Chapter 64: The Hidden Champion
Next, Feng Xiaochen also showed the rest of the drawings in turn, these drawings involve metallurgy, construction machinery, power equipment, etc., some are a complete set of devices, and some are just innovations in individual parts. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoFeng Xiaochen knows very well that these designs only appeared in the mid-to-late 80s in history, and no one has proposed them today.
Yan Leqin examined the drawings very carefully, shaking her head lightly from time to time and sighing, amazed at the whimsy of this grandchild. She asked Feng Xiaochen how he came up with these designs, and Feng Xiaochen only said that he had been exposed to a lot of technical information in the Nanjiang Metallurgical Hall and later in the Metallurgical Bureau of the Economic Commission, so he had such an idea. In addition, the name Wang Weilong was also used as a shield by him, according to him, these ideas were jointly proposed by Wang Weilong and some other acquaintances, but they have authorized him to sell the technology.
Yan Leqin was still a little uneasy, she pretended not to understand some of the design ideas, and asked Feng Xiaochen to explain to her, in fact, she wanted to test Feng Xiaochen's ability by the side. If Feng Xiaochen didn't know anything about these design ideas, then Yan Leqin would inevitably suspect that Feng Xiaochen was stealing the drawings on the unit for profit, which was an extremely dangerous thing and contrary to her principles of life.
Feng Xiaochen is so smart, he can't hear what grandma means. Long before he intended to sell these technologies, he had considered the doubts that others might raise, and he was not afraid of them.
"The existing rolling mill bending device, the bending roll hydraulic cylinder are directly installed in the bearing seat of the roll, and this design is easy to cause hydraulic oil leakage when working, and also increases the difficulty of changing the roll. Our design is to change the round counterbore of the curved roller block to a deep groove shape to install the cylinder head, so that the piston rod can be removed from the cylinder block without removing the cylinder bump, and at the same time, it also reduces the leakage of hydraulic oil......"
Feng Xiaochen talked eloquently, and at the same time picked up a hotel pencil on the table and drew different graphics on the notepaper, while making annotations on the side. Drawing is a very powerful thing, and whether you can grasp the key points reflects whether you really grasp the principle. With Yan Leqin's eyes, from a casual marking of the painting, you can tell whether the other party is professionally trained or improvised to carry it out.
"Kid, who did you learn from?" Yan Leqin became more and more frightened the more she looked at it, she had taken a lot of graduate students at the University of Bonn, and she really couldn't find a few who could draw pictures so elegantly. The point is that the child in front of him is not yet 20 years old, and he himself said that he has never gone to college at all, only at the level of junior high school graduation.
"Of course my grandfather taught me. Feng Xiaochen said unashamedly.
"Wei Ren ......" Yan Leqin's eyes were wet again, and she was very clear about her wife's technical skills. A scene came to her mind, under a lonely lamp, the old man pointed her grandson to draw a picture, correcting a few mistakes from time to time......
"Child, can you have such a level, your grandfather he ...... It will also be safe under the Nine Springs. Yan Leqin stroked Feng Xiaochen's hand and muttered. At this moment, she no longer doubts her grandson's ability, and when she doubts her grandson, she doubts her wife, and doubts the ancient adage that "a master makes a high disciple".
"I need to ask my assistant to check the patent documents, and if all these designs are patent-free, then I can help you apply for them right away, and you can rest assured, this is on my side." Feng Shuyi said in a big way.
"No wonder. Feng Hua smiled bitterly and sighed, "Xiaochen, I understand why you said you don't need our funding anymore. If these patents can be applied, according to your grandmother's estimates, they will be worth at least 3 million marks. OMG, 3 million marks is a super-rich man even in Germany. ”
"However, Xiaochen, you have to be mentally prepared, it is not so easy to apply for a patent, it may take a long time, and the patent licensing fee is also a very troublesome thing, if you want to get the money immediately, I'm afraid it is not realistic. Feng Shuyi reminded.
Feng Xiaochen said: "Auntie, I understand what you said, and I really don't have much time to wait. I want to ask my aunt to contact me to see if there are any companies willing to buy these technologies directly, and then they will apply for patents themselves, and I am willing to sell the technology all at once. ”
Feng Shuyi thought for a while and said: "I think there should be companies willing to buy these technologies, but if you are in a hurry to sell, then you will definitely suffer in terms of price, I estimate that they can give you half of the price, which is already very good." After all, it also takes time and expense for them to apply for patents, and there is also a certain risk of technological depreciation. ”
"I can accept that. Feng Xiaochen replied without hesitation.
This is the benefit of selling other people's technology, with a discount on the price, Feng Xiaochen doesn't feel any distress. There are many more similar technologies that he can recall, and he doesn't plan to monetize all of them, because doing so would be detrimental to discipline...... or, to put it more bluntly: easy to show flaws.
The emergence of a technology is not achieved overnight, and many technologies that appear later have a certain amount of accumulation before, and may even have been verified in the laboratories of some enterprises. If Feng Xiaochen keeps taking out technologies that others haven't finished doing to apply for patents, sooner or later he will be recognized. Although it is incomprehensible to others to go through this kind of chaotic power and strange gods, it will eventually leave him with a bad reputation in the industry.
Just from the point of view of improving his own life and that of his family, a few million marks are enough for him, and no amount of money is meaningful. Another purpose for which he wants to make money is to master some ability to change history. He understands that in order to carry out his ideas, it is not enough to rely on the power of the Metallurgical Bureau of the Economic Commission. Wealth in hand is also a form of power, and to the extent that wealth can be converted into power, it cannot be achieved by selling a little patent.
Feng Hua interjected beside him: "Shu Yi, are you saying that these companies will cut their prices by half? If so, it will be too much of a loss, and according to the highest discount rate, the income after two years should not be reduced by half." Xiaochen, I don't think you should choose this way......"
"......" Feng Xiaochen was speechless, he forgot that this third uncle was engaged in finance and was too sensitive to investment returns. He smiled and said: "Uncle, I am in a hurry to use the money now, and in a year or two, it will be worth more than 1 million marks for me." ”
"Do you need to buy appliances? I can lend you money first, and you don't have to sell your patents at a low price. Feng Hua said.
Feng Xiaochen shook his head and said: "No, the matter of buying appliances is not in a hurry, besides, I have already bought a TV at home, and it doesn't make much sense to change to a bigger one." What I want to do is to set up a business in the name of my younger brother Feng Lingyu. ”
"What kind of business?" Feng Hua asked, he was more interested in this kind of thing.
"A mechanical parts factory, or rather, a factory whose main business is the production of advanced basic parts, such as bearings, hydraulics, reducers, brakes, etc. Feng Xiaochen said.
Feng Xiaochen has been pondering this idea for more than a day or two. When he asked Feng Lingyu to be self-employed, he saved the idea of opening a factory one day. In terms of major equipment manufacturing, he thinks that his strength is insufficient, and it will not be possible for at least 10 or 8 years. But it's much easier to start with some of the basics.
In the industrially advanced countries of the West, there are many small enterprises known as "hidden champions", and their scale and output value are very different from those giants. However, these small companies can focus on the manufacture of one or two products, becoming the only professional enterprises in the world that can manufacture one product. Their products, or just a few types of bearings, or a special kind of steel, have annual sales of only a few million dollars, but they can monopolize this market and provide supporting facilities for countless large manufacturers.
What Feng Xiaochen wants to do is such a company. He knows that even in later generations, when China's industrial output value has ranked first in the world and can manufacture countless cutting-edge equipment, basic parts are still a short board of China's industry. The chicken soup articles that are transferred in the circle of friends often say that such and such parts on such and such equipment "have to rely on imports", in fact, this is the reason.
Of course, from the perspective of global collaboration, no country will produce all its own industrial accessories, and those "hidden champion" enterprises are also serving the world. It's not surprising that an American equipment manufacturer might need to go to a small business in Belgium to buy a spring or a gear. However, it's always good to be able to master more of the basics yourself. Because hidden champion enterprises can form a monopoly on specific products, their profit margins are often very high, and Feng Xiaochen doesn't want to leave all of them to foreigners to earn such high profits.
Hearing Feng Xiaochen's words, Yan Leqin's eyes lit up again. She had seen so much magic in this grandson that she was a little suspicious that it was a gift from God.
The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. As a melon eater, I always like to focus on large-scale equipment, and when I see that a 600,000-kilowatt unit can be built, I feel how awesome it is. However, people who are really engaged in industry know the importance of basic parts, and there are no basic parts with reliable performance and stable quality.
From the ideas put forward by Feng Xiaochen, Yan Leqin can feel that this grandson not only understands technology, but also understands the industrial system, and with a little time, he can become a handsome person who leads industrial development.