Material Empire

Hearing Zhou Hongwen say one hundred thousand and eighty thousand so righteously, Qin Hai couldn't laugh or cry. Yue Kun and the others finally designed and finalized the thermal spraying machine, and the cost alone cost more than 400,000 units. In the future, it will be handed over to the factory for small batch production, and the cost can be slightly reduced, but more than 300,000 is the minimum. The materials used in thermal spraying machines are expensive, and the processing precision is also very high, so the cost is very high.

Director Zhou, if your factory can only provide 100,000 to 80,000 yuan, I suggest that you send the products to Qingfeng Factory in the future, and we will process them for you. The processing fee can be considered cheaper for you. Just 10 yuan for the plowshare. Qin Hai said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

10 yuan a piece? You are so dark. If we really open up the international market, why can't we sell 10 to 2 million tablets a year? Wouldn't this give you 10 to 20 million? Zhou Hongwen said. Mathematics is obviously learned from the mathematics teacher, and the calculation results are very correct.

Qin Haidao: Since Director Zhou knows this, he still thinks that one of our thermal spraying machines only costs 100,000 to 80,000 yuan? Think about it, the service life of plowshares processed by thermal spraying technology can be three times longer than that of conventional plowshares. , even if you pay twice the price, you can earn 30 to 40 yuan more for a plowshare, and 30 to 40 million yuan for a million pieces. Think about it, spending 2 million yuan to buy a piece of equipment is still expensive ?

2 million? You don't mean it, do you? Zhou Hongwen calmed down, and he began to realize that this kind of equipment that can surprise foreigners should not be so cheap.

Cui Hongchun also came over and said: Xiao Qin, I haven't had time to ask you, can you guarantee the equipment of this thermal spraying technology you have developed? Now we have already publicized the product, if you can provide it by then It will be troublesome if we produce the corresponding equipment, can’t everyone take the products to Qingfeng Factory for processing?”

Qin Haidao: We have already considered this issue. We have contacted two machinery factories to help with processing. In the next two months, we can produce 30 to 40 sets of equipment, but we can only keep 10 sets. The equipment is sold in the domestic market, and the rest will be put into the international market.”

Putting it into the international market? Cui Hongchun frowned. Of course it is a good thing to earn foreign exchange through export, but once you sell the equipment abroad, won't our own technological advantages be lost? Then let's go to Brazil to participate in this expo, What's the point?

That's right, foreign manufacturers are now interested in our batch of spray-processed accessories. If they have the same equipment, then there will be no market for us? Zhou Hongwen also said quickly. He was still dreaming of exporting plowshares to earn foreign exchange just now. If Qin Hai sells thermal spraying machines abroad, will their plowshares still be competitive?

Qin Haidao: Director Zhou, don't worry, as long as you can control the cost well, you won't lose your competitiveness. You won't be able to keep the market for long by relying on the technical threshold of thermal spraying. Think about it, the technical level of western countries Higher than us, if they realize the importance of the thermal spraying process, can they still not overcome the technical difficulties? Even if we don’t sell them the equipment, they can also make the equipment. Instead of this, we might as well earn money first What about a foreign exchange for selling equipment, don’t you think?”

Can it be delayed for a while... Anyway, it's better to give us a year or a half. Zhou Hongwen said depressingly.

That's what he said, but Zhou Hongwen had to admit that Qin Hai's reasoning was tenable. The technical level of foreigners must be higher than that of Chinese people. The Chinese can make thermal spraying machines, so why can't they make them? In the past, people didn't make it because they didn't think of it. Now that my products have been displayed, people can understand them at a glance, and they probably will start researching them when they go back. Maybe the equipment they researched is even more advanced than Qin Hai's equipment.

As for saying that it can be delayed for a while, this kind of talk is just complaining. Anhe Province also needs to export to earn foreign exchange. With such good equipment, if it can be sold abroad, why don't people sell it? The so-called national game of chess is fragile when facing local interests. Qin Hai has absolutely no obligation to give up the opportunity to export thermal spraying machines for Shannan Agricultural Machinery Factory.

Zhou Hongwen didn't know that what Qin Hai said was actually an excuse, Qin Hai's real thoughts didn't lie in this at all.

The thermal spraying process is indeed a layer of window paper, which will break when poked. The key point is that Qin Hai is the one who pierced the window paper. While he let Li Linguang and Yue Kun develop this technology, he has already applied for technical patents in China, Europe, the United States, Japan and other places. These patents will form a solid threshold, blocking subsequent researchers from the door, or having to detour. The so-called saying that others can quickly manufacture the same equipment is basically bullying Zhou Hongwen for not understanding patent laws and regulations.

The reason why Qin Hai is eager to export thermal spraying equipment to foreign countries is, of course, to seize the time to earn money, and on the other hand, it is also to use this method to slow down the pace of foreign research on thermal spraying technology. He knows that after this expo, the concept of thermal spraying will definitely become the hottest concept in the industry. Not only agricultural machinery manufacturers, but also manufacturers in other fields will also pay attention to this technology.

In this case, if Qin Hai does not provide them with thermal spraying equipment, they will be forced to develop the corresponding technology themselves. Although the difficulty is relatively high, as long as there is enough real money to spend, there is nothing to overcome technical obstacles.

Conversely, if Qin Hai launches thermal spraying equipment in the international market in a timely manner, these companies will not have the motivation to develop independently if they can buy the equipment at a price of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Foreign manufacturers are very particular about economic efficiency, and they can buy the technology at hand. Why do they have to spend a lot of money to do it themselves?

This is what many foreign companies have done to the Chinese, using relatively cheap equipment to induce you to give up independent research and development. What Qin Hai has to do now is to use the other's way to treat the other.

Qin Hai would not tell Zhou Hongwen about this idea, nor would he even tell Cui Hongchun. Except for Li Linguang and Yue Kun, no one else can figure out how difficult thermal spraying technology is. The main purpose of Qin Hai's introduction of thermal sprayed basic accessories at the expo this time is to sell thermal spraying technology and equipment, and the sale of basic agricultural machinery parts is just an addition.

Cui Hongchun couldn't find any reason to refute Qin Hai's words. However, his mentality is calmer than Zhou Hongwen's. For him, as long as he can get some honors at the expo this time, his goal has been achieved. As for the problem of exporting basic components by various enterprises in the future, there are always ways to solve them. Qin Hai is right, don't Chinese companies still have cost advantages?

Xiao Qin, neither side should be neglected to earn foreign exchange through export and provide equipment for our own enterprises. Cui Hongchun urged in the tone of a leader, Large enterprises like Director Zhou and Shannong are also very supported by the Ministry. So , if you produce new thermal spraying equipment, try to provide them first.”

That's for sure. Qin Hai smiled innocently, Our consideration is also to give priority to providing a batch of equipment for key enterprises in the Ministry. We estimated that the price of an improved thermal spraying machine is about 220 yuan. About 10,000 yuan, I don’t know if Director Zhou and the others can accept it.”

So what if you don't accept it? Zhou Hongwen said angrily, Now you are the only one in the world who can produce this kind of equipment. Unless we don't want to use this technology, if you drive 10 million, we have to buy it.

Qin Hai smiled and said: Director Zhou is really right. We plan to sell 10 million yuan in the international market, which is almost 2 million US dollars. In the domestic market, it is not convenient for us to earn money from the country.

Can it be sold so expensive? Cui Hongchun asked with some interest. Although he didn't go to Qingfeng Factory to observe the thermal spraying machine manufactured in the early stage, from the photos Qin Hai brought him, it can be seen that the equipment is not large in size, the main part is not much larger than a diesel engine, and the periphery is somewhat The device for automatically changing workpieces is not worth much at a glance. Wouldn't it be too optimistic to bid a high price of 2 million US dollars for such a device?

Qin Hai nodded and said: This is the value of knowledge. The equipment itself may not be worth so much money, but the funds, manpower, etc. we invested in developing this technology are all included in the equipment. Minister Cui, If you think about it, some cutting-edge experimental equipment we imported from abroad, an instrument the size of a shoe box, costs hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. We can't make it ourselves, so we have to spend this unreasonable money to buy it ?

You're right. Cui Hongchun also figured it out, Since this kind of technology is available to everyone, I support you to sell it more expensively. This is also to win glory for the country.

Thank you Minister Cui for your support. Qin Hai hit the snake with the stick and immediately followed up: Minister Cui, we plan to promote our thermal spraying equipment at this expo, this should not violate the principle, right?

As soon as this question was raised, Cui Hongchun was so angry that he vomited blood: This is an agricultural machinery exhibition, and the state pays so much money to organize everyone to participate in the exhibition in order to promote domestic agricultural machinery. Can thermal spraying machines be considered agricultural equipment? In the name of participating in agricultural exhibitions, promoting your own private goods, if this does not violate the principle, what else is against the principle?

However, the name Qin Hai used was high-sounding, and he himself said that it was a matter of glory for the country. Since it is to win glory for the country, how can I oppose it?

Cui Hongchun suppressed himself enough, nodded his head after a long time, and said: It is a good thing to take advantage of this opportunity to promote more Chinese technology. However, you should pay attention to it, it is not good to overwhelm the host.

There are a lot of things this month, as you can see, this book is updated after midnight for many days. It's really old to keep foaming in your mouth after staying up late. I plan to go to bed before midnight as much as possible in the future. Renewal is a big thing, but the body is also very important. People of this age really can't fight like young people.

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