Material Empire

Cui Hongchun's last sentence made Qin Hai laugh. How embarrassing is it that a dignified deputy minister has spoken boldly for a long time, but at the critical moment, he actually loses the chain.

However, Qin Hai can understand Cui Hongchun's difficulties. Regardless of his high position, it is very difficult to use a little amount of foreign exchange, let alone for unconventional projects such as applying for patents abroad. Qin Hai cried poorly to Cui Hongchun, not because he wanted Cui Hongchun to settle the foreign exchange quota for him, but because he hoped to pave the way for his behavior of withholding foreign exchange in advance.

Qin Hai used the overseas branch established in Spain with Chen Hongcheng to operate the thermal spraying process and the patent application of the thermal spraying machine. The main purpose of establishing this branch was to launder money, to be precise, to launder some foreign exchange.

In the past year or so, Chen Hongcheng's Red Sea Company sold the special steel produced by Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant to overseas branches at low prices, and the recovered foreign exchange was handed over to the national foreign exchange management department according to regulations, and converted into equivalent RMB. Overseas branches sell this part of special steel to Leonardo, an agent in Spain at an agreed price, and part of the obtained foreign exchange is exchanged for raw materials and shipped back to China, while the other part is kept in the account of the branch for processing various Transactions that require foreign exchange.

For more than a year, Chen Hongcheng has used the withheld foreign exchange to purchase a lot of electrical appliances and other luxury goods from overseas, and sold them at high prices in China, earning tens of millions of profits. He has already stepped into the gate of the domestic rich club. . Qin Hai disdains earning money from buying and selling high-end consumer goods, because earning this kind of money is essentially transfusing blood to foreigners. What he wants to do is to pan for gold overseas and use technology to get foreigners' money into the pockets of Chinese people.

At the beginning of the cooperation with Chen Hongcheng, Qin Hai had a very clear benefit distribution agreement with him. Most of the foreign exchange intercepted overseas belonged to Qin Hai, and what Chen Hongcheng used was only a small part that belonged to him. This time, in order to develop the thermal spraying process, Qin Hai spent more than 100,000 US dollars in foreign exchange, part of which was used to purchase equipment accessories and materials that could not be provided in China, and the other part was used to apply for various patents.

Back then, Chinese people had a very shallow understanding of patents, and they didn't know that there were various tricks in patents. For a thermal spraying machine, in addition to the whole machine needing to apply for a patent, the key components also need to apply for a patent, so that even if others modify the design of the whole machine, they still cannot get around the patent threshold. As a time traveler, Qin Hai has a much stronger awareness in this regard. He had no chance to go abroad, so he entrusted Chen Hongcheng to find several well-known patent firms overseas to handle various patent application matters on his behalf. The commission paid is also quite considerable.

Of course, it is impossible for Qin Hai to ask the Ministry of Agriculture to pay for all the money. However, he needs to vaccinate Cui Hongchun first, so that when he sells thermal spraying machines in the future, he can tacitly leave some foreign exchange, and There is no need to worry about "relevant departments" pursuing it.

Li Linguang's report ended with warm applause, and then Yue Kun came on stage. The main content of his speech was about the design ideas of thermal spraying machines. These are technical secrets so far, but once the thermal sprayer goes on sale, there is nothing secret about these ideas. Now that Yue Kun has disclosed these design ideas, it can dispel the doubts of the participating merchants about the thermal spraying machine, and it can have an excellent advertising effect on Qin Hai's sales of this equipment.

Yue Kun's report had just finished halfway, and the audience was already restless. At first, it was just a few people who stooped and slipped out of the venue, giving the impression that they couldn't help but want to make things easier. When people noticed that more and more people went out, but very few came back, more people suddenly realized that they got up and left the table one after another.

These people have been sensitively aware of the opportunities and challenges that thermal spraying brings to their companies, and they must find Chinese people in the first place in order to get such equipment before their counterparts.

"Hey, Bob, you should report to the president immediately, we must obtain this kind of equipment in the shortest possible time, and we must use the thermal spraying process to improve our bearings!"

"Tom, listen to me, the Chinese set a very high patent threshold, we can't come up with a replacement product in a short time, we can only order from the Chinese, as for the price... think about it if our drill bit is used Life can be doubled, what a profit that means!"

"Remit the money right away. Damn it, the Chinese said that you must pay a deposit before you can queue up. Yes, just queue up. You will have to wait at least three months to get the equipment, or even... a year!"

More than a dozen international long-distance telephones set up by the Expo Service Office were quickly occupied by people who ran out, and they reported to the headquarters everything they heard at the venue in a fierce tone, demanding that the headquarters make an immediate decision to purchase thermal spraying machines. Although the Chinese side only showed the effect of thermal spraying on the basic parts of agricultural machinery, manufacturers in other industries have the insight to draw inferences from one instance. They know that the real use of this process is definitely not in the agricultural machinery industry, but in machinery Processing, oil drilling, construction machinery, etc., the market size of these fields is much larger than that of agricultural machinery.

In addition to the merchants, media reporters also rushed to add to the chaos. They occupied the telephones and reported the major technological news they had just learned to their respective news agencies. Some fast-moving media have sent out news, and these news made those companies that did not send people to Sao Paulo also notice the impact of thermal spraying, and countless calls began to make reverse calls to Sao Paulo.

The most lively place is the booth of the Chinese delegation. At the beginning, Cui Hongchun was concerned about money and was not willing to rent a large venue, but now there is a problem. Customers swarmed in and surrounded the booth with three floors and three floors outside. People outside wanted to squeeze in, but those inside didn't have the consciousness to give up their seats at all. Just kidding, anyone can imagine that the number of thermal spraying machines made in China will not be too many, and whoever grabs it first will be able to take the lead. The value of this new technology can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Who is willing to give up the opportunity to others at this time?

Seeing this situation, Qin Hai couldn't sit still anymore. He asked Cui Hongchun for leave, then slipped off the podium, ran back to the Chinese booth, and began to direct the crowd to receive inquiries from customers.

"This is the appearance and main performance indicators of the thermal spraying machine we are currently producing. You can take it for reference. The basic parts we brought to the exhibition this time are all processed by this type of thermal spraying machine, and the quality is absolutely acceptable. believe."

Before leaving China, Qin Hai had already printed thousands of copies of promotional materials for the "Haijie" thermal spraying machine, which had been kept on the bottom of the box for the past few days and had not been taken out. Now, it was finally time to start distributing them. Leng Yuming, Liu Shuo and others who stayed behind at the booth all came forward to help. While distributing leaflets, they answered customers' questions in a hurry.

"Yes, yes, we have unified global pricing. The FOB price at Pujiang Port is 2.2 million US dollars per unit. Sorry, there is really no room for discounts on this price..."

"I'm very sorry, we haven't established an overseas distribution point yet. If you want to see the prototype, I can only trouble you to go to China. Yes, we have our detailed contact information on this material..."

"Sorry, we can't provide spot goods now, and the earliest order will not be shipped until October..."

Although "Sorry" popped out the most from the translators' mouths, there was no real apology on the faces of Qin Hai and others. Only Haijie Company in the world can provide thermal spraying machines, and the thermal spraying process will obviously become a world trend soon. At this time, the seller is the real God. Who cares whether the buyer is happy or not?

The booth provided two ways to register the willingness to purchase, one is to leave the company name and contact information, and the other is to directly pay a deposit of 100,000 US dollars in advance and transfer the money into the account opened by the Chinese delegation. Qin Hai told the people who came to consult that customers who adopt the latter method will be given priority in getting the supply. As for those who are unwilling to pay a deposit, they can wait slowly. There will always be machines, but the time cannot be guaranteed. .

"Why is it so messy here?" Cui Hongchun also returned to the booth at some point. It turned out that the report meeting had ended anticlimactically, and there were only a group of scholars around Li Linguang, Yue Kun, and Ruttenberg who were engaged in academic exchanges. Cui Hongchun and others came back to help.

Seeing this crowded scene, Cui Hongchun was both happy and jealous. Hot sales of thermal sprayers is a good thing, but alas, the achievement cannot be credited to the Department of Agriculture in any way.

"It would be great if the best-selling products were not thermal sprayers, but tractors, seeders, etc." Taking advantage of Qin Hai not paying attention, Cui Hongchun muttered to Zhu Detai, Zhou Hongwen and others in a low voice.

Zhu Detai echoed regretfully: "This little Qin is really capable. He made such a thing out of his mind and made foreigners go crazy. Alas, it's a pity that he is not a member of our agricultural machinery system."

"Isn't he from Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory?" Zhou Hongwen asked in surprise.

"Can Qingfeng Factory still accommodate such a great god like him? You haven't seen the thermal sprayer he made, and the brand is Haijie. I have asked people about the Haijie company. It is Xiaoqin and It is a private enterprise jointly established by several people, but it has some relationship with the Machinery Committee in name." Cui Hongchun said.

Zhou Hongwen said with emotion: "It's actually Xiao Qin's own company. The young people nowadays are really capable."

Cui Hongchun waved his hand and said, "Anyway, we have to hold on to him and let him make more contributions to us."

"Yes, we have to bite him!" Zhu Detai and Zhou Hongwen said in unison.

Some students criticized Chengzi, saying that some of the recommended books were not to my liking. Let me explain a little bit here. There are two situations in which Cheng Zi pushes books. One is that he thinks it looks good, so he pushes it; the other is that he is entrusted by a friend. The quality of the books promoted in the latter case may vary, but there is no way around it. After all, we are all authors, and sometimes it is necessary to help each other.

Since it's a recommendation, it's not good to favor one over the other. You can't push books for others, and say that other people's books are not so good-looking, which is inappropriate.

There is a book below. Let me declare that Chengzi read it by himself, and it was not entrusted by others. Students who are interested can try it.

"Rebirth Explosive Electronics Industry": The title of the book is too vulgar. It is written about the things in Huaqiangbei. The author obviously has a very deep understanding of this industry, and the written plot is lifelike, and it has the taste of a business war.