Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 286 The earth is so dangerous, I want to go back to Mars (please subscribe)

The three people looked at the evaluation report card, dumbfounded.

The Fukang lawn mower that took the lawn mower order turned out to be the product that ranked last in the test!

This result is unacceptable to all three people.

"How is this possible! Fukang lawn mowers are ranked last, how could Cook pick them? Ikeda-kun, are you mistaken?" President Nakamura asked.

Ikeda hesitated for a few seconds, then shook his head: "You can't be wrong. This Fukang lawn mower is an unfamiliar brand. We have never heard of it before. If the organizer didn't check the information specifically, they would definitely

Don’t know this brand.”

"But this Fukang lawn mower ranked last in the agricultural machinery evaluation! There are so many better products to choose from, why did Cook choose them?" President Nakamura questioned again.

Qi Mu, who was next to him, also said: "Besides, it is a Chinese company, and the agricultural machinery manufactured with Chinese technology, I doubt whether it can be started!"

Ikeda also nodded: "You two are right, this matter is really strange. There are so many excellent brands to choose from, but you have to choose the worst agricultural machinery from China. This is completely contrary to common sense.

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"Americans are not idiots. How can they ignore good products and buy bad products?" President Nakamura said: "I guess it must be this Fukang lawn mower that used some shady means.

That’s why the Americans placed the order with them!”

"President Nakamura, what are the shameful methods you are referring to?" Saiki asked without knowing why.

"Nine times out of ten, it's some fraudulent means!" President Nakamura paused and then said: "It's like a fraudster, setting up a game to defraud other people's money. This Beverly Company must have used something like this

This way, Cook was fooled, so he placed an order with them!"

"That makes sense! If it weren't for deception, Cook wouldn't have given the lawn mower order to the Chinese!" Saiki nodded in agreement, and then asked: "President Nakamura, what should we do?

Do you want to call the police?”

"Call the police? Do you have evidence? And based on the efficiency of our Japanese police, by the time they find out something, the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition has already ended!" President Nakamura said, shaking his head.

"Are we going to let Fukang Lawn Mower use deception to steal our orders?" Qi Mu said with an angry look on his face.

President Nakamura thought for a moment and said: "We can report it to the organizer! Let the organizer intervene in the investigation, which will be much more efficient. I think the organizer does not want a fraud scandal to appear at the exhibition it sponsors!"

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As the operating director of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, Taro Mito arrived at the exhibition site more than half an hour in advance to make preparations.

"Director Mito, someone is looking for you outside." A staff member came over and said: "It's President Nakamura of Nakamura Lawn Mower, Section Chief Saiki of Honda Lawn Mower, and Section Chief Ikeda of Mitsubishi Lawn Mower.

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"They are all lawn mower manufacturers. I wonder what they want from me! Please come in!" Mito Taro said.

After a while, President Nakamura, Saiki and Ikeda were invited in.

After saying hello, Mito Taro asked directly: "What are the three of you coming to see me for?"

"It's me. We found an exhibitor who was suspected of using fraudulent means to trick customers into signing contracts." President Nakamura said.

"There is such a thing!" Mito Taro was shocked. If this is true, it would be a big trouble. If there is another scandal, the entire Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition will be implicated.

So Mito Taro asked: "President Nakamura, can you explain in detail?"

"Of course." President Nakamura continued; "Yesterday, the American merchant Cook placed an order of US$7.7 million with a Fukang lawn mower. However, this Fukang lawn mower, in the evaluation of the lawn mower,

It’s the one with the worst performance. We have reason to suspect that Fukang Lawnmower used some shady means, such as fraud, to get Cook’s order!”

Mito Taro frowned and said, "In other words, you are just suspicious now, but there is no evidence!"

"Director Mito, although we have no substantive evidence, the logic supports our reasoning. At the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, there are many excellent agricultural machinery products, including Honda, Mitsubishi, and our Nakamura, but why do American merchants

Choose the worst product?

This makes no sense in theory. Unless that Fukang lawn mower used fraudulent means, just like those scammers, deliberately setting up a trap to deceive people. The American merchants were obviously fooled by the design of Fukang lawn mower.

It’s a trap, that’s why I placed the order with them!” President Nakamura said.

As expected of Japan, per capita reasoning is proficient!

Mito Taro nodded slightly, but did not express his position, as if he was thinking about the authenticity of President Nakamura's words.

President Nakamura saw that Mito Taro was hesitant, so he continued to persuade: "Director Mito, I think your organizer should at least conduct a basic investigation. If you ignore it completely, if there is really fraud involved,

In the future, American businessmen come to their senses and make things worse, which will also affect the reputation of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Show!"

Mito Taro was moved in his heart. He felt that what President Nakamura said made sense. If it was really involved in fraud, it would definitely affect the reputation of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition.

What's more, the customer who was defrauded was an American!

No one should suffer, not American dad!

So Mito Taro decided to conduct an investigation into this matter.

"President Nakamura, you just said that this Fukang lawn mower has the worst performance in agricultural machinery evaluation?" Mito Taro asked.

"Yes, the evaluation form for the one with the worst score is still posted on the bulletin board!" President Nakamura said.

"I will call the experts who participated in the evaluation over now and ask what the situation is." Mito Taro said, then picked up the phone and dialed a number.

After a while, an agricultural machinery expert who participated in the evaluation and scoring that day was called over.

"Professor Inoue, I invite you here this time because I want to ask you something. Do you still remember the evaluation of household lawn mowers?" Mito Taro asked straight to the point.

"I'm impressed." Professor Inoue nodded and then asked, "What do you want to know?"

"Then do you remember that there was a Fukang lawn mower?" Mito Taro then asked.

"Of course I remember, it was a lawn mower produced by a Chinese company," Professor Inoue said.

"How about the performance of this Fukang lawn mower?" Mito Taro continued to ask.

"It's very bad. It's just a piece of garbage! Everything our Japanese companies made twenty years ago is much better than that Fukang lawn mower."

Professor Inoue continued: "That Fukang lawn mower has the lowest score in all aspects. I remember that their blade life is less than 7 hectares! Our Japanese product of the same model has a blade life of 20 hectares.

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When scoring, we found that if we follow the previously established scoring standards, Fukang lawn mowers can only score forty points. This score is really too low. If it were announced, wouldn't it bring down our Hokkaido agricultural machinery?

The quality of the show! So after discussion, we decided to give Fukang Lawn Mower a passing score of 60 points!”

"It turns out that 60 points was just a friendship point! So, that Fukang lawn mower is really a very poor product!" At this time, Taro Mito had already believed President Nakamura's judgment.

American customers are not fools, so how could they ignore good products and buy a bunch of junk products instead?

He must have been deceived!

"I remember that Chinese agricultural machinery companies organized a group to participate in the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. I'd better inform the Chinese group cadres about this first!"

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After ten o'clock in the morning, the number of visitors at the agricultural machinery exhibition gradually began to increase. Even in remote booths like the agricultural machinery hall, people would stop.

There is still a huge gap between someone who wants to buy it and someone who wants to buy it. Compared with big foreign brands, domestic agricultural machinery lags behind by 20 to 30 years, so how can it be favored by customers?

Moreover, the design concept of domestic agricultural machinery is also inherited from the agricultural machinery of the Soviet Union. Compared with the sophisticated agricultural machinery of Japan, that kind of thick, old and heavy agricultural machinery is instantly outclassed.

As a result, many visitors to the agricultural machinery exhibition area feel more like they are watching an antique agricultural machinery exhibition. Words such as "My grandfather has one of these agricultural machinery at home" are endless.

Although these words sound hurtful, there is nothing you can do about it. Who can let their agricultural machinery fall behind?

After wandering around other exhibition areas, Liang Xin returned to his own exhibition area with a heart full of envy.

The advanced agricultural machinery exhibited by foreign agricultural machinery companies made Liang Xin deeply aware of the gap between China's agricultural machinery and developed countries, and this gap cannot be caught up in a short time.

"The gap is at least thirty years. I don't know how many generations it will take to catch up!" Liang Xin sighed deeply in his heart.

As an official of the Agricultural Machinery Department, Liang Xin can be regarded as a professional in the field of agricultural machinery. At the technical level, he may not be as good as those experts from the Agricultural Machinery Research Institute, but when it comes to the development of the agricultural machinery industry, Liang Xin still has two brushes.

Agricultural machinery is a comprehensive reflection of a country's manufacturing capabilities. Agricultural machinery manufacturing is not just a simple set of machines, but also includes many fields such as mechanical design, machinery manufacturing, materials technology, and metal smelting.

In these fields, China lags behind developed countries in all aspects. If China's agricultural machinery wants to catch up with the level of developed countries, other related fields must also keep up. This will be a huge project.

Liang Xin was thinking about the future development direction of China's agricultural machinery, and Taro Mito came to visit him at this time.

"Hello, Mr. Liang, my name is Taro Mito, and I am the operating director of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition." Taro Mito introduced himself in English.

It took Liang Xin a lot of effort to understand this sentence in English. He knew that the operating director should be the person who can take charge of things at the agricultural machinery exhibition, so Liang Xin also asked in English: "Excuse me, Director Mito, what can I do for you?"

What?"

"It's like this. An exhibitor from your country is very likely to be suspected of fraud. Next, we will conduct an investigation on it and specially notify Mr. Liang." Mito Taro said.

"What? Fraud? How is this possible!" Liang Xin looked incredulous.

"I remember that before going abroad, we emphasized diplomatic discipline many times. Moreover, these people in our exhibition group are all leading cadres of state-owned enterprises. They still have basic moral qualities. How could they commit fraud?"

Thinking of this, Liang Xin said: "Director Mito, could it be that there is a mistake, or is there any misunderstanding here?"

"I also hope this is a misunderstanding!" Mito Taro continued: "Mr. Liang, you don't have to worry too much. I just said it was just suspected of fraud. As for whether it is real fraud, we will not know until after the investigation."

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"Okay!" Liang Xin nodded, and then asked: "Which exhibitor is suspected of fraud?"

"It's Fukang Company!" Mito Taro said.

"Fukang Company?" Liang Xin was slightly taken aback and did not react for a moment. He remembered that this company should not be in his exhibition group.

Mito Taro continued: "Their product is Fukang lawn mower!"

When mentioning the lawnmower, Liang Xin finally remembered Li Weidong.

"I want to come!" Liang Xin let out a long breath and said, "Mr. Mito, Fukang Company is not a company in our exhibition group!"

"Isn't Fukang a Chinese company?" Mito Taro asked in surprise.

"It is a Chinese company, but it is not in our exhibition group! This Fukang company participated in the exhibition on its own and is not restricted by me. It has nothing to do with our exhibition group." Liang Xin quickly clarified the relationship.

"That's it!" Mito Taro bowed apologetically: "Mr. Liang, I'm very sorry, it was me who was rude!"

"Remember that Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory is just a county-level collective enterprise! This kind of small business is really unreliable. If you don't keep an eye on it, something will happen! It is suspected of fraud. That is a crime and the police will catch it.

Although Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory is not a company in our Agricultural Machinery Hall exhibition group, if it is really involved in fraud, it will also lose the face of our Chinese enterprises. I still went over to see what is going on."

Thinking of this, Liang Xin said: "Mr. Mito, I know where Fukang Company's exhibition area is, why don't I take you there! And I also want to know what happened."

"Okay, then we have Mr. Lao Liang!" Mito Taro was not polite either.

Liang Xin led Mito Taro to find Li Weidong.

After Liang Xin left, other people in the exhibition area of ​​the Agricultural Machinery Hall began to talk.

"What happened? Why is a Japanese here? Who is this Japanese?"

"I heard that the Japanese is an official at the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition!"

"A Japanese official? Why did he come to our Secretary-General Liang? Is there some diplomatic dispute?"

"That's not to say. From what the Japanese said, it seems that a Chinese company is involved in the fraud case."

"Scam in Japan? How serious is the matter? Who is it?" The person who asked this question couldn't help but look at his companions around him.

"No need to look for it, he's not from our exhibition group!" The man paused and then said, "Do you remember that Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory? It was the county agricultural machinery factory that had its own booth."

"Of course I remember. Their booth is much better than ours! Is it the Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory that defrauded the Japanese?"

"It's them. Secretary-General Liang, why don't you just follow them and see what's going on?"

Ding Yuanfeng was also listening, and every word of the discussion reached Ding Yuanfeng's ears.

"Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory, fraud? God help me, "Agricultural Machinery Daily" has new material! Li Weidong, you are dead this time!"

Thinking of this, Ding Yuanfeng hurried to a nearby convenience store and bought a phone card. He wanted to continue breaking the news to Editor Huang!

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Li Weidong saw Liang Xin from a long distance away.

"Why are the leaders of the Agricultural Machinery Department here again? Could it be that they already know that I signed a large order worth 7.7 million US dollars, so they come to praise me? Just in time, I can use this method to get our factory's agricultural machinery subsidies back!"

Thinking of this, Li Weidong smiled and greeted him.

"The leaders are here to inspect the work, my place is really brilliant!" Li Weidong greeted with enthusiasm.

Liang Xin, who was opposite him, had a serious expression, which immediately made Li Weidong feel like his face was hot but his butt was cold.

"Is it possible that you are not here to praise me?" Li Weidong thought to himself.

Liang Xin pointed at Taro Mito next to him and introduced: "Director Li, this is Mr. Taro Mito, the operating director of the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition. Taro Mito has something I want to know from you."

"The operations director should be a cadre from the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Exhibition! What does he want from me?"

Although Li Weidong was confused, he still greeted Taro Mito in Japanese: "Hello, Director Mito. My name is Li Weidong. I am the director of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory. Please take care of me for the first time."

"Do you speak Japanese?" Mito Taro and Liang Xin asked in unison, but of these two people, one spoke Japanese and the other spoke Chinese.

Li Weidong was suddenly at a loss. He didn't know whether to answer Taro Mito in Japanese or Liang Xin in Chinese.

Liang Xin secretly thought in his heart: "This Li Weidong can speak Japanese, so there is no way he can defraud in Japan!"

Taro Mito almost had the same idea: "Speaking Japanese so fluently, it seems that he was well prepared to defraud people at the Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Show!"

Li Weidong pondered for a moment, and decided to call Mito Taro first.

So Li Weidong asked: "Director Mito, I wonder what you want to see me for?"

"I have a few questions to ask you, and I hope Mr. Li can answer them truthfully!" Taro Mito asked.

Li Weidong nodded: "As long as it does not involve commercial secrets, I will definitely tell Director Mito what I know."

"Okay then, I'll ask a question." Mito Taro said and actually took out a small tape recorder.

"Mr. Li, you don't mind if I want to record, right?" Mito Taro asked.

"It doesn't matter. You can tell people everything you want!" Li Weidong put on an indifferent expression, but he was already paying full attention.

I heard Taro Mito ask: "Mr. Li, yesterday, you signed an order worth 7.7 million US dollars?"

"Yes, this order is from Mr. Cook in the United States to purchase lawn mowers. I reported the amount of the order to the organizer yesterday." Li Weidong paused and then said:

"But when it comes to the specific details of the order, I can't tell you without Mr. Cook's permission! Firstly, this is a commercial secret, and secondly, I have to protect the privacy of my customers. I also hope that Director Mito can understand."

Taro Mito then asked: "Mr. Li, how did you get this order?"

"What kind of problem is this? I sell things and customers buy things. Isn't it natural?"

Li Weidong thought for a moment and said, "Well, to be able to sell products, of course you need sales skills!"

"What sales technique is it?" Mito Taro asked with persistence.

"Is there something wrong with Japan's brain? Do you want me to give you a marketing lesson?"

Li Weidong complained in his heart, but he still answered: "There are many sales techniques. I mainly introduce the advantages of my products to my customers."

"What else?" Mito Taro asked next.

"I also appropriately pointed out the shortcomings of other similar products. This should be considered a common sales method, right?" Li Weidong replied patiently.

"Apart from this, didn't you use other methods?" Mito Taro looked like he was breaking the pot and asking the question.

Li Weidong thought for a while and replied: "If we talk about other methods, does discount count? On the final price, I gave the customer a slight discount."

What Li Weidong said are all conventional methods used to sell products, methods that every salesperson knows. This is obviously not the answer Mito Taro wants.

"It seems that there is no answer for Li Weidong here!" Mito Taro thought of this and said, "Mr. Li, do you have anything else to add?"

"Supplement? No more." Li Weidong shook his head in confusion.

"Well, I have sent someone to ask Mr. Cook to come over. I hope that when Mr. Cook comes here later, he will give the same answer." Mito Taro said coldly.

Li Weidong was still confused, he didn't know what happened.

"What exactly is the situation? This Mito Taro came here just to ask these strange questions? Are there no marketing courses in Japanese universities? Or do Japanese companies not provide sales training?

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Li Weidong was filled with doubts. Then he looked at Liang Xin next to him and asked in Chinese: "Leader, what is going on?"

"What did he ask you?" Liang Xin asked.

The conversation between Li Weidong and Mito Taro was in Japanese, so Liang Xin could not understand it.

"He asked a few strange questions." Li Weidong continued: "Boss, please tell me what you know first. I feel confident!"

"Forget it." Liang Xin said, "They said you were suspected of fraud!"

"What? Fraud?" Li Weidong was confused. He came to participate in an agricultural machinery exhibition, so why did he become a suspect?

The earth is so dangerous! I want to go back to Mars!

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