Chapter 392

The next day, Li Ye called Pei Wenhui over, and Hao Jian and Tang Mingtai came along.

Tang Mingtai wasn't surprised to see Li Ye, because although he had only met Li Ye once or twice, he knew Li Ye was a fellow townsman of Li Dayong and Hao Jian, and a classmate of Pei Wenhui at Jingda, so it wasn't strange to see him in Pengcheng.

But as soon as Li Ye spoke, Tang Mingtai was a bit surprised.

Because judging by Li Ye's tone, he didn't treat himself as an outsider.

"Now we need to clarify a few questions. Everyone, use your connections to verify the answers."

Li Ye said seriously, "Was Wang Qinshan really contacted by Zhongai because of a TV?

Did he communicate with the Hong Kong manager about wanting to introduce Zhongai Company's mechanical parts to assemble sewing machines?"

"What is the quote for the mechanical parts provided by the Fuso people? Is it higher or lower than our costs? Did they only provide mechanical parts, or do they have other intentions?"

"Did the Fuso people only contact Changbei Machinery Company?"

Li Ye asked several questions in a row, with the air of a CEO holding a meeting, calling out his subordinates one by one.

After Li Ye finished speaking, Hao Jian was the first to answer: "After I received your call yesterday, I already inquired with several other machinery factories that manufacture sewing machines. Some of them also received phone invitations from Zhongai Machinery Company.

These machinery factories are medium-sized, but they all have some strength. In addition, I also inquired with several brother units in the clothing industry, and they all received calls from Zhongai Company promoting sewing machines just like I did..."

Hao Jian paused and said with some shame, "At the time when they were promoting sewing machines to me, I didn't pay them any mind, did I?

But in the process of talking, they probed what brand of sewing machines we use. This really isn't because I wasn't careful; their methods are simply impossible to guard against..."

Li Ye nodded and said, "Fuso people attach great importance to commercial intelligence, and international commercial espionage is also very common. It's not your fault you got caught this time, but be careful when dealing with Fuso people in the future."

Hao Jian immediately said, "I won't deal with them at all in the future. If they call, I'll just pretend to be mute."

"That's not necessary," Li Ye smiled lightly, "There will be plenty of days to deal with them in the future! Can't be cowardly!"

Seeing Hao Jian had finished, Pei Wenhui continued to say to Li Ye, "I asked Guo Tianyong this morning. Wang Qinshan didn't communicate with him about his actions. He even asked me if we should complain to the higher-ups now."

"What's the use of complaining? Not to mention there's no cooperation yet, even if there were, it wouldn't matter..."

Li Ye smiled indifferently, then looked at Tang Mingtai: "I heard you argued with Wang Qinshan for half the night last night. Tell me the specific reasons!"

Now only Tang Mingtai hadn't reported.

But he looked at Pei Wenhui first.

Because the questions Li Ye asked Tang Mingtai involved the commercial information of Changbei Machinery Company, he was a bit hesitant.

Pei Wenhui nodded and said, "You can tell the truth; I will explain it to Guo Tianyong."

Only then did Tang Mingtai feel relieved. Although Pei Wenhui had no position at Changbei, he was the "Big Boss's younger sister," and the Hong Kong manager Guo Tianyong was always polite to her, so she had the ability to take responsibility.

"The quote for parts given by Zhongai Machinery Company is higher than our costs, but their processing precision is also higher than our current precision. They should be using new machine tools for processing.

If our Changbei-2, which just succeeded in testing, also used new machine tools, it should be about the same as their improvement plan.

But we don't have new machine tools. The samples tested earlier were taken to Hong Kong for processing. If we import parts from Hong Kong, the costs would be much higher than theirs."

"But that's not the reason I argued with Factory Manager Wang yesterday. Zhongai Company proposed a 'technical subcontracting business' to Factory Manager Wang yesterday, which means they will continuously provide technical improvement plans to Changbei Machinery Company in the future..."

Tang Mingtai sighed, looking dejected, "There have been too many such examples over the years. Everyone works hard to do research, and just when they are about to achieve results, someone suddenly brings a ready-made one to your door to promote it..."

"We finally assembled a technical team, and everyone's enthusiasm was high. Now suddenly, there's no place to use our skills... Of course I'm going to argue with Wang Qinshan."

"I said the Fuso people don't have such good intentions, but Wang Qinshan said we aren't good people either, colluding with outsiders to hide technology, and a few people earned half a factory's money. He called me a dog traitor."

Pei Wenhui and Hao Jian were "dumbfounded," and even Li Ye couldn't help but laugh.

Li Ye laughed while saying, "He called you a dog traitor, and you didn't punch him in the forehead?"

"I didn't. I was stunned by his words at the time. Now that I think about it, I really should have given him a few punches."

Tang Mingtai said regretfully, "You don't know, I didn't sleep much last night. I tossed and turned in the second half of the night, thinking, how did I become a dog traitor? But by the time dawn was breaking, I suddenly realized, I am absolutely not a dog traitor."

"Slap!"

Tang Mingtai slapped the table and stared, saying, "Although our technology is kept secret from Wang's side, and although we are taking Hong Kong's wages, our technical personnel are all from the mainland.

The technology we researched has all been used in mainland enterprises. Our technology hasn't flowed overseas; it is 100% our own technology.

Yes, Hong Kong took the factory's profits, but they invested money! Even bank loans have interest! Who would do something that doesn't make money?

My relatives are at Changbei Machinery Factory. A factory that was about to die came back to life, made money, paid taxes, and paid the workers' wages. Where are we traitors? Who did we harm? We didn't eat inside and out, right?"

Tang Mingtai breathed heavily in anger and said unwillingly, "So I got up this morning and went to find Wang Qinshan to have another good argument with him. If he dares to outsource the technology to the Fuso people, he's the traitor!"

"As a result, I went to find Wang Qinshan, but he had been picked up by the Zhongai people in advance, and then I received a call from Manager Guo in the capital, asking me to come and meet with classmate Pei..."

"But I definitely won't let him off today. I must tell him clearly face-to-face that it was our technology that made the current Changbei Machinery Company. If Wang Qinshan dares to use an outsider's technology to replace our own, I'm not finished with him."

"Hey, Manager Tang, you've hit the nail on the head. Technology is our own technology; this is our wish and goal."

Li Ye pointed at Tang Mingtai and smiled, "Manager Tang, do you still remember why we went to Changbei Machinery Factory in the first place?"

Tang Mingtai was stunned and said, "At the beginning, Li Dayong took the lead in the sewing machine improvement project, but there was no place to produce it, so there was the subsequent joint venture with Changbei Machinery Factory."

Li Ye nodded and said, "Right. Manager Tang, you are a technical talent in machinery. You should know that technological innovation in machinery cannot be completed entirely in the laboratory; it must rely on factories and the market..."

"So Changbei Machinery Company was established to research technology and to cultivate your technical team. He, Wang Qinshan... is actually serving your technical department."

The line of thought Li Ye expressed was a bit convoluted. Not only was Tang Mingtai a bit confused, but even Hao Jian and Pei Wenhui didn't react for a moment.

After all, Wang Qinshan is a factory manager; how did he become a "subordinate" serving the technicians?

However, Pei Wenhui thought about it and said, "Brother, I talked to Dayong on the phone yesterday. He was angry and said similar things."

"But he said that we master the technology, so we don't have to rely on Wang Qinshan. If it really doesn't work, we'll just withdraw our shares and start over. The environment in Pengcheng is better, so we can just move here."

"Start over? Why start over? The technical team must stay in the capital."

Seeing that everyone was a bit confused, Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you something, and also reveal my expectations and plans for your future!"

Li Ye held out his palm, pressed down one finger, and said, "For a machinery enterprise to become an industry giant, it only takes a few steps.

The first step is to possess a new technology. We have already achieved this step; at least we have Changbei-1 and Changbei-2, which are considered advanced levels in the mainland."

Li Ye pressed down the second finger: "After having the technology, you need trial production, at least to build hundreds of products, and then continuously test them internally."

"Initially, the Nancheng Third Machinery Factory didn't cooperate with us on this second step, so we found Changbei Machinery Factory, which completed this second step."

Li Ye pressed down the third finger: "The third step is to correct and debug the product based on market feedback. We have just reached this step now."

"Our Changbei-1 sold well this year, so based on customer feedback, we have gradually solved many technical problems in the details. One more thing, Zhongai Machinery Company hasn't reached this step yet!"

What Li Ye said was based on evidence, such as the fiercely competitive new energy vehicle industry in the future.

Jia Yueting and Xu Jiayin both died before the third step, and Lei Jun was also stuck at the third step, unable to take a step forward for a long time.

But Li Ye relied on Changbei Machinery Factory and Jin Peng's sales channels to complete this third step.

Li Ye pressed down the fourth finger and said solemnly: "The fourth step is that we need continuous technological updates and continuous product iteration. Only by reaching this generation can we defeat other peers."

"But to achieve this step, we need a completely own, more powerful technical team."

Li Ye looked at Tang Mingtai and Pei Wenhui and said, "Now do you understand why I want to keep the technical team in the capital?"

Tang Mingtai and Pei Wenhui shook their heads in unison, indicating they didn't understand.

"Sigh, because there are many technical idlers in the capital!"

Li Ye asked Tang Mingtai: "You understand machinery. Tell me, where are the most industrial research institutes in our mainland?"

Tang Mingtai suddenly realized: "Regardless of those involving secrets, the capital accounts for a large part of the research institutes in civil industry, and the idle researchers in these institutes are also the most in the country..."

There have always been many research institutions in the capital, and over the years of accumulation, there are countless technicians inside.

Li Ye established Changbei Machinery Company as a "poaching" front organization.

In the early eighties, people didn't ask each other when they met: "Brother, where are you making a fortune?"

Everyone first asked: "Comrade, which unit are you from?"

If Li Ye didn't even have a formal unit, and wanted to invite people to come over to collect wages and engage in technology, people wouldn't pay attention to you at all.

You're a wild unit, and you want to invite me?

I am a formal national researcher; I can't afford to lose that face.

But the name of a Sino-Hong Kong joint venture is still very bluffing. Now Tang Mingtai's subordinates have several newly poached technical personnel, otherwise they wouldn't have produced Changbei-2 so quickly.

So the signboard of Changbei Machinery Company as a Sino-Hong Kong joint venture cannot be lost for the time being, and Li Ye also wants to rely on this factory to make Nakamura Naoto suffer!

Seeing that Tang Mingtai understood, Li Ye smiled and said, "Then you know what you should do next, right?"

Tang Mingtai laughed dryly and said, "I... I won't be digging the wall of xx-ism, right?"

(End of this chapter)

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