"You say, what's going on!"

In the office of the general manager of the subway engineering company in Yicheng, the capital of Heyang Province, Han Nanbin, the general manager, threw a stack of newspapers on the table and yelled at Jiang Zhong of the Huoyuan Metro Project Engineering Department and Yu Shiluo, the director of the company's technical department, who were trembling in front of him.

This is a new newspaper published by several national media today, without exception, published reports on the technical seminar of domestic shield machines. According to these reports, Chen Yu construction machinery company in the country took the lead in completing the design of large diameter shield machine, dozens of domestic authoritative experts after listening to the report of Chen Yu company, all believe that this design to fill the domestic gap, to reach the international advanced level, the design ideas are novel, reliable performance, price concessions...... The following 300 praise words are omitted, and it can be summed up as impeccable, and whoever refuses such a product is the number one fool and national sinner.

If it was just these contents, it wouldn't be enough to make Han Nam-bin furious. In the second half of each report, it is insinuated that this new product has been treated unfairly when participating in the bidding for subway engineering equipment in a certain place in China. For example, a subway engineering company in the north proposed that the rated jacking force of the jacking control system must exceed 8.0 kN when bidding, and an authority attending the meeting pointed out that this requirement was completely unnecessary. The reporter then revealed that the index of Chenyu company's shield machine is 75,000 kN, and the German Pumai is 81,000 kN, so the question is, is this requirement specially designed for the German Pumai?

If what the reporter said in the report is still a little flickering, then the "editor's note" distributed by some media is a red fruit. These editors' notes pointed out: In the minds of the leaders of certain units, the concept that foreign goods are inevitably better than domestic products is deep-rooted, and they have the conditions to use foreign goods, and they have to use foreign goods if they do not have the conditions to create conditions. Then a central document was brought in, saying that a certain leader had repeatedly proposed to strengthen the sense of self-reliance and national self-confidence, but the leaders of some of our units went against the grain and came up with all kinds of ridiculous standards in an attempt to keep out the country......

Some of these reports and editors' notes were posted on the second and third pages, while others were directly posted on the front page, which is obviously very important. Although the report did not directly point out the names of the river railway company and Huoyuan Metro, if you are more concerned about this matter, it is still easy to take a seat.

So, who are more concerned about this matter? At least the leaders of Ha Duong Province should be included. Some reports pointed out that the unit involved was "a subway engineering company in the north", and there are really few companies in China that can be referred to as such. Just now, a leader in charge of the province called Han Nanbin and asked if the incident in the newspaper was related to the river railway company. Han Nanbin was frightened into a cold sweat, he neither dared to admit that what was said in the report was himself, nor did he dare to lie that it had nothing to do with him, because who knows if the reporter will shake out more information, and then he will add a charge of deceiving the leader.

After finally fooling the leader, Han Nanbin asked Jiang Zhong and Yu Shiluo to come to see him immediately, and he wanted to knock on the heads of these two people and ask them if they could do anything.

"Mr. Han, listen to my explanation,......" Jiang Zhong stammered, "Huoyuan Metro, we were originally scheduled to use the shield machine of Prometheus in Germany, and we have also conducted several rounds of contact with Prometheus, but there are still some differences in price, and it has not been decided for the time being." This Chenyu company was killed halfway, and we didn't expect it......"

"I know about this matter, you pick the important thing to say!" Han Nanbin impatiently interrupted Jiang Zhong's narration.

"Yes!" Jiang Zhong replied, and then continued to say: "The state requires that all large-scale equipment procurement must be made by bidding. We originally found two foreign companies and two domestic companies to accompany the bid. The two foreign companies were greeted by Promethe, and the price of the products they took out was too high, so it was obvious that they could not win the bid. As for the two domestic companies, they have not yet had mature products and are not competitive at all in front of Prometheus. ”

"Yes, yes, these two domestic companies were contacted by me and Manager Jiang, and I said in advance that they would accompany the bid, and they had no opinion. Yu Shiluo also agreed.

Han Nanbin frowned, but did not say anything. He also knew about this process, and Jiang Zhong and Yu Shiluo didn't need to say it again. These two people are talking so nonsense, just because they haven't had time to digest the news just now, and they are busy looking for excuses in their hearts at this time.

"Chenyu Company came to bid by itself. Because we are open to tender, there is no way to refuse. I asked Director Yu to analyze the products of Chen Yu Company, Director Yu told me that the product advantages of Chen Yu Company are very obvious, if it is according to the regular bidding, Prometheus Company may lose. Jiang Zhong said.

"How is this possible?" Han Nanbin raised his eyebrows, "What kind of company is Prometheus, it is a world-class construction machinery company." What kind of Chenyu company, we seem to have used their excavators and pump trucks in the past, and the quality is said to be okay, but compared with Promethe, can it be the same thing? Especially the shield machine, they can take it as a private company in China?"

Yu Shiluo grinned, not knowing what to say. The Mr. Han in front of him also worked in the front line of engineering back then, and his impression of domestic equipment and imported equipment was also formed at that time. In the era when Han Nanbin was a technician, imported equipment definitely had the advantage of killing domestic equipment, if it were not for the shortage of foreign exchange in the country, all units had to purchase domestic equipment, I am afraid that no one would not be willing to replace all the equipment with imports.

However, this is already the old yellow calendar after all. In the past 20 years, the introduction of a large number of foreign advanced technology, the performance and quality of domestic construction machinery have been significantly improved, such as excavators, bulldozers and other conventional equipment, the performance of domestic brands and imported has not been much different, imported equipment at best is a beautiful appearance, the cab has audio, air conditioning, the chair is leather, but this has a hydrogen sulfide use!

The price of domestic equipment is half lower than that of imported equipment, and the price of maintenance parts and labor costs are only a fraction of that of imported equipment. In addition, perhaps the construction of foreign engineering companies is more civilized, not as barbaric as the domestic engineering team, imported equipment is often very squeamish, marked with a load of 5 tons, you can only load 5 tons, install a 30 tons on the nest, this is still Tianli is gone?

This time, the shield machine that Chen Yu Company brought to the bidding is the same. Yu Shiluo is a knowledgeable person, after reading the technical information, he knows that the other party has mastered the key technology, and the shield machine he took out is definitely comparable to Promai, but the price is 40% lower than that of Promai. Prometheus's shield machine is 200 million yuan, but Chenyu's quotation is 120 million, which is enough to save 80 million.

Don't think that you only need a shield machine to build a subway line. In fact, the shield machine is a kind of fast-moving consumer goods, and the service life of a shield machine is about 10 kilometers. In addition, the TBM's tunnelling speed is limited, usually between 10 and 30 meters per day, which is three or four kilometers a year. If a 20-kilometre metro is to be built, and if the construction period is limited to two years, four or five EPBs will have to work at the same time. In this case, each shield machine saves 80 million yuan, and the cumulative savings are very considerable.

With this understanding, Yu Shiluo once made a report to Han Nanbin, asking if he could consider using Chenyu's domestic shield machine, even if it was to use one to try the effect first. Who knows, Han Nanbin didn't listen to his explanation at all, and directly put a sentence, saying that the subway project is a hundred-year plan, and there must be no negligence, the level of domestic equipment, he can't believe it, Chen Yu Company wants to find a place to do experiments, although to find another company, the river railway company will never be this guinea pig.

Han Nanbin has a domineering style, and he says everything in the company, he speaks, and Yu Shiluo is no longer silent. There must be risks in using domestic equipment, and if the leader does not agree to it, if he insists on doing it, there will be problems in the future, even if it is only a delay of a few days, this responsibility will have to be borne by himself. As a technical director, I am a good and decent person, with a high income, a light job, a beautiful wife, a smart son, and such a beautiful life, why bother to take on such troubles?

As for whether there will be problems with Prometheus' equipment, Yu Shiluo doesn't have to worry about it. Even if there is a problem with Prometheus's equipment, no one will make irresponsible comments, because ...... All of us firmly believe that if there is a problem with the Prometheus equipment, it must be the wrong problem, and Prometheus will not be at fault. Because of the delay in the construction period due to problems with Prometheus' equipment, he, the technical director in charge of the introduction of the equipment, did not have to bear any responsibility.

With such a mentality, Yu Shiluo began to discuss with Jiang Zhong how to kick out Chenyu Company in the bidding. Chenyu's products are indeed advantageous, but they are not impeccable. As long as you want to find something, there is nothing you can't find. For example, why do you wear a hat? Why don't you wear a hat? Why is your hat red, why is your hat green, hey, it doesn't seem right......

According to Yu Shiluo and Jiang Zhong's original thoughts, Chen Yu Company was kicked out, and this matter was over. Don't forget, our construction site is still using your excavators, concrete pump trucks, you dare to offend Party A, believe it or not, when we bid for other equipment, there will be no part of you.

But who would have thought that this Chenyu company didn't seem to know the rules very well, and actually found the national equipment company, and joined forces with the equipment company to open such a technical seminar. It is said that it is a seminar, and no one with a discerning eye can see that this is clearly a condemnation meeting, and the spearhead is directly aimed at the bidding plan of the river railway company, which caught the river railway company by surprise.