"No one is afraid of money!" This sentence goes to the hearts of these foreign companies, "If you don't sell us the best equipment, I think someone will always sell it to us" This sentence completely cuts off the possibility of these foreign companies reaching an agreement with each other.

If it had been a few decades earlier, the West had not yet formed a conscious technological export barrier to the East, but it is different now. At the end of the nineteenth century, as long as there was money, even battleships could be bought, and they were not sold out, they were authentic and original, such as the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships that Li Hongzhang purchased from Germany, which were also quite advanced warships in that era.

However, since the beginning of the 20 th century, the West's awareness of the protection of science and technology has begun to increase, especially in recent years, due to the strong rise of Germany, which has caused tension in Europe, and has caused an arms race between the two major military blocs in Europe.

But what Xiao Zhenlei needs is the most advanced industrial machine tool, this deal is undoubtedly a challenge for these foreign companies, in order to reduce the risk of their own foreign companies, and protect the country's most cutting-edge technology from outflow, these foreign companies are likely to unite together, reach a consensus agreement, jointly share the profits brought by this business, and sell to Xiao Zhenlei's outdated industrial production equipment,

Xiao Zhenlei's words made the major foreign industry leaders suspicious of other people, and the possibility of uniting to monopolize the purchase channels and sell outdated industrial production equipment to Xiao Zhenlei is completely gone, and now it depends on who comes up with a lower-priced, most advanced, and best-quality machine!

After Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, the senior students of the foreign bank began to talk to each other in a low voice, and then Elias Sassoon, the senior class of the foreign company, asked loudly: "Mr. Xiao, I just took a cursory look at your company's bidding document, there are many kinds of industrial machine tools listed above, and we need time to do this bidding, after all, it is related to a huge value of business, and it is not sloppy, so how long do you plan for us to prepare this bidding document?" ”

Sassoon's words are what other foreign companies want to ask, more than 100 people suddenly pricked up their ears, Xiao Zhenlei nodded and smiled: "Mr. Sassoon asked very well, all the procedures for my land have been completed, as long as the conditions permit, of course I hope to start construction at any time, and I also hope that my company can run in the shortest possible time, so the faster the better, the construction period I give the construction team is three months, the first phase of the project must be completed, after all, building a factory is different from building a high-rise building, it is much simpler, The time is also tight, and from the West to the ocean with an ocean liner to transport the industrial production machine here for more than a month, no more than two months, so I can only give you a month to do bidding, in my factory construction is completed, water and electricity, the industrial machine will also be transported to the installation and commissioning at the same time, that is to say, today next month, we will convene everyone again to hold a bidding meeting, the location is set in the Licha Hotel, specifically in which banquet hall will be held, then our company will send someone to inform you, That's it for today's bidding meeting, if you have no other questions, you can adjourn now, if you have time, you can stay for lunch, our chef is ready! ”

Who wants to stay for lunch? After Xiao Zhenlei finished speaking, these foreign bank leaders came to say goodbye, and then left Xiao Mansion with the bidding book, only the bosses of the construction teams did not leave, because they had to bid on the spot today, and the written positive text of the qualifications of the construction teams was quickly reviewed, Xiao Zhenlei and Song Shijie read and selected the information of the construction teams they received, and excluded the three construction teams with the worst qualifications and the least construction experience, and notified the bosses of the other eight construction teams to start bidding. The boss of the construction team under Yan Laojiu is also among these eight people.

The bidding documents of the construction teams are very simple, as long as the amount of construction costs is written on the bidding documents, and the eight-point bids are quickly received, although the time is very short, but the bosses of these construction teams have brought accountants with them, and the construction cost of the entire project can of course be calculated as quickly as possible.

Not surprisingly, Yan Laojiu's construction team won the bid, and the price given by his construction team was the same as that of another construction team, which was lower than other construction teams, but his construction team gave a condition that other construction teams did not give, that is, they could advance the advance project of the first phase of the project of 500,000 taels of silver, of course, Xiao Zhenlei asked Yan Laojiu to arrange it this way, so as not to say that this bid was not fair at all, this is the benefit of being wealthy, It is not for nothing that the qualifications of other construction teams are higher than those of Yan Laojiu's construction team, but no construction team has his Yan Laojiu's wealth, and he can advance the advance project payment for his construction team, while other construction teams do not have the financial resources to do this kind of thing!

Central District of Public Concession, Sichuan Road, Mitsui & Co. Shanghai Branch.

Mitsui Shou kept walking back and forth in the office on the second floor, standing next to his secretary, he kept chanting as he walked: "The first phase invested three million taels, it didn't cost much to build a plant, and the bulk of the money was industrial production equipment, at least one million eight thousand taels, not to mention the future, just say the first phase, if we can get this order, then we will make a lot of money, and my status in the family can be improved!" ”

The secretary couldn't help but say: "Sir, the people of China said that as long as the most advanced industrial production equipment, how can we sell the most advanced industrial production equipment to the people of China?" Even if you think the business can be done, can the family get through it? ”

Mitsui Shou paused to think for a while and said, "You don't understand, what do you think of our industrial technology compared to the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States?" ”

Although the secretary didn't want to admit it, he had to tell the truth at this time, and said without thinking about it: "Of course it's not as good!" ”

"If only you knew!" Mitsui Shou nodded, and said, "Since you know that our technology is not as good as that of Western countries, do you think that our selling of the machine to the people of China will cause a technology leak?" No one else is rare, is our technology still classified? Even if we don't sell it, do you think those Westerners won't sell it to them? Of course, the technical content of the machine they came up with is not their top, but it is not as good as us, so we have the best chance of winning the bid! ”

The secretary thought for a while and said: "But even so, the people of China will not necessarily choose to cooperate with us, you must know that now the British are in the most powerful country in China, won't the surnamed Xiao be pressured by the British to choose Jardine Matheson?" ”

When Mitsui Shou heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and the word "Chuan" suddenly formed on his forehead, and he thought for two seconds and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, the British may have no influence on Zhenhua Company, but they can exert pressure on the Qing Court, and the Qing Court can exert pressure on Zhenhua Company, after all, Zhenhua Company is in the Chinese world!" Well, this cannot be left unguarded, you immediately send people to keep an eye on the British and Germans, and if there is any news, you must report it in time! ”

The secretary immediately bowed and said, "Hayi! ”

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