While Feng Xiaochen and Deng Zongbai were having a showdown, a fierce debate was also taking place in the office of the Japan Chemical Equipment Association.

"The Chinese are blackmailing, and I don't believe they will refuse to purchase our equipment."

The person who spoke was Mine Ryuki, vice president of Japan Akima Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd., a stubborn man in his 50s, with a fat face and an impatient temper.

Just now, Gan Guiwuzhi informed everyone about what he learned, saying that the Chinese delegation had put forward a requirement to require Japan to transfer relevant technologies as a condition for introducing complete sets of chemical fertilizer equipment. If Japan cannot agree to this condition, China will give up this procurement plan. Hearing this, several Japanese chemical equipment manufacturers invited to discuss countermeasures were anxious, and Mineronji was the one with the highest jump.

Hirotsuki Kawabata, chairman of Morishishi Industries, was a little more serious. He smiled at Mineroni and said, "Mine, don't worry. I think it's better to carefully analyze the intentions of the Chinese and don't draw conclusions rashly."

"Their intention is very clear, that is, to learn our production techniques so that one day they can replace it," said Mineronji.

"I think Minejun's worry is unnecessary. The Chinese's technical level is one century lower than ours. We don't have to worry about them being able to replace us." Yuuchi, sales director of Iketani Products, said. His tone was as slow as his name, and it exuded a sense of arrogance. Of course, everyone knows that his arrogance was not from those of them, but for the Chinese inspection teams that have visited their respective factories these days.

Hirotsuki Kawabata shook his head and said, "I don't mean this. I mean, is the message they convey to Chairman Kanaga, whether it is true or false. If we refuse to transfer technology to them, will they really give up this purchase?"

Gan Guiwu Zhi said: "I feel that more than 80% of the possibility is real. I have talked with Zheng Bin seriously and I can feel that he is under pressure from the upper-level officials. According to him, the matter of obtaining technology from Japan has been included in the Chinese government's work plan, which is a political task in the Chinese people's words."

"If this is the case, then their determination will be very great." Yuuchi Uchida saw that several colleagues did not react, and began to show off his understanding of China. "You must know that China is a country that pays great attention to politics. If a thing is linked to politics, then its importance cannot be overestimated. I have heard of what Chairman Takashi said. It is said that the Chinese government has launched a plan for independent research and development of major equipment, and fertilizer equipment is also one of their coveted goals."

"If this is the case, we will not let them succeed." Mineronji said, "If they master the technology of complete sets of large fertilizer equipment, we will lose this huge market in China."

"But if this happens, they will cancel this purchase and we will still lose this market." Yuuchi Uchida retorted.

Mineronji said: "How could they cancel the purchase? Don't they need fertilizer?"

Gan Guiwuzhi sighed and said, "President Mine, don't forget that in the entire Western world, we are not the only country in Japan that can produce large fertilizer equipment. A few years ago, China introduced 13 sets of large fertilizer equipment, and only two were purchased from Japan. They are more inclined to purchase equipment from France, the Netherlands and the United States."

"Our equipment is obviously cheaper, and they can't ignore this." Mineronji said. This time, his voice became a little weaker and seemed a little lacking in confidence.

"Is price really the most important factor they consider?" asked Hirotsuki Kawabata.

Mineroniki didn't say anything. Yuuuchi had just said that the Chinese people's political requirements are far more than the economic requirements. If the Chinese people have some political pressure on this matter, then price is indeed not the most important factor they consider.

Uchida Yu said: "President Mine, Chairman Kawabata, I want to ask a question. If we promise to transfer large fertilizer technology to the Chinese and give them a manufacturing license, how long will it take for them to reach our level?"

"Are you talking about catching up with our level?" asked Hirotsuki Kawabata.

Yuu Uchida shook his head and said, "No, no, I just said that they have reached our current level. As for how much we have developed after this, it is not within my consideration."

Hirotsuki Kawabata thought for a while and said, "From my understanding of Chinese companies, it takes about 15 to 20 years to reach our current level."

"If we consider the product quality, I think this time will take longer, at least 20 to 30 years. The excellent Japanese manufacturing standards are difficult for Chinese people to learn," said Mineronji.

"Chairman Gangui, what do you think?" Uchida Yu asked Gangui Takeshi again.

Gan Guiwu Zhi pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult for me to answer this question. I think it may be difficult to reach our current level in 20 years. But on the other hand, I think the abilities of the Chinese people should not be underestimated, they have created many miracles."

"If this is the case, then what's the difficulty of agreeing to transfer technology?" Uchida Yuuki said easily. "In 20 years, we have developed a new generation of technology and can still maintain our technological advantages over the Chinese. In these 20 years, we will occupy China's fertilizer equipment market. This is an agricultural country with a population of 1 billion, and their demand for fertilizers is very large."

"I always feel that things are not so optimistic." Mineronji frowned. "This is how we obtained the manufacturing technology of large-scale chemical installations from Americans. Today, it is difficult for Americans to compete with us in this field. If we cultivate this opponent of China, they may become our mortal enemies in decades."

"I haven't finished it yet." Yuu Uchida interrupted Mineroni with a smile and said: "We can agree to their conditions, but we should make some adjustments to the supply strategy. We can reduce the price of large fertilizer equipment, such as 5% or even 10%. At the same time, we need to increase the cost of technology transfer so that they feel that their manufacturing is far less than a full set of imports.

Once their officials have this idea, even if they introduce our technology for political reasons, they will definitely have to give some discounts in terms of digestion and absorption. In this way, the 20 or 30 years we expected may be delayed longer, such as 50 years. Think about it, if China only masters the technology we have today 50 years later, what is the need for us to worry about their competition?"

"It makes sense!" Mine Ryogi and Hirotsugu Kawabata praised in unison. They found that their previous concerns were indeed deviating from the direction. China is a country that lags far behind Japan in industry. Even if this country obtains Japan's technology, how much ability does this country have to transform it into its own technology? The so-called introduction of technology is just a step for the Chinese people out of a great power complex. If technology can be introduced to form their own technology, will there be the concept of developing countries in the world?

Gan Guiwuzhi is named the vice chairman of the Chemical Equipment Association, but he is actually just a senior intermediary. From his perspective, it is the most important to be able to facilitate this procurement. As for technology transfer, all companies can think about it themselves. Hearing that several representatives of the manufacturers reached an agreement, Gan Guiwuzhi was quite happy and immediately fed back the information to the Chinese inspection team.

"The price of complete equipment is reduced, and the technology transfer fee is increased... Haha, the Japanese have made a good plan."

After receiving the news from Gan Guiwuzhi, Feng Xiaochen sneered. There are so many things that the Japanese have to do, so many that they can see through at a glance. Of course, this move is indeed quite toxic. It will make the Chinese feel that it is better to buy it than to make it. Since there are such cheap complete sets of equipment on the market and introducing technology to make it yourself requires a high cost, isn’t it natural to choose to introduce it directly?

Even if companies such as Xinyang Dielectric Machine really introduce technology, the high technology transfer fee will be allocated to the products, and the cost of equipment will be increased, and eventually the imported equipment is cheaper than domestic equipment. Then if Xinyang Dielectric Machine wants to sell products, they can only lose money and make a name for themselves. From the perspective of the company, they will definitely not choose this result.

"The cost of introducing technology is too high, and it is also very unfavorable for us." Wang Shicheng reminded Feng Xiaochen.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Director Wang, there is a saying in Go, called 'The key points of the enemy are my key points'. The Japanese are so worried about our introduction of technology, which further illustrates the necessity of our introduction of technology. They hope that we will give up this field and will only continue to purchase complete sets of equipment from Japan in the future. What we have to do is to break this monopoly and use our own equipment to implement import substitution. In this process, we must pay some costs. Compared to developing these technologies from scratch, the cost of introduction is still very low."

"You have some truth. I think the country has introduced a plan to localize major equipment, which is also taking into account." Wang Shicheng said, "But, Xiao Feng, I heard that Director Deng threatened not to take on this porcelain work. Can we still introduce technology as usual?"

"Of course!" Feng Xiaochen said, "But Zhang died and he would not eat mixed pigs. It is not the only enterprise in China that can produce large fertilizer equipment. We can hold a fertilizer equipment battle, concentrate the national strength, eat this technology, and make Japan's dreams shatter."
Chapter completed!