Great Power Technology

This meeting was long, cumbersome, and even boring. After entering the third topic, the two parties' competition for "exchange conditions" even reached the point where every penny was exchanged. Both parties have the strongest negotiation ability in the world. As a team, these extremely professional negotiators are constantly tit-for-tat on details, trying to consume the other party's energy to the greatest extent, thereby reducing the other party's judgment and striving for their own interests to the greatest extent.

After the meeting entered the second half, the two sides even began to push back and forth over the grain import plan of just a few dozen tons. Everyone knew that reaching an agreement was not the purpose, and they all knew that this push and pull was meaningless, but they just had to go. Do.

This is an extremely contradictory thing, yet it is a common tactic in such high-level business negotiations.

A meeting that was originally planned to end within 6 hours ended up being stretched to a full 12 hours. Everyone was exhausted, but no truly meaningful conclusion was reached at all.

All the details were scheduled for the next meeting, and the next meeting was scheduled just one day later.

The other party's intention is obvious. They just want to seize China's weaknesses in such high-intensity negotiations.

After walking out of the conference room, the spokesperson entered an independent conference room, where a video conference was taking place, and the people participating in the conference were all the most powerful people in the country.

"Judging from the current situation, the other party wants to use this method to drag us into passiveness. Although the effect of this has not yet appeared, it will be difficult for us to continue talking round after round. Keep your pace."

"Judging from the current situation, although we have an advantage in the energy field, the overall situation is still dominated by the other party, especially since the other party gathers giant companies with the most say in the energy field."

"We have to find a way to break the situation."

Several people on the screen nodded, and then one of them said:

"They want to put pressure on us, that's clear. But it's not just them who can put pressure, we can also put pressure on them in our own way."

"You are right. The other party still has the advantage in the overall structure, but this does not mean that we do not have advantageous areas and industries."

"A negotiation, from a larger perspective, is never about a single issue, but rather takes into account the overall strength of both parties."

"The competition in the energy field will inevitably become entangled. This is a situation we have long expected. After all, as the master said, the corpse of capital will not be buried in the ground immediately. They need a period of time. Time to decay.”

"So, we are going to add some extra spice to them and burn their bodies directly."

"what do you mean?"

the spokesman asked with some confusion.

"Let's start our own restriction plan. Let's start with these four aspects: rare earths, raw material silicon, gantry cranes, and shipping."

"clear!"

The spokesman turned and left, and then orders were issued from this small office to all relevant key companies.

The next morning, several domestic companies with monopoly positions in the international market sent notices to their partners.

"Due to the increasing difficulty of raw material mining and rising transportation costs, we plan to increase the supply price of rare earth raw materials by 150% this time. The duration of the contract will not be affected, and the price increase will start from the next contract period."

"Due to the shortage of international freight containers and the company's operating profit considerations, our company has decided to suspend the supply of silicon raw materials to customers with high transportation costs. If you still need silicon materials, please negotiate with us for trade term changes in the existing contract and bear the responsibility For international freight responsibility, we will compensate for the freight costs.”

"Due to the serious situation of overseas XX, and for the sake of employee health and life safety, we have decided to postpone sending maintenance engineers to you. You can seek other third-party agents for the maintenance work of the giant gantry crane project you are using, and we will bear all Corresponding fees."

Among all the official notices, the notice from China Merchants Shipping is particularly concise.

"There are no boxes, and your goods will not be shipped."

The overseas companies that received this notice almost vomited blood.

No more boxes? Then why didn't you tell me earlier? !

It is true that the shortage of containers in the current environment is a fact, and it is true that many originally scheduled freight plans have been postponed because the containers are not available. However, is it such a coincidence this time that companies in our country cannot allocate boxes? ?

What the hell are you talking about?

Although there will be a certain percentage of liquidated damages for delayed shipments due to the shipping company, but in the current situation where shipping is a complete seller's market, who dares to ask China Merchants Shipping for liquidated damages?

Traders all over the world are pointing at them. Do you really not want to ship your next batch of goods?

The pressure suddenly came to the official side of the Ugly Country. These businessmen were not fools. They all knew that there must have been something wrong with the energy negotiations a day ago, which caused the Chinese company to use this kind of revenge.

In the strategic analysis office, Johnson frowned.

This time, there was not only him in the conference room, but also a group of senior officials from the white house.

The analyst stood nervously in front of the screen and reported the latest situation, with an imperceptible tremor in his voice.

"Although the opponent's four strategies cannot have a major impact on us in a short period of time, it is undeniable that all of them will bring us additional difficulties."

"Currently our reserves of rare earth raw materials are below the danger level. If enough materials cannot be obtained in a short period of time, many industrial sectors will not be able to maintain normal operations."

"In addition, gantry cranes are also a big problem. ZPMC has made it clear that it will no longer provide maintenance services for gantry cranes, and according to them, we should find a third party for maintenance."

"But the problem is that there is no one else but them that can maintain this kind of super-large gantry crane."

"This will greatly affect the throughput of our port. If combined with the freight restrictions of China Merchants Shipping, a conservative estimate is that at least 60% of our goods will be delayed at the port and cannot be shipped out, and even imported goods will not be shipped out. Find a way to dock."

"Light industry and daily necessities will immediately fall into shortages, prices will rise, and financial fluctuations will cause serious problems."

Sitting opposite him, Guan frowned, nodded, and asked:

"Don't we have any other alternatives? Apart from China Merchants Shipping, can't other shipping companies squeeze out additional shipping capacity?"

"It's difficult. Because the import and export centers have gathered in China, they now have the most containers in the world. Even if other companies have ships, they can't find the boxes. This is the biggest problem."

“We can’t build our own containers?”

"Sir, 96% of the world's containers are made in China. We don't have this industry at all."

After hearing his words, everyone in the office fell silent.

Prior to this, they had imagined many possible responses from China, including actions in rare earths, energy, and batteries. However, they ignored their own disadvantages in international freight.

This is a side move, an extremely cruel and effective side move.

What makes them even more distressed is that all those who issued the notices are commercial companies, and the other party can completely interpret these actions as purely commercial activities.

That's right, I'm going to raise the price, so you don't have to buy it.

I just don’t want to ship the silicon raw materials because the freight is too high. I have said that I can change the trade terms and I will make compensation.

As long as you can find a shipping company to ship it to you, that's fine.

But the question is, can it be found?

The notice from Merchant Freight has already given the answer.

Combination punches.

A combination of punches hitting the seven inches of international freight.

Johnson's face was ashen. During the period when he served as the main decision-maker in this office, he almost destroyed his own advantage with his own hands, and now, the consequences have appeared.

He never expected that since he didn't know how long ago, he had only been able to get hold of other people's necks, but now, the other party's hand had actually got hold of his own neck.

But on his side, he was about to suffocate.