When the Pittsburgh factory was in full swing, Onag Manor welcomed a group of new guests.

Qian Guangzhi, director of the China Foreign Trade Commission, and his group came to Onag Manor with great fanfare. Richard, the head of the Meilong clan, personally greeted him and held a banquet.

At the banquet, Qian Guangzhi first thanked Meilong Group for its cooperation and expressed that China is willing to reach a wider commercial cooperation with Meilong Group. China is vast and has a large population. They not only relocate manufacturing enterprises and equipment, but also have product cooperation, etc.

Richard also thanked Qian Guangzhi and his group for their arrival. He is also very optimistic about the cross-border cooperation between Meilong Group and Huaxia. He believes that Huaxia is a very benign market and he will continue to promote cooperation between Meilong Group and Huaxia in all aspects.

After a lot of fanfare, Richard and Qian Guangzhi said the key to this trip to Pittsburgh: for the purchase of medical supplies.

Qian Guangzhi said that he was invited by Zhou Ming to come for inspection and needed to expand his cooperation business as much as possible.

Richard said their itinerary was very worthwhile because although the factory workshop is currently being renovated, they are carried out according to the highest specifications. At the same time, Pittsburgh is backed by the Great Lakes and has very convenient water transportation, which can ship goods to the Far East as fast as possible.

Whether Qian Guangzhi or Richard, they were all old foxes, so the atmosphere at the whole banquet was very happy.

But when the banquet ended, Qian Guangzhi expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhou Ming. He felt that the workshop was not done well, so he placed the order first. Isn’t it a bit too anxious?

"I'm not against doing business like this, but will there be other better ways."

Qian Guangzhi also said: "And we just placed such a large order volume at once, wouldn't it be too much?"

In fact, it’s not that Qian Guangzhi is so dissatisfied. It’s still the same problem. The current foreign exchange reserves in China are still not enough, and there are too many places that require money. If Zhou Ming introduced advanced medical equipment such as machine tools or magnetic resonance to the country, he would definitely have no objection, and the funds would be used on the edge.

But now it is just disposable medical masks and protective clothing? He feels that there is no need.

"I can understand Comrade Zhou Ming's contribution to the country and your difficulties here, but you also need to scale the country. We can try to set up a batch of orders first to ensure that their transformation factory can start production. There is no need to have so many at once." Qian Guangzhi tried to propose a compromise plan.

If it were normal, Zhou Ming would definitely agree to this plan. After all, this is the most pragmatic, but now Zhou Ming shook his head.

"Director Qian, I understand what you mean, but I still insist on the original plan. I know that although these disposable medical masks and protective clothing are not as good as machine tool equipment in terms of technical difficulty, they are also very scarce materials for major hospitals in China."

"And most importantly, these materials are the most basic, and their exports will not be subject to any regulation or scrutiny by the federal government. Importing this thing is much more efficient than those of the magnetic resonance."

Zhou Ming’s words are not casually said. Indeed, although masks and protective clothing are very basic medical supplies, they are not popular in China and are not even standard equipment for hospitals.

And those medical supplies, choking

Things like this are happening all the time. The Americans are not talking about high-end medical supplies or instruments such as magnetic resonance, but are treated as international bargaining chips. In comparison, masks and protective clothing are far less troubled.

"Spring will soon begin. It is the peak season for epidemics in China. These medical masks and protective clothing are also available. Of course, we must prepare them before the epidemic season comes."

Zhou Ming continued: "As for foreign exchange matters, I have also helped to think of a solution, which is to first borrow money through Meilong Bank or the Huashang Chamber of Commerce, and then repay through future trade transactions about the Great Lakes. After all, they are all basic supplies, and the prices are not high, and they can be paid off soon."

Qian Guangzhi wanted to say something, but seeing Zhou Ming's determination, he sighed: "Okay, Comrade Zhou Ming, you have made so much contribution to the country. Of course, the country needs it, too."

At the end of the conversation, Qian Guangzhi smiled bitterly: "It's just that I don't understand why you have to let us be so anxious to import such a large number of disposable masks and protective clothing."

Zhou Ming looked serious: "Director Qian, these are all necessary things for the hospital. There was no way out before, but in the future we can no longer expose our compatriots to dangerous medical environments, especially when facing infectious diseases!"

Qian Guangzhi was stunned, then nodded vigorously, indicating that he was superficial.

After talking with Qian Guangzhi, Zhou Ming also spoke to Ambassador Han Zhen on the phone. Zhou Ming expressed his concerns about the domestic medical environment: "Even people like Director Qian do not take it seriously. It is conceivable that the domestic neglect of this aspect will soon be the peak season for epidemics. Especially this year, according to the CDC's prediction, there will be a very serious epidemic wave, and we must be prepared!"

Only then did Han Zhen understand why Zhou Ming had to be so anxious to help Meilong Group and Pittsburgh transform, and he had to buy so many disposable medical masks and protective clothing at one time.

Han Zhen promised Zhou Ming to convey Zhou Ming's words back to China, and asked the above to pay attention.

With Han Zhen's answer, Zhou Ming breathed a sigh of relief, because if he had a choice, Zhou Ming didn't want to force them like this, but the problem is that Zhou Ming knew very well what would happen in the next spring.

As Zhou Ming said, the hospitals in most places in China are now in a bad situation, which makes people seem inadequate in the face of the high incidence of infectious diseases in spring.

Zhou Ming remembered it very clearly. At the beginning, due to insufficient preparations in China, many hospitals had to tear the sheets into masks and put garbage bags on their bodies as protective clothing. But these were not professional medical equipment after all, and the result was that many doctors and nurses were infected.

When the country reacted and began to pay attention to medical supplies and began to purchase them all over the world, the West immediately used their traditional skills: making disaster money.

Western countries have hoarded medical supplies in various places, especially protective masks and protective clothing, which have reached a sky-high price of 100 US dollars for a mask.

But in order to deal with the disaster, the country can only grit its teeth and buy it.

Because Zhou Ming remembers this clearly, he is so anxious to plan Pittsburgh transformation, and so anxious to renovate the workshop, and even more anxious to let Qian Guangzhi and the director place a big order no matter what.

Although the production capacity of several workshops was limited, Zhou Ming had already let Tang Ran spend the whole of the United States in advance

Procurement was made.

More importantly, Zhou Ming knew that with his own ability, it was impossible to completely block this hole. As long as he could help the country with the initial off guard, when the country reacted and took over, he would have nothing to do.

And at that time, when capitalists like Meilong saw business opportunities, they would rush to invest in the medical industry without saying anything. In this way, a group of disruptors suddenly poured in, and it would not be easy for the Western medical industry to control prices with one mind.

Of course, there will be a chain reaction in the future. You should know that disposable medical masks and protective clothing are mainly chemical products, and the demand for oil is quite large. Therefore, when a large number of medical production factories are opened, the price of world oil resources will be further raised.

This... is the story that follows.

After convinced Han Zhen, Zhou Ming hung up the phone with confidence. In Zhou Ming's opinion, with notification from Han Zhen and Director Qian, there was basically no problem in China. Moreover, it was just basic things like imported masks and protective clothing, but it never expected that it caused an uproar...

After agreeing to work on the ideological work, Zhou Ming was not in a hurry. He slowed down and took Director Qian to Doug Instruments first, visited the other party's production workshop, and a production line specially used to produce disposable medical masks and protective clothing.

After seeing it, Director Qian immediately asked if he could be introduced to the country.

Of course, the person in charge of Doug was very happy. He didn't want to ask for any orders. He just reminded Director Qian to get approval from the federal government first. After all, this kind of international trade needs to be regulated by the federal government.

In addition, Zhou Ming also reminded Director Qian about raw materials. This kind of professional medical supplies requires a lot of oil. Are there chemical plants in China that produce non-woven fabrics? Is the output of these chemical plants enough?

These problems directly persuade Director Qian to withdraw. After all, poor oil has always been a major problem that plagues domestic industry. Nowadays, most chemical factories are trying to overcome chemical fertilizers and first solve the problem of people in the whole country's food. Therefore, there is not much oil quota to produce non-woven fabrics.

On the contrary, now the United States has global oil resources, and importing this kind of chemical product from him is the most suitable one.

After leaving Doug Instruments, Zhou Ming took Director Qian to the factory workshop that Marcus was renovating, and briefly learned about the production process of disposable medical masks and protective clothing. He also asked about the construction period of the workshop reconstruction, the production efficiency after the workshop was completed, etc.

After visiting, Marcus arranged a dinner party for Director Qian and even arranged an equestrian performance for Director Qian.

After the reception, Director Qian officially signed a contract for disposable medical masks and protective clothing with Marcus, and Director Qian also paid the deposit on the spot.

Marcus and others were shocked by Director Qian's generous approach, especially Director Qian's order quantity, which was directly due to the production of his workshop working overtime for three months.

So much so that after the signing ceremony, someone immediately found Marcus and warned him not to be bribed by a contract.

Marcus immediately said: "Don't worry, I still remember that my surname is Meilong. With their order, do they think they can buy me? They are insulting my dignity."

At the end, Marcus also made a ruthless move: "I will teach them an unforgettable lesson!"
Chapter completed!