When will I have a long tassel?

Short's worries were completely eliminated the moment he saw Han Weichang. Han Weichang was much more forthright than he expected. After meeting, he didn't even say a word of nonsense, and got straight to the point and got down to business:

"I was sent to Factory 82 just because of the matter of Botai Machine Tools. I fully understand your purpose of coming, and I believe you also know our thoughts. Don't beat around the bush and tell us what you plan to do. "

Factory 82 prepared a German translator for Scholte and the others, but he was blocked by one of Han Weichang's subordinates at the door of Han Weichang's office. This subordinate told Zhang Ning that Minister Han wanted to discuss some sensitive topics with the Germans, and it was better for Zhang Ning not to get involved.

Zhang Ning was just an engineer who had just been assigned to work in Factory 82 with his master's degree. He was not qualified to question this kind of fight between gods. Han Weichang did not allow him to participate in his talks with Short and others, so he had no choice but to give up. In fact, when he was assigned to serve as the translator, Song Yajing, the director of the factory office, greeted him and said that Minister Han was in charge of this matter and everything was arranged by Minister Han.

Zhang Ning was not allowed to enter Han Weichang's office. Next to Han Weichang, there was another young girl who acted as translator between Han Weichang and Short. When Short and others first entered the office, Han Weichang introduced them to the girl named Yu Xiaohui, a professional who was proficient in the machine tool business and had a very high level of English.

At this time, Yu Xiaohui was faithfully performing her duties as a translator, translating Han Weichang's words into English and telling them to Short and others. Her translation met the requirement of "honesty and elegance", and even the murderous aura in Han Weichang's tone remained intact.

Before meeting Han Weichang, Short was worried that Han Weichang would speak too tactfully. But now when he heard Han Weichang's words, he felt even more headache, because the other party was so tactless and almost forced him into a corner with just one step.

"Mr. Han, I think we both may still lack some necessary understanding. I don't know your intentions. And we don't have a mature plan for this matter, so if you say you know our intentions, I I don’t know what it means.” Short said carefully.

Han Weichang smiled faintly and said: "Mr. Short, our intentions have been publicly published in the newspaper. How could you not know? To put it simply, we are very dissatisfied with your company's attitude of going back on its word, so we are ready to take action. The whole country is working hard to fight back against your company’s humiliation of us.

"We are prepared to invest 2 billion yuan and spend about five years mastering the core technology of Premier Technology, completely replacing Premier Technology's technology in China, and competing with Premier Technology in the international market."

"Mr. Han, with all due respect, I don't think you can do it." Merce said disdainfully.

Han Weichang looked at Mercy, laughed, and said, "What, does this gentleman want to make a bet with me? How about we sign a bet now and see if we can do it."

"I don't mind..." Moser said.

"Merse!" Short interrupted Merce and glared at him fiercely.

In Short's heart, he also felt that Han Weichang's words were a bluff. It was impossible to invest 2 billion yuan and master all the core technologies owned by PATEO in 5 years. After all, PATEO is also a century-old company with profound technological accumulation. The company has conducted an internal evaluation and concluded that the technology possessed by PATEO is at least 10 years ahead of the technology possessed by the Chinese machine tool industry. When the Chinese are catching up, PATEO itself will also make progress. It is very difficult for the Chinese to catch up and surpass PATEO.

But there is a difference between very difficult and absolutely impossible. Industrial matters, to put it bluntly, are very simple. Everyone has entered the industry, and the competition is about investment. If China invests locally, regardless of labor costs, and if 2 billion yuan is not enough, it invests 20 billion yuan, then it is still possible to catch up with PATEO in five years.

Short remembered what Qi Muden said: Whatever the Chinese officials want to do, there is really nothing that cannot be done. China's current problem is that the country is still very poor and it is impossible to achieve first-class standards in every field. A smart company should avoid irritating the Chinese people, lest the Chinese authorities regard it as a competitor and devote all its efforts in this direction, which will destroy itself.

It is true that PATEO is an internationally renowned company, and it can also claim to be "strong" in the corporate world. But no matter how strong you are, can you compare with a big country? China's GDP in the past year has exceeded 1 trillion euros. What is PATEO's annual output value?

"Mr. Han, if this is what you said, then what is the point of our negotiations?" Short said to Han Weichang in a calm tone.

Han Weichang said: "It's very simple. I know you don't want to see us investing so much money to develop the same technology as you. We also have many more important things to do and don't want to spend money on such unnecessary things." Competition.

“It is possible for both of us to reach a win-win cooperation, that is, you will resume exporting several designated high-end machine tools to us. We promise not to invest in these fields within five years and recognize PATEO’s monopoly in these fields. "

"This..." Short was speechless.

Han Weichang's statement is quite similar to Qi Muden's previous statement, but this is not a result Botai is willing to accept. If PATEO agrees to this condition, it will be equivalent to being threatened by China. China only claims to compete with PATEO, but PATEO will give up. This cannot be justified.

"Mr. Han, I think you should know that the reason why PATEO cannot sell precision milling machines to your country is restricted by relevant EU regulations and is not something PATEO can decide on its own. Precision milling machines of this specification can be used for military purposes. , the EU requires us to apply for lifting the embargo only after confirming that your country has mastered this technology.

"I came to China this time just to find out on the ground whether your country has indeed mastered this technology. If you can provide us with the necessary proof, then we will have reason to convince the EU."

"I can definitely provide you with proof." Han Weichang said. Before Short could show his joy, Han Weichang changed the subject and continued: "But I won't do that."

"Why?" Short asked in surprise.

Han Weichang said: "We have provided you with evidence before, but you questioned the authenticity of the evidence we provided just because of a baseless article. This has greatly hurt our feelings.

"You have to remember that you, PATEO, are Party B, and our 82 Factory is Party A, the customer. The customer is God, which is exactly what you Western countries tell us. As Party B, you wantonly hurt Party A's feelings, and also Don’t you think you are too arrogant to ask Party A to provide any evidence?”

"No, Mr. Han, I think you have misunderstood. We value the cooperation between the two parties very much. We made such a request just because we have to deal with EU regulations." Short said.

Han Weichang's aura was so strong that Short felt the pressure, so he didn't dare to bear it. He couldn't figure out Han Weichang's background, and was worried that if he acted too strongly, the other party would take advantage of him, which would lead to more things happening.

Han Weichang sneered: "Mr. Short, do you think I am a fool with no market experience? How does the EU judge whether a technology is necessary for embargo? Doesn't it depend on the evidence submitted by PATEO?

"You have already been to China and to Factory 82. You can say that you have personally seen China-made precision milling machines. This type of milling machine can completely replace similar products from PATEO. Do you think the EU will send another technician who understands the technology? Are there any officials here to verify this?”

"But……"

Short went crazy.

Han Weichang is right. If the EU wants to judge whether a technology is still necessary to be embargoed, it can only ask industry insiders to prove it. If PATEO insists that China has mastered similar technologies, and even helps China create some evidence, the EU will definitely turn a blind eye and approve it.

Many technologies are very specialized and it is impossible for the European Commission to have its own experts in every field.

The EU needs to go through a process to allow companies to provide some proof.

PATEO had previously made some changes to some machine tools, ostensibly to cope with the situation and not to cause trouble, but its real intention was to use this method to gain a higher status in cooperation with China.

If you want to purchase higher-end machine tools from me, then give me the benefits, such as price, and don't bargain. It's very hard for people to convince the EU to let it go, okay? Shouldn't there be some hard work fee?

It can be said that PATEO is supportive because it can be used as a weight in negotiations with China.

China may or may not know this, but it has never mentioned it before. The reason is simply that the negotiating positions are unequal.

But now, the Chinese Procurement Minister in front of him has taken this matter aside and put it on the table, which makes Short feel embarrassed.

To deny this would be to underestimate the other person's intelligence and to look too vulgar.

Admit it, and there will be nothing you can do to control the other person in the future.

In fact, he doesn't need to think about "the future" anymore. As for the negotiation in front of him, he doesn't know how to continue the negotiation.