Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 104 More chaos
Professional needs follow.

"We want a system that can work at an altitude of 8000 meters."

"Battery, minus 40 degrees, can be turned on, at least half an hour of working time."

"Is there a screen that can display at minus 40 degrees? If not, what can be used instead?"

"It is impossible for us to assemble equipment in a low-temperature and hypoxic environment. This must be a complete and connected system. Therefore, the volume weight after the connection is completed, the stability of the connection, and the convenience of carrying by mountaineers must be considered."

"All the tactile switches have to be replaced, and the most primitive mechanical switches are used."

"It is impossible for our engineers to climb to the highest point. The mountainside base is their limit. So this equipment will eventually be operated by non-professionals, and there is only one chance. Once it fails, it is difficult to have a second summit. Opportunities, so we require the equipment to be as simple as possible to operate, preferably with zero operation except for the switch."

"It is difficult for non-professionals to achieve centering and leveling. I need a system that can automatically level."

"Light, everything is as light as possible."

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Zhang Yong's nose was sweating, and he recorded everything as detailed as possible.

Except for individual needs, he replied "It can be met."

For most of the needs, his answer is, "I will communicate with the factory as soon as possible to find a solution. I will reply as soon as possible."

Finally, the director said: "You only have six months, we need everything in place. Thank you for your support, but let me tell you clearly, for the sake of insurance, we have found other companies. I hope you can provide a plan as soon as possible."

Zhang Yong nodded, "Director, I will try my best."

After the conversation, Wu Jun sent him out.

"It's still early, why don't you go to my office and have dinner together at night."

"I dare not eat your meal. This matter is too stressful. I have to deal with it as soon as possible. In addition, I have to go to the association. See you next time."

"Okay, in fact, I'm really busy. I said I'm going to invite you to dinner, just to be polite. It's best if you don't eat."

The two laughed and punched each other.

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Wang Li was speechless at Zhang Yong.

"You know, it is common for the association to help various companies to test or evaluate, and it is also our job responsibility. And we will find industry experts to evaluate together, and the association will not draw conclusions by itself. We cooperated with Professor Guo to complete the assessment. But in essence, this is a non-governmental assessment, and the association is not an authoritative organization for testing, and we are not responsible for other responsibilities.”

"Secretary-General, your test report was issued on the association's letterhead. In the eyes of outsiders, the red-headed letterhead is authoritative."

"Hey, Mr. Gao made this request later. Originally, our report had already been printed. Thinking about his request, it was nothing special, so he printed it on our letterhead. But it didn't have our seal on it. This is not an official document. , just a folk report."

"But Zhonghe thinks this is the official conclusion, and plans to use this to take Huatian Technology, the bidding company, and the Ministry of Finance to court."

"We really didn't know about this. Professor Guo called us to find out. The old man got angry and blamed us. Zhang Yong, we are a little wronged about this matter..."

"What's the matter with Zhonghe? Who will sue the Ministry of Finance? The projects in our industry are small compared with others. The amount of money is worth a lawsuit."

Zhang Yong said with a smile, "Perhaps Zhonghe thinks that with the support of the association, they will definitely be able to sue the Ministry of Finance."

Wang Li turned pale, "Don't talk nonsense. We didn't support their lawsuit. It's not for court use at all."

"It doesn't count if you say it, it's not counted until Mr. Gao from Zhonghe says it."

Wang Li sighed, "That's right, let me ask you first, our report is not authoritative, but it is basically objective and there will be no major problems."

"The product evaluation report is different from the product evaluation of the bidding. Your report is no problem as a general test report. But the bid evaluation looks at every detail, even if the subtleties are not satisfied, it will Points deducted. This kind of detail is obvious in your report, and you don’t pay attention to it. For example, the report said that Mag’s handheld device does not have a serial port function,..."

"These conclusions were written by people from Zhonghe, but we didn't let them write them casually. We checked, and the Mag machine does not have a serial port."

"Secretary General, this is what I said. This kind of evaluation report cannot be used as a bidding evaluation standard. From the perspective of products, the serial port belongs to the communication technology that has fallen behind, and now it is all USB communication. A device with a USB port should be awarded to a higher Points. But in terms of insurance, if the bid document says a serial port, it must be a serial port.”

Wang Li blushed a little, "You are right, we made mistakes. But this conclusion itself is not wrong."

"Otherwise," Zhang Yong took out a small Mag handheld from his pocket.

"Yes, this is the one we tested." Wang Li recognized it immediately.

Zhang Yong skillfully opened the back cover of the device, "Look here," he pointed to the inside of the battery compartment.

Wang Li saw a group of inconspicuous metal holes, "What is this?"

"Mag did replace the serial port with USB in the main communication, but for the secondary development of individual customers, this serial port is reserved internally. As long as a dedicated cable is used, a serial port can be extended from here. If this is not approved by the manufacturer Tips, most people still can’t see it. But if an organization makes a conclusion that there is no serial port without communicating with the manufacturer, the manufacturer can file a legal lawsuit. This is the details of the bidding evaluation I mentioned. Professor Guo mainly evaluates product indicators and will not Pay attention to these details, Zhonghe took the opportunity to write its own conclusions, and you and Professor Guo both read it and didn’t think there was a big problem. This is the problem with this report.”

Wang Li nodded, "I understand. Let me call Mr. Gao. I guess Professor Guo has already called him. I will say that we do not agree to use this report in legal proceedings. If he Insist, we will clarify to the Ministry of Finance that this private report does not have any legal basis."

"Thank you, Secretary General."

"Forget it, I'd better thank you, Zhonghe really took this thing to court, although there is no serious problem, but our troubles are indispensable."

"You'd better persuade Mr. Gao by the way, this lawsuit is meaningless."

"I will tell him this, not from the perspective of the association, even as a friend, I will persuade him. How can such a smart person do such a stupid thing."

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Master Zhao is arranging work, and after a conversation with Zhang Yong, he has calmed down a lot. "If it doesn't work, plan for the worst." Now he is planning for the worst outcome.

The phone rang, he answered, a long time no see but very familiar voice.

"Old Zhao, I am Gao Ping."

"Mr. Gao, it's too difficult to talk to you."

"I'm sorry, brother, I've been busy recently, so I didn't pay attention to your call. I just heard that Huatian Technology is actually your industry, right? You are really capable, so many stalls. Don't gossip Well, it seems that we have a little dispute on the project of the Forestry Bureau. My brother, how can there be so many things. How about this, we will withdraw and stop insisting. What do you think of the opportunity for us to work together again in the future? ?”

"Thank you, thank you very much Mr. Gao, we will definitely cooperate if we have the opportunity in the future."

"That's it. You're busy, Bai."

Master Zhao, who hung up the phone, stabilized his emotions and said to his side: "This is the end of today's meeting, and all the conclusions of the meeting will be invalidated. Go out and continue to do what you should do."

Several people showed joy on their faces, "Mr. Zhao..." Mr. Zhao waved his hand and told everyone to go out.

Li Hui called, "Mr. Zhao, the bidding company asked us to sign the contract next Monday."

"Okay, I see. Good job." Master Zhao said very calmly.

After hanging up the phone, he lowered all the shutters in the office, and sat alone in the office for a long, long time.

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Zhang Yong prepared the information center's report on the measurement equipment of Mount Everest. The report mentioned the background of the project, its significance, and its impact on the Chinese market, including the major ministries and commissions in China, and then wrote down all the technical requirements in detail. up.

When I sent it, I realized that I currently don't have a boss.He thought for a while, sent it to Joel, to Tuxon, the person in charge of GNSS, and to Vice President Henry. After thinking about it again, he simply sent it to President Wood.

Finally, he found Peter's name in the Eka mail system. It seems that the boss's mailbox has been opened. He set the mail recipient under Peter's name, and then clicked send.

Joel was the first to reply to him. Joel said that this is a significant project. Although he and Peter have not met yet, he believes that Peter will definitely support this project. He will first communicate with Tuxon and related technologies. Personnel, evaluate the possibility of modification and customization of this equipment as soon as possible.

Zhang Yong nodded, the efficiency in the factory is still good.I don't know when Peter will be in place. As the highest official in China, he has to promote many things here.

No one in the office knows that Peter has arrived in Beijing, but he has not yet arrived at Eka's office.

Come with him, there are Hans, Henry, HR, and Lawrence summoned from Hong Kong.

After two days of intense negotiations, an agreement was finally reached.

Lawrence will sell his shares in Eka Hong Kong, and then help Peter complete the handover of work in China, and then apply for retirement by himself, and Eka will have a good salary for him.

Yaxu was compensated, but the contract that had already been concluded could not be taken back, nor could the land assigned to Xinya be taken back.Part of Xinya's performance should be attributed to Yaxu.As for Xinya, continue to maintain the new agent qualification.Asahi still uses nearly 80.00% of the Chinese market, provided that all lawsuits are withdrawn.As for Eka China, Eric has already assumed the responsibility. As for Mr. Jia, who was criticized by Yaxu, this will be dealt with slowly after Peter formally takes office in Eka China.

Seeing Lawrence finally signed, Henry sighed silently in his heart, his mood was a bit complicated.All of this was originally designed by him, and it also achieved his purpose.

The rules of the general agency of Yaxu were broken, and it didn't matter whether Xinya was qualified or not, all the initiative returned to Eka's hands.Even the chaotic price war in the market was expected by him.Asahi has been the general agent for too long, and the high market price has always been a problem. It is no problem to take the opportunity to adjust the price strategy in China.The chaos is only temporary, and everything will gradually return to normal.

But the only thing he didn't expect was that Wood used him to accomplish everything, but then kicked him away and parachuted this Peter over.

He didn't like Peter. Germans were proud, and of course authentic Germans in German companies were even more so.But this Peter is just a newcomer, but he shows no respect at all for his senior vice president who has been in office for decades.

During the entire negotiation process, Peter spoke very little and was almost silent throughout. Isn't this his duty?As the negotiations deepened, he gradually felt that Peter was not deep and reticent, but that he really didn't know anything about China's affairs, and he didn't have any ideas, and he didn't have any interest in knowing.If he had come to describe Peter as a person, he would have said that he was an arrogant and disrespectful fool.

Henry and Hans have been communicating with Lawrence on his behalf, but Peter didn't show any thanks, and still had a haughty face.

According to the plan, after the meeting, they will go to Eka China together, and Lawrence will introduce Peter and others to the Eka staff, and then have a dinner with everyone in the evening.After that, they will officially end their trip to China, leaving only Peter as the head.

But Henry and the others, who were quite upset in their hearts, directly revised their tickets and left early.Neither went to Eka's office, nor attended the dinner party, and Peter did not make any retention.

Helpless Lawrence had to take Peter to the office by himself.

But the whole Eka China was excited immediately, the boss finally came.Everyone crowded into the hall, Lawrence smiled and introduced Peter to everyone.

But when Lawrence wanted to introduce several executives including Zhang Yong to Peter, Peter stopped him.

"Thank you, Lawrence, no need. Hello everyone, I am meeting you for the first time today, and we will get to know each other gradually. I have just arrived in China, and I still have a lot of important things to deal with. I may not have time to meet with you one by one at the moment. .Please continue to maintain your work status. Eka China will get better and better. Thank you, everyone go back to work."

"Lawrence, can you take me to my office? Thank you."

Lawrence's heart was racing, "You have a lot of important things to deal with? What is it? Isn't it Eka China's business? Isn't it communicating with employees and sorting out the problems in the Chinese office? What else do you have to do?"

He was thinking in his heart, but he didn't express it, he was already a marginal figure and would leave at any time, these matters were really out of his control.

Peter entered Eric's previous office, everything was cleaned up, and Eric's personal belongings were long gone.Peter is very satisfied. It is rare to see an office of this level in Germany, and the office of President Wood is not so big.

Then, he fixed his eyes on Jiana who came in with a pair of long legs and brought coffee, his eyes lit up.

"Thanks, what's your name? Jana, good name. Are you Eric's assistant?"

"If you keep me, I will be your assistant." Peter immediately showed a smile that he hadn't seen since several days of negotiations.

Lawrence on the side felt a chill in his heart, he forced a smile and asked, "How is it, Peter, are you satisfied with everything?"

"Excellent, I like it very much. Would you like to have dinner with me, Lawrence?"

Seeing the insincere expression, Lawrence shook his head, "Forget it, Peter. I want to leave Beijing tonight, unless you have something else I need to do."

"I'm fine, Lawrence, take care and good luck."

Peter said goodbye, but he didn't mean to stand up and see him off at all.Lawrence suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, turned and exited.

He walked around the office and greeted some former familiar employees one by one.

Finally, he came to Zhang Yong's office, and Zhang Yong rushed out to greet him. "Lawrence, this is the first time I see you in Beijing, please sit down."

"Stop sitting, did you see? Your new boss probably doesn't welcome me."

"Why, he hasn't gotten used to it when he first arrived. How are you doing recently?"

"I'm going back to Hong Kong right away. Say hello to you, I may officially retire next month. Before I leave, let me tell you, try to persevere, Eka actually needs people like you very much."

(End of this chapter)