Chapter 14 Director Zhang
“The products on display this time are really rich. I looked at them all day yesterday and my eyes were almost blurred. Really, you will not be disappointed.”
The next day, on the way to the International Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, Fran in the passenger seat was exaggeratingly telling John and Catherine what he had seen at the exhibition yesterday.
Victor stayed at the farm today, and his wife Lisa and two daughters Yelena and Rebecca still did not follow.
In Lisa's words, she is not very interested in these big guys. The time she has is better spent baking some bread for her family at home.
After hearing Fran's introduction, John smiled and said, "Have you ever gone to see Klas's booth?"
"Of course, their booth is one of the largest booths in the venue, but it's still crowded. It was so crowded that many viewers were willing to queue up to experience the driving experience, but their products this year did not disappoint. Not only did they have a wide range of products, they were also very competitive. They are a great agricultural machinery company, no less than John Deere and Kay. New Holland and Kubota."
"Haha, although Claas is low-key, it is the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in Europe. Their sales have always ranked fifth in the world, but their operations are too stable. , there is not much impulse to expand the market, so the sales volume has been concentrated in Europe. If its strategy was a little more radical, I believe it would have reached the top three positions in the world," John said with a proud expression. learn.
“Wow, John, although this is just your wishful thinking, it happens to represent my thoughts. In my eyes, Claas is also one of the top three agricultural machinery companies in the world.”
John Fran and I were discussing enthusiastically, with laughter coming from time to time, and the focus of the conversation was mostly on the German agricultural machinery company Claas.
Compared to the excitement in the front row, Catherine and Guo Yang sitting in the back row were much quieter, and even Guo Yang began to close his eyes to rest.
Seeing this scene, Catherine looked vaguely unhappy.
Guo Yang was talking and laughing with her the day before yesterday. Why did he become so taciturn after a day?
Thinking of this, Katherine gently touched Guo Yang’s arm with her elbow. Seeing Guo Yang open his eyes, she smiled and asked: "Hey, Guo, you participated in the agricultural machinery yesterday How do you feel about the exhibition? Have you seen companies from your country participating in the exhibition? "
Guo Yang was a little speechless for a while.
After thinking about it yesterday, he had already made up his mind to return home immediately after the agricultural machinery exhibition, and he gave up any thought of seducing Catherine again.
And what’s wrong with this girl asking, but she asked this question, how should he answer it.
He carefully experienced a total of 8 agricultural machinery yesterday. He felt that it was very boring, boring, and boring, and he could not appreciate the diversity of the products at all.
And he has seen little technological innovation? Automated operations, drone imaging, hydrogen engines, data integration, electric tractors...
As for whether any Chinese agricultural machinery companies will participate in the exhibition, he is even less clear.
At this time, domestic agricultural mechanization research is relatively lagging behind, and the level of agricultural machinery science and technology is not high. In addition, it only joined the WTO this year. It is expected that there will be very few companies participating in the exhibition.
So, it was really difficult for him to answer Catherine's question, so he could only helplessly spread his hands and smile, and then remained silent.
Soon after, we arrived at the exhibition hall.
Like yesterday, Guo Yang separated from several people after entering the exhibition hall.
Yesterday he mainly collected information on power agricultural machinery, and today his collection target is mainly livestock machinery.
Therefore, Guo Yang went straight to the booth of the German company Koroni.
Like Fendt and Claas, Germany's Colony is also a top brand in the global agricultural machinery industry. It can even be said to be a luxury product. It is recognized as the best livestock machinery manufacturer in the world. It not only produces cattle, but also companies The scale is also very large.
But it is said that Koroni in Germany is more famous for commercial vehicles.
Colony's booth is in Hall 16, where livestock equipment is concentrated, where many large European and American forage planting and harvesting companies are gathered, such as Wittmann and McHale.
After arriving at Coloni's booth, Guo Yang learned from the booth that Coloni is a company that mechanizes the entire process of forage planting and harvesting, involving mowing, silage harvesting, drying, raking, Machines for many aspects such as baling, wrapping, transportation, granulation, etc.
Soon, Guo Yang fell silent again in the process of information collection. After yesterday's experience, Guo Yang did not stay on the machines where crowds gathered, but chose the most practical machines with relatively few people.
In this way, you can spend less time queuing, and you can enter the cockpit faster for simulated test drives. It also speeds up the collection of information by the seed store, and the efficiency is naturally improved. A lot.
While Guo Yang was busy collecting various agricultural machinery information.
A Chinese visiting group consisting of several people also came to Coloni's booth.
The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a crisp suit, with clear facial lines and deep and lively eyes.
Beside him, a slightly younger man introduced to him: "Director Zhang, this Coloni BiGX is currently the largest silage harvester in the world, and it is also the most powerful in the world. The silage machine is equipped with a MAN V12 engine and has very high harvesting efficiency. It is known as the king of silage machines.”
The group stopped in front of the silage machine that Guo Yang was test driving and was sitting on the silage machine. Guo Yang, who was in a daze, happened to hear the familiar language.
I couldn’t help but look over, and saw the man named Director Zhang looking around the Koroni silage machine before saying: "There is a huge gap between our country's agricultural machinery and foreign countries. . ”
“The performance of those multinational companies in the Chinese market and Chinese exhibitions is only a superficial representation, which is far from fully reflecting the true strength of these companies, and the products on display are rich and advanced. There is still a big gap between the technical content and the products sold in China.”
"These multinational companies have not sold really good products and technologies to the country. First, the current domestic consumption level is low and cannot afford these expensive agricultural machinery. But more importantly, they still have a strong defensive mentality towards us. . ”
“After watching this Hannover exhibition, I hope that you, the elites representing the domestic agricultural machinery industry, will put away any contempt for these multinational agricultural machinery companies.”
“ Show your awe and a stronger desire to catch up."
Of course everyone nodded in agreement, and then they all visited Coloni's booth.
After such a delay, Guo Yang also received a reminder in Guo Yang’s mind that the seed store had completed collecting information.
He stopped dawdling, got off the silage machine and walked towards this group of domestic elites.
If you want to develop in this industry in the future, you may inevitably interact with this group of people.
In this case, it’s better to take the initiative and make friends.
I met a Chinese by chance at an agricultural machinery exhibition in a foreign country. I guess they would not refuse to meet a young man with potential.
Guo Yang walked directly to the leading man.
"Director Zhang, hello."
Before, Zhang Jianjun's eyes had been fixed on what is known as the world's largest silage harvester.
Of course, he also noticed a slender yellow man jumping down from the machine.
He originally thought he was Japanese or Korean, but he didn't expect this young man to walk straight towards him and say hello to him in standard Mandarin.
Looking at the young man's outstretched right hand, Zhang Jianjun was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and shook hands with Guo Yang.
A young man with energy and drive.
This was the first impression Guo Yang gave him.
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