Xiao Yiming's caused a burst of exclamations from everyone, and several other companies looked at Bauer with a little more jealousy in their eyes, and Bauer stood up excitedly:

"Xiao, my closest friend, Huaxi Company is the most sincere and intimate partner of our Mauser Company in China, please rest assured, I immediately instructed the secretary to call Shanghai to contact the ship as soon as possible and prepare for transportation. In addition, I solemnly promise once again: within three months of the signing of the contract, our Mauser company will send professional and technical personnel to Chengdu with all the technical information and authorized legal documents of the subject matter of the contract! ”

There was another round of warm applause, Xiao Yiming thanked him, and began to negotiate with the representatives of various companies on the cooperation projects of chemical plants and ammunition factories one by one.

It was not until noon that all the contracts were signed.

Xiao Yiming's favorable conditions, as well as his respect and sincerity for the technicians, successfully retained Frederick. Max and seven other mechanical engineers and senior technicians finally signed a four-year work contract with each of them in the name of China's Huaxi Metal Products Company.

The sumptuous celebratory dinner was paid for by the very pleased consul and both parties were very happy, even excited, so everyone drank to their heart's content.

After the banquet was removed, the two female consulate staff and the consul's wife proposed a ball, which immediately caused a round of cheers, and musical instruments such as gramophones and pianos were moved into the most spacious conference room.

Xiao Yiming really didn't know how to dance the ballroom dance that was popular in modern Europe, so she had to sit in the corner with a wine glass with the obese Mr. Bauer and enjoy it.

After fully experiencing the artistic talent and bold and romantic side of the Germans, Bauer approached Xiao Yiming and smiled: "Xiao, I have some suggestions, I want to tell you, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

Xiao Yiming smiled: "Bauer, you know my surname, and my attitude towards your suggestions has never been more important than you think, because you are an expert in many fields, even if I am your student, I will wronged your talent." ”

Bauer laughed: "Xiao, I have to say that you are more professional than any Chinese expert and official I have ever contacted, and even the managers of China's largest Hubei Gun Factory are not as good as you, until now, they still do not understand the basic production technology of light weapons, do not know the processing procedures of springs, shell throwing hooks and key parts of the firing mechanism, and do not understand the professional knowledge of carburizing, quenching, tempering and cooling of different metal materials.

Therefore, the Mauser guns they imitated always had such and such failures, either jamming, or rapid deformation and wear of key parts, and even fractured and scrapped, until now, they still do not understand the important surnames of electric furnace steelmaking and alloy steel smelting in the military industry.

"And you, my dear friend, you attach great importance to this, and the degree to which you attach importance and the advanced knowledge you have mastered, we are all amazed and admired, and at the same time full of confidence in the close cooperation between each other."

"Bauer, I always feel as if you have something to say, Germans don't seem to like to praise a person who is much lower than themselves, right?" Xiao Yiming asked humorously.

Bauer laughed: "Xiao, you really make me feel guilty! My friend, to be honest, although you have ordered two advanced smelting furnaces from Rheinland and our Krupp, as well as a series of processing equipment supporting them, fully considering the self-production capacity of key parts and components of weapons, you don't seem to have noticed that all the equipment relies on electricity to work, Xiao, I want to ask, with the current situation in Chengdu, is your electricity enough? ”

Xiao Yiming was dumbfounded, thinking about it carefully, she really neglected this key issue, but since the cunning Bauer had known it for a long time, why did he remind himself now?

Oh...... I see! In the negotiation of the large contract, the three German companies made more concessions, or it was the result of mutual discussion and compromise between several major companies, so Bauer deliberately did not mention this matter, and put this important issue that must be solved outside the large contract to discuss separately.

Now that the contract has been signed, it's too late to regret it, Xiao Yiming is so angry that she can only pretend to smile: "Thank you very much for reminding me, I really forgot, a profound lesson!" Bauer, in your opinion, how do I solve this? ”

Bauer unhurriedly raised his glass and touched Xiao Yiming, took a small sip comfortably, put away his smile and replied very seriously:

"Xiao, Chengdu has a flat terrain, not like Ya'an, which has the superior conditions of hydropower generation with abundant water and large drops, but there are many coal mines within 100 kilometers around Chengdu, smooth roads and many rivers, which make coal transportation extremely convenient, so I think you should consider another thermal power plant, which can be connected to the grid with the existing small power plant to generate electricity, and provide abundant power for your factories.

"Again, in addition to the world-famous artillery, the production of thermal power generation equipment and smelting equipment has always been well-known in Europe, as your most loyal friend, I can responsibly say that the thermal power generation units provided to you by Krupp will be the results of the latest generation of comprehensive science and technology in Europe, which are two generations more advanced than the British products you are using now."

Xiao Yiming thought about it again and again, and finally could only grit her teeth and nodded: "Bauer, can you delay the payment for one year?" I mean that the installation and commissioning by your company will be completed and officially put into production within one year. ”

"This ...... Xiao, please forgive me for not being able to answer you right away, it is beyond my power, but I can answer you within a week, and I am very willing to serve you, it is always a pleasure to work with you! Bauer had a genuine smile on his face.

Xiao Yiming could only sigh: "Bauer, with you, why do I feel that I am always passive?" You always make my heart flutter with a few words, and in the end you usually pay obediently according to your wishes. ”

"My God! Dear Xiao, the contract of 8,560 long rifles has already made you a lot of money, and the original rifles of 58 marks were pressed to 54 marks by you a little bit, and each gun has to be given an additional 120 rifle rounds according to your bullshit convention, these weapons are not the old generation of rifles with sleeve barrels that we sold to those ignorant warlords in northern China, they are all new guns produced after 1905! My God, sometimes I really think that there is a cunning Jew behind you who is secretly playing a plot. ”

Bauer made a painful look, and after speaking, he took a sip of the cup, and saw Xiao Yiming looking at him with a smile on his face, he also looked back without shying away, and after a while, the two laughed at the same time, making everyone look this way.

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