The next day, the Farming Machinery Expo opened as scheduled.

After a brief opening ceremony, the exhibitors took their seats and began to prepare for the crowd. Learning from the lesson of the previous day, Cui Hongchun specially borrowed seven or eight translators from the embassy and distributed them to the booths of various enterprises to avoid a shortage of translators. The personnel of all enterprises are full of spirits, waiting for the grand occasion of the market again.

But who would have expected that this side was ready, but the expected scene that the audience flocked to did not appear at all. I saw that in the booths of those large international manufacturers, there were crowds of people and people, but the Chinese booth in the corner of the exhibition area was deserted. Occasionally, a few people passed by, but they just cast a surprised look at the "China" sign on the booth, and then hurriedly walked away.

"What's wrong with this?" Zhu Detai looked at this scene and shouted in surprise, "I wanted to collapse my table yesterday, why is there no ghost person today?" Are these foreigners sick? ”

"It's just that yesterday we didn't set up the exhibition, they rushed to see it, and now we are all ready, yes, they won't come, isn't this a trick?" Zhou Hongwen also shouted, their gang used to have meetings together, and they were used to shouting about something, and in the witty words of later generations, it was called yelling to be healthier.

Cui Hongchun also muttered a little in his heart, he stood outside the booth and observed for a while, and came back to his subordinates and said: "Don't worry, everyone who came to visit today are customers, they must have gone to see the machinery first, after all, what we exhibited is only accessories." As for yesterday, the people who came to visit and consult with us were all exhibitors. In my opinion, it is enough for us to do a good job as an exhibitor. ”

"Minister Cui is right." Zhu Detai also came out and stood with Cui Hongchun. Thumbs up and praised, "A minister is a minister, and looking at the problem is profound, and people like us can't understand these twists and turns, so we're all in a hurry here." ”

"What a big fool you are, how did I hear about it. You got a diploma at the party school? Cui Hongchun teased with a smile.

"Haha, isn't that to meet some intellectual requirements, to deal with errands blindly." Zhu Detai said humbly.

Since no one came to visit the Chinese exhibition area, Cui Hongchun simply notified a few people to take turns on duty, and the rest of the people were free to visit the exhibition area, taking this opportunity to learn the advanced technology of foreign enterprises. Enterprises like Shannan Agricultural Machinery Factory and North Agricultural Machinery Factory, although the products brought out this time are only basic parts, they themselves are also producing large machinery, and they have a look at the achievements of their peers in this kind of large-scale expo. It's also a very valuable thing.

Qin Hai sat on the booth for a while, and felt very bored, so he took a leave of absence to Cui Hongchun, and took Ning Jing and Qin Shan to wander around the exhibition area. He is not interested in agricultural machinery products, but more just to open the eyes of the two girls and find an opportunity to practice spoken English. The two of them are about to enter college, and having such an experience is very beneficial for their development in college.

In a corner of the exhibition area. The durability test of the basic parts carried out by the organizing committee is ongoing. Through the glass cover, the noise of the test is still clearly audible. However, the merchants who came and went did not notice what was happening here, and in their opinion, the source of the noise may have been a generator room, or an air-conditioning room, in short, a place that had nothing to do with the products on display at the fair.

Only a handful of people. From time to time, they will look at a set of inconspicuous digital displays next to the test point, on which a string of numbers are constantly beating, only those who know how to know that these numbers represent the durability of the basic parts being tested, which are converted into hectares after being tested on the machine.

"Kennan's ploughshare life has increased again compared to the last time it was shown. Now the number is 140 hectares, and I think they will be able to reach at least 160 hectares or more......"

"I heard that they used a new type of steel, and the cost of the ploughshare increased by more than 30%, which is completely uncompetitive."

“…… The company brought ceramic rotary tillage this time, and the test results have now reached 240 hectares. ”

"Ceramic knives are more of a concept, no one can solve the problem of insufficient ceramic toughness, if you use such knives, you can only pray that you don't touch the stones when plowing the field."

"Have you heard? The Chinese also brought a ceramic base piece this time, which is a disc harrow. ”

"Of course I heard about it, and to be honest, I'm interested in this product."

"Yes, I've always wondered how they solved the problem of cutting edges for ceramic knives. In fact, the best application area for cutting ceramic knives is not raking blades, but table knives. ”

"Haha, the price of such a table knife must not be cheap, right?"

“……”

Similar conversations are taking place among people within many companies, who, as industry insiders, know what the quality of the basic parts means. Compared to large tools, the price of basic parts seems to be cheap and seems to be insignificant. But in fact, the purchase of large machinery and tools is one-time, while the basic parts have to be constantly supplemented, which is a typical "small product, big market".

The pattern of the basic parts market was relatively stable in the past, and the main market was basically divided by more than a dozen large Western enterprises, and the remaining small products in the corners and corners fed some small and medium-sized enterprises. At this expo, there was a sudden dark horse in China, which launched its own new products in various types of basic parts, and the performance indicators marked out were staggering, which could not be ignored by people in the industry.

The first day of the exhibition passed like this, and the performances of the various Western companies at the exhibition were remarkable, while the Chinese delegation could only be described as a crowd. When they returned to the hotel, everyone's faces were a little gray, only Qin Hai and the two little girls were happy, talking and laughing while walking, looking very heartless.

"Xiao Qin, what's so happy?" Cui Hongchun couldn't help but pull Qin Hai to complain a few words.

"I took the two of them around the booths, and now they are comfortable communicating with foreigners in English. By the way, Xiao Ning also made a German friend, who is also a girl, and the two of them made an appointment to keep in touch. Qin Hai explained with a grin.

"You can do it. All the pen pals have gone abroad? Cui Hongchun sighed with emotion, and then lowered his voice and asked, "Xiao Qin, what do you think of our performance at this exhibition?" Why do I think that foreign merchants don't pay much attention to our Chinese products? ”

"Really?" Qin Hai asked casually, when he walked around the venue, he didn't hear the exhibitors talking about Chinese products in private. So he thinks Cui Hongchun's statement that others don't pay attention to Chinese products is a senseless worry. However, thinking that Cui Hongchun had been guarding the stall and might not know about these situations, he smiled and said, "Minister Cui, don't worry, you only see two feet of mud when you get out of the water, and the good show is still to come." ”

"What's going on?" Cui Hongchun reprimanded angrily.

Qin Haidao: "Minister Cui, do you think I'm playing around at the venue?" Actually, I went to see the basic parts of other manufacturers. The life test of the basic parts carried out by the organizing committee is still ongoing. So far, more than half of the products have been out, and our products are still on the list. In another day, I guess the situation should be clear, and then it will be our turn to sing. ”

"Really? More than half of the products are already out? Cui Hongchun finally had some joy on his face.

"Let's calm down and wait for another day, at most the day after tomorrow, our booth should be lively again." Qin Hai predicted optimistically.

In fact. As soon as the exhibition entered its second day, the number of products left on the list was less than one-tenth. The vast majority of the basic parts tested have already shown significant wear and tear to the point of their ultimate life.

The basic parts brought by the Chinese delegation with surfacing process have all been tested, and the service life shown by the test is basically similar to that of similar foreign products. But even so, this result is enough to make some international agricultural machinery dealers tempted, because in the case of the same durability and life, the price of Chinese products is very advantageous.

It's surprising. These are the products that remain on the list and have not yet finished testing. Of the 16 products, 13 were provided by the Chinese delegation. More and more agricultural machinery manufacturers and dealers are gathering around the test points, looking at the rising numbers while silently reciting the product names and the endurance values so far:

Shannan brand cultivator shovel, carbon steel shovel body. zirconia coating, 421 hectares;

Blue Point rotary tillage blades, carbon steel blades, titanium nitride coating, 335 hectares;

North disc harrow, high manganese steel rake body, titanium nitride coating, 289 hectares;

Brother disc harrow, zirconia harrow, 623 hectares......

……

"The cake sellers, what the Chinese say is true, their rake pieces can really reach a life of 300 hectares!" Hibbs stood in front of the digital display screen and said dumbfounded to Dalton, the chief engineer of Tolfsen who had just arrived from France.

Dalton said: "Mr. Hibbs, shouldn't we be more concerned about the ceramic rake flakes they produce from zirconia?" I note that the service life of such a rake blade has reached 623...... No, it's already 624 hectares. You said that their rakes have a sharp edge. ”

"I swear by my finger hair, their ceramic rake blades are very sharp." Hibbs held up his gauze-wrapped finger and said depressedly.

"But how did they do it?" Dalton Road.

Hibbs shrugged his shoulders and said, "How do I know, I'm not the chief engineer." Also, let me remind you, Mr. Dalton, that metallic rakes are more competitive, and you should think about why they were able to make a durable 300-hectare rake from high manganese steel. ”

Dalton was well-informed, and he said disdainfully: "It's very simple, don't you see, they used titanium nitride to make a coating on the surface of high-manganese steel, this process is called plasma spraying, which is generally used in aerospace." The Chinese have always liked to pursue this kind of honor, but I bet they can't ask for less than $40 per rake, otherwise they will lose a lot. (To be continued......)

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