When will I have a long tassel?

The 04 project team established in Factory 82 is only a component of the "spare tire plan" initiated by Tang Zifeng. In addition to this project team, there are several other project teams in the country that are also confidential. The fields involved are not limited to machine tools, but include electronics, machinery, chemicals, materials and other aspects.

The projects studied by these project teams are all related to national military and industrial security. The goal of the project team is to ensure that domestic substitution can be implemented to a certain extent in the event of adverse changes in the international market environment.

Compared with mature products in the international market, substitutes may have great disadvantages in terms of performance, quality, cost, etc., but at least they can ensure that the country has room to breathe in key technologies.

The term "spare tire" was proposed by Tang Zifeng, but the idea of ​​establishing a spare tire mechanism was not his invention, but a consensus among the top management. It has only been more than 50 years since the founding of New China.

After the end of the Cold War, China's international environment seems to have improved a bit, and many of its original "sensitive" technologies can now be purchased on the international market. But how can wise superior leaders be blindly optimistic? They know that it is impossible for a big country like China not to arouse the vigilance of other countries. Any technology is most reliable only if it is in its own hands.

From the 12-year long-term plan for science and technology development at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the subsequent five-year plans and various scientific and technological research plans, the central idea is the same: to truly take core technologies into our own hands.

The "Equipment Manufacturing 2020 Work Plan" of the Science and Technology Commission to which the 04 project team is affiliated is only one of several "spare tire" plans in the country. There are also some more secret plans that not only Tang Zifeng doesn't understand, but even his father-in-law Xiao Ming has no way of understanding. There are many things that may not be made public until decades later. In this country, there are countless heroes who are determined to remain anonymous for the rest of their lives.

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Linhe City, downstairs of the Linji Group headquarters office building.

Tang Zifeng, along with the group's deputy general manager Zhang Jianyang, chief engineer Qin Zhongnian, sales company general manager Han Weichang and others, are welcoming a group of guests from the far north.

A commercial car drove up and opened the door. The first person to get out was a short, strong foreign man with a high nose and sunken eye sockets. Before his feet touched the ground, he had already turned his attention to Tang Zifeng and his party, and quickly put a smile on his face, waved his hand and shouted to everyone in blunt Chinese:

"Hello, dear Chinese comrades!"

At this time, everyone else in the commercial vehicle also got out. A Chinese man in a suit came to Tang Zifeng and others two steps ahead. He nodded to Tang Zifeng first, then turned around and introduced the foreign man to Tang Zifeng:

"Mr. Tang, let me introduce to you. This is Mr. Frolov, the director of the Petrov Machine Tool Factory in Kazan, Russia."

This Chinese can be considered an old friend of Tang Zifeng. He is Zhao Xinggen, the chairman of Jinnan Longhu Machinery Company. This time, he was the one who led Frolov and his entourage to visit the Liji Group.

"Hello, Mr. Frolov."

Tang Zifeng stepped forward with a smile and greeted Frolov. Frolov recognized Tang Zifeng's identity and opened his arms without any explanation, intending to give Tang Zifeng a Russian-style bear hug. Tang Zifeng assessed the opponent's physique and body odor, and quickly stretched out his hand as if to shake hands with the opponent. In fact, he declined the opponent's harassment.

"Hello, hello." Frolov saw the opportunity very quickly, stopped immediately, and turned to hold Tang Zifeng's hand. He has also dealt with Chinese people a lot, and he knows that some Chinese people do not accept the hug ceremony. The young Mr. Tang in front of him is probably the same.

Entering the stage where the guests and hosts introduced their entourage to each other, the few Chinese sentences Frolov knew were no longer enough. A Russian translator was prepared in advance, and he stepped forward to translate for everyone.

After some pleasantries, Zhang Jianyang invited everyone to go upstairs to the conference room for negotiation. Tang Zifeng and Frolov walked in the front. Before Tang Zifeng could think of some polite words to say to each other, Frolov started chatting first, mumbling a long string of Russian words, which made Tang Zifeng confused. water.

"Mr. Frolov said that he has a lot of affection for China because his father once worked in China. That was in the 1950s. His father lived in a village in northern China called..."

The Russian translator was also stuck for a moment. Frolov spoke so fast just now that the translator girl couldn't keep up.

"He is talking about Tengcun, your Tengcun Machine Tool Factory."

Zhao Xinggen, who was walking on the other side of Tang Zifeng, took over and said to Tang Zifeng: "When the Soviets helped us carry out 156 key projects, Frolov's father was one of the Soviet experts, and the place he went to was Teng Zifeng. Village Machine Tool Factory.”

"Hey, Mr. Zhao, do you still understand Russian?" Tang Zifeng was a little surprised.

Zhao Xinggen pouted: "I don't know anything about Russian. I just learned a few greetings because of doing business with Russians. What Frolov said has been said in front of me many times. He used this as a reason , I have to come and see Mr. Tang."

"Then I really have to entertain him well." Tang Zifeng said, "His father worked in the airport, so he can be regarded as someone who helped us. A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. What's more, I think This Frolov is quite nostalgic, he calls him "comrade" when meeting him, which makes him sound very friendly."

Zhao Xinggen said disdainfully: "Mr. Tang, don't listen to what he says so beautifully. He is doing this to make trouble with us Chinese."

"For setting porcelain?" Tang Zifeng was shocked, "No way, Lao Fu looks like he is in his early 50s, with a simple and honest look on his face, how could he have such a scheming mind?"

Zhao Xinggen said: "Mr. Tang, you don't know that the Russians are loyal on the surface but very smart in their hearts. The first time I did business with them, I believed what they said and was deceived by them. Hundreds of thousands.”

"No way! Is there anyone in the world who can trick you, Mr. Zhao?" Tang Zifeng said in surprise.

Have you forgotten how many times you have tricked me?

Zhao Xinggen muttered in his heart, but said: "Well, the main reason is that I was confused by his appearance. I really thought the Russians were stupid. Who knew that they were pretending to be stupid, but I was the real stupid one."

Tang Zifeng sighed: "It seems that the crows in the world are as black as crows. Even Lao Maozi has become bad."

The two of them were muttering that Frolov was quitting. He turned to look at the translator. The translator answered a few words, and then quickly explained to Tang Zifeng: "Mr. Tang, Mr. Frolov asked what you are talking about." , I said that Mr. Tang heard that his father once worked in Tengcun Machine Tool Factory and expressed that he would treat him well."

"Yes, you answered well. Tell him that I am discussing with Mr. Zhao which kind of Erguotou he should drink. Mr. Zhao said the Hongxing one is good, and I said the Niulanshan one is good. Ask him which one he likes. ." Tang Zifeng was talking nonsense.

The translator translated this to Frolov. Hearing this, Frolov burst out laughing and replied, which roughly meant that the lobbyist was doing whatever he wanted. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and slapped Tang Zifeng on the shoulder. After a few notes, he looked very bold. If it weren't for Zhao Xinggen's previous introduction, Tang Zifeng would really be moved by him.

A group of people came to the conference room and sat down on both sides of the conference table. In addition to Frolov, the Russians also had an engineer named Yakob and a sales department employee named Avakyan, who were sitting on both sides of Frolov. Although Zhao Xinggen came with Frolov, he was a Chinese employee, so he sat on Tang Zifeng's side.

"Mr. Zhao, how about you introduce the situation first?"

After the two parties sat down, Tang Zifeng made a gesture to Zhao Xinggen and said.

"Okay." Zhao Xinggen also did his part. Today's meeting was started because of him, so naturally he had to make the introduction first.

"Mr. Frolov's Petrov Machine Tool Factory is one of the top five large-scale machine tool factories in Russia. It has a history of nearly a hundred years and is very strong. In the past few years, Petrov Machine Tool Factory has been working closely with our Longfor Machinery Factory There is a business connection. They asked us to OEM optical machines, and we also purchased CNC systems from them. The cooperation between the two parties, uh, overall is very pleasant."

When Zhao Xinggen said this, he was frustrated for a moment. Obviously, this "pleasure" was somewhat compromised. He had just told Tang Zifeng that he had been cheated at the beginning of his cooperation with Frolov, and he might have made some money back later, otherwise he would not have been so polite to Frolov.

The "optical machine" Zhao Xinggen mentioned is a common name in the machine tool industry, which refers to a machine tool host without additional transmission components and CNC systems, including bed, worktable, columns, guide rails, headboards and other components. Some CNC machine tool manufacturers do not produce these components themselves, but purchase optical machines from other machine tool companies, and then install hydraulic transmission components, pneumatic components, electrical components, motors, and CNC systems to become a finished CNC machine tool.

The profits of CNC machine tools are mainly reflected in the CNC system. The profit margin of optical machines is relatively low. It makes sense that some complete machine companies are unwilling to produce optical machines. Zhao Xinggen's Longhu Machinery Company has no foundation in CNC technology. It has always produced machine tool components in-house and then purchased CNC systems to install on the machine tools.

The cooperation between Longfor Machinery Company and Petrov Machine Tool Factory can be regarded as leveraging their strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and each takes what they need. As for how Zhao Xinggen was tricked by Frolov and suffered a big loss, he was unwilling to tell, so Tang Zifeng had no way of knowing.