This auction is a public tender, and the bidder's price can be made public, or it may not be disclosed, but perhaps the ghost guy sent by the Education Department can't believe that someone will offer this price, if it weren't for the fact that the bidder is the University of Hong Kong Press, he is afraid that the bidder's price will be directly abolished in the background and treated as a malicious bidding.

Therefore, when he saw more than 30 publishers bidding on the scene, the ghost guy also coughed twice and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said slowly: "The University of Hong Kong Press is the lowest bidder in this bidding, and their price is eight cents!"

"Eight Mao?"

"Are the people at the University of Hong Kong crazy?"

"It's not just crazy, I think it's stupid, just bid for a cost price and don't make money, forget it, and bid to win the order at a loss, what are they doing?"

"Crazy!"

"Be kind?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, you must know that even to Oxford Press, a publishing company in Hong Kong, the price of printing a textbook is about 8 cents and 7 cents, which is still due to the very low price of raw materials provided by paper mills and ink merchants, and then batch printing can do such a low price to print a textbook.

If the University of Hong Kong Press makes a nine cents, even if it can't make any money, it will not lose money at least, even if it earns tens of thousands of yuan a year, it is also earned, but now it is directly bidding for eight cents for a textbook, this is not making money, but a loss, or a big loss.

People from dozens of publishing companies here are looking left and right to try to find the bidder sent by the University of Hong Kong Press, wanting to ask what he means, but they would actually think of bidding at a price of eight cents and doing business at a loss? Could it be true that as some people say, they want to be kind and make a contribution to Hong Kong's free children's education?

Among the people who came to participate in the bidding, only Shao Jie knew that Huo Yaowen and Wu Liande were from the University of Hong Kong Press, so his eyes widened and he stared at the two of them with an incredible face, as if he was silently asking: Are you serious about the price?

If Shao Jie was surprised, it was a matter of course, after all, he didn't know Huo Yaowen's thoughts at all, but Wu Liande was also surprised, he said that he would bid at cost price, but he never expected that he would modify the bidding price at the last moment, giving the lowest price, or the lowest price at a loss!

When he thought that before he made a profit, the publishing house would lose at least a dime for printing a book, Wu Liande was a little dizzy.

Don't look at the loss of a dime is not a lot, but think about Kowloon's population is the largest area in Hong Kong, Hong Kong has grown rapidly to about 4 million people in recent years, Kowloon occupies almost half, Hong Kong Island is second, and the population of the New Territories is now the least.

According to the primary school curriculum stipulated by the Education Department, each person needs eight books a semester, that is, 800,000 books, and a loss of a dime is a loss of 80,000, or 160,000 a year.

160,000 yuan a year doesn't seem like much, but you must know that the publishing house has not made a profit until now, even if the ghost blows the lamp a few years ago because of the newspaper scolding war, but the money earned can maintain the daily operation of the newspaper, how can there be any profit.

Now it is a loss of 160,000 yuan all of a sudden, not a loss of one year, but a continuous loss of three years, after all, the contract signed with the Education Department is three years, which means a loss of 480,000 yuan.

When Wu Liande was dizzy, Huo Yaowen also felt a pain in his heart, he knew that he would have come according to the cost price, but the matter has come to this point, the loss is a loss, it is impossible to turn around with the Education Department and say that the price will be redetermined because of this matter, and the ghost guy on the stage before also said that he will not give a second chance to revise the price.

The loss is a loss, and it cannot be recovered, so we must find a way to find something that can benefit ourselves from the point of loss, after all, the loss is also valuable!

Thinking about it like this, Huo Yaowen had a plan in his heart, but he was a little relieved of the loss caused by his miscalculation.

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"It can't be!"

Mo Fucheng's legs trembled, from the time the ghost guy said eight cents to the present, he has always been reluctant to believe that someone would be stupid enough to bid at a loss, this is not for the sake of fame to do charity, but a fair bidding, and someone really went crazy to bid the price of eight cents.

Although the paper and ink used in textbooks are different from those sold outside for publication, even the largest printing house in Hong Kong may not be able to print a textbook at cost price for eight cents, so how can the University of Hong Kong Press bid for it at a price of eight cents? It is not bold to do it knowing that it is losing money, but to be foolish.

Mo Fuming was also very angry about not winning the bid, in order to be able to win this order, he not only invested in the publishing company of his younger brother, but also injected more than 100,000 yuan to buy a new printing press, and before the bidding began, he spent money to buy off the ghost guy who was liquidated in the background, spending almost 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, just to win the order of the Education Department, so that he could dig this gold mountain for a long time in the future.

But now I don't know if it's a stupid publishing house to get the order at a price of 8 cents 100%, and I lost more than 500,000 in vain, even Mo Fuming has some heartache in his heart, he is a yarn factory, in the early years, the textiles made by Hong Kong yarn factories can still be exported to the United Kingdom, but with the ban on Hong Kong textile exports in 59 years, countless yarn mills have closed down, and the transformation has changed, but Mo Fuming did not choose to change careers, which also led to his yarn factory becoming the only remaining textile trading company in Hong Kong, although it cannot be exported to foreign countries, but it is still very marketable in Hong Kong。

But with the popularity of American and Japanese goods in Hong Kong in recent years, his yarn factory business has gradually declined, so after his younger brother Mo Fucheng told him about this Jinshan business, he also moved the idea of changing careers, and did not hesitate to pay more than 500,000 yuan just to win this order.

But now that the order has not been received and the money cannot be returned, Mo Fuming is unhappy in his heart, and has a resentment towards the University of Hong Kong Press, a publishing house that has to win orders at a loss.

"Pu, your mother, are all sick in the brain at this publishing house?" Mo Fucheng scolded fiercely.

Mo Fuming's face was gloomy, he glanced at his younger brother, and then glanced at the crowd that was gradually leaving, and said after thinking for a moment: "Ah Cheng, after you go back, investigate this Hong Kong University Press, I don't believe that they are really kind, and they want to reduce the burden on the Education Department for free." ”

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Fok Yiu-man and Wu Liande met with the person in charge of the Education Department, and after confirming that the bid would be made at this price, under the strange eyes of the Education Department, Fok Yiu-man preliminarily bid for the contract, and the complete contract will not be signed until the lawyers of both parties are present.

After leaving the bidding meeting, the two got into the car.

Wu Liande sat in the passenger seat, hesitated for a long time, and then asked worriedly: "Yaowen, are you sure that your plan can be effective?" You must know that the price of this bid is not the cost price, if the tutoring book is not as successful as expected, the publishing house will not have the funds to complete the order of the Education Department, as you have just seen, the people from the Education Department estimate that Kowloon will need 600,000 textbooks in the second half of the year, let us prepare at least 700,000 textbooks for emergencies, and they will only temporarily advance half of this money. ”

Huo Yaowen glanced sideways at Wu Liande, who looked sad, while driving, knowing in his heart where his worries were, to be honest, Huo Yaowen didn't have much bottom in his heart, but as the president and the person who led the bidding, he had to be confident, so he said with a little relaxed words:

"Wu Lao, it's not a good thing to think about defeat before we do it, although this bid seems to be a loss for us, but isn't it an opportunity? Moreover, our publishing house has almost no reputation in the publishing industry in Hong Kong, and if it were not for the University of Hong Kong, I am afraid that even fewer people would know about it, so once the bidding of the Education Department is announced, I think the publishing house will definitely become famous, and more and more people will definitely come to submit their manuscripts at that time. ”

Listening to Huo Yaowen say it so easily, as if losing money is making money, and if you win fame, you can have money in your account, Wu Liande's old traditional thinking has not been reversed, and the worry in his heart has not only not been alleviated, but has turned from worry to anxiety, he is bent on wanting the publishing house to develop and grow, so he can't help but open his mouth to argue: "But for the general, he didn't think about winning, and he thought about defeat first, so he could not be defeated in a hundred battles." ”

Huo Yaowen had heard this sentence, it was said by Sun Tzu, the originator of the art of war, but he didn't expect Wu Lao to talk about it at this time, he slowly lowered the speed of the car, pulled over, and said sideways:

"Wu Lao, I know what you are worried about, you are worried that the publishing house has no money and no equipment, and you have taken this order at a loss. With this money, we will buy a few old printing presses, and then use the printing presses to borrow money from the bank, and then get the loan to complete the order from the Education Department. As for the sale of tutoring books to various schools in Kowloon, I will personally take charge of it, and you don't have to worry about this, I have my own plan in mind. It is not yet the time for the Education Department to notify us of printing, and your current job is to lead the overall situation of the publishing house, in addition to continuing to recruit printing workers, is to urge the staff under you to do their own work as soon as possible. ”

Wu Liande saw that Huo Yaowen was so confident, and his anxious heart improved, and he also joked: "Then I won't be an idle eater?"

"Haha, isn't this what you want, Old Wu?" Huo Yaowen laughed, started the engine and prepared to go back to the publishing house, and said while speeding up: "Old Wu may be more idle now, but he will be much busier after a while, don't dislike this bowl of idle rice when the time comes." ”

Looking at Huo Yaowen's firm and confident face, Wu Liande didn't say anything more frustrating on this issue, but just said with a smile: "I have to eat if the idle meal is not delicious, I am so old that I can't eat if I want to change places." ”

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