Sail across the sea

Ge Zhiliang quietly translated Yang Kai's words for Xu Ying and Zhu Nian, and several officials nearby who could not understand English also came to listen.

There are several technical cadres in the conference room who have some basic knowledge of English. Their spoken English is not at the level where they can chat and laugh with foreign guests, but they can understand a general idea.

After hearing Yang Kai's words, everyone felt a little bit in their hearts and felt that it was not appropriate, but they couldn't tell what was wrong, so they unanimously turned their attention to Dampier opposite.

"I think……"

Dampier twitched his shoulders almost as a reflex, but this move that he usually performed very skillfully was a little stiff at this time. He said half of the sentence, but finally swallowed it back and replaced it with a soft sentence:
"Of course, our Odin factory has always respected the opinions of our customers."

In the eyes of Xu Ying, Zhu Nian and others, Dampier is a negotiator sent by foreign businessmen. He must be the kind of business elite who is well-educated and often participates in negotiations involving tens of millions of dollars.

In fact, even in the Odin factory, Dampier was just an errand boy. He had some communication skills, but the people he communicated with were only middle- and low-level employees of some small and medium-sized enterprises.The limited number of times he attended high-end cocktail parties with Valance was all he had to brag to others.

The reason why he was able to act like a big star in front of Xu Ying and the others was actually because he was used to it by Chinese personnel.Now here comes a young man who doesn't like him. He claims that he is Party A of the project, and he, Dampier, is the representative of Party B. Dampier immediately becomes intimidated.

Odin Factory is just an ordinary machinery factory with no crazy capital.His boss and uncle Valance is always respectful in front of Party A's father. How dare he be rude in front of Party A's uncle?

"My boss, Mr. Gao Fan, told me that Odin Factory is a small company and cannot afford to independently produce this vitamin C equipment. Is that true?"

Yang Kai noticed the change in Dampier's momentum, so he continued to ask with a high air.

"No, we are not a small business. The Odin Factory was established in 1938 and was an important equipment supplier to the Allies during World War II. During the reconstruction of Europe after the war, we once provided services to France and Italy..."

Dampier began to show off the history of the factory.

"This is just the past." Yang Kai interrupted his narration, "As far as I know, the Odin factory does not even have 100 workers now, and it is completely impossible to undertake the manufacturing business of our vitamin C device worth 2000 million US dollars. ."

"This is exactly why we are ready to cooperate with Ms. Xu and the others."

Dampier had no choice but to tell the truth.There was no way, Yang Kai's aura was too strong, and Dampier couldn't adapt to it.

In fact, if he were a true shopping mall elite, he would have thought that Yang Kai was a reinforcement invited by Xu Ying and was taking orders from Xu Ying.As long as he can put some pressure on Xu Ying and the others, Xu Ying and the others will naturally come out to suppress Yang Kai.

Dampier was frightened by the concept of "Party A" mentioned by Yang Kai at the beginning, and he had no time to analyze the relationship between the other camp.

"I discussed it yesterday with Ms. Xu, Director Guo and Chief Engineer Yang of Maohua Machinery. Combining the existing strength of the Odin factory, we drew up a task breakdown list and asked Mr. Dampier to confirm it."

Yang Kai handed over a stack of information across the table.

This stack of information was compiled by Yang Kai in just two days.In Cangtang, he learned about the equipment design from Hai Qingwen, Liao Derong and others, and listed a number of key manufacturing links.Later, he came to Ruizhang and discussed the production process issues with Yang Jinglin and other technicians of the Qianmao chemical machine.

On this basis, he compiled such a task decomposition list, which stipulated the advanced process links that the technical workers of the Maohua machine should participate in. This is the key to ensuring that the Maohua machine can obtain the advanced production technology of the Odin factory.

This information has two versions, Chinese and English. At this time, Xu Ying and others were holding the Chinese version, and what Yang Kai handed to Dampier was the English version.Dampier took the information, flipped through it roughly, and then was a little dumbfounded.

Different from the air-to-air situation during the previous negotiations, what Yang Kai asked him to see at this time was detailed to the content of each process.

A fermentation tank has specific drawings and manufacturing processes. Which parts involve precision processing, how to cut and weld stainless steel plates, and what kind of flaw detection operations are required are all clearly marked.

Then, in these process links, the parts borne by the Odin factory and the parts borne by the greening machine are indicated.

Part of it is assigned to the business undertaken by Maohua Machinery, which cannot be completed with the existing equipment and technical level of Maohua Machinery.

But everyone who knows the industry knows that as long as the Odin factory can provide support, including transferring some equipment and providing corresponding production process documents, Maohua Machinery can break through technical obstacles and complete these production tasks.

At this point, it was very difficult for Dampier to refuse, because he had to give reasons for his refusal, and these reasons were completely untenable.

"I'm not sure about some of the contents in this document." Dampier said bravely, "I still need to go back and ask the engineers in the factory to take a look before I can be sure."

"You mean, you know nothing about technical issues?" Yang Kai asked, staring at Dampier with a half-smile.

"I just don't know much about some of it," Dampier replied.

"So, what part do you understand?"

"..."

"You're not saying that you don't understand everything in this document, are you?"

"Uh..., I really don't know much about it. In fact, I am not responsible for technical issues in the factory. I need to take this information back and ask Mr. Valance to make a judgment."

"So, can I ask how long it will take you to confirm this?"

"Maybe, it will take 6 to 8 weeks."

Dampier's mind was a little confused and he could only take advantage of the situation.Of course, he didn't understand any technology at all. In fact, the information Yang Kai showed him did not involve specific technologies in the production process, but only the way of division of labor.

For example, when it comes to the welding of stainless steel fermentation tanks, it does not need to be specific to the welding voltage setting, solder selection, etc., but only indicates that the argon arc welding process needs to be used. The Odin factory can provide argon arc welding machines for the Maohua machine. and process documents.How could Dampier not understand such a question?

But after being forced to this point by Yang Kai, he could only say that he didn't understand.As for how long it would take to give a reply, he didn't dare to say the time was too short. Otherwise, he would be asked to go back and solve the problem. How could he bargain with China?

He couldn't tell, so he made up a time period of "6 to 8 weeks."He knows that China is eager to reach cooperation and cannot afford to delay it for 6 to 8 weeks.