As soon as he entered the hotel room, Khedira anxiously asked everyone, "Everyone, what do you think of what you saw today?" ”

"Mr. Khedira, why do you think the Chinese let us visit their laboratory?" Ralph asked rhetorically.

"It's clear that they want to demonstrate to us that they are perfectly capable of leaving us and developing the technology for ethylene plants on their own." Frederick said.

Khedira nodded: "There is no doubt about this, Chinese officials want to get ethylene technology from us, but we strongly disagree." So they staged today's scene to warn us. I've known this from the beginning. The question now is, is it possible for them to actually develop ethylene plant technology on their own? ”

Several subordinates looked at each other, and then nodded in unison.

"I feel that their research on industrial steam turbines has reached a very advanced level, and I have been thinking about the blade shape that they have proposed, and I think that even if there are still some problems with this shape, at least their research direction is completely correct." Frederick said.

Of course, he didn't know that the steam turbine blade that Zhang Yihua casually showed them was jointly proposed by top experts in the Chinese navy and aviation systems. Zhang Yihua is engaged in aero engines, and has done a lot of research on blade angle of attack and turbulence. Another designer is naturally Liu Xianghai, who is an expert in propellers, and he can draw a five-blade fan that can sweep the world. Whether this blade can be used in this turbine has yet to be verified, but from a bluffing point of view, it is more than enough.

Ralph also said: "In terms of cryogenic materials, I feel that they still have some experiments that they have not done at the moment, but they have already broken through some key technical difficulties. If they are given enough time and money to experiment, they should be able to completely solve the problem of cryogenic materials. ”

Several other German experts also put forward their views from their own perspectives, and the general conclusion is the same, that is, the Chinese are indeed engaged in the research and development of ethylene equipment by themselves, and the entire research work has made breakthroughs. In a short period of time, it is entirely possible for the Chinese to develop ethylene plants with independent intellectual property rights.

Of course, as technical experts, they also know that there is still a certain distance between technological breakthroughs and final industrial production, and there is still a lot of work to be done before technology, equipment, materials, etc. After all, China is a country with an industrial base, and it should have enough ability to solve these technical problems.

"It's hard for me to understand, why do they insist on getting the technology from us when they've already done it?" "I'm willing to bet that if their officials were willing to give that Mr. Zhang more budget, he would have been able to develop a better industrial steam turbine than our ALK." ”

"The research ability of the Chinese is very strong, and the experts we see today are no worse than our ALK experts." Ralph also commented. He chatted a lot with An Zixuan in the laboratory and found that An Zixuan's theoretical foundation is very solid, and he has mastered several foreign languages such as English, German and Japanese at the same time, and such an excellent expert is rare in ALK.

"Today, Lin told me that the matter of introducing technology was brought up by their officials. In the lab, I noticed that Ann was very unwelcoming to us, and it seemed that our presence caused his loss. So, I wonder if there is a difference between the thinking of the Chinese officials and the thinking of the technicians. Khedira analyzed. When Lin Zhenhua first said these words to him, he was still a little skeptical, but after visiting the laboratory, he began to believe what Lin Zhenhua said, because technical things are indeed difficult to fake.

"It must be like this." "Their officials like our German technology, and their technicians want to be able to develop their own technology, because then they will get a bonus." However, it is the officials, not the technicians, who ultimately decide on the allocation. ”,

"So, is that Lin an official or a technician?" Frederick asked.

"He's just a small business manager who does the dictates of the officials." "I think he's an unassertive man, and his only idea is to please his superiors without offending the scientists." ”

"Yes, he's just a wretch!" Everyone deprecated in unison. These days, they were forced by Lin Zhenhua to be very strong in the negotiations, and now they have finally seen through Lin Zhenhua's true face, it turns out that this person is so tough, just to show the officials. In front of the scientists, he had a completely different face. Isn't this clearly a two-facedness?

Ahh Lin Zhenhua sneezed wildly in the remote northwestern suburbs of Beijing, and he was really a model of being shot while lying down.

"Well, gentlemen, now we need to discuss, given the current situation, whether we should agree to the Chinese's conditions and transfer 300,000 tons of ethylene technology to them." Khedira said.

"Why?" Ralph asked, puzzled, "Mr. Khedira, we can clearly see that the purpose of inviting us to visit the lab today is to force us to compromise and transfer our technology. If we compromise, won't we be playing into their plan? ”

Khedira said: "Gentlemen, as you just said, even if we do not provide these technologies to the Chinese, they will develop them independently in the near future. So, it's no longer necessary for us to keep these technologies. ”

"I think it's good to delay them a little bit." "At their current pace, they're going to have at least two or three years to complete these techniques, and with that time, we can take them a little bit more away." ”

"No, no, no, everyone, you're all wrong." "Have you ever wondered what their officials would do if we provided technology to the Chinese now?" Conversely, if we do not provide technology to the Chinese, what will their officials do? ”

Ralph thought for a moment and said, "Judging from what Mr. Ann said today, the appropriation for their lab has been reduced because their officials are currently trying to get technology from us. If we had provided them with the technology, we would have shut down the labs altogether, because their officials would no longer need these scientists. ”

"Well, that makes sense." Frederick also added: "I support Mr. Ralph's view. If we don't provide these technologies to China, we will force their officials to value the role of scientists, and give them more grants so that they can develop the technology sooner rather than later. ”

Khedira said, "Exactly. If we don't provide the technology, we will force their officials to give more money to scientists.

As you said, their scientists are very good, and if they get these grants, they could have developed very mature technology. The most frightening thing is that they will form an excellent scientific research team through these research works, which will pose a long-term threat to us. On the other hand, if we agree to their terms and transfer the technology to them, their officials will abandon the follow-up research after they get the technology. ”

"I see." "You mean we're going to get them into the habit of getting technology from us until their scientific team completely disintegrates. ”

Khedira smirked, "Yes, to get into this habit, I want to convince their officials that it is far easier to get technology from us Germans than it is for them to do research themselves." ”

"I don't like your way of conspiring." "At the very least, Mr. Zhang is a very good expert on industrial steam turbines, and I don't want to see him lose his job because of the short-sightedness of Chinese officials." ”

Khedira laughed, "No, I don't think he'll be out of work." If his lab closes and we hire him to work in Germany, I think with his talent, he will be able to do even better in ALK's lab. ”,

"It would be great if that was the case." Frederick celebrated.

After waiting for you to say a word, the strategy was agreed. Khedira used a long-distance phone call in the hotel to get in touch with ALK's headquarters in Germany, reported the situation on the Chinese side, and proposed that 300,000 tons of ethylene should be transferred to China to some key technologies in order to strangle China's existing R&D capacity in the cradle.

This kind of trick has been played very skillfully by the Western powers. This is the consistent policy of the Western powers for developing countries, which will use their technological superiority to extort maximum profits from developing countries when they do not possess a certain technology. And if developing countries already have certain technologies, they will reduce prices dramatically in order to nip their infant industries in the bud.

Khedira's report quickly drew attention from ALK's top brass after the stalemate in the negotiations between Khedira and the Chinese side had already shaken the executives a little. Now that the Chinese have mastered many key technologies in ethylene equipment research and development, ALK's executives are fully in line with Khedira's belief that it is time to transfer technology to China.

After obtaining the authorization of the headquarters, Khedira came to the Ministry of Petroleum and officially announced to Gu Jiahua:

"Mr. Gu, after careful study by the board of directors of our ALK Group, and for the sake of promoting friendly relations between China and Germany, we have decided to transfer the key technologies of 300,000 tons of ethylene equipment to your country in the process of technological transformation of Jiangbei Petrochemical." (To be continued)