Chapter 1633: The Chip Case

Ji Wang Weidong introduced that Atu's scale of operations had become very large, to the point where they had even started using US dollars to settle orders.

Li Xuewu naturally understood the implications behind this; after all, not just anyone could possess the capability for US dollar settlement.

However, he held no grudge against the US dollar, and judging by Ji Wang Weidong's tone, he didn't seem to care that Atu possessed "US dollars" either.

The result was that weapons, which were previously smuggled in by ship, had developed into full-ship transport, and now, into air-dropped delivery.

The term "air-dropped delivery" here cannot be simplified to just "airdrop," as there is a distinction between the broad and narrow concepts; Atu wanted these weapons to land directly where he needed them to appear.

Do not think that air transport costs are higher; in fact, the cost of air transport is much cheaper than shipping. Just think about the transport costs from the port to the destination.

Currently, the most suitable aircraft model for medium-to-long-range air transport is the An-12, which can transport over five thousand rifles to Atu in a single trip with its 20-ton payload.

Whether converted into bullets or artillery shells, it is enough for him to arm an entire division—an absolutely super-value service.

Are weapons the most cost-effective items for air transport?

No, it is domestic emergency supplies and auxiliary combat tools—the individual equipment and hardware produced by the Red Steel Group.

These things are worthless in the Red Steel Group's warehouses, but once they land in North Africa, even a shovel becomes a divine weapon.

Therefore, Li Xuewu found an opportunity to earn US dollars for the yet-to-be-established air transport company, and it looked like a long-term business.

"Why?" Gao Yaqin was very puzzled, crossing her arms and frowning as she asked: "Could it be that they can fight a war for a lifetime?"

"Hehe—" Li Xuewu chuckled as he walked to the sofa area, picked up his teacup, and said: "You really should look up some data and properly understand the local situation. If I told you, you wouldn't even be able to comprehend that kind of complexity."

To use a more "fashionable" way of putting it: North Africa isn't big, but it creates myths.

Lieutenant Ka was currently afraid to oppose North Su, and also afraid to oppose NATO, belonging to the role of a fence-sitter leaning both ways.

But the result of playing dead was that neither side was pleased; even if they tolerated his existence on the surface, the necessary constraints would still be there.

Just seeing that Atu could use US dollars was enough to explain the problem; these weapons being shipped over were all there to hold back this Kaka.

"Can they really keep fighting? Is it that chaotic?"

Gao Yaqin didn't believe it, raising her eyebrows and saying: "Doesn't that mean our weapons can keep selling forever? Is there such a good thing in the world?"

"That kid Atu said that what he is doing now is selling peace. I have already written to him to warn him to change his tune."

Li Xuewu walked back behind his desk, put down the teacup in his hand, and nodded, saying: "It should be called struggling for the great unity of the world."

"You really can talk nonsense—"

Gao Yaqin twitched her lips, sat down in the chair, crossed her right leg, and asked: "Are you starting the project to set up the airline now?"

She reminded him meaningfully: "It's an extraordinary period, and this year's budget is already very small. Can you still launch such a large project?"

"It's just launching the project, not spending money immediately." Li Xuewu said nonchalantly: "The transport company will use a Hong Kong shell."

After he sat down, he crossed his hands on the desk, looked at Gao Yaqin, and explained: "We must get the domestic air transport business up and running, and we must also achieve deep cooperation with important foreign cities and partner enterprises."

"Of course, it's just in the preparation stage now. It will take at least another half a year before these planes enter the warehouse."

"What about the money?" Gao Yaqin asked bluntly: "Will there be money next year?"

"Seventeen planes—"

She said somewhat helplessly: "Even if they are old antiques, they must cost over ten million, right? Where are you going to find so much money? Still need financing?"

"Even if there are shareholders to share the cost pressure, we still have to bear at least half of the fundraising work, right?"

"Hmm, we have to prepare at least ten million."

Li Xuewu listened to her calculations, nodded, and said: "It's uncertain how much of a budget we can make next year. The rest might need to be borrowed."

He shrugged his shoulders and said: "There's no other way. We'll use part of the Red Steel Group's business as collateral and raise it from the Oriental Era side."

"Are you sure this project can be done?"

Gao Yaqin reminded him: "In the three-year plan, there is no necessity for a ten-million-level large expenditure. The Management Committee might not necessarily pass it."

"I'll calculate an account for you, the simplest kind."

Li Xuewu pulled his pencil from the pen holder and wrote on the draft paper: "Let's just count sugar. How much is Cuban yellow sugar now?"

"Hmm?" Gao Yaqin frowned slightly and said: "Eight mao?"

Currently, there is very little white sugar in the country; most of it is yellow sugar purchased from Cuba. The sugar content is sufficient, but the refining process is not up to standard.

Although Gao Yaqin rarely cooks at home, as long as a female comrade has been to the market, she should understand the price of such scarce materials.

Moreover, in this era, sugar is considered a gift, an excellent gift for visiting relatives and friends during festivals, and it is very presentable.

"Okay, let's calculate it at 8 mao."

Li Xuewu said while writing on the draft paper: "Do you know which countries in the world are major sugar producers?"

Seeing him look up, his eyes full of seriousness, Gao Yaqin frowned and had no choice but to follow his train of thought.

"Brazil, Cuba?"

"Right, but there are ones closer to us."

Li Xuewu pointed at her with the hand holding the pencil and said: "India and Thailand are also major sugar producers, and they are just within the range of the An-12."

He wrote a string of numbers on the draft paper with the pencil and then explained: "This year's international raw sugar price is around 50 US dollars. I'm talking about the price per ton."

"Let's convert it. How much can 150 yuan per ton of raw sugar sell for when transported to Beijing?"

"This..." Gao Yaqin's brain turned very fast. She used to work in a trade unit, so she quickly gave the answer: "1450 yuan?"

"That's right, you can earn 1450 yuan per ton."

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "20 tons is 29,000 yuan. Of course, this is the price without costs."

"So what is the cost?"

He wrote on the draft paper again: "This year's crude oil price is 3 dollars a barrel, aviation fuel is about 150 yuan per ton, and it uses 6 tons at a time..."

"The cost of flying once is only 900 yuan?"

This time Gao Yaqin was truly surprised. She raised her eyebrows and asked: "So according to your calculation, transporting raw sugar from Thailand or India once can earn 28,000 yuan?"

"Of course that's impossible—" Li Xuewu amusedly tapped the draft paper with the pencil and raised his eyebrows: "I'll give you 1600 yuan, can you buy me a ton of sugar?"

Gao Yaqin frowned. She understood Li Xuewu's meaning. Sugar is a scarce material and cannot be calculated based on the selling price of the supply and marketing cooperative.

"The yellow sugar in the negotiated price store is two yuan and two per jin. We can't sell it for two yuan and two, but it won't be too cheap either."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Thailand and India encourage white sugar exports, and there are policies on taxes. There are also tax policies for domestic sugar imports."

"So I won't count the flight maintenance costs and other small things. One way must earn at least 30,000."

He put the pencil back into the pen holder, looked at Gao Yaqin, and said: "How much money can Red Steel Group's products earn when transported to India or Thailand?"

"Air transport occupies a certain advantage in international trade. It plays on the price difference, and things are expensive because they are rare."

"Then this also—" Gao Yaqin frowned and thought: "Your meaning is, including other costs, if two An-12s only transport raw sugar, they can earn 1.5 million in a month of flying?"

"That's right, 1.5 million yuan a month."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and said: "Even considering the flight frequency, it's impossible to reach full attendance, but at least it can earn 1 million."

"Can it break even in a year?" Gao Yaqin's brain didn't dare to be used now. She felt that this project was impossible to complete no matter how she looked at it.

But looking at the draft paper Li Xuewu pushed over, the numbers were right in front of her, and this couldn't be faked.

This was just the money earned by two An-12s, not counting other planes.

3800 kilometers, 6 tons of fuel, 900 yuan...

Now the air passenger ticket price is about 40 yuan per person, the Il-18 can carry 110 people, and a full load can earn about 4400 yuan...

Li Xuewu saw her eyes squinting slightly, her gaze hollow, and he knew at a glance that she was calculating something in her heart. He shook his head amusedly.

If air transport didn't make money, there wouldn't be a civil aviation market in the world, let alone so many aircraft manufacturing companies.

Then why doesn't it make money domestically?

There are many reasons, such as resources being seriously tilted toward military use, no large aircraft manufacturing plants domestically, no mechanism for airlines to purchase independently and be responsible for their own profits and losses, leading to the project being unable to recover blood through commercial operations, and relying purely on financial blood transfusions to be unsustainable, etc.

To summarize, there are no purely operational airlines in the country at all. Just the fact that flight tickets are not open to ordinary people means they can't make money.

You can't say that because ordinary people can't afford a flight ticket with a month's salary, there will never be ordinary people buying flight tickets, right?

In this era, there are some enterprises that need management personnel or business personnel to reach their destinations as quickly as possible.

They are also willing to pay this travel expense, but unfortunately, there is still no flight resource supply for them.

Then there are groups with high incomes similar to Li Xuewu. When they need to travel long distances, most of them will choose to travel by train.

Why?

Because airports don't have flights every day.

"Two An-12s used as cargo planes, the other fifteen all used as passenger planes!" Gao Yaqin pulled the pencil Li Xuewu had just used from the pen holder and very seriously calculated the most valuable allocation ratio on the draft paper.

Li Xuewu didn't stop her, just said lightly: "President Chantal of the Santa Ya Group is seeking to help us purchase US-made C-130 cargo transport planes, the kind of monster with a 33-ton payload."

"Really!" Gao Yaqin almost stood up from her chair in surprise, widened her eyes, looked at him, and said: "How is this possible!"

"Because her main connections are in France."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "She can't get the C-160 TRANSALL over here, because that is their heavy weapon."

"But she still has ways to find sources for old antiques from decades ago, and she will find connections to help with maintenance and upgrades."

He just told Gao Yaqin about this possibility to boost her confidence in this project. As for whether Chantal's promise can actually be realized, it will have to wait until next year to see.

Li Xuewu didn't even expect her to get this big plane over next year. It wouldn't matter if it was a year late; there are many things involved in this.

"Actually, I looked up some information before I came, but I didn't expect you to take a different path and provide such a big surprise."

Gao Yaqin smiled, looked at him with great admiration, shook her head, and said: "This project is starting preparation now, and will operate by July next year..."

Familiar with Li Xuewu's consistent routines, she could instantly think of something from the arrangement of the time point, and the look in her eyes when looking at the opposite side became a bit strange.

A gentleman does not take revenge for a grudge. She didn't believe that Li Xuewu would swallow his anger, and even less did she believe that the former Tiger of the Security Division had switched to a vegetarian diet.

"The timing is just right, isn't it?"

Li Xuewu pretended not to know, smiled, spread his hands, and said: "You read the newspapers too, you should have noticed that in the first half of the year, we introduced 4 second-hand Trident 1E aircraft from Pakistan, right?"

"I know, I've seen this type of plane."

Gao Yaqin raised her eyebrows and said: "If you have been to the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, you will find that there are quite a few of this model there."

"What does this explain?" Li Xuewu opened his eyes, raised his chin, looked at her, and said: "In June, the British learned that we introduced second-hand Tridents from Pakistan, and took the initiative to contact our Foreign Affairs Office to the Machinery Import and Export Corporation to discuss the sale of Tridents."

"And I have already found out the exact news."

He nodded slowly and said: "The China Machinery Corporation purchased 6 Tridents in one go, at a price of 2.86 million pounds each, to be delivered in '72."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders again here, looked at Gao Yaqin, and asked: "Thought of it? What is the significance of these two purchases?"

Gao Yaqin just frowned and thought, overturning her guesses over and over again, but couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

"Since the founding of the country, our main civil aviation models have been just these few types: the Soviet An-24 and Il-18, the imitated Yun-5, and the British Trident."

Li Xuewu said amusedly and helplessly: "Even the Convair 240 that flew back from Hong Kong during the uprising is still struggling on the front line of air transport."

"But do you know what the civil aviation annual passenger transport volume was last year?" He pulled a reply letter from the materials and handed it over, pointing to the material and emphasizing: "It was 3 million passengers, just the domestic transport volume."

"Comrade, the times have changed—" In Gao Yaqin's surprised gaze, he said with a smile on his lips: "Maybe even you didn't notice, the time when the Viscount 843 aircraft belonged to Beijing Civil Aviation was '63. We had already introduced passenger planes from Western countries long ago."

"The annual passenger transport volume of 3 million is just the carrying capacity under the current civil aviation operation mechanism, definitely not the domestic air passenger demand."

Li Xuewu crossed his hands and leaned on the chair, saying: "Connecting the Shenyang Taodong Airport with the Beijing Airport, then connecting to the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, and finally reaching the Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport."

"This route must be applied for and opened as soon as possible."

He raised his eyebrows and said: "The application for passenger routes is relatively difficult. You can do the preparation work in advance on your side."

"Cargo aviation has to apply for special lines: India, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and North Su. Any direction with trade channels must have its air routes opened."

"It's still a bit difficult." Gao Yaqin frowned and reminded: "Some directions are not something we can open just because we want to."

"It doesn't matter, just leave the ones that can't be opened to the shareholders to coordinate." Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said: "It will take at least a year from project establishment to operation for the shipping company. It's worth it to truly establish a complete shipping system in two years."

"Hmm, I'll think about it after I go back."

Gao Yaqin was moved by him, nodded, and looked at him again, asking: "Then is this project reported to Li Zong by you, or should I report it?"

She reminded him meaningfully: "Actually, Li Zong is waiting for you to go back and have a good talk with him. You should know this point. Me saying this is already considered being meddlesome."

"Let's wait a bit longer." Li Xuewu picked up the teacup and took a sip of warm tea, saying with some reservation: "It's not the time yet."

"When do you want to wait until?" Gao Yaqin tilted her head and looked at him, asking: "Wait until Deputy Director Su pushes you into a corner, or wait until you give Li Zong a slap before going back to clean up the mess?"

"Hehe—not to that extent—"

Li Xuewu smiled, looked at her leisurely, and asked: "Did Director Li talk to you before you came out?"

"No, you two don't need me to pass messages in between, right?"

Gao Yaqin found it funny, turned her head to look out the window, and said: "If I misinterpret your meaning again, I'll become a sinner."

"I didn't say it's not the time; I want to wait until the Beijing Chemical side has results. You might have misunderstood."

Li Xuewu shook his head with a smile and said: "Last time there was something at home, and I couldn't report to Director Li in person. It was also very regrettable."

"This is the first time I've heard such a polite explanation from your mouth." Gao Yaqin smiled, turned back to look at him, and said: "If you say it like this, then I really have reason to suspect something."

"Doesn't matter—" Li Xuewu spread his hands and said confidently: "You can even stay in Steel City for a few more days and go back with me."

"Then forget it—" Gao Yaqin packed up the materials she brought on the table and said amusedly: "Sanhe must be waiting anxiously in Beijing, thinking I learned from you and stood them up."

"Thank you for your hard work, it's not easy."

Li Xuewu agreed with her hard work and sighed: "You haven't stayed at home for a few days this year either."

"We are all the same. In front of you, how would I dare to say it's hard work."

Gao Yaqin looked at him and said: "Speaking of Sanhe, I still have to ask you, what are your plans? Asking for a lion's share?"

"They will agree, you talk slowly."

Li Xuewu stood up to see her off, saying as he walked: "None of the conditions I proposed can be missing, even if the negotiation is dragged to next year, it doesn't matter."

"Steel City Electronics is eating East German technology. Technology updates and integration still need a certain amount of time. It's better to let Sanhe take a look at our preparations."

"I'm just afraid that the chicken will fly and the eggs will break, leaving nothing."

Gao Yaqin walked to the door, looked him over, hesitated for a few seconds, and still said: "If you don't counterattack again, that person will really become a climate."

Li Xuewu didn't care who was going to become a climate. He only blindly gave orders to Wen San'er to increase the dumping of electronic products to Japan and South Korea.

Since formulating a larger-scale dumping strategy in September last year, Steel City Electronics has cumulatively put no less than one million electrical appliances into these two regions.

No tariffs, no distributors making the difference, shipped from the Red Steel Group's electronic warehouse at Yingcheng Port, all the way to the private ports on the opposite side.

A large number of cheap electrical appliances impacted the local markets of the two regions, almost causing the South Korean Han River Miracle, which had just ignited the sparks of the electronic industry, to miscarry.

And Japan, where the electronic industry was developing very well, also suffered a tragic impact. The basic electrical appliance industry had already lost its production power in the frontal impact of the Sanhe Stock Company. Coupled with the impact of smuggled electrical appliances, domestic black-and-white televisions could no longer be seen in rural areas.

This kind of market occupation also made Sanhe Stock Company anxious to resolve the cooperation negotiation matters for subsequent series of electrical appliances.

9-inch black-and-white televisions could no longer meet market demand. Sanhe hoped that Steel City Electronics could produce larger sizes, or even color televisions.

This is not drinking poison to quench thirst, but being anxious to reshape Sanhe Stock Company's market share, and it also determines whether the electrical appliance malls established by Sanhe locally can press their peers to death between the last straw.

Therefore, Li Xuewu has always understood the negotiation details between Red Steel Group and Sanhe in Beijing. This was actively let staff report by Gao Yaqin.

Even though Li Xuewu had never given her any guidance, she was sure that it was Li Xuewu supporting herself and also trusting herself.

Currently, Gao Yaqin is responsible for all the economic management work of Red Steel Group. Once Li Xuewu shows ability and interest in the economic field, maybe he will be forcibly carried by some people to take over this part of the work.

Gao Yaqin naturally didn't want the foundation she had worked so hard to build to be handed over to Li Xuewu, even if the two had no direct conflict.

So the reality is that the two are brothers in the same trench, and she also hopes that Li Xuewu can counterattack those people.

At the end of October, just as the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves and the mornings and evenings became colder, the Optoelectronics Research Institute welcomed its first batch of foreign scientific research personnel.

Red Steel Group prepared a welcome banquet for this and also distributed the newly built talent apartment building to these scientific research personnel and their families.

This was all the result of Deputy Director Peter Grewitt of the Optoelectronics Research Institute insisting on writing letters to his teachers and classmates.

Of course, for the first batch of researchers, don't think about how high their quality is. It's entirely because the scientific research environment here is considered stable, the scientific research funds are considered abundant, and there is respect for talent, etc.

Li Xuewu saw the list, a total of 13 people, plus more than twenty family members, mostly younger researchers. Even if they were a little older, they were the kind who were not favored in foreign scientific research institutions.

But having them is better than not having them. Buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold—what is recruited is not necessarily all thousand-mile horses; hundred-mile horses are also useful.

Red Steel Group's scientific research institutions have reached a bottleneck. In the case of temporarily not lacking funds, there is a shortage of equipment and talent.

No matter how difficult it is to buy computers worth hundreds of millions, they must be bought back. No matter how ordinary the talent that doesn't seem so important is, they must be invited back.

In a situation of poverty and blankness, being able to progress is a good thing. What is feared is not progressing and watching others progress.

And the addition of this batch of optoelectronic talent also accelerated the negotiations between Sanhe Stock Company and Red Steel Group.

If they still can't talk it out, Red Steel Group will suspend negotiations again and wait for the Research Institute to provide a more advanced plan before readjusting the negotiation conditions.

So looking at it now, Sanhe and Red Steel Group reaching an agreement as soon as possible is the best choice. Just look at Red Steel Group insisting on a 2-year signed agreement.

That kind of 5-year compensation trade agreement signed in the past can no longer be negotiated, and even if more conditions are given, they won't talk.

It's a pity. Since the two sides started cooperation in '68, this is only the third year. The compensation trade cooperation agreement for basic electrical appliances had already completed its task long ago. While the profit point increased, what corresponded was Sanhe's profit loss.

And under the condition of Red Steel Group tacitly allowing large-scale dumping, Sanhe's profit point on basic electrical appliances is becoming increasingly thin.

Either cut off technology to Red Steel Group and destroy this cooperation, or accommodate Red Steel Group's "rude" demands and reach this cooperation.

In fact, they have no choice. The introduction of East German technology is a gap, and soon Western technology will slowly penetrate into the mainland through East Germany, this fence-sitter.

By that time, if Sanhe wants to talk again, I'm afraid it will be even less easy than now.

It was also at this time that Li Xuewu received a call from Beijing. Negotiations were suspended, and the representative president of Sanhe Stock Company was coming to Steel City to visit him.

Gao Yaqin reminded him gloatingly on the phone, telling him not to loosen his mouth.

These were the words Li Xuewu used to remind her, but now it was her turn to tease him.

"Leader, a notice from the Group."

Zhang Enyuan walked in and placed the document in front of him, not on the pile of documents, meaning the notice was very important.

Li Xuewu stopped his work and picked up the document to read, but was also stunned by the header of the document.

It wasn't that the content was so abrupt, it was just that even he didn't expect that organizational work would be restored so quickly.

At this time last year, it was just proposed to gradually restore organizational life. In May this year, a core leadership group mechanism was established within the Group.

Only 5 months have passed, and the notice above requires all units to successively convene organizational representative congresses to produce new organizational committees.

However, it can be seen from the notice that the above did not require the establishment of separate administrative agencies. That means it is two signboards and one set of personnel with the current Management Committee.

The first secretary of the organizational committee of each unit should basically be concurrently held by the director of the management committee at the same level.

Maybe some people think this notice has no important significance, or say that anyway, Li Huai De is in charge, isn't it still his decision?

In fact, the significance is different, very different. The core leadership group just established by the Group can decide most of the Group's work. Although they are in the Management Committee, Li Xuewu and others were excluded from a small circle.

Now that the above requires all units to successively launch organizational representative congresses, it shows that in Red Steel Group, management authority needs to be redistributed.

The Management Committee is no longer a mixture of organization and management, and to a certain extent, it has begun to transition to the management structure before the Great Learning Activity.

Thinking carefully, the significance here is even more different. At least from Li Huai De's perspective, he has to think about where Red Steel Group should go next.

Any policy adjustment and change is a change in the wind direction for an enterprise, and at the same time, the rudder in hand should be adjusted.

And Li Xuewu himself should also change his layout in this adjustment, preparing to welcome a new stage.

"I'm very sorry to disturb you again."

Nakamura Shuji was still very polite. Even though he was really anxious, he still respectfully bowed and greeted Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu was already waiting for him. Seeing him come in, he reached out and patted his arm, shaking hands with him.

"As long as I am in Steel City, you are always welcome to be a guest here."

It was also a polite greeting, but the level had already been divided. Li Xuewu was obviously more confident than him, and his speech was more casual.

Nakamura Shuji thanked him again, then sat on the sofa, looked at Li Xuewu, and prepared to start the purpose of his trip.

But Li Xuewu didn't give him a chance to speak in a hurry, but instructed Zhang Enyuan to make tea and bring fruit in.

"I know you are not here to drink tea, nor are you here to eat fruit."

After Li Xuewu finished giving instructions, he looked at the other party and said very seriously and sincerely: "You must have encountered difficulties, so we can meet in Steel City, right?"

"Mr. Li, that is indeed the case."

Nakamura Shuji pursed his lips, organized his thoughts, and explained: "Last time I visited Steel City, I had already fully expressed our willingness. We are very hopeful to continue to cooperate with your side."

"I know, I believe you should also know." Li Xuewu nodded, and while distributing the tea Zhang Enyuan brought to him, he said: "I have already reported your purpose and attitude to the Group Company."

"It's like this, we are very grateful for your help and support."

Nakamura naturally knew who the mastermind behind this negotiation was, otherwise he wouldn't have left the team and run to Steel City alone.

He didn't want to waste time with Gao Yaqin anymore. He just wanted to figure out what Li Xuewu wanted and reach a cooperation agreement as soon as possible.

"It's just that I have been unable to reach a consistent opinion with Deputy General Manager Gao in the process of negotiation, and I can't even understand her wishes."

Nakamura nodded slowly, looked at Li Xuewu, and said: "If you can participate in this negotiation, or give me some opinions and suggestions, that is the purpose of my visit to you again."

"Hmm—drink tea—" Li Xuewu pointed at the teacup, signaled him to drink some tea first, and then explained: "To tell you the truth, just when you decided to suspend negotiations and come to Steel City, I received a call from President Gao."

"She reported to me on the phone the details of your negotiations, as well as the wishes and results of both sides, etc."

He paused, then continued: "First of all, I want to ask you to be more understanding. President Gao also very much hopes to promote the reaching of this negotiation."

"No one can understand the win-win situation for both sides after Red Steel Group and Sanhe Stock Company reach further cooperation better than we do."

"I fully agree with your point of view."

Nakamura Shuji bowed slightly and said: "But in my opinion, long-term communication and negotiation is a kind of torture and waste."

"If we can solve the problems we have in common quickly and efficiently, I think it is a fortunate thing for both of us."

He almost broke the barrier and asked Li Xuewu very bluntly what Red Steel wanted.

Li Xuewu deliberated for a while here, then opened his mouth and said: "My understanding of the negotiation is limited to President Gao's report, because I have very important work to be busy with here."

He raised his hand to signal outside the door and explained: "I believe you saw it when you came. Beijing Chemical and Liaoning Industry are going to form a large chemical industry complex in Yingcheng and Steel City. Our Group also participated in this project. I have been busy with this work recently."

First, he removed himself, expressing total ignorance of the negotiations in Beijing. Regardless of whether Nakamura believed it or not, Li Xuewu said it anyway.

Nakamura naturally wouldn't question his explanation because there was no need. He believed that regardless of whether Li Xuewu really didn't know or was pretending not to know, Gao Yaqin's persistence must be due to Li Xuewu's opinion.

There is only one person who can stand up and influence economic work negotiations in Red Steel Group. It won't be General Li Zong Huai De, nor will it be other leaders of organizational management work, let alone other business leaders.

If he insists on getting an answer from Li Xuewu, he will definitely be able to ask for the answer he wants.

Seeing that he just nodded and didn't pick up the conversation, Li Xuewu could only continue: "In this project, Beijing Chemical is not carrying out operations in the capacity of cooperation, but combining technology with Liaoning's chemical industry."

He used his palm to wrap his fist as a metaphor and explained: "This is an empowerment of technology to the industry, and it is also a representative of industrial integration."

Nakamura seemed to understand a little when he heard this. He frowned slightly and looked at him, waiting for the following.

"If compared with President Gao's opinion, I think it should also mean this."

Li Xuewu explained without concealment: "The technology provided by Sanhe may be relatively advanced for Red Steel, even if it is not considered the most advanced in your local area, or high-end electrical appliance products."

"If we were sitting at the negotiation table three years ago and struggling with this technology, I'm afraid you would have rejected our fantasy without hesitation."

He pointed his finger and continued: "But now you should also know that our investment in scientific research in the past few years has been huge."

"To put it more bluntly, the technology Sanhe shares with us now is advanced, but it's not that advanced. Two years? Three years? It doesn't matter."

At this time, Nakamura Shuji wanted to speak, but Li Xuewu raised his hand to signal him to wait until he finished speaking.

"Even if you come with sincerity and bring the technology that we would need to spend 5 years to conquer, what is the significance of this?"

Li Xuewu frowned and said: "In the process of every technological adjustment, we need to experience such a negotiation, wearing down the tacit understanding and friendship between each other in cooperation."

"The attitude expressed by President Gao is dissatisfaction with your toothpaste-style technological cooperation. You should also be able to feel this point."

"Please allow me to explain one sentence." Nakamura Shuji forced himself to speak and explained: "We also invested a lot of money and time when we acquired these technologies. This can also be considered our cost."

"Of course, I fully recognize your point of view."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "But you can't deny the result of sunk costs, right?"

He raised his chin slightly and looked at the other party, asking: "We just purchased computer equipment worth tens of millions from IBM. I'm not hiding this from you."

"But I know that your side also has similar substitute products."

Li Xuewu spread his hands and asked: "Then do you know why I would rather go far away and not purchase Japanese-made computers through your channels?"

Nakamura Shuji had already frowned and looked at him, asking: "Are you worried..."

"That's right, you are very clear about the development speed of the local electronic industry, which has already aroused the vigilance of American technology capital."

Li Xuewu pointed his finger at him and emphasized: "Ten years ago, your computer import dependency was still 69%. Now it is only 21%."

"I must acknowledge your country's investment vision in the electronic industry, and I must also say a word of admiration."

He raised his eyebrows and said: "But I still have to ask one question: has your domestic electronic industry already discovered the situation of being suppressed?"

"Are they forcing you to open up the integrated circuit market?"

"How did you know?" Nakamura Shuji said with a bitter face: "Could it be that you are also paying attention to the development of the international electronic industry at the same time?"

"We are all engaged in enterprise management. Let me say something unpleasant. You must not look down on us unprofessional cadres."

Li Xuewu looked at him with a smile and said: "Although I am not from an enterprise management major, and have no family inheritance experience, we are good at collecting industrial information and business intelligence. Our learning ability is stronger."

"The situation I understand now is like this: IBM launched the 370 series computer with large-scale integrated circuits as the basic hardware."

His smile was very special. He looked at Nakamura and said: "I am not a professional, but you should be able to understand that its technology and performance are superior to your local peers, and it has also caused the entire Japanese computer industry to be hit by dimensionality reduction."

Nakamura naturally knew that what Li Xuewu said was all true, because in order to catch up with American computer technology, the local area had previously smashed 57 billion yen to subsidize the enterprise alliance.

But this year, just as they were about to catch up, the opponent dropped another heavy bomb, causing the gap to be further widened.

"Have you ever thought about the deep-seated worries here?"

Li Xuewu ignored the opponent's tightly frowned brows and said bluntly: "Even if you have achieved a lucky victory in the next chip war, will they allow you to laugh until the end?"

"Industrial victory does not represent comprehensive victory."

He pointed his finger at his feet and emphasized: "Every progress we make belongs to ourselves, but any victory you have will be destroyed by the invisible collar around your necks. Do you admit this point?"

Nakamura Shuji stood up in extreme shock, cold sweat flowing down his forehead, looking at Li Xuewu in horror.

"I fully understand your shock."

Li Xuewu waved his hand to signal: "However, I still ask you to sit down, because I am not responsible for this project. Just say whatever you have to say."

"Are you stubborn in using technology as a barrier to achieve short-term economic profit, and are you determined to gamble, gambling on the kindness of Americans?"

He said amusedly: "Have you ever considered what kind of result it will cause when your electronic industry threatens them?"

"On the premise that the national body is constrained by the other party, you want to break through a path through the electronic industry?"

The smile on Li Xuewu's face became more and more weird. He shook his head slightly and said: "If you think I am talking nonsense, you can leave completely now, just pretend you haven't been here."

Nakamura looked outside the door, but sat down, as if his soul had been drawn out.

"But if you think what I said has a trace of truth, you should think about how far you can go."

He looked at Nakamura and said very seriously: "We shouldn't be guarding against each other, right?" ===== CHAPTER 1634 =====