When will I have a long tassel?

Regarding the issue of domestic enterprises not trusting domestic equipment, Tang Zifeng once discussed with Qin Zhongnian. Qin Zhongnian said that even he himself trusts imported equipment more and has some doubts about domestic equipment.

It's not surprising that Qin Zhongnian has this idea. During the time when his generation grew up and started working, there were indeed some problems with the quality of domestic products.

Taking home appliances as an example, in the 1980s and 1990s, foreign brands such as Toshiba and Hitachi were almost symbols of high quality. However, domestic appliances were not only not as fashionable as imported appliances in appearance, but also far inferior in quality.

In that era, it was very common to buy a domestic appliance and have it break down and have to be repaired within a few years. Commitments such as "implementing the three guarantees" are basically insignificant to later generations of Chinese people, but they were very important at the time. Consumers should carefully study the warranty period for replacement and repair, because we have seen too many examples of products with poor quality and no way to return or exchange them.

In terms of industrial equipment, the situation is even more obvious. Domestic machine tools and imported machine tools are almost on two levels. To operate domestic machine tools, you have to become a machine tool repairman at the same time, because all kinds of ridiculous glitches will happen at any time. If you don't know how to solve them yourself, you will just have to wait for the mechanics to help solve them. Hope it works.

According to some veteran workers, early domestic CNC machine tools were more tiring to use than ordinary machine tools, and had so many faults that even Buddhist masters could not help scolding them.

It can be said that for people of Qin Zhongnian's generation, discrimination against domestic equipment is not caused by a mentality of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners, but purely a psychological shadow left by their youth.

In comparison, the generation of Tang Zifeng, Xiao Wenjun, and Dong Xiao have much more confidence in domestic products. From the end of the last century to the beginning of the 21st century, domestically produced home appliances have been fully developed, their quality has been greatly improved, their performance is not inferior to foreign products, and they can also introduce new functions in terms of functions. They are more people-friendly than foreign products. Coupled with low prices, foreign products have quickly been replaced by foreign products. It has been squeezed out of the mainstream home appliance market.

The quality of industrial equipment has also been greatly improved. The trouble-free working time of domestic machine tools has been greatly improved, and it is not inferior to imported machine tools. Therefore, the younger generation's attachment to foreign goods is not so strong.

Specifically, the multi-station automobile-specific machine tools sold to Puqi Automobile on the spur of the moment are not much different from Someno's products in terms of multiple technical performance indicators. Young engineers like Dong Xiao are completely acceptable, but Xu Mao, Mo Jingrong, etc., out of psychological inertia, always want to find faults so that they can choose Someno products with peace of mind.

"There are no application cases for the machine tools at the machine. This is your flaw. Although Dahe UAV Company uses your multi-station machine tools, there are still differences between aluminum alloy cutting and alloy steel cutting. Puqi uses this as the reason , it is reasonable to refuse to use your machine tools." Dong Xiao reminded.

"According to this logic, our products will never be sold." Xiao Wenjun said without anger, "Any new product will always be used for the first time. If it cannot be accepted without application cases, then we How can we have application cases?”

Dong Xiao sighed: "That's true, but this issue has nothing to do with Puqi. Puqi's idea is that it doesn't want to be your guinea pig. As for whether other companies are willing to be guinea pigs, Puqi has nothing to do with it."

"This kind of thing is not uncommon anymore." Tang Zifeng said, "From Puzhou Automobile's standpoint, it is indeed okay to do this."

"Then what are you going to do?" Dong Xiao asked. She can be regarded as helping relatives rather than taking care of things. Because of her friendship with Xiao Wenjun, she is very inclined to accept the opportunity.

"It's okay, I have my secret weapon. Look, she's already here." Tang Zifeng raised his head and looked at the store door, raising his hand to signal.

Xiao Wenjun and Dong Xiao turned to look at the same time, and saw a woman in her early 30s floating in front of them like the wind, and gave them both a cheek-to-cheek gift without any further explanation.

"Nana, why are you here!"

Xiao Wenjun and Dong Xiao greeted the visitors enthusiastically at the same time.

This person is Tang Zifeng's junior sister and dedicated mouthpiece, and is also Xiao Wenjun's senior best friend Bao Nana. Dong Xiao also knew Bao Nana because of his relationship with Xiao Wenjun. With Bao Nana's character, anyone she interacts with can quickly develop into a best friend or a so-called male best friend. Although she has only met Dong Xiao a few times, she is already familiar with her and can do some ambiguous things.

"I'm starving to death. Airplane food is really not for humans! Senior Brother Tang is such a bastard. He has no mercy at all. Fortunately, I still regard him as my own senior brother. He urged me to get off the plane and come here. Look at me. With a haggard look on his face, he really can’t see anyone. Qiqi, would you like to give your chicken wings to Auntie, and Auntie will give you a finger-sucking original chicken later?”

Bao Nana sat down and complained endlessly. She conveniently took a chicken wing in front of Tang Yanqi and started chewing it. Tang Yanqi looked up at Bao Nana, then looked back at Xiao Wenjun, and said aggrievedly: "Mom, this aunt is lying."

"Xiao Qiqi, why are you talking, why did I lie to others? I am a media person with integrity!" Bao Nana shouted to Tang Yanqi like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"McDonald's doesn't have finger-licking original chicken, only KFC does." Tang Yanqi said.

Bao Nana was stunned and immediately said: "What's wrong? If it's not, then I can't order it? I'm going to order finger-licking original chicken at McDonald's, can't I?"

Tang Yanqi said seriously: "You are ruining the situation."

"What? Hahahaha!" Bao Nana laughed, then pointed at Tang Zifeng and said, "Senior brother, you must have taught this, right? Look what you have taught your children!"

"Why do you think it was me who taught you? Couldn't it be Wen Jun who taught you?" Tang Zifeng asked with a smile.

Bao Nana chewed the chicken in her mouth and said vaguely: "This is impossible. Wenjun is such an honest person. How could he teach his children such dishonest words? Such dishonest words make him look like a human being. Only a college student can say that. Bah! Why did I even curse myself!"

After all the fuss, Xiao Wenjun got up and went to order a meal for Bao Nana, and then Tang Zifeng got to the point:

"Nana, I invite you here this time because I want you to arrange a group report to discuss Puzhou Automobile's purchase of multi-station machine tools. I have already told you the general situation on the phone, and the more detailed situation , you can arrange for people to interview various people, such as Dong Gong and Han Weichang, the general manager of our sales company. I can’t introduce you to the people in Someno, so you need to find a way to contact them."

"I have to say first that I will not reveal company secrets." Dong Xiao quickly declared.

She knew that Bao Nana ran a public relations company. This time Tang Zifeng called Bao Nana to Pujiang. He must have wanted Bao Nana to set the pace in the media so as to put pressure on Pujiang.

It is a very popular practice nowadays to achieve certain commercial purposes through media hype. Puzhou Auto also does public relations and publicity, often using a rhythmic approach. For example, in order to compete with original imported cars, Puzhou Automobile will let the media promote the concept that buying joint venture brands is more patriotic than buying original imported brands, and win over some consumers by using the patriotic brand.

Dong Xiao originally tended to take advantage of the opportunity, and he was not disgusted with the fact that Tang Zifeng hired a public relations company to help him. However, she was from Puqi after all, and revealing some internal company matters to Tang Zifeng and his wife was considered a form of friendship. She would have to think twice before disclosing this information to the media.

Bao Nana knew Dong Xiao's psychology. She waved her hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, don't worry, we won't ask you for core secrets. The content of our reports must be stated as coming from insiders who do not want to be named." ’, and we will also have a whistleblower protection system that will treat some information harmlessly so that your leaders can’t guess who disclosed the relevant information.”

"Actually, the information you provided will not appear in the report." Tang Zifeng explained to Dong Xiao, "Nana and I have discussed the reporting method. They will mainly interview relevant functional departments of Linji and Puqi. For Puqi, Liu Zhifeng will be interviewed , Xu Mao and Mo Jingrong. I am asking for your help. I mainly want you to give me some advice on who else we can interview and where we should start."

Dong Xiao nodded and said: "That's okay. In fact, many people within our group are involved in the equipment procurement issue for this production line of Fengmei Automobile Company. Some time ago, our technical department took the lead and organized A group of engineers and front-line workers came to Linji and Someye respectively to inspect the equipment, and a lot of people were involved.

"However, I am worried that the group will issue a gag order to prevent relevant personnel from disclosing this information. If this is the case, it may be difficult for you to interview them."

Bao Nana laughed and said: "Xiaoxiao, don't worry, we have our own methods. If your group really issued a gag order, then we will raise questions and analyze the reasons why you issued the gag order. Is there anything wrong with it? Tell-tale secrets.

"We can also cite several examples from other companies for comparison. For example, a leader of a company accepted benefits from foreign investors and deliberately favored foreign investors in equipment procurement. Of course, we will emphasize that we absolutely do not believe that the leaders of Puzhou Automobile will do the same. …”

"It's too much of a loss for you!" Dong Xiao said with a smile, "If you really said that, our leaders will definitely have to come out to clarify, or else they will be wronged by you. I said that you people who are engaged in news, what do you think? It’s all like this…”

She couldn't go on. The last words were really unpleasant. They were related to the evaluation of Bao Nana's career. She couldn't speak too harshly.

Tang Zifeng filled it in for her: "People who work in the news have dirty hearts. Do you know it now?"