When Li Mingde and Zhang Ruiqiang knew that a Russian businessman will be visiting the Machinery Company's automobile factory, and if he is satisfied with the cars, he might sign a large order. Not only the workers of the factory, but even Li Mingde and Zhang Ruiqiang were also excited.
Zhang Ruiqiang was invited by Li Mingde to represent the City to receive this Russian businessman. This was the City's support for the Machinery Company's automobile project.
When Feng Yu and the rest arrived at the automobile factory, Kirilenko's subordinates were already there. The few streets in front of the automobile factory were clean, and there were some banners hanging on both sides of the street. The banners were written in Russian.
Kirilenko was very excited when he saw the banners. Hua Xia was too welcoming. This must be arranged by Feng Yu. The next time Feng Yu goes to Moscow, I will also welcome him like this. I cannot let him think that we Russians are not welcoming enough.
Actually, these banners were arranged by Li Mingde. In the past, when the Machinery Company was still a factory, these were the banners for businessmen to visit and order. Of course, the so-called big businessmen at that time only had an order for farming machinery worth about one million yuan. If it were now, even 10 million RMB would not get such treatment!
"Mayor Zhang, Old Li, this is a Russian businessman, Mr. Kirilenko. Brother Ki, this is our Bing City's Mayor, Mr. Zhang Ruiqiang. This is our Machinery Company's General Manager, Li Mingde. "Feng Yu introduced.
Zhang Ruiqiang warmly shook hands with Kirilenko and even greeted him in Russian. Kirilenko shook hands with Zhang Ruiqiang for a while and let go of his hand. If it were not for Feng Yu introducing him, he would not even want to know Zhang Ruiqiang. In Russia, the people who had dined with him (equivalent to Hua Xia's province) were more than 10, let alone the Mayor!
But Li Mingde shook Kirilenko's hand a few times. After all, they had met twice and could be considered as acquaintances. Li Mingde was surprised. Did this Russian not know who was the boss? Mayor, you don't even want to shake hands with me? Why are you shaking hands with me so warmly?
Kirilenko had visited the Machinery Company before, and Li Mingde had also met him. But to him, all Russians looked the same. He was still wondering why all Russians were called Kirilenko. Was that his surname or given name?
As soon as he entered the factory, Kirilenko's eyes were attracted. Is that a Volga car?
I said Feng is exaggerating. What good cars? Isn't it the same as our Volga? Kirilenko turned around and looked at Feng Yu with a smug look on his face.
At this time, Li Mingde explained, "This is a Volga car that we built according to the original technology. We will use it for comparison later."
After listening to the translation, Kirilenko looked at Li Mingde suspiciously. What do you mean? Are you comparing Volga's cars? So, you really made a better car than the Volga?
So what? Kirilenko admitted that Russia, including the former Soviet Union, does not have any good cars. Many of Russia's politicians are using British cars. There are many better cars than the Volga. Besides, your technology is also old. The current Volga cars are better than the one in front of us.
Also, the Volga you guys assembled might be even worse than our old Volga. It's not easy to understand automobile technology. "
"Manager Li, can I let my men test this car?"
"Of course, there's no problem. The engineer we invited from St. Petersburg, Novich, personally inspected it. He guaranteed that the quality of this car is the best among all the Volga cars in Russia."
Li Mingde pointed to a bearded man. He was the mechanical engineer hired by the Machinery Company from the former Soviet Union.
Kirilenko frowned. How could he forget about this? Feng Yu had poached many mechanical engineers from the former Soviet Union. That means the quality of this Volga car should be fine?
But Kirilenko still asked the automotive engineer to inspect the car. Feng Yu had hired him to do business. What if the quality of the car was not good and Kirilenko suffered losses? Feng Yu also does not know about Russia's automobile market. What if he made a mistake?
The engineer opened the hood of the car and took a flashlight. He climbed under the chassis and boarded the car. He inspected the interior and exterior of the car carefully.
During this period, Li Mingde was introducing Kirilenko to other aspects of the factory. For example, the area occupied, the number of workers, the number of engineers, the amount of funds invested, the annual production, etc. Li Mingde was good at introducing the history and glory of the factory, but he could not do it because there were none of these!
When Li Mingde was introducing the exterior design of Songjiang Motors to Kirilenko with a colorful brochure, the automotive engineer hired by Kirilenko had finally finished testing the car.
"The performance of this car is very good. This is a new car, and it uses our Volga technologies. It is equivalent to our standards 10 years ago. The performance is slightly worse than our current Volga."
Kirilenko nodded and turned to look at Feng Yu proudly. Did you hear that? This is the standards from 10 years ago. The performance is still worse than our current Volga. What can you tell from this comparison?
Feng Yu knew about this. But Volga was one of the slowest automobile manufacturers to update their technologies. They were even slower than Hua Xia. Their current Volga's performance is not much better than 10 years ago.
Kirilenko will let them see the performance of Songjiang Motors, and he will be speechless.
Kirilenko also noticed that the exterior design of Songjiang Motors is very beautiful. All three models were able to make his eyes light up.
The Olympic is stylish and suitable for work and home use. The off-road is wild and domineering. The Red Star looks like a box car but is not bulky.
Kirilenko likes the exterior designs of the three models. But what's the use of the exterior designs? The performance is more important. Cars are bought to drive and not to look at. Kirilenko still feels the sports cars in his garage are more beautiful.
But not everyone can afford a sports car. These cars that cost tens of thousands of USD are the mainstream in the current automobile market. It is also the mainstream consumer in Russia.
Kirilenko passed the brochure to the engineer and asked him to give him some professional advice.
The engineer looked at the brochure and was attracted by the exterior design of the car. This is an SUV? It looks very wide, and the interior should be spacious. The angle of the front should be able to reduce the wind resistance. The entire body is streamlined and very beautiful.
Of course. This Songjiang Off-Road was designed by Feng Yu based on the Audi Q7 in his previous life. After several modifications by Liu Michael and the rest, it is different from the Audi Q7. But it is still better looking than Jeep or Cherokee.
Kirilenko waited for a while, but the engineer still did not give his opinion. Why is he not saying anything after looking at the brochure for so long?
Kirilenko coughed, and the engineer realized that he was too engrossed in the brochure!
… …
The engineer quickly flipped to the back to look at the specifications of the various models. His jaw dropped when he saw the specifications.
How is this possible? This is not possible!
Hua Xia's cars already have such advanced technologies? This is not only more than 10 years ahead of Russia. Some of the specifications are even better than European and US cars!
Li Mingde was proud when he saw the Russian engineer's shocked expression. He was also shocked when he knew that the Machinery Company's Automobile Factory can produce such advanced cars.
He had thought that with all the technologies Feng Yu had, it would only be able to compete with Santana. But he did not expect that with the Motor Factory's engines, turbines, shock absorbers, etc., it had reached the most advanced level in the world!
Although the overall technology is still not comparable to Europe, US, and Japan, Hua Xia is already ahead of the rest!
When the engineer looked at the production cost, he was even more shocked. The production cost is about the same as China's joint venture cars, but the specifications are much better.
This is why Li Mingde believed what Feng Yu said. We will build the best cars in Hua Xia, and our future goal is to build the best cars in the world!
He did not expect his goal of building the best cars in Hua Xia will be achieved so easily. Also, the cost of building the factory is much lower than FAW and SAIC. Those second-hand production lines bought from the former Soviet Union are like cabbages compared to the production lines bought by FAW.
Although the production lines are old, the production lines bought by FAW are not the latest models. The functions are more or less the same. Although the former Soviet Union's production lines are noisy, they are not easily damaged.
At this time, Li Mingde was impressed by Feng Yu's foresight.
Feng Yu had said that within 3 years, Songjiang Motors' annual sales will exceed 50,000 units. Now, Li Mingde believes him.
Although the sales are not improving now, that is because there is no mass marketing of Songjiang Motors. Next year, after the advertisements are aired on CCTV, the sales will increase. Furthermore, Tai Hua Trading's sales are one of the top companies in China.
Also, CCTV had purchased Songjiang Motors cars. This Songjiang Motors cars will be recognized by the market!
"Mr. Kirilenko, the specifications of our cars will definitely pass the tests. You can let your men test them. Our factory has all these models, and they are all in mass production. Our factory produces three models of the Olympic series. The other two series models are produced in the Jinling factory. If you have time, you can also visit there. "Li Mingde held his head high, and his face showed a strong sense of pride.
Kirilenko looked at the engineer, and the engineer whispered to him: "Sir, many of these specifications are the best in the world. If these specifications are real, then the performance of these cars will be much better than our country's Volga cars!"
What? Much better?!
"Are you sure?"
"I need to test the cars before I can be sure." The engineer replied seriously.
Kirilenko nodded, and Li Mingde waved his hand. Someone brought the Russian engineer to test the cars.
Feng Yu smiled and looked at Kirilenko: "Brother Ki, what do you think? Do you like the exterior and interior of these cars? Do you think this kind of car will be popular in your country? "
"How are the sales of these cars in your country?" Kirilenko asked.
Feng Yu casually said: "A few days ago, CCTV, which is our country's biggest media outlet, had purchased a large batch of our cars. Mayor Zhang can vouch for me."
Zhang Ruiqiang stared at Feng Yu. You are taking this out of context again. CCTV had indeed placed an order, but only CCTV had placed the order. Other than CCTV, have you sold any other cars?
But this was a Russian businessman, and Zhang Ruiqiang will still help his own people.
"That's right. CCTV is our country's mouthpiece and is very influential in our country. Two days ago, they had purchased a batch of Songjiang Motors cars. They had wanted to purchase Germany's Audi and Santana, but they realized that our Songjiang Motors cars have better performance and are more cost-effective. That's why they placed the order. "
Li Mingde added: "We had also delivered all the cars ordered by CCTV. Don't worry about our production."
Suddenly, one of Kirilenko's men asked: "Mayor Zhang, did your Bing City Government purchase Songjiang Motors cars?"
Zhang Ruiqiang was stunned. Why are you asking me? Zhang Ruiqiang's face changed. He knew what the other party was trying to say. Since you said that Songjiang Motors cars are so good, then why didn't the Bing City Government purchase them?
"We are still negotiating the contract. This time, we are purchasing a large quantity, and we need to keep in line with the Provincial Government. That's why we are not finalizing the contract yet." Zhang Ruiqiang thought for a while and replied.
Kirilenko frowned: "Mayor Zhang, do we need the Provincial Government's approval to purchase these cars? When you arrived, I did not see your car. Can you tell me what car you are using now? "
Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu, and Feng Yu shrugged his shoulders. How should I answer this question? Tell me yourself.
"I am using an old car from a few years ago. Audi 100. Currently, I am preparing to replace it. I think Songjiang Motors' Olympic series is not bad. It is majestic and suitable for business trips." Zhang Ruiqiang gritted his teeth and said.
Zhang Ruiqiang suddenly regretted. After meeting with Kirilenko, he should have returned to the City Government. After the contract was signed, he could represent the City Government to host Kirilenko.
But now, if he says that he does not want to purchase Songjiang Motors cars, then he will ruin the Machinery Company's export opportunity!
Wait, Li Mingde had reported to the City that a Russian businessman would be visiting the Machinery Company to discuss the purchase of their cars. Was this on purpose? If not, why would Li Mingde ask him to support the Machinery Company?
Zhang Ruiqiang stared at Feng Yu. He felt that he had been tricked by Feng Yu again!
Feng Yu had an innocent look on his face. He also did not expect Kirilenko's men to ask him this question. Was this considered an accident?
Now, Zhang Ruiqiang could no longer stop the City Government from purchasing Songjiang Motors cars. Li Mingde had tried to persuade Zhang Ruiqiang several times, but he was stopped by Zhang Ruiqiang. Li Mingde had set an example by using the former Mayor's Audi 100. Which of his subordinates would dare to buy a better car?
If the City Government wanted to change their cars, then all the districts and departments would have an excuse to change their cars. Bing City's finances had been doing well for the past two years.
Kirilenko looked at Zhang Ruiqiang: "How many Songjiang Motors cars are you going to purchase? Which model are you going to purchase?"
Zhang Ruiqiang cursed in his heart. Why are you staring at me? Seems like he could not just buy a few cars to fool Kirilenko. Could it be that the City was going to purchase a lot of cars?
… …
"Err … we are still considering the models. But the total quantity will not be less than 100 cars!" Zhang Ruiqiang gritted his teeth and said.
He was afraid that if the quantity was too little, Kirilenko would have second thoughts. As for how many cars Kirilenko was going to buy, he will think about it later.
Kirilenko wanted to ask more questions, but Zhang Ruiqiang gave Li Mingde a stare. Li Mingde quickly changed the topic.
"Mr. Kirilenko, if the specifications of these cars are the same as what is written on the contract, are you interested in purchasing a batch?"
"I am interested, but I need to consider many factors. For example … … the price." Kirilenko smiled and replied.
Feng Yu looked at Li Mingde, and Li Mingde kept quiet. He will let Feng Yu decide the price. Feng Yu knew more about Russia's situation than them.
"Brother Ki, look. This Olympic with the lowest specs still has airbags, and the cost is more than 20,000 USD. This middle specs cost about 40,000 USD, and the high-end specs cost more than 60,000 USD. This off-road vehicle, the diesel and gasoline models cost about the same. Both cost about 40,000 USD. Lastly, this Red Star model cost more than 60,000 USD. How much do you want? I will give you a discount. "
Kirilenko looked at Feng Yu. The cost of these cars was so high? If Feng Yu and the profits from the transportation to Moscow, what else can he earn?
"Feng, is the price of your cars too high? If I sell your cars, I will not get any profits. "Kirilenko was unhappy. Didn't you promise that I would make money, that I would make a lot of money?
Feng Yu knew the price was too high. This was not the cost price. This was the retail price in China.
"Brother Ki, if we are selling these cars to Russia, we need to pay taxes, right? All these are included in the contract. "
Actually, Hua Xia's taxes on its cars were very low now. Not only its cars, but other products were also the same. The country encourages exports to earn foreign exchange. Sometimes, how unscrupulous can they get? The things that China lacks will be exported and then imported again. This is called exportation and domestic sales. This way, they can earn foreign exchange.
"I also need to pay taxes on my imports, and the taxes are not low. These are not those small items." Kirilenko winked at Feng Yu.
Kirilenko had never paid taxes on Hua Xia's food and small items. Anyway, no one can see them in the cars. When the military trains arrived in Russia, no one will inspect them. When Kirilenko's father arrived in Moscow, no one will care about him.
But these cars are different. They cannot be hidden. If Kirilenko were to transport these cars to Russia without paying taxes, it will affect his father's reputation.
In Russia, the import taxes for industrial products are quite high.
"Brother Ki, our production is not at full capacity now, and the cost is slightly higher. I will discuss with my leaders to see if we can lower the taxes. This way, we can get about 1,000 USD cheaper per car. I believe you will get profits from this price. "
Damn! The Russian politicians' British cars are much more expensive than this. If Kirilenko manages these cars well, he can get at least a few thousand USD in profits. If Kirilenko can sell 1,000 cars, he will get at least a few million USD in profits. This is not a small amount. The profits are much higher than Kirilenko's monthly imports of Hua Xia's goods.
Of course, this is only if Kirilenko can sell so many cars.
Zhang Ruiqiang heard what Feng Yu said. He looked at Feng Yu and said: "Yes. We can look into this."
Of course, Kirilenko was only joking. He will never agree to the tax exemption. Feng Yu had made so much money. What's wrong with paying taxes to the country and Bing City?
When Kirilenko was still thinking about this, the Russian engineer returned. He looked at Kirilenko excitedly and nodded.
"Sir, there are no problems with these specifications. Their cars and engines were much better than the Volga's. The shock absorption, anti-collision, etc. are also better than the Volga. Overall, it is not bad. "
Kirilenko's engineer wanted to say that the cars were very good, but he will not say it in front of Hua Xia's people.
"Brother Ki, why are you still hesitating? This car's performance is much better than your Volga and about the same as the British cars. The price is also much cheaper. Not only individuals will buy it, but the government will also buy it. "Feng Yu raised his brows.
Kirilenko was enlightened. Why didn't he think of this? If he can sell these cars to the local government, it will be much easier. Also, he can place another order with Feng Yu for every order he sells. He can even do this without any cost!
"Feng, after you confirm with the City, give me the final price." Kirilenko thought for a while and said.
"No problem. This price will surely let you make high profits." Feng Yu was overjoyed. Seems like Kirilenko was tempted. As long as there were enough profits, Kirilenko would be convinced.
Anyway, this deal was a win-win situation for both parties. Feng Yu believed that with Russia's corruption, Kirilenko will surely sell these cars at a high price. Kirilenko will not suffer any losses even if Kirilenko bought the cars for the first time. It's just that the profits will be lesser than the Machinery Company.
Now, Feng Yu was willing to compromise, and Kirilenko's profits will surely increase. Kirilenko's profits might even be higher than the Machinery Company's profits.
Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu in a daze. Did this brat want to sell his cars to Russia? No wonder he dares to guarantee that within 3 years, the sales will exceed 50,000 units.
Now, it seems that he might not even need 3 years.
Zhang Ruiqiang also could not understand. Russia had inherited most of the Soviet Union's industries. How come their automobile industry had declined so much? Even if the former Soviet Union's industries were not developed well, Russia should still be considered a strong industrial country now.
Kirilenko had really agreed to import a batch of cars from the Machinery Company!
This Russian was the one who sold Feng Yu second-hand industrial machinery from the former Soviet Union? He should know that the Machinery Company's automobile production lines were all second-hand machines from the former Soviet Union. Why did he agree to buy the Machinery Company's cars?
Could it be that the Machinery Company's cars were really as good as what Feng Yu had said?
Feng Yu had bought second-hand machines from the former Soviet Union and then manufactured them into cars and sold them to Russia. Was this considered as buying hens and selling the eggs to the people who reared the hens?
Li Mingde immediately called his men to prepare lunch at the Machinery Company's cafeteria.
Kirilenko's eyes lit up. He spat out two words in a strange tone, "Burn ~ ~ eat?"
Li Mingde looked at the translator, and the translator also looked at Kirilenko. Both of them had a confused look on their faces. The translator did not understand what Li Mingde said!
Feng Yu helplessly said: "He wants to eat snacks. Go and tell the cafeteria to prepare some local snacks. Also, prepare a box of our Bing City's strongest Lao Bai Gan! "
Feng Yu was roaring in his heart. Kirilenko, go and die! There are so many of us today. We will make you drunk!
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