Hideo Muto is a sales manager of Niben Kyulin Company, and Abe Yu, who came to Pinghe Power Plant with him, is a technical expert. The task of the two of them on this trip is to go to the Pinghe Power Plant to detect the steam turbine with cracks in the Sitali alloy and negotiate a maintenance plan with the Chinese side. Once the plan is determined, they notify the company to send technical workers from Niben to carry equipment for maintenance operations.

Before leaving, a senior executive of Jiulin Company interviewed them and explained the principle of negotiations with China, that is, it is necessary to insist that the reason for the problem with the equipment is China's improperness, and Japan has no responsibility in this matter.

To be honest, Hideo Muto and Abe Yu were a little nervous about this request put forward by the senior management. They knew that cracks and peeling of the Sitali alloy sheet had occurred several times before. The company's technical department was conducting a intensive analysis on this issue. The basic conclusion was that the shape of the blades had certain design defects, and the welding process of the Sitali corrosion-proof sheet also had certain problems. Knowing that it was a problem, it was necessary to put the blame on the other party. Such a requirement was too difficult.

But no matter what they think, they dare not violate the company's requirements. After arriving at Pinghe Power Plant, they immediately started to inspect the steam turbine with the power plant technicians and found that the cracks and peeling of the Sitaili alloy sheet were very serious, and most of the cracks occurred in places with high stress at the root of the blade. If they could not be repaired in time, it would have a serious impact on the motor.

The Chinese technicians were very polite. They stated their requirements to Hideo Muto and Abe Yu, that is, they hope that the Japanese side would send technical workers to repair it quickly. As for the required costs, it should be borne by the Japanese side. After all, this is not man-made damage, and the equipment is far from being tired and damaged.

According to the company's instructions, Hideo Muto refused the Chinese side's request. He and Abe Yuu pointed out the blame to China, claiming that Jiulin's products are very mature and there is absolutely no problem. According to their statement: Jiulin's units have never had similar problems in many power plants in Japan-Benzene. Why did the problems arise when they arrived in China?

Abeyu looked through the production records of Pinghe Power Plant and found that the turbine had frequent start and stops in the past year, so he attributed the reason for the problem to this point, saying that it is wrong to use the turbine in Pinghe Power Plant like this.

At first, Hideo Muto and Abe Yu only argued with China in a mentality of doing their best and leaving their will. They felt that the reasons they raised were difficult to hold on. China could refute them as long as it came up with some evidence. They also had the intention of finally compromising with China and were ready to accept the result of both sides taking one step back, that is, China bears part of the expenses and Japan bears another part of the expenses, which is also the bottom line that the company gives them.

Who would have thought that after they expressed these views, they unexpectedly found that China could not find a reason to refute them, especially when Abe Yu said some professional concepts, the other party was completely confused. For example, the sr crack sensitivity of cast steel materials is relatively common in the materials academic community of Japanese benzene, while technical experts such as Ge Jiaming and Zhao Shuping, who seemed quite unfamiliar and could not cope with it at all.

After noticing this, Hideo Muto and Abe Yu became braver. They began to realize that there was a technical generation gap between China and Japan. The technicians at the Pekawa Power Plant had an instinctive worship of the technology of Jiulin Company. Even if Abe Yu was talking nonsense, the other party would believe it and be scared by this reason that it did not exist at all.

The flood season in northern China is approaching, and the leadership of Pinghe Power Plant is eager to repair the generator to cope with future power peaks. When Ge Jiaming and others negotiated with Hideo Muto and others, they inadvertently showed this anxious mentality, and this mentality was immediately captured by Hideo Muto and others to threaten China to surrender.

During the consultation a few days ago, Hideo Muto could clearly feel that China's attitude was softening. They were already inquiring about the expenses needed to repair the motor, and they were probably preparing to bear the cost. Hideo Muto would not miss this opportunity. He quoted a sky-high price to the Chinese side. Each maintenance worker who came from Japanese benzene was paid tens of thousands of yen per hour, and the welding wire, flux and other consumable materials used during maintenance were also based on the highest quotation.

Faced with such a big asking price, the Chinese personnel's reaction is conceivable. However, even with countless dissatisfaction in their hearts, the Chinese still treat them very politely, accompanying them to dinner every day, arrange entertainment activities for them, etc. It is said that it is out of the so-called "foreign affairs policy". Hideo Muto feels that he really likes China, who is stupid, easy to bully, and likes to show off his face. He is really the cutest customer in the world.

Today, China once again informed them to discuss the maintenance. Li Li, the head of the Biotechnology Department of the power plant, took a jeep from the guesthouse in the power plant town to the office building of the power plant. For the past half month, China has sent a car to pick them up like this every time, and has repeatedly apologized to them, saying that the car was not very good, so they should not be disgusted.

Hideo Muto and Abe Yu got out of the car, bowed to the driver, and then walked into the office building accompanied by Li Li to the conference room on the third floor. While climbing the stairs, Hideo Muto smiled and said to Li Li: "Mr. Li, do you have any new opinions on the repair plan we proposed? If there are no new opinions, I think we should start working as soon as possible. Abe Sam and I have been in China for a long time. Such work efficiency will be criticized in our daily neonate."

"Shame, we still have many shortcomings compared to Japanese benzene, and we need to learn from you." Li Li replied in Japanese.

The group walked into the conference room. Hideo Muto glanced at the attendees and couldn't help but be stunned. Most of the people in the conference room were known to him, such as Zhao Shuping, Tian Gaofeng, and some other technicians. The only thing he didn't know was a young man in his early 20s who looked quite energetic. Of course, some people who Muto Hideo didn't know often attended at meetings, which was not strange. But this time it was a little different, because the young man he didn't know was actually sitting in the middle of the conference table, next to him was Zhao Shuping, the deputy chief engineer of the power plant. In other words, this young man was not the ordinary technician who came to listen or provide some circumstantial evidence materials, but an important person who was equal to Zhao Shu.

The negotiations have reached this level. What other important people are there in the power plant that I have never met before? Hideo Muto thought in wonder.

"Mr. Muto, today we will continue to discuss the issue of steam turbine failure responsibility."

After Muto Hideo and Abe Yu sat down, Zhao Shuping spoke first, saying: "In the previous discussions, we have clearly raised our reasons to your company. We operated according to normal operating specifications and there were no artificial operation errors. Mr. Muto and Abe had checked the condition of the blades together. You also admitted that there were no human damage on the blades. In other words, the crack problem of the blade Sitari anti-corrosion sheet is a problem of the equipment itself. Your company should be responsible for repairing it. This is your after-sales responsibility."

Tian Gaofeng was in charge of the translation work at the venue. He translated Zhao Shuping's words to Hideo Muto and Hideo Muto frowned and said:

"Mr. Zhao, have we reached a consensus on this issue in the past? Jiulin Company's technology in power generation equipment manufacturing is at the world's leading level. The steam turbines we produce cannot be like your factory under normal use. Now the steam turbines used in your factory have such a large area of ​​anti-corrosion sheet cracks, which is obviously caused by your improper use. My colleagues have also repeatedly introduced this to you."

"Is that so? Mr. Muto just said that your company's steam turbine will not have anti-corrosion cracks under normal use?"

Feng Xiaochen, who was sitting next to Zhao Shuping, spoke in fluent Japanese. Not only did he startle Hideo Muto, but even everyone at the power plant was quite surprised. Before this, Feng Xiaochen had already said that he knew some Japanese, otherwise he would not have been able to understand Japanese journals. But no one expected that his spoken language was so proficient, which sounded much more pleasant than Li Li and Tian Gaofeng's hard Japanese.

Hideo Muto was not sure about Feng Xiaochen's intention, so he said carefully: "Under normal use, individual cracks are certainly inevitable. After all, the turbine works in a high temperature and high humidity environment, and no metal material can guarantee 100% solidity. I mean, if there are no operational errors, such large-area cracks will not be possible."

"What do you mean by operating errors?" Feng Xiaochen asked calmly.

Hideo Muto said: "We don't know this. I think all the colleagues at Pinghe Power Plant should carefully check your operating procedures to see if there is anything unreasonable. I think Chinese colleagues may not be familiar with this modern equipment enough, and it is understandable that some mistakes in use are made."

Feng Xiaochen smiled and said, "Can I understand this way? Mr. Muto means that if his colleagues of Riben use these devices, this will not happen."

"I'm sorry, I think it's true." Hideo Muto said, with a look of reserve on his face. In previous negotiations, Ge Jiaming, Zhao Shuping and others would feel ashamed of his reserved look, so they dare not continue talking.
Chapter completed!