Feng Xiaochen didn't know that the old man sitting next to him was not the director or chief engineer of the Coal Research Institute, but the oldest deputy minister of the Ministry of Coal, who was a person in the coal industry and even the entire industrial system who could cause an earthquake by stomping his feet. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The old man's name is Meng Fanze, he is almost 70 years old this year, he has participated in many battles in the coal system, and his protégés are all over the central and local institutions at all levels, that is, Feng Xiaochen is a stunned young man who doesn't know him, and he is replaced by Wang Weilong, Cheng Xiaofeng and others, I am afraid that he will kneel down as soon as he sees him.

Meng Fanze came to the Coal Research Institute today to check the information. It stands to reason that he can let his secretary do this kind of thing, but he happened to be a little idle today, and he also wanted to move his muscles, so he left his secretary and went to the Coal Research Institute by himself. The Coal Research Institute is also an institution of the Ministry of Coal, and the secretary does not have to worry about any inconvenience for the old minister in this place.

Meng Fanzecha's information is some historical materials on coal construction in the early days of the founding of New China. These materials reminded him of those years when passion was burning, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart for a while. After checking the information, when he was about to leave the reference room, he suddenly found that a young man was concentrating on reading foreign language periodicals, which made him feel a little sorry for his talents, so he stepped forward to ask, intending to encourage the other party a few more words, in order to show the old leader's care for young people.

What he didn't expect was that although the other party was young, his tone was quite small, and he attacked the 25 cubic meter excavator project he was focusing on as soon as he came up. This project really made Feng Xiaochen say, it is indeed a leadership project, and it is a project advocated by Meng Fanze himself. Of course, Meng Fanze's original intention was not to use this project to establish a monument for himself, and the old leaders of their generation are very conscious.

His idea is that the country urgently needs such equipment, and the successful development of the 12 cubic meter excavator shows that Chinese workers have the ability, courage and determination to overcome various technical difficulties. He thought that he was already very old, that the central authorities had already put forward a demand for the cadres to be younger, and that leaders of his age would have to leave their posts one after another. Before taking a back seat, he wanted to grasp another big project with his own hands, which could be regarded as an explanation for himself.

His reasons are also quite sufficient, he has experience in grasping such large-scale research projects, and his prestige can also make this project get more support. If he retires and is replaced by a young cadre who lacks experience and foundation, the research and development of this project will be delayed for at least three or five years.

With this in mind, he put forward this proposal at the party group meeting of the Ministry of Coal, and it was immediately supported. Now that I think about it, other ministry leaders may also be based on his qualifications, and they can't bear or are inconvenient to veto his proposal. According to Feng Xiaochen's words, this kind of thing is a typical decision to pat his head, so Feng Xiaochen has already offended Meng Fanze with one mouth.

Meng Fanze was a violent temper when he was young, and his work style was extremely tough, which is why he was able to gnaw a lot of hard bones. As he got older, his temper became a little better, especially in front of young people, and he always tried to restrain his emotions and avoid being too harsh on young people. Feng Xiaochen was lucky to meet Meng Fanze at this age, if he hadn't finished those words 20 years earlier, he would have been slapped flat by Meng Fanze.

Meng Fanze's original plan was to listen to Feng Xiaochen's words, and then tell him the great truth of hard work, and educate him to learn more from the workers and masters, and not to stay in the organ and not be grounded. didn't think that Feng Xiaochen's words made him unable to refute, and some of the truths made him feel very touched. Meng Fanze is an open-minded person, and he has always been respectful to those who are convinced. Although Feng Xiaochen is young, he has extraordinary knowledge, so Meng Fanze made a gesture of turning in and asking Feng Xiaochen to comprehensively explain his views.

"As far as large excavators are concerned, the current foreign countries are mainly the United States, West Germany and the Soviet Union, which are relatively advanced in technology. The output of large excavators in the Soviet Union is higher, but the development of technology is slow, and the quality is not as good as that of the United States and West Germany, and the Soviet-style technical specifications are different from the Western technical specifications. Feng Xiaochen said.

I agree with that. Meng Fanze said. He had unconsciously re-touched the cigarette case and lit a cigarette, and Feng Xiaochen was helpless when he saw it. This is the data room of other people's units, and the data clerk doesn't care, and he has no reason for an outsider to interfere.

"In the United States, the manufacturers of large excavators are mainly BE company, Marion company, Shiyi company and several other companies, and in West Germany, it is mainly Di Maro company, whose main products are large hydraulic excavators. In addition to these largest production enterprises, there are more than 20 companies that produce large excavators around the world, and the maximum bucket capacity has reached 35 cubic meters. ”

"Yes, your profile is very solid. Meng Fanze praised.

Feng Xiaochen said: "My idea is that our country can choose the United States, Germany excavator companies to negotiate, the introduction of large-scale open-pit mines urgently needed large excavators, and at the same time require these orders must be produced by both Chinese and foreign parties, the foreign party is obliged to provide us with a full set of technical drawings and important processes, but also responsible for the training of our workers and technicians to ensure that they can master foreign advanced manufacturing technology." ”

"Wait, your idea is a bit whimsical, isn't it?" Meng Fanze said, "Why should other people's techniques be taught to you? Aren't people afraid that they will teach their apprentices to starve to death of their masters?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "I have two reasons. First, we pay, we can pay for the technology alone, and at the same time make the transfer of technology a prerequisite for the introduction of equipment. If Western manufacturers want to gain access to the Chinese market, they must exchange technology. The Chinese market is a big piece of cake, and they are not afraid to be tempted. ”

"But we also need equipment, isn't this something that is afraid of the two ends of the wolf with a hemp pole?" Meng Fanze reminded.

Feng Xiaochen said: "This is different. There is only one China in the world, and there are more than 20 companies in the world that are capable of producing large excavators. For smaller companies, survival is already a problem, do they care about the loss of technology? And for larger companies, they can't tolerate such a large order falling into the hands of a small company, because it will allow the small company to grow and become their new rival. As long as we are good at taking advantage of the competition between them, it is not difficult to open a gap between them. ”

"Well, it makes sense, just like we used to fight, we took advantage of the contradictions between the various factions of the enemy and broke them individually, so we were able to defeat the strong with the weak many times. Meng Fanze concluded that their generation came from the war years, and it is easy to use war as an analogy when thinking about problems.

"So, this is just one aspect of what you said, and there is another aspect?" Meng Fanze was not confused at all, and clearly remembered that Feng Xiaochen had said before that there were two reasons.

Feng Xiaochen smiled: "This second reason is even more interesting. Whether it is the United States or West Germany, they do not think that China will be their competitor at all. The worry that the disciples of the church you mentioned starving their masters to death does not exist in their hearts at all. They feel that transferring some obsolete technology to China does not make China a threat. I'm afraid that in your mind, you don't think China can threaten these Western countries, right?"

"......" Meng Fanze was speechless. He kept saying that Chinese are no worse than foreigners, and what foreigners can do, Chinese can do the same. But the huge technological gap between China and foreign countries also reminds him from time to time that it is very difficult to catch up with the level of foreigners, and in thirty or fifty years, China will certainly not have such an opportunity, and maybe in another 100 years, China will barely be able to compare with foreign countries, right?

This kind of understanding was extremely common among the leading cadres of those years. They want to talk about national self-confidence at various meetings, but their hearts are full of helplessness. Feng Xiaochen directly asked Meng Fanze if he had such an idea, and how did he answer it? He said that he believed that Chinese enterprises would be able to catch up with foreign countries very quickly, which was quite contrary to his will, and that he really had no confidence in Chinese enterprises and was not suitable. The only way is to smile bitterly.

Feng Xiaochen knew Meng Fanze's hardships, and he didn't press it, but said: "Old comrade, I can pat my chest and tell you, I firmly believe that we will be able to catch up with and surpass the United States and Germany within 30 years, and oppress so many companies such as BE and Di Malo that they can't survive." For now, though, we need to keep a low profile and take advantage of their lack of wariness of us to get as much of the technology we desperately need from them. Just like we just said about the problem of high manganese steel casting, if we can get Di Malo's guidance, we only need half a year or a year to overcome it, why wait three or five years?"

"Kind of makes sense. Meng Fanze was moved by Feng Xiaochen's words, he nodded and said, "Also, if you have any other ideas, you might as well say it together, let me, an old man, open his eyes, well, I'll go get a piece of paper and record it." ”

Meng Fanze got up and went to Wang Yaru to ask for a pen and paper, Feng Xiaochen inadvertently looked up at the big clock hanging on the wall, and couldn't help shouting: "Oh, it's not good, time has passed!"

Before Meng Fanze came back with a pen and paper, Feng Xiaochen had already quickly packed up his things and ran towards the outside of the reference room.

"Hey, young man, what are you running, we haven't finished talking yet!" Meng Fanze exclaimed anxiously.

"Old comrade, I'm too late, the last train is about to leave, let's talk another day!" Feng Xiaochen left the next sentence, and the figure had already disappeared without a trace.