"This is blackmail, and the Chinese people will not accept such unreasonable demands. Minister Hou slapped the table, "If it weren't for the lack of domestic production capacity, where would we beg them." ”

Zhang Yi said cautiously: "Minister Hou, we have production capacity, and we are assembling the production line recently, if you need it, we are willing to provide a letter of intent for cooperation." ”

Minister Hou said with a smile: "Miss Zhang has a good calculation, and our small and long-term switch is also developed in China, and he needs to nod when it comes to cooperation." If I hadn't been in China these days, I wouldn't have been able to get those guys to identify the long-term exchange! ”

The leader said to Changjiu: "The switch you developed for a long time, we have only heard about how superior the performance is, but we have never seen the real thing." ”

Chang said: "It's no problem, let's go and see it later, Miss Zhang has a set of finished products here, and now it is being visited by people from the Hong Kong government." ”

"That's good!" Minister Hou said with a smile, "just let us see our own program-controlled switchboard." ”

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After eating, the group insisted on settling the bill by themselves for a long time, but Minister Hou couldn't refuse, so they had to give up, and Zhang Yi drove them to visit the switch system.

In the end, it was the expert group appointed by the state to go abroad for inspection, and Minister Hou was also very surprised when they saw the machine, and asked a few very in-depth questions, which were answered one by one for a long time.

Although it has not been tested, Minister Hou and they agreed that the technical level of this machine is comparable to that of foreign switches of the same scale, and the implementation structure is very simple, which should be very suitable for the needs of China in China.

"For a long time, how much does this system cost?" Minister Hou was very satisfied, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Well, the cheapest one now is probably the Fujitsu F150 bought in Fujian, which is only seven or eight million yuan, but as far as I know, it is an experimental model, which means that it is the first time to use it. "I can realize the localization of parts and components of this switch, the cost can be greatly reduced, the foreign price is about 600 US dollars per line, my cost can be reduced to 400 US dollars per line, if large-scale production of 300 US dollars per line is also possible." ”

Minister Hou and the three of his peers exchanged glances with each other, and then said, "I'm afraid that this production line can't be tens of millions, it's a big matter, although we are optimistic about this thing, but let us go back and report to the top." ”

Chang said: "This is no problem, I still have a copy of the introduction here, you can also take it back." ”

Minister Hou and his entourage of four people took a flight back to Beijing that night, the four of them discussed, Minister Hou said: "Several, you see how the system has been done for a long time, I think it is not worse than the Belgian S1240, at least the technical structure of the two is similar, the most important thing is that the introduction of the production line is not so difficult, it is completely designed in accordance with our national standards, and can be seamlessly connected." Old money, what do you see?"

The person who was called Lao Qian by Minister Hou nodded: "It is completely beyond my imagination, if I had seen this machine earlier, I think this overseas investigation could have been completely abandoned, I didn't expect that our own people could make such an advanced program-controlled machine." I really don't know the market if I don't go out, and the technology of foreigners is nothing more than that. ”

Minister Hou smiled: "It's not that foreigners' skills are not good, it's that our skills are not bad, haha." Old Xu, you are in charge of money, how about it, I recommend it well, it is cheap enough. ”

Xu Lao smiled bitterly: "Even if Xiaocao's switch is cheap, what is the use, if you want to invest in this kind of production line in China, it is not enough to rely on state loans alone, and you dare not think about borrowing money from foreigners." Now that the country's finances are tight, no matter where the construction is needed, we need money, and our Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is originally a Qingshui Yamen, where to demolish it. ”

Minister Hou nodded: "Yes, our country's communication foundation is backward, and the telephone penetration rate is only 0.35, ranking 139th in the world, which is worse than the African average of 1%, and far from the current world average penetration rate of 10%. Now development requires a lot of funds, if the central government lends money, it will definitely be time-consuming and laborious, I think of a way, that is, to take it from the people and use it for the people. ”

The other three asked in unison, "What do you mean?"

Minister Hou said: "The installation of telephone infrastructure is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and who will invest in it without developed communications, which has seriously hindered the reform." What I think is that whoever wants to install a phone must first pay a telephone initial installation fee of 1,000 yuan, and schools and other units without business income can be reduced or exempted as appropriate. ”

Others were shocked: "This is too expensive, will it cause adverse effects?" ”

Minister Hou said: "I had already handed the plan to the above before I went abroad, but this matter is a bit big, so the above asked me to keep it secret." However, because this matter is too big, the above does not dare to implement it nationwide, and it is recommended to pilot it in Beijing and Shanghai first. I specially calculated that at the current rate, the number of users can be expanded by 15%~20% per year, which is about the number of 20,000 doors. ”

Everyone was silent, thinking about this problem, and Minister Hou also knew that this was a bad idea, but what could he do, at least now that he had found Cao Changjiu, he could reduce the cost a little.

Back in Beijing, Minister Hou sorted out the information of this inspection, reported to the above, deliberately exaggerated the difficulty of introducing some foreign countries, and especially exaggerated the local price increase of electrical appliances in northern Canada.

When he had whetted the appetite of the big leader and felt that there was no way to introduce it, Minister Hou threw out the chess piece of Changjiu and praised the DJ01 program control machine.

The big leader read the information and asked in amazement: "How come I don't know when this machine was developed by ourselves? How did I not know when it passed the appraisal? How did it arrive in Hong Kong?"

After a series of questions from the big leader, Minister Hou deliberately lamented, and told the long-term things as they were, and the degree of exaggeration was really sad for the hearers and tears for the listeners.

After hearing this, the big leader also sighed: "Huaxia's long-term shortcomings are all caused by these people." But all day long shouting that there is no domestic technology to buy foreign goods, but his own people are doing everything possible to suppress it, ** is used to being arrogant, and now it is inferior. ”

Minister Hou took the opportunity to make a suggestion to the big leader, whether Cao Changjiu could return to China to start a business and show his skills.

The big leader agreed: "I know this kid for a long time, but I didn't expect him to really do something big, heroes don't ask where they come from, even if they make some mistakes, it's understandable, young people, as long as they contribute to the country, then they must be welcomed." ”

Minister Hou was overjoyed, and the big leader said this, even if the matter was settled, and asked about the telecommunications system infrastructure funding.

The big leader said: "Your suggestion is very useful, it can be regarded as a method that can be tried out, the country has no money, and the people are in need." Whoever uses the telephone should bear the bill, and how can it be subsidized by the state? I think this snowballing method is good. Without telephone, who would be willing to set up a factory, and how could it be opened to the outside world?"

Minister Hou nodded excitedly and kept recording the leader's words.

The big leader said: "It's just that this matter must be cautious, we must demonstrate more, and we must be fully sure to do it, this fund is taken from the people, and it must be used on the people.

Minister Hou stood up and said: "We must act in accordance with the instructions of the leadership and live up to the expectations of the party and the people." ”

The big leader nodded: "Just do what you want, start the pilot from the Beijing and Shanghai bureaus, and do it well." As for Cao Changjiu's switch...... The production line must be introduced, and the first fund will be issued by the central government. ”

Minister Hou: "Cao Changjiu's switch I want to do this, first do a pilot, after all, this is a big deal, and after the operation data comes out and we verify, it is not too late to introduce the production line." ”

The big leader waved his hand: "Very good, you are an expert, you can take the idea." ”

"Yes. ”