Scholte's worries were completely dispelled the moment he met Han Weichang. Han Weichang was far more straightforward than he expected, and after meeting, he didn't even say a word of nonsense, and got straight to the point:

"I was sent to the 82 factory because of the matter of PATEO machine tools, and I know exactly what you wanted, and I believe you know what we think. Let's stop beating around the bush and tell us what you're going to do. ”

Factory 82 prepared a German translator for Scholte and them, but was blocked by a subordinate of Han Weichang's office at the door. The subordinate told Zhang Ning that Minister Han wanted to talk about some sensitive topics with the Germans, and it was better for Zhang Gong not to get involved.

Zhang Ning is just an engineer who has just been assigned to work in Factory 82 with a master's degree, and he is not qualified to question this kind of immortal fight. Han Weichang did not let him participate in his talks with Scholt and others, and he could only give up. In fact, when he was arranged to work as a translator, Song Yajing, director of the factory office, greeted him and said that this time the matter was mainly based on Minister Han, and everything was arranged by Minister Han.

Zhang Ning was not allowed to enter Han Weichang's office, and there was another young woman next to Han Weichang who worked as an interpreter between Han Weichang and Scholte. When Scholt and others first entered the office, Han Weichang introduced them to them, saying that this girl's name is Yu Xiaohui, and she is a professional who is proficient in machine tool business and has a high level of English.

At this time, Yu Xiaohui was faithfully performing the duties of translator, translating Han Weichang's words into English and speaking them to Scholt and others. Her translation met the requirements of "Xindaya", and even the awe-inspiring murderous aura in Han Weichang's tone was retained as it was.

Before meeting with Han Weichang, Scholt was worried that Han Weichang spoke too tactfully. But now when he heard Han Weichang's words, he felt even more headache, because the other party was so untactful that he forced him into a corner almost in one step.

"Mr. Han, I think we may still lack some necessary understanding. I don't know what your intentions are. And we don't have a mature plan for this matter, so you say you know what we mean, I don't understand what it means. Scholt said carefully.

Han Weichang smiled faintly and said: "Mr. Scholte, our intentions have already been publicly published in the newspaper, how can you not know? To put it simply, we are very dissatisfied with your company's attitude of going back on our word, so we are ready to use the strength of the whole country to fight back against your company's humiliation of us."

"We are ready to invest 2 billion yuan in about five years to master the core technology in the hands of PATEO, completely replace PATEO's technology in China, and compete with PATEO in the international market. ”

"Mr. Han, with all due respect, I don't think you can do it. Merce said disdainfully.

Han Weichang looked at Moth, smiled, and said, "What, does this gentleman want to make a bet with me? Do you want to sign a bet contract now and see if we can do it." ”

"I don't mind ......," Merce said.

"Merce!" Scholt interrupted, glaring at him fiercely.

In Scholte's heart, he also felt that Han Weichang's words were a bluff, and it was impossible to invest 2 billion yuan to master all the core technologies owned by PATEO in 5 years. After all, PATEO is also a century-old enterprise, and the technology accumulation in hand is very deep. The company has made an internal assessment and believes that PATEO's technology is at least 10 years ahead of the technology in China's machine tool industry. And when the Chinese are catching up, PATEO itself will also improve, and it is very difficult for the Chinese to catch up and surpass PATEO.

But there is a difference between the very difficult and the absolutely impossible. Industrial things, to put it bluntly, are very simple, everyone has entered the door, and the competition is input. If China does not invest locally, 2 billion yuan is not enough, and it will invest 20 billion yuan, so it will take five years to catch up with PATEO.

Scholt remembers what Zimmuden had said, but there is really nothing that the Chinese government can't do. The current problem in China is that the country is still very poor, and it is impossible to achieve first-class level in every field. A smart company should avoid angering the Chinese, lest the Chinese official treat itself as a competitor and devote all its efforts in this direction, then it will be miserable.

It is true that PATEO is an internationally renowned company, and it can also be called "strong" in the corporate world. But no matter how strong your strength is, can you compare with a big country? China's GDP in the past year has exceeded 1 trillion euros, and PATEO's annual output value is only how much?

"Mr. Han, if that's what you say, then what's the point of our negotiations?" Scholt said to Han Weichang in a calm tone.

"It's very simple, I know you don't want to see us invest so much money in developing the same technology as yours, and we have a lot of more important things to do, and we don't want to spend money on this kind of needless competition," Han said.

"It is possible for us to reach a win-win cooperation, that is, you will resume the export of several high-end machine tools specified to us, and we will promise not to invest in these areas for five years, and recognize PATEO's monopoly in these fields. ”

"This ......," Scholt was speechless.

Han Weichang's statement is quite similar to Qi Muden's previous statement, but this is not the result that PATEO is willing to accept. If PATEO agrees to this condition, it will be equivalent to being coerced by the Chinese side, and the Chinese side only claims that it wants to compete with PATEO, and PATEO will be cowardly, which is unreasonable.

"Mr. Han, I think you should know that the reason why PATEO is unable to sell precision milling machines to your country is restricted by the relevant regulations of the European Union, and it is not up to PATEO to decide on its own. This size of the precision milling machine can be used for military purposes, and the EU requires us to apply for the lifting of the embargo only after confirming that your country has mastered the technology.

"I came to China this time to find out whether your country has indeed mastered this technology. If you can provide us with the necessary proof, then we will have reason to convince the EU. ”

"I can give you proof. Han Weichang said. Without waiting for Scholt to show joy, Han Weichang changed his words and continued: "But I won't do it. ”

"Why?" Scholt wondered.

"We have provided you with proof before, but you questioned the authenticity of the evidence we provided just because of an unfounded article, which greatly hurt our feelings," Han said.

"You have to remember that you PATEO are Party B, and our 82 factory is Party A and the customer. The principle that the customer is God is precisely what you Western countries have told us. As Party B, you unscrupulously hurt Party A's feelings, and what evidence is required from Party A, don't you think you are too arrogant?"

"No, Mr. Han, I think you misunderstood. We value our cooperation very much, and we make this request simply because we have to deal with EU regulations. Scholt said.

Han Weichang's aura was too sufficient, which made Scholt feel the pressure, so he didn't dare to carry it. He couldn't figure out Han Weichang's origin, and he was worried that if he was too strong, he would be caught by the other party, and then more things would happen.

Han Weichang sneered: "Mr. Scholte, do you think I am a fool with no market experience? Doesn't how the EU judge whether there is a need for an embargo on a technology depends on the evidence submitted by PATEO?"

"You have already been to China, and you have also arrived at Factory 82, you can say that you have seen China's domestic precision milling machine, which can completely replace similar products of PATEO. Do you think the EU will send another tech-savvy official to verify this?"

"But ......"

Scholt went crazy.

Han Weichang is right, if the EU wants to judge whether there is a need for an embargo on a technology, it can only ask industry insiders to testify. If PATEO insists that China has mastered similar technologies, or even helps China produce a few pieces of evidence, the EU will definitely turn a blind eye to it.

Many technologies are very specialized, and it is impossible for the European Commission to have its own experts in every field.

As a matter of fact, the EU's enthusiasm for launching a high-tech embargo against China is not high, mainly because it is for the sake of the United States' face, and it has no choice but to do so. Of course, there are also "European traitors" within the EU, and if the EU dares to openly release water on China, it is inevitable that some country will go to the United States to report it, and then it will be troublesome.

Because of this, the EU needs to go through a process for companies to provide some proof. As for whether the certificate provided by the company is true or false, the EU will not care too much.

PATEO previously adopted an embargo policy on some machine tools, ostensibly to meet the situation and not to cause trouble, but the real intention was to gain a higher status in cooperation with the Chinese side through this means.

If you want to purchase a higher-end machine tool from me, then take advantage of it, such as price, don't bargain. It's also very hard for people to persuade the EU to let it go, right, shouldn't we charge some hardship fees?

It can be said that PATEO supports the EU's embargo policy, because it can be used as a bargaining weight with China.

China may or may not know about this, but it has never mentioned it before, for no other reason, that is, the negotiating position is not equal.

But now, the Chinese procurement minister in front of him has picked up this matter and put it on the table, which makes Scholt feel embarrassed.

Deny it, you can't help but underestimate the other party's IQ, and it seems that you are too obscene.

Admit it, there will be nothing to hold the other party in the future.

In fact, he doesn't have to think about the "future", and he doesn't know how to talk about the negotiation in front of him.