Material Empire

The next day, the Farming Equipment Expo opened as scheduled.

After a simple opening ceremony, each exhibitor took his place and started preparing to welcome the visitors. To learn the lesson from the previous day, Cui Hongchun specially borrowed seven or eight translators from the embassy and allocated them to the booths of various companies to avoid the shortage of translators. The staff of all enterprises are fully motivated, waiting for the grand occasion of the city to appear again.

But who would have expected it to be here? The expected crowd scene did not appear at all. I saw that at the booths of the big international manufacturers, the crowds were crowded and the voices were full of enthusiasm, but the Chinese booth at the corner of the exhibition area was deserted. Occasionally, a few people passed by, just throwing a startled look at the "" sign on the booth, and then hurried away.

"What's wrong with this?" Zhu Detai looked at the scene, wondering in amazement, "Yesterday I wished to collapse my desk. Why are there no ghosts today? These foreigners are sick?"

"That is, yesterday we didn't set up the exhibition, they rushed to see it. Now we are all ready. Well, they don't come back. Isn't this a joke?" Zhou Hongwen also said, In the past, these people often used to have meetings together, and used to be blind when they had something. In the playful words of later generations, they are called healthier.

Cui Hongchun also had some murmurs in his heart. He stood outside the booth and observed for a while, and came back to his staff and said, "Don't worry, everyone who visits today is a customer. They must go to the machinery first. Let's show it. After all, it ’s just accessories. As for yesterday, all of us who visited and consulted here were exhibitors. In my opinion, we only need to do the work of exhibitors. "

"Minister Cui made sense." Zhu Detai also stepped forward, stood with Cui Hongchun, and praised with a thumbs up. "The minister is the minister, and the problem is profound. As big as we are, we do n’t want to understand these twists and turns. Anxious here blindly. "

"You are so old, how did I hear that you got a diploma in the party school?" Cui Hongchun laughed and teased.

"Haha, isn't it to meet any intellectual requirements, to deal with errands blindly." Zhu Detai said modestly.

Since no one came to visit the China exhibition area, Cui Hongchun simply notified that several people would be left on duty, and the rest would visit the exhibition area freely to take the opportunity to learn the advanced technology of foreign companies. Companies like Shannan Farm Machinery Factory and North Farm Machinery Factory, although the products brought out this time are only basic parts, but they are also producing large machinery. It is also very valuable to look at the achievements of their peers at such a large-scale expo. thing.

Qin Hai sat at the booth for a while, and felt very bored, so he took a vacation to Cui Hongchun, and took the quiet and Qin Shan to stroll around the exhibition area. He was not very interested in agricultural machinery products, but just opened the eyes of the two girls to find opportunities to practice oral English. The two of them will soon enter the university. Having such a period of experience is very beneficial to their development in the university.

In one corner of the exhibition area, the durability testing of the basic parts by the organizing committee is ongoing. The noise of the test is still clear and audible across the glass cover, but the merchants coming and going have not noticed what happened here. In their view, the source of these noises may be only a generator room or an air-conditioning room. In short, it should be It is a place that has nothing to do with the products displayed at the fair.

Only a few people will occasionally turn their eyes to a set of inconspicuous digital display screens next to the test point. There are a series of numbers on it that are constantly beating. Only the knowledgeable people know that these numbers represent the tests. The durable life of the foundation, which is shown in hectares after testing on the machine.

"Kenan's ploughshare life has increased from the last exhibition. The current figure is 140 hectares. I think they can reach at least 160 hectares ..."

"I heard that they used a new type of steel, and the cost of ploughshares increased by more than 30, which is completely uncompetitive."

"... The Magir company brought a ceramic rotary cutter this time, and the test results have now reached 240 hectares."

"Ceramic knives are more of a concept. No one can solve the problem of insufficient ceramic toughness. If you use such knives, you can only pray that you don't run into stones when ploughing."

"Have you heard? The Chinese also brought a ceramic base piece this time, a disc harrow."

"Of course I heard. To be honest, I'm interested in this product."

"Yes, I always want to know how they solved the problem of cutting ceramic tools. In fact, the best application area of ​​ceramic tools that can be sharpened is not rakes, but table knives."

"Haha, this knife must not be cheap, right?"

"..."

Similar conversations are taking place among internal staff at many companies, and as industry insiders, they all know what the quality of basics means. Compared to large machines, the price of basic parts seems very cheap and seems to be insignificant. But in fact, the purchase of large machinery is one-off, while the basic parts must be continuously replenished.

The structure of the basic parts market has been relatively stable in the past. The main market is basically divided by more than a dozen large Western companies, and the remaining small products have fed some small and medium-sized enterprises. At this expo, a dark horse like China was suddenly killed, and its new products were launched on various types of basic parts, and the performance indicators marked were astounding, which should not be cared by industry insiders. Already.

The first day of the exhibition was over. The performance of various Western companies at the show was remarkable, and the Chinese delegation could only describe it as a Moncolo bird. When they returned to the hotel after the show, everyone's faces were all gray. Only Qin Hai and the two little girls were cheerful, joking and laughing as they walked, looking very heartless.

"Xiao Qin, what's so happy?" Cui Hongchun couldn't help but pull Qin Hai to speak.

"I took them both to various booths and turned around. They are now able to communicate with foreigners in English with ease. By the way, Xiao Ning also made a German friend and a girl. The two asked for Keep communicating, "Qin Hai explained with a smile.

"Can you really do it, have your pen pals been sent abroad?" Cui Hongchun sighed, then asked in a low voice: "Xiao Qin, what do you think of our performance at this exhibition? How do I feel like a foreign merchant? Do n’t pay too much attention to our Chinese products? ”

"Really?" Qin Hai asked casually. When he was walking around the field, he didn't hear the exhibitors talking about Chinese products in private, so he felt that Cui Hongchun said that people don't pay attention to Chinese products is a senseless worry. . However, thinking that Cui Hongchun has been standing on the stall, he may not understand the situation, he smiled and said, "Chairman Cui, don't worry, just watch the mud with your feet out of water. The good show is still behind."

"What's going on behind?" Cui Hongchun scolded indignantly.

Qin Haidao: "Mr. Cui, do you think I was playing around at the venue? Actually, I went to see the basic parts of manufacturers from other countries. The life test of the basic parts by the organizing committee is still going on. So far, More than half of our products are out, and our products are still on the list. In another day, I think the situation should be clear, and then it will be our turn to sing. "

"Really? Already more than half of the products are out?" Cui Hongchun finally had some joy on his face.

"Let everyone calm down and wait another day, at most until the day after tomorrow, our booth should be lively again." Qin Hai predicted optimistically.

In fact, just after the second day of the exhibition, the number of products remaining on the list was less than one tenth, and most of the basic parts participating in the test had shown significant wear and tear and reached the end of their life.

The basic parts processed by the surfacing process brought by the Chinese delegation have all been tested. The tests show that the service life is basically similar to similar foreign products. But even so, this result is enough to entice some international agricultural machinery dealers, because the price of Chinese products is very advantageous under the same durable life.

What is surprising is those products that are still on the list and have not yet finished testing. Of all the 16 products, the products provided by the Chinese delegation occupied 13 seats. More and more agricultural machinery manufacturers and distributors are gathering next to the test points, watching the rising numbers, and meditating on the product names corresponding to these numbers and the durability life values ​​so far:

Shannan brand field shovel, carbon steel shovel body, zirconia coating, 421 hectares;

Qingfeng Rotary Blade, Carbon Steel Body, Titanium Nitride Coating, 335 hectares;

North brand disc rake blade, high manganese steel rake body, titanium nitride coating, 289 hectares;

Brother disc harrow, zirconia harrow body, 623 hectares ...

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"What the Chinese sell is true, their rakes can really reach a life span of 300 hectares!" Hibbs stood in front of the digital display screen ~ www.readwn.com ~ glaring to his side just from France Dalton, the chief engineer of the Tolfson Company, rushed over.

Dalton said: "Mr. Hibbs, shouldn't we be more concerned about the ceramic rakes they produce from zirconia? I noticed that the service life of such rakes has reached 623 ... No, it has become 624 Hectares. You said that their blades have sharp edges. "

"I swear by my fingers, their ceramic razor blades are very sharp." Hibbs lifted the finger wrapped in gauze and said depressedly.

"But how did they do it?" Dalton said.

Hibbs shrugged and said, "How do I know, I'm not the chief engineer. In addition, I remind you, Mr. Dalton, metal rakes are more competitive. You should think about them. Why is it possible to make a 300-hectare rake from high-manganese steel? "

Dalton was well-informed, and he said dismissively: "It's very simple, haven't you seen it? They made a coating on the surface of high-manganese steel with titanium nitride. This process is called plasma spraying. Generally, It ’s used in aerospace. The Chinese have always liked to pursue this honor, but I bet their asking price for each rake will not be less than $ 40, otherwise they will lose out. ”Rs