industrial overlord

Chapter 672 Refuting rumors
Facing the uproar of public opinion, Hanhua Heavy Industries finally responded.Various media in Beijing also received a notice from the Beijing Office of Hanhua Heavy Industry, saying that Hanhua Heavy Industry will hold a briefing meeting in the lecture hall of a certain hotel on a certain day of the month to discuss Hanhua Heavy Industry, which is generally concerned by the public. Heavy Industry's independent innovation issues, answering questions from reporters.

On the appointed day, reporters from nearly a hundred media rushed to the venue early.The photographers were busy seizing the best positions, set up tripods, and set up telephoto cameras like cannon barrels, facing the rostrum.The writers put on the most colorful clothes one after another, hoping to attract the attention of the host on the rostrum and grab a rare opportunity for themselves to ask questions.

At [-]:[-] p.m., Bi Min, director of the Hanhua Group Office, first stepped into the venue, stepped onto the rostrum, and sat in the chair of the host.Behind her, there are six or seven people, needless to say, these are the personnel sent by Hanhua to explain the situation to the reporters.The last one to appear was Lin Zhenhua, the chairman of Hanhua that the reporters had been waiting for for many days. As soon as he appeared, all the cannon barrels turned towards him, and the flashlights flickered together.

"My friends from the press, everyone has worked hard." Lin Zhenhua walked to his seat, did not sit down immediately, but picked up the microphone on the table, and said to the reporters in the room with a smile: "Seeing so many Friends from the reporter, we are very moved and regretful. What is moving is that everyone cares about Hanhua, which makes us feel flattered. As for the regret, it is natural that so much precious time and energy of everyone was wasted. For a malicious rumor in a tabloid..."

There was a buzz in the audience, and almost all the reporters became agitated.The direction of Lin Zhenhua's words could not be more obvious.None of the reporters present knew that this incident was caused by an article in the Southern Economic Guide, and Lin Zhenhua bluntly said that everyone was incited by malicious rumors from a tabloid, and this was a direct war against the Southern Guide. up.

To put it bluntly, Nan Dao is really not a tabloid nowadays, and it can be regarded as one of the big banners in the Chinese paper media circle.Prior to this, Nam Dao had launched attacks on many large state-owned enterprises and even government departments. Although these giants also carried out crisis public relations, they never dared to directly call Nam Dao a rumor-mongering tabloid.

The reporters all knew that Lin Zhenhua's words put Han Hua and Nan Dao in a duel of life and death. If the two do not beat one, it may be difficult to let go.

"Chairman Lin, please clarify your words. Which tabloid published the malicious rumors, and what are the contents of these rumors? Can you prove that these contents are really rumors?"

Luo Shu, a reporter from Nantong who was sitting below, jumped up first, and asked Lin Zhenhua aggressively.

Lin Zhenhua chuckled, turned to Bi Min who was next to him and asked, "Director Bi, when you hired reporters, did you check their qualifications? Why did some fake reporters who didn't understand the rules of the interview also sneak in?"

Bi Min quickly stood up, pretending to blame himself, and replied: "Mr. Lin, we made mistakes in our work, and we were not strict enough in verifying the identity of reporters. But I assure you, those fake reporters who don't understand the interview rules , just a few people."

"Well, some people can't do it, right? One mouse droppings can spoil a pot of soup." Lin Zhenhua replied.

"It's really... because some mouse droppings are so realistically packaged..." Bi Min said.

The two sang together, and they didn't turn off the microphone in front of them when they were talking, and even pointed their mouths at the microphone intentionally or unintentionally.The reporters in the audience were stunned for a moment, and then they all turned their attention to Luo Shu who had just stood up and had not had time to sit down.Everyone could tell that Lin Zhenhua and Bi Min were deliberately disgusting Luo Shu, how much enmity these two families had.

The reporters all had a novelty-seeking mentality, the more fierce the battle between Han Hua and Nan Dao was, the more exciting it would be for everyone to watch.In all honesty, Hanhua treated reporters very well in the past, and Hanhua itself has a very positive image, and the reporters had a somewhat favorable impression of Hanhua.Lin Zhenhua humiliated Luo Shu just now. Although some reporters were dissatisfied because of their friendship, most of the reporters just watched it as a good show.

"Chairman Lin, I protest against your insulting our newspaper and my personal reputation!" Luo Shu blushed with anger and shouted loudly.

Bi Min smiled slightly and said, "Madam, even if you don't have the qualities that a reporter should have, you should at least have some basic manners to be a human being, right? Who allowed you to make a lot of noise at a press conference here? of?"

"I'm a reporter from Southern Economic Tribune. You have attacked our newspaper. Are you still not allowing me to protest?" Luo Shu said.

"We attacked your newspaper? Is there any evidence?" Bi Min asked.

"What he said just now!" Luo Shu pointed at Lin Zhenhua, "Everyone heard it. He attacked our newspaper for spreading rumors."

Bi Min looked at Lin Zhenhua and asked, "Mr. Lin, this lady said that you attacked her newspaper. Is this true?"

Lin Zhenhua waved his hands disdainfully and said, "I don't even know which newspaper she belongs to, and I don't want to know. I just said that a certain tabloid spread rumors, but I didn't specify which tabloid. I think, only those who have done something wrong People are so afraid, right?"

"You..." Luo Shu was tongue-tied, not knowing what to say for a while.If you continue to entangle, it is equivalent to admitting in front of everyone that you are spreading rumors, but if you don't argue, everyone can hear that Lin Zhenhua is pointing at the nose of Nanfang Economic Guide.

At this moment, Luo Shu felt the pain of those who were reported by her insinuations.What Lin Zhenhua is doing now is the same as what Nan Dao is doing. He leaves half of what he says, and everyone can hear who he is talking about, but the person being said has no reason to refute.Normally, Director Nan has the right to speak, but on this occasion, it is Lin Zhenhua who has the right to speak. At least, the microphone is in Lin Zhenhua's hands.

Seeing Luo Shu sitting down resentfully, Bi Min smiled even sweeter. She sat down and said into the microphone: "Dear friends from the press, welcome to the Hanhua Heavy Industry Independent Innovation Achievement Introduction Conference Next, I would like to invite Director Ma Jie of our Group’s Technology Intelligence Research Institute to introduce to you the achievements of our group’s independent innovation in the past 20 years.”

Speaking of this, Bi Min made a gesture to the staff beside him. The staff pressed the button, and the blackout curtains in the lecture hall were automatically closed, and the indoor lights gradually dimmed. At the same time, the curtain hanging on the roof The large projector was activated, and a carefully crafted video was projected onto the curtain in the background of the rostrum.

This is a promotional video shot by Hanhua Heavy Industries, which spent a lot of money. It was originally intended to be broadcast at the equipment exhibition, but now it is just used to introduce the relevant situation to the domestic media.Ma Jie walked to the host's seat, held up a red laser pointer, pointed at the content on the screen, and said to the reporters in the audience:

"Look, this is a 1.5-ton large-scale hydraulic press independently designed and built by Hanhua Heavy Industries. It is the first time in the world to use a square column structure and fully digital control. This design is uniquely created by Hanhua. At present, our This hydraulic press is the most powerful hydraulic press in the world. Manufacturers from developed countries such as the United States and Germany rent our machines from time to time to forge core parts for them...

This is a seven-axis five-link CNC machine tool independently built by Hanhua Machine Tool Company.This type of CNC machine tool belongs to the products that Western countries impose restrictions on the sale of high-tech equipment to China. Even when our engineers and technicians go abroad to visit, foreigners have to cover such equipment with cloth for fear of being caught. We see the magic in it.However, such a machine tool was completely conquered by us two years ago...

This is a 110 million tons large-scale ethylene plant that has reached the world-class level. We own all the intellectual property rights...

This is a fully automatic stamping production line for automobiles. With this production line, we defeated the once prosperous Japanese Saihu Company and won orders from international automobile giants from it...

This is……"

The reporters pricked up their ears, fearing that they might miss a word, their pens rustled in the interview book, and at the same time, their hearts gradually became agitated with Ma Jie's narration.

Once upon a time, the essence of news changed from objective reporting of facts to non-surprising and endless.Many journalists have consciously or unconsciously fixed their eyes on those negative places in society, and take it as their bounden duty to expose short stories.

In the eyes of the reporters, hundreds of stories about strangers helping fallen elderly people are not the news they need.And if somewhere an old man falls down and no one can help him, it will become a big event and a source of "torture", "reflection", and "shock".

Similarly, when Chinese companies make world-class products, journalists either directly ignore them, or send out an ordinary press release without any pain. Some positive.On the contrary, if there is news that a certain product is actually a copycat technology, or the quality is not up to standard, the reporters will be as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they will hype it until the company closes down.

In such an atmosphere, the journalists themselves were anesthetized. In their hearts, they truly believed that Chinese technology was useless and that everything was backward. Anything claiming to be advanced must be exaggerated.If it's not exaggerated, then it must have stolen other people's technology, or foreigners don't even bother to ask for such things...

No one has ever introduced China's own technological achievements to them in such a concentrated manner, the world's largest 1.5-ton hydraulic press, the world's largest ultra-heavy CNC horizontal lathe, the world's first large-scale gantry-type five-axis linkage hybrid machine tool, the world's second largest A laser shock strengthening production line... Each technology has very detailed parameters, real-life pictures, and foreign media's somewhat envious reports on these technologies.

The blood of most journalists is hot, and those who only want to make jokes about China are, after all, a minority.Following Ma Jie's introduction, the eyes of the reporters who occasionally turned to Lin Zhenhua became gradually hotter. That's right, this is the man who led a company to create so many world firsts, and his company's products were sold all over the world. Various countries, including developed countries such as Europe and the United States.If you want to say that these achievements are all fake, then is it true that the huge amount of foreign exchange earned by Hanhua is also fake?Are the companies that fell under the gun of Hanhua, such as Nihong Heavy Industry and Xihu Company, also fake?

"Wow..."

When Ma Jie finally finished the introduction, there was thunderous applause in the lecture hall, which was the respect that the reporters paid to Hanhua from the bottom of their hearts.A few days ago, the doubts brought to the reporters by Nandao's article "The Mystery of Independent Innovation" have disappeared at this moment.Facts speak louder than words. With so many facts in front of us, who would believe Nan Dao's article in Spring and Autumn?To be honest, when the reporters first read Nan Dao's article, they could also feel the mystery in it. We are all in the same industry. This kind of word play can fool ordinary readers, but how can it fool reporters?

Ma Jie bowed slightly to everyone, and retreated to his position.Bi Min took the host position again and said to everyone:

"Okay, let's stop here for the introduction of our company's independent innovation achievements. If you want to know more, you are welcome to visit our company. I have time to introduce things to you, I believe that these things will definitely bring surprises to everyone. The following is the time for reporters to ask questions..."

Before Bi Min finished speaking, dozens of arms were raised together. Bi Min scanned the audience, pointed to a male reporter in the front row, and said, "Let this gentleman ask questions first."

"It's a great honor!" The reporter stood up. He first reported his name and the name of the newspaper, and then said: "Ms. Bi, I just listened to Mr. Ma's introduction, and I feel very excited. We are proud of such a powerful company.”

"Thank you for your compliment." Bi Min replied.

The reporter went on to say: "However, I still have a question. According to the report of a certain tabloid that Chairman Lin mentioned, many of Hanhua's technologies come from abroad. Is this true?"

"Totally true." Bi Min nodded and replied, "The process of industrial development in the world is the process of companies exchanging technology with each other and making progress together. No company can develop independently without the technology of other companies, and Hanhua is no exception. During the development of Hanhua, we have absorbed the technologies of many peers, including both foreign companies and Chinese companies.

Let me give you an example. The China Chemical Equipment Alliance led by Hanhua is an alliance for mutual exchange of technologies. Many of the intellectual property rights of 110 million tons of ethylene equipment owned by Hanhua also belong to our peers. "

"Thank you." The reporter nodded and sat down. Although he still had other questions to ask, everyone had only one chance to ask questions, and he couldn't break the rules.

The question of the previous reporter was also a concern of other reporters, so the No. 2 reporter who was selected to stand up continued to ask: "So, Ms. Bi, does the absorption of peer technology you mentioned mean that Han In fact, Huahua does not have its own core technology? In other words, Hanhua’s technology is actually...borrowed from other companies.”

Bi Min said: "Absorbing technology from peers and plagiarism are two different concepts. The former is legal, mutually beneficial, and in line with the law of industrial development. In fact, while we absorb technology, we also carry out a lot of independent development. We Compared with the technology finally absorbed, the technology finally used is quite different. There are many production processes imported from abroad, which are used here with better results than those used by the original enterprises, so that some original enterprises reversed Learned from us."

"So, the rumor disclosed by a certain media that the National Development and Reform Commission used railway equipment orders as a bargaining chip to blackmail foreign companies to transfer technology to you is also well-founded?" asked the third reporter who stood up.

Bi Min shook his head and said, "Sorry, your guess is groundless."

"Is there no basis, or does it not exist at all? Ms. Bi, please answer directly." The reporter caught the flaw in Bi Min's words and asked.

"I can only tell you that there is no basis for matters involving trade secrets. If I have to accurately answer whether there is or does not exist for every rumor, then in the end our competitors can use the method of exclusion to obtain our strategy. I think you should be able to understand this point, right?" Bi Min came prepared and replied neither humble nor humble.

"Who said there is no evidence!" Luo Shu finally seized an opportunity and jumped out again, "I personally interviewed a representative of a foreign company who was negotiating with the Development and Reform Commission, and he told me personally that the Development and Reform Commission proposed to him Such conditions."

"Ma'am, can you show your evidence?" Bi Min asked, frowning. Her expression was like looking at a disgusting fly. Of course, she made such an expression on purpose to Disgusting Luo Shu's.

"I must keep my interviewees confidential, this is my professional ethics." Luo Shu shouted.

"Professional ethics?" Lin Zhenhua interjected unhurriedly, "Madam, don't you think it's so funny to say the words professional ethics in your mouth? At the press conference, other journalist friends You are asking questions according to the arrangement of the host, but you can ignore this rule. Is this the professional ethics you advertise?
Also, just now everyone was talking about the issue of evidence. While you said you had evidence, you also said that you could not present the evidence. Does this mean that you think your own words are evidence?As a reporter, he can inflate his own words to others and even call them evidence. Isn’t this kind of professional ethics too weird? "

The words left Luo Shu speechless again, she muttered dumbly: "Anyway, I have evidence...you can't deny it if you want to."

Lin Zhenhua's run is just to take advantage of his mouth.Luo Shu said that she had evidence, and it was said by the person involved. This point, many reporters present still vaguely believed it.Hanhua's attitude is tougher. After all, it is a matter of its own company, and others will discount what it says.

Bi Min looked at the reporters who were whispering, smiled slightly, and said: "In order to refute all kinds of rumors against our company, today we specially invited the foreign representative who participated in the negotiation of China's railway equipment, the German company Giessen Marco, please tell us what happened."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door in the front row of the lecture hall was pushed open, and Marco, accompanied by two Chinese, walked in with a smile on his face and walked straight to the rostrum.Interested people found that although Marco was smiling on the surface, his smile was stiff, and he looked uglier than crying.

"Mr. Marko, recently there are rumors that the Chinese government has exerted pressure on some foreign companies, bundling the acquisition of railway equipment orders with the transfer of technology. Has your company encountered such a thing?" Bi Min asked Marko road.

Marko took a microphone handed to him by Ma Jie, sighed silently, and then said to reporters in a room: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Marko, the vice president of Giessen Company in Germany, Ying Han Huazhong Industry...... Invited by Mr. Lin Zhenhua, came to clarify a rumor for Hanhua Heavy Industry and China Development and Reform Commission.

Recently, some media reporters said that the Chinese Development and Reform Commission exerted pressure on us foreign companies, forcing us to transfer technology to Chinese companies in exchange for railway equipment orders.I think this may be a misunderstanding.

We do intend to transfer some technology patents to Chinese companies, but this is not due to the pressure of the Chinese government, but... one of our after-sales service policies.In order to ensure that China can carry out the necessary maintenance by itself after obtaining the equipment provided by Giessen, we need to transfer this part of technology to Chinese companies. "

Marco's words can be said to be a stone thrown into the pond, which immediately caused a splash of water all over the sky.The reporters are all good people, how can they fail to hear the information revealed in Marco's words?It is very clear that there is indeed a bond between railway equipment orders and technology transfer. Compared with the previous reports of the South China Guide, there is only one difference between what Marko said, and that is the difference between voluntary and forced.

However, if there is no pressure from the government, why is Gisen willing to transfer technology to Chinese companies?It is not uncommon to have international friends with big noses, but such Bethune-style good foreigners are very rare.Marco traveled thousands of miles to China, if he said it was to provide after-sales service to China, even pigs would not believe it.

But whether you believe it or not is irrelevant. Since Marko himself said that this was not persecuted by the government, at least the National Development and Reform Commission has no responsibility, and the media can no longer use this matter to hype it up.Everyone has said that this is just after-sales service. Who doesn't know that the Germans are the most particular about after-sales service?Didn’t it say on the Internet that in the sewers built by the Germans in China 100 years ago, there were still several oiled paper bags buried, which contained accessories for repairs. What about plumbers...

(End of this chapter)