"Mr. Risfar, your price is too high. If our company follows your price, we won't have any profit to speak of." Sun Min looked at Risfar.
Sun Min worked for a foreign trade company. This time, she was representing the company to negotiate with Risfar.
Risfar was a giant in the shipping industry, but his price was too high.
"I can't do anything about that. Oil prices have been rising for the past six months. If I keep the original price, my company won't have any profit either."
It wasn't that Risfar wanted to make things difficult for Sun Min, but it was difficult to do business in this world.
Especially in the shipping industry, it had always been suppressed by oil prices.
If oil prices were high, he had to raise the price.
Why did oil prices determine almost all goods in the world?
Because oil prices determined the price of shipping, and the shipping price of merchants' goods increased.
Thus, they had to raise the price of high-quality goods to maintain their own profits.
In China, the property market also determined the price of goods in the mainland.
The logic was the same.
Risfar had actually started to invest in other industries recently.
For example, the hotel business partnership with Dell.
Now, their first hotel could be said to be in full swing.
It could even be said to be very successful.
The huge profits made Risfar want to immediately abandon the shipping industry and turn to the hotel industry.
Of course, after calming down, Risfar thought more.
The success of the first hotel and the huge profits made him forget everything.
However, the success of the first hotel didn't mean that the second and third would be successful.
All his connections and businesses were in the shipping industry.
If he rashly changed the industry and abandoned the business he was most familiar with.
Selling the shipping industry that he was most familiar with would be neglecting the essentials.
The shipping industry couldn't make a lot of money at the moment.
But the advantage was obvious. It wouldn't depreciate.
That was the advantage of the shipping industry.
No matter what, he wouldn't lose money.
Because no matter how high the oil prices were, he still had to ship things.
But the hotel industry was different.
If he made a lot of money, if he made a loss, then he would make a huge loss.
Once a hotel made a huge loss, he would either be stubborn and hang on.
Or he would sell the hotel at a huge loss.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid we can't cooperate anymore," Sun Min said.
Sun Min was threatening Risfar. After all, Risfar was not the only company in the shipping industry.
"Miss Sun, only my company's freighters still have empty spots on the West Coast of America. The other companies' freighters are basically full. Also, the shipping companies that aren't as big as my company will definitely quote a higher price than mine, unless you're willing to transfer your company's goods to other ports. But if you do that, your cost will increase again," Risfar said.
It could be said that Sun Min didn't have many choices now.
It could even be said that her only option now was Risfar's company.
Sun Min pondered for a while and said with a smile, "Mr. Risfar, don't tell me you're planning to come back empty after your cargo ship arrives at China's port?"
Risfar was stunned. As someone in his line of work, of course, he knew that there was a difference in cost between an empty ship and transporting goods to the shore.
"Miss Sun, even if your company has a company to transport, it's impossible to fill a 10,000-ton freighter."
Each of Risfar's cargo ships could carry more than ten thousand containers.
The cargo business that Sun Min could provide them could at most carry a few hundred to a thousand containers.
To Risfar, it could indeed save some costs, but it was far from enough for him to lower the price.
A 100,000-ton freighter had to carry at least 6,000 containers to barely break even.
"Our company has a wide network in the mainland. Don't forget that our company's main business is foreign trade. Many companies' products go through our company, especially the foreign trade of agricultural products. I can promise you that if we can cooperate, our company can provide your cargo ship with 3,000 containers at China's port."
Risfar was tempted. He pondered for a while and said, "If that's the case, I can lower the price by 10%."
“10%？ That's not enough, Mr. Risfar. We hope to get more discounts. Also, I think we can cooperate for a long time instead of a one-time deal. "
Risfar was very tempted by Sun Min's proposal.
"15% discount. If we can cooperate more in the future, the discount can be even higher."
Sun Min finally revealed a satisfied smile. The 15% discount had already met her expectations.
Then, it was time to sign the contract. She only needed to sign it.
"Miss Sun, I'm impressed by your shrewdness. Are all Chinese so good at doing business?"
"Mr. Risfar, it's not that I'm shrewd, but we're not idiots. We all know that only a win-win situation can continue the cooperation, right?"
"You're right … Oh, Miss Sun, are you interested in working for my company?"
"Sorry, I haven't considered that yet." Of course, Sun Min wouldn't take Risfar's words seriously.
She heard such compliments almost every day.
"Miss Sun, there's a party at my house this weekend. Can I have the honor of inviting you?"
"Of course, it's my honor."
People in Europe and the United States expand their social network through parties.
Therefore, the party culture was very popular. There would be parties for everything.
For example, Risfar had two or three parties a month.
The Chinese had a drinking culture. Actually, the two were similar.
…
"President, we've already chosen a few red missions, but we haven't made a final decision yet. You can make the final decision," West said.
"Okay, I'll go over now." Chen Zhao hung up.
Recently, the Association had been evaluating and choosing the Scarlet Mission.
Every mission wasn't easy.
There were even some missions that no one knew how difficult they were.
These missions were usually eliminated directly.
Because not knowing what the difficulty was, it meant that there would be greater difficulty and unknown risks.
If they had to choose, they had to choose missions with at least some clues.
Of course, everyone had heard of these missions.
Or maybe it was because it was too difficult, which was why it was famous.
Therefore, they had to be very careful when choosing a red mission.
Everyone hoped that they could leave safely and come back safely.
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