When will I have a long tassel?

"Mr. Tang said that very well. We came to visit Business Opportunity this time just to talk to Business Opportunity about the backup mechanism. We can't be completely controlled by others. We must have a few trump cards in our hands." Zhang Lingwei said.

Duan Rufei frowned and asked: "Mr. Zhang, with all due respect, I would like to ask, do you want Business Opportunity to become a supplier of Pufei, or do you just want us to be a spare tire for the purpose of deterrence?" Weir Consortium?”

"This..." Zhang Lingwei was speechless, "Assistant Duan asked this, and I don't even know how to answer it. I think our meanings should be different from these two."

"I'd like to hear the details." Tang Zifeng said leisurely, and at the same time made a gesture to Duan Rufei, telling him to add water to the guests' cups. He noticed that Zhang Lingwei and Liao Tong may have been a little nervous and had already finished the water in their glasses.

Duan Rufei stood up, took Zhang Lingwei and Liao Tong's cups to the water dispenser and filled them with water. Zhang Lingwei nodded to him and expressed his gratitude, and then said carefully:

"Mr. Tang, Assistant Duan, I know it's hard to talk about this matter. If the leader hadn't given us reassurance before coming here, saying that Mr. Tang and the Business Opportunity Group understand the general situation and take the overall situation into consideration, I really wouldn't dare to come here. Asking Mr. Tang for help."

Tang Zifeng waved his hand and said: "Goodbye, Lao Zhang, we are in business, so don't put such a high hat on me yet. Pu Fei is a national key enterprise and shoulders many important responsibilities. Although our business opportunities are not as important as Pu Fei, But we have also undertaken some key national tasks. If we cannot spare time and energy to do the things you, Mr. Zhang, entrusted to us, it cannot be said that we are ignorant or have no regard for the overall situation. We are just limited in our abilities and can't help, don't you think?"

"Yes, I just made a mistake. Don't be offended, Mr. Tang." Zhang Lingwei quickly apologized.

He brought up the leader just now because he actually wanted to put some pressure on Tang Zifeng. But he didn't want to think about it, was Tang Zifeng the kind of person who could be easily intimidated?

The leader was right. Tang Zifeng was indeed a person who understood the general situation and took the overall situation into consideration, but he was not a good person at the same time. You didn't do things well yourself, so you asked Tang Zifeng to wipe your ass and just say a few nice words?

"Mr. Tang, I'll tell you the truth. Now, we are in a difficult position. The Weir Consortium has also seen our weaknesses and wants to give us a severe blow. We can neither completely fall out with the Weir Consortium nor can we Follow the path they drew. The leader gave us a suggestion, asking Mr. Tang to help us solve this problem," Zhang Lingwei said.

After saying this, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. It was obvious that what he just said was too difficult.

Tang Zifeng knew which leader Zhang Lingwei was referring to, and he also knew that Zhang Lingwei was not lying. Tang Zifeng is already well-known for his ability to solve complex problems. It is not surprising that when encountering such a situation, the leader personally orders Tang Zifeng to take action.

"Since the leader called my name, I won't be polite."

Tang Zifeng changed his attitude and said sternly to Zhang Lingwei: "Mr. Zhang, I think you are being led away by the Weill Consortium. You originally just wanted to make a deal with it, and you paid for its equipment. , it helps you solve the problem of airworthiness certificate, which is actually a mutually beneficial thing.

"In the end, because you acted too eagerly, or..., I won't go into that. In short, the other party saw your flaws, so the other party turned against you and started to take advantage of you.

"As for the three conditions put forward by the Weill Consortium, if you agree to them all, what you get in exchange will definitely not be the sincere cooperation between the Weill Consortium and you, but intensified further blackmail. You may even end up paying all the protection fees. , the other party put their hands out, said sorry, and then they dealt with you, but you still can’t get the airworthiness certificate.”

"This possibility exists." Zhang Lingwei said frustratedly.

There was one sentence that Tang Zifeng just didn't finish, but Zhang Lingwei understood it. During the negotiation process with the Weill Consortium, they indeed showed a bit of weakness, which allowed the Weir Consortium to see the opportunity to blackmail them.

As for why they are showing weakness, it has to do with the ongoing trade war. There are some so-called big scholars in China who spread theories of failure all day long, and some of Pufei's negotiators have also been affected. If you have timidity in your heart, it will be revealed inadvertently during negotiations, and eventually you will end up in this situation.

Tang Zifeng said that the Weir consortium might simply break the contract after blackmailing Pu Fei and not help Pu Fei solve the airworthiness certificate issue. In the past, Zhang Lingwei and other senior executives at Pufei did not believe it because they all firmly believed that Westerners believed in the spirit of contract. But now, their belief has been shaken. The Weir Consortium is obviously taking advantage of the situation this time. How can people dare to believe in its credibility?

"To solve this problem, we must overturn all the results of the negotiations so far, and the two sides start from scratch and renegotiate cooperation matters. We cannot agree to any of the conditions they added. Moreover, in view of the current situation in Western countries, With serious trade protectionist tendencies, we will put more demands on the Weill Consortium." Tang Zifeng said domineeringly.

"But in this case, it is entirely possible that the Weir Consortium will simply refuse to cooperate with us." Liao Tong said worriedly.

"No." Tang Zifeng said, "Weil Consortium is a company, and companies will not struggle with profits. China is bound to become a major aviation industry country. In addition to Pufei, there are other aircraft manufacturers, too. There is a need to purchase aircraft-specific machine tools. This market is very huge, and the Weir Consortium does not have the courage to give up completely."

"But we do need their machine tools." Liao Tong said.

Tang Zifeng said: "It will take us five years to develop machine tool products that can completely replace them. By then, it will face two choices, one is to obtain 50% of the Chinese market, and the other is to completely withdraw from the Chinese market. How does Secretary Liao think it will choose?"

"In five years, it will take five years to develop a product that can completely replace Weir. This... may be a bit difficult." Zhang Lingwei said euphemistically, with the subtext of natural disbelief.

Tang Zifeng smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhang doesn't seem to have much confidence in us."

"This is not a question of confidence or lack of confidence." Zhang Lingwei said, "The main reason is that there are too many types of machine tools involved in aircraft manufacturing, and the requirements are too high. You start from scratch and want to complete the replacement in five years. This is too difficult. ”

"Who said we were starting from scratch?" Tang Zifeng asked. Without waiting for Zhang Lingwei's answer, he continued: "Before Mr. Zhang came to me, I had read some information and asked our group's technical department to make some evaluations. In fact, among the machine tools you purchased from the Weill Consortium, there were 30 % is for those for which we already have mature products, and 30% is for those for which we have sufficient technical reserves and can produce qualified products at any time.

"More than ten years ago, our machine tool industry proposed a 'spare tire' plan to develop some key machine tools that rely heavily on imports, and accumulated a large amount of research results and experience data. The performance of these 'spare tire' machine tools is better than that of imported ones. The machine tools are a little inferior, but at least they can be used. Especially when facing blackmail from others, these 'spare tires' can be used as a temporary replacement."

"I know about this. It seems that this backup plan was the first one proposed by Mr. Tang, right?" Zhang Lingwei said.

The spare tire plan is not limited to the machine tool industry, there are similar plans in other industries, so Zhang Lingwei knows about it, and also knows that Tang Zifeng is one of the promoters of this plan.

Tang Zifeng said: "This idea was proposed by Mr. Xu and others. At best, I contributed a name and called this plan the 'spare tire' plan. In fact, the name issue is not important. What is important is that we do have It has a certain substitution capability.”

"Mr. Tang, you just said two 30%, so the remaining 40% is a blank in our country?" Liao Tong asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "That's true. However, there is another controllable factor, that is, your aircraft parts processing technology also has room for adjustment. Your original process was designed based on Weill's machine tools. If Without Weill machine tools, we can actually process these parts using our own existing machine tools, but the process documents need to be written according to our machine tools, does Secretary Liao think this is the case?"

"This..." Liao Tong was dumbfounded. He was a liberal arts student, and he really didn't know if what Tang Zifeng said made sense.

Zhang Lingwei is from a production background and has some technical skills. He nodded and said, "Mr. Tang is right. If we are willing to change the process, some imported machine tools can indeed be replaced with domestic machine tools. At best, the production efficiency will be lower, but it is actually within an acceptable range."

Tang Zifeng said: "After deducting 20% ​​from this, we will only have 20% of the machine tools we need to develop from scratch. It is a bit exaggerated to say that we need to start from scratch. All our existing domestic machine tool companies can produce There are more than 3,000 machine tool models, and all technologies are covered. No matter what new machine tools we want to develop, we will not start from scratch, but have a certain foundation."

"It is possible to complete the development of 20% of the machine tools in five years." Zhang Lingwei changed his mind. The account Tang Zifeng settled for him gave him a new understanding of the situation he was facing, and he seemed to see some light before his eyes.

Tang Zifeng said with a smile: "Even if we can't develop all these 20% of new machine tools, we can still claim it."

"What is a title?" Liao Tong was a little confused.

Tang Zifeng said: "You don't understand the claim? When Cao Cao led an 830,000-strong army south, that was the claim. Historical scholars have verified that he only had 200,000 men at most, or even less than 200,000."

"You mean... bragging?" Liao Tong understood this time. This is a special title for a god.