Chapter 603 This Is No Longer an Ordinary Fraud, It Must Be Dealt a Heavy Blow!

Although Wang Xibo and Liu Hongbo did not know Chang Haonan's plan, they knew that a well-known Japanese company was about to suffer a major blow in Europe, which was definitely a major benefit for China.

After all, even in developed countries, ordinary people don’t have much money in their hands.

Therefore, Europe's demand for cost-effective industrial manufactured products is still very strong.

With fewer competitors, there is more possibility of opening up the market.

Especially Liu Hongbo, who has been working with Chang Haonan for more than half a year.

He was keenly aware that there was probably room for maneuver behind this.

Therefore, after returning home, the two contacted the Chinese Consulate as quickly as possible and reported the 180° reversal in Pierre's attitude to the country.

At this time, it was already late at night in China five time zones away.

However, after receiving the call from Bingfei Group, Chang Haonan was no longer sleepy instantly.

In the current situation, even Eurocopter was originally not prepared to make a big fuss. If NSK gave in and paid a sum of money, it would be beyond his reach in China.

That is to say, throw out the evidence collected before and make some small moves in the domestic market.

Judging from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' level of maintaining spokespersons in the country, the real impact may not be too great.

After all, brand image is something that is rooted in the hearts of the public.

Nothing can be solved by just relying on the efforts of a few individuals.

At most, he relies on his influence to restrict the supplier status of Japanese companies in some national projects.

And due to the constraints of the WTO, it cannot be done too obviously.

But now, NSK is not ready to give in, but wants to fight hard with the old European local snake?

This is Wu Dalang drinking giraffe milk - jumping up and down...

Thinking of this, Chang Haonan immediately picked up the phone again and contacted Lan Xinzhi.

With the former's status, the phone call can naturally be made directly to the latter's home.

"Director Lan, I am Chang Haonan."

It's indeed a bit inhumane to call the couple in the middle of the night, but the matter is urgent and I don't care about that much.

Lan Xinzhi, who was still a little confused at first, reacted immediately when he heard Chang Haonan's voice, and then looked at the watch on his desk.

It's almost midnight.

His tone suddenly became a little nervous:

"Mr. Chang, is there any trouble that needs to be solved?"

At the same time, he turned around and gestured to his wife on the bed behind him to prepare a coat for him.

Obviously, in Lan Xinzhi's view, it was definitely a big deal for the other party to call him at this time.

"It's not a problem, it's our opportunity."

Chang Haonan replied:

"NSK Group and Eurocopter may have a public opinion and legal conflict. During this period, please pay attention to business news in Europe, especially France, and be ready to cooperate with them at any time."

These days, there are no communication methods such as trending short videos, and even search engines are very immature. If you really want to collect a certain aspect of information in a short time, you can only go back to traditional media. .

And whether you are watching TV news or foreign language newspapers, you need specialized manpower.

Now that he himself wants to break it into eight pieces for use, he can only let the Equipment Industry Department take charge.

The reason why Liu Hongbo was not approached was because although the other party was in France, he was still Chinese and a relatively sensitive technician. It was really inconvenient to chase people from the Eurocopter Group and ask questions all day long.

Apart from himself, the person who knew the most about Chang Haonan's layout was probably Lan Xinzhi, so the latter was just stunned for a moment before he roughly figured out what was going on and what exactly he needed to do.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now. If anything happens, I'll notify you as soon as possible."

Although wired telephones are inherently more confidential, the telephone at home is not a dedicated line after all, and it is impossible to talk about everything there in a big way.

Therefore, after arranging the most important things, the two immediately ended the call.

"It's so late and you still want to go out?"

Lan Xinzhi's wife came from behind holding clothes, her tone slightly aggrieved and dissatisfied:

"Work also requires time... After you got promoted, you feel even busier than before..."

Having said that, his hands did not stop helping him change clothes.

"The higher the position, the heavier the burden on the shoulders..."

Lan Xinzhi knew that he was in the wrong, so he had no choice but to comfort his wife.

"I'm not saying that. You are now a director. The only ones who can instruct you like this are the directors of your Science and Technology Commission. The voices I heard on the phone just now are not very different. You sometimes can't talk too well at work. Already..."

"this is……"

Even as Lan Xinzhi spoke, he still felt that Chang Haonan's affairs could not be revealed too much, so he gave a slightly vague explanation:

"The situation is quite special. The Equipment Industry Department can do without me as director, but it cannot do without this person."

"Moreover, I was able to skip the process of being the deputy of the business department and be directly transferred from the secretary position to the director this time. It is also thanks to others..."

Hearing this, his wife, who was tying his tie, opened her eyes:

"Why have I never heard you talk about it before?"

"If you have such a noble person...the relationship must be maintained diligently..."

Obviously, she had already regarded Chang Haonan on the other side of the phone as some kind of "mysterious figure who is not in the Science and Technology Commission system but has a good background and can speak well."

And this imaginary is actually very close to the truth by mistake.

Chang Haonan does have a background now, but it's just not the kind of background he imagined...

"It's still inconvenient to talk about things in the unit..."

After a little prevarication, Lan Xinzhi picked up the briefcase at the door and went out.

…

On the other side, Pierre also quickly took action.

He had said before that he would hand this matter over to the Legal Department for legal proceedings.

But legal procedures, in many cases, do not mean going to court.

Out-of-court settlements also count.

However, due to NSK's stubborn reaction, this road to reconciliation has been blocked.

Unable to swallow his breath, Pierre quickly submitted prosecution documents and found media outlets he was familiar with to begin reporting the incident on a large scale.

For a time, the news that "NSK Group had committed fraud during product testing" was widely reported in the newspapers, and even officials from several countries participating in the NH90 project made statements.

In fact, the reason why NSK Group chose this abstract response method is not because of a mental problem, but because it really has no other choice.

My family knows their own affairs.

Since the second half of last year, almost one-third of their shipments have been products ordered separately from China and then OEMed.

As for manipulating test reports and falsely marking the performance of products of similar quality by about 5-10%, this is even more of a traditional skill.

If we give up and pay for the Eurocopter case, it will be completely unstoppable once this hole is opened.

As for hard steel, at least the legal stalemate can last for a long time.

After all, this is only their first supply to Eurocopter, and the latter cannot have too much evidence on hand.

Even if the case is ultimately lost after a lengthy judicial process, the impact of the incident will be diluted by time.

After a little reading of the history books, it was explained that it was "an error in adjusting the shipment of the first batch of products", and the matter was resolved.

It must be admitted that this set of operations is effective.

Otherwise, this kind of fraud in the previous life would not have been exposed in batches until the 2020s.

Although it did create a wave of heat in the media in the first few days, just as the NSK Group expected, Pierre could not provide enough strong evidence to prove that the problem lies with the other party and not with himself. On the head of the mole.

In addition, although Western reporters are very fast, they have never been able to praise the accuracy of their reports. Therefore, after a few back and forth, the attention on the incident gradually subsided.

Even the stock prices that had fallen before have gradually begun to recover.

And at this most critical moment, Chang Haonan took action.

Through his personal connections, he contacted Li Liangyi, general manager of Jinling Motors, and the joint venture partner Fiat Group.

You know, although most of Iveco's wheel bearings have been replaced with domestic products, other Jinling Fiat models and other parts are not as efficient.

For the sake of "safety", many still use original imported models.

As a result, I suddenly learned that the imported bearings I bought at a high price were actually OEM products made in China, and even had falsely marked performance?

Therefore, when NSK was completely unprepared, the Italian Fiat Group suddenly issued a public statement, saying that they conducted special sampling inspections of the global models they produced, and finally found that among a total of seven models from its three brands, the actual performance was lower than NSK Group parts with product numbers.

The hardest-hit areas are tapered roller bearings for wheel hubs and deep groove ball bearings for gearboxes. Since the fourth quarter of last year, it has been discovered that the number of parts involved exceeds 1.5 million.

Finally, he also stated that he would recall the vehicles involved in the batch as soon as possible and was prepared to sue NSK over this matter, demanding huge compensation.

This time, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Helicopters, especially military helicopters, are still too far away from ordinary people. Even if everyone sees the previous news, it is just for fun. After reading it, forget it, and few people will care about it.

Not so with cars.

Although Fiat does not sell well in China, it is still very popular in Europe.

What's more, there are supercar brands like Ferrari underneath it.

In fact, if you read Fiat Group's complete statement and the contents of the indictment, you will know that the vast majority of the vehicles involved this time are for the global market, especially the Chinese market.

And most of them are still in the factory and have not been sold, and they have little to do with European local cars.

But even in the Internet age more than 20 years later, not many melon-eating people would care about these details, let alone 1998.

If you want to read the indictment at this time, you may even need to apply to the corresponding court.

Therefore, NSK Group, which had just barely gained a breather, was instantly pushed to the forefront again.

Fiat also showed quite convincing evidence.

That is, the ones Chang Haonan and Lan Xinzhi had collected before.

Now, the ones with numb claws are the Japanese.

They never expected that a company would not even try to communicate with them after discovering a problem, but would directly start collecting evidence.

He was completely prepared to fight to the death.

NSK Group, which was caught off guard, finally realized that the situation was not good for itself and was ready to change its response strategy.

That is to say, give in.

However, it is a bit late to kneel down at this time...