The civil aviation service in the 80s made Duan Yun feel fresh.

This year, civil aviation not only can drink Moutai for free, but also give free cigarettes, which are 5 Chinese cigarettes printed with the CAAC logo.

Being able to smoke in the passenger plane made Duan Yun feel a little incredible, but Ruixiang and Wang Qiang were obviously already 'coming over', and one of them smoked comfortably with a cigarette in their mouths.

Moreover, Duan Yun also learned that matches, lighters, and even oil bottles can be carried on the plane! The entrance to the airport is only marked with some signs prohibiting carrying on the plane, and there is no strict inspection, nor is there any X-ray machine or other security equipment.

The time difference between China and Berlin was six hours, and after more than ten hours of flight, Duan Yun and his party finally set foot on a foreign land.

The weather in Berlin this season is not much different from the north of the country, only a little colder, but for those of them in the north, it is completely acceptable.

Without much time to adjust the jet lag, Duan Yun and the others began to negotiate.

The agenda and venue are all arranged by China National Technology Import and Export Corporation.

China National Technology Import and Export Corporation, referred to as China Technology Corporation, English abbreviation CNTIC, was established in 1952, after the reform and opening up, China Technology Corporation has introduced a total of 367 projects for the country, including large-scale fertilizer equipment, large-scale chemical fiber equipment, petrochemical plants, data processing equipment, power generation equipment, coal mining units, oxygen production equipment, etc.

Most of the foreign equipment and technology imported from China in the early days were operated through this company.

Duan Yun followed Ruiyang and the others into the high-level venue of the negotiation, staring at the gorgeous and dazzling chandelier above his head and the wool carpet with thicker and softer soles than his mattress.

The mountain of equipment drawings piled up on the desk is not destined to be an easy negotiation.

Although he was only a translator, Duan Yun's previous performance had made him an important player in this negotiation.

Duan Yun Ruiyang and his entourage of five people sat in front of the negotiation table and straightened upright, although this was talking about business, Ruiyang still had to consider the image and international influence, and more than once talked to Duan Yun and a few people about the purpose of 'friendship first', and they must not lose face abroad.

In fact, in Duan Yun's view, Ruiyang and others keep saying that the country's image and friendship come first, which is a kind of subconscious inferiority complex of Chinese people, Duan Yun believes that business is business, and the other party also looks at money and supply, and no one has to feel indebted to anyone.

At the beginning of the negotiation, Duan Yun took the drawings and talked to the other party one by one, although the final decision was in Ruiyang's hands, Duan Yun could always put forward key suggestions that influenced Ruiyang's decision.

On the first day of negotiations, Wang Qiang, the chief engineer of the first factory, said no more than ten sentences, and was completely reduced to a supporting role, basically Duan Yun was discussing with Ruiyang, and Ruiyang's dependence on Duan Yun was also increasing, after all, among several people, Duan Yun knew this set of production line equipment best.

By the next day, Duan Yun had completely dominated the negotiation, his thinking was quick, and his English and technical level were also high, so that sometimes when discussing the technical details of some equipment, the technical personnel of the other manufacturer were also amazed by Duan Yun's technical level, and even talked about some technical topics that had nothing to do with the introduction of this equipment.

In general, it is relatively easy to deal with the Germans, the Germans basically do not beat around the bush when they talk and do business, they like to go straight, okay is okay, no is not good, Duan Yun is not allowed to figure out the other party's true bottom line and thoughts too much, so the progress of the negotiation is still quite fast.

On the morning of the third day, the whole negotiation finally ended, and the foreign side opened a bottle of champagne, and both sides raised their glasses in celebration.

Ruiyang is also very happy at this moment.

After more than two days of negotiations, after adopting Duan Yun's new procurement plan, the original procurement plan of more than 2.6 million yuan was finally compressed to 1.45 million US dollars, saving nearly half of the foreign exchange, although there is still a part of the production line equipment that needs to be purchased in China, but the procurement from the domestic does not have to use valuable foreign exchange, and the cost performance is much higher than those imported second-hand equipment.

As an important contributor to this negotiation, Ruiyang also praised him in person after returning to the hotel, saying that he would be given a certain reward after returning to China.

In the afternoon, the team had a holiday, and Ruiyang led the whole team of five people to the city to shop, which was also a reward for several peers.

Duan Yun first bought a full thirty fountain pens, mainly because he is now working in the technical department, they are all highly educated people in the factory, imported fountain pens are durable, and they are also considered to have cards in the jacket pocket of the tunic suit, of course, the most important thing is that they are cheap, so it is best to give them to the people in the factory as a gift.

Of course, considering that some pens had to be sent to the factory leaders, Duan Yun picked several pens with different grades and shapes.

Subsequently, Duan Yun bought some gifts for his mother's sister and several brothers in the workshop.

Among the five people in the group, Duan Yun exchanged the most foreign exchange, and among the other people, the chief engineer Wang Qiang was the one who brought the most money, he exchanged three hundred foreign exchange, and Duan Yun exchanged one thousand two hundred German marks, if it weren't for the bank's restrictions on personal exchange of foreign exchange, Duan Yun would definitely exchange more money to shop.

In the end, Duan Yun also went to the largest bookstore in West Berlin to buy a few information books for Cheng Qingyan.

To Duan Yun's delight, the bookstore in West Berlin did have English reference books, and in the end, Duan Yun chose three books, a "Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering", a "Handbook for American Engineers", and a "Mechanical Engineering Automation".

After turning around one afternoon, Duan Yun bought a whole box of things, and then returned to the hotel.

At dinner, several people were invited to a banquet by the German side and ate a sumptuous Western meal, and Duan Yun secretly felt funny when he saw Ruiyang and several people holding knives and forks and facing the steak on the plate a little overwhelmed.

On the fourth day, Duan Yun and the others got on the plane back to China, and after a long flight of more than 10 hours, they returned to Beijing Airport.

The two city bureau staff members who were traveling together carried home electrical appliances from the Friendship Store with the exchange vouchers exchanged for foreign exchange, while Duan Yun used the remaining foreign exchange vouchers to buy several boxes of cigars and coffee.

When he arrived in Beijing, Ruiyang didn't care about adjusting the time difference, so he went to the ministry to report to the leaders non-stop with the results of this negotiation.

The negotiation was very successful, and according to the purchase plan that was also provided, a lot of foreign exchange was saved, and this became a credit for Ruiyang to make political capital in the ministry, and as for Duan Yun, the hero of the negotiation, his reward will be obtained from Ruiyang......