Chapter 70 Renovation of Old Machine Tools 5
In his previous life, Bao Zixuan was very familiar with the Russian aviation industry, and he spoke very good Russian, so he said directly to the two in Russian: "It is welcome for any company to be able to increase some customers, but how do we make a deal! After all, I have not done business with your company before, and I don't know how to operate it." If there is any misunderstanding in the process, it is not good. ”
Hearing that Bao Zixuan spoke Russian, Andrei was very happy. said: "Mr. Bao didn't expect your Russian to be so good, then our communication will be smoother, which is the premise of all good cooperation." ”
"We want to have goods for goods to trade, and everyone determines the price on both sides, of course, it must be agreed by both sides. You can get any goods from the USSR, including resources such as weapons, oil, and steel. These are the best-selling products in the world. ”
Hearing this, the FBI agent next to him was very nervous, after all, this involved the issue of Bao Zixuan's tendency. They also want to see what the Soviets are trying to find this young genius and also billionaire. At this time, when he heard that he could actually exchange his Walkman and game consoles for weapons, Bao Zixuan would definitely stay in the small black room for a while if he didn't answer well.
Bao Zixuan: "Forget about weapons and oil, I'm a businessman, I don't want to be an arms dealer." I'm useless if I want a weapon, but I'm interested in two things in your country. ”
"I know that your country seized a lot of German industrial equipment during the Second World War, including a large number of machine tools, and almost all of these 30-year-old equipment have been put in warehouses by your country. I have just traded with Rheinmetall to get a batch, restricted by Batumi, although Xiangjiang is better than your country, but also does not get the most advanced industrial equipment, and ordinary CNC machine tools are not necessarily better than those produced in Germany, you can give me all in the warehouse, if the price of the game machine is not enough, we can compensate with cash. ”
"The other is titanium alloy, you know that our Heiyun products will launch a lot of titanium alloy limited editions! But there are only two countries in the world that have a large number of titanium resources, and your country is the country that produces the most titanium alloys. ”
"I don't need too much, I don't have to be too strong, I just need to meet the general requirements. After all, I don't produce airplanes and submarines, and the factories in your country can produce good titanium alloy plates for me, and the kind that can't be smelted twice is no problem. And my titanium alloy usage can be reported to any institution in your country. They can monitor whether I use the titanium alloys I bought from the Soviet Union to produce weapons and sell them to other countries. ”
"As for the rest, to be honest, I really don't dare to ask for it, how much oil can I fill up in my own car! I don't go to war with weapons, I'm only interested in industrial products. ”
"If I can, I will trade with you at 1.2 times the price of titanium alloy in the international market, after all, this is a strategic resource. And each titanium alloy product of Heiyun will be sky-high, such as the Walkman you see, the titanium alloy version costs 3999 US dollars, equivalent to 3600 rubles, which is equivalent to 2 months' salary of an ordinary worker, or even more. ”
Andrey: "We know your conditions, and the old German machine tool is fine, but the titanium alloy needs me to consult the Moscow side before it can reply to you." How are we going to price the price. ”
Bao Zixuan: "I'm not a good negotiator, but I can refer to the price reduction between us and Rheinmetall, after all, Rheinmetall's machine tools have been used and are well maintained." For example, I take the initiative to increase the price of titanium alloy, because titanium alloy will earn more in my hands, so that suppliers can earn more business for a long time. ”
Bao Zixuan knew that the Soviet Union exchanged weapons for Coca-Cola in his previous life, but he didn't expect it to almost happen to him.
When the Soviets left, Bao Zixuan gave them two Walkmans, the titanium version, saying that they were samples. That's the proportion, and tell them half of the ratio of titanium and aluminum.
At this time, in the office of the president of MIT, the head of the FBI Boston branch and President Johansson chatted about some issues, and everyone even quarreled.
Principal Johnsson: "If you want to ask questions, you have to ask in my office, I can't let you take the best students without any evidence, that would have a very big impact on the school." ”
In fact, Bao Zixuan has become a student business card of MIT, and many young people apply for the exam because of his success here, and let the FBI take it away at will, so the school also has a great responsibility.
As soon as he returned to the dormitory, the principal's assistant came to say that the principal was looking for him and whispered to him that someone from the FBI was in the principal's office.
When he arrived at the principal's office, Principal Johansson was talking to a middle-aged man inside. After saying hello, the middle-aged man began to ask.
Bao Zixuan retold what he said to the Soviets, and also told him that he refused to exchange weapons for walkmans and game consoles, and he was very interested in hearing that he could exchange titanium alloys for the Soviets. After all, this is a strategic material that the United States has to pay a lot to obtain.
Bao Zixuan directly said that even if the Soviets agreed, industrial production would be carried out under supervision, and it would be of very low purity. The kind that can't be smelted twice. He didn't want to be caught between two big countries, and something would happen sooner or later.
And Andrei, who returned to the embassy, immediately reported to the country, and the Moscow high-level saw that it was so simple, and did not ask businessmen from other countries to take advantage of the Soviet Union, and quickly got a reply that he could agree to the black cloud's request. And it can be traded at any time.
The next day, Andrei came to sign a contract with Bao Zixuan, who told him that the first batch of 10,000 game consoles and 50,000 walkmans would be shipped within three days, and that they would arrive in Vladivostok in about 10 days. And the people of the Black Cloud Company would go to the territory of the Soviet Union to inspect the machinery and equipment they needed when the ship departed. Then it is traded in the port of Vladivostok.
Xiangjiang Dongjia, at present, they are in charge of all the shipping business of Heiyun, but now they are a little embarrassed to look at the freight order given by Heiyun. Germany wants to use ships, the United States wants to use ships, and now the Soviet Union has to use ships. And the volume of freight in the USSR was particularly large.
Dong Haoyun was pained and happy, called a meeting of the management, and finally decided to give up some orders from customers with bad reputation. And the day after deciding to give up, a customer who had cooperated with the Dong family for more than 20 years came to Dong Haoyun's office.
The client we found was a 58-year-old Li Fuwang, who was in the grain business, and who mainly purchased grain from Southeast Asia and shipped it back to Xiangjiang.
Li Fuwang: "Lao Dong, we are old friends, how can you say that if you don't do my business, I won't do it, I've been a little difficult recently, but you don't have a difficult time! ”
Dong Haoyun: "Lao Li, the boats are all allocated by the people below, I am older now, just look at how much money I can make every month." I didn't care about the rest, but for customers who often owe their freight, I knew that they were not cooperating, and I agreed at the meeting. After all, the company's ship is a little too busy, but I can't say anything now, after all, changing the order is not conducive to the development of the company!"
In the end, Li Fuwang used all the tricks, but Dong Haoyun still did not let go, so he could only pay the freight before recooperating. In this way, the Dong family lost some customers, but the entire company recovered more than 68 million Hong Kong dollars in freight.
The Dong family's practice suddenly made the Xiangjiang Shipping Company work hard to recover the freight, and for a while, many companies that often owe freight were found out. Cooperation with the Dong family has become a benchmark for a good company, and the citizens have recognized it, and the stock has risen a lot. Many large companies are vying to cooperate with it. This makes several other freight companies very inexplicable.
Bao Yugang doesn't know what's going on now, after all, today is the second old friend who has worked with him for many years and said that he wants to give part of the business to the Dong family. Otherwise, my company won't be able to hold on.
After Dong Haoyun received a call from Bao Yugang, he said that it was the customer's own choice. After all, I've already been fooled once. Do your best, and there is naturally no shortage of customers. This is the credo of the Black Cloud Company, and I didn't expect it to be the same for shipping companies. Dong Haoyun finally said.
The charter boat king listened to the clouds and fog, and he didn't have a clue. In the end, the only way to impress customers is to reduce some shipping costs.
Bao Zixuan didn't know that while buying and eliminating machine tools around the world to increase the freight volume of the Dong family, he also hit some informal companies in Xiangjiang, and he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.