Uchida's commercial sensibilities were unparalleled, and after the news of the Japanese explosion reached Britain, Ralman no longer mentioned the matter of cooperating with the Japanese, and instead agreed with Ruiz and others to accept the China Nuclear Power Corporation as the general contractor for the Hinkke Point nuclear power plant. Of course, China Nuclear Power Corporation alone cannot take such a large project, and many sub-projects in the project need to be subcontracted to other companies, including Chinese equipment manufacturers, as well as manufacturers from the United States, France, Germany and other countries.

After determining that he had no connection with the Hinkke Point Nuclear Power Plant, Uchida led the team of Sanri Steel to leave. Considering the technological accumulation of Sanli Steel, the British proposed to the China Nuclear Power Company that they hoped to subcontract about 10% of the business in the project to Sanli Steel, so as to learn from its strengths and make up for China's shortcomings.

Before leaving, Uchida Yu went to the hotel where the Chinese team was staying alone and asked to meet Feng Xiaochen by name.

"What? Uchida wants to see me?"

Hearing Feng Lintao report to him, Feng Xiaochen couldn't believe his ears.

"Brother, did you see him?" Feng Lintao asked. To be honest, for Uchida You's request to meet Feng Xiaochen, Feng Lintao's surprise in his heart was far greater than Feng Xiaochen's. With his straight man's emotional intelligence, he really can't understand why a loser wants to meet his competitors, according to Feng Xiaochen, he has been fighting with Uchida Yu for nearly 30 years, shouldn't the two sides have a deep hatred?

Feng Xiaochen thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Since someone came to the door in person, I definitely want to see him." I can roughly guess what he wants to say to me. The character of the Japanese is also quite interesting, when they fight, they don't show a little affection, they want to put their opponents to death, but after defeat, they can immediately adjust their mentality, and when they are prisoners of war, they can become the most disciplined prisoners of war in the world, no wonder Europeans want to say that the Japanese are economic animals. ”

Hearing that Feng Xiaochen agreed to meet Uchida You, Feng Lintao immediately called his assistant and asked him to rent a small conference room in the hotel and arrange for Feng Xiaochen and Uchida You to meet there. Feng Xiaochen's Japanese skills are good, and he doesn't need to ask for an interpreter to meet Uchida Yu. In view of the fact that Uchida Yu came alone, Feng Xiaochen also rejected Feng Lintao's suggestion to arrange an assistant for him, and also went to meet Uchida Yu alone. He doesn't have to worry about Uchida Yu becoming angry after his failure, what kind of revenge he will take against him, Uchida Yu is already over 60 years old, if he really wants to fight alone, Feng Xiaochen will definitely not lose to him.

"Mr. Uchida, it's been a long time. ”

Seeing Uchida Yu walk into the conference room, Feng Xiaochen, who arrived first, stood up, took the initiative to step forward, and stretched out his hand to Uchida Yu. Seeing this, Uchida Yu also took two steps, stretched out his hand, shook Feng Xiaochen, and then bowed deeply to him, replied a few greetings, and made a set of Japanese etiquette to the letter.

After the politeness, the two sides took their seats. Feng Xiaochen didn't know Uchida You's purpose when he saw him, so he didn't rush to speak, just smiled slightly, and waited for Uchida Yu to speak.

"First of all, allow me to congratulate you on your award to the general contracting rights for the Hinkke Point Nuclear Power Plant. Uchida Yu spoke in a very routine manner.

Feng Xiaochen said, "Thank you, Mr. Uchida, for your congratulations. As far as I know, the British side is also very appreciative of Sanli's technology, and when signing a contract with the Chinese nuclear power company, it specifically requires the nuclear power company to entrust no less than 10% of the business to Sanli to complete. In the future, we will be partners in this project, and I hope that we can work together happily. ”

"I hope so, too. "However, I'm afraid I won't see the cooperation between the two sides." ”

"What's ......" Feng Xiaochen was stunned for a moment, Uchida Yu's words sounded a bit gritty, could it be that Lao Nei planned to apologize for his disembowelment because of the failure of the bidding? Isn't this ancient custom extinct in Japan?

Uchida Yu didn't expect Feng Xiaochen to have such a brain hole, he said calmly: "Leading the team to the UK to bid this time is the last effort of my career. Success or failure, when I return home, I will retire. I had hoped that this negotiation would bring my career to a successful conclusion, but unfortunately I fell through. ”

So that's it......

Feng Xiaochen breathed a sigh of relief, and then politely comforted: "Mr. Uchida, the success or failure of a negotiation cannot say anything, after all, there are many factors that determine the success or failure of a business negotiation, and some of them cannot be reversed by manpower. Mr. Uchida is a senior in the equipment manufacturing industry, and your abilities and achievements are obvious to all. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Feng, for the compliment. Uchida said, "However, in this negotiation, I knew that I could not do it, and I wanted to reverse the disadvantage of Sanli through my own efforts." Now it seems that I am still too conceited, and the gap between Sanli and China Nuclear Power Company cannot be bridged by my efforts. In fact, this is also the gap between Japan and China, since China's GDP surpassed Japan two years ago, I should know that the Japanese century in Asia has ended, and the future hegemon of Asia is the Chinese. ”

"Japan's per capita GDP is still far superior to China's, and China still has a lot to learn from Japan. Feng Xiaochen said. Even though China is making all-round efforts and surpassing Japan in terms of total GDP, Japan is after all an old industrial and technological powerhouse, and still has advantages in many areas that China cannot match. This time, the State Nuclear Power Corporation won the Xinke Point Nuclear Power Plant project, but many of the key equipment may have to be imported from Japan, and the British side asked the nuclear power company to subcontract no less than 10% of the business to Sanli, which is also interested in Sanli's large number of core technologies.

"Japan's advantage could have been maintained for a longer period of time. If it weren't for the short-sightedness of the Japanese government and companies, they would not have fallen to where they are now. Uchida Yu sighed and said, seeing that Feng Xiaochen had the intention of interjecting, he hurriedly waved his hand, stopped Feng Xiaochen, and said, "This topic should be left to historians to discuss." Mr. Feng, I came to visit today because I have a personal matter, and I would like to ask Mr. Feng for help. ”

"Oh, what kind of personal matter?" Feng Xiaochen was a little puzzled, he really couldn't think of any personal matters that Uchida Yu could ask him for help, and why did Uchida Yu think that his friendship with Feng Xiaochen could be so good that Feng Xiaochen was willing to help.

"What I'm going to say is very simple, and I think Mr. Feng might be interested as well. I would like to ask Mr. Feng to come forward and acquire Iketani Manufacturing. ”

"Acquire Iketani Works!" Feng Xiaochen was really surprised this time, "Mr. Uchida, hasn't Pondya Manufacturing been merged by Sanli Steel?

Uchida Yu nodded and said, "Iketani Manufacturing was indeed merged by Sanritsu, but its business is still independent and can be spun off from Sanritsu's overall business system. In that year, Sanritsu acquired Iketani Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in order to acquire Iketani Manufacturing's high-pressure vessel technology so that it could be applied to third-generation nuclear power equipment. Now that Japan's domestic nuclear power projects have been shelved, the Hinkkake Point nuclear power plant project is Sanritsu's last straw.

The failure of our bid means that Sanli's third-generation nuclear power strategy is completely bankrupt, and the billions of dollars that Sanli invested in this project in the early stage have been wiped out. I estimate that in order to make up for the loss, Sanri will divest the assets of the original Iketani Manufacturing and sell them. I hope that Mr. Feng can organize Chinese chemical equipment companies to take over. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped, looked at Feng Xiaochen expressionlessly, and waited for him to make a statement.

Feng Xiaochen understood what Uchida Yu meant after a short period of stunned, he quietly listened to Uchida Yu's narration, but he was not in a hurry to express his position, but looked at the other party with the same expression as Uchida Yu, as if he wanted Uchida Yu to continue.

The two of them stared at each other for a full two minutes, and Uchida Yu showed a self-deprecating expression on his face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Feng, I understand what you mean. Do you want to say that Iketani Manufacturing is now a lost dog, and I came to ask you to buy it, which is a little too presumptuous. ”

Feng Xiaochen also smiled, partially accepting Uchida's self-evaluation, and he said: "Mr. Uchida, with all due respect, the interaction between our two sides in the past 20 years or so does not seem to be pleasant. Iketani Manufacturing, especially the one represented by Mr. Uchida, has always been a competitor of the China Equipment Industry Corporation, and in several exchanges between our two sides, Mr. Uchida's team can be said to have done everything, and it is not too much to say that the other party is their mortal enemy, right?"

"That's true. Uchida nodded and said.

"Iketani Manufacturing lost to a Chinese company in the coal chemical project, and then defected to Sanli Steel, and the driving force behind this should be Mr. Uchida, right?"

"I don't deny it. ”

At that time, Mr. Uchida's idea was to continue to compete with Chinese companies by leveraging the power of Sanritsu. In particular, the bidding for the Hinkke Point nuclear power plant this time, and the articles in the British media that slandered Chinese manufacturing, I think should also be the work of Mr. Uchida. ”

"I didn't write those articles, I paid British journalists to write them. "Uchida Yu is very single, so he admitted it directly.

Feng Xiaochen said: "The two of us have fought to this extent, and now Sanli has lost, which is equivalent to Chi Gu being defeated, but you came to the door and suggested that I go to buy Chi Gu in order to give Chi Gu a way out, do you think I will agree?"

Uchida Yu nodded earnestly and said, "I'm sure you'll agree." Because Mr. Feng, you are a very calm manager, and you will not be blinded by hatred. What's more, the contradiction between Iketani Manufacturing and the equipment company is nothing more than normal business competition, not hatred at all. As far as I know, Prometheus and you also have deep contradictions, but you still went to great lengths to buy Prometheus, so what reason do you have to refuse Iketani?"