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Walking out of the production workshop, Andrew praised Lin Kaifeng and Northern Machinery Company highly.

Lin Kaifeng said calmly: "Mr. Andrew, what kind of cooperation do you plan to have with our company next?"

"I hope your company can make a batch of commercial air fryers for my fast food chain."

Andrew made it clear directly.

Compared with traditional fast food, food made in an air fryer can save both cost and time.

And it's very healthy.

He plans to contact machinery companies and hire personnel to conduct new product research based on the existing air fryers.

Enlarge the size of a small air fryer to meet the food supply needs of fast food restaurants.

Andrew took advantage of the fact that the air fryer does not require oil to fry food.

Use this feature as a major publicity gimmick.

As fast food enters the UK in large quantities, the country's child obesity rate is getting higher every year.

Other Western countries are facing the same problem.

Faced with protests from the children's parents, officials issued a ban.

Fast food companies are not allowed to engage in commercial promotion of food.

Once the oil pan used in the store is transformed into an air fryer, it is equivalent to actively helping the relevant departments solve problems.

Andrew believes in his business and will definitely remove it from the advertising ban.

Other fast food companies are not allowed to advertise food products.

Andrew's fast food restaurant McJackie will certainly be praised by the authorities for using an air fryer that does not require cooking oil.

It will also be viewed differently by children’s parents.

The unique taste of fast food is an irresistible temptation for children.

How to balance the deliciousness of fast food and the obesity problem caused by eating a lot of fast food is a big problem that is difficult to solve for many fast food owners.

Lin Kaifeng smiled and said, "Mr. Andrew's idea is very forward-looking. I will discuss this matter with the factory's technicians and try to produce a product that satisfies you as soon as possible."

"Commercial air fryers must be in stock before the end of the year, not just one day earlier."

Andrew’s tone gradually became serious.

As long as Lin Kaifeng can supply sufficient quantity of commercial air fryers by the end of the year, Andrew will pay a large amount of money to the machinery company.

It will also give Lin Kaifeng an unexpected surprise.

"Mr. Lin, have you heard of the Biller Company?"

"Biller Company..."

Lin Kaifeng frowned and said, "The Biller Company you are talking about, is it the Biller Machinery Company in the United States, the world's largest engineering equipment manufacturer?"

"I was right, Mr. Lin. You are indeed the most capable and visionary businessman in Dragon Country."

Andrew laughed.

Founded in the 20s, Piller Construction Machinery Company has now become the world's largest construction machinery, mining equipment, engine and gas turbine company.

In recent years, Longguo has purchased a lot of engineering vehicles and mining equipment produced by Biller Company.

"Mr. Lin should know that no matter what equipment it is, as long as it is used, there will definitely be a series of failures. Even if there are no failures, regular maintenance and inspections are required. Because your country's foreign policy is not particularly clear, foreign companies cannot set up branches or factories in your country for the time being."

"Every time we need maintenance or technical after-sales service, Biller has to send engineers to fly over to handle it. It not only takes a lot of time, but also every time we send people across the ocean for maintenance, it is a torture for both your company and Biller."

Lin Kaifeng nodded silently. This was indeed the case.

It will be several years before this long-distance maintenance problem is solved.

Since the 60s, Longguo has begun to purchase various types of equipment and technologies from abroad.

In recent years, with the emergence of the 43 Plan, Longguo has further improved its introduction of foreign technology.

The total investment was 4.3 billion US dollars, and a large number of complete production lines, engineering vehicles, technical equipment and technical drawings were purchased from abroad.

If you buy too many things, problems will often occur.

Whether it is CNC machine tools, mining machinery, or transportation and construction vehicles.

Once a problem occurs, it is difficult to repair it domestically and you must call the manufacturer.

The manufacturer dispatched engineers to Longguo to carry out on-site repairs.

The country does not agree for the time being to allow foreign companies to set up offices.

After the foreign engineers complete the repairs, they will immediately return to their countries.

Going back and forth is a waste of time and money.

After listening for a while, Lin Kaifeng roughly understood what Andrew meant and asked, "Mr. Andrew means to persuade the Pillar Company to hand over the after-sales maintenance and other work to our machinery company?"

"Since Mr. Lin's company is a machinery company, he must be familiar with machinery and mechanical vehicle maintenance."

"Before coming here, I inquired about your company's current situation. Your company is not only able to produce household appliances, but also can manufacture vehicle and mechanical parts. I think as long as you receive training from the engineers of the Piller Company, your company will be able to master maintenance technology quickly."

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of my proposal?"

"You can outsource the production of air fryers to other factories. I can also suggest that Pillar provide you with their after-sales maintenance package, provided that my demand for commercial air fryers can be met before the end of the year."

Britain and the United States are like father and son to each other, and high-level elites from the two countries often visit each other.

As a British aristocrat and a giant in the local fast food industry, Andrew has good personal relationships with a large number of American companies.

Piller Corporation is the world's most famous engineering and manufacturing company.

There are almost no problems with the various equipment manufactured, and even if there are, they are all minor issues.

Andrew's wishful thinking went smoothly.

Contact the Piller Company and send a group of engineers to train the technical staff of Northern Machinery Company for a period of time.

The focus is mainly on how to maintain equipment and how to deal with minor problems.

As for big problems, Pillar will solve them itself.

Big problems will inevitably involve major overhauls and will also involve many core technologies.

Even if Andrew personally came forward to act as a lobbyist, it would be impossible for the top management of Piller Company to pass on this technology to the machinery company.

In other words, the after-sales maintenance done by the machinery company is just some odd jobs.

It will not affect the core interests of Biller Machinery Company.

It can also bring a new business opportunity to Lin Kaifeng.

Through exchange of conditions, Lin Kaifeng organized company employees to work overtime to develop large air fryers for use in fast food restaurants.

Andrew is confident that the proposal he put forward is a win-win situation for all parties.

Lin Kaifeng had no reason to refuse this condition.