Chapter 36 Sales Negotiations
Philip hurriedly said: "Several, why don't we go to the conference room to talk in detail, Mr. Karl, the owner of our company, must be very happy to see his distinguished guest." ”
Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou also understood that Philip had no right to decide, and only when he met Bofors' boss could he determine the price and other specific contents, and the boss could only make a decision to sign a weapons sales agreement. So both of them nodded, and followed Philip to the conference room set up outside the defense pavilion by Bofors. At the same time, Philip also asked a staff member to go to Carl, who must have been busy receiving delegations from various countries now, but if he heard that there was a large order of tens of millions of dollars, he would definitely come over.
After taking his seat, Philip smiled and said, "Dear Chinese friends, please wait a moment, I believe that Mr. Karl will come over soon, and we can talk about some light topics." I have heard that in the far east, China is a country with a long history and a splendid culture. For example, Chinese martial arts, the legend can even fly the eaves and walk the wall, your martial arts masters are numerous, I heard that there is a known as the world's first master Mr. Sun Lutang, when he was nearly half a hundred years old, he had the famous Russian martial artist Petrov who had stunned the challenge, and when he was over the age of sixties, he defeated the Japanese emperor and ordered the great samurai Itagaki Kazuo, and in the ancient years, he defeated the joint challenge of five Japanese fighting masters in one fell swoop. I don't know if it's really a person's thing? ”
When Lin Qiuyue translated Philip's words, Bai Wanrou smiled even more coquettishly: "I didn't expect Mr. Philip to be a China expert!" You're right, Senior Sun is indeed the master of Chinese martial arts, and the General Dai Yulong in front of you is the disciple of Senior Sun! And I also learned martial arts from my grandson for a few days. ”
Philip didn't expect that he was blind, because when he shook hands with Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou, he felt that the two must have practiced martial arts. Especially the Yulong general of that generation, it is really like the martial arts proverb that says, standing like a pine, quiet like a mountain, standing like a chicken, sitting like a clock, and his walking is a dragon and a tiger. As for the top ten martial artists during the Republic of China, Philip has some understanding, only Sun Lutang has the most disciples, he was hired as the head of the Wudang Gate of the Central Guoshu Museum in his later years, and then the dean of the Jiangsu Guoshu Museum. There are many disciples in his life, all over the world and abroad, so he is most likely to guess correctly.
The shock in Dai Yulong's heart is even more incomprehensible, this blonde and blue-eyed foreigner knows the name of our master, and this time he suddenly feels less repulsive to Philip, you must know that this generation of Yulong has never liked to deal with foreigners, he has always believed that only Chinese culture is the best culture in the world, China is the real power, and foreigners only have mastered science and technology to defeat China.
Philip clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "It's disrespectful, it turns out that the two of you are still Chinese martial arts masters!" I admire China's martial arts masters the most, but I didn't expect to be able to meet two of them at the defense exhibition! ”
At this moment, Carl slammed the door open and entered the conference room, and saw three unfamiliar oriental faces, and Carl understood that these three were probably Bofors' big customers. For such a big customer, Carl immediately walked up to the three of them enthusiastically and said loudly: "The three are guests from China!" I was really sluggish just now, please bear with me if there is a place where the hospitality is not good! Let me first introduce myself, I am Carl Gustav, Chairman of Bofors, and welcome all three! ”
After speaking, Carl shook hands with the three Chinese visitors one by one. And Lin Qiuyue also translated Carl's words into Chinese.
Dai Yulong looked at Karl and said, "Mr. Karl, just now Mr. Philip has introduced your company's products to us, and we have taken a fancy to your 75mm mountain gun and Gungnir assault rifle. However, we will order a small number of products for trial evaluation before purchasing in large quantities, and if they are indeed satisfactory to both officers and soldiers, we are prepared to purchase both products from your company in large quantities. As I have just said to Mr. Philip, we are initially buying 10,000 assault rifles and 24 mountain guns, including 5 million rifle cartridges and 10,000 artillery shells. In the later stage, we will purchase a total of 300,000 assault rifles and 500 mountain guns. Therefore, we hope that your company can give a good deal in terms of price. ”
As soon as Lin Qiuyue translated Dai Yulong's words, Karl looked at Dai Yulong with wide eyes: "Dear Chinese friends, you are really generous, you order so many products at one time, so how can I not give you the greatest discount." Well, both of these weapons are new to us, and as the first users of them, you can enjoy a 20% discount. The price of the 75mm Mountain Gun is $16,000 for $25 for shells, and the Gungnir assault rifle is $70 for $50 per thousand rounds of ammunition. I'm multiplying the price I'm giving you by 0.8 on top of that, what do you think? ”
After listening to Lin Qiuyue's translation, Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou kept shaking their heads, and Bai Wanrou sighed: "Mr. Karl, as far as we know, the price of a 75mm mountain cannon is generally only $12,000, and the rifle is even lower than $50, for example, the Mosin Nagant rifle is only $47 a rifle, the Enfield L42A1 rifle is about $38 a rifle, and the purchase price of the Mauser 98K is generally only $30 to $50. And your mountain cannon is almost $13,000, and the assault rifle is also $56, which is much higher than similar products on the market! ”
Karl's eyes flashed, and he said to Philip: "Philip, you can explain to a few guests, the pricing of our products." ”
Philip knew that Carl was throwing the problem to himself, so as to grasp the initiative in negotiations, everything depends on whether his explanation can convince the customer, if not, Carl will also take the initiative to reduce the price, you must know that this is a big order that Carl didn't even want to think about before.
Philip smiled and said, "Miss Bai, don't worry, listen to me explain to you." Our Gungnir assault rifle is an automatic rifle, a large number of aluminum alloy and plastic, so the size and weight of the gun have become smaller, but its cost is much higher than the manual rifles you said, so the price of $56 is actually very low, as the Gungnir assault rifle opens the market, we will increase the price of this rifle in the future, you must know that it only sells for $56, our company can't make a penny, that is, to promote this rifle. However, we now have an event and that is the giveaway for free trial. Regardless of whether you buy our products or not, we can give away a small batch of Gungnir assault rifles for free to customers to try, of course, in very small quantities. However, since your country is sincere in its purchase, we can increase the number of this free gift, including the 75-mm mountain gun. Right, Mr. Karl? ”
With that, Philip winked at Carl. I believe that Carl, the old fox, must understand the truth.