industrial overlord

Chapter 625 Approval
"Mr. Bryson, I want to remind you that China is not an enemy of the United States, but an ally of the United States. Now our biggest enemy is Osama bin Laden, do you understand? The boys of the American army are fighting against Osama bin Laden's people in Afghanistan. If If we can't come to an understanding with China, our boys will be in a very dangerous situation."

In the office of US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bryson, Ford is using the iron mouth he trained as a congressman to attack Bryson.Beside him sat Hornby and Radka, furious.This is the first time they have come to negotiate with Bryson, but this time, they are more confident than ever because of the 911/[-] incident that just happened.

"Mr. Ford, do I think you are a bit alarmist?" Bryson said in a daze, "What does the Afghanistan matter have to do with China?"

"As an official of the Ministry of Commerce, don't you never look at the world map? You don't think China is an African country, and Afghanistan is in the Arctic, right? Afghanistan is a country bordering China. If China is in this If we secretly support the armed forces in Afghanistan in this war, then we will be in a hard fight." Ford was only about to slap a map of the world on Bryson's desk.

"But, what does this have to do with the integrated circuit production line you applied to ship to China?" Bryson asked, "Does this Chinese Hanhua company have any relationship with the Chinese military?"

"Of course they have nothing to do with each other." Ford hastily denied it. This is what he discussed with Lin Zhenhua. If it is said that Hanhua has a connection with the military, things will only become more troublesome.

"Mr. Bryson, I don't think you are really suitable to be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce. You should be a farmer. By the way, go to their agricultural association in Radka." Ford said arrogantly, " You should know that China is a country where the government dominates the economy, and any economic activity will be linked to the country's policies. If we continue to refuse to deliver this humble equipment to China, we will lose China's trust in us, so Can you bear the consequences of doing it?"

"Mr. Bryson, the delivery of this set of equipment will directly affect the Chinese government's order for 1000 million tons of wheat from the United States. Do you know what 1000 million tons of wheat means? It means that we will create more agricultural products. It is crucial to heal the wounds of 911/[-] on the U.S. economy.” Radkar also began to attack.

"You mean, 1000 million tons of wheat..." Bryson's face turned pale. He knew that the agricultural association was very powerful, and it could influence public opinion, as well as the election of the president and the parliament. This was not casual object of offense.

1000 million tons of wheat is not a small amount. If such a large transaction is affected because of him, the Agricultural Association will probably use all its strength to hunt him down.Of course, this kind of hunting is not the kind of killing with knives and guns, but completely destroys his political future.

Hornby felt that he should also say something, so he added: "The export of this set of equipment can also create 5000 jobs for the US equipment manufacturing industry."

"However, if this equipment is put into production in China, it should affect the jobs in the American chip industry?" Bryson is not a fool, of course he knows what will happen if things are handed over to China for manufacturing, see The products marked with "Made in China" all over the street show how strong China's ability to grab jobs is.

Hornby said: "The chips manufactured in China by our joint venture factory will not be sold back to the United States. I can guarantee this."

Hornby said this resolutely, but there was one thing he left unsaid.Although these chips will not be sold back to the United States, they can replace the chips China originally imported from the United States, resulting in a reduction in chip exports from the United States.In essence, it will ultimately affect American jobs.

"But...Mr. Buckberg is firmly opposed to this transaction. He believes that it may improve the level of integrated circuits in China. The chips produced from this production line may be used in missiles produced in China." Bryson said that the Buckberg he was talking about was also a congressman and an anti-China faction.Prior to this, the Ministry of Commerce had been refusing to release the equipment because of the opposition of a group of congressmen headed by Buckberg.

"Mr. Buckberg has given up on his views," Ford said. "Before I came to the Department of Commerce, I exchanged opinions with him. He thinks it is inappropriate to talk about containing China at this time, so he decided to abandon the obstruction of this project. .”

When Ford said these words, he felt uncontrollable pride in his heart.Lin Zhenhua's prediction was so accurate. After the 911/[-] incident, it was really difficult to hear voices in parliament about containing China, and pro-China factions like him gained the upper hand.

"In addition, this production line will definitely not produce any military-related products." Hornby said, patting his chest, "This is a joint venture production line between our Tiger Company and China Hanhua Company. It is mainly used for the production of home appliances. Control chips, and some very low-end machine tool control chips, these will not pose a threat to the security of the United States at all."

"I hope that the Chinese agency can sign a statement promising that this set of equipment will not be used for military-related purposes." Bryson finally let go, "Such a statement needs to be reviewed by the Business Ethics Committee, and you need to Submit relevant applications to them first."

Practice has shown that looking for the US government is no more worry-free than looking for the Chinese government. The export of a set of sensitive equipment involves a lot of regulations, each of which requires an inexplicable committee to review and approve.Those who "run the department forward" in front of the stage can only be people like Ford and Hornby, and those who help organize and make materials in the background are Hanhua's offices in the United States. During this period of time, these people Also tired enough to choke.

The effects of 911/[-] were finally felt.The U.S. government sent troops to Afghanistan, and all its attention was turned to the war on terrorism. Naturally, it was unwilling to make extra troubles in other directions, and the voice of containing China gradually weakened.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ford and others successfully persuaded one department after another, and finally obtained the approval to export this set of integrated circuit equipment to China.

In this process, Hanhua's show action of donating 10 US dollars of condolences to the United States also played a big role. Although the amount of money is not large, it reflects the support the United States has received from the international community.Many politicians who originally held an anti-China stance are inconvenient to stick to their stance at this time. They have to publicly say that companies such as China Hanhua are good friends of the Americans, and their friendship is worth cherishing.

Of course, in this matter, voices of opposition still exist.After receiving relevant news, a certain news media published a carefully worded article, reminding everyone whether the delivery of such an advanced integrated circuit production line to China will affect the technological advantages of the United States in this area, and in turn have a negative impact on the U.S. economy. Create a threat.

Just after this article was published, the "Hanhe Industry Review", which has always taken China as its mission, published a short commentary signed by "Ping Tuzi", dismissing such speculations.After listing a lot of technical terms and related data, Ping Tuzi pointed out that China is only a primary school student in the integrated circuit industry. Even if it gets a college textbook, it can only be placed on the bookshelf for appearance.

Compared with the article published by the previous news media, Pin Tuzi's article is more professional. Although most people can't understand the professional terms in it, it does not prevent them from believing the conclusion of this article.This article left those who had doubts speechless.

Soon, this inconspicuous incident was completely forgotten by the media. At present, the most eye-catching news is the war in Afghanistan. All major newspapers and tabloids reserve important pages for this war. Who would To care about what kind of equipment to export to China?

"This is a god-sent opportunity." Lin Zhenhua held the fax sent by Ford from the United States in his hand, and said to Xiang Zhe with a smile: "I was worried that the whole procedure would take several years, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. "

His words are not exaggerated. It is very common to wait for several years to import a set of equipment.Sometimes when the other party agrees to export, such equipment is already outdated.Now this set of equipment only took a few months to complete the entire procedure, which is indeed extremely fast. The principle of politics overriding everything is also suitable in the United States. If it were not for the impact of the 911 incident, it would be difficult for Ford and the others to get rid of it. It worked so well.

Xiang Zhe took out another fax and said to Lin Zhenhua: "I also have a piece of good news. In the just-concluded bidding between the World Bank and the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Goma, we and Xingbei Heavy Machinery won the main equipment of the Goma Equator Power Plant. Xingbei Heavy Machinery is responsible for generators and power transmission and transformation equipment, and we are responsible for gas turbines.”

"Great!" Lin Zhenhua couldn't help but patted the table, "Heige is really good!"

This time Hanhua participated in the bidding of the Goma Equator Power Plant Project, which was headed by Haig, a German project engineer recruited by Lin Zhenhua in Frankfurt. He Fei, the sales director of Hanhua, lacked experience in participating in this kind of bidding, so he could only condescend Be Haig's second-in-command.

During the bidding process for several months, Haig showed good professionalism and rich experience. He Fei recorded the knowledge learned during the bidding process at any time and sent it back to the group headquarters.Looking at the information sent back by He Fei, both Lin Zhenhua and Xiang Zhe sighed, if there is no foreign aid like Haig, the rules of the World Bank project alone are enough to get Hanhua out of the game.

Now, all the efforts have finally borne fruit. Hanhua’s gas turbine is technically ahead of its competitor, ALK, and the price is even lower. After fully mastering the bidding skills, there is no suspense in getting this order. .As for the Minister of Industry of the Republic of Goma, Nuzama, at this time, he could only congratulate Hanhua angrily, and then said some scene words such as happy cooperation.

If you only look at the contract amount, this project is not that important.The total orders received by Hanhua and Xingbei Heavy Machinery are more than 2 million US dollars, of which Hanhua's gas turbines are only more than 5 million US dollars.Compared with the large orders of more than ten or two billion US dollars from the chemical equipment company, this order is considered insignificant.

But Lin Zhenhua is very happy to get this order, which means that Hanhua has also made a major breakthrough in the field of power generation equipment.Taking this project as a breakthrough, in the future, Hanhua and Xingbei Heavy Machinery can jointly develop the power generation equipment market in other African countries, and the scale of this market will be very considerable.

"However, Zhenhua, don't be too happy." Xiang Zhe said, "Although we have won this order, the construction period of the whole order is very tight. The Republic of Goma requires us to deliver the first order before March 3 A batch of equipment was delivered. March 10 is their Independence Day, and they hope to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on this day."

"March 3th..." Lin Zhenhua looked at the desk calendar and counted the time with his fingers, "We must deliver the goods in early February at the latest. From now on, it will be two months. If the steam turbine company Speed ​​up over there, it should be able to be completed."

In fact, when Haig and He Fei prepared the bidding documents, they had already calculated the time, and they would not dare to promise something that they were not sure about.Lin Zhenhua did the calculation again at this time, but he just wanted to know what he knew.

Xiang Zhe said: "Goma has very strict requirements on time. They said that the Independence Day celebration on March 3 is a very grand event. At that time, they will invite political leaders from various African countries to participate in this celebration. If we If it is delayed for some reason, the impact will be very bad.”

Lin Zhenhua frowned and said, "What the hell is this Nuzama doing? Since time is so tight, his bidding should be advanced a little bit earlier, so as to allow more time for the production and transportation of equipment. Besides, Independence Day Why should the celebration be associated with the start of the power plant?"

Xiang Zhe said with a smile: "Is this also a bit like the situation in our country, how many days of hard work, what kind of gift to the National Day and so on. It is not easy for them to build a power plant, we still have to understand it."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Since the time has been set, let's hurry up sooner rather than later. From China to Goma, it will take more than 20 days by sea, and after landing, there will be land transportation, which will take at least 10 days. Now I am worried Yes, in case of bad weather or other accidents on the road, causing delays, it will be more troublesome."

Xiang Zhe nodded and said: "I agree with your point of view, hurry up sooner rather than later. We will target the entire African market in the future, and we must not fail this time."

(End of this chapter)