Chapter 439 Alternative Expression

It should be said that any international company that has reached a certain level will inevitably have to get involved in international relations, and Fan Investment Group is now at this juncture.

After this coming-of-age ceremony ball was successfully held, the international media paid great attention to the appearance of Fan Wubing and Shen Ying, a young Chinese couple, at the ball. This incident also attracted great attention from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After paying attention, they once reprinted these contents back to China to show that China, which is progressing in reform, is gradually integrating into the international community.

But soon, the ambassador to France received a very important news. Fan Wubing was planning to discuss nuclear power technology cooperation, as well as wind and solar energy utilization issues with the French.

"How could such a thing happen?!" The ambassador to France was immediately startled, wondering, could a company just talk about this kind of thing?

Forget it if it's the utilization of wind and solar energy, it's considered high technology, but the utilization of nuclear energy seems to be an issue being discussed at the government level in his impression, right?

Therefore, the ambassador to France immediately made an appointment with Fan Wubing to inquire about the authenticity of this matter.

"I'm just considering it, and no collaborators have come to contact me." Fan Wubing answered vaguely, not saying that there would definitely be collaborators, or that he was just considering it.

"So is this true or false?" the ambassador asked.

“It’s hard to say whether a business operation will be successful, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false. Before the project is implemented, everything is just talk.

"Fan Wubing replied.

The ambassador talked to Fan Wubing for half an hour. Didn't find out the truth. I had no choice but to return to the embassy depressed. The more I think about this, the more wrong it becomes. So a telegram was sent to China overnight to report the matter.

After all, this is a major event involving sensitive topics. It is impossible for the government not to intervene.

French nuclear power companies also heard the story. Although I find it a bit bizarre that Fan Wubing, a private company, would engage in nuclear power technology. But where is the reputation of Fan Investment Group? Or perhaps negotiating business on behalf of the government?

So they immediately sent senior officials to contact Fan Wubing. To make sure that this matter is groundless. Or Fan's Investment Group does have intentions in this regard.

The senior vice president of the French Nuclear Power Company was ordered by Chretien's board of directors to visit Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing met Chretien in the Louis XV suite of the Hotel Clion.

As a senior executive of a French nuclear power company. He was still qualified to enjoy this kind of treatment and talked personally for an afternoon. No one knew what they were talking about.

The Clion Hotel is different from other places. The Louis XV suite is a residence that has gone through layers of security checks. Therefore, whether it is eavesdropping equipment or other equipment, it is impossible to exist. Although the outside world is very concerned about the contents of the two spies. What's interesting is that there's no way of knowing exactly what they talked about.

When Chretien left Louis XV's suite, he kept his words secretive and showed no emotion at all. Fan Wubing himself did not make any clear statement on the rumors.

The entire Paris media is having a heated debate around the talks between Chretien and Fan Wubing, starting from the basis and possibility of cooperation between the two major companies, and in-depth discussions on whether the current French nuclear power company can smoothly follow up. Fan Investment Group reaches cooperation?

At this time, Fan Wubing was lying comfortably in the hotel, listening to his subordinates reporting on their respective situations.

"What's the international reaction?" Fan Wubing asked.

One of Fan Wubing's men immediately replied, "The French are in high spirits, the British say they should be cautious, the Chinese strongly object, the Italians say it doesn't matter, the Germans hope to get involved, and the Russians say that although their nuclear power plants have had problems, this The quality has been stable over the past few years, and I hope we can consider it. Their biggest advantage is their cheap price. ”

Fan Wubing nodded, thinking that the Russians were actually relatively advanced in nuclear power technology, but the relationship between China and Russia had not warmed up yet. This topic of nuclear power technology cooperation was a bit sensitive, and if they felt that they were letting go If they kill their pigeons, it will probably make the Sino-Russian relations worse, so it is better for the polar bears not to tease them.

The opposition from the Americans is to be expected. As long as other countries cooperate with the Chinese, they will strongly oppose it. Not only will they oppose it, they will also take action to try to disrupt the matter. Be willing. Of course, if you are buying American services, it will be completely different. However, when it comes to cooperation at the level of nuclear power technology, Americans do not have much demand for cooperation with China, and can only unilaterally export technology. , so their enthusiasm is not high.

As for the Germans, although their economy has become stronger at this time, there is still a big gap in nuclear power technology compared to France and Russia. Moreover, the Germans themselves are relatively resistant to nuclear power, and the public talks about the color of nuclear power. changes, and are deeply concerned about the problem of nuclear waste. To a certain extent,

Development of domestic nuclear power technology.

Therefore, if Fan Wubing wants to talk about nuclear power technology cooperation, he will not choose other countries.

However, the country finally couldn't sit still and couldn't figure out what Fan Wubing was doing. Of course, the senior officials were not at ease. Through the confidential line of the embassy, ​​Boss Zhu came forward to talk to Fan Wubing.

"I said Mr. Fan, are you serious about playing with the French?" Boss Zhu asked.

"It depends. In fact, I am quite interested in their nuclear power technology." Fan Wubing answered unabashedly.

In fact, the big worry in the country is not that Fan Wubing will cooperate with the French to develop nuclear power technology, but that he will make random contacts and fail to fulfill his promises, making the French unhappy and thus affecting the improving Sino-French relations. .

"I am fully aware of your concerns, because nuclear power projects may not be implemented in China." This is how Fan Wubing responded to Boss Zhu's inquiry.

"Not landing in China? What do you mean?" Boss Zhu couldn't help but ask, not understanding Fan Wubing's intention for a moment.

Fan Wubing replied, "I have invested a lot in sea recently. I plan to build factories in Southeast Asia, which may require a lot of power resource support. It is extravagant to expect their local power resources to solve this problem. That's why we have The idea of ​​cooperating with the French to build nuclear power plants overseas.”

"I see--" After hearing Fan Bing's explanation, Boss Zhu had some realization, but he also felt a little pity. Fan Wubing had a huge amount of funds. Everyone knew this. If he didn't invest in the country, he would go abroad instead. Overseas development is a bit hard to accept.

"It's not that I don't want to develop domestically. It's just that I sometimes encounter too many constraints and I don't feel comfortable overseas. Take nuclear power technology as an example. Is there room for my development in China?" Fan Wubing asked in response to this question.

Boss Zhu shook his head. Although he said nothing, he could not say that Fan Wubing's words were unreasonable.

France is currently the country with the largest proportion of nuclear power applications, with nearly 80% of the country's electricity coming from nuclear power. More importantly, France was originally a backward country in nuclear power technology, but because it is good at learning and innovation, it has achieved world-class nuclear power technology in a short period of time and has become one of the top three nuclear power companies in the world.

In terms of nuclear research, France and China are also latecomers. The research of the two countries started almost at the same time, both in the 1950s, but my country's initial research mainly focused on national defense purposes.

In 1970, France already had graphite gas-cooled reactor technology with independent intellectual property rights and built six nuclear power plants. At this time, France faced a historic crossroads. Should it purchase the pressurized water reactor technology of the American Westinghouse Company, which was the most advanced and economical at the time, or continue to develop its own technology?

After some painful trade-offs, the French decided to give up their original technology and let Framatome purchase the pressurized water reactor technology patent from Westinghouse. On the basis of absorbing and applying American technology, Framatome has made many innovations to build the world's most advanced N4 series reactors and quickly realize the independence of nuclear power technology.

In 1983, just one year after the contract with the United States expired, France was eager to sell its technology to China. In addition to China, French technology is also widely used in European countries. Later, France developed third-generation nuclear power technology.

It only took France thirteen years to transform from an importing country to an exporting country. Through introduction, digestion, absorption and innovation, France became a nuclear power power in a short period of time.

The situation China is currently facing is similar to France in 1970. The energy shortage problem is quite serious. With the further deepening of reform and development, energy demand will increase exponentially, and non-large-scale development of nuclear power will not be able to relieve the emergency.

Although there is a certain amount of technological accumulation in China, the overall level lags behind others, and the specific applications cannot be counted. Although the country is also engaged in cooperation and development of nuclear power technology, it lacks the ambition of the French to learn from its opponents and ultimately outperform them.

Fan Wubing said to Boss Zhu while the iron was hot, "The domestic development of nuclear power technology has positive and negative examples from history. The positive example is France, and the negative example is ourselves. From the first time we introduced France With the advent of technology, precious opportunities are actually ahead of us, but we have never taken advantage of them. Thirteen years have passed since our country developed nuclear power. Foreigners have taken turns training on our soil, but we have made little progress in core technologies. It is always unsatisfactory and has to pay a high price again and again. I believe that after the lessons of exchanging market for technology again and again, the Chinese people will wake up.”

Boss Zhu said after a long time, "Then what do you mean?"

Fan Wubing replied, "Actually, I want to train overseas!"

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