Albert and the others left. They come with a domineering attitude, and when they leave, they are disgraced. The specific details of the supply of natural gas compressors to China will have to wait for formal negotiations between the two sides to determine, but the quotation of about 30 million US dollars per unit will basically not change, at best, it is about how to calculate the cost of maintenance and installation, and the FOB price of the CIF price, etc., which is not enough to worry about.

The frustration of having the idea of cutting prices by up to 10% and ending up being cut by 80% is unparalleled. The three people know very well that the Chinese are engaged in a yang scheme, but even if they see it, they can only accept it, because the consequences of not accepting it are even worse. It is true that if the three companies want to go hard with China and resolutely do not export compressors to China, then the Chinese can only use their own compressors, which may delay the progress of the West-East Gas Transmission Project, and may even cause a series of troubles because the quality of the equipment is not too hard. But what good will the Chinese have in trouble for these three companies? When the Chinese solve all these troubles, their long-range compressor technology will become very mature, and may even exceed the level of these three companies, at which point they will really lose their pants.

It's just a compressor market, maybe not that important. What's more, Chinese companies will learn more from the process of developing compressors, and then gain the ability to compete with international giants in other markets. This is how Simands, Tongyong, and Shuangluo have all come to be, and Albert knows very well how many derivative technologies can be generated by the development of a large product.

All they can do is find a way to cut off the idea of developing compressors for the Chinese. Even if you can't do this, it's good to be able to slow down the pace of the Chinese. It is precisely because of these considerations that Albert, Maxwin and Schleier finally reached a consensus, and after asking their respective companies for instructions, they jointly proposed to the China Development and Planning Commission the intention of greatly reducing prices.

"Albert, do you think the Chinese will stop their R&D work because of this?"

On the plane back to the capital from Yubei, Maxwin asked Albert in a tired tone.

"I don't think it's going to be possible for them to stop, at best it's just a bit of a reduction in the intensity of their investment. Albert said.

"However, for this result, the three of us lost at least $2 billion. Maxwin said gloomily.

"We don't have a choice. Albert said, "The Europeans are too comfortable, that's why the Japanese and the Chinese catch up so quickly." If I'm not mistaken, that's how the Americans left you Britain behind. ”

As he said this, he glanced at Schleier, who was sitting not far away, with his eyes closed. Maxwin glanced at Schleier as well, and then glanced back at Albert, feeling a sour water in his heart. Isn't it, in the 19th century, the British Empire was so glorious, whether it was the United States or Germany, it was just a small follower of the British Empire. But then, the United States rose, Germany also rose, but our Great Britain declined day by day. However, don't be too nervous, when the Japanese rose up in the sixties and seventies, they gave you a slap in the face. Now the Chinese are also about to rise, a country of nearly 1.3 billion people, once the rise means, everyone will soon see.

Not to mention how Albert and others felt sorry for themselves, after learning the news that several foreign companies had promised to cut prices significantly, the whole Yuzhong was boiling. Although the compressor project is only a business direction of Yuzhong, the so-called "long-distance natural gas compression transmission technology seminar" is hyped up in the whole plant, and everyone communicates with each other in private, and they understand the origin of the matter. Now I heard that foreigners had to bow to China and promise to reduce the price because they saw Yuzhong make a compressor, and a sense of pride sprouted in everyone's hearts:

American cattle are not cattle, German Seamanz cattle are not cattle, British ...... Uh, well, even if Britain is not at first glance, people are still old industrial powers, okay. But these foreign devils were frightened by the compressors that we made in Yuzhong, crying and shouting and agreeing to reduce the price, for fear that we would rob the market.

"Niu, Yubei is worthy of being an old industrial base, it is really too good. This is Feng Xiaochen's emotion.

At this time, he was sitting in a luxurious small private room in the Spring Restaurant in Yubei City, chatting with his graduate students. Qi Ruicang went to Yubei China Merchants Bureau to take a temporary post, but he stayed while hanging, and also became the deputy mayor and director of the Political Research Office. Wang Zhenbin and Feng Xiaochen came to Yubei to fight with foreigners, and three of the 84 strategy class stayed in Yubei. Taking advantage of the weekend, Xie Keli, Ding Shikuan and Yu Rui, who worked in the capital, came to visit the class, and the six students of the strategy class gathered again, and it was inevitable to talk about the economic development of Yubei in recent years.

"It's not easy, I remember when I first came to Yubei to take up a temporary job, the loss of enterprises in Yubei was as high as more than 90%, and the workers were generally laid off and rested at home, and it was said that Yubei had become the largest workers' resort in China. This time, I saw that Yubei's economy was thriving, the city was neat, and the shops on the street were much more lively, which was all due to Lao Qi and Xiao Qi. Yu Rui said with emotion.

Feng Xiaochen hurriedly humbled and said, "It's mainly Lao Qi." I only worked in Yubei for two years, and at that time, the state-owned enterprises had not yet achieved full extrication. The changes over the years were all done here by Lao Qi. ”

"I didn't do anything. Qi Ruicang also said modestly, "Lao Yu laid a good foundation in front, and later although he returned to the capital, but also did not give us Yubei enterprises to find projects, we have several of the largest enterprises here are Lao Yu's equipment companies to help turn around losses, each enterprise is tens of thousands of employees, these companies can turn around losses, for our Yubei Municipal Government, but it is a great burden to lighten." ”

"Lao Qi, don't be modest. Feng Xiaochen said, "When you were working in China Merchants, you attracted more than 1 billion yuan of investment for Yubei City, and you personally introduced dozens of projects, and countless projects were introduced. Let's just say that the American doctor you brought in, Chen Xuan, the container factory he ran is now one of the leading enterprises in Yubei, and the container output accounts for more than 20% of the world's total. ”

Speaking of Yubei Container Factory, it is indeed one of Qi Ruicang's achievements. Qi Ruicang went to the United States out of his own pocket to attract investment, and met Chen Xuan, a doctor who studied port engineering in the United States. Qi Ruicang was clever and said that Chen Su returned to China to start a business and founded a container factory in Yubei. Feng Xiaochen helped Chen Su solve the financial problem, and also helped him find Shao Qi, an executive deputy factory director in charge of production.

Shao Qi is a cadre of the Hongshan Port Construction Group, who was dismissed from his post because of the Paiwoheng project, and his future in the system is bleak. Feng Xiaochen took a fancy to his ability, and knew that he had been wronged for the interests of the country, so he strongly persuaded him to join Yubei Container Factory and develop outside the system. Shao Qi was indeed a capable person, and after arriving at the container factory, he took up the lead in production management, so that this new enterprise, which was cobbled together by several loss-making state-owned enterprises, quickly established production order, doubled its output, and showed strong competitiveness in the international market.

Hearing Feng Xiaochen talk about his political achievements, Qi Ruicang waved his hand and said, "This is not my credit alone. When the container factory was introduced, you also helped. There is also Lao Wang, who helped us approve a lot of projects at the Development and Planning Commission, Sister Yu's Women's Federation supported us with a lot of women's entrepreneurship projects, Lao Xie helped us contact various funds to help us get out of trouble at the Ministry of Finance, and Lao Ding ......"

"It seems that I didn't contribute...... Ding Shikuan said in a hurry. Wang Zhenbin, Yu Rui and Xie Keli all work in ministries and commissions, and they can benefit Yubei. Not to mention Feng Xiaochen, the equipment company has helped countless equipment manufacturing enterprises in Yubei City over the years. Only Ding Shikuan works at the Academy of Social Sciences, and he has no position or power, so he really can't say that he will be of any help to Yubei.

Qi Ruicang said with a smile: "How can it, your Lao Ding is now a member of the highest-level think tank, and the theory you put forward about the reform of state-owned enterprises and the path of gradual development has been cited by the leaders in three days." To tell you the truth, our Yubei is an old industrial base, and there are a large number of old state-owned enterprises, and on the issue of the reform of old state-owned enterprises, the theory put forward by your old Ding has given me a lot of inspiration. We have learned from you the restructuring of some of the old state-owned enterprises, the privatization or mixed ownership of the operation, and the introduction of a modern enterprise management system in the state-owned enterprises that are still controlled by the state. Since we're all old classmates, I won't pay you tuition. ”

"In fact, my understanding of the reform of state-owned enterprises is also very superficial. Moreover, I was able to put forward these theories thanks to the opportunity provided to me by my boss. This time it was Ding Shikuan's turn to be modest.

Among the 6 students in the 84-level strategy class, he and Qi Ruicang were the only ones who did theoretical research, and later Qi Ruicang came to Yubei to take up a temporary post and was also involved in practice. With the help of Feng Xiaochen, he was arranged to Qinzhou Heavy Machinery Factory to do research on the reform of the management system of state-owned enterprises, and later went to some other enterprises and obtained a lot of first-hand information.

After returning to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from the enterprise, Ding Shikuan devoted himself to research, wrote a large number of academic papers, policy research and several monographs on the reform of state-owned enterprises, and became a well-deserved authority in this field. Government departments at all levels will refer to Ding Shikuan's theoretical viewpoints when formulating policies on the reform of state-owned enterprises, and Qi Ruicang said that many of his practices have been learned from Ding Shikuan, but this is really not a lie.