Chapter 109 Risk
In this trip to Germany, the mission team had two tasks simply: one was to inspect several major beer equipment manufacturers in Germany and introduce advanced beer equipment, and the other was to inspect several major beer groups in Germany and introduce advanced beer brewing technology.
Companies that produce beer equipment cannot brew beer, and companies that brew beer equipment cannot produce beer equipment. This is two different things.
However, regardless of the beer equipment or brewing technology introduced, the standards of the Second Light Department are positioned at the advanced level in the 1980s. Therefore, the design of the plan, process selection, equipment selection and supplier selection must be strictly required in accordance with international standards.
The company where Krista is located is an engineering design and construction company. They are responsible for combining advanced equipment from several major German beer equipment manufacturers such as Siemens, Krones, Hoffman, etc. to form a new beer production line.
Now what Krista brought to Yi Jin was a complete set of beer production lines. Yi Jin took it over. The information was all in German, and she couldn't understand it. In desperation, she handed the information to the translator Xiao Qiu again.
Xiao Qiu speaks fluently German, and he translates it well in a brief introduction to the beer production line in front, but later, he seems to be very short of those professional beer equipment vocabulary.
"Xiao Qin, come." Yi Jin looked at Qin Dong. Qin Dong took the information from Xiao Qiu's hand. The information was very thick and he could only pick the main ones for the time being.
"Oh," Krista looked admiring, "You speak German very well."
Although Zhu Yi, deputy director of the Import Department, couldn't understand a word in German, he could see clearly the expression on Christa's face. Well, I didn't expect that this young man really had two tricks.
"Then, Ms. Schroeder, can I ask, is the total price of this production line?" Qin Dong also knew that price is the primary issue that everyone is concerned about.
"Look here." Krista flipped the information in Qin Dong's hand, "This is a 30,000-ton beer production line, including wheat making, saccharification, fermentation, filtration, packaging and public works, with a total value of 12 million marks.
"12 million mark?" Yi Jin was calculating that last year, the exchange rate between RMB and mark was 1 yuan for 1.3 mark, and now 1 yuan can be exchanged for 0.7 mark, "That's 17 million yuan."
Hearing this number, Chen Shifa smiled on his face. It was almost half cut than the original budget. However, he was a mature person and knew the truth that he would get what he paid for. "Xiao Qin, ask, are these equipment the most advanced equipment?"
After listening to Qin Dong's question, Krista﹒
Schroeder smiled. I have to say that this is a charming German woman. In the face of her professionalism and beauty, Zhu Yi, Qi Cheng and others no longer had the confidence and calmness of being in China.
"I promise, this is a solution that we have chosen thousands of choices," Krista smiled sincerely and charmingly. "Look, we use the equipment of Krones, control system, cleaning system, and sugar pot manufacturing process of the sugar pot, all of which are the most advanced equipment now..."
"Is that true?" Yi Jin looked at the information in Qin Dong's hand and approached Qin Dong involuntarily. Now, although everyone has done their homework in this inspection team, it seems that no one can compare to Qin Dong's understanding of beer technology.
"She's right." Qin Dong nodded. Krons's sugar-shaping equipment is indeed among the top several major beer equipment manufacturers in Germany.
"In a responsible attitude toward customers, we did not choose Krones' pot body for the sugar-melting pot body... You see, we use Siemens' equipment for the fermented pipe plates and pipelines..."
In the information, the equipment for saccharification, fermentation and packaging is indeed from different beer equipment companies, because these companies have their own flagship products.
"There is another point," Krista took the initiative to approach Qin Dong. She understood that Qin Dong's current weight seemed to be heavier than that beautiful Chinese woman, because he might be the only person in this group who understands German and technology. "If you use the production line recommended by our company, the equipment construction and pipeline construction of the entire project, our Steinbo company will send the most capable engineers..."
Now, only Guangzhou Design Institute in China has the design capacity of a 5,000-ton beer production line, and only foreign engineering design and construction companies can take charge of a 30,000-ton beer production line.
"What if the equipment is installed and there will be a malfunction in the future?" Chen Shifa asked.
Since 1982, various provinces in my country have successively introduced more than 10 beer production lines from Romania, Yugoslavia, Democratic Germany, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany. The mid-to-high-end beer equipment is basically monopolized by German companies such as HK, Sen, and Krones.
However, not only does the imported beer production line consume a lot of foreign exchange, but there are many disadvantages, such as: some components of the equipment are special components, and in the event of a failure, there is no corresponding component replacement in China, so that the advanced equipment introduced with a lot of money has become a pile of waste in the warehouse. During the peak season of beer production, the losses caused are immeasurable.
Yi Jin also turned his head to look at Krista. This was what the leaders in the hall had specifically instructed before coming, to see how to solve this problem. If one can find a way out, it would be better.
The leader even hinted that if she could perform well in this beer production line, the department would consider removing the word "substitute" on her head. After all, she is now just in charge of the work of the Science and Technology Department, not the director.
"We will be responsible for this to the end, and the contract will be stated," Krista's tone was calm, "Please don't worry. If this happens, we will send special engineers and invite engineers from beer equipment manufacturers to China together, and ensure that we set off within one week after receiving your notice."
"One week?" Qi Cheng frowned, "If it happens to be the peak season for beer production, it will not be delayed for a day."
"Three days, three days can do it, Xiao Qin, tell her." Chen Shifa said.
"Three days, we work hard," Krista smiled. "A week is because we consider various emergencies. Of course, our departure time will definitely be shortened," she smiled and looked at the middle-aged men. "But let me ask, are you so unconfident in the equipment made by German companies?"
After Qin Dong translated, several big men also laughed. The quality of the German company's manufacturing quality was the most profound. Qin Wan people also had the sugar-melting pots made by the German grandmother. The pot body was still copper. The machine that had been around for almost a hundred years could still operate normally.
"Let's do it, Krista, leave the information behind and let us study it again." Yi Jin looked at Qin Dong and signaled to him to translate. Invisibly, Qin Dong had already snatched the job of translator Xiao Qiu, "We will give her a reply on Monday."
"Monday?" Krista shook his head, "I have always been in charge of your project. No one in the company knows better than me. But on Monday, I want to go to Belgium, so I can only come back from Belgium and we will talk about it."
She shrugged, with a regretful expression on her face, "This is why I arrived early this morning."
That's right, what this German woman means is that we are going to finalize the production line they provide now?
Yi Jin dared not agree easily, and the Chinese know the truth about comparing the various companies better than anyone else.
Krista seemed to guess the concerns of Yi Jin and others, "The company needs your feedback now. For preliminary feedback, I will report it to the company's general manager after I go back. He can also arrange someone to lead you to visit these most advanced equipment tomorrow..."
“If you don’t have any intentions now, our work plan will change.”
If you don't give Krista a reply now, it will take a few days until she returns from Belgium. If you have initially determined your intention, you can inspect the beer equipment factory on site tomorrow. This is particularly important for the inspection team. Yi Jin doesn't want to spend two days on weekends traveling or just staying in a hotel.
Chapter completed!