Scholt rested at the hotel for one night, and the next day he went to the University of the People with Merce and Baboca, where he found Zimden.

The last incident did not bother Qi Muden. Although the impact of PATEO's interruption of the supply of milling machines to Factory 82 due to one of his blogs was significant, the "relevant departments" had a difficult time considering how to deal with him. His affairs are neither rumor-mongering nor slander, but at best hearsay, and he made some inappropriate remarks, which are far from the extent of violating any law.

In the end, the school could only give him a verbal advice not to make easily misleading remarks. And this advice, for Qi Mu Deng, is completely non-binding, and it can even be said that this is exactly what Qi Mu Deng likes, because it can create some pathos for him and help him to hype up the Internet.

"I've heard about your company. ”

Qi Muden met with Scholt and his party in his office, and after listening to the other party's self-introduction, he said lightly. As a professor, his English is still good and he can have direct conversations with Scholt and others.

"It is said that Professor Qi has been troubled by the exposing article, and we are deeply angry about it. Scholt said.

Qi Muden waved his hand and said, "There is nothing bothering. I am a scholar, and I have always spoken with my academic conscience and will not succumb to any force. ”

"I admire Professor Qi's integrity very much. "That's why I came to visit Professor Qi in the first place when I arrived in China." ”

"So, you came to me, is there anything you can do?" asked Zimberden.

"As Professor Qi already knows, the Chinese military has been trying to get some cutting-edge machine tools from our company," Scholt said. Subject to the relevant policies of the European Union, some of our company's machine tools cannot be sold to China. The basis for judging whether a certain machine tool can be sold to China is whether China's domestic machine tool enterprises have mastered similar technology.

"Professor Qi disclosed in the last article that China's Tengji company did not master the precision milling machine technology they claimed to have mastered, and this news directly affected our company's export strategy to China.

"After the publication of Professor Qi's article, the Chinese military expressed the opposite meaning to us. They said that your article is unfounded, and the actual situation is that they have indeed mastered this technology, and what you said in the article is completely untrue.

"I made a special trip to visit Professor Qi this time, just to ask Professor Qi in person, what channel did you learn about the fact that China Tengji Company did not master this technology?"

"Well...... this," Qi Muden was a little speechless. The channel through which he obtained this information was the Internet forum, and the news on this forum did not matter as the basis for bragging, but in front of other manufacturers, it seemed a bit embarrassing to say that he had just read a post on the Internet.

What's more, the last time Cao Bingnian tossed around on his computer for a long time, they couldn't find out the post. Afterwards, Qi Muden himself checked on the dogeye forum for a long time, but also failed to find the post. This strange situation made Qi Muden wonder if he was really wrong at the beginning. For example, maybe he just had a daydream in the office about something like this.

In such a situation, of course, Zimuden could not say it to Scholt, and he put a polite smile on his face and said:

"It is not my right to say much to Mr. Scholt about this. I have my own channels of information, some of which are inconvenient to disclose to outsiders. However, I can use my academic conscience to assure me that what I say is true. ”

"I see. Scholt was convinced. The professor in front of him is full of scholarly style, and people can think of such a Chinese idiom as "high morality and respect." How can such a person talk nonsense? It is also reasonable for such a senior professor to have some of his own contacts in key departments. What he had learned through his internal connections was indeed not a good fit to reveal the source to others.

Thinking of this, Scholte changed his question and said: "Professor Qi, recently several key media in China have published the news of in-depth cooperation between the Chinese military and Tengji Company, have you paid attention to this?"

"Of course!," said Qi Muden proudly, "as an economist, news like this must be to be followed." The cooperation between the Chinese military and Tengji is strictly related to my last article. Based on this, I will also pay special attention to such news. ”

"So, is this news true or fake?" Scholt continued.

Qi Muden showed a kind smile and said, "It can be true or false, it all depends on the situation. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Scholt was a little confused.

This is what Qi Muden wants, and if he doesn't confuse others, how can he show his ability as a professor? Talking about national affairs is something that even a taxi driver does. The difference between a professor and a taxi driver is that the latter has something to say, and the picture is happy in the mouth, while the former wants to talk about things in a foggy way, which makes people feel particularly connotative when they hear it.

"The cooperation between the military system and local machine tool enterprises, several leaders have spoken. I carefully analysed their speeches and found that they set the tone very high. Tune, do you understand?" asked Qi Muden.

"Perhaps......" Scholter replied nemesly.

"China is a country that cares a lot about tune. If a leader sets the tone for a thing, then all departments will do their best to accomplish it, even if it comes at a huge cost. According to the newspaper, this time the cooperation between the military industry department and Tengji is as high as 2 billion yuan, which can be said to be unprecedented. And the reason for all this is that the leader set the tone, so I said that this matter is true. ”

"Well, I seem to understand a little. Scholt said. After all, he is in the market, and he can still figure out such a thing.

In fact, it is not only China, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony, it was not also about throwing money on high-tech, and in matters involving the national image, all countries will have this kind of behavior that transcends economic laws.

"But how can you explain that you just said that this could also be fake?" asked Baboca.

Qi Muden said: "As I just said, a 2 billion yuan cooperation is unprecedented in China. Since there is no precedent, it means that it is not in accordance with the rules. An unruly thing, of course, can be fake. ”

Baboka was even more dizzy: "I don't understand, you just said that the Chinese care about the tune, but now you talk about the rules, so in China, is it about the tone or the rules?"

"It depends on the situation. Qi Muden said, "Under normal conditions, it is necessary to pay attention to the rules. Only when there is an abnormal situation can the rules be broken. This time, it was your company that reversed course and initially expressed its willingness to sell milling machines to China, and then canceled this commitment, which angered the leadership. If there is no such thing, it is impossible for the military industry to come up with 2 billion yuan at once to develop several machine tools. ”

"So, Professor Qi, do you think Tengji will be able to develop these kinds of machine tools?" Scholt asked.

Qi Muden still showed that he was in the chest, and said, "Of course you can." We have to admit that at any time, as long as the Chinese government wants to do something, there is nothing that cannot be done. ”

"But why didn't you do that before?" said Merce, choking.

"Because in the past, Chinese officials did not make up their minds. You must know that China is a poor country, 2 billion yuan is a lot of money, if you have to do it, it is impossible for the finance to agree to come up with so much money, but just to develop a few kinds of machine tools. ”

Scholt thought about what Zimuden had said before and after for a moment, and then asked tentatively:

"Professor Qi, do you mean that if we insist on not lifting the ban on high-end machine tools from China, then it is possible that the Chinese military will really develop these machine tools at any cost. And if we agree to lift the embargo, the matter may be abandoned, because the Chinese authorities need to use the money where it matters most. ”

You can understand it that way, although the reality is much more complicated than that. Qi Mudeng showed a relieved expression on his face.

If it weren't for the presence of outsiders, Qi Muden would have liked to take out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his head. Nima, this kind of thing is still very tiring.

Regarding the cooperation between the Commission of Science and Technology and Tengji to develop special machine tools, he saw it from the newspaper. The newspaper set a very high tone, claiming that no less than 2 billion yuan would be invested in the next few years, which was a very large figure in 2004.

Qi Muden was a little skeptical about the authenticity of this matter. He inquired with some people, and the information he received was contradictory, some people said that this was just a show by the military, and some people said that it was a high-level statement by so-and-so, and it was a political task.

Scholt and others came to him to ask for verification, and he couldn't tell whether it was true or false. But if you want to say that you don't know, you will inevitably be looked down upon by the other party. After all, I wrote an article exposing Teng Ji's black material, and when I wrote it, I just wanted to sensationalize, but I didn't expect the tenacious Germans to take it seriously, and there was a small turmoil.

At this time, he said that he was actually just a liberal arts student who wrote jokes on the Internet, and he couldn't even figure out what a milling machine was, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?

In order to fulfill a lie, it is necessary to tell more lies, and this is the dilemma of Zimuden.

Fortunately, the Germans don't understand China's national conditions, and this ridiculous Scholt actually made up a logic in his brain, that is, let him think according to his own logic, and don't blame me for being wrong.