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()     In the melodious sound of light music, William drank coffee and tasted the desserts.

    So far, White Lotus Hamburg has been profitable more than ...... 50,000 marks, ahem, a negligible number. But in fact, this is not the case.

    A new company can gain a foothold in such a mature market as Western Europe, and several brands can enter the Western European market for sales, and the advertising cost is already sky-high, and it is difficult to even spend money to enter such a saturated market. However, now, instead of those exaggerated investments in opening up new markets, they can achieve a surplus of revenues and expenditures, and the result is already a good one.

    Of course, the brands of White Lotus now only occupy some marginal corners in European shopping malls and supermarkets, and their sales volume is far less than that of those big brands in Western Europe, but at least they have the following benefits: First of all, they have a large amount of liquidity. The Hamburg branch is also quietly growing, with 12 employees at the moment, and is ready to expand further to 50 to 100 people. In particular, it can operate independently and no longer need the appropriation of the North Head Office, in a word, it has slowly moved towards a virtuous circle.

    In addition, White Lotus "gave up" profits for fame, but through the factories in Hong Kong's Skull Sea and South Bay, it received a large amount of OEM production orders. If you look at it from Jing Jian's personal point of view, the money he makes is actually not a lot, it is nothing more than changing from the left pocket to the right pocket.

    Of course, the most exaggerated thing is that reputation, and now the three words "White Lotus" are widely spread, even if they are not well-known. And today, the two guests sitting across from William were attracted by such fame.

    "Joseph, my friend. When you leave, don't forget to take a small gift for Mrs. Zun. Now in such a social situation, William is already familiar with it, "Please feel free to speak if there is anything, please believe me." You have to believe in our friendship. ”

    That Joseph was a low-level Hungarian diplomat in Hamburg. At the time of the press conference, he was one of the people who made up the numbers. However, after coming and going, this Joseph was already familiar with William.

    Joseph smiled and introduced William: "This is Andreev, a businessman, from the Soviet Union. He's also a good friend of mine. ”

    "Fortunately, Mr. Andreev. William greeted with a smile. In fact, it is common sense that the businessmen in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during this period all had official backgrounds, especially the business representatives who entered and exited Europe.

    And that Andreev got straight to the point: "I took the liberty to visit today, just to purchase a batch of goods from your company." I don't know what preferential conditions your company has. ”

    "Oh?" William had a headache for that. Due to the existence of the Berlin Wall, like an iron wall, it is impossible to enter the Soviet and Eastern European markets at all, "Sorry, hasn't our White Lotus patent been provided to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries for use free of charge? Hasn't your government organized production yet?"

    In fact, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at that time did not have any patent concept at all, and they could use it if they wanted. And the White Lotus is also happy to be generous, simply "free", and can also get a good reputation.

    "Hehe. Andreev smiled. Clearly, he is the protagonist of today's negotiations, "What we need is domestic products." To tell you the truth, it's for special people. ”

    William immediately remembered that Jing Jian had also given him such a situation. By this time, the middle and upper bureaucrats in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe had formed a privileged class. Welfare alone, there are special stores, exclusive goods, especially domestic products, even at the expense of large amounts of foreign exchange.

    William's mind flashed, and suddenly he had an idea: "Mr. Andreev, I personally think that there should be two ways to trade: one is normal trading, and we offer it to you at four percent of the market price. Hamburg pick-up, you are responsible for the transport and sale yourself, and the other is a special deal, which is offered to you at a 3% discount on the market price. Burgers pick up, but we don't admit in public that these are the items we sold. ”

    "Oh, what do you mean? Can you focus on the second one?" Andreev was immediately intrigued. There was no doubt that he had heard William's voiceover.

    "Of course no problem. I guarantee here that the second one is the same product, the same packaging. Of course, if you have any special requirements, we can also meet them. William explained with a smile, "In fact, there are several problems in the transaction with you in the East, one is the channel, we White Lotus need some friends who make a fortune together, and the other is the payment method, I promise here, if it is the second type, we White Lotus can bear a part of the credit, and can also accept some flexible payment methods." For example: barter. ”

    Andreev and Joseph looked at each other. Originally, I thought that this was an ordinary state procurement, and many people would get some benefits. But I never expected that there was a sudden temptation of nakedness, and the White Lotus was encouraging them to import illegally.

     Indeed, William's meaning is to let these two people find a way to smuggle and let the goods enter the underground black market in the Soviet Union. For this reason, even at the expense of a large part of the benefits.

    "Sorry, can you explain why?" Andreev had to be cautious, he would not fall out of the pie in the sky for no reason.

    "We White Lotus need a market. William seemed very frank, "As a new company, it is quite difficult to enter the northern and western European markets, but the Soviet and Eastern European markets are a virgin land. So we think it's worth the risk, and the concession is insignificant. In the future, we need more channels to enter the market in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and we can also provide sufficient, cheap, and a wide variety of light industrial products. In addition, we will need a lot of things from you. For example: raw materials such as steel and aluminum products. Don't forget, we at White Lotus are engaged in global trade. After all, the currencies of the East and the West are not freely convertible, and sometimes barter is in the interests of both sides. Of course, a lot of things have to be done step by step. The flower of friendship also needs to be watered from time to time. ”

    William's inspiration solved the biggest problem of the European branch. Although faced with a seemingly impregnable fortress, the fortress is often breached from within. Lured those diplomats and business representatives of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, let them exert their respective energies, and smuggled goods in small batches, which accumulated a lot, at least opened the cracks.

    William did not know that it was this inspiration that established his core position in the future leadership of the group.

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