When will I have a long tassel?

"Mr. Tang, a total of 8 factory leaders in our factory are here. Are you satisfied now?"

Fan Chaodong walked up to Tang Zifeng and said coldly.

Although under pressure, he had to call all the factory leaders to the capital to meet Tang Zifeng's request, but he could not do it no matter what if he was asked to nod and bow to Tang Zifeng and pretend to be enthusiastic.

When Tang Zifeng went to Factory 82, Fan Chaodong failed to fulfill his duty as a landlord. This was his fault. If he did not remedy the situation, everyone would blame him. Now he has called all the leaders of the factory over and served Tang Zifeng a drink to apologize. This is something that everyone sees. If Tang Zifeng continues to offer gifts, the people who eat melons should side with him and start to condemn him. Tang Zifeng was angry.

Chinese people always have to be reasonable when doing things, and being upright makes you confident. Fan Chaodong felt that he was very angry.

"Is there a total of 8 digits?" Tang Zifeng didn't seem to notice Fan Chaodong's hostility. He said with a smile: "I'm not good at math, why don't you let me count first..."

As he spoke, he really raised his fingers and started counting, mumbling: "One, two, three..."

"Tang Zifeng! Don't bully others too much!"

Tang Zifeng's behavior successfully angered Fan Chaodong. He picked up a plate from the table and slammed it to the ground.

There was a crisp "pop" sound, the plate broke into more than a dozen pieces, and the fragments flew far away. Everyone in the private room was still whispering, but now they all stopped and turned their eyes here.

"Oh, look, he's anxious." Tang Zifeng showed no regrets for doing anything wrong and was still smiling. He teased Xiong Kai, then turned back, looked at Fan Chaodong and said: "Director Fan, why are you doing this? You said that your factory leaders are all here, so it's not wrong for me to count them, right? Look at you Why are you so angry?"

"Mr. Tang, we are all here for work, so we don't have to be so emotional, right?" Zhong Xu, who was invited to act as a middleman, came over and said to Tang Zifeng without hesitation.

Tang Zifeng required all factory leaders of Factory 82 to be present before he would come to the banquet. This approach undoubtedly humiliated Factory 82. But because Factory 82 made a mistake first, what he did can only be regarded as a little excessive. But now that everyone is here, he actually has to count in front of them. This is so domineering. No wonder Fan Chaodong wants to throw the plate. No one can stand this.

At this time, Zhong Xu felt that he had something to say, so he stood up and protested to Tang Zifeng on behalf of Fan Chaodong.

Tang Zifeng looked at Fan Chaodong and then at the other leaders of Factory 82. Seeing that everyone was filled with indignation, he smiled faintly and asked: "Why, Director Fan and everyone else, do you think I didn't give you anything?" face?"

"What do you think?" Fan Chaodong said with a dark face, "Director Tang, I know you are young. I heard that when you were in the Machinery Department, you also relied on your youth to pretend to be crazy and act stupid, and you also won the love of several leaders. But Don't do this in front of me, Lao Fan, you are still in your 30s after all, how dare you say that you really don't understand any rules?"

"Rules? What rules?" Tang Zifeng asked, "You think you are wronged and humiliated by coming to the capital to treat a young man like me to dinner. But Botai slaps you one after another. Why don't you feel humiliated? You, Director Fan, are so capable that you dare to throw a plate in front of a young man like me, but you throw one in front of Botai to show me?

"Co-author, you are experts in the civil war and outsiders in the foreign war. Show off your authority in front of the Chinese people, and pretend to be grandsons when meeting the Germans. Is this the rule that you, Director Fan, want to teach me?"

"What did you say!" Fan Chaodong was furious, raised his finger and pointed at Tang Zifeng's nose, shouting: "Try saying it again!"

"Director Fan, don't get excited yet!" Zhong Xu quickly stopped between the two of them, for fear that they would fight. If the two sides can't agree, it doesn't matter if they have a quarrel, but if there is a fight, things will be difficult to handle. In terms of administrative level, these two people have reached the bureau level. If two bureau-level cadres met each other in a restaurant, this would be a big deal.

"Director Tang, I don't agree with what you are saying. There is a reason why Botai changed his mind. Isn't this all caused by Professor Qi's nonsense? Director Fan and the others also wanted to hire Teng Ji because of their work. Come out to help, do a technical appraisal again, and eliminate PATEO's doubts, how can you say..., well, it's very inappropriate to say this."

As soon as Zhong Xu finished speaking, he swallowed back the idea of ​​"pretending to be a grandson". Damn, this idea was too hurtful.

Tang Zifeng put away his sarcastic expression and said seriously:

"Director Zhong, haven't you learned your lesson from Botai's change of heart this time? They are just relying on their technological advantages to bully us nakedly. They embargo the equipment we can't build. When did we build it? They immediately lifted the embargo.

"This time, just because of a rumor, people dare to torment you and force you to prove yourself. Maybe Director Fan and others are used to being bullied by foreigners, and they don't think this is any humiliation. Well, I Let them experience what it means to be controlled by others.

"To put it bluntly, in order to ask Tengji to help them, they are aggrieved in front of me, Tang Zifeng, and they only lose the face of their 82 Factory. But if there is no precision milling machine developed by Tengji, in order to ask Botai to lift the ban, If you act cowardly, you will lose the face of 1.3 billion Chinese people.

"I want to ask Director Zhong and Factory Director Fan, which is more valuable, the faces of the few thousand people in your 82 Factory, or the faces of the 1.3 billion Chinese people?"

"This..." Zhong Xu was speechless for a moment. Tang Zifeng took this matter to such a high level that he really couldn't refute it.

Yes, Fan Chaodong felt extremely humiliated when he came over to treat Tang Zifeng to a meal. But PATEO casually mentioned an embargo, and everyone in Factory 82 jumped up and down, asking for another product appraisal, and also asked the German side to send people over to supervise. Isn't this a humiliation?

Which one is more cowardly: losing face in front of your own people or losing face in front of foreigners?

I have to say that in the minds of some people, bowing to foreigners is nothing, because they always think that foreigners are nobler than themselves. But when they return to China and meet their compatriots, they have to put on airs, show off their rank, and value face above all else.

Fan Chaodong, Zhong Xu and others are actually not the kind of people who worship foreigners. On the contrary, they often talk about "fighting for the Chinese people" and the like. But when it comes to actual actions, they unconsciously follow the crowd and feel that it is appropriate to ask for help from foreigners, but it is shameful to ask for help from one's own people.

They didn't think it was Botai's fault when he went back on his word. Instead, Tengji chased them for R\u0026D funds, which they felt was unreasonable.

This is a collective unconscious behavior, and when no one reveals it, no one notices it. Now Tang Zifeng suddenly pierced the window paper, and everyone in the room was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

"Mr. Tang, there is nothing we can do about this." Ke Guoqiang was the first to break the silence. He said calmly: "Our country has a weak foundation and its industrial foundation is not as deep as that of Western countries. This is an objective fact. We cannot just shout a few slogans. It can be solved. At this stage, we really need PATEO's equipment, so even though we know that PATEO's actions are unreasonable, we can only endure it, right?"

"How long do Director Ke plan to endure it?" Tang Zifeng asked.

"Of course..." Ke Guoqiang subconsciously wanted to give an answer, but halfway through he found that he couldn't continue.

Tang Zifeng was unreasonable and talked eloquently:

"The reason why PATEO canceled the embargo on milling machines before was because we have developed milling machines with the same performance. If we want to stand up in front of foreigners, we must have our own strength.

"You are the military industry department. You produce advanced weapons and equipment, which can make China stand upright politically and not be blackmailed by foreigners. We are the equipment manufacturing department. If we develop advanced machinery and equipment, we can make China Economically and technically, we should stand up straight and not be afraid of other people's technical blockade.

"China can't do without advanced missiles, and China can't do without advanced milling machines. Your department is very important, and our department is equally important. To this day, can't you understand this?"

"Mr. Tang, I admit that you are also very important. What happened this time is that our Science and Technology Committee did not consider the research and development expenses you spent. I think we can learn from this lesson and use it in the future. We should improve the mechanism in our cooperation to avoid the same thing happening again." Zhong Xu said bravely.

Tang Zifeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, Director Zhong said that this time the matter should be forgotten?"

"..." Zhong Xu was speechless.

He really wanted to let it go this time, but when asked by Tang Zifeng, could he still answer like this?

Tang Zifeng laughed: "Director Zhong, if you have this attitude, then let's not eat today's meal. To be honest, with the strength of Linji Group and a mere tens of millions of R\u0026D expenses, we can do it ourselves. After digesting it, I, Tang Zifeng, dare not say anything else, but I am really not short of money.

"If you feel that Botai's slap in the face this time is not hard enough, or even feel that it is your honor to be slapped by Botai, then you can do it yourself. Without the support of our equipment manufacturing industry, you will have more of this in the future. Such an honor."

"Mr. Tang, what do you mean?" Zhong Xu asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "It's very simple. Let's make up for this matter and establish a cooperation mechanism between us. You think that PATEO's equipment is better than Tengji's and you are willing to choose PATEO's equipment. We understand. But with this At the same time, the research and development of Tengji must not stop.

"The machine tools developed by us at Tengji are your spare tires. If PATEO dares to cut off supply, you can still produce with Tengji's equipment. This is the confidence you have to challenge PATEO. Our two families should join forces and work together. Isn’t it a good feeling to slap the Germans and watch Botai kneel on the ground begging you to buy equipment?”