Chapter 359: One trick, eaten all over the world
The money of the islanders is not earned in vain!
Anyway, the other party just said that there is no shortage of money.
Moriyama Nohito frowned, the price didn’t matter, but the displacement was still too low, right? With this small displacement, if you go to Antarctica, it will be overturned by a storm?
"Our shipyard is still producing catamaran missile boats. These technologies are similar. Therefore, our catamaran construction process also needs to be kept confidential. If you place an order, you cannot send a representative to follow up. Please rest assured. Our Mingzhou Group is the strongest in the world in the construction of catamarans, and we guarantee quality."
Not only is the price high and the performance low, but they also do not allow them to send shipowner representatives to supervise the quality of the ship!
This condition is really too harsh!
Moriyama Nohito frowned, and then sighed: "Mr. Qin, I can't decide on these conditions of yours personally, and I need to report them to my superiors."
"Okay, wild man in the mountains, please tell your superiors and ask him to understand our difficulties. These conditions of ours are all forced. I also hope that you can give a positive answer. Well, Xiao Wang, give me a gift Send this guest away!”
A staff member named Xiao Wang came up immediately and sent Moriyama Nohito out.
The short figure walked out of the tent, looked at the scene outside, and paused for a moment. Obviously, he was still hesitating.
At this moment, a voice came from inside.
When the two parties communicated just now, they used English, but now, it has been changed to Chinese.
“Mr. Qin, one ship is worth 50 million, and ten ships are worth 500 million. This is a good deal. Why did you let him go?”
"What can we do? Who knows if the other party is setting up a trap? You don't even know how terrible those environmental protection organizations are. The one who came to challenge this morning was someone who instigated it. Their island country was originally a big shipbuilding country and came to us to order Boats, nine times out of ten, have no good intentions.”
Moriyama Nohito was a little aggrieved. We really didn’t set up a trap. We just wanted to get a few fishery boats with advanced performance. Do we need to be so careful?
"Now it seems that it is really a trap." Qin Tao said: "Fifty million US dollars is just drizzle to the people of the island country. They are not willing to spend this little money. Hum, next time we come again, we will give it He raised the price to 70 million, whether you like it or not."
“Mr. Qin, if you really wanted to test them, you should have quoted a price of US$100 million.”
Moriyama Nohito took a breath of cold air.
The people inside obviously didn’t know that he could understand Chinese, so they spoke unscrupulously. What should he do now?
Moriyama Nohito stamped his feet, and then turned his head again.
“Sir, you?”
Xiao Wang did not stop him, Moriyama Nohito had already re-entered the tent.
Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang had a look of surprise on their faces.
“Mr. Mountain Savage, why are you back again?”
“Yes, I’m back again, Mr. Qin, I’ve decided that in order to show that we are really here to order the fishery administration boat, we agree to all the conditions you proposed, and we can sign the agreement now!”
"Really? Okay, then our group will take a risk and take your order for ten fishery ships!"
After signing the agreement, the other party directly left the check deposit, and the business was completed.
This second time seeing off guests, Qin Tao sent them all the way to the outside of the exhibition area, very politely.
After returning home, Xu Zhengyang's face was full of excitement: "Mr. Qin, your trick of tricking Jiang Gan into the group of heroes was so clever that the people of the island country really took the bait."
Who would agree to the conditions Qin Tao proposed? So we have to find a way.
As soon as the other party walked out of the tent, Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang performed. The two sang and harmonized, and they really fooled each other.
Of course, what’s more important is that the other party has a lot of money and can really afford to spend this money. He really wouldn’t be willing to switch to another buyer.
“But Mr. Qin, if they really buy our catamaran, what if they figure it out and build their own catamaran?”
Qin Tao smiled: "Well, I have already considered this. Let's work on both sides."
“Which two tubes?”
"On the one hand, even if they work **** the design, this kind of ship can drive up to forty knots. No matter how much the power of the engine is increased, the improvement will be limited. Even if they transform a ship like ours into a warship, they will not really learn Our secret."
When Mingzhou built a catamaran missile boat, some domestic brother factories wanted to imitate it. What was the result? The speed was not up to standard at all, and in the end we had to exit obediently.
Qin Tao wants to dig holes for others, isn’t that easy? The catamaran doesn't look difficult. In fact, the design of the two submerged parts of the body is very critical. A slight modification can make the opponent suffer enough.
“What about the other side?”
"Let's delay. Anyway, the contract will be signed until the end of 1995. We will drag ten fishery administration boats for delivery together. By then, they may not want them. If they don't, these fishery administration boats will be sold to our country at the cost price." Department, let’s just get the deposit from the islanders.”
95 years? The islanders don’t want it anymore?
Xu Zhengyang at this time, of course, would not understand, and Qin Tao did not say too much. In short, 1995 was the year when the economic bubble of the island nation burst.
(There are also sayings that housing prices fell in 1990 or 1991. The East China Heroes do not understand economics. Some people say that although housing prices fell, it only affected those who bought houses with loans, and those who did not buy houses. The impact of owning a house was not big. Even if the bubble burst and house prices fell, they could still buy it at a cheaper price. This continued until 1995. Therefore, 1990 was considered a real estate bubble, and it took 5 years before it affected the economy. .)
Of course, even if the so-called economic bubble bursts and the following ten or twenty years are called the lost years, in fact, the manufacturing industry of the island country is still quite terrible.
Of course, no one would deny that the 1980s is the era that islanders miss the most, because that era was so beautiful, especially for young people.
Their employment competition pressure is not great; on the contrary, major companies are competing with each other in terms of salary and benefits. The phenomenon of bonuses for several months or even half a year or a year for the last month of work often occurs. For ordinary people, of course, they must miss that An era when life is easy to find, money is easy to earn, and work pressure is low.
In short, after 1995, the people of the island country can no longer be too lavish with money. Are they still willing to pay the remaining balance to buy back these ten fishery boats?
Qin Tao felt that there was little hope.
At that time, it is estimated that they will find various reasons not to accept the ship. Anyway, the contract has been signed, so you don’t have to take the ship when the time comes, but there is no way to get the deposit back!
The relevant departments of the island country and the Mingzhou Group signed a contract for ten fishery administration ships. When the news came out, people were immediately moved.
Ten items at once, this is the first time at a defense exhibition!
The organizer of the defense exhibition made repeated broadcasts about this business in order to build momentum for the exhibition.
“Warm congratulations to Mingzhou Shipbuilding Group for winning an order for ten fishery vessels from island countries, with a total value of US$500 million! The success of this transaction fully reflects the charm of our Asia International Defense Exhibition!”
“Damn it, are those island people crazy?” Everyone at the South Pickle Country’s booth gnashed their teeth.
“That Qin Tao must have used shady means!”
"Islanders can do this kind of thing. When they went to the United States to buy a building, they asked for 400 million yuan to buy a house. They paid an extra 200 million yuan just to get a Guinness World Record. Those **** islanders have so much money to spend. It’s not over!”
People from other countries would not say this, but for them, they have a feud with the island country, so it is logical to say so.
Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group had a brilliant performance that day, so after the exhibition ended, they started shopping again just like yesterday.
Yesterday we went to Alley No. 10, and today we went straight to Alor Street.
No. 10 Hutong is mainly home to time-honored brands, while Alor Street is mainly home to various specialty snacks. Although it is not high-end, it is more lively.
“Here comes someone, someone comes here, someone grabs my bag!” Qin Tao and others had just walked to a busy place when a voice came from in front of them.
The crowd started to get confused. Some people were pushed and others quickly got out of the way. A thief holding a lady's leather bag was coming in the direction of Qin Tao and the others!
“The show has begun.” Qin Tao said to Xu Zhengyang.
"Yes, their director is too low." Xu Zhengyang was also very emotional. This kind of scene where a hero saves a beauty was sent to Mr. Qin just to create a chance encounter. However, there were too many accidental encounters. ah!
“It’s not easy for others, so let’s cooperate.” Qin Tao said, stretching out his legs, and the thief tripped.
It's that simple. After all, the other party took the initiative to run towards Qin Tao.
Later, a female reporter in professional attire appeared. She ran up to Qin Tao panting, looked at the leather bag Qin Tao was holding, and smiled on her face: "This world is really too small. .”
"Yes. We have met five or six times in the past two days, and you have helped me several times. Now, are we even?"
“This is really fate. Let’s speak Chinese. My name is Ye Xiaoqian, a reporter from Ming Pao.” As he said this, the other party extended his hand.
“Nie Xiaoqian?”
“Ye, not Nie. I am not Nie Xiaoqian.”
Qin Tao smiled: "I'm not Ning Caichen either. If I were to choose a role, I would prefer to be Yan Chixia."
Ye Xiaoqian laughed: "Mr. Qin, you are so humorous. Now that you are here, would you like to come and sit at my place? I have been living nearby since I came here for interviews."
“Forget it, we just go out to eat, go shopping, and then go back.”
“Oh. Then I’ll treat you to dinner?”
"of course not."
"Why?"
“It is of course a man’s responsibility to treat you to a meal, so I’ll treat you to it.”
Qin Tao is picking up girls, and people around him are busy. The dots will soon connect into lines.
"Ms. Ye, have you met Mr. Jin in Mingpao? I admire him very much." Qin Tao and Ye Xiaoqian chatted while eating.
Whether it is this life or the previous life, Qin Tao always likes Senior Jin, the number one writer of martial arts novels in the world today! I like the novels written by this person the most.
In 1959, Cha Liangyong invested 80,000 yuan and Shen Baoxin invested 20,000 yuan to co-found Ming Pao, publishing one page every day. Jin Laoren is the editor-in-chief and president of the newspaper.
Although everyone wants to make Ming Pao the best Chinese newspaper in the world, Ming Pao has been operating at a loss in its first year. In order to develop Ming Pao, Mr. Jin began to serialize martial arts novels on it. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the first part of the series.
Spurred by martial arts novels, Ming Pao’s sales are getting better and better.
"No, I joined Mingpao two years ago after graduating from university. At that time, Mr. Jin had already resigned from Mingpao." Ye Xiaoqian said, "After that, Mingpao also got involved in more aspects, such as this kind of defense exhibition. In the past, Mingpao would not have been interested."
When Ming Pao entered its heyday, Mr. Jin quickly quit, transferred Ming Pao to others, and lived a leisurely retirement life.
This is a free and easy old man.
Qin Tao shook his head: "This is really a pity. Even if you haven't met Pu Songling, you haven't even met Jin Lao."
Ye Xiaoqian couldn't help laughing: "That's not Nie Xiaoqian."
“As for Nie Xiaoqian, the image created by Wang Zuxian is really good.” Qin Tao said: “She really made Nie Xiaoqian come alive. By the way, have you seen Wang Zuxian?”
“Well, I have actually seen this. As a reporter, I interviewed her once.”
Qin Tao and Ye Xiaoqian chatted here and there, but did not talk about work matters. Soon, they finished the meal.
"Mr. Qin, would you like to come to my residence to sit down?" Ye Xiaoqian's eyes were filled with emotion, and her eyes were already starting to become hot.
“I don’t want to do it for the time being. When I go back, I have to summarize today’s work. As a boss, I can’t be too indulgent.”
“Not yet? So, when the defense exhibition is over, are you free? I would like to have an exclusive interview with you.”
“Of course, no problem.” Qin Tao immediately nodded in agreement.
Ye Xiaoqian quickly took out her bag and scrawled her address and phone number on a note: "Mr. Qin, you must come."
"no problem."
Under Ye Xiaoqian’s gaze, Qin Tao left the food street.
“Mr. Qin, we have identified all those responsible for surveillance nearby, and the entire network behind them will be figured out within a few days.” Xu Zhengyang was very happy.
Two of them were sneaking around with cameras, obviously planning to take secret photos.
If Qin Tao is the kind of person who likes to steal, then the other party will take photos of Qin Tao and Ye Xiaoqian having a romantic relationship, and then either use the photos to threaten and extort Qin Tao's large sums of property, or directly expose them and let them Qin Tao's reputation was ruined.
The latter is more likely. Once Qin Tao's reputation is damaged, he may not be able to continue to be the CEO of Mingzhou Group.
Qin Tao smiled and said: "It's a pity that you want to use a honey trap on me. I have a wife, otherwise I would just use the trap and let them beat you!"
Back at his residence, Qin Tao was surprised to find that not only his father-in-law was there, but also the heads of other companies and groups.
"Mr. Qin, we have finally waited for you today." Manager Zhang from the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation said: "Today, the most outstanding person in the entire defense exhibition is your Mingzhou Group. We guys are afraid that you will go to celebrate the victory and revel in it. It’s midnight.”
“How come, are you all waiting for me?”
"Yes, Mr. Qin, please give us a tip. Why can you achieve such a big gain but we can't?" Manager Wang of North Industries Corporation also spoke.
"One new trick can be eaten all over the world." Qin Tao said: "If you want to sell your own equipment, you must have unique features. Today, all we sell are catamarans. Think about it. , why? Isn’t it because our Mingzhou Group’s catamarans have the strongest performance in the world?”
Qin Tao was reborn. He has advantages that others cannot match. Catamarans are the specialty equipment of their Mingzhou Group. From the initial catamaran anti-smuggling boats to the later catamaran guided missile boats and yachts, all The world knows that when it comes to catamarans, Mingzhou Group has the most products and the most experience.
“Yes, it’s a delicious trick that can be eaten all over the world, but we don’t have this unique trick!” Others lamented.
This is easier said than done!
After all, domestic industrial development is lagging behind, which is the basic status quo.
"Then we have to work hard to achieve a breakthrough in a certain field." Qin Tao said: "Take our ground weapons as an example. We have many weaknesses. Our armor is not thick enough, and our engines are not stable enough. But , we can make our firepower the strongest!”
Manager Wang’s eyes lit up.
"Our Shipbuilding Industry Corporation is also the same. It seems to be a little behind in all aspects. However, we can achieve breakthroughs by relying on reliability and cost. The two-thousand-ton frigates of our brother units follow this route. Our Mingzhou Group Focusing on high-end products allows us to have our own different market segments.”
“Mr. Qin, what you are saying is true. However, our main frigates are still not sold. Customers all say they want vertically launched air defense missile systems.” Manager Zhang felt a little emotional.
“It also depends on their pockets! If they don’t have enough money in their pockets, but they still want this and that, don’t they have too many demands?” Qin Tao said dissatisfied: “Don’t you know how many kilograms or taels you have?”
Everyone was silent. Only Qin Tao dared to say such words, and others certainly would not dare.
"In addition to frigates, we also have other types, such as missile boats, supply ships, etc. We take a low-end route. There are always customers who don't have enough money to take a fancy. By the way, you can price your own warships. , make a big brand and place it directly on the model. Let potential customers have a more intuitive reflection."
Look at the car sellers in later generations, they put the price sign on the top of the low-end car, just to attract people, thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and eight, four wheels to drive home!
Everyone nodded.
By the time everyone went back to bed, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Qin Tao yawned: "Hey, if we have these meetings again in the future, I will have to be paid a consultant salary. Dad, I'm going to bed."
“Why are you so anxious to sleep? You still have a lot of things to report!”
“What? Didn’t Zhengyang give you a formal report?”
“There are many things, I want to hear your opinion again.”
"All right."
By the time Qin Tao went to bed, he found that the time was already approaching one o'clock! This day's work was really stressful.
The next day, Qin Tao got up late. By the time he arrived at the defense exhibition site, it was already past ten in the morning.
A few more people gathered around his booth. Qin Tao looked over curiously and found that the guy from yesterday was here again.
“Savage in the mountains, are you here again?”
“Yes, Mr. Qin, I’m really ashamed. Although I’ve been here, I haven’t looked at all of your models. I just discovered today that you actually have a model of a dredger.”
There is no way, the large model of the frigate is so attractive that other small models are ignored.
●At the Mingzhou Group’s booth, the small models displayed were almost marginalized.
“Well, do you like our dredger?”
“Yes, Mr. Qin, what is the displacement of this dredger and what is the dredging effect?”
“The displacement is 5,000 tons, and the dredging efficiency is 500 cubic meters per hour. Isn’t the specific data marked on it?”
“So, do you have a more advanced model?”
"What's wrong?"
“I heard that your shipyard is starting to build a very large dredger, which is ten times more efficient than this one?”
“Who did you listen to?”
The other party didn’t speak, just laughed: “If you have a dredger of this level, can you build one for us?”
"we do not have."
Qin Tao answered simply and directly.
After returning home, it seems that we need to pay more attention to confidentiality education.
Workers who built warships were all tight-lipped, but the same was not true for civilian ships. The dredger was certainly a civilian ship. Unexpectedly, the news spread and reached the ears of these people.
Moriyama Nohito was a little embarrassed.
At this moment, Xu Zhengyang came over and said, "Mr. Qin, a customer came to inquire about the freight of our An-225 transport aircraft."
"Okay, I'll go there immediately. Mr. Mountain Savage, you can do it yourself."
Entering the tent, several Western faces were already waiting there.
“Mr. Qin, our company has a large piece of equipment that needs to be delivered to the customer as soon as possible. The specific route is from the United States to Australia. We hope to rent an An-225 to complete this cargo transportation.”
“What are the dimensions and weight of your equipment?”
Hearing the other party's description, Qin Tao nodded: "It can be stuffed into our cargo box, and we can undertake this cargo transportation task. The specific cost is US$120,000 per flight hour."
One hundred and twenty thousand dollars per hour?
Everyone present was a little surprised.
If we calculate it, the trip takes more than thirty hours. Doesn’t the shipping cost for this trip cost three to four million?
“Mr. Qin, is the price a bit high?”
"If compared with other commercial transport aircraft, its price is indeed high, but there is no way. You should know that this aircraft was originally a military transport aircraft. When it was designed, fuel consumption was never considered. Every flight of it hour, it consumes 22 tons of fuel, three times that of the Boeing 747. Including other consumption, its cost per flight hour is as high as 80,000 US dollars. We quote you 120,000 US dollars, which is already a friendly price. "
After speaking, Qin Tao smiled: "So, if you have other transportation methods, I suggest you choose other methods. I think it is too expensive to use it."
Have it? Of course not!
Although the freight rate of An-225 is high, it can transport a lot of materials that cannot be transported. For those that pay attention to timeliness and have a relatively large weight, he is the best choice.
One fresh trick and you can eat it all over the world!
(End of this chapter)