Chapter 280 Not the best, but the cheapest!

Husky Li Weidong left the Ministry of Agriculture with a look of helplessness.

Facts have proved that with the scale of the Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory, it is really impossible to apply through the official formal channels.

This was completely within Li Weidong's expectations, and a second set of plans had already been formulated.

It is very difficult for domestic agricultural machinery manufacturers to participate in the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. Only an industry-leading enterprise like Yituo can be qualified.

However, for Li Weidong, it is not difficult to attend the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

Because one of the organizers of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition is basically the largest agricultural machinery company, Kubota Co., Ltd.

The Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition was originally an exhibition set up to display Japanese agricultural machinery. As the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in Japan, Kubota is naturally the biggest beneficiary of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition and the largest sponsor of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

The Nakano Co., Ltd., which negotiated with Li Weidong before, is a subsidiary of Kubota Co., Ltd.

The main business of Nakano Co., Ltd. is rice production machinery and tuber vegetable planting machinery, so it is inevitable to participate in the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

Li Weidong intends to get a small booth through Nakano Co., Ltd.

As a subsidiary of the organizer and major sponsor Kubota, Nakano Co., Ltd. should have this ability.

So Li Weidong called Shimizu Kenjiro's phone.

Mr. Shimizu, I'm Li Weidong! Fortunately, you haven't gone to Hawaii yet, otherwise I won't be able to find you! Li Weidong said.

Mr. Li, I plan to apply for a vacation after finishing my work, and then take my family to Hawaii for vacation! Shimizu Kenjiro replied.

Before leaving Tokyo, Li Weidong gave Shimizu Kenjiro four travel coupons to Hawaii, so that Shimizu Kenjiro could take the whole family to Hawaii for a trip. For Kenjiro Shimizu, this is a very affordable gift.

Japanese travel has a set of contempt chains. The bottom of the contempt chain is Hokkaido, the middle is Okinawa, and the top is Hawaii. Every year, Japanese media surveys, and Hawaii is the most popular tourist destination for Japanese people.

Therefore, the Hawaii travel coupons sent by Li Weidong were really delivered to Kenjiro Shimizu's heart.

The so-called cannibalism is short and the hand is short. Shimizu Kenjiro received a gift from Li Weidong. At this time, Li Weidong was looking for Shimizu Kenjiro to do things, so it was much easier.

Li Weidong then asked, Mr. Shimizu, are you Nakano Co., Ltd. preparing to participate in the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition?

Yes, the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition is only held once a few years, and every time it will become our focus! Our onion planting machines are still very popular in Europe. Shimizu Kenjiro replied.

To grow an onion, you have to develop a special agricultural machine! As expected of exquisite agriculture, is this enough cost!

Li Weidong sighed in his heart, and then said, Mr. Shimizu, I have one thing I want to ask you, it is about the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

What's the matter? Shimizu Kenjiro asked.

I happen to have an agricultural machinery company, so I want to participate in this Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, but I can't get a booth, so I also asked Nakano Co., Ltd. to help me set up a booth. Li Weidong said.

What size of booth do you want? Shimizu Kenjiro paused, then said, If the booth is small, I can help you get it, but if the booth is too large, it will be difficult!

Thirty square meters is enough! Li Weidong pondered,

It is enough to have a place of five meters by six meters!

What? Thirty square meters? Shimizu Kenjiro's tone was a little surprised.

Is it too big? If it really doesn't work, 25 square meters will do. Li Weidong said.

Shimizu Kenjiro laughed: It's not too big, it's too small! Mr. Li, the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition is an outdoor agricultural machinery exhibition. Our venue is very large, 30 square meters, and even a combine harvester can't be put away!

Domestic harvesters are often relatively small, but in foreign farms, the nine-meter by five-meter combine harvester is not very large. If this is calculated, it will take 50 square meters to display just one combine harvester. In the place, Li Weidong wanted 30 square meters, so he put a bigger tractor.

I just heard Kenjiro Shimizu continue: Mr. Li, at our Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, 30 square meters is really hard to find, and the aisles are bigger than this, so let me find you a fifty square meter. This is probably the smallest booth I can find!”

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Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition is an outdoor agricultural machinery exhibition. The advantage of the outdoor agricultural machinery exhibition is that the venue will not be restricted. Some large agricultural machinery can be placed, and a few more booths can be added, which is just to expand the exhibition venue to the outside.

For Nakano Co., Ltd., asking for a booth of 50 square meters is just a matter of one sentence. How can the outdoor agricultural machinery exhibition care about this mere 50 square meters!

In fact, Li Weidong could have asked for a booth directly through Nakano Co., Ltd., which is convenient and fast.

However, after careful consideration, Li Weidong decided to sign up through the formal official channels first, and when the official channels did not work, he would go to Nakano Co., Ltd. to ask for a booth.

The reason for this is to avoid making excuses in the future.

If in 30 years, Chinese companies have the ability to go abroad to participate in exhibitions, this is a good thing, and the higher authorities will definitely give full support.

But after all, it was 1991, and the policy was not so open. A Chinese company, without the approval of its superiors, went abroad to participate in the exhibition without authorization, maybe it was going to make a mistake.

What's more, in this Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, Chinese companies participated in groups, and Li Weidong was independent from the Chinese exhibitors, so he would inevitably be regarded as being separated from the collective and acting without authorization.

In case there is that kind of jealous villain, who will do evil behind his back and put on small shoes for Li Weidong, it will be a very troublesome thing.

So Li Weidong took the letter of introduction, went to the Ministry of Agriculture first, and signed up for the exhibition through formal official channels.

Of course, Li Weidong knew that his township enterprise had absolutely no chance in front of many large state-owned enterprises. And that's what he wanted.

If the official channel registration fails, then Li Weidong will participate in the exhibition through his own relationship, which seems reasonable and reasonable. Even if someone wants to pursue it later, Li Weidong has ample excuses to defend.

At that time, Li Weidong can say, I signed up through formal channels, but if you don't want me, I can only find a way to participate in the exhibition by myself! You have failed me, but I have not failed you!

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It's not enough to get the booth. If you want to participate in the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, you have to have exhibits.

It's really inappropriate to bring things like agricultural tricycles to the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

It is estimated that none of the customers who came to visit the agricultural machinery exhibition came from poor countries. The agriculture of poor countries relies on manpower, and they do not need agricultural machinery, let alone buy machinery such as onion planting machines. It is not enough to grow some onions.

Therefore, the customers at the agricultural machinery exhibition are at least middle-income countries, and these countries generally no longer need such things as agricultural tricycles.

What's more, Shen Congzuo in Shancheng has not made a suitable agricultural tricycle engine. Li Weidong can't take a semi-finished product and go to the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition!

Other agricultural machinery products of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory are completely ineligible to go to the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

At that time, China's agricultural machinery technology was backward after all. Even for a company like Yituo, which could make military work orders, its products were all outdated products at the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. The products of Li Weidong, a county-level agricultural machinery factory, were obtained at the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. On, it is estimated that people will laugh their teeth out.

So Li Weidong can only find another way.

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Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory, Li Weidong pushed a household lawn mower and walked into the technical department.

Director, what did you get? It looks like a trolley! Du Jiahai asked.

This is a lawnmower. I sent someone to bring it from Hong Kong Island. It's an American product! Li Weidong pointed to the lawnmower in front of him and said, Lao Du, you took someone to dismantle this lawnmower. Let's see if we can copy it!

Du Jiahai nodded, called a few people, took out tools, and cut the lawn mower into eight pieces.

Li Weidong looked at the parts on the ground and asked, How about it, can we copy it?

Is this engine made in the United States? The workmanship is really good! We may not be able to make this kind of engine in ten years. Du Jiahai said.

Who asked you to make an engine, just replace it with a domestic engine! Li Weidong paused, and then said: A domestic single-cylinder engine, are you afraid that you won't be able to bring a lawn mower!

That's true. Du Jiahai continued: And this shelf, so light, is made of aluminum alloy! Our aluminum alloy material can't reach this level.

Then use iron to weld a shelf. If you are afraid of rust, apply a thicker paintbrush! Li Weidong said.

We can't make this blade for mowing. It's an alloy material. Our country's steel mills are not capable of producing this kind of alloy material, so we have to import it from Japan!

Du Jiahai picked up the saw blade and continued: And even if we have this alloy material, we may not be able to process this kind of saw blade. You look at the shape of the sawtooth, it is specially processed, and there are special materials on the surface. coating.

Replace with domestic blades! Li Weidong said without hesitation.

However, Du Jiahai shook his head: Director, this is not possible, other parts can be replaced by domestic materials, but if this blade is replaced with domestic materials, the resulting lawn mower will really not meet the product standards. .

The service life of our domestic blades is far worse than that of imported blades, such as this kind of lawn mower, for example, imported blades can cut two thousand acres of grass, and domestic blades can cut six or seven hundred acres. one third!

What about the price! How much is the difference? Li Weidong asked immediately.

Of course, the price difference is more than three times! Teacher Du Jiahai replied.

That's right! Li Weidong laughed and said, As long as the price is cheap, our product purpose is not to seek the best, but to seek the cheapest!