The German company osegen is one of the internationally renowned laboratory equipment manufacturers.
They master the most high-end equipment design and manufacturing technology, cooperate with more than a dozen top international manufacturers, and specialize in producing laboratory equipment with special requirements.
In the direction of laboratory equipment required for vacuum environments, osegen has long been ranked among the top three in the industry, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is first.
Vacuum laboratory equipment with special requirements is often sold in very small quantities and cannot be produced and sold in large quantities. However, this does not prevent osegen from making high profits because every piece of equipment they sell is specially customized and very expensive.
, are worthy of special design, R&D and manufacturing.
The scale of osegen is not large.
This type of company receives a few orders every year, a dozen is good. Most of the production work is done by cooperative manufacturers, and their work is mainly design, research and development and core assembly, so the size of their sales department is also small.
It's very small, just a big office.
The environment of the sales department office is very good, with several fitness equipment and a pool table placed in the open center.
The side bar has a water dispenser, coffee machine, and even an ice cream machine.
Sebastian Muller's desk is next to the bar.
At this time, he was relaxing on his seat and listening to music, when a colleague with a beard came over and picked up an ice cream.
The moment the ice cream was finished, Sebastian's chair quickly turned around, took away the ice cream on the table, and said to the bearded man with a smile, "Thank you, Andres, you are such a good person!"
Then he took a bite and turned back.
The bearded man gritted his teeth angrily, and finally shook his head in amusement and cursed angrily, "You little bastard——"
He took another cylinder and prepared to make another ice cream.
At this time, he noticed that Sebastian had unplugged his headphones, staring blankly at the computer screen, and for a long time he shouted, "God——"
"It's Annihilation Technology!"
"What?"
The bearded man looked over.
The other two colleagues also looked over, and Sebastian explained with surprise, "The flower grower Annihilation Technology Company wants to order two large vacuum environment experimental equipment from us. It is marked for material extraction..."
"That's Annihilation Technology Company!"
The other three people simply came over and gathered around the screen to watch.
"It's really Annihilation Technology Company. They want to order vacuum experimental equipment...maybe it has something to do with materials research?"
"This company actually wants to have a relationship with us..."
"Look at these requirements. It is definitely a big order. It is conservatively estimated to be several hundred million euros, right? There has not been such a big order in recent years. If we can get it, we can go to Hawaii for vacation together this year..."
"No, Antarctica is fine!"
Sebastian expressed his opinion, "Maybe we can go to Amsterdam and stay together for a whole year!"
"good idea!"
"Your wife definitely doesn't think so..."
"Go away, dirty men——"
One of the obese female colleagues said with disdain, "A whole year? Little Muller, if you go to my house tonight, you won't be able to come to work tomorrow."
"...Don't dare, don't dare!"
The chatting and laughing among the few people quickly stopped because they all knew that winning the order was a fantasy.
Because the other party is a flower grower company.
"it's out of the question."
"Even if we agree, the government will not agree. If the government agrees, other countries will not agree. This order will not be approved."
"What a shame, my Amsterdam..."
"Ask Thomas!"
Thomas was the general person in charge of the sales department. He soon learned the news, discussed it with other senior executives of the company, and gave Annihilation Technology an apologetic reply, "Of course, we also want to win the order, but you must
Obtain government permission first.”
"We don't have the power to decide."
“I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future!”
…
Annihilation Technology is helping the material testing center purchase equipment. Of course they know that osegen has no right to make the decision, and they have also sent an application to the German department responsible for related matters.
Similarly, I received a friendly but rejected reply, "Sorry, the equipment you want to purchase is on the embargo list."
"We very much hope to reach a deal and achieve more cooperation, but we have no right to decide..."
They really have no right to decide.
This involves the Wassenaar Arrangement, whose specific name is the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls of Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Articles and Technologies.
The participants in the "Wassenaar Agreement" include forty countries including Amerikan, Country R, ​​Eagle Country, and Big Bear Country. It stipulates a series of technology export restrictions for non-participating countries.
Although the terms of the agreement stipulate that member states decide on their own whether to issue export licenses for sensitive products and technologies and notify other member states of the "arrangement" of relevant information on a voluntary basis.
In fact, the "arrangement" will be affected by Amriken.
When a country in the "Wasenaar Arrangement" plans to export a certain high technology to a non-member state, American can directly intervene.
Among non-member countries, flower growers are the most important.
For example, when the Czech Republic once exported "passive radar equipment" to flower growers, Americen put pressure on the Czech Republic to force the Czech Republic to stop the transaction.
This agreement is not a complete ban on sales, only the highest-end generations of equipment.
The Wassenaar Protocol updates its banned list every few years.
For example, lithography machines, which are the most discussed in public opinion, were not allowed to be sold below 90n in 2010. By 2015, they were changed to below 65n.
Annihilation Technology Company was not surprised by Germany's rejection. They just tried to inquire and let the other party be mentally prepared. It is not a simple matter to buy technical equipment on the banned list. More people must be allowed to do so.
The high-level department came forward and asked Zhou Xuan to handle it.
Higher-level departments must talk to Amerikan and Germany.
at the same time.
American is already in contact with the technology department.
Gamow-Shapley made a report to the Department of Energy and went over to explain it in person. The content was "the importance of first-order carbon for research and development."
Americen Energy also understands the importance of primary carbon.
Now that the flower growers have produced it, they must obtain first-order carbon. At least they can use this to understand the technical level of the flower growers in related fields and evaluate the significance of first-order carbon to technology.
So they sent an official, nominally for business cooperation, but in fact, they wanted to explore information related to first-order carbon.
For example, the manufacturing of first-order carbon, whether first-order carbon will be sold externally, etc.
The answer from the science and technology department was very direct, "First-order carbon will not be exported in the short term." They also directly explained the reason, "First-order carbon manufacturing is too complicated and the materials are too scarce to be sold externally."
It's hard to say whether this reply is credible.
The Amrican official naturally had doubts. His mission to the flower grower was to obtain first-order carbon. Even if it was only a very rare first-order carbon, he could obtain a lot of information.
Then the two sides started discussions on first-order carbon.
The representatives of the science and technology department told the truth. The extraction of first-order carbon is indeed very complicated. They do not have very high-end equipment, so naturally they cannot extract and produce it in large quantities.
American hopes to buy "magnetized materials containing first-order carbon."
Of course that's impossible.
Then the two sides launched several rounds of negotiations on the issue, and finally the science and technology department made a request, "We need to purchase large-scale vacuum laboratory equipment to extract first-order carbon."
"If you can buy the equipment, you can sell magnetized materials of first-order carbon."
This is the deal.
Amrican officials returned with the results of the negotiations.
When it comes to the ban on sales, he certainly does not have the authority to decide personally and has to discuss it with other senior figures.
To be continued...