Fuji Heavy Industries' top brass was clearly reluctant to pass up any opportunity to secure multimillion-dollar orders, and Taro Yamamoto was especially reluctant, and for the sake of face, he did not even report that Toshiba had received tens of millions of dollars in orders.

He had only one choice, which was to try to get a higher value order from Li Lu. In this way, after he returns, he will be able to explain, and the face of the Yamamoto family can be preserved.

Just imagine, when Toshiba took the lead, I, Taro Yamamoto, still got millions of dollars in orders from the same customer, what is this called, this is called ability. Not only will you not be criticized, but you will also be able to be praised.

At least, Taro Yamamoto knows very well that the link that leaked the news is not on him. There is no leakage of news, how could the people of Toshiba be stuck in time to sign the contract a few days before Fuji Heavy Industries.

Such a truncation must have been supported by very reliable intelligence.

He didn't have a choice, no matter what, he had to get a cooperation with Red Star.

As soon as he entered the door, Taro Yamamoto greeted him with a deep bow. This time, he came alone, which means that the decisions to be discussed and made are likely to be classified within Fuji Heavy Industries.

"Mr. Yamamoto, please be seated." Li Lu didn't get up, and pointed to the chair in front of the desk.

This is the conversation between superiors and subordinates, and there is no such thing as the last time when they were treated on an equal footing. Taro Yamamoto felt the change in each other's status from these details. Without the initiative, they have to beg each other to buy the product. That's the buyer's market he's facing.

"Mr. Li, I'm sorry to bother me so early." Taro Yamamoto sat down with his hands on his knees and said, "In view of your tight schedule, we have made a decision on your offer after close communication with the headquarters. ”

Li Lu smiled, "Well, you can rest assured as soon as you finish talking early." Tell me, I'm probably ......," he said, looking at the Seagull watch, "fifteen minutes in time, and there's a meeting soon." ”

"Yes." Taro Yamamoto sorted it out and said, "Our company is very interested in establishing a long-term and close cooperative relationship with Mr. Li, and the company's senior management attaches great importance to this cooperation, so I have received the highest instructions. However, after careful calculation by the company's team, there is really no way for your offer to close the deal. You know, the after-sales service of the whole system alone has to invest a lot of money. You also offer to train your workers, which also costs a lot of resources......"

Li Lu waved his hand and said, "Mr. Yamamoto, based on the first negotiation, I think you can skip this process and directly state your conclusions. ”

"Mr. Li, five million US dollars, this is the lowest price we can accept, and this price was obtained by the company's board of directors after heated discussions, to be honest, there are many people who oppose it from the company's senior management." Taro Yamamoto said sincerely.

Li Lu didn't think about it at all, and shook his head directly, "This won't work, I can't agree." ”

Taro Yamamoto didn't expect Li Lu to be so straightforward, logically speaking, even if it was a bargain between you and me, the price here was reduced from eight million dollars to five million dollars, which was enough to reflect the sincerity of the deal, but I didn't expect it to be such a result.

He strongly felt that if this continued, the deal would fall through.

There is nothing wrong with it at all, Li Lu has indeed had this thought. Fuji Heavy Industries' five-axis linkage CNC machine tool system is at best a role to be the icing on the cake, even if it is a little more advanced than Toshiba's, even if it is a complete set of equipment.

"Mr. Lee......"

Taro Yamamoto pondered for a long time, lowered his voice a little, and said, "Mr. Li, if you buy more than two sets, we can execute it at a unit price of four million US dollars, but there are a few prerequisites. ”

"Let's talk about it as soon as possible." Li Lu lit a cigarette.

Taro Yamamoto said, "Sign a confidentiality agreement, I mean the confidentiality agreement of the entire transaction, you have the responsibility and obligation to keep all information about this transaction in Huaxia, if you violate it, you need to bear legal responsibility." This is the first and second point, and I hope to sign a contract for the purchase of no less than 200 Fuji buses on the basis of the purchase of the production line of the broom Lao car. ”

Li Lu fell into thought.

These two preconditions are not so much set for Li Lu as they are the result of an internal compromise at Fuji Heavy Industries. It is likely that Taro Yamamoto will want to get these strings attached to deal with other interest factions within the country and balance the interests of all parties. There is no doubt that reaching a machine tool deal is the fundamental interest of the interest faction represented by Taro Yamamoto.

There is a strong sense of factionalism among small Japanese companies, especially in these old large companies, where various family interests are mixed.

This is Taro Yamamoto's bottom line, he saw that Li Lu was still hesitating, and said in a suppressed voice, "Mr. Li, we will definitely have better opportunities for cooperation in the future." I personally promise that in the future, I will strive to provide you with cooperation opportunities including engine technology and four-wheel drive system technology. ”

Li Lu suddenly smiled and asked, "Mr. Yamamoto, are you the eldest grandson of the Yamamoto family?" ”

"Yes." Taro Yamamoto nodded.

"Hmm......" Li Lu nodded slightly, "Two sets of machine tool systems, on this basis, I will buy double the spare parts." The other nearby agreements are all according to what you said. ”

Taro Yamamoto's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up excitedly, "Mr. Li, you, thank you very much, I believe that we will cooperate more and more in the future!" ”

Happiness came too suddenly, and Taro Yamamoto had a feeling of pushing aside the dark clouds and seeing the bright moon.

A few additional conditions are only good for Li Lu, and there is no harm in them. First of all, the confidentiality agreement is a big nonsense thing, in Huaxia, even if he leaks the transaction information, what can little Japan do with him. Besides, of course, Li Lu didn't want many people to know that he had such a terrifying industrial heavy weapon in his hands. Second, the purchase of an additional 200 Fuji buses is simply a relief in the snow. He is experiencing a bottleneck headache for the research and development of Hiace buses, which is the key to competing for the second transportation company in the provincial capital. Fuji Heavy Industries is sending 200 vehicles at this time, which is not just sending charcoal in the snow.

Fuji buses have more history than their cars, they are the first to engage in buses, and then to the development of cars, this technology is very mature. Of course, Li Lu didn't expect them to transfer technology. Little Japan has a very strict control over technology, and if it weren't for this great opportunity, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to get their immature continuously variable transmission technology.

The main details have been finalized, and Li Lu doesn't have to worry about the rest. Waiting for Taro Yamamoto to come up with the contract, he will sign it without any problem, and all other procedures will be carried out with reference to the cooperation with Toshiba. However, since Taro Yamamoto has asked for secrecy, many procedures need to be run by Li Lu in person, and the fewer people who know about the more details, the better.

It took two days to check the list of goods of the first batch of Iranian Puda Company to be loaded on the ship, and then went to the wharf to conduct a detailed inventory. On the third day, Taro Yamamoto took out the contract. Another full day, the two parties officially signed and sealed, and the agreed payment method was onshore payment, for which Mitsui provided a guarantee. Taro Yamamoto has nothing to worry about, after all, Toshiba's tens of millions of dollars in orders are also operated in this way.

Taro Yamamoto was satisfied, and the total amount of orders he got was a little more than expected, although it could not be compared with Toshiba's super large orders.

In fact, neither Fuji Heavy Industries nor Toshiba knew that not even a cent of the dollars in their hands were his own.

On the morning of the fifth day, Li Lu brought all the materials, and Huang Guanghui drove to the Economic and Trade Bureau to go through the formalities. Red Star Company belongs to the enterprises in the inland port area, and all import and export trade must be stamped by the Economic and Trade Bureau. Of course, there is a city government that is paying attention, and this aspect has been going smoothly. After these relevant procedures are completed, the import and export procedures are reported directly to the import and export joint office at the Red Star Terminal.

Transactions with Fuji Heavy Industries are subject to confidentiality requirements, so Li Lu personally ran these procedures. It's just a waste of time, and I have to go to more than a dozen departments to stamp more than 20 seals. This does not include immigration procedures.

Compared with tens of millions of dollars in foreign trade transactions, a city-level economic and trade bureau is very weak, and it should be a national-level trade business. However, even if the total amount of the transaction is large, it must be stamped and approved by this department. The registered place of Hongxing Factory is Lugang City, and the full name is Lugang Hongxing Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Hongxing Factory has import and export qualifications, according to the process imagined by Li Lu, it does not need to be approved by the Lugang Economic and Trade Bureau, but the Lugang Economic and Trade Bureau wants to intervene, and he has no way.

Therefore, at this time, there are no laws and regulations that clearly stipulate, and the Lugang Economic and Trade Bureau has sufficient reasons to intervene. Insert a hand, they want to collect money, and the larger the transaction amount, the more expensive the fee.

At this time, this aspect is very chaotic and complicated, and the whole environment is like this, and Li Lu has no choice. In the final analysis, Hongxing Factory is still an enterprise in Lugang City. The city government focuses on what your business is for, in the final analysis, for the sake of taxation, and various departments treat you specially, so that it is logical to collect some fees to subsidize the operation of the department.

At the end of the day, the Red Star Plant is privately owned. In this era, the difficulties of private business owners in doing business can be imagined, and without clear relevant policy support, a few words from a high position can be understood as different meanings. If it weren't for the support of the city government and the endorsement of a state-owned enterprise as big as Xinguang Factory, Hongxing Factory would not even be qualified to go through this procedure.

Cumbersome is a little cumbersome, and it doesn't matter if you are charged, you can do things well, so that every import and export trade list meets the requirements of current laws and regulations, and Li Lu can bear it. After all, this is an era when you have just begun to feel the stones, and you have to start everything from scratch - even there are many people in the economic and trade bureau who don't know how to exchange currency.

Li Lu thought it was just a matter of time, but he didn't expect that when the sharp-mouthed female cadre who was about thirty years old returned, she threw the materials directly in front of Li Lu and said, "You don't have the right materials." ”

Rejected.