"What did you say?"

Inside the dean's office.

Xu Yun and Gu Qunqing, who arrived together, were being looked at.

Tian Liangwei's brows were already furrowed into a knot, his tone filled with confusion and anger:

"Why is this happening?"

A short while ago.

He had just approved a project report within the institute when he received a message from Xu Yun:

Nutrien Company refuses to provide the FOERDA-T632 sequence production line to Huadun Biotech anymore!

Previously mentioned.

The production process of 'Kill-a-Bug' is divided into two parts:

One part is the cyclization-construction production process, and the other part is the filling production process.

The former has high technical content, while the latter has lower technical requirements.

For the latter, Xu Yun and others chose TC708 filling production from Modu Chemical.

The cost of the entire set of equipment is very low, with a total price of over 200,000 Huaxia Coins for fourteen modules, plus a three-year technical warranty extension.

However, the cyclization-construction process involves the production of 10-epoxy-3,6-eicosadiene, including reactions like acetic nickel/sodium borohydride catalytic hydrogenation, Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, and alkyl epoxide rearrangement, which means the equipment requirements are very high.

In the current international chemical industry.

Only the FOERDA-T632 sequence equipment from Nutrien Company of Maple Country meets the requirements of Xu Yun and others.

Although there was a certain degree of price premium when Nutrien sold it, a 30% premium was just in an awkward range.

Moreover, no domestic company has the production capacity or experience for such equipment.

So, Xu Yun and others could only jot down the account earlier and then buy the equipment from them.

However, what Xu Yun and others did not expect was.

After deciding to expand the production line.

Gu Qunqing sent a customary letter of intent to the other party, preparing to negotiate the intention to increase capacity.

But unexpectedly, just two hours later, the manager's email received a reply:

Nutrien Company refuses to provide any more production equipment, including but not limited to all equipment from FOERDA-T632 to FOERDA-T646.

Below the email was a big stamp and the signatures of the board of directors.

One glance was enough to tell it was genuine.jpg.

This email is undoubtedly disastrous news for Huadun Biotech, which had just gotten on track.

It means one thing:

If Xu Yun and others cannot find an alternative equipment supplier, the daily production capacity of 'Kill-a-Bug' will forever remain at the current level.

The current daily volume is 20,000 units, with a cost estimated at ten coins, amounting to at most 6 million coins per month.

This is clearly a situation that no one can accept.

Therefore, upon receiving the news.

Gu Qunqing immediately contacted Xu Yun and took him to Tian Liangwei's office to inform him of the situation.

Although Tian Liangwei, having seen storms before, was initially surprised, his expression quickly returned to normal, asking seriously:

"Manager Gu, why did the other party send this email? Have you understood the reasons?"

"Ignoring whether it violates trade laws or not, isn't there already a logical issue with this practice? Who wouldn't want to do business?"

"Could it be that they are planning to raise the price by taking this opportunity, thereby intentionally giving us psychological pressure?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qunqing shook his head and took out a document from his body:

"Academician Tian, take a look at this."

Tian Liangwei took the document, adjusted his glasses, and began to read carefully.

A moment later.

He looked up somewhat surprised, his eyes slightly widened:

"The Wassenaar Agreement?"

Gu Qunqing nodded, exhaled a long breath, and confirmed:

"That's right, the FOERDA-T632 equipment... was included in the Wassenaar Agreement list as of early morning the day before yesterday."

Tian Liangwei slammed the document on the table:

"Those bastards!"

Students who like to read industrial fiction probably know one thing.

Whenever talking about Huaxia's industrial history, people often add the qualifier 'glory mixed with blood and tears' at the beginning.

Among these elements, the fundamental reason why Huaxia's industrial development is mixed with blood and tears is naturally foreign hostility.

The direct barriers to such past occurrences were various embargo laws.

For example, the well-known Bagration.

Bagration's formal name is the "Output Control Coordinating Committee," secretly established in November 1949 at the behest of those across the sea.

As its headquarters were based in Paris, it was commonly referred to as the "Paris Coordinating Committee."

Bagration was a product of the Cold War, an unofficial international organization formed by developed industrial nations in Europe and America after World War II in the field of international trade.

Its purpose is simple:

To restrict member countries from exporting strategic materials and high technology to socialist countries.

The embargo list includes tens of thousands of types of military weaponry, advanced technological products, and rare materials.

Because of Bagration's restrictions, many of our devices had to be developed from scratch, breaking monopolies step by step.

Many of the companies that succeeded in breaking through have now become the pride of the Republic's industry.

But more lie as countless corpses under the banner of glory.

In 1994.

Bagration disbanded.

But it wasn't long before the West came up with a new agreement:

The Wassenaar Agreement.

The Wassenaar Agreement, also known as the Wassenaar Arrangement mechanism, is formally called "The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies."

Countries like Eagle, Neon, and John Bull are signatories, totaling more than forty.

And Huaxia is listed as the top target for verification under the Wassenaar Agreement.

Although the "Wassenaar Arrangement" stipulates that member countries independently decide whether to issue export licenses for sensitive products and technologies and voluntarily report related information to other member countries.