Chapter 646: Pulling island country manufacturing off the altar

  The opening remarks went well, at least the atmosphere was friendly on the surface.

The group of people boarded the aircraft carrier and stood on the large aircraft carrier deck. Iwasaki Konosuke was very interested in the Yak-38 fighter jets placed here.

“This kind of aircraft can take off and land vertically, making it the first choice for small aircraft carriers.”

“Yes, if you have such an aircraft, the Osumi can also carry it.”

 Ohsumi! When Qin Tao said this, the atmosphere at the scene became tense.

The old amphibious transport ships of the island nation have all reached the end of their lifespan and need to be replaced. The island nation has also repeatedly changed the design. In 1992, they finally proposed the latest Osumi class. In 1996, the first Osumi of this class of ships was launched. It has just been launched and is still in the outfitting stage.

This warship has attracted a lot of discussion and is said to be a replacement for the amphibious transport ship. However, its bow does not have a dock hatch, but is designed at the tail, which makes it inconvenient to land on the beach. Moreover, it uses a direct access to the deck. layout, with an island-type superstructure on the right side, so that it looks like a real aircraft carrier.

After the launch of this warship, the French "Battleship Yearbook" magazine directly called the "Osumi" class an amphibious attack helicopter carrier. The domestic media in the island country are even excitedly claiming that this kind of warship can be converted into a light aircraft carrier in the future. These guys don't know how to keep a low profile.

 However, the officials of the island country have always held a negative view.

"Mr. Qin, you are an expert in shipbuilding. You should know that it is impossible for the Osumi-class to be converted into a light aircraft carrier. It can only temporarily carry two large helicopters. It has no hangar and no special cabins for flight personnel and maintenance personnel. It also doesn’t have the command and control systems that an aircraft carrier needs.”

"Really? I heard that the level below the deck is directly connected. If planes are not placed there, how can we put cars there? As for the command and control system, it can be installed at any time. If you don't know how, you can drive over and let us install it. ."

“President Qin, you are maliciously making assumptions about us.” The Zengshan Beast finally couldn’t bear it any longer.

 “Malicious speculation? Don’t you have such intention?”

"No, no, that's not what we meant. Mr. Qin, you misunderstood." Seeing that things were about to come to a standstill, Iwasaki Yukinosuke immediately spoke to dissuade him. He turned to look at the Masuyama beast beside him: "Mr. Masuyama, give Qin a call immediately. Always apologize!”

"It's better to apologize. Bowing or something can't change the true thoughts in the heart." Qin Tao said: "Do you know? There was a worker in our shipyard who beat his wife after drinking too much. The next day, he knelt down I slapped myself in front of my wife, begged her to forgive me, and then that night, after drinking too much, I continued to slap my wife. Even slapping me in the face didn’t help. What’s the use of just apologizing?”

"Mr. Qin, I know that you are still worried about what happened last time. It was just the failed business operation of the people below, which had an impact on you. We are willing to make up for the damage caused to you." Iwasaki Konosuke said.

"Make up for it? How do you plan to make up for it?" Qin Tao was a little curious. He didn't know what tricks these people were playing, and why they suddenly lowered their attitude so much. Aren't the little devils always looking above their heads?

"We are willing to transfer the two cargo ship orders we have on hand to you." Konosuke Iwasaki said: "The profit of these two ships should be 30 million. Is this enough to make up for our rift?"

“What kind of cargo ship has such high profits?” Qin Tao was curious.

 “It’s just a bulk carrier.”

 Bulk carrier? 30 Heavy Industry actually dares to risk its life to touch the bulk carrier? Qin Tao is also very emotional. I don’t know how many shipyards have been cheated in this field. Therefore, ordinary shipyards simply do not dare to accept such orders anymore, especially for ocean-going bulk carriers of hundreds of thousands of tons. It's almost the meat of Mingzhou Group's mouth.

Now, the other party actually has an order for this kind of ship, and the other party also wants to give the order for this kind of ship to itself as a gift?

Qin Tao secretly laughed in his heart. Could it be that you guys couldn't make it, so they specially handed it over to us?

"The ships built by our 30 Heavy Industry are all large. Currently, we have received a lot of orders for container ships. Our largest container is already 8,000 boxes, which is well received by the market. Therefore, we want to combine these two ships. The bulk carrier order is forwarded to you." Masuyama Xiongju said proudly.

Nowadays, container ships are gradually becoming the mainstream in international trade. At the same time, the carrying capacity of such container ships is also constantly developing. The first generation of container ships had a total weight of 20,000 tons and carried about 1,700 containers. By 1996, the fourth generation of container ships could transport 8,000 containers.

Of course, compared with the super container ships of later generations, they pale into insignificance, which can easily carry 18,000 containers or even more than 20,000 containers.

In the field of container cargo ships, 30 Heavy Industry is also the leader. They were the first to build the 8,000-container cargo ship, creating the world's first. Now, talking about this, Zengshan Xiongshou is also very proud. You Mingzhou Group is the leader in natural gas ships, and our 30 Heavy Industry is also the leader in the field of container ships!

"I'm sorry, our current bulk carrier orders have been scheduled for five years, and I'm afraid we don't have the energy to accept your order." Qin Tao said: "We appreciate your kindness."

Qin Tao looked at these guests with a sincere attitude: "Recently, there have been a lot of rumors from the outside world, saying that a series of problems that San0 has encountered in our domestic development have the shadow of our Mingzhou Group. That is completely throwing dirty water on us. , our Mingzhou Group will never rely on slandering and attacking competitors to develop ourselves, but rely on our strength."

Strength?

 Iwasaki Konosuke looked at Qin Tao, he had never seen such a shameless person in the world! Two shipyards in the South Kimchi Country have gone bankrupt. Could it be that the Mingzhou Group was not there to help?

"We in the East have a vast market, and our consumers are also sharp-eyed. Only companies that value our market can develop and grow. If they make money from us while despising us, such companies will sooner or later be eliminated. Our market has been eliminated." Qin Tao said: "Of course, you San0 did not make your fortune from cars. Even if cars do withdraw from our market for various reasons, you will not have much impact."

 Many people scold Volkswagen, saying that ordinary car companies study cycling, and Volkswagen studies Chinese people. In fact, this is right. If we don’t study consumers, can we achieve good results? Those cars recommended by car dealers are good cars, but their sales have been dismal, and they have even been delisted, leaving a large number of car owners in trouble: there is no room for follow-up maintenance!

It's like a teacher who says how high his teaching level is, but his class scores are last. Can he be a good teacher? Whether a car company is qualified or not depends on its sales volume and whether it can gain the recognition of consumers, rather than saying that my car is very good because the market does not understand cars! This is the same as a teacher saying that my teaching level is very high but my students are rubbish.

“No, no.” Konosuke Iwasaki said: “We attach great importance to the Eastern market. The reason we came here this time is to ask Mr. Qin if there is any way to regain the recognition of consumers for our cars.”

The automobile market in the East has unlimited potential, because the East has the largest population in the world. In the 1990s, the annual sales volume of automobiles was only 500,000 units. By the new millennium, this figure is predicted to reach 2 million units. There is a booming economy here. of vitality and vitality.

 Recent events have caused great trouble to San0, so Konosuke Iwasaki came to the East to meet Qin Tao, hoping to find a way to solve the problem.

"Facing history squarely." Qin Tao spit out this line: "In the past few years, the relationship between us was very good. Why? It's not because your attitude is sincere, but now, you are getting more and more on the wrong path. The further we go, the different treatment this time is just a trigger, the historical factors are the most important, Mr. Yanqi, am I right?"

The faces of the visitors instantly turned ugly. Of course they knew what Qin Tao was talking about, but the suggestions Qin Tao gave them were difficult to implement. The reason was also very simple.

 For them, the East is not their only market. They cannot offend other customers, especially people from their own country, because of the Eastern market.

"Have you all finished reading? If it's almost done, let's go down. There's a good place down there. I want to take everyone to see it."

 “Okay.” Iwasaki Yukinosuke nodded.

However, when a group of people came to the Sino-Japanese War Memorial Hall, they all stopped when they looked at the sign above and listened to the introduction by the translator.

"President Qin, what do you mean by this? We came here with sincerity, do you want to humiliate us?" Zengshan Beast became angry again.

"No, how can this be a humiliation? It's not even a shame. It's a shame that the people of our motherland will never forget." Qin Tao said: "Inside are some wreckage of the sunken ship that we salvaged at that time. The main parts of the sunken ship are all It was salvaged by your side. It is said that someone from your side made two doors out of bullet-riddled warship steel plates to show off their military exploits. Who do you think is humiliating whom?"

Zengshan Male Beast didn’t speak anymore, but none of these guests took a step forward.

"Mr. Qin, what is the use of this Sino-Japanese War Memorial Hall? It's all in the past. If you are interested, how about we work together to build a Sino-Japanese friendship street? We are willing to spend a large amount of money to build the entire street into our What an island country looks like.”

Qin Tao shook his head: "We are not interested. As for the establishment of this memorial hall, it is so that our people will never forget that humiliating history. It is precisely because of the humiliating history in the past that we can take big steps forward now and move forward bravely. We in the East have a saying that although the world is safe, it will be in danger if we forget to fight. We do not want any more wars, but when war comes, we will never be afraid. Since you are not willing to go in, then forget it. "

Generally speaking, there was nothing gained from this contact. Qin Tao distanced himself from the relationship and said that the affairs of the 30 Group had nothing to do with him, and it was impossible for 30 to agree with the suggestions made by Qin Tao.

This matter is over.

When he came to the front of the car again, Iwasaki Konosuke looked back at the entire aircraft carrier park again. He already knew the reason why Qin Tao asked him to come here to meet. He sighed. They didn't reach an agreement this time, which meant that they would not reach an agreement in the future. The competition will become more intense.

At this moment, an assistant beside Masuyama Male Beast whispered something. Suddenly, his face turned extremely ugly and he said to Iwasaki Konosuke: "Your Excellency Iwasaki, it's time for us to leave."

“These people left in a hurry. Did something happen?” Qin Tao said curiously.

Xu Zhengyang nodded: "Yes, something happened. I just received the news."

What happened? Qin Tao looked at Xu Zhengyang with urging eyes.

“The MOLCOMFORT, the world’s largest container ship built by 30 Heavy Industry, was broken into two pieces in the calm Indian Ocean.” Xu Zhengyang picked up the phone and read the text message inside.

"Broken in two? Alas, there have been so many accidents at sea this year, which is enough for the 30 Heavy Industry. However, I guess it must be related to their years of data fraud." Qin Tao said: "Based on the island nation's Character, the investigation will take a long time, so we have to add fuel to the fire."

In the car, Konosuke Iwasaki said angrily: "What's going on? How could a perfectly good cargo ship break in half? Was it deliberately sabotaged?"

 Does this need to be said? They once made mischief and tried to destroy the cargo ships produced by the Mingzhou Group. The Mingzhou Group could also destroy their cargo ships.

"Probably not, because this cargo ship belongs to our Sanjing Merchant Ship, and the crew members on it are all our own people." When the Zengshan Male Beast spoke, his tone seemed to be trembling involuntarily. He didn't know this. What exactly was going on, but he had a bad feeling.

"No, it was them who destroyed it. Because of our previous operations, they were angry and wanted to retaliate against us, so they blew up our container ship." said Iwasaki Konosuke.

Zengshan Xiongju has come to his senses. Investigation and other matters will be done later. The only way now is to put the **** basin on the head of Mingzhou Group. Only in this way can we get out of the crisis.

"Yes, it's their operation. They are so abominable. We came to reconcile in person, but they are doing this kind of thing behind our backs!" Zengshan Xiongshou said: "We must let the whole world know about the Mingzhou Group. After returning home, we will hold a press conference."

By the time the group of people hurried back to the island country, it was already midnight. After getting off the plane, Iwasaki Konosuke's assistant greeted him: "Everyone, I brought a videotape. Please watch tonight's program in the car. "

 “Program? What program?”

“You will know it when you see it.” Obviously, the assistant also knew that this matter could not be explained directly, and it had to be seen by everyone.

They were received in a business car with a TV set behind the driver's seat. As the car started to move, the TV set started playing.

"Dear viewers, I am now standing at the construction site of our Three Gorges Dam. We know that the relevant departments have argued for decades before finally starting to build the Three Gorges Dam. This is a century-old project and a millennium project. In order to ensure the construction quality, we More than 600 tons of steel were imported from the island country, but after our testing, the quality of this batch of steel completely failed to meet the standards."

 The steel is not up to standard?

 Iwasaki Konosuke's face instantly turned ugly.

"Look, I have a quality inspection report in my hand. It clearly shows that the toughness and strength of the steel are not up to standard. This batch of steel is used on the dam to connect the generator set and the water diversion steel pipe, and it has to withstand huge water pressure. , this batch of unqualified steel will cause rupture, and the consequences are unpredictable. The construction department of the Three Gorges Dam knows that this matter is serious, so this is the third inspection, and the entire process is videotaped, and the detected data is still inconsistent. qualified."

“We notified the island countries and asked them to come over for negotiation. We thought they were here to apologize, but we were wrong. They did not apologize at all. Instead, they continued to accuse us.”

“Our steel is qualified, but there is something wrong with your test data!” The video switched to a picture of a person from the island country. The aggressive attitude of the person above was simply disgusting.

"After the islanders arrived, we chose a third-party testing agency and conducted a second round of re-inspection. The test results are reported here. Just like last time, the quality of the steel was still unqualified! However, the islanders still did not admit it. This test result, therefore, we sincerely invite steel company representatives, reporters, etc. from all over the world to witness together. We will conduct tests again to see if the steel produced in the island country is qualified. Now here, we also want to ask One question, how did this batch of unqualified steel products leave the factory? People from the island country pride themselves on their exquisite craftsmanship. Could it be that they couldn't detect any problems with the data before leaving the factory?"

 The video ended and the car was quiet.

They are a little uneasy in their hearts. For a long time, the island country's products have given people a sense of reliable quality. It is precisely because of this reputation that their products sell well all over the world. But now, this time the incident of substandard steel has become a big issue, it will make people feel uncomfortable. The myth created by the island nation is shattered.

Moreover, the incident reported in the news was too coincidental. It was just when their container ship sank. It is easy for people to think that this sinking was because the quality of the steel they used to build the cargo ship was not up to standard?

The reputation of 30 Heavy Industry has been damaged by the disclosure of the last incident. This time, if the slander was deliberately sabotaged by the Mingzhou Group, but it turned out to be that the quality of the steel was substandard, then they would have completely lost their international credibility.

what to do?

Even Iwasaki Konosuke, who had experienced strong winds and waves, had nothing to say at this time.

At this time, Qin Tao and his wife were traveling north in a sleeper car.

The flight time was not suitable, and flying your own plane was a bit of a luxury, so Zhao Ling suggested that Qin Tao take the train together. It was a sleeper car anyway, which was more convenient. You could just sleep and arrive the next day.

Furthermore, thanks to Xu Zhengyang’s arrangement, the sleeper car where Qin Tao was sitting had no one else around and was very quiet.

“Thanks to us for collecting evidence in advance, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to make such a wonderful report in such a short period of time.” Xu Zhengyang said.

“Yes, the island country has a long history of counterfeiting, but there are always some people who are not confident and think that foreign products are better than Chinese products. Now, we are going to slap them in the face!”

No matter when, shepherd dogs have always existed. The moon in foreign countries is round, the air in foreign countries is sweet, and foreign products are good. In later generations, with the development of the Internet, these blowing doors can no longer be blown. .

　　I praised the islanders for being orderly and well-behaved in the subway station, but it was revealed that the picture was from a domestic subway station! They boasted that the island country's products were of good quality and shipbuilding was good, but they were slapped in the face by the island country's container ship that was broken into two pieces. This thing was the first of its kind for mankind to break a container ship! I went abroad and bought foreign goods with great enthusiasm. When I came back, I thought the toilet seat costing tens of thousands of dollars was very high-end and boasted about it. Finally, I found the label somewhere: Made in China.

 There are indeed fake and shoddy domestic products, but you get what you pay for. At the same price, domestic products are no worse than foreign products. If you compare a Xiaomi phone costing 1,000 yuan that lags after two years with the smoothness of an Apple phone costing 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, that is either stupid or bad.

“Will the remaining projects be launched next?”

"Don't worry, the truth is revealed bit by bit." Qin Tao said: "If it is revealed all at once, wouldn't it make people suspicious? However, the publicity on the Internet has to start to promote this matter. Fermentation.”

In the East, only a small number of people have computers, and even fewer people have access to the Internet. However, the Internet in the West has long been perfected. I believe there are many people who want to see the myth of island countries shattered. Therefore, we must build a global network There are some waves in the area.

“I understand.” Xu Zhengyang said, “I will make arrangements now.”

Zhao Ling did not interrupt the conversation between the two, and sat quietly in front of the window, looking at the scene outside.

 How long has it been since you felt so relaxed? Over the years, she has been like a taut chain, busy all the time and never taking a break. Will she finally relax this time?

 Zhao Ling's mood is very complicated.

 “What are you thinking about?” Qin Tao asked.

“Nothing, just in a daze.” Zhao Ling said with a smile.

“After we go back, it’s time for Haiyang to take a vacation. Let’s go on vacation with Haiyang, swim, dive, and lie on the beach to bask in the sun.” Qin Tao said, “Give your children a perfect vacation.”

 “Yeah.” Zhao Ling nodded.

"By the way, I said hello to Vitalia, and she will also go there, taking her father with her." Qin Tao said.

“I haven’t seen Vitalia for a long time, and I don’t know how she is now. By the way, is she married?”

"No, she hasn't had enough fun yet, and she hasn't met anyone she likes yet. Foreigners are different from us Chinese. They want to enjoy a beautiful youth." Qin Tao said.

"oh."

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