Material Empire

After receiving instructions from Ji Mingchu, Qin Hai immediately contacted Fetters and Seitzler and told them that he had already communicated with the Chinese military. However, the military also hopes to get some reciprocal treatment from the United States, such as relaxing the export of certain high-performance integrated circuit chips and so on.

As the military has analyzed internally, the U.S. military attaches great importance to the import of this super-filtration membrane and regards it as a strategic technology that can greatly improve logistical supply capabilities. Both Fetters and Seitzler were not surprised by Qin Hai's report of the Chinese military's request. In their opinion, if China does not impose any restrictions on the export of this technology, or does not propose any quid pro quo, That's suspicious.

A military attache from the Chinese embassy in France hurried to Le Havre, and had two hours of closed-door negotiations with Fetters and Seitzler. Knowing that when they left the negotiation room, both sides had satisfied smiles on their faces, obviously achieving some win-win results.

"Comrade Qin Hai, thank you for your great contribution to the country. This time, we got a lot of unexpected gains." Before leaving, the military attache of the embassy said sincerely while holding Qin Hai's hand tightly.

Qin Hai smiled and said: "You're welcome, this is what we should do. In fact, as our country's technological level continues to improve, we should also have the awareness of this kind of equal exchange of interests with others."

The military officer nodded repeatedly, and said: "Yes, we were too lacking in this aspect. Chairman Qin taught us a vivid lesson."

It turns out that, contrary to what the United States thinks, China has never realized the benefits of adopting this technology-for-technology method. Of course, this is mainly because China has never had any technology that has been valued by Americans in the past, which has led to China's lack of awareness of using technological superiority as a threat. In the eyes of many government officials, Americans are willing to buy Chinese products, which is a great thing that fell from the sky. Ask the other party to make some concessions.

This time, if Qin Hai didn't take the initiative to raise this issue, but sold the product directly, the Chinese military would probably just be a little unhappy, and would not pursue Qin Hai's responsibility. It was Qin Hai who had an idea, made up a non-existent export ban, and then bargained with the US side on this condition, and finally got a harvest. How could the military attache who was appointed by the country to participate in the negotiations not feel overjoyed.

After sending off the military attache of the Chinese embassy, ​​when they went to see Feites and Seitzler again, the two also had expressions of gratitude. Seitzler put his arms around Qin Hai's shoulders and said, "Mr. Qin, thanks to your help, your country's negotiators said that because your company is a big company, they provided special convenience, but they only let the United States After canceling several unimportant export restrictions, you are allowed to export super filtration membranes to us. Before that, we were really worried that your country’s requirements were too high and we could not meet them.”

"You have to know that I also made a lot of sacrifices before the military agreed to this condition. In order to export these filter membranes to you, our group will provide a large amount of sponsorship to the military. Sponsorship, do you understand? ?” Qin Hai pretended to be heartbroken and said to Seitzler.

"This... I understand a little bit." Seitzler said, and then he looked back at Fetus, then pulled Qin Hai a few steps aside, and said in a low voice: "To show respect to your company Thank you, we can make a little concession on the price, do you understand?"

Speaking of this, he desperately winked at Qin Hai, and almost took out his heart to show Qin Hai.

"Price?" Qin Hai was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the last time he went to the United States to sell body armor, and couldn't help laughing: "That's natural. The filter membranes we produce are all for civilian purposes. To meet the requirements of your army, some necessary corrections must be made. By the way, can Mr. Seitzler recommend an American consulting company to help us improve the filtration membrane technology."

When they went to sell body armor last time, officials from the U.S. Army Equipment Department demanded that the Chinese side must find a consulting company in the United States as a service provider in the name of needing to provide technical consultation in order to earn kickbacks. When Seitzler made the above hint to Qin Hai, he naturally had the idea of ​​getting some kickbacks in this procurement case. Anyway, kickbacks are also a matter of sheep's wool. If it does not harm the interests of Qin Hai and the Chinese side, Qin Hai is naturally happy to let the boat go.

Hearing that Qin Hai was so kind, Seitzler was full of joy. He called Feites over, and together with Qin Hai, they negotiated the price, quantity and other behind-the-scenes transactions of the filter membrane. The specific signing still needs to go through some procedures, so Qin Hai naturally doesn't need to follow everything personally, and just leave it to Chen Hongcheng of the overseas company to handle it.

The aftermath of the oil spill at sea will take a month or so. Qin Hai left Xia Yangjie, Yu Lihong and others to accompany the French team to solve various technical problems at the scene, and he left Le Havre. , transferred to Paris and returned to the capital by plane.

"For more than a month, has anything happened to the group?"

Sitting in the car that the office came to pick up the plane, Qin Hai casually asked Su Yabo, the director of the office.

Su Yabo reported in a regular manner: "The ion implanter produced by Qingfeng Group has passed the national appraisal last week and will be put into production soon; the welding work of the No. 1 and No. 2 ethylene spherical tanks of the Jintang Ethylene Project has been completed. Now the pressurization test is going on, and I just called to find out that the test results are satisfactory..."

"Well, very good." Qin Hai nodded slightly. In fact, he kept in touch with the country when he was in France. He already knew most of what Su Yabo said, and he just asked again.

"There is another big matter, which is about Mr. Liu of Quwu. The matter is more complicated. Do you think we should report it to you now, or wait until we return to the office?" Su Yabo said.

"Liu Shuo? What's the matter with him?" Qin Hai raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Last week, he was detained by the police station in Changgu City." Su Yabo said.

"What?" Qin Hai's eyes widened. "What happened to him? Also, why didn't you inform me about such a big thing? How is he doing now? Is he still at the police station?"

"He has been released." Su Yabo quickly explained, "It was the group's legal department who communicated with the Changgu police and released Mr. Liu. I asked Mr. Ning for instructions, and he said that this matter is too big and I'm afraid of you Worry, don't let me report to you."

"Well, I see." Qin Hai responded, since Ning Zhongying ordered him to keep it a secret, Su Yabo couldn't be blamed for this matter. Ning Zhongying's thoughts were also right. Qin Haiyuan was in France, so even if he knew about this matter, he would not be able to handle it himself. It would only increase his worries. It seems that Liu Shuo's crime is not too serious, obviously Ning Zhongying and the others can handle it by themselves.

"You haven't told me why Liu Shuo was detained by the police station." Qin Hai said in a calm tone.

Su Yabo said: "He hit someone, and the public security department judged that the injury was minor. Also, he was injured himself, but it was not serious."

"Beat people?" Qin Hai asked in surprise, "How could he beat people, and also, how could he go to Changgu to beat people?"

Su Yabo smiled wryly, and said: "Boss Qin, you see, I originally planned to report to you slowly after returning to the office. It's a long story, and I don't know where to start. "

"Tell me first, who did he hit?" Qin Hai asked bluntly.

"Wang Peichao." Su Yabo said.

"Wang Peichao?" The image of a fair-looking man appeared in Qin Hai's mind, "The deputy director of the production department of Quwu Ceramics Company?"

"That's right, it's him." Su Yabo replied.

The predecessor of Quwu Ceramics Company was Brothers Ceramics Factory run by Qin Hai in Quwu. At that time, there were 20 miners’ children from Jianxing Coal Mine in Quwu, among whom Liu Shuo was the boss and Wang Peichao was one of the shareholders. . Since the Brother Ceramics Factory itself was established to accommodate the 20 miners' children, these people all held certain positions in the factory. After the establishment of Quwu Ceramics Company, they also became members of the company's management.

After seven or eight years of development, Quwu Ceramics Company has now become a large-scale enterprise with an annual output value of nearly 1 billion yuan. It is also well-known in Linxi Province. Ceramics and other products are sold all over the world, and Linxi is a famous foreign exchange earner and taxpayer.

Qin Hai has inspected Quwu Ceramics Company many times, and he is very familiar with the management of the company, so he naturally also knows the deputy director of the production department named Wang Peichao. In his impression, Wang Peichao is a very sensitive person, to put it bluntly, he seems to be more impetuous, which is very different from other shareholders such as Liu Shuo and Huang Yanling. However, Qin Hai didn't have a deep understanding of this person, nor had he ever inquired about his specific situation. At this time, when I heard that Liu Shuo had entered the police station because of fighting with him, I couldn't help but feel a little bit moved.

He knew that Liu Shuo was not a very impulsive person, and he was already in his early fifties, which was no longer the age at which he would easily fight. Wang Peichao's father and Liu Shuo's father were both miners who died in the same mine disaster. They used to be called brothers. Liu Shuo beat Wang Peichao to a slight injury. What happened?