"Ms. Li, I'm frank, I still don't believe you will really develop this kind of machine tool."

After adjusting his mood, Duranti said to Li Tiantian.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the prototype of the steel ball grinding machine tool with our group's independent intellectual property rights will be released next month. Does Mr. Duranti want to make a bet with me?" said Li Tiantian.

"But, this is a completely unnecessary thing!" Duranti said.

Li Tiantian smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Duranti, as a salesperson, my opinion is exactly the same as you. However, what Bo SSs are considering is not something I can doubt."

Puler had calmed down at this time and asked, "Ms. Li, I really want to know how much money your group is going to invest in the development of this kind of machine tool?"

Li Tiantian said: "I don't know the specific numbers. The public data is that the total investment will reach 10 million euros, of which 7 million euros are provided by the Chunze Municipal Government. Our group will add no less than 3 million euros to this research and development."

"Investing 10 million euros is just to divide a market with an annual output value of less than 15 million euros. This is definitely not something a rational business manager should do. As far as I know, the STEM Group is a company with a history of more than 80 years, and its operating performance in recent years has also attracted the attention of the industry. Such a company should not make such irrational decisions, right?" Puller said.

Li Tiantian said: "Mr. Puller, this is probably because you don't know enough about the Chinese. We Chinese, uh, in our Mr. Tang's words, have a 'phobia of insufficient capacity'. If there is any product that we cannot manufacture independently, or even just that the production capacity is not enough to meet our needs, we will feel anxious..."

"Why is this?" Puller was stunned.

Plee has never heard of this disease, but it seems that Jack London novel wrote such a thing. The protagonist experienced a long period of hunger in the wilderness. After being rescued, he was always worried that there was not enough food and hid a lot of food by his side.

However, China is the world's factory, with a larger production capacity than the entire Europe. TV production accounts for 80% of the world and crude steel production accounts for 55% of the world. People from such a country come to tell themselves that they suffer from phobia for insufficient production capacity. Is this a fool?

"Mr. Puller, you have never experienced our lives." Li Tiantian said, with a bit of solemnity in her tone. "When I was a child, the supply of materials in China had improved greatly. I have never experienced an era when my parents and I had to supply tickets with tickets like my parents at that time. But even so, the supplies around us were still extremely scarce.

"Let me give an example. At that time, if we saw a lost nut on the road, we would pick it up and go home."

"What are you doing to pick this up?" Puller said in surprise.

The thing that makes machine tools is the most inseparable is nuts. This thing is a consumable, and it is used in kilograms when purchasing. The imported nuts of customs are calculated based on tons, and a container is dozens of tons. Who would treat this thing as a treasure?

Well, by the way, most of the nuts used by German machinery companies are imported from China, and with freight and tariffs, they are more than half cheaper than those made in Germany.

Li Tiantian said: "At that time, there was a shortage of supplies and any metal product was very precious. If you pick up a nut and you might be able to repair something at home. At the very least, it would be fine to hang a light rope."

"Hanging the light rope?" Everyone in the room showed a blank look in their eyes, even Liu Jianghai. This child is a post-90s generation and really doesn't know what hanging the light rope is.

Li Tiantian said: "When I was a child, the electric lights at home were switched with wires. The wire that pulled the switch was called a light rope. If there was no heavy object hanging under the light rope, it would float up as soon as the wind blew. If a nut was hung below, the light rope could fall, which was easier to pull up."

Everyone was speechless. They had never seen the scene described by Li Tiantian before, but they could imagine it. They also imagined this scene: a little girl was walking on the way to school and saw a rusty nut in the mud, so she picked it up and took it home. After cleaning, she carefully tied it to a swaying lamp rope...

If you use BGM like Erquan Yingyue and understand what "phobia for insufficient capacity" is, there will be no obstacles.

"But, Ms. Li, China is no longer a country with shortage of supplies. You have the largest production capacity in the world. If China's nut factory catches fire... Well, well, I might assuming that their workers are going on Christmas holiday and the entire German machinery company will be discontinued.

"In this case, shouldn't it be us German companies that should have the most 'insufficient capacity phobia'?"

Duranti stuttered.

There will be such a day.

Li Tiantian thought to herself.

She also heard the word "phobia for insufficient capacity" from Tang Zifeng. When Tang Zifeng spoke this word, he gloated and made a prediction that one day, Americans and Europeans would also taste the taste of this disease.

"No one will embargo any product in Europe, so it is not surprising that Europeans have no production capacity. China has suffered from foreign sanctions, so if a product is something we cannot make ourselves, we will be scared.

"The matter of steel ball grinding machine tools is caused by our own phobia. I don't know if Mr. Ple and Mr. Duranti have seen articles in some Chinese media some time ago. Some experts warned us that Europeans actually refer to your company and may stop providing us with such machine tools at any time, thus putting nearly 100 ballpoint pen tip manufacturing companies in China in trouble." Li Tiantian said.

"This is totally nonsense," Puller said. "We have never said we should stop selling steel ball machine tools to China. We have maintained a very good relationship with our Chinese customers. This speculation in the media is completely unfounded."

"But the Chunze Municipal Government has been under a lot of pressure, and it is this pressure that forces them to give out 7 million euros to entrust us to develop this kind of machine tool."

"So that's the case." Puller responded, then asked, "Since you have decided to develop this kind of machine tool and have completed the patent development of some basic processes, then why are you two coming to Milan for?"

"Cooperation." Li Tiantian answered very simply, "I said from the beginning that we are here to seek cooperation."

"Cooperate? How to cooperate?" Puller asked.

Li Tiantian said: "As Mr. Duranti said just now, the market for steel ball grinding machine tools is too small, and two outstanding companies do not need to meet the needs of this market. The temporary group invested 10 million euros to develop a new type of steel ball machine tool, which is not only a waste of resources from the temporary group, but also affects the operation of Milang Company. This is a meaningless behavior."

It turns out you know that this is meaningless...

Ple and Duranti muttered in their hearts. However, neither of them interrupted, and wanted to wait and hear what Li Tiantian said.

"The reason why Chunze Municipal Government entrusts us to develop steel ball machine tools is the root of concerns about the supply of machine tools. If your company can make a promise to ensure that at any time and under any circumstances, Chunze City will not have such concerns, and our temporary machine group will not have such meaningless things." Li Tiantian said.

"Are all you need to do is a promise?" Duranti asked.

Li Tiantian smiled and said, "Of course not enough. Are we still missing things in Europe that violate promises under various names? If we do not master the relevant technology ourselves, you can just find a reason to throw the promises you make into the toilet as toilet paper. The Chinese have suffered such losses, otherwise they would not have the phobia of insufficient production capacity."

"So, what else do you need?" Duranti was a little dizzy. Hearing what Li Tiantian meant, he still had to master the relevant technology by himself, so why should he cooperate?

Li Tiantian said: "We hope to sign a technical cooperation agreement with Milang Company, where Milang Company will always authorize the temporary machine group to use the machine tool patents owned by Milang Company, as well as those technical know-how that has not been applied for. Of course, we will pay Milang Company the patent usage fee according to market standards.

"We promise that as long as Miron does not act out of stock for Chinese companies, we will not produce such machine tools and will not affect Miron's sales. However, in the technical cooperation agreement, there must be such conditions that if force majeure occurs, Miron's company cannot supply to China, we have the right to freely use these patents and other intellectual property rights to produce alternative machine tools."

"What do you mean by freedom?" Ple and Duranti asked at the same time.

Before this, they didn't care about the cooperation between Chunze City and the Technological Group, but they just thought it was a performance by China, with the purpose of adding some bargaining weight in procurement. But what Li Tiantian said to them was completely beyond their expectations, which caught them off guard.

Li Tiantian did not make a request for price reduction, but instead mentioned a concept called "phobia for insufficient capacity", and then asked Milang to open all patents and internal tips to China, with the purpose of obtaining the production capacity of independently producing steel ball machine tools.

Ple and Duranti cannot understand the concerns of the Chinese people, so they cannot understand why the TCM Group wants to engage in such a cooperation with Miron. Obviously, this kind of cooperation has no effect on TCM, because Miron will definitely not be out of stock in China, and there will never be any chance to use this agreement on TCM.

So, what does the "freedom" that China needs mean?
Chapter completed!