Reborn Industrial Tycoon

A foreign businessman with a big beard and a headscarf on his head was holding a linen car seat and looking at it carefully. Judging from the man's clothes, he knew he was from an Arab country.

"Sir, the linen car seat cushions they produce cost US$19," Li Weidong said to the Arab foreign businessmen.

"The gentleman said that their linen car seat cushions only cost $18."

"What this gentleman just said is that their linen car seat cushions are only $15."

"The gentleman over there has lowered the price again, it's only 14 US dollars."

At the exhibition, Li Weidong looked like he was just watching the excitement and didn't mind the trouble, and even acted as a temporary translator for foreign businessmen.

At this time, Li Weidong was like an auctioneer, constantly quoting prices for several surrounding manufacturers, and the prices were naturally getting lower and lower.

In the end, an offer of US$9.2 finally won the Arab foreign businessman.

"Director Wu, congratulations, you have received an order for 3,000 linen car seat cushions, with a total value of 27,600 US dollars." Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Same joy, same joy." Director Wu replied with a smile, and it could be seen that he was not happy in his heart.

The operating costs of such a large state-owned factory are already relatively high. Selling linen car seat cushions for US$9.20 means that the manufacturer does not make any money at all.

Taking into account the foreign exchange used to buy imported knitting machines, it seems that this business is still losing money.

"Director Li, what are you doing?" Ma Dexing's voice sounded from not far away.

"Director Ma!" Li Weidong greeted him with a smile and said, "I'm not just idle, I'm also idle. I can help others with their goods."

"Bringing goods?" Ma Dexing didn't know what this word meant.

"I just help other manufacturers sell goods. I see that many people from our fraternal units are not proficient in English and cannot communicate normally with foreign guests, so I came over to help!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Director Li, you didn't sell any cushions this morning, so you just helped others?" Ma Dexing said with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Didn't I watch a few good shows by the way?" Li Weidong leaned into Ma Dexing's ear and lowered his voice and said: "This price reduction war is really enjoyable. Just now, a manufacturer in northern Hunan lowered the price to 8.8 US dollars!

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Li Weidong's cheerful look made him feel happier than selling the goods himself.

"You are not just watching the fun, I think you are clearly deliberately stirring up trouble!" Ma Dexing frowned, and then said: "It's true that these manufacturers only know how to undermine each other and lower each other's prices, but they don't know how to stick together.

What! Something that costs 29 US dollars can’t even be sold for a fraction of 9 US dollars in the end!”

"It's normal. One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat. You see there are so many monks here, all looking after themselves, of course they have to sell at a loss!

If they knew how to cooperate, they wouldn't have just started producing linen car seat cushions without consulting us! Now the goods can't be sold at a high price, and they deserve it! Who asked them to copy my products?" Li Weidong said proudly.

Li Weidong is not the kind of big man with lofty ideals. He is a refined egoist. Collaboration and building a price alliance are not in Li Weidong's consideration at all.

Li Weidong is not interested in such righteous matters as revitalizing national industries, organizing industry alliances, and fighting foreign monopolies. He alone has the ability to integrate so many state-owned enterprises, let alone drive an industry. These are all

It is something that the country takes the lead in doing, and it is not something that Li Weidong, a common man, should worry about.

Li Weidong is still very clear about his ability.

What's more, things like price alliances should be led by ministries and commissions. Now the ministries and commissions don't care and let these manufacturers fight price wars. Li Weidong is already full, so why bother meddling in that business!

Li Weidong is even eager to let these large state-owned enterprises kill the business of linen car seat cushions. It is best for everyone not to make money. This kind of state-owned enterprises that take up a lot of national resources but have no R&D capabilities and only commit plagiarism should do so as soon as possible.

If it goes bankrupt, it can save the country some money.

Ma Dexing also saw that Li Weidong had been nothing but a troublemaker this morning. He sighed helplessly and said, "Director Li, I think you should take a rest and save your breath. I just received the news.

Gordon has already left the White Swan Hotel and should be coming to the exhibition site."

"Gordon is here!" Li Weidong immediately cheered up, straightened his collar, and then said: "It's finally my time to sell goods."

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Gordon finally appeared at the Canton Fair.

Wal-Mart is a big customer, and a random order can cost millions of dollars, so the glasses secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation came to the scene in person to act as translator for Gordon.

Walking down one exhibition area after another, Gordon was already dazzled by what he saw, but there was no product he liked.

After all, Wal-Mart is a retailer. It sells daily necessities that are used in daily life, such as cloth, silk and other primary industrial products. Wal-Mart definitely does not need it. It also expects Americans to buy two feet of cloth in person.

Clothes?

As for the processed clothing and shoes, in Gordon's opinion, they are really ugly. Not only are the styles backward, but the color combination is also ugly. The pattern of red flowers and green leaves can be worn without being laughed at!

To put it simply, most of the products at the Canton Fair are not suitable for sale in Wal-Mart. Gordon only visited an ancient Chinese art exhibition at that time. Although he kept making exclamations of exclamation, he did not buy a single thing.

"Zhuang, what exhibition area is in front of you?" Gordon asked, pointing to the front.

The secretary of the glasses man shop immediately replied: "In front is the seat cushion exhibition area. The linen car seat cushions you purchased at the last Canton Fair are in that exhibition area."

"Oh, then I have to go take a look." Gordon said and walked forward.

Gordon is a big fish. Exhibitors from all provinces all know that Gordon is the largest customer of linen car seat cushions. When they saw Gordon coming over, they all got very excited and looked eager to give it a try.

At the last Canton Fair, Gordon purchased a full 100,000 sets of linen car seat cushions, plus 100,000 front seat cushions. Although the price of linen car seat cushions has been reduced now, if Gordon can win over the 100,000 sets,

Linen car seat cushions can earn millions of dollars in foreign exchange earnings from exports.

Finally, one of the exhibitors couldn't help but stood up and said, "Sir, do you want to see my linen car seat cushions? A set only costs 15 US dollars!"

"15 US dollars?" Gordon was slightly startled. He remembered that he bought it half a year ago, but it cost 29 US dollars a set.

Driven by curiosity, Gordon walked over and took a look at the exhibitor's linen car seat. It was really the same as the one he bought half a year ago.

"It's so much cheaper. Has the price been reduced?" Gordon thought to himself.

At this time, another exhibitor had already come over to grab business.

"Sir, my product only costs 14 US dollars! Please see, it is also a linen car seat cushion, exactly the same!"

"Sir, take a look at our products, they cost 13 US dollars a set!"

"Sir, please don't leave. The $15 I just mentioned is just a preliminary quotation. If you really plan to place an order, the price can still be negotiated. We can reduce the price to $12 a set!"

"If you buy more than 100,000 sets at a time, I can sell them for 11 US dollars!"

"Here, if you buy 100,000 sets, you can buy them at the price of US$10 per set!"

The price war has begun again.

Gordon felt confused at this time. Before he even said a word, the price of this linen car seat cushion was reduced from 15 US dollars to 10 US dollars. And according to this trend, there is still room for further price reductions.

Gordon looked at everyone in confusion and asked: "Gentlemen, I have a question, why are your linen car seat cushions so cheap? I was here in the first half of the year. At that time, I had a set of linen car seat cushions.

It costs 29 US dollars! Have the materials of your products changed?”

The secretary of the village, a man with glasses next to him, quickly explained: "Mr. Gordon, the price reduction of linen car seat cushions is mainly due to the increase in production capacity. During the Canton Fair in the first half of the year, there was only one company in our country that produced linen car seat cushions.

Now, there are more than a dozen companies producing linen car seat cushions. As the production volume increases, the price has naturally dropped. I can guarantee that the materials are still the original materials and the quality is also the original quality. You can definitely purchase with confidence!"

Secretary Zhuang was embarrassed to say that it was because of the price war between these manufacturers that the linen car seat cushions were sold at such a low price.

"So that's it." Gordon nodded, but a depressed expression appeared on his face.

Gordon has very rich purchasing experience. At this time, he has seen that the real reason for the price reduction of linen car seat cushions is not the increase in production capacity, but a group of manufacturers fighting a price war in order to grab orders.

This kind of price war between manufacturers is what buyers most want to see, but when Gordon remembered that he spent a high price of 29 US dollars to purchase linen car seat cushions in the first half of the year, he felt panicked.

"It was too expensive to buy in the first half of the year. If there were $10 linen car seat cushions at that time, we at Wal-Mart could have made more!" Gordon thought to himself.

At this time, everyone saw that Gordon was silent and thought that Gordon was interested in the $10 offer. So someone immediately said: "Sir, I can give you a preferential price, $9.50!"

"Sir [51 fo], our special price is US$9.2."

"Sir, we're at $9!"

The second round of price war began again, but every new quotation made Gordon feel his heart bleed.

"I spent $29 on something worth $9. I lost a lot. I lost a lot!"

Finally, the offer was reduced to $8.5, which was the lowest offer in history.

After the exhibitor quoted the price of 8.5 US dollars, he looked at Gordon eagerly. There was no profit at all at this price, so the exhibitor hoped that Gordon could buy more, so that he could earn more foreign exchange through exports, which was also regarded as a leader in the factory.

political achievements.

However, Gordon waved his hand: "Gentlemen, I'm very sorry. I just came here to take a look this time. I don't intend to buy this kind of linen car seat cushion."

"Why don't you buy it? Is it because our products are not cheap enough? Sir, if you think the price is not suitable, we can discuss it again!" the exhibitor said hurriedly.

"You misunderstood. I am very satisfied with the price, but we at Walmart have no demand for linen car seat cushions." Gordon shook his head and said.

"How is this possible? There are so many cars in the United States, how come there is no demand for linen car seat cushions? Didn't you buy 100,000 sets in the first half of the year!" someone asked.

Gordon slowly explained: "It is autumn in the United States now, and winter is about to begin. The weather will get colder and it will snow in many places. Even in the deserts of Southern California, there is no need for this kind of linen car."

cushion!"

"Mr. Gordon, do you mean that you won't sell car seat cushions this time?" the secretary of the bespectacled store asked from the side.

Gordon nodded: "Although the price of linen car seat cushions is very cheap, I will not purchase products that I don't need!"

"Americans won't buy it!" All the exhibitors suddenly looked like they were mourning for their heirs. They originally expected Gordon, a big customer, to buy more goods, but they didn't expect them to want any of them!

At this time, Li Weidong, who was in the corner, finally stood up and picked up a wool car seat cushion.

"Are you done with this bunch of foodies? It's my turn!"