20demayo Chapter 282 Machine Tools
Chapter 282 Machine Tools
When Director Huang came back, he saw that Wen Qing had already selected a location, the production layout of the third and fourth factories had been adjusted in place, and production was proceeding normally. He immediately asked Wen Qing to start building an industrial robot production workshop.
The production of industrial robots requires very high precision, so the requirements for factory construction are higher than other workshops. Wen Qing has very high requirements for dust prevention, constant temperature and humidity. The construction cost is 2 to 3 times that of other factories. The production of industrial robots requires high-precision machine tools and milling machines. In order to import these advanced equipment, Wen Qing had to go to the United States in person.
After she arrived in the United States, she wanted to buy the most advanced CNC machine tools, so she went directly to the manufacturer, Bendigs. When the other party knew that she was a Chinese company that wanted to buy equipment, they said awkwardly: "Ms. Wen, thank you for needing our products, but, you know, the Ministry of Commerce will not agree to this transaction. We really want to make this deal, but..."
The sales manager who received Wen Qing shrugged regretfully. The United States had imposed a severe blockade on China in recent years, and they did not want to cause trouble. Anyway, their latest technology micro-processing CNC machine tools were in short supply, and they did not care whether the Chinese needed them or not.
Wen Qing took the situation in the United States into consideration and did not say much. She turned around to think of another way. In addition to the United States, the countries in the world that produce high-precision machine tools include Japan and Sakura. She turned to Sakura, but the other party was very wary of buying equipment from China and kept raising the conditions. Wen Qing was very angry because her money did not come from a flood.
So, Wen Qing started to take an unconventional approach. She first went to Southeast Asia to register a shell company. Fortunately, that country also spoke English, and Wen Qing's English was very good. She came back to the Bendigs Company, spoke English with a Southeast Asian accent, and proposed to buy the most advanced CNC machine tools. This negotiation went smoothly, there were no policy barriers, as long as the money was paid, the negotiation was very simple, and a purchase agreement was signed. The delivery location was also at a port in a Southeast Asian country.
However, the back and forth troubles took a lot of time, so Wen Qing simply bought four machine tools and a milling machine at once. He bought one more machine tool than originally planned so that he could dismantle it for reverse development later.
When the equipment arrived at the port, Wen Qing put all the things into a warehouse at the port. Late at night, Wen Qing put the equipment into the space, changed her makeup, bought a plane ticket and returned to Dongyue City.
Wen Qing rented a warehouse in Dongyue, put four CNC machine tools and a milling machine in it, notified Director Huang of the arrival of the goods, found a transportation company, and shipped the equipment back to Ping'an County by truck.
When Wen Qing returned to Ping'an County with the high-precision CNC machine tool, the factory building had already been built. It took her three months to get here. The computer control program of the CNC machine tool she bought was still in English. She found the University of Science and Technology, and everyone analyzed the code together. They barely changed it to Chinese operation, and bought the remaining machine tool from the Ping'an Electric Bicycle Factory.
The University of Science and Technology installed the machine tools, milling machines and other equipment. Professor Su, the project leader, looked at these high-precision CNC machine tools and couldn't let them go. He said to Wen Qing: "Now that the international community has imposed sanctions on China, many advanced equipment cannot be purchased. It is not easy for you to get these machine tools."
Wen Qing said: "This situation is only temporary. When our own technology catches up, we will see who can strangle us."
The five CNC devices cost more than 3000 million yuan, accounting for one-third of the investment in the industrial robot project. At that time, Wen Qing could not raise so much beautiful currency and had to sell some stocks. Fortunately, in the past four years, her account at Gangcheng Securities has increased in value to 4 million Hong Kong dollars, so it doesn't matter if she uses up some of it.
Director Huang was very grateful to her. After all, this was a joint investment by everyone. The fact that Wen Qing was able to advance money to buy equipment was enough to show that she was a generous person.
She told Director Huang that she borrowed the money from the bank with the help of Yang Jiesheng's relationship. After she came back, Director Huang immediately asked the Finance Department to convert the money into Chinese currency based on the black market exchange rate and returned it to her. She has been dealing with Director Huang for more than ten years and they have always trusted each other. This is also the reason why Wen Qing has no objection to the Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory not distributing dividends in recent years.
The equipment has been installed in place, and the robot production line specially designed by the University of Science and Technology is also very advanced and basically fully automated.
Professor Su led the technicians and workers of Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory to start the trial production of industrial robots. Although the school laboratory has produced several samples, this kind of industrial robot cannot be simply produced. It is also necessary to design a control program according to the needs of the user to ensure that it meets the needs of the factory's production line.
Wen Qing had been away from Beijing for more than half a year. She really missed her children, and she couldn't ignore her company's affairs for a long time, so she explained the reason to Director Huang and left Ping'an County without waiting for the successful trial production of the industrial robot.
Three months later, Director Huang called Wen Qing and told her that the industrial robot had been produced and faxed her pictures of the production. Wen Qing looked at the product parameters and combined them with what she learned about similar products when she went to the United States. She believed that most of the indicators of the industrial robots produced by Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory were not inferior to similar products in the United States. She reminded Director Huang that he could apply for high-tech enterprise qualifications for Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory and enjoy preferential policies.
At that time, the country had just begun to identify high-tech enterprises and gave these enterprises many preferential policies to support their development. Wen Qing believed that Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory was fully worthy of the title of "high-tech enterprise". The only memory left by Wen Qing's work experience in the Sifeng Industrial Bureau was that she must do things in accordance with the government's requirements.
He Weixing came to the provincial high-tech certification office with product introductions and high-tech application reports, and reported to the management department leaders on the innovative development of Ping An Electric Bicycle Factory, including the production of industrial robots, patent registration, and cooperation with the University of Science and Technology.
Director Yan, the leader of the Provincial High-tech Enterprise Certification Office, was very interested in this and said to He Weixing, "I didn't expect that Ping'an County has a private enterprise like yours that invests so much in technological innovation. Please leave the materials here, and we will hold a meeting to study them immediately. We will notify you when there is a result." He also left his office phone number to He Weixing.
At this time, the top leaders had just gone to the south, and the whole country agreed that "science and technology are the primary productive forces." The High-tech Enterprise Certification Office had just started its work. Director Yan hoped to set an example.
He Weixing stayed in the provincial capital for a week and received a call from Director Yan's secretary, saying that the director wanted to organize several experts to visit Ping'an County. He Weixing hurried to contact them and notified Director Huang and Professor Su to be prepared.