The use of nearly 1% of the country's foreign exchange reserves to purchase a foreign industrial technology program is no longer a decision of a ministry of the Ministry of Industry, and it must be submitted to GWY for approval.

"I know that." Qi Xiu explained: "I mean, there is not much objection to paying in US dollars for the cost of equipment to buy these hardware, because those are the original products of your MD, but can the follow-up training and maintenance costs be converted into RMB?" ”

The total amount of $42 million is all paid in US dollars, and the one-time amount of $24 million is paid in US dollars, and the subsequent maintenance amount of $18 million is paid in RMB, which is also very different.

After all, there was a 40% reduction in foreign exchange expenditure all of a sudden, so Qi Xiu turned his attention to the focus of whether the follow-up maintenance could be exchanged for RMB expenditure knowing that the first purchase was basically non-negotiable.

This is also the result of his discussion with Ma Yingsheng yesterday, after all, the less foreign exchange expenditure, the better, according to common sense, the probability of a one-time investment in the other party will not back down, but as long as the equipment is in hand, there should be no failure in the skillful use, then there is no need to use all the US dollar foreign exchange payment in the future.

But just when Qi Xiu had some expectations, Wilson's answer gave him another blow!

"It's just as impossible, Mr. Director." Wilson didn't even pretend to smile this time, and he had a cold businessman's face: "We require all fees to be paid in US dollars, and we are not allowed to use any form of RMB instead of payment, otherwise I will not sign the contract at that time." ”

When Director Qi Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth in his heart!

How do these MD people do a business without even giving in a bit?

Of course, he had already assessed in advance, that is, there was a high probability that the MD side would not agree to pay in RMB, but the other party's attitude of insisting on paying in US dollars was so resolute, which Qi Xiu did not expect.

Now continue to dwell on this issue, it is obvious that the other party is unlikely to have any loosening, and it is a clear choice to let the other party enter the next stage of technical interactive Q&A.

This stage is very important, to put it bluntly, the two sides "communicate" with each other technically, and of course, in fact, try to find fault with each other's technology as much as possible.

As long as you find a mistake, you can use it as the capital of bargaining, and the more mistakes, the easier it is for the other party to reduce the price, which is an eternal truth.

Otherwise, what else would you do if you invited Associate Professor Yuan Jianguo here? Isn't that what you do?

There are so many comrades in the department, there are a lot of them anyway, and everyone has their own strengths in understanding, maybe they will get some unexpected surprises in which link?

Qi Xiu immediately gave Ma Yingsheng a look, and Ma Yingsheng, who was presiding over the meeting, understood, coughed lightly, and said: "Then, the link introduced by Deputy Director Wilson has come to an end for the time being, and the two sides will enter the next part of the meeting, which is FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) interaction." ”

Engineer Bradley nodded, flipped through the internal materials he was carrying, and said to the translator, "I'm ready to start at any time." ”

After all, Bradley was not as pompous as Wilson, and the materials that should have been prepared were still ready—although in his heart he felt that these Chinese officials were unlikely to ask some substantive questions.

After all, this program has only been fully implemented for about two years on MD's side, and because of MD's domestic legislation on science and technology, many technologies are not allowed to write international papers and put them in the journal database for query, which is also a shameless scientific and technological self-protection method of MD, that is, when I have made enough money in China, I will export some technologies that I think have entered the elimination stage.

So from Bradley's heart, he really doesn't have the arrogant mentality of Wilson, but is ready to face questions with an idea similar to "go to the countryside to help the poor, I will give you all the good things".

A comrade from the Planning Department took the questions he had drawn up in his hand and began to ask questions, but to Zhong Bai's ears, these were all painless questions, such as ......

"Hello Engineer Bradley, I would like to ask you whether the new explosives in your automatic drilling and blasting system are not detonated without detonators and have a small charge, can this technology be realized under the geological conditions of our country?"

"Of course it can be done! The diversity of our MD's geographical conditions is no worse than yours, and we also have complex sedimentary rocks and shale geological structures, and MD's domestic mines that use this system are located in various states and various terrains. Next question. ”

"No, I mean, if it is explosives, this piece of China's chemical enterprises can also be developed and produced by analogy, so that there is no need to introduce it, and the cost of this piece can be removed in the overall plan."

"Sir, the vice president of our company, Wilson, has just emphasized that all equipment and technology are sold in packages, and this kind of technology cannot be available in Huaguo at present, and it will be ...... in the short term. Oh no, there is no prospect of development at least for five years, so the premise of this question does not exist, you only need to pay the prescribed fee, and all this will be provided by us, thank you. ”

"Bradley Engineer ......"

The more Zhong Bai listened, the more unpleasant it became, not only were the questions asked by his comrades relatively amateurish, but Bradley's answers were actually not very professional.

Even if he asks some professional questions about rock drills or impactors, Bradley is more about the concept of the overall scheme operation, rather than telling everyone about the internal details of a technical problem, which is very chicken thief and not a question and answer at all.

Because this product is obviously a rhythm of reading the manual!

What the? You ask, why doesn't the manual explain the principle of his core technology?

This is not nonsense, if he explains, you design the same equipment components according to this set of principles, and finally pass the actual production process verification through the test, then you can produce it yourself? Why do you spend so much money on it?

Not to mention the strong sense of patent protection of these old MD people, Zhong Bai counted, in just six short questions, two Bradley refused to answer on the grounds that this is part of the core of their technology patents.

Even Director Qi Xiu couldn't help but want to inquire, but Director Janet of the other party would always jump out in a timely manner and kindly "remind" Comrade Director that technical issues can be communicated in time in the actual work after installation and operation, so why ask so much in advance?

In short, these MD people are just one sentence, now you have to agree to our main topic package sale plan, no price reduction, no questioning, no questioning, otherwise we will not answer positively!