industrial overlord

Chapter 200 Economic Applicable Type

When Jirapong heard Lin Zhenhua's quotation, he hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "The price of 8000 million is a bit high, and the military will not accept it."

Lin Zhenhua said: "As far as I know, the price of similar frigates sold in European and American countries is more than 1.5 million US dollars. Our price is only half of theirs."

Jirapong said: "That's true, but, with all due respect, the quality of your country's frigates is still far behind that of the United States and Germany."

"It is precisely because of the gap that our prices are lower. In fact, the gap between our light frigates and Germany is very limited, and these gaps will not affect the use of your navy." Lin Zhenhua said .

Jirapong said: "Mr. Lin, you also know that there are many more factors to be considered in the procurement of military products than in the procurement of civilian products. Our military hopes to purchase warships from the United States and Germany. In addition to obtaining the equipment itself, there are also Some political considerations. China cannot provide us with this.”

Lin Zhenhua understands what Jirapong means. If the Thai military buys equipment from the United States or Germany, there is more or less the meaning of paying protection fees.And if you buy from China, what you buy is simply equipment.Speaking of which, it's really not easy for people in the United States to sell some things. Driving an aircraft carrier to do after-sales service will cost a lot of gas money.

There is really a lot to learn.

"Well, I understand." Lin Zhenhua nodded and said, "By the way, Mr. Jirapong, I didn't explain to you just now that our warship adopts the world's first modular design. All can be increased or decreased at will. Depending on the configuration, the price will be completely different. What I just introduced to you is just the price of one of them, and we still have many high, medium and low grade ship types to choose from.”

"Oh, tell me, what kind of ships are there?" Jirapong said.

"First of all, we have a supreme unlimited type, which includes a complete set of equipment such as air defense, anti-ship, anti-submarine, mine-laying, and electronic warfare. Immediately, as soon as supplies last." Lin Zhenhua began to flicker eloquently, at this moment, it seemed that the collective souls of all the sales girls in China passed through him.

"Well, this configuration is not bad, but the price is too far from our psychological expectations." Jirapong commented.

"The second model is called the luxury all-rounder. It includes three major functions: air defense, anti-ship, and anti-submarine. It can independently perform tasks such as offshore escort, fishing protection, patrol, and security. The price is 1 million U.S. dollars."

"That's too high."

"The third model, which I just told you, is called the standard value-added model, with a value of 8000 million U.S. dollars. Its characteristic is that on the basis of the above three functions, one item is simplified according to the needs of customers. If you think about it, you can save $2000 million just by subtracting one item, which is very worthwhile.”

"Is there any lower one?"

"The lowest, of course, is the economical and applicable type. It can at least guarantee two of the three major functions of air defense, anti-ship, and anti-submarine, but the weapon system used is slightly simplified. For example, the premium version is equipped with two dual The 100mm main gun is installed in a series, and in the economical version, it is changed to a single 100mm. I think Mr. Jirapong can understand this, economical housing, even the toilet is a luxury.”

"What is the quotation for this economical model?" Jirapong asked.

"Just 6000 million." Lin Zhenhua said boldly.

Jirapong nodded: "This price, I think, should be acceptable to the navy. As for whether the main gun is double 100 or single 100, I don't think it's a big problem. The role of warships is mainly deterrence. It's really time to fire , things will be troublesome."

"That's right. In fact, there is not much difference between single 100 and double 100. What's more, what we are doing is a modular design. If the military feels that the equipment is not enough in the future, it can add more." Lin Zhenhua said.

"This idea is very good." Jirapong affirmed.

"Then, can Mr. Jirapong help us contact the military personnel?" Lin Zhenhua asked, "Of course, I know that this matter is not Mr. Jirapong's job. If you can help us facilitate this I am willing to pay a portion of the commission to Mr. Jiraporn from the profits of the project."

"Haha, let's talk about the commission later. The purchase of warships is also a major national event. As an official of the Ministry of Commerce, this is also my responsibility." Jirapong said awe-inspiringly, "Well, Mr. Lin, are there any experts in this field in your delegation? If so, I will arrange for your experts to meet with people from the navy as soon as possible. If the navy is interested in the performance of your ships, please discuss the price It’s time to discuss the issue. At that time, I will introduce some officials in charge of procurement affairs to you.”

Both of them are tacit, and it is enough to say this level.What Lin Zhenhua has to do is to go back and wait honestly. Driven by interests, Jirapong will naturally try his best to help make connections.

Regarding the large chemical fertilizer equipment, Jirapong also gave Lin Zhenhua some advice, including asking him to take time to properly manage the director of Suchai.Lin Zhenhua accepted all these suggestions and promised to implement them as soon as possible.

After bidding farewell to Jirapong, Lin Zhenhua was full of joy. He called Schumann and Chu Hongyang who had been waiting outside, and walked towards the hotel humming a ditty.The strange thing is that Schumann, who usually likes to chatter and gossip, has been silent at this time, and seems to be in a low mood.

"What's the matter, Schumann?" Lin Zhenhua asked sensitively.

"I'm fine." Schumann said, her tone was a bit unhappy, it's no wonder she's fine.

"Hongyang, did you quarrel with Schumann?" Lin Zhenhua turned to look at Chu Hongyang.

Chu Hongyang said depressedly: "I didn't mess with her, she kept pulling her face when she came out of the private room, and she didn't say anything when I asked her. I thought it was Jirapong who took advantage of Xiaoman."

"Cut!" Lin Zhenhua scolded, "I have been there all the time. If he dares, I will make his lower body lose his ability to think."

After saying this, he turned back to Schumann and asked, "Why, Schumann, are you upset that I let you leave the private room just now? You know, I want to talk to him about the warship. Not a good fit for you to participate."

"No, I know that's not what I should know." Schumann said sullenly.

"Then what's the matter with you?" Lin Zhenhua was full of doubts.In his impression, Schumann has always been a very optimistic person, carefree.When she was dealing with Jirapong just now, she still had a happy face, why did she have a gloomy face when she went out.

Schumann shook his head: "It's none of your business, I just can't think about it."

Just as they were talking, a Thai beggar in tattered clothes walked up to them. When he saw the three of them, he raised a begging bowl and bowed to them.

"Here." Chu Hongyang took out a coin from his pocket, threw it into the beggar's bowl, and waved to him, indicating that he could leave.

"Wait." Schumann stopped suddenly and called out to the beggar.

The beggar couldn't understand Schumann's words, but he roughly understood what she meant, so he stood still and looked at her in surprise.

Schumann stepped forward, took out a hundred-dollar bill from his pocket, and put it into the beggar's bowl without thinking.This time, not only the beggar was shocked, but Lin Zhenhua and Chu Hongyang were also shocked.

"Xiaoman, what's the matter with you?" Chu Hongyang asked.Although Schumann occasionally showed sympathy in the past, in general, she is a relatively stingy person, how could she be so generous to a beggar in a foreign country.

Schumann didn't answer, she just stood there, watching the figure of the beggar happily leaving in a hurry, two lines of tears flowed silently on her face.

"Schumann, what's the matter?" Lin Zhenhua walked to Schumann and asked softly.

"Boss, you said, let's do this, right?" Schumann asked nonchalantly.

Lin Zhenhua didn't know what she was referring to, so he asked, "What are you talking about?"

"We asked them for an extra $200 million for four sets of equipment out of thin air. For such money, I think..."

Lin Zhenhua scratched his head: "Schumann, you don't feel uncomfortable because of this matter, do you? Have you made a mistake? It's us earning other people's money, not others earning our money."

Schumann said: "Do you know that when I was working in the foreign affairs department, I have seen such things many times, and some of our officials did the same thing. I was thinking just now, we asked for an extra 200 million, part of it It went into the pocket of that bastard, and the other part was taken away by us. However, in the end, these costs will all be allocated to the fertilizer, and the farmers in Thailand will bear it. I, I just thought, my parents are also Farmer..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help crying aloud, Chu Hongyang hurried forward and provided her with a shoulder for crying.

Just now Lin Zhenhua was proud of the money he earned by collaborating with Jirapong, but Schumann's words gave him a cold head and calmed him down from his frenzied excitement.

"Schumann, in fact, we can't blame us for this matter." Lin Zhenhua insisted, "You have also seen that the price paid by the Japanese is higher than ours. If we hadn't stepped in, the Thai people would have paid more The price may be even higher.”

"However, we obviously don't need to ask for the 200 million more." Schumann said, "We quoted a set price of 245 million, which is already several times the profit. Why do we need to increase the price? There is no money in the world. Yes, can't we earn a little less?"

"Xiaoman, you are so stupid, how can you not earn money after looking at it?" Chu Hongyang pushed Schumann vigorously and said.

Lin Zhenhua knew where Schumann's knot was, but he didn't know how to untie it.He thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Schumann, this should be called the law of the jungle. You also said that when foreign businessmen sell equipment to us, some of our officials collude with them to harm national interests. What is the reason? Is it because our country is weak and our technology is not as good as others, even if we know that others are blackmailing us, we can only suffer from this dumb loss. If we want to avoid suffering, there is only one way, and that is to make ourselves stronger.

Schuman, we earned 200 million more from the Thais today, and this 200 million is used to transform our own technology.Only when we earn money can we introduce equipment, engage in research and development, and finally climb from the bottom of the food chain to the top.Do you understand this principle? "

"I understand." Schumann nodded and said, "Boss, I have always known what you said. Just now, I have been trying to convince myself. I told myself that if we want to develop, we must Do this. But I just feel uncomfortable, boss, tell me, does the rise of a country have to be based on the suffering of other countries?"

"Your question is really too big, and I can't answer it." Lin Zhenhua said, "From the perspective of modern history, the rise of any big country is based on the suffering of other countries. Europeans rely on trafficking black The rise of the Americans was based on the killing of the Indians on the American continent and the war fortune in the two world wars. The rise of Japan was based on tens of millions of The bones of people from all over Asia. Now it's China's turn to rise, and I don't know if China can avoid the law of the jungle."

"Xiaoman, if you feel unhappy, how about donating some money to the Thai people after we earn money?" Chu Hongyang comforted Schuman.He now understands why Schuman suddenly gave the Thai beggar $100. She paid the money for the peace of conscience.Chu Hongyang doesn't place too much value on $100 now. He has 6 points of equity in Hanhua Industrial Company. Lin Zhenhua said that this money is worth millions.

There was a bitter smile on Schumann's face, and he said: "When I was doing foreign affairs, I received many foreigners who came to China to donate. I thought they were really kind and traveled thousands of miles to China to help China. The children in China helped the farmers in China. But now I know that they are not kind, they are just atonement. They donated 1 US dollars, in fact, they or their compatriots squeezed 10 US dollars from the Chinese. , 100 million U.S. dollars, this money is all ill-gotten gains."

"Okay, Schumann, don't be sad." Lin Zhenhua said, "You should think of this. With the participation of the Chinese, this poor country in the world should become better. Let's talk about large fertilizer equipment. Well, if we lower the price here, it will be impossible for Nihon Heavy Industry to maintain the high price of 450 million yuan, and I think there will be more than one developing country that can benefit from the rise of China."

"I know, okay, let's go back." Schumann wiped away tears and said embarrassedly, "Actually, I just like dreaming too much. There are so many beautiful things in this world."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Schumann, I am very grateful for your dream. When I do business in the future, I will always remind myself. Don't worry, China's rise will not be based on the suffering of others. China and the West What makes the great powers different is that we have kind-hearted ordinary people like you."

"Thank you, boss." Schumann said sincerely.

"Have you finished your dream?" Chu Hongyang teased, "You spent $100 on just one dream."

"Did I spend $100?" Schumann asked in surprise, she thought for a while, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Actually, I just wanted to give that beggar $10, and I took the wrong money.... Hongyang, you Can you catch up with that beggar and let him give me $90?"

(End of this chapter)