Chapter 149: Business Comes to the Door

NB Electric's instantaneous fire extinguishing equipment and technology have opened the eyes of people in front of TVs all over the world.

Not to be outdone, Hungary invited the media to tour their turbojet tanks in an attempt to squeeze into the Kuwaiti firefighting market, only to be met with ridicule.

I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing the goods, their patchwork, ugly to the extreme, can't even be called a "prototype".

In contrast, NB Electric's turboblast fire-fighting equipment is very mature at a glance, and even has two series: crawler drive and wheel drive. Moreover, what Kuwait now needs is no longer firefighters and equipment, but the urgent repair and temporary erection of water pipelines to extinguish the fires in the shortest possible time.

Invented and manufactured the world's most advanced fire-fighting equipment, cooperated with the world's four most well-known fire-fighting companies, and obtained at least 1 billion US dollars in fire-fighting orders, plus the previous Kuwait power grid, power plant emergency repair, power grid automation control system, 132 thousand volt high-voltage transmission line, NB Electric has become the pride of Hong Kong without dispute!

Power grid and power plant projects have been done, and NB electricians' switch and socket panels, small air switches, energy-saving lamps and junction boxes are certainly not a problem. For a while, the stock price soared, and the market value exceeded 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, which made shareholders such as Ding Wenming, Zhang Bing and Wu Xiaozhu stunned.

Chairman Liu Siwei is the most popular, and his name and photos frequently appear on the headlines of major newspapers and business journals, and even entertainment journals call him a representative of "grassroots entrepreneurship in Hong Kong".

An ordinary accountant embarks on a different entrepreneurial path, starting from a small switch and socket panel, step by step. Operate a multinational company mainly engaged in power technology and services. A short history of entrepreneurship. Extremely inspiring.

Don't play yachts, don't drive luxury cars, never appear in gossip magazines, and don't have even the slightest scandal. It is not like other rich people, who always receive special gifts such as "incense candles" and "ingots" from time to time for one reason or another.

He attaches great importance to research and development, and spends a lot of money to establish an NB laboratory; He cared for his staff and did nothing to rescue his two men from the Iraqi army; He was an enthusiastic philanthropist and donated to build primary schools in the mountainous areas of the mainland. providing funds and organizing volunteers to help Kuwaitis in the post-war period; He cares about the environment and is always concerned about the global environmental pollution caused by the fires in Kuwait......

In terms of word-of-mouth, even Mr. Gu and Li Chaoren are up to him.

"The Chairman of FHKI has nominated you as a candidate for the next term of Deputy Chairman and has proposed that you stand for election as a candidate for the next term of the Legislative Council as a candidate for the Industrial Functional Constituency. In addition, he would like to ask you to take the lead in forming an 'Interim Committee for the Redevelopment of the Gulf' to help all its members. ”

Founded in 1960 and located on the 31st floor of Yijing Plaza, 8 Cheung Yu Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries is one of the four major chambers of commerce in Hong Kong. Including industrialists who have set up factories in the Greater China region.

It has great influence, and its subordinate "Hong Kong Quality Mark Council". Specializing in the "Hong Kong Q-Mark Quality Mark Program", referred to as "Q-Mark", it is equivalent to the "China Famous Brand" carried out by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in the future.

The Intellectual Property Centre provides intellectual property services to Hong Kong enterprises and assists domestic and overseas companies in applying for intellectual property rights in Hong Kong, the Mainland and other countries, including design registration and trademark registration.

The "Industrialist of the Year Award" and the "Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong" are selected and presented annually for their contributions to Hong Kong's industry and society.

It has even been authorized by the Hong Kong government to issue various types of "certificates of origin", "processing certificates" (CP), "entrepot certificates" (CR), "re-entry certificates" (CT), "Generalized Preferential Taping Tax Source Certificates" and "zero-tariff certificates of origin" in accordance with Article 11 of the International Tariff Simplification Agreement.

As early as four years ago, NB Electric applied to join the "Federation of Industries" and became a member of its "Electrical and Optical Products Group". Due to the fact that there are very few companies engaged in the power equipment industry in Hong Kong, they have always been taken care of, and they have received a lot of help from the "Federation of Industries" over the years, especially in intellectual property services and goods entry and exit, almost all of them have been given a green light.

was waiting for the shift to take his wife and children to travel around the world, Liu Siwei had no interest in politics, and said to the secretary without raising his head: "Help me thank Chairman Zhong for his kindness, just say that I am only a shallow learner, and there are many things in the company, so I can't be separated from each other, and I can't accept these two nominations." As a member of FHKI, it is our duty to take the lead in the formation of the 'Interim Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gulf', and the specific matters are under the responsibility of Director Xie. ”

"Okay," the secretary quickly recorded, and continued, "Chairman, Mr. Gu has already called three times, please be sure to attend tonight's cocktail party." ”

"Okay, I'll go after work."

In the past two days, I was busy socializing, and thinking that everyone who attended the drinking party last night brought his wife, Liu Siwei added: "Tell my wife, ask her to prepare, and go together later." ”

The secretary nodded slightly, glanced at the handwriting on his wrist, and reminded: "Chairman, the director of fire and Director Chen of the Airport Authority will be here soon, do you want to go downstairs to pick it up?" ”

The Commissioner of Fire Services and the Commissioner of Police are both senior officials of the Security Bureau. Still counting on doing some business at the new airport under construction, the airport authority that was just established last year can't be offended, Liu Siwei immediately closed the folder, got up and said: "Go now, I'd rather wait a little longer, and don't let the guests feel that we are rude." ”

The Hong Kong government officials' concept of time is amazing, neither early nor late, and it is obvious that they are pinching the point. The light car was simple, and he didn't bring a single attachΓ©. It seems that in consideration of the fact that it cannot affect people's work, the Commissioner of Fire Services did not even wear a uniform, but wore a suit and leather shoes like Director Chen of the Airport Authority.

After greeting him, he invited a researcher from the basic laboratory upstairs to introduce them to the vortex fire-fighting equipment being used in Kuwait.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The injection power is up to 4000KW, which can realize long-distance, high-intensity and large-area spraying of mist water. According to the calculations of colleagues in Kuwait, it only takes 17 seconds for a single turbojet fire truck to extinguish a 500-square-meter oil pool fire, and the water consumption per unit area is about 5 cubic meters. ”

The Commissioner of Fire was very interested in such a big killing weapon, and asked while recording, "Dr. Kwan." Can you give us a brief overview of how it works? ”

"Absolutely."

Dr. Kwan cleared his throat. "Turbojet firefighting equipment is a combination of turbojet engine and vehicle, water tank, water pump, etc. The formation of a high-power mist water fire extinguishing device. The water pump delivers the water to the nozzle of the turbojet engine to supply the extinguishing agent. The turbojet engine can produce a high-speed gas jet, while the nozzle is equipped with a water atomization device. Due to the action of the gas jet, the incident water flow is hit through the atomization device and cut into 1mm~1.2mm uniform particle size of mist water, so as to achieve high flow rate, small diffusion angle and long-distance injection of large flow of mist water......

Not only can it extinguish conventional fires such as oil wells, airplanes and forests, but it can also quickly dilute and blow away toxic gases in chemical accidents. It can be quickly washed and decontaminated on a large scale, diluting chemicals in a short period of time and reducing their toxicity to people and the environment. It can also be used in fighting subway and tunnel fires, clearing snow on roads, etc. ”

Powerful and unique. The FSD's existing equipment is clearly incomparable.

After listening to the introduction, the director of fire protection finally spoke: "Mr. Liu, please allow me, as a firefighter, to express my most sincere gratitude to your company for developing such efficient firefighting equipment. Very outstanding invention, very outstanding application. As the Director of Fire Services, I believe that the people of Hong Kong need such equipment. ”

"We at the Airport Authority are also interested in this."

When the business came to the door, Liu Siwei was happy, and while beckoning the two senior officials to taste NB Electric's coffee, he pretended to be helpless and said: "Director Zhang, Director Chen, vortex fire-fighting equipment is different from ordinary fire-fighting equipment. It is highly technical and expensive, and there are also maintenance costs to consider. We've been hesitant to bring it to market, after all, the tens of millions of dollars are not affordable for all fire agencies. ”

The fire commissioner was taken aback, put down the cup and asked, "Tens of millions of dollars?" ”

Liu Siwei lowered his head and confirmed matter-of-factly: "This is just the cost, you must know that the engine accounts for about 60% of the total cost of each fighter, and the turbojet engine alone is worth nearly 20 million US dollars based on the calculation of the famous cheap MiG-21, not to mention the equally valuable medium tank chassis." ”

"So, the equipment your company has invested in Kuwait is worth hundreds of millions?"

"Yes, at least $350 million at market prices."

Everyone wants good things, but can the Financial Secretary allocate so much money? The Commissioner of Fire Services frowned, and Director Chen simply stopped talking, because the Airport Authority simply couldn't squeeze out the budget.

Liu Siwei changed his words and continued meaningfully: "However, according to the test data we have, there is no need to purchase a new turbojet engine. Because the extinguishing time never exceeds 3 minutes each time, even if the retired engine has only 500 hours of service life, it is enough to extinguish 10,000 large fires. ”

Small fires don't need to be dispatched, and big fires can't be touched a few times a year, think about it.

The director of fire protection reacted and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Liu, what is the approximate budget for purchasing a turbojet equipment like the one your company is using in Kuwait?" ”

"I'm sorry, I can't give you an exact number right now," Liu Siwei paused, and added: "But please rest assured, as a Hong Kong company, we will definitely provide the most efficient firefighting equipment to the Hong Kong government and citizens at the best price." ”

NB Electric's reputation is well known, and the director of fire protection is convinced of this, and he glanced at Director Chen, full of anticipation: "Mr. Liu, the fire department has just recruited a group of new people, and we want to take advantage of the opportunity of your company to extinguish the fire in Kuwait and let them feel the atmosphere of the fire on the spot." ”

There is no doubt that it must be for the "Hell Warrior".

Liu Siwei weighed it and said solemnly: "Mr. Commissioner, you should know better than me how dangerous the fire is, as of noon today, three of our colleagues have been burned. If you insist on arranging for them to go, our company can only be responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation during the period, and cannot guarantee their safety. ”

The fire commissioner's face was straight, and he said with great seriousness: "They are firefighters, and they know what kind of danger they will face in the future the moment they take the oath. ”

"Okay, I'll ask the lawyer to prepare a document, and as long as you and the firefighters are okay, then you can go at any time." (To be continued......)