The minibus passed through the city of Yubei and came to the Yubei Heavy Machinery Factory on the outskirts of the city. Red banners had already been hung at the entrance of the plant and on the main road in the plant, and the interpreter who accompanied the car told Albert that the banner was a warm celebration of the seminar on long-distance compressed gas transmission technology, as well as a welcome speech such as a warm welcome to the distinguished guests of Seamanz. The person in charge of Yuzhong's propaganda department is estimated to be a dirt bun, obviously welcoming foreign guests, but the banner is all written in Chinese, I don't know if it is considered to be playing the piano to the cow.

The minibus did not stop at the factory gate, and drove straight to the production area and came to a large factory located in the corner of the production area. There is also a banner hanging on the gate of the factory, and the content on it does not need to be explained by translation, it must still be those words of celebration and welcome. Three minibuses stopped at the door, and when Albert and the others got off the bus, they saw that Wang Zhenbin and his party were already waiting there.

"Everyone, you rested well last night, can you adapt to the jet lag?" Wang Zhenbin stepped forward and greeted a group of foreign guests, like the legendary neighbor Wang.

Albert and the others exchanged a few words with Wang Zhenbin, and Schleier pointed to the factory building in front of him with his hand and asked, "What, Mr. Wang, is the seminar you said held here?"

Wang Zhenbin nodded and said, "Yes, we are holding an on-site seminar. This is the final assembly workshop of long-distance natural gas compressors of Yubei Heavy Machinery Factory, we also have a product appraisal meeting in this seminar, your three companies are specialized in the production of long-distance natural gas compressors, advanced technology, rich experience, our country is still just starting in this regard, eager to get your guidance. ”

"What did you say?" Schleier's face changed, "You mean, you made your own long-range compressor?"

Wang Zhenbin said: "Yes, we have been designing and manufacturing long-distance natural gas compressors since five years ago, and the prototype has been off the assembly line the year before last, and we have been conducting industrial experiments. Not long ago, our prototype industrial experiment was finally completed, and now we are preparing to start small-batch manufacturing, just in time to catch up with the needs of China's west-to-east gas transmission project. Come on, let's go in and have a look. ”

Albert and the other three only felt a chill in their backs, they calculated all kinds of possibilities, but they did not consider the possibility of China making such equipment itself. After a short period of stunned, Maxwin was the first to react, he stood still, did not follow Wang Zhenbin to the factory, but looked at Wang Zhenbin with annoyed eyes, and asked, "Mr. Wang, what do you mean by this?"

"It's not interesting, you are all experts in long-distance natural gas compressors, and we would like to ask you to help identify our products. Wang Zhenbin said.

"You haven't said that before!" Albert snapped.

"Yes, if we had known you meant that, we wouldn't have come to China at all!" Schleier added. The three of them now understood what the Chinese meant, and it was clear that the previous written threats had not worked, so they tricked them into the scene and let them see the compressors made by the Chinese themselves to put pressure on them. Whether the Chinese compressor is true or not, at least this practice is too treacherous.

Wang Zhenbin looked confused and asked, "Three gentlemen, what do you think we mean?"

"Didn't you invite us to come over and talk about compressor sales?" asked Maxwin.

Wang Zhenbin patted his head, found an invitation card from nowhere, looked at it a few times, and then asked the three people suspiciously: "Why, isn't the invitation we sent to you a technical seminar? How can it be about compressor sales?"

"This ......" The three of them were all dumbfounded, and when they thought about it seriously, they didn't think about it, because they had already said that it was a seminar, and in addition to a three-day trip to Yubei, they had never said that it was a procurement fair? But the problem was that from the very beginning, they thought that the Chinese side was just covering their ears and stealing the bell, and came to talk to them about cooperation under the banner of a technical seminar, and who knew that it was actually a technical seminar.

But then again, even if they now know that it is a technical seminar, how can they dare to leave? The other party released a message that they had built a natural gas compressor, and whether this information was true or not, they had to find out anyway. If the other side is just bluffing, then their original price alliance strategy can be maintained, and it can even add a little more pressure to the Chinese side. But if the other party really makes a similar kind of equipment, even if the quality and performance are poor, they must also consider the problem of price reduction. People can build compressors, which means that people understand the cost situation and can calculate the price, how can they accept the ultra-high price of 140 million?

"Well, that's exactly what it says on the invitation, I think I'm a little confused, mainly because the jet lag hasn't been reversed. Albert hurriedly rounded himself and his friends together, and Schleier and Maxwain nodded in unison, and symbolically narrowed their eyes to show that they were indeed suffering from jet lag.

Wang Zhenbin didn't pursue anything further, and led a group of foreign guests into the assembly workshop. As soon as they entered the door, everyone knew that what Wang Zhenbin said was true, the scale of this workshop was very large, and it could not be felt from the outside, and when they walked in, they found that the roof was four or five stories high, and the area was no less than a football field, surrounded by all kinds of machinery and equipment, and more than half of the equipment looked very new, and the degree of modernization was better than that of the three of them.

In fact, this is also inevitable, the equipment of backward countries will definitely be newer than the equipment of advanced countries, because the equipment of advanced countries is purchased earlier, and it will not be easily eliminated before the scrapping deadline is reached. However, backward countries have not accumulated in the past, and if they want to develop, they must purchase new equipment, so it seems that the proportion of new equipment is much higher than that of advanced countries.

Albert and others have been immersed in the industry for many years, and although they are salespeople, they are not completely ignorant of production. They were able to recognize that much of the equipment in this workshop was imported from the West and was used to carry out some high-precision machining. The Chinese spend large amounts of foreign exchange to import this equipment from the West, apparently not to make small farm tools such as sickles and hoes, but to make equipment with a sophisticated level. Long-distance natural gas compressors naturally belong to this level of equipment, do not need to see the real thing, only with the scale and equipment conditions of this workshop, Albert and others already have a little faith in Wang Zhenbin's words, whether the Chinese have built a mature prototype, at least they have the determination in this regard.

A few people pulled their eyes back from the equipment, only to find that in the workshop, a flat ground was vacated, some staff were setting up chairs, and a curtain was set up in the front, probably intended to play slides during the "discussion", Albert's eyes swept over, and suddenly found a familiar figure.

"Well, isn't that Mr. Tabel, a retired chief engineer of Marbury in Italy?" Albert said to Maxwain in surprise.

"Tabel?" Max meekly followed Albert's gaze, and saw that on the edge of the temporary venue, there was a white old man chatting with a few Chinese, looking at their hot appearance, it was estimated that the white old man had been here for a long time. Maxwin also knew the old man, who, as Albert said, was a retired chief engineer of the Italian company Marbury, named Tarbel. Tabel was an authority on compressors, and before he retired, he had a reputation in the industry, and both Seamanz and Shuangluo made compressors, so Albert and Maxwin were no strangers to Tabel.

"What's going on, how did Tarbel end up here?" Albert muttered in a low voice, "Could it be that the Chinese really contacted Marbury and they planned to use Marbury's technology to make compressors?"

Schleier didn't know Tarbel, but he had heard of the name. When he heard that the Chinese had really contacted the Italian Marbury Company, he suddenly felt a little panicked, and he no longer had the calmness he had before.

"Mr. Wang, I seem to have seen an acquaintance, can I go over and say hello to him?" Albert suppressed the apprehension in his heart and asked Wang Zhenbin for instructions.

Wang Zhenbin nodded and said, "Of course, you can take a look at it casually, the seminar will not start until a while." ”

"Thank you. Albert thanked him, and strode over to Tabel, and Maxwin and Schleier didn't care about being reserved, and after signaling to Wang Zhenbin, he followed.

"Hi, Mr. Tarbel, I didn't expect to see you in China. Do you remember me, I'm Albert of the Seamans Corporation!" Albert walked over to the group and greeted Tabel loudly while giving the others an apologetic look. People chatted well, and it was indeed a little rude for him to intervene like this. But in a hurry, he couldn't care about that, and he had to figure out why Tabel was here right away.

Tarbel glanced up at Albert, and a smile quickly appeared on his face, he stepped forward, patted Albert's arm, and said, "My God, it's Mr. Albert, why did you come to China, and you came to Yubei." ”

"I've been invited to a technical seminar, why, Mr. Tabel, is the compressor we're going to talk about today made by your Marbury Company?" asked Albert very artistically.

Tarbel shook his head and said, "No, no, no, the compressor we're going to talk about today was made by these lovely young men in front of me, and if there's anything to do with our Marbury Company, it's that they use some of our Marbury Company's past patents, yes, just a few." ”