industrial overlord

Chapter 670 The Mystery of Independent Innovation
"Hanhua's 'Independent Innovation' Mystery":
In China, there is a well-known name called Hanhua Heavy Industry.This super-large enterprise, formerly a state-owned labor service company, relied on manual beating to manufacture electric fans, and has always been regarded as a symbol of China's economic miracle.In fields such as five-axis linkage machine tools, million tons of ethylene, and marine gas turbines, Hanhua Heavy Industries has always advertised that it has a large number of independent intellectual property rights and is a model of independent innovation by Chinese companies.

However, a negotiation that is quietly unfolding in Beijing recently has caused us a little doubt about the "independent innovation" of Hanhua Heavy Industry.A vice president of a foreign company who did not want to be named told this reporter that during their negotiation with the Chinese government on the purchase of railway equipment, the Chinese government made an almost absurd request to them, that is, to order them to sell Thousands of patents were all transferred to a Chinese company, and the name of this Chinese company happened to be Hanhua Heavy Industry.

Hearing this news, the reporter was inexplicably shocked.What is the reason for a country's government to link major negotiations concerning international people's livelihood with the interests of a company?What kind of enterprise would want to seize the technology patents created by others for nothing?Could it be that the technology of the so-called domestic high-tech equipment shrouded in countless halos was obtained by such means?
With such questions in mind, the reporter contacted the public relations personnel at the headquarters of Hanhua Heavy Industry Group, but received a cold reception.Asked whether they were seeking to license patents from German companies, the group's official spokesman was evocatively silent..."

This is in the small conference room of Hanhua Heavy Industry's Beijing office. Lin Zhenhua and other Hanhua managers who came to Beijing for work are listening to secretary Pei Qiulin reading a newspaper press release.This is a tradition of Hanhua's top management. Everyone gets together and finds someone to read the valuable news in the newspaper to everyone, and then everyone discusses it freely.It's a way to relax, but also to communicate ideas and inspire ideas.

Pei Qiulin has a bit of talent for broadcasting. When reading this report, she vividly rendered the sharpness and vitriol that the reporter tried to show in the press release.

"Damn it! Who wrote this report! Isn't this mouth full of dung!" Among the people in the room, the first person in the room was He Fei, the director of the marketing department. He slapped the table and cursed loudly.

"This is completely slanderous rumors!" Liu Zhaohua, the chief engineer, was also flushed with anger, "Who says we don't have independent innovation? In today's world, how can there be innovation that can completely avoid using other people's patents? This reporter doesn't have basic common sense!"

Lin Zhenhua was sitting still, and he was really immune to such reports. He smiled and asked He Fei and Liu Zhaohua: "Both, where do you see people say that Hanhua has no Independent innovation? People just said that this is a mystery, doubt, and intriguing. They never said that Hanhua has no independent innovation, and you will be legally responsible for spreading rumors casually.”

"Isn't this obvious? The implication in this report is so obvious that anyone with a little normal thinking can hear it." He Fei said.

Lin Zhenhua shook his head: "Old He, this is what you don't understand. Can a person with normal thinking be a reporter?"

"Uh..." He Fei was almost laughed at by Lin Zhenhua, "I said Mr. Lin, you are the boss of Hanhua anyway, and you are not angry at all when people slander Hanhua like this?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "I want to be angry, but can I get over it? You are in the market, don't you know that some media nowadays rely on this kind of sensationalism to gain attention? If they write anything casually, I will be angry." Once I get angry, I am afraid that I will die of anger."

"Your statement is also correct." He Fei said, he turned to Pei Qiulin and asked, "Xiao Pei, what newspaper are you reading?"

"Yes..." Before Pei Qiulin could say it, Lin Zhenhua had already said it for her: "Don't read it, it must be "Southern Economic Guide". This strong smell of 'social conscience' can blow against the wind Go out ten miles."

"That's right, it's Southern Economic Guide! Mr. Lin, you are amazing!" Pei Qiulin said in surprise.She bought this newspaper at a newsstand when she went out early in the morning, and she didn't show it to everyone before reading it. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhenhua could tell what newspaper it was just by listening to a few paragraphs.

"No wonder..." He Fei was not as surprised as Pei Qiulin. Since this report was issued by the Southern Economic Guide, it is easy to explain.As for the grievances between Han Hua and Nan Dao, He Fei is also well aware of it.

More than ten years ago, South Director published a report questioning Hanhua's surname and Zi's surname society, which caused Lin Zhenhua to be suspended for review.Afterwards, An Yan and Xiong Lijun joined forces to demand that home appliance manufacturers across the country stop placing advertisements on Nandao, causing Nandao to almost go bankrupt.In the end, Tang Di, the editor-in-chief of Nandao, had to make a special trip to ask Lin Zhenhua for peace, which resolved the crisis.

After that, Nan Dao did not dare to attack Hanhua for a long time. Han Hua’s top management, such as Lin Zhenhua, Xiang Zhe, etc., did not have a good opinion of newspapers like Nan Dao, so the two sides have had little contact. For nearly 10 years.

In the past one or two years, with the increasing openness of the society, the Southern Economic Tribune, a newspaper known for its reputation, has gradually become popular again.After taking the lead in reporting several people's livelihood incidents that have attracted much attention, the status of the Southern Economic Guide in the society has returned to a state of prosperity, and the backbone of the editor-in-chief Tang Di has begun to stand up again. The verbal agreement was treated as toilet paper by him and thrown into the toilet together with integrity.

In the past two years, Southern Economic Guide has reported the news of Hanhua several times, all of which involved Hanhua's branches or construction projects in various places.Since Hanhua has done a good job in internal management, there are not many handles that can be grasped by Nan Dao, so most of these reports are just speculation and understatement, which did not arouse any response among readers.Regarding such matters, Lin Zhenhua didn't bother to interfere too much, he just told the people below to pay attention to fire prevention, theft and reporters.

Hanhua does not pay attention to Nam Wah, but it does not mean that Nam Wah also does not pay attention to Hanhwa.Tang Di will never forget that scene more than ten years ago.In his entire journalism career, that was the worst time he was dealt with, and the burning feeling on his face still hasn't faded.

This time, South Director received a report from an informant, saying that Hanhua Heavy Industries is working with the National Development and Reform Commission to force foreign companies to transfer core patented technologies to them.Tang Di didn't know much about industry, but the word "core patent" still touched his nerves.He is sensitively aware that if this matter is properly packaged, it may create a huge scandal about Hanhua, that is, Hanhua's core technology is actually bought or even cheated from abroad.

If the image of Hanhua, which is often used to represent the national industry, collapses to the ground, what an uproar it will cause!Nan Dao, as the first media to overthrow the altar, must be able to reap the greatest benefits from this uproar.

With this in mind, Tang Di sent his most powerful reporter, Luo Shu, to the capital to get in touch with Marko from Giesen Company to learn more about the matter.

Luo Shu is the reporter who wrote the long report that caused the conflict between Han Hua and Nan Dao.In that turmoil, Tang Di directly removed Luo Shu in order to give Lin Zhenhua an explanation.But a year later, Tang Di quietly recruited Luo Shu back and reused her again.More than ten years have passed, today's Luo Shu is no longer the ignorant little girl in the past. She is proficient in all kinds of insinuations and incitement, and knows how to make a sentence seem plausible, so as to draw readers' thoughts to her. The desired direction can make the person who has been slandered unable to find a reason to refute.

The person who reported the information to the south was arranged by Marco, so as soon as Luo Shu arrived in the capital, she successfully found Marco and got the information she wanted from him.Afterwards, Luo Shu made a phone call to the headquarters of Hanhua in Xunyang, and asked the staff of Hanhua to verify the matter.As the matter is so important, Hanhua naturally said that it has no comment.And this is enough for Luo Shu, she can write in the report: Hanhua Company is very secretive about this, and there seems to be something unspeakable...

Both Lin Zhenhua and He Fei didn't know about these things that happened in Nan Dao, but they were no strangers to Nan Dao's style of doing things.It's no wonder that Lin Zhenhua could tell that it came from the newspaper Nandao when he heard the style of the report.

"This Nan guide really forgets to eat but not to fight. Could it be that we are waiting for us to clean it up again?" He Fei said to Lin Zhenhua, he still remembered the last time he cleaned up Nan guide.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Now it's not as easy as it used to be to clean up Nangui. Its advertising sources are much more than in the past, and the strength of advertisers is not weak. We can't control it. We Hanhua have been doing it all the time. In the field of heavy industry, Nandao's advertisers are mainly consumer goods manufacturers, and we don't have much intersection with us. If we don't start with advertising, we have nothing else to do."

"With its reporting style, we can't pass the law to sanction them." He Fei said.To resort to the law, there must be evidence, but Nan Dao's report is very cunning, and he never says a word to death. It is really not easy to find its flaws.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Isn't it? As I said just now, people didn't draw any conclusions at all. As for how readers want to understand, they can't control it. Therefore, we think that Hanhua's reputation has been affected. It's entirely because of our own nervousness, but Nan Dao didn't say a single bad word."

He Fei was a little frustrated: "So, we really can't deal with them?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "If you say that journalists are uncrowned kings, their power is completely unrestricted."

"Power without restraint is the most terrifying." He Fei sighed, "When this kind of power is controlled by people with ulterior motives, it is even more terrifying."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Let's not worry about this matter for now. Let's talk about it. Is Nan Dao's report accidental or someone deliberately arranged it? If it's the latter, what does it mean?"

"Deliberately?" He Fei was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Boss Lin, do you mean that this report may have been ordered by these foreign companies?"

"I can be sure that it's the Gisen company who let it go." Lin Zhenhua said.

He Fei asked: "What basis do you have? Canada's Maple Leaf Company and Japan's Nojima Company are also facing the same problem, and they may also disclose information about this."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Did you notice that in the article Xiao Pei read just now, a foreign company who did not want to disclose its name complained that the Chinese government asked them to transfer thousands of patents..."

"I see!" He Fei suddenly said: "Both Maple Leaf Company and Nojima Company need to transfer less than 2000 items of technology, so it can't be said that it is thousands of items. Since the reporter wrote thousands of items, it is obviously referring to Gisen Company .”

"That's right." Lin Zhenhua said, "Think about it, everyone. If this matter was not deliberately arranged by Gissen Company, how could Marco have rashly accepted an interview with a reporter from Nandao? Isn't he worried that saying these words will lead to Is Giesen eliminated? If it is explained that this matter was instigated by Giessen Company, it will be easy to explain, Marko hopes that someone can expose this matter, and Director Nan just happened to help him."

"If Marco arranged it deliberately, then..." He Fei frowned, and continued following Lin Zhenhua's train of thought: "This means that Marco hopes to use the power of public opinion to put pressure on us so that we can Abandon the original intention of requiring them to transfer all patents. If this is the case..."

Lin Zhenhua took up the conversation and said: "If this is the case, then the report by Nan Dao must have a follow-up, and they will definitely cause some disturbances. It would be best if they can mess us up."

"However, I think such reports only damage Hanhua's reputation at most, and are of no help to the negotiations of Gisen Company." Liu Zhaohua interjected.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Of course it will help. Lao Liu, think about it, if the public opinion thinks that the NDRC's request is wrong, can the NDRC stick to the original request? Don't underestimate the power of public opinion. Governments at all levels care about public opinion very much, and Huang Gang once told me that when they introduce any policies, they must also consider the influence of public opinion."

"I wonder if this South Guide is a Chinese newspaper? Those of us in the industry are fighting to the death with foreign companies. Instead of helping us, they help foreign companies. What kind of mentality is this!" Liu Zhaohua said angrily.

"Hehe, Lao Liu, are you out of your mind? He has long been a foreigner in spirit." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)