Chapter 70 Strategic Cooperation (A)
The negotiations continued, and Jiang Chen met an old American arms manufacturer this time, called Mark Ordnance Production and Sales Co., Ltd., which is a relatively large gun manufacturer and seller in the United States. At the beginning, Jiang Chen was quite surprised when he received this news, what did this company do to find them. Could it be that they want to make joint production? With questions, Jiang Chen met with this team.
"Welcome, Mr. Smith. Jiang Chen stretched out his hand and smiled.
The translator for Smith was a Chinese, dressed very plainly, with a pair of thick glasses, and began to translate to this foreigner in his half-baked English, but Jiang Chen stopped and couldn't bear to look directly. In the end, Jiang Chen really couldn't stand it anymore, and he didn't know where this person found this translator. So he interrupted the man and spoke again in English.
"Hello, Jiang, it's nice to meet you, I didn't expect you to speak English so well. This Mr. Smith replied with a smile, obviously surprised that Jiang Chen had such a good spoken language.
"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, I don't know if you came to have a relationship with you this time?" Jiang Chen replied with a smile.
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so direct, this is different from the Chinese you met. That's right, I'm interested in your weapons and equipment, let's talk about cooperation. The Smith said in a commanding tone, as if he felt that the matter was settled.
Jiang Chen was a little unimpressed by this tone, so he said lightly: "Oh, I don't know how Mr. Smith wants to cooperate?"
"We're interested in a few patents on your weapon, and we don't know how much it costs. "This Smith spoke directly, but this tone was more annoying.
"Oh, I don't know where Mr. Smith got this news from, and we don't seem to have any patents on our guns. Jiang Chen was a little surprised, they knew about this matter so quickly.
"Hehe, Mr. Jiang, your diplomats have already applied for this patent through the expedited procedure, don't say you don't know about it. Smith joked a little, this Chinese knows that he is pretending to be confused, if he hadn't applied for registration, we would have used it a long time ago, and he would still use it to find you.
"Oh, how fast, I really didn't expect that. Jiang Chen held back the surprise in his heart and said, he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Hehe, we want to buy these patents under you, I don't know how much Mr. Jiang Chen wants. Smith asked directly.
"I don't know how much Mr. Smith is willing to give. Jiang Chen asked rhetorically.
"Hehe, we want to buy your package of patents on this gun, and we offer a total of 600,000 US dollars, I don't know what Mr. Jiang thinks. ”
Jiang Chen shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Smith, do you think my patent is worth so little. ”
"Oh, I don't know how much Mr. Jiang plans to get, we can discuss this matter again. Smith asked with a smile, as long as there is hope for negotiation, Smith is very confident about this.
Jiang Chen shook his head and smiled, "I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, I won't sell these patents." ”
"Mr. Jiang, if you think the price is low, we can talk about it again. This Smith was a little anxious, he didn't expect Jiang Chen to refuse directly.
"Mr. Smith, you misunderstood what we meant, and I am not going to sell these patents for the time being. Jiang Chen shook his head and said resolutely.
"Then how can we buy his patent rights?" Smith was a little unwilling to see Jiang Chen so resolute.
Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "Mr. Smith, do you think we'll make a competitor for ourselves?"
No, no, Mr. Jiang, it's not an opponent, it's a strategic alliance, the market is so big, you can't eat it, and there is a lot of income from cooperating with us, so why not do it. Smith explained with a smile that as one of the top sellers of civilian weapons and equipment in the United States, they should just be happy.
"Mr. Smith, do you think I will sell it at this time under such a good situation?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile, Jiang Chen is not willing to sell the right to use it at present, and now that their weapons have just opened the market, they need this as a reliance, if they sell it, it will be very disadvantageous to them, a small factory that is still unknown in the world.
Smith thought for a while and nodded, "From the perspective of your interests, I don't think you will sell." ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, but unfortunately we can't work together at this time. Jiang Chen stretched out his hand and said with a smile, these capitalists are really, they will flock to it when they have a little smell of flesh, and Jiang Chen is very suspicious of this. Now Jiang Chen's meaning is actually very clear, this is sending off guests.
But this Smith sat there indifferent, he thought for a while and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, although we can't reach a cooperation on patents, we can do it in another way." ”
What the hell is this old beauty, Jiang Chen was a little curious: "Oh, another way?"
"Yes, our company is not only a weapons manufacturer, but also one of the top weapons retailers in the United States, so how about we represent your weapons? To be honest, your firearms are very good, and if you enter the world's largest firearms consumer market, I believe it will be very beneficial to you. Smith nodded and explained, judging from the temptation just now, this Chinese is very shrewd, and he has to show some sincerity.
"Represented by you?" Jiang Chen was surprised, this fact Jiang Chen didn't expect for the time being, because they are still very weak now, and no one should come to talk about cooperation. However, it would be a good choice if he could open up the North American continent, so he pretended to be interested and said, "I don't know how Mr. Smith wants to cooperate." ”
Smith was a little excited when he saw Jiang Chen's interested face: "It's like this, Jiang, produced by you, and then retailed exclusively by us, and we will divide the profits into forty or six percent, what do you think?"
Jiang Chen shook his head when he heard this, and categorically refused: "Impossible, we can't accept this kind of cooperation, it's too risky for us." We can only offer you weapons that are slightly below the market price for you to sell, and whether or not you will be granted exclusive rights to sell them on the North American continent depends on your sincerity. ”
"I don't know how much lower Jiang you can give us?" Smith asked after a moment of contemplation.
"Twenty percent, do you think this sincerity is enough?" Jiang Chen smiled, this was a temptation, Jiang Chen also responded, he also wanted to see this Smith's hole card.
Smith shook his head and said, "Jiang, I understand the price of goods in Huaguo, the price of your gun is too high, I need to see your sincerity." ”
Jiang Chen was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't expect this foreigner's preparation to be thorough. But also, if you can think of bringing a translator, it must have been a lot of effort. Jiang Chen replied with a smile: "Thirty percent, this is our bottom line." ”
Smith shook his head and said, "Forty percent below the market price, it can't be higher." ”
The differences between the two sides are very large, and I wonder if we can reach an agreement? (Uploaded half an hour later)