"They made it?"

Albert turned to look at the men Tarbel was referring to. Among them were men and women, all Chinese, the oldest of whom looked to be in his fifties, and the youngest in his early twenties. Tarbel called them "lovely young men," and rightly so, as Tarbel himself was already a septuagenarian.

"Mr. Tarbel is our teacher. The oldest man among the Chinese spoke, and he was Zhong Zhuoyuan, the chief engineer of Yuzhong, who said: "Mr. Tabel came to our Yuzhong more than 20 years ago and taught us a lot of knowledge. ”

"More than 20 years ago?" Albert's eyes widened. What kind of story is this? Didn't the Chinese seek to acquire technology from the Marbury Company because their prices were too high? How did it go more than 20 years ago?

"Yes, more than 20 years ago. Zhong Zhuoyuan said, "At that time, China imported the manufacturing technology of 5 megawatt natural gas compressor from Italy, and the provider of the technology was Marbury, and the transferee was our Yubei Heavy Machinery Factory. The person who sent us from Italy to guide us in the development of the 5 megawatt compressor was Mr. Tarbel, who was a student of Mr. Tarbel at the time. ”

"No, no, no, you're all my teachers. Tarbel said modestly, and he turned to Albert and introduced, "Albert, you don't know, this workshop didn't exist back then, they only had a much smaller assembly shop, and as for the equipment, not to mention, I even saw old lathes from the 20s in their workshop." However, these lovely Chinese used these most rudimentary equipment to digest the technology of our Marbury company and build a 5 megawatt natural gas compressor that meets the standard. As far as I know, the compressor was sent to a natural gas region in western China to be used for many years without any quality problems. ”

"So, what's going on now?" Maxwin joined the conversation, already sensing that something was wrong.

Hearing Maxwin ask about the current situation, Tarbel's eyebrows fluttered even more, and he said, "You may not believe it. Five years ago, these Chinese friends of mine suddenly contacted me and said that they planned to use the technology imported from Marbury to develop a 20 MW long-range natural gas compressor with their own intellectual property rights, and they also said that they would hire me as their technical consultant. I told them at the time that with their technical prowess, it was unrealistic to develop a 20 megawatt compressor. They only introduced 5 megawatts of technology, and Marbury has not developed 20 megawatts of technology to this day. ”

"And then?" Albert asked impatiently.

"And then they actually designed a 20-megawatt compressor, and built a qualified prototype, which is a miracle. So, Albert, guess who designed this fascinating compressor. Tabel asked, as if he were a treasure.

"Is that you?" asked Albert, perfunctorily, now in a state of confusion that he had no interest in guessing dumb riddles. Tarbel is a technocratic and Italian, and obviously will not help the Chinese lie. He said that Yuzhong has designed a 20-megawatt long-distance natural gas compressor and built a qualified prototype, so this matter must be true. Tabel is not a person who has never seen the world, and the word "qualified" in his mouth represents a very high standard, which means that the Chinese have not only built compressors, but also high-level compressors.

Tarbell didn't notice Albert's distraction, he smiled and said, "Haha, of course it's not me, how can I still be the chief designer of the model at my age, I'm just a consultant at best." ”

"So, is this respectable gentleman?" Albert pointed at Zhong Zhuoyuan again, in his mind, age represents seniority, since Zhong Zhuoyuan is the oldest Chinese, the chief engineer of the model should also be him.

"No, no, no, it's not him, although I also have a lot of admiration for Mr. Zhong's technical skills. Tarbell laughed, apparently expecting Albert to guess wrong. Without waiting for Albert to guess again, he pulled a woman in her 30s in front of him, and said solemnly to Albert and others: "The chief designer of this 20 megawatt compressor is this beautiful Ms. Jiang Yan, she is the most courageous and talented Oriental woman I have ever seen. Oh, cake seller, why didn't I meet Ms. Jiang when I was younger, if I could be 30 years younger now, I would definitely pursue her like crazy. ”

"Mr. Tarbel, you're joking. Jiang Yan was embarrassed by Tarbel's Western-style sensational way, she raised her hand and brushed the hair on her ear, smiled slightly at Albert and others, and said calmly: "Nice to meet you, I am Jiang Yan, the chief designer of Yuzhong's 20 MW long-distance natural gas compressor, but the design of this equipment was jointly completed by our colleagues in the team, and Mr. Tarbel also gave us a lot of guidance." ”

"It's an honor to meet you, Ms. Jiang. Albert stumbled. Jiang Yan has a self-confidence that can't be concealed, she doesn't seem to feel that she is so young to be able to complete the design of such a key model is nothing great, and this feeling of calm and calm is the most terrifying. It's like a classmate getting a perfect score, if he is ecstatic, or complacent, it means that his talent is nothing more than that. But if he doesn't feel anything, as if a perfect score is a matter of course, then you'd better kneel for him, because his realm is beyond your reach.

The conversations between the two of them were all in English, and Schleier listened to them very well beside them. Seeing that Albert was faintly showing signs of kneeling, Schleier stepped forward and asked, "Ms. Jiang, take the liberty of asking, Mr. Tarbel said just now that you have made a prototype of the compressor, can we observe it?"

"Absolutely. Without waiting for Jiang Yan to answer, Zhong Zhuoyuan took over without hesitation beside him, "The Development and Planning Commission and the equipment company held an on-site meeting with us today to show the experts the prototype we manufactured. However, the prototype did not stay in the assembly workshop, but in our test workshop, if you are interested, I can take you there now. ”

Zhong Zhuoyuan said this, of course, not on his own, but in accordance with Wang Zhenbin and Feng Xiaochen's instructions in advance. It must be inserted here that Feng Xiaochen carefully designed such a scene, with the purpose of using the fact that Yuzhong had already built a compressor to force companies such as Seamanz to reduce prices, as long as Albert and others did not enter the brain, they should know that it is completely impossible for them to maintain such an ultra-high price of 140 million US dollars when the Chinese have been able to build qualified prototypes. The lethality of one prototype for the three enterprises is far better than the 100 letters from the Development and Planning Commission.

For Yuzhong, it is not a pleasant thing to use its own products to force competitors to reduce prices. In the humble opinion of Ren Changbao, the director of the factory, and Zhong Zhuoyuan, the chief engineer, it is best for Simands and other companies to bite the bullet and not reduce the price, so that the Development and Planning Commission and them will completely turn their faces, so that all the compressor orders for the west-to-east gas transmission can all fall into the hands of Yuzhong, even if it is calculated according to the production cost of Yuzhong, it is also a big business of tens of billions of yuan. If you want to calculate according to the quotations of companies such as Seamanz, it can almost reach the scale of tens of billions of dollars.

However, the ideal is the ideal, Ren Changbao and Zhong Zhuoyuan still understand that their products are not so good, and the production capacity is still limited, so it is impossible to eat such a large order, and the country must first purchase a batch of compressors from foreign companies such as Seamanzi, Shuangluo and Tongyong. At least in the first and second phases of the West-East Gas Transmission Project, it mainly relies on imported compressors, and Yuzhong can only win a few orders to get a chance for actual verification.

Since it is impossible to squeeze out a few foreign companies, then Yuzhong can only cooperate with Feng Xiaochen to act, and being able to force foreign devils to reduce prices can be regarded as a contribution to the country. What's more, when Feng Xiaochen asked them to act, he also made a verbal promise, that is, if Simands and other companies agreed to reduce the price, the State Development and Planning Commission could save a lot of money, and he would personally come forward to win a large amount of technological transformation investment for Yuzhong as a reward for Yuzhong.

With such a promise, can the cadres of Yuzhong still not be motivated? Zhong Zhuoyuan dragged Jiang Yan, Tabel, and others to the venue to chat, the purpose was to fish Albert and the others over, and then let Tabel personally tell them about Yuzhong's construction of compressors. Now it seems that this effect has been achieved, and it is enough to take Albert and them to see the test scene in the experimental workshop.

Albert and his entourage followed Zhong Zhuoyuan, Jiang Yan and others to the experimental workshop, and finally saw the compressor prototype that Tabel said. It's rumbling right now, simulating real conditions. Around the test bench, there are all kinds of test equipment, such as pressure measurement, vibration measurement, noise measurement, and so on. Busy next to these test equipment is a group of technicians with young faces, who are skilful and attentive, and do not pay attention to Albert and other uninvited guests.

Without the instructions of Albert and others, the technicians they brought had already dispersed around the test bench and began to observe the prototype with professional eyes. The layman looks at the excitement, the insider looks at the doorway, and the technicians who accompanied Albert are all senior engineers in their respective companies, and no hint of falsification can escape their eyes. Zhong Zhuoyuan dared to bring these people to the experimental workshop and let them see the actual test site, which in itself represents an attitude, that is, he is not afraid that the other party will see the flaws, because there are no flaws at all.

Albert, Maxwin, and Schleier looked at this scene, and their hearts became colder and colder.

Qi Cheng said

But one more chapter! It's autumn, and the new orange is on the market