Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 595 They are all stupid

In the conference room, several Indian bureaucrats were talking.

"The price quoted by the Chinese is really too high. A small part costs hundreds of dollars. It is impossible for us to accept such a price."

"If all of this batch of damaged equipment were repaired according to the prices offered by the Chinese, it would cost millions of dollars in repair fees!"

"The price quoted by the Chinese is simply blackmail. Those parts are not worth so much money at all."

"We must not give in to the Chinese and tell them that we will not accept such a high price."

"That's right, we can't compromise. There are too many construction machinery companies in the world. At worst, we will find others to repair it!"

"Yes, Caterpillar in the United States, Liebherr in Germany, and Volvo in Sweden. Their technology is much better than that of the Chinese. We can invite them over and they will definitely help us repair the equipment."

"You're right. The Chinese have already provided us with a list of parts that need to be replaced. We just need to take this list and go to other companies and ask them to send people over to help us repair the equipment."

"We in India have such a large population and such a big market, those foreign companies will definitely rush to serve us!"

The bureaucrats discussed for a long time and finally decided to ask for reinforcements from other countries.

And such an important task naturally fell on Naravani.

As India's officially designated construction machinery purchaser, Naravani has established communication channels with major construction machinery companies, and he is obviously the most suitable contact person.

So Naravani contacted major construction machinery companies again and inquired from them.

The Indians thought that they could get lower prices using this method, but the result was exactly the opposite. The maintenance prices given by the international giants in the construction machinery industry were more expensive than those of Fukang Engineering!

The prices of international giants' products are originally two to three times that of Chinese products, so as long as the product's part-to-part ratio is between 300% and 500%, the price they offer for parts is ten times that of Li Weidong.

The price is about the same.

In addition, labor costs in European and American countries are relatively high. European and American companies do not charge labor hours like Fukang Engineering, but only parts and labor. In this way, Fukang Engineering's quotation is cheaper.

In fact, Li Weidong quoted ten times the price. He did not just pick it up, but calculated it long ago. This price happened to be the same as or slightly lower than the price quoted by developed countries. This made the Indians have no choice except Fukang Project.

A better choice.

So the bureaucrats had to gather together again and hold a meeting to discuss solutions.

"The quotations from European and American companies are also very high, almost the same as those from the Chinese. For example, for a component called a vibration shaft, the Chinese quoted a price of 6,000 US dollars, Germany's Liebherr also quoted a price of 6,000 US dollars, and Sweden's Volvo quoted a price of US$6,000.

That’s $6,100!”

"So the product quotations of Chinese and German products are the same? Then why should we choose Chinese products? At the same price, we must give priority to German products!"

"But when Germany sends maintenance workers over, they charge labor fees. To replace such a shock shaft, they charge 10% of the labor time, which is $600! And we also need to pay for air tickets, food and accommodation, and

It must be a five-star hotel.”

"10%? 600 US dollars? Why is it so expensive! You have to stay in a five-star hotel, which is a big expense. Liebherr is simply extorting! We will never agree."

"Germany's labor is inherently more expensive! But if you include labor costs, the Chinese offer is even cheaper!"

Everyone immediately fell into silence. After going around and around, China's quotation was still cheaper, which meant that they had been doing useless work these days.

Finally, someone spoke up and said: "I learned about a situation. Although the engineering equipment we purchased from China this time was an order for one company, in fact, this batch of products included products from multiple companies. In this case, do we

You can go to other Chinese companies to inquire about prices, and they will say they won’t be cheaper.”

"Good idea. I know a trader. When he does business with the Chinese, he will inquire from multiple dealers, and will also use the relationship between them as competitors to lower the price. This way he can easily

Get a rock bottom price!”

"Okay, let's do this. Let our buyers contact other Chinese companies, and then let these Chinese companies bid. This way we will definitely get a much lower price than now!"

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The matter once again fell on Naravani, who had no choice but to follow the instructions of the bureaucrats and contact Chinese construction machinery companies.

According to Naravani's plan, he will first inquire about prices from various companies, then take the lowest price among them, and then lower the price from other companies, and repeat this process until he gets the lowest price.

However, to Naravani's surprise, the business fell through just after entering the inquiry stage. No Chinese construction machinery company was willing to take the maintenance order.

This time, Chinese companies are united as never before, and the past situation of lowering each other's prices to grab orders has not happened.

When Li Weidong transferred the order to them, he had already said that Fukang Engineering must be responsible for the maintenance of this batch of construction machinery, and he also signed a contract. If each company breaches the contract, it will have to pay liquidated damages.

Moreover, Li Weidong took the initiative to send out orders for everyone to make, and he only earned a maintenance fee. If other companies even grabbed this money, it would be equivalent to ruining the meal, which would have a great impact on the reputation and credibility of the company.

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If any company does this kind of thing, it will lose its reputation in the domestic construction machinery industry, which will be very detrimental to the future development of the company.

At the very least, the supplier will think about it. This company is not trustworthy and will do things like eating and breaking the pot, so will it default on the bill? So if you sell something to them, you have to pay the price and deliver the goods. Absolutely not

There is a situation of credit. This will have a great impact on the company's capital flow.

Those who can make construction machinery are all large enterprises, and their leaders are not fools. Especially after going through the entire 1980s and 1990s, the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, and after the reform of state-owned enterprises and the wave of layoffs, they can still lead the enterprises

No one who develops and grows is good.

The kind of enterprises that are only for immediate profits and do not pay attention to the long-term development of the enterprise will not survive this time. They have just been slapped to death on the beach during the big waves.

The leaders of various companies naturally weigh the pros and cons, so even if the repair order is profitable, no one will take it.

Naravani returned without success again, and the Indian bureaucrats had no choice but to gather together again to hold a meeting to discuss a solution.

"It's really strange. Chinese companies didn't accept orders this time. Are they unwilling to transfer the money?"

"The Chinese must have discussed it. They are deliberately joining forces to defraud us of a large sum of money!"

"We must not let the Chinese get what they want! Gentlemen, I think it is time to develop our own construction machinery industry in India!"

"You are right. We have so many excellent engineers in India. We can definitely develop the local construction machinery industry. We can make these construction machinery and equipment ourselves!"

"Yes, we can make our own construction machinery. Once we do it ourselves, we no longer need to rely on imports, nor do we need to look at the faces of foreign companies!"

"At that time, we can also export construction machinery companies to foreign countries. We will first export to China and occupy the Chinese construction machinery market, and then sell them to Europe and the United States. The whole world will buy our construction machinery!"

"We can also take advantage of the situation and acquire companies in European and American countries, such as Caterpillar, Volvo, and Liebherr, and buy them all to build a global construction machinery industry system!"

"This goal is not far away. I think it will be achieved before 2010!"

"2010 is not needed at all, I think 2005 is enough!"

"In 2005, India was already a superpower!"

“Nambo Bay of India!”

“Nambo Bay of India!”

In just a few minutes, India became a superpower in the words of these bureaucrats.

India is a very magical country. In the minds of Indians, I have an idea = I make a plan = I do something = I succeed = Nanbo Bay, India!

To put it simply, I just had an idea in my mind, and then India came to Nanbo Bay.

If Li Weidong were here, he would definitely not be surprised. Indians are like this in nature and like to brag. Before they do something, they must first add a "victory" halo to themselves, regardless of whether the thing can be done in the end, anyway.

I won!

It's like India's lunar exploration plan in later generations. Twenty years before the plan was implemented, the Indians started to brag about it.

After twenty years of bragging, the rocket was finally launched, and all kinds of boasting reached its peak. The Indian media trumpeted itself as the largest country in the space field.

India's lunar exploration equipment has just been successfully launched, and the aura of "victory" has been added. In the eyes of Indians, they have successfully landed on the moon. India is the third country to land on the moon after China, the United States and Russia.

An Indian celebrity also took the opportunity to mock other countries, saying that some countries put the moon on their national flags, while India put its national flag on the moon, which immediately made the entire Indian population excited.

As a result, when the Indian lunar exploration equipment landed, it hit the moon directly and turned into a pile of garbage that polluted the moon. This undoubtedly represented the failure of the lunar exploration plan. However, in the eyes of the Indians, this was called the success of the lunar exploration plan.

99%!

So the Indian media changed their perspective and went on to boast that our India's first lunar exploration was 99% successful. Our India is great, our India is so developed in the space field, India's Nanbo Bay!

India is such a magical country, good at bragging but not good at taking action.

However, talk is talk and reality is reality. After all, the Nanbo Bay we talk about is not the real Nanbo Bay. After talking about it, it’s time to face reality.

Those construction machinery that are still broken will become a pile of scrap metal if they are not repaired.

After chatting for a long time and enjoying India's bright future, someone finally said: "Sooner or later, we will establish the world's top construction machinery industry, but for now, we still need foreign companies to serve us."

"The quotations from Chinese companies are the cheapest, and these construction machinery are also produced by Chinese companies. Let them repair them!"

"This is the only way it can be. But these are temporary. In less than five years, we will occupy China's construction machinery market. By then, we will beat these Chinese companies to the ground!"

"Let the Chinese company be happy for a few years. After a few years, they will know that we, India, are the South Bay!"

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After completing the maintenance task, engineer Xu Zhizhi returned to Longjiang Heavy Industry and reported the work situation to his leaders.

"Gong Xu, you have worked hard this time. You have lost weight after going to India!" the leader said.

"Didn't I lose weight? In the first few days after I went there, I had diarrhea every day. I was completely exhausted. I slowly got used to it later," Xu Zhizhi said.

"You are acclimated!" the leader continued; "But the results of your trip to India this time are still very gratifying. You helped us sell a lot of shock axes!

This vibration shaft, when we were repairing it to customers in China, we sold it for 3,500 yuan each, but when we arrived in India, we sold it for 5,000 yuan each. This is a huge profit!"

Xu Zhizhi smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Boss, to be honest, I don't think we make much money!"

"Just for one vibration shaft, I earned 1,500 more than usual. Isn't that considered an extra profit?" the leader said with a smile.

Xu Zhizhi hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the leader the truth, so he said: "Boss, do you know the price Fukang Engineering quoted to the Indians for this vibration shaft?"

"Li Weidong, the boss of Fukang Engineering, is a very shrewd businessman. He originally said that if he wanted to earn money for repairs and maintenance, then when he quoted the Indians, he would definitely increase the price based on ours. Mr. Xu, you can

Let me tell you directly, how much will the price increase for Fukang Project be?" the leader asked.

"A vibration shaft, Fukang Engineering sells it for this price!" Xu Zhizhi made a "six" gesture.

"6,000 yuan? They increased the price by another 1,000 yuan! I thought it would be two to three thousand yuan more! It seems that Li Weidong has no intention of tricking Indians to death!" the leader said.

"It's not selling for 6,000 yuan!" Xu Zhizhi sighed and said, "Boss, your judgment about Li Weidong is really right. He really tried to trick the Indians this time."

"Could he just increase the price by 6,000 yuan and sell it to the Indians? Wouldn't that shock shaft cost 11,000 yuan? This is too sinister! Our quotation is only 5,000 yuan, and his price increase is,

It’s higher than our quotation! How can this be a trick? This is simply cutting off the flesh of Indians!”

The leader showed a surprised expression. In his opinion, selling a vibration shaft for 11,000 yuan is really too evil. Even if it is to deceive people, there is no such way.

Xu Zhizhi shook his head again: "Leader, you still underestimated Li Weidong. He did not increase the price by 6,000 yuan, but directly quoted 6,000 US dollars for a vibration shaft!"

"What did you say? 6,000 US dollars? That's equivalent to 50,000 yuan in RMB! A vibration shaft sells for 50,000 yuan! Is Li Weidong crazy? Why didn't he just go and grab it!"

The leader was completely shocked. Before, he only thought that Li Weidong was evil-hearted and cut off meat from Indians. Now he realized that this was completely eaten raw, and he didn't even spit out the bones!

"We quoted a price of 5,000 yuan, and they sold it for 50,000 yuan. Now they have a profit margin of 45,000 yuan. Then they made millions just from the vibration shaft!

The key is that the business was completed, and the Indians actually agreed to this price! Oh my god! Are all Indians fools? This is obviously a trick to them, and they actually accepted it happily!"

The leader immediately froze on the spot, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

The next second, the leader suddenly picked up the phone and dialed the sales department.

"Hey, is it Manager Liu of the Sales Department? It's me! There's something you need to pay special attention to. If you encounter an Indian placing an order in the future, you'll have to increase the price!

How much to add? Three times, no, five times, no, eight times the normal price! Eight or eight times, it sounds better. Why add so much? You don’t know, Indians are all stupid!"

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