Sail across the sea

Two days later, Yang Kai, accompanied by Gao Yiping, went to Ruizhang, the provincial capital, to meet Xu Ying.

Upon meeting, Gao Yiping first introduced Yang Kai's identity to Xu Ying: a teaching assistant in the Chemistry Department of Peking University, a quasi-graduate student, Professor Zhao Kangwen's favorite student, and a reinforcement invited by Gao Fan.

Zhao Kangwen was Yang Kai's future mentor when he was studying for graduate school. He was a well-known chemist in China, and Xu Ying also knew his name.

In fact, the direction of Zhao Kangwen's research is very different from the research direction planned by Yang Kai. He had already agreed with Yang Kai before that he would only be a nominal mentor and Yang Kai would guide him.

However, in order to make Xu Ying trust Yang Kai, and for Xu Ying to have an explanation in front of Zhu Nian and other leaders, Gao Yiping had no choice but to invite this god out to calm the situation.

"Professor Zhao's students must be amazing."

Sure enough, Xu Ying quite recognized Yang Kai's identity. However, after expressing her praise, she still couldn't help but ask: "Dr. Yang, you said it was Gao Fan who specifically called you to ask you to come over and help us negotiate. He Have you ever told me from which angle we should start talking about this matter?"

The title "Doctor" was also forcibly added to Yang Kai by Gao Yiping. Anyway, once Yang Kai entered graduate school, he would not give up until he got a doctorate.

Yang Kai did not care about the title issue, but nodded and said: "Director Xu, the reason why Gao Fan asked me to help is because he has hired me as Professor Hai's assistant to preside over the design of the vitamin C device, so I'm relatively familiar with the situation with this set of devices.

"My plan is not to make concessions with the Americans, but to implement the content of the negotiations. Let him clearly say which equipment we cannot afford and which equipment we can afford.

"There is no room for falsehood in technical matters. Since he said that our workers cannot undertake certain processes, he must clearly explain why."

"This is a good idea!" Xu Ying said with a smile on her face, "Dr. Yang, to tell you the truth, I have actually had this idea. However, we don't know the details of this device and what high-end processing requirements it involves. If we can’t speak out, we can’t confront Dampier.”

"Didn't the hall ask Liao Derong and the others to learn about the situation?" Gao Yiping interjected from the side.

Xu Ying sighed: "We asked Liao Derong and the others in the hall, but they were not able to speak in front of Dampier. They didn't dare to insist on being asked a few random questions."

Speaking of this, she seemed to glance at Yang Kai unintentionally.

Yang Kai noticed Xu Ying's gaze, he smiled and said, "Director Xu, you can rest assured that when it comes to scientific matters, I will not be afraid of any authority."

Negotiations were reopened.

When Dampier walked into the meeting room of the Chemical Industry Hall accompanied by Ge Zhiliang and Wu Yawei, he noticed Yang Kai sitting next to Xu Ying and frowned.

These days, China has found several groups of people to negotiate with him, but without exception, they all failed due to his tough attitude.Xu Ying is the host of the negotiations every time. The people sitting next to Xu Ying, besides wishing her a happy new year, are some of the experts she invited.

However, the experts Xu Ying hired in the past few times were at least middle-aged people in their 40s, but this time, this young man is probably in his early 20s, right?
Could it be that the Chinese have given up on professional efforts and want to use the human wave tactic to bring him down?
"Mr. Dampier, let me introduce you."

Seeing Dampier sit down, Xu Ying spoke first:

"This is Dr. Yang Kai from the Department of Chemistry of Peking University. He is currently also the main technical person in charge of the vitamin C project of Canghua Science and Technology Trade Co., Ltd. and is responsible for coordinating the design of the synthesis device.

"Because of this cooperation between Odin Factory and Maohua Machinery, the first thing they have to undertake is the manufacturing business of this vitamin C device. Therefore, we invited Mr. Yang Kai to discuss with Mr. Dampier in detail the specific aspects of equipment manufacturing. technical problem."

"I don't think this is necessary." Dampier shrugged and said lightly.

Westerners like to shrug, but Dampier's shrugging is not just a matter of habit. He noticed that every time he shrugged, the Chinese staff would look embarrassed and be busy reflecting on what they said wrong. So much so that the foreign guests shrugged their shoulders in disdain.Once such a mentality is formed, China's momentum will be weak and it will no longer dare to argue with him.

Realizing that a shrug could have such an effect, Dampier deliberately acted this way.The only side effect is that my shoulders feel a little tired after each negotiation.

Ge Zhiliang sat next to Dampier. After listening to Dampier's words, he was ready to translate his words to the Chinese personnel.Yang Kai gestured to Ge Zhiliang and said: "Translator Ge, why don't you sit next to Director Xu and Director Zhu. For the following negotiations, I will talk directly to Mr. Dampier in English. You only need to give Xu a The director and director Zhu can just do the translation."

"This..." Ge Zhiliang was a little dumbfounded and couldn't help but cast his eyes on Xu Ying and Zhu Nian.

Xu Ying said a few words to Zhu Nian, who hesitated for a moment and nodded reluctantly.

So, Ge Zhiliang said hello to Dampier, walked around the conference table, moved a chair and sat behind Xu Ying and Zhu Nian, and started to commentate on the scene.

"Mr. Dampier, I have been entrusted by Mr. Gao Fan, the general manager of Canghua Technology and Trade Co., Ltd., to discuss with you the production issues of the vitamin C device of Canghua Technology and Trade Co., Ltd. Do you think that Odin Factory, as Party B of the project, should refuse to discuss with Party A's representatives Negotiate?”

Yang Kai spoke fluent English when he opened his mouth. His pronunciation was a little stiff, the kind of pronunciation he learned from following English tapes, but his wording was flawless.

The most important thing is that he was not intimidated by Dampier's pretended arrogance at all, and his words were extremely sharp.

It was not unreasonable for Gao Fan to ask Yang Kai to come out.

Gao Fan knew clearly that the reason why Xu Ying and others couldn't help Dampier was not that they were unreasonable, nor that they didn't understand technology. The most important reason was that they lacked enough confidence when facing an American.

Yes, Xu Ying is already a very confident official, but there is always the Sword of Damocles hanging over her head, saying "diplomacy is no small matter". She will inevitably feel nervous at critical moments.

Even she has such a mentality, how can the cadres below dare to make mistakes?

If the momentum is weak, is there any reason not to be led by the other party's nose in the negotiation?

Gao Fan thought for a while and finally thought of an alternative like Yang Kai.

Although Yang Kai is not a time traveler, he is a genius like Gao Fan and dares to challenge all rules.In Yang Kai's heart, there is no natural worship or fear of foreigners.Give him a mandate and he will be able to knock down Dampier's arrogance.

Push the book:
Recommend to my friend the new book "Industry of a Great Power" by the Hero of East China

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Mr. Qin, we want to import a batch of steel pipes and gas tanks!
Yes, there is a structural diagram in the manual that prohibits welding the two together!
Mr. Qin, we are looking to purchase a batch of fire compression cannons!

Yes, the instructions strictly prohibit the replacement of carbon dioxide hollow bombs with thermite!

Mr. Qin, we bought the Minsk!

Okay, we modified it according to the plan and mounted various types of drones on it. Our mission is to observe weather, hydrology, fishing groups, etc. We modified a marine scientific research vessel!

This book is also called "Sorry, we really only produce civilian products!" 》