Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

"Mayor Zhong, can German manufacturers take a fancy to our machine tool factory?" The person who asked this question was Zhao Yukun, director of Linhai Machine Tool Factory.

Zhong Weimin was unsure, and frowned and said, "Director Zhao, no matter what others think of you or not, we must first cheer up ourselves. What are we afraid of if the machine lags behind?"People are not here for our equipment, they should think more about our advantages..."

"Our advantage? Our Linhai Machine Tool Factory has backward technology and outdated equipment. What advantages do we have?" Zhao Yukun continued to complain.

No wonder Zhao Yukun complained, the application report for technical renovation funds for the machine tool factory was still in Zhong Weimin’s drawer!

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Using these old-fashioned equipment to produce machine tools with poor precision and backward performance will fool the small county agricultural tool factory that started using local methods.

Zhao Yukun's compulsory subject every year is to go to the provinces and cities to ask for funds. But these days, the temple is poor and the abbot is poor. The city's limited funds can't wait to be split into two flowers. The machine tool factory wants to upgrade the funds for equipment, but it is not a tightrope. The belt can be saved. No matter how much Zhao Yukun complains, Zhong Weimin can't get him any money.

Seeing that Linhai Machine Tool Factory was worse than Wang Xiaoer's New Year every year, Zhao Yukun felt anxious. He had been in this factory since the day he was an apprentice. If such a big factory eventually fell into his hands, Zhao Yukun would bear the consequences. I can't afford the reputation of this prodigal son!

Linhai Machine Tool Factory was the first machine tool factory built with the aid of the Soviet Union in Haidong Province. It was also a major profit and tax owner of Linhai City. The ancestors were quite wealthy, and the "Linhai" machine tool brand was also a well-known brand. But with the With the development of the times, Linhai Machine Tool Factory, which has been constantly being criticized by the city and the Machinery Department, has not updated a single piece of equipment for more than ten years. It finally showed its fatigue and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

At about ten o'clock, Yuliye and Qian Ning, accompanied by comrades from the Foreign Trade Bureau, arrived at Linhai Machine Tool Factory.

Zhong Weimin and Zhao Yukun made a mistake as soon as they came up. Leaving aside Qian Ning and Yuli Ye who looked very young, they shook hands enthusiastically with the two foreigners behind them...

When reminded by comrades from the Foreign Trade Bureau, Zhong Weimin's face turned red and he kept apologizing to Qian Ning and Yuliye.

"Miss Yuliye, we have a saying in China: If you have a hairless mouth, you will not be able to do things well. Mayor Zhong and Director Zhao think that we are unreliable!" Qian Ning made a joke in Chinese to resolve it. Embarrassing!

Juliet's current level of Chinese is enough to allow him to communicate easily with others, but he still has little understanding of Qian Ning's witticism. He stared at Qian Ning with his big beautiful eyes and retorted in blunt Chinese: "You have no hair on your mouth." You mean us women, right? Mr. Qian, you are sexist, I protest..."

Everyone burst into laughter, and the awkward atmosphere was instantly resolved. Only Juliet and the two foreigners were confused.

When visiting the workshop, Juliet also asked the master workers in the workshop to do some simple operations.

After returning to the conference room, a technician from Cima Machine Tool took the lead in speaking in German: With all due respect, your equipment is far beyond our imagination. These are the equipment my grandfather and the others used. , they should lie in the industrial museum, but what also surprises me is your workers. They can actually use machine tools with such poor precision to manufacture parts that meet the requirements. This not only requires skilled technology and experience, but also the entire People and machine tools are integrated, and these workers are the only ones worthy of respect in this machine tool factory..."

After hesitating for a moment, the translator from the Foreign Trade Bureau translated the German technician's words in full.

Zhong Weimin and Zhao Yukun looked at each other. This German guy didn't give him any face. Can they still negotiate happily?You're not too young at this age. Is this the machine tool your grandfather used?I'm afraid it wasn't during the First World War, right?

Zhong Weimin still bite the bullet and explained: "Mr. Qian, Ms. Yulie, the machinery and equipment may be a little outdated, but our master workers are first-class in terms of technology and hard-working spirit. This is also what we The reason why we hope to introduce advanced foreign equipment and process technology!”

Qian Ning also nodded and said: "Mayor Zhong, Director Zhao, obsolete factory buildings and equipment are not a problem. These are not the focus of our attention. Can we do some simple technical work with the technical department and production department of your factory?" comminicate?"

Zhao Yukun nodded repeatedly. What he was most worried about was that foreign technicians were checking all the equipment. There were at least five or six machine tools in the workshop that had long been out of use. They were just improvised. But if he stayed with these at Linhai Machine Tool Factory 20 years of discussion with workers and masters?None of them are afraid...

Zhao Yukun quickly went to make arrangements and select technicians and master workers to participate in the symposium.

Zhong Weimin was not as optimistic as Zhao Yukun. He had already sensed from Qian Ning's words and deeds that this young-looking Chinese-German was not easy to fool.

Qian Ning is indeed difficult to deal with. As Yang Mo's most capable right-hand man, Luo Binghui's abilities are naturally not inferior to Qian Ning's. However, when he negotiates with the mainland government, he is somewhat influenced by Yang Mo and will make substantial profit concessions to achieve a win-win situation.

Qian Ning is different. Zhiyuan International mainly deals with foreign merchants. He is also influenced by Yang Mo, but his creed is "don't take advantage of the bastard"!

Qian Ning looked at the clean factory area that had been washed away, and said with a smile: "Mayor Zhong, in fact, you don't need to mobilize troops like this. In our eyes, the value of the equipment and factories in Linhai Machine Tool Factory is basically zero. We mainly inspect What matters most is the number of skilled workers, logistical burdens, technical reserves, as well as financial status and investment environment..."

Qian Ning's concept was purely a sneaky change. Indeed, most of the equipment in the finishing workshop can no longer be used, but some large boring machines, planers, and forging equipment can still be used, not to mention the factory building, although it looks dilapidated. A little bit, but it was all designed by old experts at that time, so it will be fine if it is used for another 20 years.

But Zhong Weimin was not a technical cadre, so he was completely suppressed psychologically by Qian Ning, and he almost preconceivedly agreed with Qian Ning's ideas.

Most government officials in this era have no experience in negotiating with foreign businessmen, and almost everyone knows that they are eager to introduce foreign investment. This can easily be manipulated by foreign businessmen and they have to make many concessions.

Throughout the 90s and [-]s, selling state-owned assets at low prices was commonplace and had become the norm. When most foreign investors entered the mainland market, they acted arrogantly, especially Japanese companies. They would marry off several girls and deliberately marry several women at the same time. In local government negotiations, under the background that the amount of foreign capital introduced is the main performance assessment of local governments, it is not uncommon for some state-owned assets to be given away almost for free or even repaid...