The representative of the Spanish governor in Cuba, named Puyol, wanted to turn his face with those damn Yankees several times, and really, if it wasn't for the fact that Mr. Governor kept telling him that it was extremely important to negotiate this deal, even if he let those Yankees make a little more money, he would have to buy those goods back, he would really have to turn against those Yankees. Because, because these vampires are so good at asking for money.

At first they insisted that the cars were ordered in large quantities, and now there is no surplus in the production of engines, so they cannot sell them separately, and the engines are given to themselves. But when he proposed that he could buy the engine at a higher price, these guys actually directly proposed a ridiculously high price even a little higher than the price of the whole vehicle.

"You're completely insincere! How is it possible to buy a part, the price will be more expensive than buying a whole car? It doesn't make any sense. Puyol struggled to suppress his displeasure, leaning forward slightly, staring into the eyes of the Yankee opposite.

"It can't be helped. You know, the factory capacity is actually saturated, and our engine plant is now running 24 hours a day. If we want to meet your additional engine needs, we have to artificially speed up the entire production line, which will increase the fatigue of the workers, and thus reduce the yield of the parts produced, which of course will greatly increase our costs. In addition, the higher speed of the production line will also put pressure on the machines on the production line, which will lead to a significant increase in maintenance costs. Or we can also hire more workers and shorten the working hours of workers to ensure the yield rate, but this will also increase the cost of hiring workers and management, and these increased costs will of course be reflected in the price of the product. In addition, we also need to be profitable, so the so-called wool is out of the sheep, of course, we can only put forward such a price. I don't want to hide from you, but the price is already given on the condition of maintaining a low level of profit. Frank, who was sitting across the table, replied with a sincere face, "You're always going to make us some money, aren't you?" ”

"So, what if I buy the car directly? Will the price be lower? Puyol asked.

"Of course, if you buy a car, we'll absolutely sell it to you at the market price, as much as you want, just ......" Frank paused deliberately.

"Just what?" Puyol asked, did he know that as long as these Yankees come out with a "but" or "just" or something, there will definitely be nothing good in the future.

"That's right, Mr. Puyol. We already have a lot of orders, and if you buy them right away, then of course your orders will only be in chronological order after the existing orders. So, if you pay today, we will probably be able to ship it to you by the beginning of next year. Frank replied lightly, and in his mouth, the beginning of next year seemed to be like early tomorrow morning.

"Early next year? How does this work? No way. It's too slow! Can't it be a little faster? Puyol, of course, was unacceptable to such a rate, and now that the smuggling ships were smuggling through guò, Cuba, which was so important to the Spanish Empire, was turning from a Spanish colony into a de facto American colony. The rampant smuggling activities are like opening a big hole in Spain's veins, and Spain must immediately plug this opening, the sooner the better, for every day of delay will increase Spain's losses. And if we take into account that the number of these smuggling ships is increasing, the losses will increase day by day. Therefore, such a delivery speed is absolutely intolerable, rather than this, in fact, it is better to sell the engine directly at a large price.

"It's not like there's no workaround." Frank said in a tone that I was thinking about you, "We have some buyers of luxury buses who have delayed their deliveries due to financing reasons, but we've already produced about a hundred of them for them, and while the number is not quite as good as what you need, it's the fastest thing we can offer you." If you are interested, we can sell you this batch of cars first. ”

"Then can't you remove the engines from these cars and sell them to me?" Puyol asked.

"It's difficult, Mr. Puyol. The reason why these buses are called luxury versions is that the engines of these cars are the same and unique as the other parts of the car itself. So if we sell the engines of these cars to you, they can't be sold anymore. Frank explained mildly, still smiling.

"Bullshit!" Puyol roared in his heart, he knew that this was completely this Yankee using strong words, to put it clearly, this damn Yankee just saw that they urgently needed these engines, and they must know what they needed these engines for, so they took this opportunity to slaughter their fat sheep.

"Of course, we can make new engines for these cars and give them the original numbers. However, our company is an ethical and disciplined company, and we will not do such a thing that deceives our conscience. Frank still had a gentle smile.

However, this gentle smile made Puyol particularly angry. However, what made him even more angry was that he couldn't vent his anger, and even pretended to be smiling to continue talking to others.

"It's just that, Mr. Frank, as far as I know, the price of a luxury version of a passenger car is even higher than buying an engine outright. I don't think that's a good idea. Holding back the anger in his heart, Puyol said.

"That being said, but you don't need the frame, the tires, the seats, the gearbox, or anything like that, and you can take the engine away and sell it to the companies that buy it, and you can recoup some of the cost. All in all, it won't be more expensive than buying the engine directly. And according to the rules of our company, as the first batch of buyers of luxury buses, we will give a sum of money to buy gasoline as a gift to users. There is a $10,000 bonus gas fee for these vehicles, which of course will not be included in the contract, but I can guarantee that we will send the money directly to any account you specify. However, it is better for me to set up an account with "McDonald Ventures" because it is one of our investors. Moreover, because these are the engines on luxury buses, they are also better than the average in terms of performance. In this way, I think it will be easier for your shipper to accept such a price, no. Frank said.

"This guy actually wants to bribe me with money and buy me!" Puyol wanted to be angry, but he was surprised to find that he was not angry at all, not only was he not angry, but he even looked at Frank just now and thought he was like a demon, but in a blink of an eye, he felt that this was still very cute, especially when he just said "ten thousand dollars". Puyol began to calculate: in order to ensure anti-smuggling on the long coastline of Cuba, Spain needs at least 200 fast anti-smuggling boats, in order to ensure the overwhelming advantage in performance, each anti-smuggling boat needs to be equipped with two engines, 100 luxury high-performance engines, enough for 50 ships, and then considering the need to prepare spare, so in the end, Spain needs to order at least 300 engines, 100 can already bring him 10,000 US dollars, what about 300 units? That picture is so beautiful...... What Spanish interests? What is that? Let it die!

"It's a good, win-win approach." Puyol said, "It's just a hundred or a little less." I would like to have more than three hundred engines. ”

"That's a real problem. In any case, this will not be resolved until next year," Frank said sincerely.

"Alright then, we'll talk about these businesses later." Puyol said. He could actually guess the reason why Frank was reluctant to sell too many gasoline engines for the time being. He knew that Frank was mostly, no, certainly already knew what he was buying the engine for. The best situation for the public is definitely to equip the Spanish side with a certain number of speedboats and catch some smugglers, so that in order to continue smuggling and make money, these smugglers will definitely buy more engines, and also hang two or even three gasoline engines behind the stern of a boat, as Spain did. Then, in order to combat smuggling, Spain naturally had to upgrade its own speedboat, equipping it with three or even four gasoline engines, so that the public could make more and more money.

"These Yankees are so despicable and shameless! However, if the rebate of $100 per engine really forms, then the future business will be more than 100 engines and 10,000 dollars. Puyol thought about it and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

……

At the University of Cleveland, there is a ship-shaped room. There is a huge pool of water dedicated to testing the performance of the styling structures of various boats.

"We need a speedboat that is inexpensive to produce, but super fast, with a load of about five tons." An engineer was saying to Dr. Drogba, the head of the real room, "For this purpose, we have devised some solutions that we hope to get all the relevant numbers from you." ”

Puyol is still too simple and kind, he actually thinks that hanging a few more engines on the small sampan is the final result of this motorboat evolution competition, but he doesn't know that the real final evolution result is brewing here. External engines are always limited, but better, less resistant boats can be constantly improved and updated.