened to send him to the northwest to dig sand.In contrast, these words to Bob are very polite now.

The strange thing is that Gao Fan is so disrespectful to foreign guests, and the foreign guests rush to get close to him, solicit business and invest in him.Officials from the Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs Office nodded and bowed to foreign guests all day long, but failed to accomplish anything practical.

Alas, why is there such a big difference between people?
Then everyone discussed a few other things, and then the meeting adjourned.Gao Fan really pushed Bob directly to Ning Mo, and asked Ning Mo to take him to play in the county town, while he went home with Gao Yiping.

"Xiao Fan, wasn't your attitude towards Bob a bit too much just now?"

Walking on the road, Gao Yiping asked his son in a low voice.

Gao Fan and his party arrived last night. Gao Yiping and Bob just met each other and didn't talk much.After Gao Fan returned home, he introduced Bob's affairs to his parents, saying that he and Bob had gotten along quite well.But Gao Yiping didn't expect that the relationship between his son and this Bob was not only to the point of being familiar with each other, but also to the point that he didn't treat him as an outsider.

Gao Fan replied with a smile: "It's okay, this guy has such a temper. If you are polite to him, he will put his nose on the face instead."

"You said he would stay in Cangtang for a long time?"

"At least I will come here often."

"What about the purpose?"

"I'm not very clear. It feels like he wants to use Canghua Company as a case study for him. He told me that his family is very optimistic about China's development potential. They hope that before China has developed Lay a good foundation in China. Then when China rises in the future, they will be able to reap the most dividends."

Gao Fan explained.

Some of these words were explicitly told to him by Bob, while others were inferred by Gao Fan based on the experience of later generations. In the early 80s, the West had different predictions about China's future, a bit like bullish and bearish in the stock market.In the end, the bullish side won.

The Hatch family should be the consortium that is bullish on China in this era.

(End of this chapter)