"So far, only two companies have come to participate in the tender, one is Japan's Sanri Steel and the other is China's State Nuclear Power Corporation. The project committee approached both companies and found that they had their own merits. In terms of the opinion of the majority of the members of the project committee, they prefer to choose Chinese companies. ”

In the conference room of the Hinkke Point Nuclear Power Project Committee, the chairman of the committee, Ruiz, reported to Cabinet Secretary Larman, who had come to hear the progress of the project. In the early stage, the project committee has held several rounds of consultations with Chinese and Japanese companies, and has some preliminary cooperation intentions, and Ralman came to listen to the report on behalf of the cabinet.

"I'm curious to know why we can't build this nuclear power plant ourselves?" Larman asked.

"Because ......" Ruiz didn't know where to start for a while, and hesitated for a moment before choosing the simplest answer: "Because Britain does not have third-generation nuclear power technology." ”

"Even Chinese can have such technology, why don't we have it? Do you mean to say that our level of technology is not as good as China?" asked Ralman, half skeptical and half condemning.

Ruiz smiled wryly, knowing that the Minister Ralman, a professor of economics at Oxford University, had been elected to the new cabinet as Minister for Energy, after being known for proposing several very beautiful economic models on global climate change. This is said to be the world's most prominent expert in energy economics, but he actually knows nothing about energy problems, and has made many jokes. As for the idea of letting the British build their own third-generation nuclear power plants, it is not the most outrageous of his jokes.

"Mr. Larman, the UK has been abandoning nuclear power technology research for many years, and this may be due to some very clever decisions, which I have no right to judge. But I can tell you unequivocally that the UK does not currently have the capacity to build a third-generation nuclear power plant, and I don't think it will have in the future. Ruiz said.

Of course, this was a mistake that came before I was in charge of energy policy, and I should not comment on it. Larman said with a serious expression. From Ruiz's answer, he also knew that he had put on another oolong and said some layman's words, but he felt that his specialty was in energy economics, and whether he knew nuclear power technology or not did not matter to him.

"If that's the case, then I think we should choose American technology or European technology. Asian companies, even Japanese companies, cannot be trusted with the level of technology compared to the United States and Europe, let alone China. Lahrman made a new suggestion.

Ruiz explained: "The United States has abandoned the manufacture of nuclear power equipment, and they have sold patents for third-generation nuclear power to the Japanese and Chinese, respectively. France is the only country on the continent that can build a third-generation nuclear power plant, but their technology is not in line with our expectations, and we cannot assess whether France's third-generation nuclear power technology is safe. At present, the only countries that can provide third-generation nuclear power technology that meets our requirements are China and Japan. In contrast, we prefer to adopt Chinese technology, because they have already started construction of four reactors in China using this technology, and we believe that the Chinese have more experience in this area. ”

"Is their new nuclear power plant operational?" Rahman asked.

"Not yet. ”

"That's it. Since their new nuclear power plant hasn't been commissioned yet, why do you think they have enough experience?"

"This is compared to the Japanese, who have not built a single third-generation reactor so far, and their technology is only on the design drawings, and there may be various unforeseen problems in specific applications. The Chinese have obviously encountered these problems and have experience in solving them. What's more, the Japanese have not solved the leakage problem at the Fukushima nuclear power plant until now, how can we trust their capabilities in nuclear power?"

"The Fukushima incident was just a coincidence. I once wrote an article about this, which was published in The Economist magazine......"

"Uh, well......" Ruiz was speechless. It was a frustrating thing for a layman to command an insider, but he could not help but accept Ralman's instructions, because the investment in the Hinkhorn nuclear power plant ultimately needed to be allocated by the cabinet. In addition, the conditions of the Chinese side and the Japanese side are indeed different, and there are some members of the committee who support the choice of Sanli Steel, and Lalman's view is not isolated.

"Please arrange for me to meet with the negotiators from the Chinese and Japanese sides separately, and I want to hear their own statements. Larman confessed.

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Ruiz replied respectfully.

The negotiating team sent to Britain by CNNC has two leaders, one of whom is Deng Jingming, who is in charge of commercial affairs, and the other is Feng Lintao, who is in charge of technical affairs.

Feng Lintao is a good hand in technology, and now he is a world-renowned authority on nuclear power technology. But when it comes to business negotiations, Feng Lintao is completely a rookie, and with his mind that is good at scientific calculations, he really can't understand the deceit on the negotiation field.

Some time ago, the Chinese team had several rounds of contacts with the Hinkke Point Nuclear Power Plant Project Committee, and they talked about technical issues. Feng Lintao was like a fish in water on such occasions, talking eloquently, and conquered a group of British nuclear power experts, including Ruiz. Ruiz said the project committee was more receptive to Chinese companies, in large part because of his appeal to Mr. Feng. Of course, if the technology introduced by Feng Lintao is not advanced enough, Ruiz and they will not be tempted.

This time, the project committee informed the Chinese team that British Cabinet Minister Lallman was going to meet with the team, and Deng Jingming did not dare to slack off, and immediately approached Feng Lintao to discuss the meeting strategy with him.

"Lin Tao, this meeting is very different from the previous ones. Listening to Ruiz, the cabinet minister named Larman was more inclined to Sanli Steel and seemed to be a little biased against us. Deng Jingming said.

"Europeans have always been like that. "They look down on Asians." Among Asians, they trust the Japanese more and discriminate against the Chinese. Ruiz is a technical person and understands the development status of international nuclear power technology, so his attitude towards us is relatively fair. I'm not surprised to say that Ralman is biased against us. ”

"But we have to reverse his prejudice and make him realize that our technology is more advanced and reliable, and Sanli's technology is not as good as ours. Deng Jingming said.

Feng Lintao said lightly: "This is also easy, right? The technical indicators of our two companies are placed there, as long as you are a knowledgeable person, you can know who is superior and who is inferior at a glance." ”

Deng Jingming smiled bitterly and said: "This is the problem. Ruiz told me that this Lahrman was a complete layman, not to mention that he didn't understand nuclear power, and he couldn't even figure out hydropower and thermal power. If you talk to him about thermal efficiency, safety factor, etc., he will definitely not understand. ”

"Don't understand? How is this possible?" Feng Lintao asked with a glare, "Isn't he the minister in charge of energy, how can he not understand these technologies?"

Deng Jingming said: "This question is not something we need to consider, think about it, what can we do to convince him?"

Feng Lintao was a little worried this time: "Old Deng, you know, I only understand technology, and I can't understand other things." Communicate with Ruiz and them, I'm fine. Now you get a minister who doesn't understand technology at all, and I don't even know what to say to him. ”

Deng Jingming said: "I know you don't like those fancy things, but sometimes, business negotiations have to be a combination of virtual and real, and you need to have real dry goods, and you also need to have a virtual packaging." In this regard, in fact, I am also rushing ducks to the shelves, and it is okay to barely deal with it, and I am not sure about it when I talk to their ministers. ”

"What then?" Feng Lintao asked.

Deng Jingming said: "Didn't you say that your cousin was in England during this time? I want to ask him to help us." Mr. Feng's name, I have heard of it a long time ago, if I can invite Mr. Feng to help in this matter, I will be sure. ”

Feng Lintao said: "Regarding this issue, when I met my cousin a few days ago, I talked to him, and he also gave me some suggestions. However, if we directly ask him to come forward to help us negotiate, do we need to ask the leader for instructions on this matter?"

Deng Jingming said with a smile: "I won't tell you, asking Mr. Feng to come forward is exactly the leader's instructions." Before we set off, the leader specifically explained to me, saying that Mr. Feng was in Europe during this time, let's negotiate with the British, if there is no problem, there is no need to trouble Mr. Feng. But if you encounter any difficult things, you can ask Mr. Feng for help at any time. The leader also said that Feng is always the old leader of our equipment system, and there is no doubt about consciousness, and his ability is even more obvious to all. ”

"So that's the case!" Feng Lintao suddenly laughed, "I'll call my cousin." He's been in England all this time, and I guess that's what happened to him. Don't look at my cousin is no longer the general manager of the equipment company, he has always been concerned about the little thing in our equipment industry. ”

"Speaking of which, I still wonder. Deng Jingming said, "How could Mr. Feng resign because of such a small incident at the Ruishan Power Plant? The accident at the Ruishan Power Plant has no direct connection with the equipment company, and even if an official needs to take responsibility, it will not be Mr. Feng's turn, right?"

"I don't know. Feng Lintao shook his head blankly, he really didn't understand Feng Xiaochen's layout, he only knew that this matter was requested by Feng Xiaochen himself, not what his superiors thought of him.