"Pan Han Group?"

He seemed to have heard the name in his head, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Feng Yongwen thought about it, looked Zhou Shuo's appearance up and down, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "It's Fanhan Group!" ”

Hu Lao smiled with satisfaction, nodded and said: "Fanhan Group is a signboard in China in terms of electronics manufacturing!" Minister Feng is well-informed and can be seen to be proficient in business. ”

"Hey, if I don't even know about the Panhan Group, what else should this vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation do? I remember that in 2000, the total amount of electronic products exported by Pan Han Group should be about 8 billion US dollars, right? ”

"$8,035 million." Zhou Shuo smiled reservedly and nodded in response.

"It's not easy, let alone high-tech electronics manufacturing, even if it is energy, steel and minerals, which are resource-based exports, no company has achieved this scale. The export quota of Pan Han Group is definitely one of the few in China. ”

Feng Yongwen looked Zhou Shuo up and down in amazement as if he was visiting a panda. He couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, could such a powerful enterprise as Fanhan Group really be in the hands of such a young man?

It's incredible.

"The achievements of Panhan Group are inseparable from the rapid development of our country in recent years, and even more inseparable from the correct leadership of the country. Without a complete range of domestic categories and a rich foundation of talents, Panhan Group is nothing. ”

"Modesty, too modesty is hypocrisy!" Feng Yongwen laughed and said, "Sit down, Mr. Hu and Mr. Zhou, please sit down." ”

Feng Yongwen made a cup of tea for the two of them and personally served the coffee table. Hu Lao glanced at him first. Then he glanced at Zhou Shuo again and picked up the teacup with satisfaction.

Hu Lao knows. What he does here is really just a referral. As the saying goes, people go to tea and cool, and he was just a minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry before he retired. He is at the same level as the minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, but his importance in the State Council is not comparable to that of others.

As for his previous status and achievements, it makes no sense to talk about it now.

Feng Yongwen was willing to see him, and his attitude was quite polite, which was already very face-saving. His current energy is not only a matter of power, but also to avoid suspicion, and he can't exert any more influence.

In this case, Feng Yongwen can also personally serve a cup of tea. That's a rare thing. It's really hard to say how much of this is for Zhou Shuo's face, and how much is for his own face.

"Mr. Zhou has to manage such a large enterprise as Fanhan Group, there must be a lot of things, right? It is said that there is nothing to do and go to the Three Treasures Palace, I think it is better for us to get straight to the point? ”

Feng Yongwen was not polite, and knew that today's main owner was definitely not Hu Lao, so he directly found Zhou Shuo.

"Then I'll be blunt."

Zhou Shuo was also surprised by Feng Yongwen's pragmatism, he didn't deal much with senior officials, and in his impression he still had the leisurely image of an organ cadre in Xiucheng in his early years.

But at the provincial and ministerial level. Even for the main officials of the prefecture and city, it is not too wrong to say that they are in charge of everything. Of course, there are certainly cadres who neglect their administration, but most of them are officials in this position. The day-to-day work is very busy.

Feng Yongwen doesn't know how many big things to deal with every day, and getting straight to the point is a norm. A few words of greeting with people, maybe how many things will be delayed.

Zhou Shuo collected his mood. Nodding his head, he said, "Does Minister Feng know that the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress recently held a hearing on our Pan Han Group?" ”

"Oh? I really don't know. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be clearer about this kind of thing, right? ”

"Yes, I guess there is relevant information in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, we do not have much contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

Zhou Shuo sighed and said, "Even if it is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I am afraid there is nothing that can be done about this matter." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country, to be honest, there is no diplomacy for weak countries! Diplomacy is no small matter! If you really want to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I am afraid that this matter will be troublesome. ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" Feng Yongwen's interest was raised, and he asked curiously.

"Previously, the U.S. Congress held a hearing to investigate our Pan Han Group, believing that our network equipment may threaten the national security of the United States."

"You guys? Threatening the national security of the United States? Feng Yongwen looked at Zhou Shuo in surprise, obviously ten thousand disbelief: "It's not that I look down on you Fanhan Group, but how can a Chinese company threaten the national security of the United States, and you don't have such great ability, right?" ”

Zhou Shuo smiled bitterly and nodded: "Minister Feng's words are good!" How can I threaten the world's largest country? ”

"The key to this lies in our market competition with Cisco, a U.S. network equipment manufacturer. Since three years ago, Pan Han Group has been competing with Cisco for the network equipment market in Europe and China, and last year we have achieved a phased victory. Cisco in the United States has lost most of its market share in Europe and China. So in order to prevent us from gaining access to the U.S. market and completely driving Cisco to death, the U.S. Congress was instigated to conduct such an investigation. ”

Zhou Shuo told the original story of what happened at the hearing, especially the slander that was suspected because of the existence of a party committee organization in the Panhan Group, and even more emphatically.

The existence of the party committee organization in this company is a matter stipulated by the Chinese Company Law, and Minister Feng Yongwen is of course very aware of it. On this basis, the US Congress suspects that the Pan-Han Group may be detrimental to US national security, which is a slap in the face of China!

In particular, it is impossible for any official not to attach importance to the political issues involved here.

If today's Americans use this as an excuse to refuse the goods of a Chinese enterprise to enter the US market, will every enterprise with a party committee organize not be able to enter the US in the future?

Even if it is impossible to stop it all in a frenzy, the Americans will definitely not be able to stand it if they pick up this sledgehammer and hit whoever they want.

What if the export volume of more than 8 billion US dollars last year was affected and more than one billion US dollars was lost? Even if there are not more than a billion now, who knows if there will be so many in the future?

If you think about the export figures of the Pan Han Group three years ago, in 1998 it was just over 2 billion US dollars, which was the result of the advance of funds for Telfort. But in 1999, the export volume of the Pan Han Group soared to more than 4 billion US dollars. By 2000, the annual export volume was as high as 8 billion US dollars!

In 2001, what will be the export value of Pan Han Group? No one knows if the miracle of 100% growth can be maintained.

However, the development momentum of Pan Han Group is predictable, and the export volume of more than 10 billion US dollars will be reached one day. Such a hen that lays golden eggs, who can not feel distressed. Seeing that the Americans were so unreasonable and biased, as a high-ranking official in China, Feng Yongwen was furious in his heart.

But after all, he still has a city government as a politician, and he quietly listened to Zhou Shuo finish the hearing.

He thought for a moment, and then asked, "Mr. Zhou, I need you to give me a word of truth, is there a problem with your network equipment?" ”

Zhou Shuo's face was stern, and he shook his head decisively and said: "Minister Feng is a big leader at the provincial and ministerial level, I think there should be no problem with the secret level." I'll be honest, we do have some cooperation with the troops. But that's a stand-alone project, and you can find out for yourself. All I can say is that there are absolutely no problems with the equipment we export to the United States! ”

"Well, that's good." Feng Yongwen breathed a sigh of relief, and then got to the point: "I will arrange for someone to understand this matter, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, as the department in charge of China's import and export trade, will definitely shoulder its own responsibilities." In addition to the normal procedures, I don't know what else Mr. Zhou has built? ”

The so-called normal procedure is probably to express the concern of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in a letter, and the provincial authorities are only protesting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no binding force on the United States, but it is still somewhat deterrent at home. The idea that diplomacy is no trivial matter has always been deeply rooted in the domestic system, and if it can't suppress the voice of the United States, it's okay, so I'm afraid that the country will shut up.

In 2001, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not have a spokesperson surnamed Qin.

Feng Yongwen asked Zhou Shuo, "What else do you want us to build?" He knew that Zhou Shuo dared to come to this door, and he must have come prepared.

Sure enough, Zhou Shuo hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I think this kind of behavior of the Americans can be regarded as trade discrimination." If we can use this as a reason to impose import restrictions on U.S. products, I don't know......"

"Are you provoking a trade war...... Feng Yongwen's face was a little ugly, and he waved his hand: "Have you considered the resulting political and economic turmoil?" ”

Zhou Shuo was stunned, he really didn't expect such a big impact. In his head, he still thinks about the era when China joined the WTO a few years later, when Chinese manufacturing swept the world, and when the Chinese domineering the world fought trade wars.

EU, do you dare to investigate my anti-dumping? I'll raise your luxury tax! Americans say we have subsidies for the solar industry? Okay, so let's talk about imported corn.

This kind of thing of positive gongs and drums, in Zhou Shuo's understanding, we have done a lot! What's wrong with the trade war, you have to fight if you want to fight!

It's just that he forgot that there was money in the country at that time, and he didn't panic when he had money in his hands, so of course he dared to fight a trade war. But this was in 2001, when China had not yet joined the WTO, and China was still not even a regional power.

In Feng Yongwen's heart, the trade war against the United States provoked by China is really too big!

"So, does Minister Feng think this is not feasible?" (To be continued......)