The report jointly submitted by the three units quickly received a reply from the upper level. The country has indeed had great determination to promote the development of the equipment manufacturing industry. Not only did it agree to the requirement that major risks be borne by the state's finance, it also allocated funds to subsidize the first set of insurance business. According to the calculations of property insurance companies, the insurance premiums that manufacturing companies need to pay for the first set of equipment are average equivalent to 10% of the equipment transaction price. The state allocated special funds from the finance to subsidize 80% of the insurance premium. In this way, the premiums that manufacturing companies need to pay dropped to only 2% of the transaction price, which is acceptable to all enterprises.

Once the first set of insurance policy was introduced, the National Development and Reform Commission immediately issued a supporting policy requiring domestic enterprises to give priority to domestic equipment when bidding for equipment. Unless foreign equipment has key advantages that domestic equipment does not have, domestic enterprises shall not refuse to adopt domestic equipment in the name of "no application experience".

As soon as this policy was released, Luo Ye and other manufacturing companies were happy, while some user companies complained. There is no way, the superstition of imported equipment formed over a hundred years cannot be changed in three to five years. In fact, domestic equipment can only win the trust of users only by showing its own quality in a wide range of applications. Previously, user companies could use risks as reasons to reject domestic equipment, but now the country has launched the first set of insurance. The losses caused by the use of the first set of domestic equipment are fully compensated. What other reasons can you find?

Practice shows that if you want to find such a reason, you can always find it. On that day, Feng Xiaochen just returned home from get off work and found that Yang Haifan, general manager of Chenyu Engineering Machinery Company, and his younger brother Feng Lingyu were sitting in his yard waiting for him. What they wanted to report to Feng Xiaochen was a matter related to the first set of equipment.

"Huoyuan Metro bidding, our company's shield machine has been delisted." Yang Haifan said to Feng Xiaochen.

Shield mechanism is the main equipment used for shield method construction. Shield mechanism refers to the use of a movable shield shell to protect the working surface when performing tunnel excavation operations, excavation, soil slag discharge, lining assembly and other work under the shield shell. After completing the operation of a working section, the shield shell can be pushed forward and continue to operate the next operation section. This construction method is safe and efficient, and is widely used in tunnel operations in urban rail transit, railways, highways, municipal infrastructure and other fields. According to data, the shield method originated in Europe first and has a history of 200 years. It gradually matured after the 1930s and is now the first choice technology in tunnel construction.

The shield machine is a machine that carries out shield operations, including shield shells, cutter plates, propulsion systems, cutter plate drive devices, slag conveyor devices, pipe sheet assembly devices, etc. The total length can reach more than 100 meters, which is equivalent to the length of six or seven train cars, and is a giant.

The history of shield construction in my country can be traced back to the early 1960s, but the use of shield machines began in the 1990s and its application scope was relatively narrow. After entering the new century, subway construction was carried out in various places. In order to avoid destroying the original ground buildings in the city, shield construction was widely used, and shield machines were therefore widely paid attention to.

Previously, all the shield machines used in domestic subway construction came from abroad. Several domestic engineering machinery companies have carried out the research and development of shield machines, but have not yet launched the entire machine product. Chenyu Engineering Machinery Company has carried out the technical research and development of shield machines since the 1990s, and the chief engineer of the project is Feng Lingyu.

Feng Lingyu's major in mechanical manufacturing when he was studying for a postgraduate degree in Germany. After returning to China, he was arranged by Feng Xiaochen to work as a technician in Chenyu Company. After a few years of hard work in the workshop, Yang Haifan transferred Feng Lingyu back to the technical department and asked him to take the lead in a research and development project. Feng Lingyu chose a very difficult project like a shield machine, and has been working until now, and has finally achieved fruitful results.

Feng Lingyu's research was ahead of several large state-owned enterprises, thanks to Chenyu's investment in the shield machine project at all costs. On the one hand, Feng Lingyu himself is a shareholder of the company, and even an established successor. On the other hand, Feng Xiaochen, the actual controller of the company, gave a high evaluation of the shield machine project and instructed Yang Haifan to strongly support this project.

As a time traveler, Feng Xiaochen knew that domestic infrastructure is only the beginning. In a few years, the scale of infrastructure will expand more than ten times, and it will gain the reputation of an "infrastructure maniac". In the 20s of the 21st century, hundreds of cities across the country would carry out subway construction at the same time, and shield machines are an indispensable tool in subway construction. The scale of this market will reach ten trillions of yuan. It is absolutely true that Chenyu Company will carry out technical reserves of shield machines 10 years in advance.

Feng Lingyu does not have the management ability of his brother Feng Xiaochen, but he is quite arduous and resilient in scientific research. When he was studying in Germany, he systematically studied the principles and key technologies of the shield machine. At this time, with the company's full support in terms of people, finance and material resources, the results naturally emerged like a blowout.

Chenyu Engineering Machinery Company has gained a high market share in excavators, concrete pump trucks and other products, and its enterprise scale has expanded dramatically. It is now a large enterprise with assets of over 10 billion yuan and has established a wide range of collaborative relationships. In the process of developing the shield machine, Feng Lingyu received help from a large number of collaborative companies, such as grouting systems, hydraulic systems, automatic guidance systems, component sealing systems, lubrication systems, cooling systems, etc., which have been solved with the help of these collaborative companies. Now, Chenyu Engineering Machinery Company has mastered all the key technologies of the shield machine, and is only one opportunity to practice.

Yang Haifan set his sights on the subway construction project in Huoyuan City, Heyang Province, which was underway in advance, and brought Feng Lingyu to the door to promote Chenyu shield machine. Who expected that as soon as they heard about their purpose, they turned a blind eye and claimed that they had chosen the shield machine produced by German Pumai Company, a domestic shield machine. People said that they had never heard of it, and they didn't know, so don't mention it anymore...

Hearing such a firm denial of the three consecutive games, Feng Lingyu immediately wanted to be anxious with others. Yang Haifan grabbed him quickly and then discussed with the other party with a humble attitude, hoping that the other party could give him a chance. Yang Haifan also specifically mentioned the first policy that the country had just launched, claiming that the Chenyu shield machine is also the first package for domestic shield machine. Chenyu Company can apply for national insurance support. Any problems encountered by the other party during use can be obtained insurance claims.

"This is not a problem of insurance." Jiang Zhong, project manager of Heyang Metro Engineering Company, said to Yang Haifan with all his heart at the dinner table. "When using Pumai's shield machine is what our general manager said, do you think we, those of you who are doing things, dare not do as they follow?"

"Why did your general manager identify Pumai's shield machine?" Yang Haifan asked in surprise, "Our shield machine happens to be designed based on Pumai's shield machine as the standard. All performances are not lower than Pumai's level. There are some places where there are innovations, which are better than Pumai."

Jiang Zhong smiled and shook his head, "I have read your information, and it is indeed not much different from Pumai's equipment, and the price is 40%. To be honest, if I can tell the final word, I am willing to try your equipment, maybe I will have some surprises. But even if we disagree, if you want us to use your shield machine, you should go and take the upper level route."

Yang Haifan is not a rookie in the mall and is not unfamiliar with the things like taking the upper level route. However, when Yang Haifan contacted the office of the subway engineering company and asked to meet with general manager Han Nanbin, he was turned down. The office staff told Yang Haifan that Mr. Han was honest and never accepted any complaints. Chenyu's products want to be recognized by the subway engineering company and should participate in public bidding. Any private visit is unnecessary.

Yang Haifan participated in the equipment bidding with helplessness, but as a result, the bid was dropped without any suspense when the cost was extremely advantageous.

"What's the reason?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Feng Xiaochen knew about Chenyu Shield Machinery participating in the bidding for Huoyuan Metro Project, and he also knew very well about the performance, price and other conditions of Chenyu Shield Machinery. According to his original idea, Chenyu Shield Machinery participated in the bidding and was very confident that he would win the bid because the price of imported shield machines was abnormally high and the service was not timely. In the case where there was no similar equipment to replace in China, the imported equipment was naturally the emperor's daughter who would not have to worry about marriage. However, when similar products had been developed in China, the market competitiveness of imported shield machines was questioned.

Of course, when Feng Xiaochen heard Yang Haifan say that Chen Yu had lost the bid, he was not particularly surprised. Domestic equipment has been discriminated against in applications for a day or two. One of the daily work of the equipment company is to help domestic equipment companies go to users to ask for an explanation.

Yang Haifan said: "They have many reasons for rejection. For example, they proposed that the rated capacitance of the pinch control system should exceed 80,000 kN, while our equipment is 75,000, which is not qualified."

"How much is Pumai?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Feng Lingyu sneered: "81,000."

"No wonder, isn't this the terms designed for Pumai?" Feng Xiaochen smiled.

Feng Lingyu said: "Isn't that true? Many of their terms are determined according to Pumai's equipment. If Pumai is higher than us, they will set it higher. If Pumai is lower than us, they will demand it lower, and if Pumai is lower than us, they will require it lower, and there is no logic at all."
Chapter completed!