Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

  Chapter 56 Money is hot

  Li Weidong, the lion opened his mouth, directly asking for one hundred thousand dollars.

   "It's impossible!" Masayuki Kato immediately began to shake his head.

One hundred thousand U.S. dollars is also a lot of money for Masayuki Kato. At this time, RB has not signed the "Plaza Agreement", and the Japanese yen has not yet begun to appreciate rapidly. If the per capita income of RB is converted into U.S. dollars, it is about six thousand U.S. dollars. .

  An automotive engineer like Masayuki Kato has a higher income. If converted into US dollars, the annual salary is about 10,000 US dollars.

  The 100,000 US dollars proposed by Li Weidong is equivalent to Kato Masao’s salary for ten years.

  Masho Kato’s reaction was completely in Li Weidong’s expectation. Li Weidong said calmly: "Mr. Kato, don’t refuse in a hurry. I can make some concessions in this regard."

   Seeing some talks, Masayuki Kato calmed down a lot. He asked, "Li Sang, how much is the concession you are referring to?"

"I can charge yen." Li Weidong pretended to calculate, and then said: "One hundred thousand US dollars, according to the current exchange rate, if it is changed into Japanese yen, it will be about 25 million yen. I don't want the fraction. I’ll be fine with 25 million yen."

  Before the "Plaza Agreement" was signed, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen was approximately 1:250.

  Masao Kato’s expression was a little embarrassed. After a long time of trouble, Li Weidong’s so-called “concession” did not cost much, but exchanged US dollars for Japanese yen.

  However, for Tianfeng Motor, it is indeed much easier to pay 25 million yen than to pay 100,000 US dollars. After all, the US dollar is foreign exchange, and the Japanese yen is the national currency.

   Masayuki Kato still shook his head: "Li Sang, your request is too much, please forgive me for not agreeing to you."

  "Mr. Kato, I know you may have sufficient authority to approve the 25 million yen, but you can ask your superior for instructions!"

Li Weidong paused, and then said: "If this article of mine is published in a well-known automobile magazine, how will it affect Tianfeng Automobile? No one can say that the worst case is probably a recall? Five generations of Kara Luo's sales have already exceeded one million vehicles, and the cost of a large-scale recall will be thousands of times that of 25 million yen!

  Even if there is no large-scale recall in the end, it will affect the reputation of Tianfeng Automobile. At least many customers will not buy Carraro. The loss of Tianfeng Motor is far more than 25 million yen, right?

  Actually, I only need 25 million yen, which is a good deal for you Tianfeng Motors. Your annual public relations expenditure is in the hundreds of millions, 25 million yen, which is not a big deal for Tianfeng Motor. "

   "25 million yen is too much. Even if I report to my boss, the boss may not be able to approve it." Masayuki Kato shook his head and said.

"Mr. Kato, I think it is good for you to report this matter to your boss in time. If Mr. Kato did not report to his boss and caused losses to Tianfeng Company, then Mr. Kato should be held responsible? But if Mr. Kato reported to his boss, but your boss did not approve the 25 million dollars. That is your boss’s responsibility and has nothing to do with you, right?” Li Weidong said with a weird smile.

  This sentence obviously moved Masayuki Kato. It involves taking responsibility. Masayuki Kato dare not careless. How can people in the workplace not know the importance of shirking responsibility!

   "Okay, Li Sang, I will report to my boss as soon as possible." Masayuki Kato nodded and agreed.

  ...

   Zhou Fulai arrived at the Astor Hotel, ready to pick up Masayuki Kato and start today's inspection.

  Seeing Zhou Fulai, Li Weidong took the lead and said, “Zhou Bureau, there is something to report to you. Mr. Kato needs to make an international long-distance call. He needs to report to his superiors on the status of the inspection.”

  "Well, if you want to make international long-distance calls, you can go directly to our foreign trade bureau without a telephone exchange. Our foreign trade bureau has a dedicated line that can be used to make international long-distance calls through the telecom bureau." Zhou Fulai immediately agreed.

  In the 1980s, there was no program-controlled telephone exchange in China, and long-distance calls had to be borrowed manually. Initially, individuals needed to have a letter of introduction to make long-distance calls. Later, domestic long-distance was gradually liberalized, while international long-distance management was still very strict.

In the mid-1980s, with the exception of a few foreign-related units, other units or individuals who wanted to make international long-distance calls also required declaration and approval. You had to write an application a few days in advance, and then report to the relevant department. After the relevant department verified it, it was issued. File in order to make international long-distance calls.

  Jinmen Foreign Trade Bureau obviously belongs to the category of “a small number of foreign-related entities”. They do not need to go through the process to apply for international long-distance calls. Instead, they have a dedicated line to receive the telephone office and can make international long-distance calls at any time. In this respect, the Tianjin Foreign Trade Bureau is still very famous.

  Zhou Fulai took Masayuki Kato to the Foreign Trade Bureau to make international long-distance calls. After the call was connected, Kato was not in a hurry to report about 25 million yen, but looked at Li Weidong and Zhou Fulai next to him.

  Li Weidong immediately understood, he said: "Zhou Ju, let's avoid it first, the next thing Mr. Kato said may involve trade secrets."

   "That's right, then we'll wait outside." Zhou Fulai and Li Weidong walked out of the room, and also helped Kato Masayuki close the door.

  Everyone in the room was gone, and Masayuki Kato started reporting to his boss.

"Minister Xiangshan, I am Masayuki Kato. I am very sorry to disturb you... No, the inspection went well. I am calling you this time, mainly to report to you another matter, which is about Carraro's accelerator pedal. …"

  Masho Kato told Minister Xiang Shan that Li Weidong discovered that Tian Feng’s accelerator pedal was malfunctioning.

  "Kato-kun, since you have read the article written by the Chinese, how much harm will that article cause us according to your judgment?" Minister Xiangshan asked.

   "Report to Minister Xiang Shan, the theoretical basis of that article is very complete, what is lacking is the physical test, for those well-known automobile magazines, it is very easy to complete the test." Masayuki Kato said.

"Those idiots in the design department, the basket they stabbed out, they actually want us to wipe their ass!" Minister Xiang Shan mumbled dissatisfiedly, and then said: "That Chinese just wants money? Give him some money. Stop his mouth! Is one thousand dollars enough? If it is not enough, give him two thousand dollars!"

   "Minister Xiangshan, I offered to give him a $2,000 hush fee, but he refused. He wanted more." Masayuki Kato said.

   "Really an insatiable guy." Minister Xiang Shan cursed secretly, and then said: "Then give him more money, within five thousand dollars, you decide by yourself."

   "Minister Xiangshan, you may underestimate the appetite of that Chinese man, he wants one hundred thousand dollars!" Kato Masayuki replied.

  "One hundred thousand dollars! Why didn't he grab it! If you want to pay one hundred thousand dollars, I might as well find a killer and kill him directly!" Minister Xiang Shan said.

   "Minister Xiang Shan, this is probably a bit difficult. After all, this is China. I think even the Yamaguchi team will find it difficult to kill people here." Masayuki Kato said.

   "I know, I'm just talking about it." Minister Xiang Shan continued, "Kato-kun, the Chinese lion asked for one hundred thousand dollars, don't you know how to bargain?"

   "I said, the Chinese also made a concession. He said that he would not give one hundred thousand dollars, but 25 million yen would be fine." Kato said hurriedly.

   "What kind of concession is this!" Minister Xiang Shan looked very dissatisfied.

   Masayuki Kato then said: "Minister Xiangshan, this matter is beyond my ability and authority, so I urgently need you to make a decision whether or not we should give him the money."

  "Kato-kun, let me think about it." Minister Xiangshan's voice stopped, and Kato Masayuki did not dare to urge.

Finally, nearly five minutes later, Minister Xiangshan's voice sounded again: "Kato-kun, isn't that Chinese asking for 25 million yen? We will give him the money! You leave an address, and I will ask Fuji Bank. Man, send you a cashier's check."

  Masao Kato was taken aback. He didn't expect Minister Xiangshan to agree so happily, it was 25 million yen!

On the other end of the phone, Minister Xiang Shan went on to say: "This behavior of the Chinese should be considered extortion, right? After he took the money, it would be a stolen money! You immediately report to the police and say that you have been extorted. At the same time, Notify our embassy and let the embassy come forward to put pressure on it and severely punish this criminal behavior. I want to send that greedy guy to jail. The money from our Tianfeng car is not so easy to get!"

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