Unable to resist Feng Xiaochen's sweet words, Luo Xiangfei finally agreed to submit Feng Xiaochen's plan to the leaders of the Economic Commission for a decision. In fact, Feng Xiaochen's idea was not particularly offensive. Some scholars in the Academy of Social Sciences, the People's Bank of China and other departments have already proposed suggestions for issuing international bonds to raise funds for domestic construction, and it is said that these suggestions have been recognized by some senior leaders.

Nowadays, all walks of life are advocating the emancipation of mind and mind-opening. Leaders are not afraid of their subordinates' brains being too big, but only worried that they are too conservative. This suggestion put forward by Feng Xiaochen, even if it cannot be approved by the leaders of the Economic Commission, will at least not be criticized. Perhaps it will be regarded as a bold innovation, but the time is not ripe enough.

It is a big deal to issue bonds abroad. Of course, the leaders cannot make a decision immediately. Instead, they need to study and consult with higher-level leaders. However, the opinions on the battle of large fertilizers have been approved. The Economic Commission, the Ministry of Machinery, the Ministry of Chemical Industry, the General Corporation of Machinery Import and Export of Machinery and other departments, organized a negotiation team with the competent departments of several provinces and regions to begin consultation with the Japanese side on the introduction of five sets of large fertilizer equipment. The main tone is basically based on the results agreed by Feng Xiaochen and others with the Japanese side when they were in Japan.

According to the agreement, China will purchase five sets of large fertilizer equipment from four Japanese chemical equipment companies in a whole package. The Japanese side needs to transfer all manufacturing technology to China while providing the equipment. Each set of equipment has agreed on the proportion of domestic production, and the Japanese side must subcontract this part of the equipment to Chinese companies for manufacturing. The Japanese side must provide technical guidance in this process and be responsible for the quality of the equipment.

According to the opinions of the Reinstallation Office, the product design and installation links have also been included in the technical scope that Japan needs to transfer. China will send personnel to participate in the design work, and the final equipment installation will be accompanied by the Chinese installation team.

The Japanese side naturally left a lot of back-ups during the negotiations, for example, the smelting process of low-temperature materials of compressor units was excluded from the technology transferred. According to the Japanese side, they only purchased such steel from steel plants. If China intends to manufacture the compressor units themselves, it can also negotiate procurement matters with the Japanese steel plants. This is not something that the Chemical Equipment Association can manage.

While the introduction negotiations are being conducted, domestic equipment bidding is also being launched vigorously. The part of the equipment that the Japanese subcontracted to Chinese companies is undertaken by the Ministry of Machinery and Chemical Industry, and they will hand over these tasks to domestic chemical equipment companies. As for which companies can obtain these tasks, it depends on their respective efforts and commitments.

"What, sign a guarantee letter?"

In the conference room of the Economic Commission, the representatives of the company who came to attend the equipment bidding briefing were suddenly furious after hearing the request made by Luo Xiangfei in the name of the reinstallation office.

As Feng Xiaochen proposed to Deng Zongbai when he was in Japan, the Reinstallation Office required all enterprises that undertake subcontracting tasks to sign a guarantee letter, promising to provide products that meet the quality standards of the Japanese side within the specified time and accept inspection by the Japanese side. If the inspection results show that the quality of the products provided by these companies does not meet the requirements or cannot be guaranteed in time, they will have to bear the corresponding fine, and may even not get the payment for the goods, which will cause the materials and working hours to be invested in the early stage to be wasted.

“This is too demanding!”

Cheng Yuanding, the director of the Northern Chemical Machinery Factory, was the first to jump up to protest. He didn't care that Luo Xiangfei was the deputy director of the Reinstallation Office. By level, Cheng Yuanding himself was also a bureau-level cadre and was on par with Luo Xiangfei. Leaders of large enterprises like this have always had a very close relationship with ministries and commissions. When they can get benefits from ministries and commissions, they will appear very well-behaved and gentle, and welcome officials of ministries and commissions in every way. If they encounter conflicts of interest, they will immediately change their faces and will not treat the directors of ministries and commissions as dishes at all.

"Director Luo, I didn't deliberately sing a counter-topic with the leaders of the Economic Commission. There has never been such a thing. How can I follow the Japanese arrangements in everything? If our products are submitted and they deliberately find faults, they have to say that our products are not qualified. Will we not pay for the reinstallation process?" Cheng Yuanding asked.

Luo Xiangfei was prepared for possible situations. Faced with Cheng Yuanding's provocation, he sat upright in the meeting host's position, without changing his expression, and said calmly: "Director Cheng, how did you know that your products would be unqualified?"

"I'm just giving an example." Cheng Yuanding said, "I mean that the Japanese deliberately look for trouble. They are obviously qualified products, but they have to say that they are not qualified. They are also the general contractors, and they speak with weight. At that time, we couldn't even explain clearly even if we were all over our mouths?"

"This is impossible." Luo Xiangfei said, "When the mission is issued, we will explain all the quality requirements. As long as you meet the requirements, how can people find fault? If they really deliberately find fault, how can the superior authorities listen to their one-sided words?"

Cheng Yuanding said: "That may not be true. There are many people who admire foreigners now. It is delicious if foreigners fart. If..."

Speaking of this, he curled his lips and looked secretive. In fact, he was not convenient to continue talking about it. This kind of free mind can only be stopped. If it is said too much, Luo Xiangfei could ask him for trouble with this sentence.

Luo Xiangfei didn't care about Cheng Yuanding's words, and he said lightly: "So according to Director Cheng's intention, what should we do this subcontracting?"

"How to do it?" Cheng Yuanding looked at everyone and said, "The way in the past was very good. Although we were subcontracting, our products were directly facing the user unit and there was no need for the Japanese to judge. Director Luo, think about it, the user unit ultimately needs to use these devices. Can they not care about the quality of the equipment? If our equipment is not qualified, the user unit will not agree first. Where should the Japanese work together?"

"Yes, we used to cooperate well with user units and were familiar with each other. Why did the Japanese intervene again?"

"Yes, we are all Chinese companies, and it is convenient to communicate with each other. We can understand each other even if we have something to do. What's the point of letting the Japanese get into a quarrel in the middle?"

The heads of several other companies also started to clamor.

Luo Xiangfei looked at everyone quietly until everyone finished speaking, and he said: "Everyone said that they should face the user unit directly, and said that it is very convenient to communicate with the user unit. But I want to ask, have you and the user unit not had any conflicts in the past few years? What is the reason for these conflicts?"

"Well... the tongue and teeth sometimes fight. We have some small conflicts with users, so it's not a big deal, right?" Deng Zongbai, deputy director of Xinyang Secondary Machinery, defended awkwardly. The conflict between Xinyang Secondary Machinery and Binhai Province is well known in the circle. Binhai Province has brought all the lawsuits to the Ministry of Chemical Industry. Luo Xiangfei just said that they had conflicts with the user unit, and Deng Zongbai felt that this was directed at him.

"It is normal to have some misunderstandings." Cheng Yuanding also spoke, "For our Beihua Machinery, we helped Dingnan Province build a petroleum refining device the year before yesterday. Something went wrong at that time and it was a little unpleasant. But later the matter was resolved, and there was no conflict. Director Wang from the Dingnan Provincial Department of Chemical Engineering, every time I came to us for a business trip, I would invite him to drink, and everyone had a good relationship."

Luo Xiangfei knew in his heart that the real situation was far from being as light as they said. Due to defects in product quality, there were big or small conflicts between these enterprises and user units. Some equipment had been repeated several times before they passed, causing considerable trouble to user units. Therefore, these user units were full of resentment towards manufacturing companies. For example, Binhai Province had to introduce original equipment from Japan this time because it lost confidence in Xinyang secondary machine. Deng Zongbai insisted on saying that this was just a small contradiction, which was really a mistake.

"We decided to adopt this method, which was also a request from users of each province. They were worried that there would be some inconvenience in contacting your companies directly. From the perspective of our reinstallation, we also believe that it is more appropriate to use the Japanese side as the general contractor and be responsible for all equipment. This is not only to ensure the consistency of product quality, but also to allow your companies to have the opportunity to accept supervision from advanced international companies and understand international rules." Luo Xiangfei said to everyone.

"Director Luo, what you mean is that this matter has not been discussed?" Cheng Yuanding asked sinisterly.

Luo Xiangfei nodded firmly and said, "Yes, there is no discussion. In the future, our other projects will also adopt this method to allow our products to be inspected by foreign parties."

"If this is the case...haha, then I'd better listen to the meaning of my brothers first." Cheng Yuanding replied with a slight smile, then hugged his hands in front of his chest, looked ahead, and made an old monk's posture of entering meditation.

Luo Xiangfei did not care about Cheng Yuanding's uncooperating attitude, but turned to Deng Zongbai and asked: "Director Deng, what do you mean by Xinyang Secondary Machine?"

Deng Zongbai laughed twice and said, "Or why don't we listen to the meaning of the brothers first."

Northern Factory and Xinyang Factory have made this gesture, and the leaders of other companies will naturally not come out to undermine the situation. They turn their heads away and do not look at Luo Xiangfei, just as everything on the venue has nothing to do with them, and the entire venue suddenly became cold.
Chapter completed!