After a careful evaluation, the treatment plan for the oil spill accident on the Le Havre seashore was completely adjusted, and Daqin Group's super filtration membrane was applied to the filtration of oil decomposition products at sea and on the beach. Because the filter membrane can filter out toxic chemicals from wastewater, there are more options for chemicals used to decompose oil pollution, and some chemicals with stronger decomposition ability but certain toxicity can be used, thus comprehensively improving the efficiency of oil pollution treatment.

During these days of dealing with oil pollution, Qin Hai, Xia Yangjie and Yu Lihong and others stayed in France in order to solve problems that may arise in the use of filter membranes at any time. It stands to reason that Qin Hai, as a senior manager, has nothing to do after signing a cooperation agreement with the French Ministry of Ecology, and he can go home. However, in view of the significance of participating in the oil pollution treatment work for Daqin Group this time, Qin Hai still decided to stay in France for a few more days and advertise Daqin Group by the way.

At Qin Hai's behest, Chen Hongcheng, who was in charge of the group's overseas market operations, urgently contacted several major European media outlets, and persuaded these media to send reporters to Le Havre to interview Henlock, Flandin, Qin Hai and others with countless rhetoric and clicking pounds and francs. The Le Havre oil spill was already a hot topic, but now the involvement of mysterious Chinese companies has added a lot of tidbits to the topic.

The dazzling headline "China's Super Filter Membrane Rises to the Havre Seashore" quickly appeared in several major European newspapers, and the television media followed suit, showing the working status of the super filter membrane to the audience throughout Europe, and at the same time pushing the image of Qin Hai to everyone's eyes.

"As a Chinese enterprise with the mission of benefiting all mankind, we have been committed to developing various new technologies and products. A few days ago, when a large European company with a global market share of more than half was at a loss for oil wastewater filtration. We used our newly developed super filter membrane to solve a pressing problem for the French Ministry of Ecology......"

Facing the BBC camera, Qin Hai introduced the whole story of the incident in fluent English with a stern expression on his face to save world peace.

"Mr. Qin, when you say that the large enterprises with more than half of the global market share, do you mean the Warren Group in Germany?" The BBC's beautiful reporter flashed her beautiful blue eyes and asked Qin Hai for confirmation.

Qin Hai shook his head resolutely and said, "I'm sorry. Miss reporter, I can't reveal the name of this company, because it is against the principle of fair competition to make a negative evaluation of the ability of peers in front of the public, and as a manager of a responsible company, I cannot do such a thing. ”

"I have the utmost respect for your professional ethics." The beautiful reporter smiled and praised, and no one noticed that she had a middle finger in her hand holding the microphone quietly raised towards Qin Hai.

With more than half of the world's market in the field of filtration membranes, who else can such a company be except Warren Group? But as long as Qin Hai didn't directly name names, he didn't have to bear the notoriety of belittling his competitors. The beautiful reporter didn't know that there was an idiom in China called "pointing at the mulberry and scolding the Huai", but this did not prevent her from giving a bad evaluation of Qin Hai's discipline.

All right. Anyway, the Warren Group is not a British company, and Germany and Britain are also tearing each other down in many places, so the BBC is also happy to have an opportunity to devalue German companies.

These propaganda about Daqin Group caused a small discussion in the chemical field in Europe. It is said that the chairman of the group smashed a cup in his office after reading several media reports, and then called the person in charge of the filter membrane division over for half an hour of training. ordered it to launch products that were enough to kill Daqin Group within half a year in order to save face for Warren Group. The person in charge returns to his business unit. Naturally, I can only take Bernice and Claudon to vent my anger, these two brothers ran to Le Havre to send their faces to the countryside, and when they came back, they had to accept the wrath of the boss, which was really unlucky.

As for those outside the Warren Group, there is mixed news about the incident. The joy is to see that the high-flying Warren Group was deflated and gave everyone a sigh of relief; The worry is that a little-known Chinese company has suddenly appeared. And stepping into the European market with one foot is not good news for everyone.

From the perspective of peers, it is natural that there are fewer competitors, especially Chinese companies. It's really unacceptable to go to Europe to grab food. But for downstream users, one more choice means more room for bargaining, and Chinese products have always been known for their low prices, which also makes everyone full of expectations.

In the past, people did not accept Chinese products, mainly because the performance and quality of Chinese products were far inferior to European products, and even if the price was cheap, no one cared about it. But this time the situation is different, Daqin Group's products are compared to Warren Group, and such an important oil cleanup work is using Chinese products, what else do you dare not believe?

Filter membranes have a wide range of applications in industry, from the treatment of industrial wastewater, to municipal tap water purification, as well as liquid separation in food, chemical and other industries, all kinds of filter membranes are used. Daqin Group was an instant hit, attracting the attention of countless downstream manufacturers, and Qin Hai and others' temporary residence in Le Havre suddenly became crowded, making Henlock, Flandin and others feel speechless.

"Mr. Qin, I suddenly feel that this time I lost money, 200,000 square meters of super filter membrane, I spent a full 12 million US dollars, if I had known about the current situation, maybe I should have pushed the price down a little more." Frandin sighed and said to Qin Hai.

"Prince Flandin, this kind of behavior of yours is called crossing a river and demolishing a bridge in China, which is a very immoral behavior." Qin Hai teased with a smile.

Flandin said, "Mr. Qin, am I not the bridge?" In the past few days, you have done at least 50 transactions, and this is based on the news that we have used your Daqin Group's super filter membrane. You guys, so to speak, use me to advertise. ”

Qin Hai spread his hands and said, "Your Royal Highness, it's too late for you to regret it now, you can completely refuse to use our filter membrane, and I will return the $12 million to you." ”

"Then I will pay at least $12 billion in ecological compensation to the French Ministry of Ecology!" Frandine said angrily. "You know there's no way we're going to say no to your super filter."

Qin Hai smiled: "That's right, we are partners, so don't say anything about who takes advantage of whom." Besides, the development of our Daqin Group is also good for Prince Flandin. ”

"What's the benefit?" Frandine asked subconsciously.

"We are a professional materials group, in which some of the main raw materials of polymer materials are petroleum. I believe we will be a significant user of Saudi crude oil. Doesn't Prince Flandin like a trustworthy and close-knit user like us? Qin Hai said.

"China itself is an oil-producing country, and the demand for Middle Eastern oil is not large." "We've always wanted to open up the Chinese market, but unfortunately you haven't opened it up to us. ”

Qin Haidao: "What you are talking about is the past, China is about to usher in a period of rapid economic growth, oil demand will increase several times compared with the present, and the demand for oil in the Middle East will inevitably increase significantly." Would Prince Frankin be willing to cooperate with us on crude oil exports? ”

"Very willingly." Flandin smiled, he stretched out his hand to shake Qin Hai, and said, "I very much hope to establish a broader cooperative relationship with Mr. Qin. We can supply you with crude oil, and you can help us build desalination plants and other water treatment projects. ”

"Happy working together!" Qin Haile said happily.

At that time, China was a country with a shortage of foreign exchange, and had to rely on the export of various resource products in exchange for foreign exchange, and oil was also one of the important export materials, and the import of oil was not on the national agenda at all. But Qin Hai knew that a few years later. China's exports of light textile industrial products will increase by a large margin, and foreign trade will turn from a deficit to a surplus. At that time, the country will begin to reduce resource exports and increase resource imports, until it becomes a huge "gold-absorbing monster" that imports more than 300 million tons of oil and more than 600 million tons of iron ore every year.

As far as Daqin Group is concerned, this idea of relying on imported resources for development is much more advanced, and since the import of coal and iron ore seven or eight years ago, it has embarked on the road of exchanging industrial products for resource products. This time I met Prince Flandin. Qin Hai even had the idea of importing crude oil, just waiting for the matter of Le Havre to be completed, and then he could start operation.

After a brief exchange of views on future cooperation in crude oil imports, Frandin got up and took his leave, which had only come to hang out. Because Qin Hai was still busy receiving customers, and Flandin also had to go to the site of cleaning up the oil stain to see the work.

Qin Hai sent Flandin out of his makeshift reception room and met Yu Lihong, who was accompanied by two blue-eyed, high-nosed Westerners. Flanding knew that this must be another merchant who had come to Qin Hai to discuss cooperation, so he no longer delayed Qin Hai's time, waved his hand, and left with his subordinates. Qin Hai watched Flanding take a few steps, then turned his head to Yu Lihong and asked with a smile, "Where is this guest?" ”

"They came from the United States, they were engineers for the New York Municipal Water Company, and they wanted to talk to us about the super reverse osmosis membrane." Yu Lihong introduced happily.

"Okay, welcome, welcome." Qin Hai turned his head to the two American guests and stretched out his hand to shake hands with each other, while Yu Lihong introduced the American guests on the side.

"It's a pleasure to meet Mr. Qin, my name is Fitters, I am from the New York Municipal Water Company, and this is my colleague, ...... Setzler," said one of the leading Americans, bowing to Qin Hai.

"Setzler?" Qin Hai glanced at the American next to him, and vaguely felt that the other party's face and name were a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had dealt with for a while. He didn't say much, shook hands with the two of them, and beckoned them into the reception room.

"We are a water producer with the responsibility of providing clean tap water to residents. In the past, our production process was to use microfiltration membranes to provide primary filtration of an external water source, followed by chlorination to eliminate microorganisms from the water body. We have also tried to use reverse osmosis membranes for water filtration, but this method does not meet our needs due to the problem of filtration efficiency.

Two days ago, we learned that your company's super nanofiltration membrane can achieve a permeate flux of 20 cubic meters per square meter per day, which greatly improves the filtration efficiency. We want to know if your company is equally capable of producing high-efficiency reverse osmosis membranes. As long as we can achieve an infiltration flux of more than 10 cubic meters, we can meet our requirements. ”

Fitters simply explained his purpose to Qin Hai.

Tap water treatment with filtration membranes is an emerging process. For tap water to be drinkable, a reverse osmosis membrane with a smaller pore size than nanofiltration membranes must be used in order to filter out inorganic minerals from the water body. Conventional reverse osmosis membranes have too low permeation flux to filter out enough water in a short period of time. This limits the application of this technology. Fitters and others saw hope in the super filter membrane of Daqin Group, so they made a special trip to negotiate with Qin Hai.

"The reverse osmosis membranes we produce are indeed capable of achieving a permeation flux of more than 10 cubic meters." Qin Hai said, "However, the price of reverse osmosis membrane is still relatively high, and the application in tap water treatment is probably not very economical, have you considered this?" ”

Regarding this issue, Qin Hai did ask Xia Yangjie and them to make calculations, and the results of the calculations showed. Using reverse osmosis membranes to filter urban tap water is far less economical than traditional quartz sand filtration tanks. For a country like Saudi Arabia, which has both money and a strict lack of fresh water, it is feasible to use reverse osmosis membranes for desalination. But there is no shortage of fresh water in the United States, and New York is a city with large rivers passing through it, and the use of reverse osmosis membrane technology for tap water purification does not seem to be a good option.

Yu Lihong sat on the side, listening to Qin Hai explain these truths to the other party. I can't help but feel a little sorry for myself. Americans are willing to spend this unjust money, so what is the need for Mr. Qin to stop it? Economic vs. uneconomic. People can calculate it themselves, maybe they just want this "pie", can you manage it?

Qin Hai didn't think about this, but he felt that it was impossible to rely on the other party's momentary confusion to do business for a long time. Cooperation is about a win-win situation, and only a win-win situation can achieve stability. If possible, he prefers the other party to use Daqin Group's ultrafiltration membrane or nanofiltration membrane, and finally use chemical methods to treat inorganic substances, which is a more economical and reasonable production process.

Hear Qin Hai's words. Fitters was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to Setzler beside him. Setzler frowned and said, "Mr. Qin, you don't have to worry about this problem, as long as your reverse osmosis membrane can meet our required permeation flux, and the price is slightly higher, we can also accept it." ”

"In fact, with your water quality standards, it is enough to use nanofiltration membranes for water purification, and there is little need to use reverse osmosis membranes." Qin Hai was still making his last efforts.

"We want to be able to provide the public with higher quality tap water that meets the standard of direct drinking." Setzler said.

When the other party said this, Qin Hai couldn't say anything more, he nodded and said, "Okay, how many reverse osmosis membranes do you plan to purchase?" ”

Seitzler took out a piece of paper, wrote an equation on the paper with a pen, and said, "If the permeate flux can reach 10 cubic meters, then we need to use a total of 20,000 square meters of filtration membranes, 10,000 square meters in the first phase, and the rest in the second phase." ”

"20,000 square meters?" Qin Hai frowned, "What is your daily water supply?" ”

It is no wonder that Qin Hai would raise such a question, because Xia Yangjie and Yu Lihong have calculated cities like Beijing and Pujiang, and came to the conclusion that in order to meet the water consumption of a city, the use of reverse osmosis membrane in filtration equipment should be at least 100,000 square meters. The per capita water consumption of Americans is far higher than that of Chinese, and New York is also a large city with a population of nearly 10 million, where is 20,000 square meters of reverse osmosis membrane enough?

“……”

Fitters and Setzler looked at each other, and were speechless for a moment.

"How many water utilities are there in New York?" Yu Lihong also chimed in, he was a little suspicious that the other company's company only provided tap water for a part of New York, and if that was the case, then 20,000 square meters would be able to explain it.

"Like......" Seitzler stammered, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing the other party like this, Qin Hai suddenly became alert. Since the other party is here to discuss the procurement of reverse osmosis membranes, it is impossible to be ignorant of the company's daily water supply and the number of water supply companies in the city. The water company is not a real estate developer, and it would be great if there were three or four in a city, so how could two engineers not even answer this?

Aren't they water companies?

Qin Hai's thoughts moved, and then he looked at Seitzler's expression, and a scene suddenly flashed in his mind. He finally remembered where he had seen this Setzler, in the reception room of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This Brother Setzler is not an engineer of the New York Municipal Water Supply Company at all, he is a staff member of the US Army Materiel Command, and Qin Hai had dealt with this gentleman when he went to the United States to sell body armor.

Combined with the purchase quantity proposed by Setzler and his hesitant expression, Qin Hai smiled, where are they purchasing filter membranes for market water supply, this is clearly a military procurement case, no wonder they don't care about the price at all. (To be continued......)

PS: It's kind of two chapters combined into one chapter. In March, everything is tangled, and the update is too scummy, so let's bear with it.