Spark

"Kawasaki Heavy Industries is out! There are only three suppliers left!"

"A major problem with Shinkansen technology? There are other secrets!"

"The negotiations between Siemens and Alstom have entered a new stage, and the attitude has softened!"

"Why not choose Kawasaki Heavy Industries? There is only prejudice, regardless of reality!"

"It is suspected that the price will be raised again, and the introduction of high-speed rail has reached a deadlock."

The results of the negotiations with Kawasaki Heavy Industries were quickly reported by the media. It is obvious that the Japanese media contributed to the results. The well-known people swarmed up like flies that smelled of blood, making use of the topic and attacking mercilessly. The decision of the Ministry of Railways.

And once this kind of rhythm is brought up, many netizens who don't know the truth will also start to follow suit and ridicule.

"Laughing to death, didn't you guys dance happily before? You said you don't want Japanese things, but now? They just don't play with you. Let me see how your high-speed rail is built!"

"As expected of a big country, even Kawasaki Heavy Industries doesn't care about the technology. The technology is so good. Should we develop our own high-speed rail within five years?"

"Five years? Who do you look down on? Three years!"

"You have to show some face upstairs, why not Kawasaki Heavy Industries, don't you know? History can't speak, so you have no memory, right?"

"Hehe, it's not me who died, what memory do I have?"

"Indeed, if you cling to that little thing in history every day, what can you do? It's just a populist self-orgasm."

"There is one thing to say, this time we lost Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and our situation is indeed more difficult."

"With less competition, the other two suppliers will definitely raise their prices. Bombardier has no strength. It is really irrational."

"If you are irrational, you are not sane. In a big country, green leather cars have a sense of humanistic care."

In a dormitory of Xigong University, Li Xiang scratched his head in a daze as he watched the public opinion on the Internet gradually go awry.

Unlike other netizens, he received more comprehensive information, and he also knew that the technical department of the Ministry of Railways had solved the core problems of the high-speed rail system, so it was routine to kick Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which had the highest risk, out of the game.

But what he couldn't understand was why the official didn't announce the news of the technological breakthrough?

According to his understanding, as long as this matter is made public, the public opinion on the Internet will immediately reverse, and there is no need for anyone to guide and manipulate it.

And, shouldn't showing one's hole cards be the most effective means of negotiation?

If Siemens and Alstom know that we have mastered the core technology, they will have more concerns when negotiating, and it should be easier to lower the price.

Maybe it's just not the time yet.

Li Xiang shook his head, began to search the target information one by one on the Internet, and then started working step by step.

After doing this job for a long time, he has also summed up some experience.

For example, most of the posts are actually pretty routine.

This kind of routine means that the person who posted the post did not have any judgment of his own, but simply vented his dissatisfaction with real life on the Internet. contradiction.

For this kind of people, as long as they post their prepared arguments and use facts and logic as weapons, they will delete the post and run away in despair.

Of course, this does not mean that they are convinced. In the next incident, they will eagerly jump out and make trouble.

It is impossible for them to have a long memory, because their own quality and level do not support them to remember these things.

In addition to these regular posts, some are obviously malicious, and this maliciousness is often related to interests, or they have received money, or they want to defend what is under their own ass.

To deal with this kind of person, just use administrative authority to delete posts and block one-stop.

The only difficulty is that these people are not particularly easy to identify.

In addition to these two, the remaining one is the least numerous, but also the most difficult to deal with.

Li wants to call this last type of people "reflectors" because they are really reflecting.

They generally have received some education and have fixed information channels, but the degree of this education is extremely limited, so they have formed a solidified thinking and logic.

In their logic, Huaxia has done well, mainly in history, culture, art, and literature, but other than that, it is useless.

The most typical characteristic of this kind of person is that he admires the Republic of China.

What masters come forth in large numbers, shining like stars, what freedom of thought, people's self-confidence, what cultural intersection, Shanghai Pearl

But if you ask them to name a few masters, they probably can only name Ji Xianlin, Hu Shi, Guo Moruo and the like.

Li Xiang once thought they were ridiculous.

Of course, it’s not that I think literature and art are ridiculous, but that this kind of behavior that elevates literature and art to a high position, and even lowers industry and technology is ridiculous.

Is the Republic of China really that strong? Are there really that many talents?

Hammer.

Even if the scientists in Manhattan, USA are extinct, within a few months, they will be able to continue to recruit a group of people to continue scientific research.

Not to mention thousands of people, tens of thousands of people are just like playing.

What about your Republic of China?

Not to mention the atomic bomb, there are not many who can make ordinary explosives

It's really thanks to these people for pulling their faces.

Li Xiang shook his head while posting. There is no KPI for his own work, but he is serious about it.

Because he knows that this is his specialty.

In the field of scientific research, I may not be able to produce any results, but public opinion is also an important battlefield.

If you don't occupy the high ground, the enemy will.

He worked until after five o'clock in the afternoon before he was ready to turn off the computer and go out for dinner.

But just one second before the web page was closed, a message popped out of his sight.

"Shocked! Kawasaki Heavy Industries is giving free technology! 140 high-speed trains are all free, and only follow-up maintenance fees are charged!"

Li Xiang's forehead jumped suddenly, and he subconsciously thought that this was a rhythmic fake news.

But soon, after entering the keyword search, he was completely stunned.

"Alstom has cut prices, and the total cost of a single-train high-speed rail has been reduced to 110 million euros, including technology transfer fees!"

"Bombardier applies for technical cooperation, only charges maintenance fees, and promises 1+3 free!"

"Islanders are crazy? In order to win the Chinese market, they brazenly started vicious competition!"

"The negotiation is over. If Siemens does not lower the price in the follow-up bidding, it will be declared out!"

The news one by one made his scalp tingle.

He finally knew why the Ministry of Railways did not disclose the news of technological breakthroughs before.

They just want to release the news at the most critical time, and then abruptly turn a standard bid into an auction!

This idea is really not a method that ordinary people can think of.

Even Kawasaki Heavy Industries has been completely used.

The Ministry of Railways first crushed them hard, forcing them to make the most daring and most costly gamble when they fell to the bottom and had almost no other choice.

Then, they used this gamble to push Siemens and Alstom in reverse, giving them an option that was almost impossible to refuse.

Or, just join Kawasaki Heavy Industries' gamble and use your technology in exchange for the market.

Or, just quit.

Anyway, with Kawasaki Heavy Industries as the foundation, domestic high-speed rail construction is basically enough.

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But if this is to be done, the news of technological breakthroughs should have already been announced?

Thinking of this, Li Xiang quickly opened a new web page.

Sure enough, all the media have begun to report the news about the technological breakthrough of the high-speed rail.

He couldn't understand most of the technical terms above, but even judging from common sense, he knew that this technological breakthrough was definitely not as simple as what his superiors told him.

It is very likely that we have already mastered a set of technologies sufficient to support the self-developed high-speed rail, and all we need are experienced engineers.

No wonder Kawasaki is back.

Their status has changed.

In the field of high-speed rail, the hegemony of technology has been broken, and no one can use technology to hold us back.

This wave is mainly anti-customer, easy to attack and defend.

Li Xiang closed the computer with satisfaction.

A thought suddenly came to his mind:

It would be great if every task was so simple that you don't need to do anything yourself.

On the other side, the internal meeting of the core members of the Spark working group.

Chen Nian participated in the monthly meeting as usual. At the meeting, everyone summarized the recent progress and reorganized the financial situation.

"... The negotiations on the high-speed rail project have basically come to an end, and the situation is better than we thought."

"In the initial estimate, our purpose was to save the difference between the target price and the negotiated price, but in the end, due to the breakthrough of their own technology, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Alstom have completely relaxed their caliber."

"It is very likely that they will reach an agreement with us to exchange the market for orders."

"This time, we have saved a total of about 100 billion yuan."

"Without a doubt, it was a huge success!"

After the voice fell, there was applause in the meeting room.

Everyone looked in the same direction, and sitting there was a young man who still exuded a little childishness from his face.

If you let a stranger sit in front of him, it is even easy to take him as an ordinary college student.

But it is this college student who has left his name in many aspects of this country.

After a while, the applause gradually stopped.

Standing on the rostrum, Chen Guo turned to Chen Nian and asked:

"Chen Nian, do you want to say a few words?"

Chen Nian waved his hand as usual, he still doesn't like to speak in public.

So, Chen Guo didn't force it, but continued to say:

"Then let's continue the original topic."

"After clarifying the savings of 100 billion yuan, we have communicated with our superiors, and the results of the communication are also satisfactory."

"The 100 billion budget will be directly allocated to the Spark working group for the operation of all projects under the working group."

"We still need further discussion on the specific distribution plan, but we have also made a preliminary opinion draft based on the current basic financial situation of each project."

"First of all, the bulk of the 50 billion yuan will be allocated to the Deep Blue 16 project within three years for various key technology experiments and key equipment manufacturing."

"The 50 billion includes the budget allocated to the J-20 project, which will be arranged by the Deep Blue 16 project team."

"In addition, the J-22 project will share a budget of 20 billion, which will be used for the next step of technical improvement and finished product manufacturing."

"The remaining budget will be allocated to J-10, J-8 III projects, and other derivative small projects including PL-15, radar, electronic jamming equipment, etc. according to the project weight."

Chen Guo reported the project budget item by item, and everyone in the audience took out pens and papers to record.

Logically speaking, such a "cake-sharing" meeting is the most difficult to hold.

Because too many points are given to a certain department, and another department will have opinions.

Suffering from inequality rather than scarcity is equally serious in the field of scientific research.

However, this problem does not exist with Spark Workgroup.

Because Chen Nian stifled this problem in the cradle in a clever and ineffective way.

Divide the cake?

I'm going to make a cake for everyone straight away!

Let's eat, if I can't eat enough, I'm not big enough.

Even for the A-300 rocket launcher project, a total budget of 2 billion has been allocated. For the Army, this is the first time in the world.

You know, these people are usually reluctant to buy new Jiefang shoes.

Therefore, no one raised any opinions. They have already thought about how to spend the budget recklessly after they get it.

Soon, Chen Guo finished talking and the meeting came to an end.

Everyone dispersed, leaving only Chen Guo and Chen Nian, who walked back to the independent office together.

"This battle was really beautiful!"

Just walked into the room, and before she had time to sit down, Chen Guo said impatiently.

"I guess, Siemens and Alstom were both beaten up. You didn't go to the scene. Do you know how Zhang Shuguang described it to me?"

"At that time, the four-party negotiation had just started, and before everyone had time to speak, the representative of Kawasaki Heavy Industries rushed to the rostrum, grabbed the microphone and said directly, 'We are free'."

"Everyone didn't react at all. Zhang Shuguang originally prepared a technical verification document and planned to send it to them."

"It turned out to be useless at all."

"I don't know what those people from Kawasaki Heavy Industries think. They seem to be trying to muddy the water."

Hearing his words, Chen Nian smiled and replied:

"It's not easy. They want to drag Alstom into the water."

"This kind of project, if they quote an ultra-low price, can easily be dismissed as an abnormal bid in the bidding, so he must bring Alstom and Siemens to the same level as him."

"Didn't they also succeed? At least Alston was fooled by him."

Chen Guo nodded in agreement and said:

"It seems that Xiaotian still has a bit of foresight. This trick of breaking an arm to survive is really ruthless."

"You can't be ruthless. If you're not ruthless, their business representatives will probably commit seppuku when they go back."

"They still popularize this now?"

Chen Guo asked curiously.

"Who knows? Little days are always weird"

Chen Nian replied noncommittally.

The two chatted for a while, when Chen Guo suddenly thought of something, he took out a document from the side drawer, and said:

"You don't need to worry about the follow-up of the high-speed rail. The project team will have someone to deal with it."

"AGT110 is also progressing smoothly. UKR has already started preparing the poison pill plan. It is estimated that Madacic will be completely taken down in a few months."

"Take a look and see if you think about it. During the recent period, focus on promoting the J-20 project?"

"Yang Wei has encountered something, and you may need your assistance to deal with it."

"If you have time, you can fly to Chengdu."