Reborn Industrial Tycoon

When he heard the word "sponsored", Professor Chu immediately put away his stinky face.

He stopped, looked at Li Weidong doubtfully, and asked, "Do you want to sponsor our scientific research funds?"

"Yes, I brought all the money!" Li Weidong said, opening the baby on his body and showing the five stacks of "Great Unity" to Professor Chu.

Five thousand yuan in cash was placed in front of him, and Professor Chu's expression finally stopped being repulsive.

"How about it, Professor Chu, let's talk now!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

Professor Chu pondered for a moment and then said: "You don't even know what topic I am researching, so you want to sponsor me?"

"It doesn't matter what topic you study, the key is that you have what I want." Li Weidong said with a smile.

Professor Chu nodded, of course he knew that Li Weidong wanted the related technology of linen core braid.

As a professor in the textile industry, there are not a few companies that come to Professor Chu for technical advice. Professor Chu has seen many people like Li Weidong come to the door with apple sausages, but he blatantly threw out five thousand yuan.

, this was the first time I met Professor Chu.

In the past, the companies that went to Professor Chu for advice on formulas were all state-owned enterprises. It was very troublesome for state-owned enterprises to approve large sums of funds. Five thousand yuan was even discussed at the leadership team meeting. What is the money used for? Is it appropriate to use it this way?

Rules, these all need to be discussed. If you encounter a leader who doesn't want to take responsibility, things will come to a standstill.

So those state-owned enterprises came to Professor Chu, and in addition to giving some fruits, they brought at most two bottles of Maotai Lianghuazi. These tobacco, wine, sugar and tea are relatively easy to reimburse. As for sponsoring scientific research funds, that is only one penny.

No.

Although Li Weidong's garment factory is also a state-owned enterprise, it has been contracted by Li Weidong after all. The financial audit is much more relaxed, and it is easier to get the money out. Li Weidong called the accountant Wang Kaiping and took out 5,000 yuan directly.

Sponsor Professor Chu’s scientific research project.

In that era, Maotai Huazi couldn't afford five thousand yuan in scientific research funding! Although Professor Chu was an aloof scholar, he also had an eye for money.

What's more, the scientific research funding at that time was already very tight. It was not easy for Professor Chu to apply for 5,000 yuan of scientific research funding from Jinmen University. This 5,000 yuan of funding would greatly affect Professor Chu's research.

It was of great help, enough to impress Professor Chu.

Seeing that Professor Chu was already tempted, Li Weidong said, "Professor Chu, I don't know what procedures are required for sponsoring scientific research funds. You see, it's already time to eat. How about this? Let's find a place to eat while we're at it."

Let’s talk while eating.”

Professor Chu nodded. Although he didn't like to attend dinner parties, for the 5,000 yuan in scientific research funding, he definitely had to eat this meal.

…

For a veteran like Li Weidong, what he is best at is discussing business over a wine table.

Although Professor Chu was aloof, he was an intellectual after all. When he got to the wine table, he was no match for Li Weidong. After being poured a few glasses of wine by Li Weidong, he began to talk more.

"If you want to make the core-filled braid strong enough, you can use a double warp and single weft structure. The core-filled braid made in this way will be very smooth to the touch and the braid will be stronger. Wool and linen braided fabrics

The advantage is that the warp density is higher than the weft density formed by stiff linen yarn, and it has the advantages of wool and linen.

I have said before that the process of wool and linen blending is difficult to control, and it will cause shortcomings such as flying wool, severe winding rollers, broken ends, and excessive linting. In fact, the main reason is that the wool in our country is not good, not only in terms of quality, but also in wool.

There are also problems with subsequent processing. If the wool fiber is imported from Australia, these problems will not occur.

However, it is difficult for domestic garment factories to meet the foreign exchange quota, let alone import wool from Australia. Therefore, if you want to solve the problem of wool and linen blending, you need imported knitting machines. Although domestic knitting machines can also do it,

However, the quality of the core-filled braid is not good, and it will be easily damaged if used for subsequent braiding..."

Professor Chu took advantage of the wine and talked endlessly about a lot of craft-related things.

Li Weidong looked at the time and asked, "Professor Chu, how much does one of these imported knitting machines cost?"

"Last year, I visited the South. I visited a Hong Kong businessman's factory in the Special Administrative Region. There were knitting machines imported from Japan. The CIF price seemed to be close to US$10,000!" Professor Chu replied.

"Ten thousand US dollars! It's quite expensive." Li Weidong said.

In later generations, knitting machines have been priced at cabbage prices in China. An ordinary fully automatic knitting machine can be bought for a few thousand yuan, and an export-level knitting machine can be purchased for two to three thousand US dollars.

However, in the 1980s, China could not make good knitting machines, so it had to spend a lot of money to buy knitting machines produced abroad.

Li Weidong thought about it in his mind. If he spent 10 million yen, he would have no problem buying three or four imported knitting machines.

Professor Chu went on to say: "Actually, even if you have an imported knitting machine, if you want to make the kind of core-filled braid you need, you still need to conduct a lot of experiments. For example, the proportion of flax and wool. Do you know how to mix it?

Compare it?"

"I don't know, but here you are, Professor Chu." Li Weidong smiled slightly, changed his voice, and then said: "Professor Chu, if it is convenient for you, we can sign the contract for donating scientific research funds in the afternoon.

.”

"Director Li is a happy person!" Professor Chu smiled slightly and continued: "The ratio of raw materials for core-filled braids is actually very easy. I will ask my graduate students to do a few experiments and I will give you the results when the time comes!

"

"That's settled!" Li Weidong breathed a sigh of relief. The core-filling braid process was finally settled.

Li Weidong toasted Professor Chu with another glass of wine to express his gratitude, and then asked: "Professor Chu, I don't know much about imported knitting machines. I don't know what brand to buy, and what type is it really like?"

"I have to go back and check the recent literature before I can reply to you. How about this, I will take some time on the weekend to help you look through the literature." Professor Chu said.

"Are they foreign literature?" Li Weidong continued: "If it's convenient for you, I can read it myself. I understand English."

Li Weidong is really not bragging. When he was doing business in his previous life, in order to deal with foreigners, Li Weidong specially found a young and beautiful female graduate student to help him tutor in English.

It’s hard to say how effective the tutoring is. Let’s focus on the young and beautiful female graduate students.

Professor Chu looked at Li Weidong in surprise. Not many people dare to say that they know English these days. Even college graduates who are not English majors are embarrassed to say that they know English.

Then Professor Chu explained: "There are some English literature, but what you need is a knitting machine imported from Japan, so you still need to read some Japanese literature. I don't know much Japanese, so I mainly look at the model parameters inside.

.By the way, you know Teacher Xu, you can ask him to translate for you."

"There is no problem in Japanese. I speak Japanese better than English!" Li Weidong replied with a smile.

"Do you still know Japanese?" Professor Chu asked in surprise.

At Li Weidong's age, knowing two foreign languages ​​is considered a rare talent in China.

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Spending five thousand yuan to complete the core-filling braid process is not a loss in Li Weidong's opinion.

If Li Weidong were to study it himself, the time cost alone would not be something Li Weidong could afford. And even if he spent time, he might not be able to successfully develop the core-filled braid process.

Now Li Weidong has his own career. For Li Weidong, time is really money.

The wave of reform and opening up is full of opportunities, and every opportunity represents wealth. However, such opportunities are often fleeting, so no time can be wasted.

What's more, Li Weidong believes that the problems that can be solved by throwing money are the simplest, as long as the money is spent reasonably. And those problems that cannot be solved by throwing money are the real problems.

If the sponsorship fee of 5,000 yuan is spent, Professor Chu will help Li Weidong solve the problem of the core-filled braiding process, and next, what Li Weidong needs is to solve the problem of the imported knitting machine.

It is not an easy task to import equipment from abroad, because it requires foreign exchange. After the application is submitted and layers of approvals are passed, even if everything goes smoothly, it will take at least a year to get the foreign exchange quota.

If it doesn't go well, it will take longer, and the foreign exchange you get may shrink. For example, if you apply for 50,000 US dollars in foreign exchange, you will only be awarded 25,000 US dollars in the end. This is a common thing.

What's more, Li Weidong, a tertiary garment factory, is not even considered a prefecture-level enterprise, and he still wants to apply for foreign exchange? It's simply a fantasy!

I guess once the application form from the garment factory was sent to the foreign trade department, it was immediately thrown into the trash can.

Li Weidong had no intention of applying for foreign exchange quotas through normal channels. After all, he had 25 million yen in bank cashier's checks. Although 10 million yen of them had been mortgaged, there was still 15 million yen that could be used.

With another 10 million yen from this amount, it should be possible to purchase four knitting machines.

The problem Li Weidong faces now is how to buy imported knitting machines.

There is a foreign trade bureau in the Qinghe area, but this foreign trade bureau has basically no experience in dealing with foreigners. Qinghe is a small place with average transportation, not close to the sea, and the policies are not tilted. There are almost no foreigners coming to invest.

It is obviously a foolish behavior to purchase imported equipment through the Qinghe Foreign Trade Bureau. The Qinghe Foreign Trade Bureau simply does not have the ability to contact foreign equipment manufacturers, and if you go through official channels, the various complicated approval procedures are also very cumbersome.

Going through official channels was too delayed, so Li Weidong had no choice but to find a foreign trade company for help.