industrial overlord

Chapter 232 Electric Furnace
This small episode brought by Zuo Zhiyixiong failed to affect the cooperation between Xihu Company and Hanhua Heavy Industry in the end.Kono Qinsheng provided Lin Zhenhua and his party with the most detailed model and quotation information, and Lin Zhenhua asked Ma Jie to take care of these materials for further contact with Xihu Company in the future.

Yongzo Matsushita came to meet with Lin Zhenhua in person, and the two sides discussed the possibility of long-term cooperation in a cordial and friendly atmosphere. Yongzo Matsushita said that as long as the technology is outside the limits of Batumi, Xihu Company can submit It is provided by China, and the price is also very favorable.

For the complaints of Nihon Heavy Industries, Matsushita Yongzo took a completely ignorant attitude.On the one hand, the production of chemical equipment in Japan is already on the decline. This kind of product piled up with steel and manpower is already tasteless for a country like Japan, which has a shortage of resources and rising labor costs.On the other hand, most of the chemical equipment manufacturers in Japan have updated their equipment more than ten years ago, and now there is no new equipment update requirement, which is completely useless for equipment suppliers like Xihu Company.

In contrast, the emerging China is an important export market for Xihu Company. China's economy is growing at a high speed, but the level of equipment is seriously lagging behind. The demand for new equipment is almost unlimited.Xihu has asked a professional consulting company to do research, and believes that in the next 30 years, China will need to purchase processing equipment worth at least trillions of dollars. What a huge market this is.

Offending the Chinese for the sake of Nihong Heavy Industry, Xihu will not do such a stupid thing.

Lin Zhenhua left the exhibition area of ​​Xihu Company with his staff contentedly, and continued wandering around the exhibition hall.

Wei Dongqi, Wei Jingwen, Ma Jie and others all came with purchasing tasks. Every time they came to a booth, they had to check the situation of related equipment.The level of foreign advanced equipment is several orders of magnitude higher than that in China. Several people stared straight at the eyes, wishing to pack all the good things they saw and take them back to China.

"The gap is too big!" Wei Jingwen shook his head and sighed, "I didn't feel it in China before, but now standing in this exhibition hall, I feel that the distance between us and the world's advanced level is really too big."

Wei Dongqi also had a heavy expression on his face: "Look, their 80-ton ethylene equipment has been finalized, and we haven't even produced 11 tons of ethylene equipment. When we produce 80 tons, no one else will I know where I went."

"Little Ma, what do you think?" Lin Zhenhua asked Ma Jie.

Ma Jie said: "I think that as long as we work hard, we will always be able to catch up. If we don't catch up, there will be no hope forever."

"That's right!" Wei Jingwen praised with a thumbs up, "Our generation is hopeless, but we will serve as a stepping stone for you. Xiao Ma, I hope that when you reach my age, our Chinese China's equipment industry has been able to compete with developed countries."

Wei Dongqi also praised: "Xiao Ma is indeed a good seedling, work hard, your future is much broader than Teacher Wei and I."

Ma Jie was quite embarrassed after being praised by the two seniors, he quickly changed the subject and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Manager Lin, seeing so many good equipment, I now know that we are really short of money. In the past, our classmates murmured in private, saying that Manager Lin is good at everything, but he is too greedy for money, and earning so much money is not enough."

"Understood now?" Lin Zhenhua said with a chuckle, never expecting Huaqing's students to talk about him like this.

Ma Jie said: "Now I understand. If we want to catch up, we must have advanced equipment. However, if you find any piece of equipment, it will cost 10,000+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands of dollars. The money we Hanhua Heavy Industry earns, It’s nothing like putting it here.”

Wei Dongqi said: "We still need to carry forward the spirit of hard work, use the cheapest equipment as much as possible, and do the most things."

Lin Zhenhua nodded and said: "Old Wei is right. We have little money now, and we have to spend it wisely. We have to find ways to raise money to buy equipment that has to be bought. If we can replace it, we will find a way to replace it."

Everyone walked and chatted, and came to the booth of ALK.Wei Dongqi saw a model of a high-frequency electric furnace at a glance. He leaned forward, carefully read the introduction above, and then happily said to Lin Zhenhua: "Manager Lin, look, we have always said that we need to equip one that can An electric furnace for smelting special steel, unexpectedly found here. Look at its introduction, it uses graphite electrodes for submerged arc heating, is equipped with argon gas stirring device, and can automatically complete deoxidation, desulfurization, composition adjustment and control of melting temperature.”

"It is indeed very good." Ma Jie also said, "We want to make special steel, and we urgently need a furnace like this."

"Since you all think you need it, let's ask how much it is." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile. Anyone who engages in machinery does not understand the importance of materials. He is fully aware of the significance of this electric furnace for improving the company's material technology level.

Wei Dongqi approached and found an ALK salesperson to inquire about the price.The salesperson happened to be Khedira who had received Halloley before. He looked at Wei Dongqi and asked, "Sir, are you Japanese?"

"No." Wei Dongqi said.

"So, Korean?"

"No." Wei Dongqi said, "I am Chinese."

"Taiwanese?" Khedira persevered in researching, it was a waste of talent for him not to be a household registration police officer.

Wei Dongqi was a little annoyed, and he said seriously: "I am a buyer from the People's Republic of China, and I am from mainland China."

"Oh, Red China?" Khedira said, "Sorry, this model of electric stove cannot be sold to you."

Wei Dongqi's face was flushed red: "How is this possible? Sir, may I ask who said that it cannot be sold to us? This type of electric furnace is completely civilian technology, and it is impossible to appear on the embargo list."

Khedira shrugged and said: "I'm sorry, sir, this is our company's regulations. The new products launched by ALK are given priority to customers in democratic countries, and this generation of products can only be provided after the next generation of products comes out. For the communist country. If you need a high-frequency electric furnace, I am very willing to introduce another product of ours to you. This product was designed and finalized in 1977. I think it is better than the technology used in your country. It should still be It must be more than 20 years advanced."

"No need." Wei Dongqi replied, then angrily returned to his companion, angrily said: "This is simply too irritating!"

Ma Jie said in surprise: "Haven't we already reformed and opened up? Even the United States has established diplomatic relations with China. Why is there such a strict technological blockade against us internationally?"

"Chairman Mao once said that the imperialists will never die. This sentence is always true." Wei Jingwen said, "No matter what gesture we make, in the hearts of the imperialists, we will always be right." We are hostile."

Lin Zhenhua patted Ma Jie on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little Ma, get used to it. In the future, we will encounter all kinds of discrimination, sanctions, suppression, and containment. No one wants to see China rise smoothly. If you have status in the world and have the right to speak, you can only develop yourself. When we have money, these Westerners with their noses higher than their eyes will cry and beg the Chinese to buy their products.”

"By then, we won't have to buy their products at all!" Ma Jie said angrily.

While they were chatting about this annoying matter, a voice came from the side: "Gentlemen, are you from mainland China?"

This sentence was spoken in blunt Mandarin Chinese. Several people turned around strangely, and saw behind them stood a hale and hearty old man with dark eyes and yellow skin, who looked like an Asian.

"Old sir, are you also Chinese?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Yes, yes, I am an overseas Chinese." The old man said, his Mandarin was not standard, and he sounded very tired.

Hearing that the other party was an overseas Chinese, everyone felt a little close. Wei Jingwen asked: "Mr., what's your name? Do you live in Frankfurt, or come here from other countries to visit the equipment exhibition? "

The old man said: "My name is Qiao Hai, and I live in Frankfurt. I have lived here for more than 30 years."

"So, you came out before liberation?" Wei Jingwen said, he felt something was wrong when he said this, and quickly explained apologetically: "Oh, I'm sorry, old man, we are used to talking about before and after liberation, you Don't mind it."

Qiao Hai smiled and waved his hands and said, "Do you mind or not? I am neither pro-communist nor pro-Chiang in terms of political stance. I only know winners and losers. Since the Communist Party has won the world, of course it must be according to the Communist Party's statement." Come on."

"Mr., where is your hometown?" Wei Dongqi asked.

"I'm from Xiangping Province." Qiao Hai said.It dawned on everyone, no wonder this man speaks so awkwardly in Mandarin. Think about the few employees in the company who came from Yonghe Agricultural Machinery Factory, their Mandarin is also like this.

"Oh, then we're half fellows." Wei Dongqi said happily, "I'm from Jiangnan Province, and our Manager Lin and Teacher Wei are also from Jiangnan Province. Our two provinces are neighbors. .”

Qiao Hai was also very happy: "Really, this is really an old acquaintance in a foreign land. My grandmother's family is in Jiangnan Province, so I can be regarded as half of Jiangnan Province, and I can speak the language of Jiangnan Province."

After all, he really spoke a few words in dialect with the accent of Jiangnan Province, but Lin Zhenhua and others didn't understand a word.Most of the southern provinces have such characteristics. Across a river, the dialects on both sides are very different. Qiao Hai’s grandmother’s home is more than 100 kilometers away from Fenghua County, and the dialects are completely different.

Even so, everyone became intimate at once, and Qiao Hai warmly invited: "Everyone, since we are all fellow villagers, may I take the liberty of inviting you all to my humble house for a talk?"

Everyone looked at Lin Zhenhua in embarrassment. It was of course a pleasure to meet an enthusiastic overseas Chinese overseas.But when it comes to visiting someone's house as a guest, it is not appropriate.One is that everyone still has some taboos about this kind of thing. Although the national policy has been more liberal, older people like Wei Dongqi and Wei Jingwen still have lingering fears about the term overseas relations.The second point is that everyone has no time to visit. On the one hand, they have to sell their own products, and on the other hand, they need to purchase equipment. The time is very tight.

"Mr., we appreciate your kindness. However, we have a tight mission this time, so I'm afraid we won't have time to visit your house." Lin Zhenhua said earnestly.

Qiao Hai nodded: "Oh, understandable, understandable. You are here to purchase equipment this time. I just heard that you seem to be in trouble. I don't know if it is convenient for you to tell me, maybe The old man can still help you."

"Actually, it's nothing." Lin Zhenhua said, he simply told Qiao Hai about the rejection he wanted to buy an electric stove from ALK.

After hearing this, Qiao Hai nodded and said, "It's not surprising. This ALK has always been very anti-Chinese mainland. They often fund some anti-mainland political groups. We overseas Chinese all know about this."

"So that's the case." Lin Zhenhua said, "Since this is the case, we don't have to ask them."

Although he said this, there was a bit of disappointment in his tone.After all, Qiao Hai didn't live so many years in vain, so he couldn't understand what this young man meant.He asked: "Why, Mr. Lin, is this electric furnace very important to you?"

Ma Jie interjected: "Yes, Mr. Qiao, several new products we are developing need to use some special steel materials. We have basically solved the material formula and smelting process, but the equipment has not yet been implemented. This electric furnace is indeed very important to us."

Qiao Haidao: "Well, let me ask. If possible, I will buy it in my name and transfer it to you. This kind of electric stove is just that ALK is not willing to sell it to you. If you can buy it, it will be shipped out of Germany. It's unlimited."

Wei Dongqi met Lin Zhenhua's eyes, Lin Zhenhua nodded and said: "That's fine, if the old man can help us buy this electric stove, we can pay you some commission."

Qiao Hai smiled lightly and said, "Mr. Lin, if you mention the word "commission", you will underestimate me, Qiao Hai. I help you all because you are from the motherland. Talking about these yellow and white things is too humiliating to me, Qiao Hai." patriotism."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenhua quickly bowed slightly to Qiao Hai, and said, "Mr. Qiao, please forgive me for offending you. I really treat a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Don't blame Mr. Qiao."

Qiao Hai didn't mind and said, "What's the matter, Mr. Lin also acts according to business rules, I can understand."

After Qiao Hai finished speaking, he left Lin Zhenhua and his party and walked towards ALK's booth.He found Khedira and began to ask him about the electric furnace.Lin Zhenhua and others stood not far away and saw Khedira pointing them in this direction, as if talking to Qiao Hai about red China, and then Qiao Hai started to quarrel with Khedira.They were arguing in German. Among the group, only Ma Jie had learned a few words of German, but he was not proficient, so he couldn't understand what they were arguing about.

After a while, Qiao Hai came back with an angry face. When he saw Lin Zhenhua, he said: "This ALK company is really disgusting. They saw that I was Chinese, so they insisted that I sign an agreement with them, saying that this electric stove It can only be used within the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and cannot be transferred to other institutions outside Germany. Such a request is completely against the law, and I will sue them!"

　I saw that some book friends in the book review area criticized Orange for being slow to update. Let me explain here: After publishing this chapter, from the 1st to the 31st of this month, a total of 233505 words were updated, with an average daily update of 7532 words.As a non-professional writer, this update is already very rare.Orange is a person with a job, and the update speed is already the limit.In fact, during this month, there have been many occasions when Chengzi squeezed time out of heavy work to ensure updates. I hope everyone can understand. ...The second thing that needs to be explained is some passages related to business negotiations. Of course, negotiations will not be a few words. Everyone may have to test each other and bargain. I have omitted these contents as much as possible. I just put Some key issues are expressed.Don't go into details too much, because if you write out all the details, everyone will be suffocated. ...Finally, happy new year everyone.

　　
　
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