In the office, after listening to Yao Gang's words, Zhao Guoyang immediately nodded and said: "What Leader Yao said is that Africa is known as the 'world's raw material bank', and its mineral resources are so diverse and the reserves are rare in the world. The most important thing is that most of Africa's mineral resources are very concentrated, which is very easy to exploit. ”

"The African continent is the world's largest producer of gold and diamonds, with reserves of chromium, cobalt, titanium, tantalum, germanium, lithium and diamond accounting for the vast majority of the world's total reserves. In addition, there are large reserves of platinum, uranium, bauxite, copper, tin, and oil and gas......"

Zhao Guoyang opened his voice in an extremely serious tone: "Strengthening cooperation with African countries in the development of mineral resources can not only break the blockade of Western countries on our rare metal ore resources in China, but also make African countries have a greater improvement in mining technology, which is definitely a win-win situation!"

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's analysis of the Tao, Yao Gang nodded with satisfaction.

Zhao Guoyang's knowledge in industrial technology and resource development is very clear to him.

Yao Gang didn't feel strange at all that Zhao Guoyang was able to say this.

After Zhao Guoyang finished telling this paragraph, Yao Gang smiled and said, "That's great, Guoyang." It seems that you already have the bottom of your mind about this trip to Africa, so let's rest assured!"

"By the way, this trip to Africa will be led by Bao Anjun, director of the ministry's Africa Department, as the head of the trade and investment promotion mission. Guoyang you and Zhang Zheke, vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, are also deputy heads. Among them, Guoyang, you also have an identity, which is the representative of the non-governmental foreign economic and trade organization......"

Yao Gang said with a smile in his eyes: "Guoyang, your 'SMS Construction Machinery Group Company', isn't there a mine hoist that is on sale?

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang was stunned.

These days, because he has not been in contact with China, he is not very clear about the sales performance of his own "SMS" company's new product - mine hoist.

At this time, after listening to Yao Gang's words, it seems that his mine hoist is selling well in China?

There were some questions in his mind, but Zhao Guoyang didn't ask anything, but just lightly bowed his head and said: "I understand, Leader Yao, in fact, not only mine hoists, but also motorcycles, firefighting equipment, all-terrain vehicles and other products are also in short supply in Africa." ”

"The all-terrain vehicle has not yet been officially approved by our three domestic companies, so it must be too late, but this motorcycle and firefighting equipment, we can go to the African continent to sell it!"

After Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, a smile appeared on Yao Gang's face.

"Yes, yes, Guoyang, if you don't say it, I almost forgot these two things, the road conditions in most parts of Africa are very poor, and where cars can't go, motorcycles can go unimpeded. ”

"I heard Director Bao Anjun of the Africa Division say that it seems that several large African countries have a great demand for motorcycles. It's just that the export markets of several major domestic motorcycle companies do not include African countries, and he can only sigh. ”

"But now, following the east wind of this trade and investment promotion group, Guoyang, you can completely fly a few products of your 'Hongda Machinery Factory' over to sell them!"

"Airlift?" Listening to Yao Gang's unconcerned words, Zhao Guoyang was stunned for a while.

You must know that the price of air freight in the nineties is very high, and a hundred kilograms of things can easily cost thousands of yuan.

If Zhao Guoyang airlifted a small number of motorcycles and fire-fighting equipment, it would be better, if he really chose to fly a mine hoist, the price would definitely not be cheap.

Now the leader's fluttering words make air transportation the same as not asking for money, Zhao Guoyang is of course a little stunned.

Yao Gang obviously also noticed Zhao Guoyang's surprised gaze, so he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Hey, Guoyang, you don't have to worry about air freight." ”

"This time, the trade and investment promotion team of our Ministry of Foreign Trade, because there are a lot of people and a lot of goods transported, the ministry has decided to charter a plane for you. ”

"Since the charter fee has been paid, the matter of air freight is naturally no problem. ”

Yao Gang patted Zhao Guoyang's shoulder happily and said, "Because I know that you may have to bring a lot of products this time, I will help you ask the captain for a total of 10 tons for you......"

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang's face suddenly blossomed.

In the early nineties, the carrying capacity of an ordinary Boeing 747 was about 150~200 tons, and the cargo weight was about 50 tons after deducting the weight of personnel and luggage.

Now Minister Yao has allocated one-fifth of the total cargo volume to Zhao Guoyang, which is too much for him.

You must know that in this trade and investment promotion group, there must be more than Zhao Guoyang, an entrepreneur.

If it is really divided by head, Zhao Guoyang can fall to half a ton of cargo weight, which is not bad.

"Leader, since the cargo capacity you gave me is so powerful, then I will take out something decent to go to Africa this time. ”

Zhao Guoyang patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, after going to Li Lao's side to report to work for a while, I will immediately go back to Songjiang City and take care of the few products at hand." ”

"If all goes well, five days should be enough for our 'SMS company' to come up with a new type of mine hoisting equipment. It's not impossible to even build a prototype of excavator equipment!"

Hearing this, Yao Gang's face showed a little surprise: "Excavator? Guoyang, when did you start working on the excavator project, I haven't heard you say it before!"

Zhao Guoyang smiled and said: "I had this idea a long time ago, but I haven't put it into practice. ”

"The design of the excavator is actually not very difficult. Because the first excavator I conceived was a small, universal excavator, I didn't need to customize the solution. As long as you make some basic settings for its functions and parameters, do some basic calculations, and draw a drawing, you can carry out trial production......"

"If we really hurry up, I estimate that all the above work can be completed in three days!"

Hearing this, Yao Gang was dumbfounded.

His eyes widened and he said, "In three days, Guoyang, you can complete all the calculation work and drawing work......?" How many assistants do you have to have?"

Listening to Minister Yao's question, Zhao Guoyang sighed slightly: "Leader, the time I just said is the time it takes me to complete all these tasks alone." ”

"If I had been given the right assistant, I think this time could be reduced by at least half!"

After Zhao Guoyang finished saying these words lightly, Yao Gang looked at him with a look that looked a little like an alien.

If it is someone else who wants to say this, not Zhao Guoyang, it is estimated that this big guy will definitely scoff.

Noticing Minister Yao's surprised eyes, Zhao Guoyang shrugged his shoulders and said in a relaxed tone: "Minister Yao, the reason why I dare to say this is also because I have confidence. ”

"In fact, before the trip to North America, I gave the SMS Construction Machinery Group of Companies a task to collect information about excavator manufacturing. ”

"It's been ten days, and I think they've pretty much figured it out. ”

Zhao Guoyang said honestly: "As long as these technicians under my command have a certain understanding of the excavator, I think the design will not be a problem." ”

"As for the problem of trial production, it is better to solve it. Immediately, I can call the Shagang Group and ask them to start preparing the materials needed for several major parts. ”

"For example, the boom, stick, bucket, rocker, connecting rod and iron components including boom cylinders, stick cylinders, and bucket cylinders in the backhoe working device can be prepared first. ”

Zhao Guoyang said confidently: "When the time comes, as soon as the official drawings of our 'SMS company' are completed, they will be sent to Shagang Group immediately." ”

"With their current production capacity, I estimate that we will be able to have all the materials we need in two days. At that time, as soon as the materials are transported to our factory, they can be directly trial-produced by splicing......"

"Isn't it easy to have problems in the way of splicing, and for industrial equipment, stability and safety are the top priorities?" Yao Gang said with some concern.

When Zhao Guoyang heard this, he explained with a smile: "Minister Yao, you can rest assured about this. This time, because of the time constraints, we will use this splicing method instead of the mold opening method. ”

"Mainly, we also want to take out the product and show the African brothers what our excavator in China can look like, not really to start work with it. ”

"As long as we pass this first hurdle, after our mass production, all parts must be molded, and in terms of safety performance, there must be nothing to say. ”

After Zhao Guoyang's explanation, Yao Gang finally let go of the worries in his heart.

He touched his chin, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, as long as Guoyang can get this excavator out for me within five days." I'll call the shots this time, and I'll give you another three tons of load allowance. Well, I didn't do you any wrong, did I?"

As soon as Zhao Guoyang heard that the quota had increased again, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

He secretly calculated in his heart: the weight of a small excavator is about one to three tons, and his first excavator type sample, because it does not need to be put into use, so the crawler frame, travel motor, reducer and its pipeline, drive wheel, guide wheel and other devices can be omitted.

In this way, the weight of my excavator prototype may not even be a ton.

Now Minister Yao has directly approved his own three tons of load capacity, which means that his "Xingtai International Foreign Trade Company" can transport a few more motorcycles......