Chapter 60: Receiving the Welfare of the Traverser
Xiao Feng's three sentences actually helped Director Hao save 400 marks, and this news became a hot topic of discussion in the delegation that night. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Including Luo Xiangfei, everyone went to see Hao Yawei's newly bought Leica camera, and after carefully identifying the slight scratch on the body, everyone thought that it was really cost-effective to spend 400 marks less to buy this sample camera. Everyone fully envied Hao Yawei's good luck, and then turned their eyes to Feng Xiaochen, who was sitting on the side yawning:
"Xiao Feng, you are so powerful, you can even find such discounted goods!"
"Xiao Feng, the next time you go out to buy, you must help us find discounted things!"
"Xiao Feng, let me tell you first, where do you see a discounted four-speaker tape recorder, you must help me keep it. ”
"By the way, there are no clothes for making samples, it's okay if it's a little dirty......"
Everyone's interest in this suspected defective product was so high that Luo Xiangfei finally had to call Feng Xiaochen out and tell him not to be swayed by everyone, and not to look for discounted goods wherever he went. "This is insulting to the national character", this is Luo Xiangfei's characterization of this incident.
"It's really Director Hao who wants that camera so much, so I asked the salesperson if there were any discounted samples...... Feng Xiaochen explained to Luo Xiangfei embarrassedly.
"Director Hao, you did a good job. Luo Xiangfei hurriedly affirmed, "I mean, don't be too deliberate...... , especially some of the requirements put forward by Director Liu, some of which are too low-grade to the national character. ”
Feng Xiaochen nodded: "Well, I'll pay attention, Director Luo, don't worry." ”
And so the episode passed. Hao Yawei, who bought the Zhongyi camera, was in a happy mood, and during the delegation's stay in Germany, he has been acting as a full-time photographer for everyone, taking a lot of beautiful photos, which is a later story. As for Hao Yawei's favor for Feng Xiaochen in the following years, not to mention.
The next day, the delegation, led by Li Bo, arrived in Bonn, the capital of West Germany, by train, and stayed at a hotel called Carney. After Li Bo completed his guide mission, he returned to the embassy, after all, he still had his own job, and it was impossible for him to accompany the delegation around every day.
After sending Li Bo away, Luo Xiangfei convened a meeting and arranged the next work:
"Secretary Li helped us contact two consulting companies in Bonn, and we went to visit and negotiate on Monday. Based on our experience at LEM company, we need to be mentally prepared for the outcome of the negotiation. Today and tomorrow, Xiao He and Xiao Feng, the two of you have to work hard, flip through business directories, phone numbers, etc., to see if you can find more consulting companies and get in touch with them. If the three consulting companies contacted by the embassy are not good, we need to contact more companies.
As for the other comrades, you can take a tour around the hotel, try not to go too far, and don't get too tired, so as not to affect the follow-up work. ”
His later instructions are actually a bit redundant. He sent He Lili and Feng Xiaochen, two people who knew German, to check the information, even if the other people wanted to go out shopping, no one could lead the way, what else could they do except walk casually next to the hotel?
Luo Xiangfei asked Feng Xiaochen and He Lili to find other consulting companies, which fell into Feng Xiaochen's hands. In addition to looking for consulting companies, he also checked the addresses and telephone numbers of several research institutes and patent firms, secretly copied them, and prepared to find an opportunity to go around alone. As for the private matter, he plans to contact the patent agency in Germany to see if he can sell a few drawings he brought.
It would be a pity if knowledge 40 years ahead of its time could not be turned into wealth. In his previous life, Feng Xiaochen was a technical official who commanded and participated in the development of many major equipment. He has some unstructured technical information in his mind, some of which are new products that appeared in later generations, and some of which are individual utility models. These technologies were inventions and innovations in the early 80s, and if they were sold to companies that knew the goods, they should be able to sell them at a good price.
Selling such patented technology, Feng Xiaochen does not have a little psychological burden. Many of these technologies were originally invented by Western manufacturers, but the time when they invented these technologies was a few years later or more than ten years later, and Feng Xiaochen now took them out and sold them to manufacturers who were still groping in the dark, which could be regarded as collecting a little benefit from the traverser.
Feng Xiaochen had to do this because he was so short of money. Hao Yawei couldn't afford a Leica camera, and all he lacked was a few hundred marks. For Feng Xiaochen, what he wants to do is far from buying a camera, but to build a platform that can realize his ambitions, and the money he needs is not a few hundred marks, but hundreds of thousands, millions or even more marks or dollars.
Of course, Feng Xiaochen would not expect to build a huge technological empire with these technological fragments alone, all he needed was to find the first pot of gold. He believes that as long as he has the start-up capital and the wisdom of a traverser, he can create countless miracles.
Feng Xiaochen has been preparing this plan for some time. In the middle of this plan, there is a small shortcoming, that is, Feng Xiaochen is not good at mechanical drawing, or in other words, in the absence of CAD, CAXA and other software, he does not know how to draw a mechanical design drawing. In this regard, Wang Weilong provided him with timely help, Feng Xiaochen described his ideas in sketches, and Wang Weilong helped him draw a standard mechanical design drawing with skillful techniques. When Feng Xiaochen came out this time, there was a stack of drawings drawn by Wang Weilong in his luggage, and now the problem he had to solve was how to sell these drawings and get the first pot of gold in a fast and safe way.
Selling drawings and collecting money are extremely troublesome things, and the trouble lies in Feng Xiaochen's inability to do this openly. Once the sale of patents is discovered by the unit, he will face extremely harsh investigation and disciplinary action. As a state cadre, all your achievements belong to the state, so how can you sell them privately for money? Not to mention selling them to enterprises in capitalist countries.
In those days, the technicians in the research institute would face prison time when they went to provide paid technical services for township enterprises. Feng Xiaochen sold the technology to foreigners, this crime is so great that it can be regarded as a book.
How can you hide it?
Feng Xiaochen lay in bed and couldn't sleep all night. Well, let's assume it's because his jet lag is still not reversed.
On Monday, it was still Hu Zhijie, Liu Yanping and other three people who were looking after their homes in the hotel, and Luo Xiangfei took the rest of the people to the first consulting company to negotiate the entrustment. The reaction of the other party was the same as that of Lyme, they had a deep interest in the purchase of hot rolling mill equipment, but when it came to technology transfer, they began to hesitate, saying that they needed to consider it and communicate with familiar manufacturers before they could give a reply.
On Tuesday, the second company was approached and there was no satisfactory progress.
On Wednesday, Feng Xiaochen teamed up with He Lili and got in touch with another consulting firm. Luo Xiangfei led people there, and after another round of rhetoric, everyone dragged back to the hotel with tired steps.
"Xiao Feng, Xiao He, the two of you are the hardest, let's rest early. ”
In the lobby of the hotel, Luo Xiangfei looked at Feng Xiaochen and He Lili and said with concern. During the negotiations in the past few days, others were able to speak in shifts, while the two of them had to be responsible for the translation work from beginning to end, not only translating the delegation's Chinese into German, but also helping the other side to translate German into Chinese.
"Thank you, Director Luo, for your concern. Feng Xiaochen agreed weakly, and walked in the direction of the elevator.
As soon as she took two steps, she bumped into Liu Yanping, who was walking towards them, and beside her, she was followed by two people, an old man and a young man. The old man was an old lady, with an Oriental face, who looked like she was in her 60s, with gray hair, but still in good spirits. As for the little one, it's just a little Lori about 10 years old, with red lips and white teeth, black eyes, and slightly golden hair, which seems to have some oriental blood, and is not a pure Oriental.
Seeing Feng Xiaochen, Liu Yanping called out to him, and then asked, "Xiao Feng, I remember that you are from Nanjiang Province, right?"
"Yes, I'm from Nam Giang Province. Feng Xiaochen replied.
Liu Yanping kept the old lady next to her and said: "This old lady is an overseas Chinese in Germany, and she said that she has an acquaintance in Nanjiang Province and wants to inquire about us. I don't know much about Nanjiang either, no, it just so happens that you are here, why don't you let her talk to you and see if you can help her find the acquaintance she said. ”
"Well, okay. Feng Xiaochen agreed, then turned to the old lady, hesitated, and asked in Chinese, "Old lady, where is the person you are looking for in Nanjiang?"
"That's right...... the old lady said in a gentle tone, "Actually, I'm not sure if he's still in Nam Giang province." He is an old man of mine, a native of Nam Giang Province, who studied in Germany in his early years and later worked for a time in the Krupp factory. In 1945, after China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he returned to China and took up a position in the government's Resources Committee. After the defeat of the national government, he refused to go to Taiwan Island and stayed on the mainland. After that, because of the Iron Curtain, I never heard from him again. ”