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"Your prediction came true. Western countries really joined forces to blockade us."

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Xie Tiancheng said to Tang Zifeng who came to report on his work. There was a smile on his face, and he obviously did not take the Western blockade too seriously.

"Mr. Tang's foresight is indeed admirable. Who would have thought that Western countries, which believe most in the principle of trade liberalization, would adopt such despicable means to attack a developing country like us." Deputy Deputy of the Regulation Bureau who was accompanying us Director Wu Jun said with emotion.

There was a hint of compliment in his words, but more of a heartfelt admiration.

This time the G7 meeting proposed to take joint actions to contain China, which shocked many people in the country. In everyone's opinion, the US leader's launch of a trade war against China is very contrary to Western values. It is impossible for other Western countries to follow the leader's nonsense.

Who would have thought that the commander's three axes didn't work, so he turned around and went to recruit his allies to help him. However, those Western powers, who always talk about the word "freedom", actually accepted the request of the commander-in-chief, blatantly violated the principles of the WTO, wielded the big stick of trade sanctions against China, and proposed a prohibition for no reason. List of technical equipment exported to China.

Since the development of international trade, countries have long formed a pattern of "you are among me, and you are among me". The industrial chains of each country are interrelated. In this case, a certain link is suddenly decoupled from other links, which has a huge impact on the entire industry chain. As the world's factory, China will undoubtedly be the most affected by this incident.

These days, all relevant departments are discussing how to respond to this emergency, and when everyone discusses this issue, they will mention one name, and that is Tang Zifeng. Because it was Tang Zifeng who issued a warning more than ten years ago and suggested that various key industries establish a "spare tire" mechanism to prevent foreign countries from suddenly imposing a comprehensive blockade on us.

Just over a year ago, taking advantage of Qi Muden's article criticizing the so-called "stuck neck" problem, Tang Zifeng encouraged his peers in the industry to launch a vigorous import substitution campaign, forcing some European machine tool companies to sign contracts with their Chinese counterparts. The technology sharing agreement allows Chinese machine tool companies to use their technology patents to produce alternative machine tools without obtaining the other party's approval under certain circumstances, thereby eliminating Chinese companies' concerns about the "stuck neck" problem.

Looking back now, Tang Zifeng's move was tailor-made for today's changes. Before that, many people felt that Tang Zifeng was a bit unnecessary. After all, the machine tools produced by those European machine tool companies did not involve sensitive fields such as military industry. What reason did they have to impose an embargo on China?

But the facts proved that Tang Zifeng's prediction was so accurate, and people really banned these purely civilian machine tools.

In fact, it's not that Tang Zifeng is more intelligent than others, it's just that others couldn't imagine that China would develop so rapidly and transform from a shortage economy to a manufacturing country in just a few decades. The world factory with the highest added value in the world.

The reason why Western countries advocate free trade is because they have manufacturing advantages and can exchange their own cheap industrial products for the precious resources of developing countries. Once their manufacturing advantages disappear and they turn into countries with trade deficits, they will tear off the fig leaf of so-called free trade without hesitation and wield the big stick of trade protection instead.

Tang Zifeng knew this historical trend, so he was able to take precautions and began preparing for this trade war more than ten years ago.

"Several European countries have proposed a total of 172 types of machine tools to be embargoed to China. 124 of them are for which the original manufacturers have signed technology sharing agreements with us. We have the right to use the other party's machine tools if the other party implements the embargo. Technology patents are used to produce alternative machine tools domestically.

"For other machine tools, some of us already have alternative technologies, and some can complete the development of alternative technologies in a relatively short period of time through hard work. There are only a few machine tools that are completely irreplaceable, and they basically have nothing to do with the overall situation.

"So, the blockade imposed by several European countries on us this time will not have a substantial impact on us." Tang Zifeng said.

"I have seen the situation reported by the relevant departments. Our ability to resolve the technical blockade imposed by European countries on us with such ease is largely due to your layout more than a year ago. You have contributed a lot to this matter. No." Xie Tiancheng said.

Tang Zifeng smiled and said: "Director Xie deserves the award. In fact, the real hero should be Professor Qi. Without him to create momentum, we really wouldn't be able to find a reason for those European companies to jump into the trap."

Xie Tiancheng knew this joke, and he said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Professor Qi is the first contributor. You, Xiao Tang, should be aggrieved and ranked second. By the way, you use foreign patents to produce replacement machine tools. Although it is the same as The other party has signed a technology sharing agreement in advance, but we still need to say hello when necessary, right?"

Tang Zifeng said: "Director Xie, don't worry about this. In fact, before we went to say hello to them, they had already greeted us and said that we can use the technology as we please, as long as both parties don't hurt their feelings."

"Is there such a thing?" Xie Tiancheng laughed dumbly, "Could it be that your reputation as Mr. Tang can also stop children from crying at night in Europe? People are afraid of offending you, the evil god."

Wu Jun joked: "Mr. Tang's name is very resounding in Europe. Last year I went to Europe to attend a meeting in the machine tool industry and met several executives from European machine tool companies. They all asked me about Mr. Tang. Woolen cloth."

"My reputation is not worth mentioning." Tang Zifeng waved his hand and said modestly, "What scares them is China's overall industrial strength. A few days ago, Domic, the sales director of the French Kailan company, made a special trip to China to see me. Said a few things to me.

"First, the embargo on Kailan's precision milling machines to China was a decision made by the French cabinet, and Kailan was unable to object. Second, they recognized the technology sharing agreement they had previously signed with us, allowing us to use Kailan's He also hinted to me that if we encounter difficulties in digesting these technology patents, they can send engineers to China to assist us, provided that we This matter is kept confidential.”

"This is really a bit of an internationalist spirit." Xie Tiancheng said with a smile.

"Business is all about fame and wealth. Domik came here not just to bring warmth. After finishing the first two points, he made a third point to me, that is, he hoped that Linji Group would not develop the corresponding technology and would provide Kai Lan Company has a way to survive," Tang Zifeng said.

"Capitalists are more pragmatic than politicians." Xie Tiancheng commented.

Tang Zifeng said: "Isn't it? The foundation for Kailan's survival is its patents on wind power milling machines. The market itself is not big, and other companies are not interested in entering this field.

"However, if the European embargo policy prevents China from obtaining these machine tools from Kailan Company, China will have to develop this technology on its own. With China's current strength, it can develop products similar to or even better than Kailan Company. The technology is not difficult.

"In this way, Kailan Company will lose its exclusive rights in this market. If it wants to keep the market, it can only fight a price war with us. Not to mention whether a French company has the ability to fight a price war with us. Even if It is trying to survive with a broken arm and retaining the market by giving away large profits to customers, but its profit level will be greatly reduced, and in the end it will not be able to survive.

"So, for Kailan Company, the best option is to cooperate with China in exchange for China not investing in these types of machine tools."

Xie Tiancheng asked: "How did you reply to him?"

Tang Zifeng said: "They are so sincere, so of course I will reciprocate. I told Domik that as long as Kailan Company still exists, we will not seize Kailan Company's market in this field for at least ten years. Once that happens, If Europe lifts restrictions on Kailan's machine tools, we will stop producing alternative machine tools and return the Chinese market to Kailan.

"Of course, there are conditions for us to do this, that is, Kailan Company must promise to continue to share technology with us, and their newly developed technology must also be included in the scope of technology sharing."

"Your answer is very good." Xie Tiancheng said, "No wonder Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhou admire you so much. Your strategy is completely consistent with the spirit of the central government. The old man once said that we must build a united front and must Make many of your friends and make few of your enemies. Kailan Company is not our enemy, but our friend, and it is very right for you to do this."

"The central government is far-sighted, and I am just following the instructions of the leaders." Tang Zifeng said in a low-key tone, "This time the Group of Seven joint actions seem to be in sync, but in fact all countries have ulterior motives. On the one hand, several European countries are afraid of China. On the other hand, they are dissatisfied with the dominance of the United States. They would rather see China and the United States fight to the detriment of both sides.

"So, when it comes to the issue of technological blockade against China, several European countries make loud noises but little rain. As far as machine tools are concerned, most of the machine tools listed in France as restricted by China are machine tools that we have alternative technologies, including Machine tools that have signed a technology sharing agreement with us. Dominic also hinted at this to me. Obviously, the French cabinet does not want to offend China too much, but more just wants to make a gesture to let other members of the Group of Seven The country charges from the front.

"So, companies like Kailan Company are allies that we can win over. Our power is very limited now, so there is no need to use limited resources to compete with allies like Kailan Company. Instead, we should concentrate on breaking through those Real neck-locking technology.”