industrial overlord

Chapter 221

In 1985, Frankfurt in the early summer.

Outside the gate of the International Exhibition Center, colorful flags are fluttering, and countless large billboards are printed with the names of many internationally renowned large companies: General Motors, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Toshiba... The "1985 International Machinery and Equipment Fair" was erected by the organizer itself. "The small sign was submerged without a trace.

More than 40 people from the China Electromechanical Equipment Exhibition Group jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of China and the Machinery Industry Committee stood at the gate of the exhibition center, looking at the grand momentum and feeling a lot of emotion.

"There is no name of a Chinese company." A director named Zhu Jinwen appointed by the machinery industry said with a sigh.

"Anyway, we are still here. This is called zero breakthrough." Gao Zuxing, vice minister of foreign trade, said with a smile, "We are nervous about foreign exchange and can't afford advertisements, so we won't follow them."

Zhu Jinwen said: "It's not about whether you can afford to advertise, but that no one knows who you are after advertising. The gap between China's equipment industry and the world's advanced level is really too big."

Gao Zuxing said: "Old Zhu, why are you saying this again? Since you feel that you have no confidence, let's go home and save some foreign exchange for the country."

Zhu Jinwen said with a smile: "Minister Gao, if you come here, you will be safe. Besides, the manager Xiao Lin you recommended is right, he can't afford high-end, can't we play low-end with others?"

Speaking of Xiao Lin, Gao Zuxing shook his head and said: "This Lin Zhenhua from Jiangnan Province is indeed a freak, he can come up with such a crooked move. Don't tell me, I really have some expectations for this manager Xiao Lin Woolen cloth."

It turns out that the International Machinery and Equipment Fair in Frankfurt has been held for more than 20 years, and China has never sent a delegation to participate in the exhibition.Earlier, due to the ideological conflict between the East and the West, China basically did not participate in such exhibitions held in Western countries.In recent years, the country has implemented the policy of reform and opening up, broke through the limitations of ideology, and began to participate in various international activities one after another. However, for such high-level exhibitions as the International Machinery and Equipment Fair, the Chinese side only sent purchasing groups to participate, and never thought of going back to China. You should go to the exhibition to display your products.

The reason for this situation is naturally that there is a large gap between China's equipment manufacturing industry and the world's advanced level. Although there are a few fields that can reach or approach the world's advanced level, most of these fields involve cutting-edge defense technologies. It cannot be easily disclosed to the outside world.In terms of civilian technology, it is very difficult for China to come up with products that can compete with world-class equipment companies.

This year, the Ministry of Foreign Trade received an invitation from the organizer of the Frankfurt Fair, inviting the Chinese side to visit and purchase.With the advancement of reform and opening up, Chinese enterprises have an increasing demand for international advanced equipment, and have gradually become a noteworthy buyer at the Frankfurt Fair.After receiving the invitation, the Ministry of Foreign Trade forwarded the news to various ministries and commissions, provinces, municipalities, and municipalities as usual to understand the purchasing wishes of all parties.

As in previous years, all provinces and ministries submitted some procurement lists, some of which were directly entrusted to the Ministry of Foreign Trade to purchase, and some proposed that the procurement unit should send people to negotiate in person.Of course, if you apply for sending someone to purchase, all related expenses need to be borne by the purchasing unit itself, and a unit without a little strength will not make such a request.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade is responsible for reviewing these application reports by a female cadre named Xie Yunjuan. She has worked in this position for more than ten years and has rich experience and familiarity with the business.She can see from each report whether these procurement applications are reasonable, and which applications are actually unnecessary, but some local cadres want to take the opportunity to go abroad.In addition to reviewing the content of the reports, she is also keen to correct grammar and typos in these reports, seeing this as a kind of relief from the intense work.

"What's going on in this Jiangnan Province? I can't write a purchase application well. I just want to go abroad to buy big things?" Xie Yunjuan frowned and muttered while holding a rather thick application report.

"What's the matter, sister Xie?" Xu Liya, the director who was in the same office as Xie Yunjuan, asked casually.He knew that this elder sister Xie loved nagging, and when she started nagging, you couldn't help but talk to her.

Xie Yunjuan said: "Look, their title is: "Application for Organizing a Group to Participate in the Frankfurt International Machinery and Equipment Fair for Domestic Equipment Sales."

"Well, there is no problem." Xu Liya replied, although the title is a bit long, there is no problem in grammar.Besides, it is common sense that the title should be long.

Xie Yunjuan said: "Xiao Xu, you didn't hear the problem, did you? They used the word backwards, it should be purchase, not sales."

"Oh, that's right." Xu Liya laughed, "Buying and showing off are reversed, probably a report written by a temporary worker."

Xie Yunjuan was quite proud of Xu Liya's support.She picked up a pen and crossed out the word "sales" on the report and changed it to the word "purchase", and then read it again by herself: "Application for organizing a group to participate in the Frankfurt International Machinery and Equipment Fair for the purchase of domestic equipment", Xiao Xu, look Change it like this, wouldn't it be... no, why do I still feel awkward?"

"It's a bit awkward, sister Xie, read it again." Xu Liya also felt that something was not right.

Xie Yunjuan read it again: "Application for Organizing a Group to Participate in the Frankfurt International Machinery and Equipment Fair for Procurement of Domestic Equipment."

"The report said domestic equipment?" Xu Liya finally heard the problem.

"That's right, that's it." Xie Yunjuan also came to her senses, "Procurement of domestic equipment, sales of domestic equipment? My God, could it be that they really want to participate in the exhibition and sell?"

"You just said it was a report from Jiangnan Province? Which unit is it from?"

"Jiangnan Province Hanhua Heavy Industry Group Company."

"Hanhua!" Xu Liya jumped up.Growing up so big, the one that left the deepest impression on him was a company called Hanhua. He clearly remembered that this company was called Hanhua Industrial Company. Why did it become Hanhua Heavy Industry Group in two years? ?
Xu Liya left her desk, came to Xie Yunjuan's desk, bent down and read the application report with Xie Yunjuan.After reading it carefully, they realized that the words on the title were not wrong at all. The company that claimed to be Hanhua Heavy Industry was indeed applying to attend the exhibition as an exhibitor, and planned to sell its own chemical equipment at the exhibition. .

"Taking the road of encircling the cities from the countryside and occupying the international mid-to-low-end equipment market...this is simply nonsense!" Xu Liya pointed at a passage in the report with her hand, and said angrily, "What age is it, and you still use this extremely Left thinking."

"Extreme left thinking?" Xie Yunjuan looked at Xu Liya curiously, "Why is this linked to extreme left thinking?"

"Isn't this the same as the criticism of the philosophy of foreign slaves in the past? It blindly emphasizes self-reliance, how to get on the horse with local methods, and the sickle defeating mechanization..." Xu Liya said like a treasure.

"Xiao Xu, are you okay?" Xie Yunjuan asked bluntly.Although Xu Liya is her director, she doesn't think she should have any respect for Xu Liya at all.She is a veteran in the department, not to mention the young director, even the director is polite when he sees her.

It was only then that Xu Liya realized that he seemed to be acting a little too aggressively. For some reason, when he heard the word Hanhua, his blood pressure began to rise, and then his brain was not enough.What did I say just now?The extreme left... This report of Hanhua Company seems to be a little bit far from the extreme left.It's a wrong label. If I knew it, it should be said that they worship foreigners and fawn on foreigners.

"Sister Xie, don't you think this report is unreliable?" Xu Liya began to pull the allies.

Xie Yunjuan ignored Xu Liya, but read the summary of the report word by word.At the back of the report is a thick stack of technical materials and market analysis materials, which Xie Yunjuan has no time to read.Only from these summaries, Xie Yunjuan can feel some valuable things.After all, she has done foreign trade for so many years, so she has some understanding of the international market.

"Xiao Xu, I think this report is a bit reasonable. They also said in the report that they had received an order for four sets of large fertilizer equipment from Thailand last year, and it was from Japan's Nihong Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. It was snatched from the mouth. Our equipment industry level in China is far behind that of Western developed countries, but compared with developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, we still have advantages. If we can lower the price in the middle and low-end When the country competes, it does not necessarily mean that there is no opportunity. I think the person who wrote this report really has some vision."

"What kind of vision, this is entirely Lin Zhenhua's wishful thinking!" Xu Liya blurted out.

"Lin Zhenhua?" Xie Yunjuan asked strangely. This name did not appear in the report. How did the little Director Xu think of this person?
Xu Liya was a little embarrassed, but the words had already been spoken, and there was no way to take them back.He faltered and said: "This Lin Zhenhua is the manager of Hanhua Company. However, this company was originally called Hanhua Industrial Company, which was engaged in light industrial products. I don't know how it started to get involved in the equipment manufacturing industry. Lin Zhenhua, Some young people achieve their goals and are very arrogant, I have come into contact with them before."

"Oh..." Xie Yunjuan nodded.She remembered who Lin Zhenhua was, and she knew where Chief Xu's anger came from.What happened at the Canton Fair the year before last had been rumored in the Ministry of Foreign Trade for a long time. How can there be gossip in any unit that doesn't know about female cadres like Xie Yunjuan?

"Xiao Xu, what do you think of this report?" Xie Yunjuan asked pretending to ask for instructions.

"The director told us that the job of our office is to collect procurement requirements. This report is not a procurement report, so of course it will be returned directly." Xu Liya said lightly.

"No, no, the job assigned to us by the director is to collect the requirements for participation in the exhibition, and participation in the exhibition is also a participation in the exhibition. How can we return it?" Xie Yunjuan retorted naively.

"Is that what the director said?" Xu Liya's mind was still spinning slowly.

"That's right. Why don't we go ask the director again?" Xie Yunjuan said very positively, while looking at Xu Liya's face with a smile.

Xie Yunjuan didn't know Lin Zhenhua, let alone had a good impression of Lin Zhenhua. At the same time, she didn't have any malice towards Xu Liya.However, as a gossip girl, her favorite thing to do is to entangle others, especially those young and ambitious cadres.Since Xu Liya cares so much about this matter, if she doesn't disturb the situation, she is really sorry for her ten years of age.

"This..." Xu Liya was really confused.If Xie Yunjuan suppressed Lin Zhenhua's report, nothing would happen. He could completely disgust Lin Zhenhua without pretending to know.But if Xie Yunjuan said this, if he stood up and opposed it, he would fall into a trap.Xie Yunjuan is definitely not someone who can keep his mouth shut. If this incident gets out in the future, it will be said that Xu Liya has a small belly and made things difficult for local companies because of what happened two years ago. This will quite affect his career.

"Sister Xie, you are right, then report them together according to the regulations." Xu Liya returned to her seat depressed.

Xie Yunjuan saw Xu Liya slumped, and felt very happy. She put Lin Zhenhua's report in a paper clip, stood up, and said, "Xiao Xu, since you agree, I will give this report to Si now." long to send."

(End of this chapter)