The meeting of the top management of the group quickly formed a resolution that this opportunity of the Petrov Machine Tool Plant could not be missed, but in terms of the specific conditions of cooperation, significant changes were to be made. Since Frolov is just a "karate", the relationship between Linji Group and him has to be repositioned, and he must be turned into a part-time worker, not a collaborator.

The fortress was to break through from the weakest. Everyone agreed that the engineer Jacob brought by Frolov should be the weakest of the three, so Tang Zifeng decided to test him first.

In order to create the greatest psychological pressure on Yakob, Tang Zifeng did not choose to talk to him at the Canglong Research Institute, which Yakob was already familiar with, but found an office in the old factory department of Linyi Machine and asked Yakob to bring him over.

Jacob sensed something strange as he walked into the office building, and he was dumbfounded when he was politely invited into the office.

What kind of conference room is this, is it clearly an interrogation room? There are a few tables at one end of the room, and there are several cold-faced men sitting behind the tables. In the middle of the room was a lone chair, and Jacob didn't need to be instructed to do so, knowing that it was the place he had left for him.

"Jacob, sit down. ”

Tang Zifeng, who was sitting on the interrogation seat, pointed to the chair with his hand and ordered Jacob.

"But I don't know what that means!" argued Jacob, speaking in English, which Tang Zifeng could understand, and at the same time hearing a bit of the trills of life in his voice.

"You sit down first, I'll ask you a few questions, and you'll understand. Tang Zifeng said.

Tang Zifeng has been the general manager for several years, and he already has some official authority, Yakob couldn't bear this kind of coercion, and obediently sat down on the chair.

"Jacob, you claim to be an engineer at the Petrov Machine Tool Factory, and in this capacity, you have a three-day technical exchange with the engineers of our Canglong Research Institute, is that true?" asked Tang Zifeng. Thanks to Xiao Wenjun's one-on-one tutoring, Tang Zifeng's spoken English is also very good, and he can communicate with Jacob without the help of a translator.

"Yes. But I'm an engineer at the Petrov Machine Tool Factory. Jacob said.

"You're lying!" Tang Zifeng said sharply, "We have already sent people to Kazan to investigate, and there is not a single engineer named Jakob in the Petrov Machine Tool Factory! What is your intention in infiltrating China with a fake identity and having technical exchanges with our engineers? Are you sent by Western companies to be an industrial spy?"

"No, no, no, I'm definitely not an industrial spy!"

Jacob was completely panicked. It has only been a few days, and people have been able to send people to Kazan to investigate his identity, which shows that this Linji group has a great background, and it may be a Chinese military industrial enterprise, and the kind with a very high level of secrecy. Jakob also lived through the Soviet era and knew what the term "Western spy" meant in a socialist country.

In the former Soviet Union, if a foreigner is identified as a "Western spy", he will spend the rest of his life in Siberia. Whether China also has a place similar to Siberia, Jakob does not know, but he definitely does not want to figure out this issue himself.

Indeed, I admit that I am not an engineer at the Petrov Machine Tool Factory, I am a professor at Moscow University, and it was Frolov who paid me to hire me to come to China. ”

The frightened Jacob didn't have time to think about whether there was a flaw in Tang Zifeng's words, so he quickly began to shake the pot.

"What is the purpose of his hiring you to come to China, to spy on our technical intelligence?"

"No, no, absolutely not! I can swear to God. He just asked me to communicate with Chinese engineers, with the aim of convincing the Chinese that the Petrov Machine Tool Factory has strong technical strength. Other than that, I don't need to do anything, the technical content of my communication with my counterparts in your company these days, not a word has been reported to Frolov. ”

"You say that Frolov wants us to believe that the Petrov Machine Tool Plant has strong technical capabilities, so what is the real situation with it?"

"The Real ......"

Jacob snorted, and looked at Tang Zifeng with a little abruptness and grievance in his eyes.

Nima, you have sent someone to the Petrov Machine Tool Factory to investigate my identity, don't you still know what is going on with this factory? It is said that beautiful women can deceive people, how can you be a beautiful man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes!

Tang Zifeng saw Jacob's expression and knew that he had seen through his tricks, this guy's EQ was in arrears, but his IQ was not low, he was a technical master who could bluff Lao Qin into a daze, and his logical analysis ability was steely.

But even if you react, what can you do? You have already admitted that you have falsified your identity, can you take it back now? Have you wronged you by pretending to be an engineer at a large research institute and saying that you are an industrial spy?

"Let's talk about it, you also know the policy of our party, be lenient in confession, and strict in resisting. You just took Frolov's money and didn't do anything bad for him, and now it's too late to turn back in time. If you are obsessed, it will not be me who will talk to you, but an official of our national security department. Tang Zifeng said to Jacob with a smile.

Jakob sighed and said: "Petrov Machine Tool Factory, in the former Soviet Union, was also one of the largest machine tool factories in our country, and its strength is indeed very strong. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's economy has not been restored for a long time, a large number of enterprises have gone bankrupt, and the demand for machine tools has dropped to less than 1/10 of the original, and the machine tool enterprises in Russia can not continue to operate.

"Some enterprises were merged by Western machine tool enterprises, and some went bankrupt, although Petrov Machine Tool Factory did not go bankrupt, but the production capacity was almost completely lost, in the past ten years, basically did not produce CNC machine tools, and there is no research ability of CNC machine tools. ”

"During the former Soviet Union, your CNC machine tool technology was still okay, how could it collapse all of a sudden?" Qin Zhongnian couldn't help but interject and asked. The old man is still entangled in the decline of the Russian machine tool industry and wants to ask what happened.

Jakob said: "The machine tool industry in the Soviet Union was built on the basis of a complete industrial system. At that time, the republics were responsible for the production of part of the machine tool components, for example, large castings were undertaken by Belarusian enterprises, and grating components were undertaken by Ukrainian enterprises.

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the republics became independent. The Red Flag Research Institute in Ukraine turned out to be the most powerful grating component research institute in the Soviet Union, providing grating components for machine tool enterprises throughout the Soviet Union. After Ukraine's independence, they felt that it was unnecessary to continue to spend money to support such an institute, so they cut all the funds of the institute.

"As a result, the machine tool factories in Russia can only buy grating components from the West. The western numerical control technology system is very different from ours, and the western grating components cannot be directly used in our machine tool products, and the other party is required to redesign according to our situation, and people disdain to do it.

"So ......"

Speaking of this, Jacob spread his hands and made a helpless look, but everyone present understood his subtext.

"You said that the Petrov Machine Tool Factory no longer produces CNC machine tools, so what is the purpose of Frolov's purchase of optical machines from China?" Tang Zifeng asked.

"He didn't tell me, but when I was talking to Avakiyan privately, I learned that Frolov had some connections with some machine tool dealers in Eastern Europe, presumably to whom he resold the optical machines he purchased from China," Jakob said. ”

But Longfor Machinery said it had bought CNC systems from Frolov, and that they were produced by the Petrov Machine Tool Factory. Tang Zifeng said.

Jakob had a smile on his face: "It's very simple, I think when he sells those Chinese machine tools to Eastern Europe, he will also mark Petrov's brand on them." There are some small companies in Europe that can produce some unbranded CNC systems according to the needs of customers, by the way, it is the OEM way. It should be very easy for Frolov to purchase these CNC systems at a low price and then sell them to Chinese friends at a higher price. ”

"You just mentioned Avakiyan, is he also someone hired by Frolov from outside?"

"No, he was originally an employee of the Petrov Machine Tool Plant. Frolov was the director of the Petrov Machine Tool Plant before the collapse of the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Petrov Machine Tool Plant was privatized, and Frolov remained its director. It is said that he promised that as long as he remained the director of the factory, the Petrov Machine Tool Plant would never fire a single of its former employees. ”

"And this?" Qin Zhongnian's face was surprised, he turned to Tang Zifeng and said, "Little Tang, this Frolov is not simple, and it is not a good person to be able to make such a promise." When we go back and negotiate with him, we still have to give him enough respect. ”

Tang Zifeng glanced at Qin Zhongnian speechlessly, but he also knew that this was the old man's worldview, after all, this old man was also an absolutely good person. He didn't answer Qin Zhongnian's words, but asked Jacob:

"Mr. Jakob, let me ask you one last question, how much did Frolov pay you for hiring you to come to China?"

"This ......," Jacob didn't know how to answer for a moment. It's not that he wants to keep it secret, but he thinks it's too cheesy to talk about money, and he can't say it.

Tang Zifeng smiled at him: "Professor Jacob, I don't mean anything else. I just want to say, are you interested in coming to China to work? Whatever amount of money Frolov gives you, I'll double it. ”