Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 678 Votes are the most important

Yue Ping An came to President Song En's office.

President Song'en was already troubled by the farmers gathering outside. After seeing Yue Ping'an, he did not exchange greetings, but directly asked: "Mr. Yue, do you have a way to solve the farmers' rally outside?"

"Yes, President Song'en, I have a solution." Yue Ping'an continued; "As far as I know, the agricultural machinery purchase contract you signed with Kubota covers a purchase quantity of approximately 10,000 agricultural machinery.

However, 10,000 agricultural machines are simply not enough to distribute to Thai farmers. Many farmers are worried that they will not be able to get their share, so they came to the Agricultural Association to raise their demands, which led to this rally.

In the final analysis, the reason for the farmers' rally is that there is not enough agricultural machinery. If the agricultural association can provide agricultural machinery, then the problem will be solved.

In this regard, we, Fukang Agricultural Machinery, can help. As long as you are willing to give us an order of 5 billion baht, we can provide you with a larger number of agricultural machinery to solve the problem of farmers' gatherings. "

Song En knew that Yue An'an was here to grab orders, and he also guessed what Yue An'an would say.

Songen just smiled slightly, and then said: "Mr. Yue, more than 70% of our Thai population is agricultural, and most of the agricultural population grows rice. Even if you can double the supply of agricultural machinery, most farmers still can't tell the difference. arrive!

As an agricultural country, Thailand has a history of nearly a thousand years. Thailand is the world's largest rice exporter. The number of rice growers in our country is beyond the imagination of many foreigners.

Let alone 5 billion baht of agricultural machinery, even 50 billion baht cannot meet the needs of all Thai farmers. So just increasing the number of agricultural machinery is not enough to solve the current crisis! "

"Talking to us Chinese about agriculture and history? It's like using a knife in front of Guan Gong!" Yue Ping'an was quite disdainful, and said: "Ten thousand agricultural machinery, double that, it's only 20,000, it's really not many . But what if it is doubled?”

"Ten times? You mean 100,000 units?" Surprise flashed across Song En's face.

"What if it is increased fifty times?" Yue An'an smiled confidently, and then said: "President Song'en, if you are willing to give us the order of 5 billion baht, we can provide 500,000 Taiwan’s agricultural machinery is fifty times the current order quantity!”

"This is impossible!" Song En immediately shook his head.

For 500,000 baht, you can only buy 4,000 agricultural machinery produced in Japan. Even if you buy cheap goods produced in China, you can only sell 10,000 units. However, Yue Ping An opened his mouth to sell 500,000 units. At the same price, it is more expensive than Japanese ones. The quantity supplied has increased by more than a hundred times. How is this possible? I am the stupid son of the landlord!

Song En instinctively felt that he had encountered a liar.

Yue Ping An took out a product safety manual, handed it to Song En, and said: "President Song En, if you look at this product manual, you will know whether it is possible."

Song En took the product manual full of doubts and opened it. It was full of various small and micro agricultural machinery, which seemed to be smaller than a trolley.

"Are these considered agricultural machinery?" Song En said with some disdain. In his opinion, agricultural machinery must be at least as big as a four-wheel tractor. How can such small bean sprouts be considered agricultural machinery!

"Although it is a little smaller, it is a genuine agricultural machine. Moreover, the operation of our small agricultural machine is very simple. It does not require training. It takes five minutes to get started and can be operated by one person. It is also easy to maintain, unlike large-scale agricultural machines. Agricultural machinery requires professional maintenance..."

Yue Anping started to introduce the advantages of small and micro agricultural machinery, and finally talked about the price.

“In addition to the advantages I just introduced, the most important thing about our small agricultural machinery is that it is cheap. For example, this small rice rotary tiller only costs 12,000 baht!

And if you purchase it on a large scale, the selling price will be lower. For example, if your order of 5 billion baht is handed over to us, the price of each unit can be reduced to 10,000 baht, and you can purchase it for 5 billion baht. To 500,000 agricultural machines! "

Quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and large-scale industrial production will greatly reduce production costs. If the production scale of this kind of small and micro agricultural machinery can reach 500,000 units, it will be no problem to reduce the cost by one-fifth.

The price of 10,000 baht is indeed very tempting, but looking at the product brochure introducing various "little beans" and their accessories, Song En shook his head: "Mr. Yue, I'm very sorry, what we need is real agricultural machinery. !”

"No, what you need is a sufficient number of agricultural machinery to solve the farmers' rally. As for the model of the agricultural machinery and the size, it doesn't matter!" Yue Ping'an said firmly.

After hearing what Yue An'an said, Song En suddenly fell into silence.

Yue An'an continued: "President Song'en, I admit that large-scale agricultural machinery is more efficient and can greatly improve agricultural productivity. Compared with these small agricultural machinery we produce, it is indeed unsatisfactory. It is only better than using oxen." Just better!

But I have a question. Your decision to purchase 5 billion baht of agricultural machinery is really to promote the improvement of rice production efficiency and agricultural level in your country?

Even if you, President Song'en, have this idea, do the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture also have the same idea? Did the higher-level leaders approve the purchase of 5 billion baht just to promote rice production? Are there no other factors involved? Like an election?

Mr. Song En, I think you must know the real purpose of this 5 billion baht agricultural machinery order. You must also know very well what your superiors want you to do! "

Song En fell into silence again.

The purpose of this 5 billion baht agricultural machinery order is to consolidate the votes of farmers in the election in a few months. As for the technological upgrading of the rice industry, it is just an excuse to allocate 5 billion, incidentally.

And if there are no votes, any upgrading of the rice industry will be nonsense. If the power of power is lost, how about upgrading the woolen rice industry?

In the final analysis, votes are the most important. As long as you can get votes, it doesn't matter whether it is a large farm machine or a small farm machine!

Thinking of this, Song En silently made calculations in her heart.

There are 77 provinces in Thailand. Excluding those areas in the south and mountainous areas where rice cultivation is not large, there are about 50 provinces in Thailand that mainly cultivate rice.

If the 500,000 agricultural machines are evenly distributed among the 50 prefectures, each prefecture will be allocated 10,000 units. Although this is not enough for every household, it can still be taken care of if farmers use them in turns. most of the people.

The prefectures in Thailand are comparable to the counties in China. There are some small prefectures whose area is not as large as a county in China, that is, the size of a township or street. They cannot use 10,000 agricultural machines.

Moreover, the population density of Thailand is similar to that of Yunnan. The population of one province in Thailand is much lower than that of one county in the central and eastern provinces of China.

Calculating it this way, 500,000 agricultural machinery, if carefully planned according to the actual situation of each province, is really enough for the whole of Thailand.

If most farmers could receive agricultural machinery, wouldn't the current gathering be solved?

More importantly, it can also preserve the votes of farmers.

After settling the score, Song En suddenly realized that he had no other choice!

…

Although the Thai Agricultural Association has signed a contract with Kubota, breach of contract is nothing new for Southeast Asian countries. It is nothing more than an excuse.

Japanese companies have been rooted in Southeast Asia for many years, and they are very clear about the virtues of Southeast Asians. The Japanese have long been accustomed to this, and they often take advantage of this to obtain more profits.

For example, for an order, the Japanese first quoted a low price, and the Southeast Asians were greedy for cheap and signed the contract. At this time, the Japanese found a reason and asked for more money. If the Southeast Asians disagreed, then they reduced the allocation, and finally If it's not good, you can make up for it in the after-sales service.

When Japan invested in infrastructure construction in Southeast Asia, it basically looked like this. When the Japanese bid for a highway, it was a two-way four-lane highway. After winning the bid, it was changed to a two-way two-lane highway. For a railway, when the Japanese bid for it, the speed was 200 kilometers per hour. After winning the bid, the speed was changed to less than 100 kilometers per hour.

It is also for this reason that after Kubota received the 5 billion baht order, it directly asked Dayang Machinery to produce OEM products. It was clear that it was using Chinese products as Japanese products to fool the Thai people.

So when Kubota learned that the Thais were canceling the order, although he was a little surprised, he was not surprised.

At the Kubota headquarters in Japan, Minister Takada, who was in charge of this order, asked with a depressed look: "Have you ever found out why the Thais canceled the order?"

"It is said that because 10,000 agricultural machinery is not enough, Thai farmers were worried that they would not be able to get a share, so they took to the streets to protest." The subordinate replied.

"If it's not enough, then order more agricultural machinery and equipment. Why do you have to cancel the order!" Minister Takada snorted coldly.

"The Thais did indeed do this. They canceled our order and then transferred the order to a Chinese company. Because at the same price, this Chinese company can provide more agricultural machinery." The subordinate continued to answer.

"Didn't we also find China's Dayang Machinery for OEM? They are all Chinese companies, and their production costs should be similar? At the same price, the number of agricultural machinery that can be provided should not be much more!" Minister Takada said. .

"It is said that the Chinese company can provide 500,000 agricultural machinery." The subordinate replied.

"This is impossible! It's only 5 billion baht, not 5 billion US dollars. How can you buy 500,000 agricultural machines!" Minister Takada immediately retorted.

"It is said that the Chinese company provides a small hand-pushed agricultural machinery, which is about the size of a stroller and can be operated by one person pushing it." The subordinate replied.

"As big as a stroller? Is this considered agricultural machinery?" Minister Takada curled his lips disdainfully, and continued: "It is probably another cheap product with poor quality. It will break down in two or three days. You know, the Chinese Very good at making bargains like this!”

"Yes, a poor place like Thailand can only use the lowest-end cheap products!" the subordinate said quickly.

Minister Takada snorted coldly: "We promised the Thais before that we would help them build high-speed railways, but now they have canceled the order. Don't they want to build the railways?"

"Minister, with all due respect, high-speed rail is not as important as votes!" his subordinate replied.

"That's right. Although building a railway connecting Bangkok and Chiang Mai can promote the economic development of Thailand as a whole, it is nothing compared to votes!"

Minister Takada sighed lightly and continued: "Although we lost such a large order this time, because it was caused by the farmers' rally in Thailand, it was a force majeure factor, so the responsibility does not lie on our side.

And this time we plan to use OEM production to complete this order, so we will not purchase large quantities of raw materials. Calculating it this way, we just didn't make any money and there was no actual loss. I believe the board of directors can accept this result. "

…

After returning from Thailand, Song Chengde has been in a state of excitement.

Five billion baht is equivalent to one billion yuan. This is already the largest agricultural machinery order ever received in China.

Although Dayang Machinery only took a sip of the soup and Kubota was the one who really got the meat, Song Chengde couldn't help but want to publicize it.

Therefore, in recent times, whether it is interviews or meetings, Song Chengde has refused to accept anyone who comes, and he will not miss any opportunity to show off.

Early in the morning, Song Chengde came to his office. The secretary had already made tea and sent a schedule to Song Chengde for review.

Song Chengde looked at the itinerary and asked, "Has Kubota not sent the product specifications yet?"

"Not yet." The secretary shook his head.

"It is said that the Japanese are very efficient, but I don't think they are that good! We have already purchased all the raw materials here, and they didn't even send us the product specifications for this batch of orders."

Song Chengde was a little dissatisfied, and he continued: "Go and urge Kubota. Let them send the product specifications as soon as possible so that we can start production. But when urging, pay attention to your attitude and be polite. Kubota can't give us an order. Offend them!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The secretary nodded.

At this moment, the phone on Song Chengde's desk rang.

Song Chengde picked up the receiver and said "hello" lazily.

"Chairman, something bad has happened. We just received an email from Kubota. They said that the order in Thailand was cancelled!" the other party said.

Song Chengde jumped up from his chair in shock: "What did you say? The order from Thailand was cancelled? Did you see clearly? Could it be a prank!"

"After receiving the email, I called Kubota specifically to confirm that they were indeed canceling the order in Thailand!" replied the person on the phone.

"Why? Is there something we did not do well enough that offended Kubota! Or is Kubota dissatisfied with the price? Tell Kubota, everything is easy to discuss. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, we can talk again!" Song Chengde said quickly.

"Chairman, I've asked. It's not because of us, but because Thailand canceled the order. Since Thailand's order is gone, Kubota also canceled our order!" replied on the phone.

"Then why did Thailand cancel the order? Didn't it mean that the contract had been signed? Did Kubota offend the Thais?" Song Chengde asked anxiously.

"According to Kubota's reply, they said that the Thai Agricultural Association canceled the order because Thai farmers protested against the purchase of agricultural machinery."

"Can't you just live a normal life? Why are you fooling around?" Song Chengde complained.

"Chairman, I heard that Thais will protest every three days because of big things. This time the order was canceled due to farmers' protests. It is really a force majeure factor." He said comfortingly on the phone.

"Okay, I understand." Song Chengde's mood suddenly hit rock bottom.

The order of five billion baht, even though it only had a mouthful of soup, flew away in vain. Song Chengde naturally couldn't accept it.

However, the next second, Song Chengde suddenly realized a serious problem.

For this 5 billion baht order, Dayang Machinery purchased a large amount of raw materials in advance!

The amount of raw materials that can produce 10,000 agricultural machines is not a small amount. No company will be idle and prepare so many raw materials. Of course, it must be prepared in advance.

Without the 5 billion baht order, Dayang Machinery would have to slowly consume it on its own, and it would take several years to use up this batch of raw materials.

Moreover, in order to purchase this batch of raw materials, Dayang Machinery invested all its funds. Now this fund is equivalent to being locked up, and Dayang Machinery's capital chain may break at any time.

Once the capital chain is broken, the company will immediately face a crisis of survival, and the entire Dayang Machinery Group may also embark on the path of bankruptcy and liquidation.

Thinking that Dayang Group was going to collapse, Song Chengde felt his eyes darken and fainted.

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