Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Heping invited Director Wang to have lunch with him. When they were saying goodbye in the afternoon, Director Wang asked him what to do with the foreigners living down the mountain.

Zhang Heping’s response at the time was, “As long as my so-called laboratory is still under your protection and you don’t disclose my responses to technical consultation letters, they won’t be able to figure out my situation. At most, they can use company shares worth tens of billions of magnesium yuan to test me, just like the Japanese did.”

"Okay! Be careful!" Director Wang said, and got on a Land Cruiser bulletproof vehicle.

"Auntie Wang, don't forget to have them contact Philips and indirectly open up the European market through the Dutch market. At the very least, you should establish an exchange channel for international students."

After Director Wang returned, news came that evening that foreigners could apply to enter the mainland.

The next day, the Umbrella security personnel did not go to the mountain road to stop people again, and returned to the loose-outside-tight-inside community protection mode.

Tingmei Trading Company's external public relations rhetoric is still to conduct due diligence on related companies, and it is expected that there will be preliminary conclusions next month.

The pressure is temporarily put on the domestic front!

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Capital, foreign trade conference.

"Chinese representative, can we send experts to participate in your semiconductor research project?" A blond-haired magnesium man asked first.

Sitting in the speaking position, the old man in a gray Mao suit in the middle of the three people smiled and said, "What we are discussing today is the issue of trade import and export. For scientific research issues, we should contact the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

"I heard that you, the people of Magnesium, launched the first reusable space shuttle Columbia on the 12th of this month. If you are willing to let the Chinese Academy of Sciences send people to participate in your aerospace technology research, you can probably also participate in their semiconductor research."

The Chinese man seemed to have not heard of the space shuttle and changed the subject to ask, "Are the 16M DRAM memory, 800M hard disk, and 128MHz CPU the products of your Chinese laboratory?"

"You should ask Tingmei Trading Company in Hong Kong about this question. That's their product." The Zhongshan elder at the head frowned and said, "Please ask the magnesium representatives to pay attention to the theme of the meeting and don't waste everyone's time."

"OK!" The man from Magnesium admitted the reality and changed the topic, "We want to import 365-nanometer lithography machines and supporting equipment and raw materials. Can you give us a quote?"

After listening to the translator, the old man from Zhongshan laughed again, "The machinery and equipment and raw materials you mentioned belong to multiple joint ventures. If the magnesium side has demand, they can negotiate with the sales representatives of those joint ventures at the Canton Fair in accordance with the China-Magnesium Trade Relations Agreement that took effect in February last year."

"Dear foreign guests, we have a trade agreement with the magnesium country, but not with you. Our trade with Japan is limited to coal and crude oil." The old man Zhongshan looked at the foreigners in the conference room with a smile on his face and said sincerely:

"However, you can rest assured that we are applying to restore our status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Once the application is approved, you can go to relevant factories in my country to purchase 365-nanometer lithography machines and supporting equipment and raw materials, just like the magnesium side."

This old man is fanning the flames!

It was the Chinese who prompted Western countries to blockade the mainland.

The first to renege on establishing trade with the mainland were the Magnesians.

Now, seeing that the magnesium country may have the potential to obtain advanced lithography machines, etching machines and other equipment, Western European countries engaged in the semiconductor industry are no longer calm.

If we wait for China to apply for the status of a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, even if everything goes smoothly, it will be several months later!

For the semiconductor industry, which has doubled its process technology every 18 months, the brutal competition can only be described as "backward".

What's more, China's semiconductor technology has already come to the forefront. Adding the time it takes to manufacture equipment and the time it takes to reverse-engineer China's semiconductor products, China is at least two years behind others!

Therefore, representatives from Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, and Eagle countries have asked about the bilateral trade agreement.

However, China said that signing trade agreements with each country one by one was too slow and that China would expedite its application for the status of a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

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After the meeting in the capital, the Taiwanese suffered a setback at the Huadu Canton Fair.

The cause was that Tingmei Trading Company sent a formal letter to Hong Kong Island Colorful Investment Co., Ltd., strictly prohibiting the sale of 365-nanometer lithography machines, etching machines and other equipment and raw materials to magnesium and South Korea.

Otherwise, Tingmei Trading Company will stop all technical support and sell its 20% stake in Duocai Investment Company.

Hong Kong Colorful Investment Co., Ltd. copied the contents of the letter and sent a formal letter to the Shenzhen Ultra-Thin Color Screen Joint Venture Factory.

Then, the Shenzhen Ultra-Thin Color Screen Joint Venture Factory issued a formal notice to all its subordinate joint venture factories, strictly prohibiting the sale of any products to people in Magnesium and South Korea.

In this matter, the Japanese side of the friendly investment company simply turned a deaf ear.

Afterwards, when they were asked by Magnesium Dad why they did not stop the Shenzhen Ultra-Thin Color Screen Joint Venture Factory from issuing the notice, the Japanese people said that they only contributed a little money, while the Hong Kong side contributed both money and technology, so they could not afford to offend!

As for the real intentions of the Japanese, there is no need to ask, they definitely have no good intentions!

After the disruption caused by Tingmei Trading Company, the Taiwanese could only purchase goods at high prices through the black people whom they had always looked down upon.

For this reason, Director Wang made a special phone call to Zhang Heping and asked him why he did this.

"Auntie Wang!" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "After the Japanese sold the lithography machines to the Magnesium people, they also sent engineers to the Magnesium company to provide on-site services. How can we send so many technicians and engineers?"

"Even if the engineers sent out to repair the equipment are bribed by the capitalists, wouldn't the technology be cheapened for the Chinese?"

"So, our current customers are those black brothers, not the Magnesian people. In the future, we don't have to provide maintenance services to the Magnesian people." Zhang Heping said with a sly smile:

“If they want to repair it, they have to find black brothers who help them buy the equipment and then return it to the factory for repair.”

"Over the years, our black brothers have helped us import and export a lot of goods indirectly, so they deserve to make the difference."

Director Wang on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, then said, "But what if those black people ask us to send people to install and debug the equipment?"

"Sure!" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "As long as it's not in Mexico or South Korea, any other place is fine, even the North Soviet Union!"

"But people from Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, and the United States also use black people to buy goods on their behalf." Director Wang said solemnly: "In this case, the GATT will be blocked, and other countries will not sign bilateral trade agreements with us."

"Auntie Wang!" Zhang Heping's tone was still casual, "Didn't you read the foreign sales agreements for those lithography machines and etching machines?"

"It is clearly written that domestic demand will be given priority, and the equipment and raw materials will be exported only if there is excess production at the end of the year. For this agreement, we even confiscated the deposit from our black brothers. As for whether they collected deposits from foreigners, that has nothing to do with us."

"You mean, we should delay the sale?" Director Wang understood a little.

"Let them out little by little, just like squeezing toothpaste, and hold them back." Zhang Heping said with a smile:

"You know I'm a pretty good fisherman. I spread out the 16MB DRAM memory, 800MB hard drive, 128MHz CPU, and other baits to attract foreign fish."

"If you want to catch some big foreign fish, you need to prepare some fermented flour balls as bait, and you also need to be patient and wait for them to take the bait."

Director Wang scolded, "You little bastard, you are so secretive. Can't you just tell me what you think?"

"Plans cannot keep up with changes. If the country had followed my previous plan, why would I have gone through so much trouble!"

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