"Fanhan Group?" He seemed to have heard the name in his mind, but he couldn't remember it for a while. [Feng Yongwen thought for a while, looked Zhou Shuo up and down, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "It's Fanhan Group!" Mr. Hu smiled with satisfaction, nodded and said: "Fanhan Group is in the electronics manufacturing industry. He is a sign of our country! Minister Feng is well-informed and proficient in business. " "Hey, if I don't even know about Fanhan Group, why would I be the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in 2000? The total amount of electronic products exported by Fanhan Group throughout the year should be around 8 billion US dollars, right? "" 8 billion 35 million US dollars." Zhou Shuo smiled reservedly and nodded. "It's not easy. Not to mention the high-tech electronics manufacturing industry, even for resource-based exports such as energy, steel and minerals, no company has reached this scale. Fanhan Group's export quota is definitely unparalleled in the country." Feng Yongwen looked up and down at Zhou Shuo as if visiting a panda. He couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Could a company as powerful as Fanhan Group really be in the hands of such a young man? This is really incredible. "The achievements of Fanhan Group are inseparable from the rapid development of our country in recent years, and even more inseparable from the correct leadership of the country. Without the foundation of complete domestic categories and rich talents, Fanhan Group is nothing." "Humble. "Excessive modesty is hypocritical!" Feng Yongwen laughed and said, "Sit down, Mr. Hu and Mr. Zhou, please take a seat." Feng Yongwen made a cup of tea for the two of them and put it on the coffee table himself. Mr. Hu glanced at him first. Then he glanced at Zhou Shuo again and picked up the tea cup with satisfaction. Mr. Hu knows. What he actually plays here is just an introduction. As the saying goes, things get colder when they leave. Before he retired, he was just the minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry. He is at the same level as the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, but his importance in the State Council is not comparable to his. As for his previous status and achievements, it is meaningless to talk about it now. Feng Yongwen was willing to see him and his attitude was quite polite, which was already a great deal of face. His current energy is not only a matter of power, but also to avoid suspicion and cannot exert any more influence. In this case, Feng Yongwen can personally serve a cup of tea. That is extremely rare. It's hard to say how much of this is for Zhou Shuo's face, and how much of it is for his own face. "Mr. Zhou has to manage a company as big as Fanhan Group, so there must be a lot of things going on, right? They say that no matter what happens, go to the Three Treasures Hall. I think it's better for us to get straight to the point?" Feng Yongwen was not polite, and he also knew that the person in charge today was definitely not Hu. Lao, he went straight to Zhou Shuo. "Then I'll tell you the truth." Zhou Shuo was also surprised by Feng Yongwen's pragmatism. He didn't have much dealings with senior officials. In his impression, he still had the laid-back image of an agency cadre like Xiucheng in his early years. But for the provincial and ministerial levels. Even for the main officials of prefectures and cities, it is not a big mistake to say that they have everything to do every day. Of course, there must be some cadres who are lazy in their administration, but most of them are officials in this position. Daily work is very busy. Feng Yongwen doesn¡¯t know how many big things he has to deal with every day, so it¡¯s normal to get straight to the point. Just saying a few words to someone might delay a lot of things. Zhou Shuo gathered his mood. He nodded and said, "Does Minister Feng know that the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee recently held a hearing on our Fanhan Group?" "Oh? I really don't understand. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be more aware of this kind of thing, right?" " Yes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs probably has relevant information. But we don¡¯t have much contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.¡± Zhou Shuo sighed and said, ¡°Even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country may not be able to do anything about it. , To be honest, there is no diplomacy in a weak country! If you really want to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this matter will be troublesome. " "Tell me, what's going on?" Feng Yongwen's interest was aroused and he asked curiously. "The U.S. Congress held a hearing before to investigate our Fanhan Group, believing that our network equipment may threaten the national security of the United States." "You? Threaten the national security of the United States?" Feng Yongwen looked at it in surprise. Zhou Shuo obviously didn't believe it: "It's not that I look down on you Fanhan Group, but how can a Chinese company threaten the national security of the United States? You are not that capable, right?" Zhou Shuo smiled bitterly and nodded: " What Minister Feng said is right! How can we, the Fanhan Group, threaten the world's largest country?The key lies in our market competition with the American network equipment manufacturer Cisco. Since three years ago, Fanhan Group has competed with Cisco in the European and Chinese network equipment markets, and we have achieved a staged victory last year. Cisco in the United States has lost most of its market share in Europe and China. So in order to prevent us from gaining access to the U.S. market and completely force Cisco to death, the U.S. Congress was encouraged to conduct such an investigation. " Zhou Shuo told exactly what happened at the hearing, especially because Fanhan Group had a party committee organization and was suspected of being slandered. He said it emphatically. "The existence of a party committee organization in this company is a matter of Chinese company law. Of course, Minister Feng Yongwen is also very clear about the provisions. Based on this, the U.S. Congress suspects that the Fanhan Group may be detrimental to U.S. national security. This is a slap in the face of China, especially the political issues involved. It is impossible not to take it seriously. If the Americans use this as an excuse to refuse the products of a Chinese company from entering the U.S. market in the future, will the products of every company with a party committee be unable to enter the U.S. Even if it is impossible to stop them all? , but the Americans are wielding this big hammer and will hit whoever they want. This will definitely not be tolerated. What if Fanhan Group¡¯s export volume last year was more than 8 billion US dollars, and it suffered a loss of more than 1 billion US dollars? Even if there are not as many as one billion now, who knows if there will be so much in the future? Think about the export data of Fanhan Group three years ago. In 1998, it was only more than 2 billion US dollars. This still provided an advance for Telfort Company? As a result of investment. But in 1999, the export volume of Fanhan Group soared to more than 4 billion US dollars. By 2000, the export volume of Fanhan Group reached 8 billion US dollars! How much will it be? No one knows whether it can maintain the 100% growth rate. But the development momentum of Fanhan Group can be expected, and the export volume of more than 10 billion US dollars will eventually be achieved. Seeing the Americans acting so unreasonably, Feng Yongwen, as a senior official in China, was furious. But after all, he still had a stronghold as a politician, so he couldn't move. After listening to Zhou Shuo finish the hearing process, he thought for a while and then asked: "Mr. Zhou, I need you to tell me the truth. Is there any problem with your network equipment? Zhou Shuo looked serious and shook his head decisively: "Minister Feng is a big leader at the provincial and ministerial level. I think there should be no problem with the classified level." To be honest, our Fanhan Group does have some cooperation with the military. But that is an independent project, and you can understand the specific content yourself. All I can say is that there is absolutely no problem with the equipment we export to the United States! " "Well, that's good. Feng Yongwen breathed a sigh of relief and then got to the point: "I will arrange for someone to find out about this matter. As the competent department of China's import and export trade, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation must shoulder its own responsibilities." In addition to normal procedures, I wonder if Mr. Zhou has any other suggestions? ¡± The so-called normal procedure is probably to write a document to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express the concerns of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, which saves them from just protesting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no binding force on the United States, but it is still a bit of a deterrent when it is put into the country. Diplomacy has always been The idea of ????no small things has penetrated into the domestic system, and if it cannot suppress the voice of the United States, it is afraid that the country will shut up. In 2001, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not have a spokesperson named Qin. Feng Yongwen asked Zhou Shuo, "What other suggestions do you have?" ", which means what do you want us to do. He knew that if Zhou Shuo dared to come to this door, he must be well prepared. " Sure enough, Zhou Shuo hesitated for a moment and then said: "I think this approach by the Americans can be regarded as Trade discrimination. If this can be used as a reason to impose import restrictions on American products, I don¡¯t know" "You are provoking a trade war" Feng Yongwen looked a little ugly and waved his hands: "The resulting political and economic turmoil, Have you considered it? " Zhou Shuo was stunned. He really didn't expect it would have such a big impact. In his head, he was thinking about China joining the WTO in a few years and Chinese manufacturing taking over the world. The Chinese would be domineering and fighting trade wars all over the world. The EU dares to investigate my anti-dumping? The Americans say that our solar industry has subsidies? Let¡¯s talk about this head-on thing. , in Zhou Shuo¡¯s understanding, we have done a lot! What happened to the trade war? If you want to fight, fight! It¡¯s just that he forgot that there was money in the country at that time. Of course he dared to fight a trade war if he had money in hand. . But this was 2001, when China had not yet joined the WTO, and China was still not even a regional power.An era when the capital of the country cannot be counted. In Feng Yongwen¡¯s heart, the news that China is provoking a trade war against the United States is really too big! "So, does Minister Feng think this approach is not feasible?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!