"You guys say, what's going on!"

In the office of the general manager of the subway engineering company in Yicheng City, Heyang Province, general manager Han Nanbin threw a stack of newspapers on the table and shouted at Jiang Zhong, the Huoyuan Metro Project Engineering Department, who was standing in front of him and Yu Shiluo, the company's technical department director.

This is a newspaper published by several national media today, without exception, published reports on technical seminars on domestic shield machines. According to these reports, Chenyu Engineering Machinery Company was the first in China to complete the design of large-diameter shield machines. After listening to the report of Chenyu Company, dozens of domestic authoritative experts believed that this design filled the domestic gap and reached the international advanced level, with novel design ideas, reliable performance, and preferential prices... The following is omitted to 300 compliments, which can be summarized as impeccable. Whoever rejects such a product is the number one fool and national sinner.

If it were just these contents, it would not be enough to make Han Nanbin furious. In the second half of each report, it was pointed out that this new product encountered unfair treatment when participating in the bidding for subway engineering equipment in a certain area in China. For example, a subway engineering company in the north proposed that the rated capacitance of the pinch control system must exceed 8.0 thousand N, while an authoritative attending the meeting pointed out that this requirement was completely unnecessary. The reporter then revealed that the indicator of Chenyu's shield machine is 75,000 thousand N, while the German Pumai is 81,000 thousand N. So the question is, is this requirement specially designed for German Pumai?

If the content of what the reporter said in the report is still a bit evasive, then the "Editor's Notes" distributed by some media seem to be red. These editor's Notes point out that in the minds of some units, the idea that foreign goods must be better than domestic goods is deeply rooted. They have the conditions to use foreign goods, and they have no conditions to create conditions. Then, the central document was brought in, saying that a certain leader repeatedly proposed to strengthen the awareness of self-reliance and have national confidence, but some of our units' leaders disobeyed and developed various ridiculous standard intentions to keep domestic goods out...

Some of these reports and editorial notes were posted on the second and third pages, while others were posted on the front pages directly, which was obviously very important. Although the names of He Railway Company and Huoyuan Metro were not directly pointed out in the report, it was still easy to get acquainted if someone was more concerned about this matter.

So, who are more concerned about this matter? At least the leaders of Heyang Province should include it. Some reports pointed out that the unit involved was "a subway engineering company in the north", and there were actually few companies in China that could be referred to in this way. Just now, a leader in charge of the province called Han Nanbin to ask if the matter mentioned in the newspaper was related to Hezhi Company. Han Nanbin was scared and sweated. He neither dared to admit that what was said in the report was himself, nor dared to deceive him and said that it had nothing to do with him, because who knows whether the reporter would reveal more information, and he would add a charge of deceiving the leader.

After finally fooling the leader, Han Nanbin asked someone to inform Jiang Zhong and Yu Shiluo to come to see him immediately. He wanted to knock on the heads of the two of them and ask them if they would do anything.

"Mr. Han, please listen to my explanation..." Jiang Zhong stammered, "Huoyuan Metro, we originally planned to use the German Pumai shield machine. We have had several rounds of contact with Pumai, but there are still some differences in price, and it has not been decided yet. Chenyu Company came out halfway, and we did not expect..."

"I know this matter, you can choose the important ones!" Han Nanbin interrupted Jiang Zhong's narration impatiently.

"Yes!" Jiang Zhong responded, and then continued to say Rosso: "The state requires that all large-scale equipment purchases must be bidding. We originally found two foreign companies and two domestic companies to accompany the bid. The two foreign companies were greeted by Pumai, and the products they took out were too high and obviously could not win the bid. As for the two domestic companies, they have no mature products so far, and they have no competitiveness in front of Pumai."

"Yes, yes, these two domestic companies were contacted by Manager Jiang and I said in advance that they would let them accompany the bid, but they had no objection." Yu Shiluo also echoed.

Han Nanbin frowned, but didn't say anything. He also knew about this process, and there was no need for Jiang Zhong and Yu Shiluo to say it again. These two people were talking nonsense because they had not had time to digest the news just now, and were busy looking for excuses in their hearts.

"Chenyu Company came to bid on his own. Because we were bidding publicly, there was no way to refuse. I asked Director Yu to analyze Chenyu Company's products. Director Yu told me that Chenyu Company's product advantages are very obvious. If it is a regular bidding, Pumai Company may fail." Jiang Zhong said.

"How is this possible?" Han Nanbin raised his eyebrows, "What kind of company is Pumai? It is an internationally-class engineering machinery company. What kind of Chenyu company we seem to have used their excavators and pump trucks in the past, and the quality is said to be OK, but compared with Pumai, can it be the same? Especially the shield machine, which is a private company in China, can they get it?"

Yu Shiluo grinned, not knowing what to say. Mr. Han, who had worked on the front line of engineering back then, had the impression of domestic equipment and imported equipment formed at that time. In the era when Han Nanbin was a technician, imported equipment had the advantage of instant sales over domestic equipment. If it were not for the country's foreign exchange shortage, all units had to purchase domestic equipment, I'm afraid no one would be willing to replace all the equipment with imported ones.

However, this is already an old celestial calendar. In the past 20 years, a large number of advanced foreign technologies have been introduced in China, and the performance and quality of domestic engineering machinery have been significantly improved. For conventional equipment such as excavators and bulldozers, the performance of domestic brands is no longer much different from that of imported ones. The imported equipment is at best a little more beautiful in appearance. There are audio and air conditioners in the cab, and the chair is genuine leather, but this is a hydrogen sulfide!

The price of domestic equipment is half lower than that of imported equipment, and the price and labor cost of maintenance accessories are only a fraction of the imported equipment. In addition, perhaps foreign engineering companies are more civilized in construction and are not as brutal as domestic engineering teams. Imported equipment is often very delicate. If you indicate a load of 5 tons, you can only load 5 tons. If you install a load of 30 tons, you will be able to put it in. There is still no such thing? Domestic equipment has no such problem. If you hold a load of 5 tons, you will still run away if you install 50 tons. Who doesn’t like such things?

This time, the same is true for the shield machine that Chenyu Company used to bid for. Yu Shiluo is an expert. After reading the technical information, he knows that the other party has mastered the key technology. The shield machine he brought out is definitely comparable to Pumai, but the price is 40% lower than Pumai. Pumai's shield machine is 200 million yuan, while Chenyu's quotation is 120 million yuan, saving as much as 80 million yuan.

Don’t think that only one shield machine is required to repair a subway line. In fact, the shield machine is a fast-moving consumer goods. The service life of a shield machine is about 10 kilometers. In addition, the excavation speed of the shield machine is also limited, generally between 10 meters and 30 meters per day, which is three or four kilometers a year. If you want to build a 20-kilometer subway, and if the construction period is limited to only two years, four or five shield machines must be used to work at the same time. In this case, each shield machine saves 80 million yuan, and the accumulated cost is considerable.

With this understanding, Yu Shiluo once reported to Han Nanbin, asking whether he could consider using Chenyu's domestic shield machine, even if he used one to try the effect first. Who knew that Han Nanbin didn't listen to his explanation at all, and just said that the subway project is a century-old plan and there is no negligence at all. He absolutely could not trust the level of domestic equipment. Chenyu's company wanted to find a place to do experiments, even if he went to another company, Heti Company would never be a guinea pig.

Han Nanbin is domineering and talks in the company. After he speaks, Yu Shiluo no longer says anything. Using domestic equipment is definitely risky. If the leader insists on doing things that he does not agree with, if something goes wrong in the future, even if it only delays the construction period for a few days, he has to bear the responsibility himself. He is a technical director with a good income, a leisurely job, a beautiful wife, and a smart son. He lives so beautifully, why bother to take on such troubles?

As for whether there will be problems with Pumai equipment, Yu Shiluo doesn't have to worry about it. Even if there is a problem with Pumai equipment, no one will make any remarks, because... they are Pumai! Everyone firmly believes that if there is a problem with Pumai equipment, it must be a wrong problem, and Pumai will not be wrong. The construction period is delayed because of a problem with Pumai equipment. He, the technical director responsible for introducing equipment, does not have to bear any responsibility.

With this mentality, Yu Shiluo began to discuss with Jiang Zhong how to kick Chenyu Company out of the bidding. Chenyu Company's products do have advantages, but they are not flawless. There is nothing that cannot be found if you want to find. For example, why do you wear a hat? Why don't you wear a hat? Why are your hat red? Why are your hat green? Hey, it seems that something is wrong...

According to Yu Shiluo and Jiang Zhong's original thoughts, Chenyu's company was kicked out and the matter was over. I am Party A, what can you do to me? Don't forget that our construction site is still using your excavators and concrete pump trucks. If you dare to offend Party A, believe it or not, you will not have your share when we bid for other equipment in the future.
Chapter completed!