Chapter 223 Huge Historical Opportunity

Li Xiaofan replied: "Well, Brother Peng, I know about this incident..."

"What kind of incident is this? The Japanese Metropolitan Police actually arrested two ministers of a company as big as Toshiba?" Gu Qijun asked curiously.

Li Xiaofan whispered to Gu Qijun: "Ajun, I'll tell you in detail later..."

After everyone visited Peng Ge's factory, Li Xiaofan and his party came out of Peng Ge's factory. Aaron went to Ximu Electronics Factory for after-sales service beforehand.

At the coffee and tea room on the corner of the street, Li Xiaofan explained to Gu Qijun the whole story of the Toshiba incident mentioned just now:

During the Cold War, and even now, machine tools, especially CNC machine tools, are a symbol of a country's manufacturing level. At that time, advanced CNC processing equipment was an important strategic material for any country. For a long time, Western industrialized countries, led by the United States, have been embargoing CNC machine tools from mainland China, the former Soviet Union and other camp countries at that time.

At that time, there was a "Batum" organization in Western countries, whose official name was the "Export Control Coordinating Committee." It was secretly established in 1949 at the initiative of the United States. Its member countries were developed countries in the Western camp at the time. The purpose of establishing this organization was to restrict the export of strategic materials and high technologies by member countries to the Soviet Union, China and other camp countries. Because it is headquartered in Paris, it is often called the "Paris Coordinating Committee", later referred to as "Batum".

In the past, it was easy for the U.S. Navy to track Soviet submarines because when those low-quality Soviet submarines sailed on the seabed, their propellers made huge noise and could be easily detected 200 nautical miles away.

However, starting in the mid-1980s, the navies of the United States and NATO countries have reported that the noise from the propellers of Soviet submarines and warships has dropped significantly, making tracking more difficult.

Later, the Americans discovered that the noise of Soviet submarines was getting lower and lower, so much so that sometimes their own warships were almost hitting each other's submarines, and their own sonar did not respond (in 1986, Soviet and American nuclear submarines collided in the Strait of Gibraltar. The cause of the accident It was because the Soviet submarines were so quiet that the American sonar did not recognize them, so they bumped into them), and their speed was getting faster and faster, and their navigation performance was getting better and better.

So the Americans began a thorough investigation, and later discovered that the Japanese company Toshiba re-exported four nine-axis, five-linkage large-scale CNC propeller milling machines from Norway to the Soviets.

This nine-axis five-linkage large-scale CNC propeller milling machine was the most advanced CNC processing equipment in the world at the time. It could complete mathematical modeling and high-precision processing of complex curved surfaces through a complex and complete set of algorithms and precise control systems. It was very suitable for processing nuclear submarine parts. High performance propellers required. This equipment can be used to process the propellers of military ships, greatly reducing the noise of the ships. It is a mechanical equipment strictly prohibited from being exported to the Soviet Union by the "Paris Coordination Committee".

After the Soviets obtained the nine-axis five-linkage large-scale CNC propeller milling machine, in addition to improving the propulsion performance of the submarine, they also improved the propellers of the new aircraft carrier that was under construction at the time.

The serious consequence of this incident was that the Americans lost their hydroacoustic detection advantage over Soviet naval vessels for the first time. Until later, the Americans were still not absolutely sure to discover the new Russian submarine...

Finally, under pressure from the Americans, the Japanese Metropolitan Police conducted a surprise inspection of Toshiba in May 1987, seized all relevant secret information, and arrested relevant personnel involved. The Japanese Prime Minister at the time had to publicly apologize to the Americans...

Li Xiaofan said to Gu Qijun: "Ajun, I just introduced the whole story of the Toshiba machine tool incident. Look, how important high-end equipment technology is to a country's security! At present, in our country, CNC multi-axis machine tool technology like this has been Western countries technology blockade Lock. Not only are the procurement channels not smooth, but even after selling to you, you must also accept the harsh conditions of the so-called "end-user access" of manufacturers in developed countries, through which foreign parties can obtain information such as the final purpose and usage of CNC machine tools. It is extremely easy to cause leaks..."

Gu Qijun said: "Well, Affan, you are right. After I went to Singapore to study, I also discovered that there is a relatively large gap between our mainland's electronic basic raw materials, electronic industry, computer and other industries and technologies and developed countries... "

"Ajun, this is a huge business opportunity! I guess that in a few years our country will join the WTO and embrace the wave of world economic globalization. Our country's economy may enter a precious period of rapid development. This is for you and me, This could be a huge opportunity for our lives!”

Li Xiaofan continued excitedly: "Ajun, if we seize this precious historical opportunity, not only can we achieve great personal development in our careers and achieve huge growth in personal wealth, but we can also help our country's national industry. Things! And Singapore, a place that maintains good relations with Western developed countries, is the best bridgehead for our development! "

"Oh...really?"

Gu Qijun seemed to understand, and felt a little excited in his heart, but not as excited as Li Xiaofan.

The next day, Li Xiaofan received an email and fax from Yang Yonghui, manager of the purchasing department of NTUC Singapore, confirming the first order from NTUC Cooperative to Yifan Company.

The total amount of this order is 400,000 Singapore dollars. Li Xiaofanmei calculated that this order can bring their Yifan company nearly 100,000 Singapore dollars in gross profit, with a gross profit margin of 25%. Just like Yang Yonghui said before, there may not be high profits, but there may be stable long-term orders...

But for Li Xiaofan, it is already very satisfying.

The previous order from the American Aco Department Store had a gross profit of 150,000 US dollars, and the gross profit of this NTUC National Average Cooperative Association order was 100,000 Singapore dollars. If there are long-term stable orders, Li Xiaofan can use the profits earned from these foreign trade businesses to invest in some high-tech industries and Internet projects...

Recently, Wu Xiumei's Mingzhou Yifan Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. has also recruited five new foreign trade salesmen and an electronic and electrical engineer. The infrared automatic induction outdoor lawn lamp in cooperation with the Mingzhou Automatic Door Factory is being developed as soon as possible.

Li Xiaofan repeatedly urged Wu Xiumei to control the quality of the products of those suppliers, track the entire process, and deliver the goods to the American Aco Department Store and the Singapore NTUC National Average Cooperative Association customers with quality and on time.

At the same time, Li Xiaofan asked Wu Xiumei to strongly recommend those suppliers to apply for ISO9002 quality assurance system certification from the China Quality Certification Center in the mainland. At that time, the China Quality Certification Center had been established under the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, with branch centers in various provinces, which could carry out ISO9000 series certification and began to cooperate and mutually recognize with certification bodies in other countries...

Two days later, Li Xiaofan brought the business plan and application form, and came to the conference room of the Tengfei Group Investment Department of Singapore Science Park with Pan Zhanlong and Gu Qijun.

Zheng Shujia, the female executive of the Tengfei Group Investment Department, received the three of them.

After Zheng Shujia took a quick look at Li Xiaofan's business plan, she exclaimed!