"All the companies have signed. You're the only one left!" Zhou Hongwei said with a smile in Autodesk's meeting room.
"Is this for real …" The chairman of Autodesk picked up the documents on the table in disbelief. These were all contracts signed between Hongmeng Corporation and various professional software companies all over the world. Although only PS Company's contract was the original and the rest were faxed copies, judging from the text and details, these contracts were all real.
Of course, Autodesk did not believe that Hongmeng would do something as stupid as forging a contract. After all, it was a company under the Daqian Group, one of the top 50 companies in the world. They would not do something so shameless.
Of course, the chairman of Autodesk still found some problems. For example, he pointed at the dates on the contracts and said, "Zhou, why were all the contracts signed yesterday and the day before? This is too centralized!"
"Dear Ms. Bartz! You are indeed full of wisdom. You can see the key to the problem at a glance! " Zhou Hongwei said with admiration, "This is the key to us being able to sign this contract!"
"There is a saying in Hua Xia that goes, 'a long delay means trouble.' If this cooperation was delayed for too long, Microsoft would have a chance to take us down one by one. Then, we would not be able to cooperate!"
"That's why we worked hard yesterday and the day before to reach a cooperation agreement with almost all the companies!" Zhou Hongwei said emotionally, "You don't know how difficult this cooperation was. This is the result of the combined efforts of more than 300 of our colleagues around the world! To be able to reach this cooperation agreement is simply God's help! "
"Oh, I see!" Carol Bartz had an enlightened expression. Indeed, this kind of thing had to be done in one go. Otherwise, it would be fragmented.
"Then why didn't you come to us yesterday and the day before? Why did you only come to us today? Are you looking down on us? "Bartz asked again.
"Of course not. If I didn't have any cooperation and came to your company to sign the contract first, would your company be willing to sign it?" Zhou Hongwei asked with a smile.
"Oh, you are too talkative!" Miss Bartz laughed and nodded. "Since our peers have signed the contract, we should support you. But we have 22 software now. Do you want the Hongmeng version of all of them?"
"I want all of them!" Zhou Hongwei nodded vigorously.
"Oh!" Carol Bartz's eyes lit up. "What's your price?"
"Name a price. After all, only your company knows how much it will cost to complete the software modification. Then, we can talk about it in detail!" Zhou Hongwei smiled.
"This …" Bartz was a little hesitant. If she added the Hongmeng version to all 22 software, it would only cost about 10 million USD. But even the PS version was priced at 3 million USD, which was three times the price. She would need at least one ACD.
Although this number was covered on the contract, Bartz saw a letter. Based on the position of the letter, he guessed it was 3 million USD.
But wasn't 30 million USD too much?
What if Hong Meng didn't agree?
After all, out of the 22 software, only five of them had sales above 100,000. The rest were all below 100,000. Some of them only had sales in the four digits. After all, some industries were too rare. There were only so many companies in total.
"How about 25 million?" Bartz asked tentatively.
"So low?!" Zhou Hongwei exclaimed. "Your company is so sincere. Some of the software modifications cost 3 million USD, and this is still the lowest cost. Can you really complete the modifications for 22 software at this price?"
"It should be possible …" Bartz was furious. This 3 million USD company is too shameless. She is too embarrassed to ask for a lower price.
"How about this? We cannot let your company's profits be affected. We will give you an additional 5 million USD for a total of 30 million USD. What do you think?" Zhou Hongwei asked.
"No wonder Hong Meng can challenge Windows. Your company is much stronger than Microsoft!" Bartz praised wholeheartedly. Naturally, he accepted the 5 million USD without hesitation.
"Alright, let's sign the contract!" Zhou Hongwei passed the contract to the other party. The other party looked through it and made sure there are no problems. After that, he signed his name.
Seeing that the last name had been signed, Zhou Hongwei smiled and prepared to leave. However, Ms. Bartz invited Zhou Hongwei to have dinner with her in the evening. Zhou Hongwei would be disrespectful if he refused, so he agreed.
"Chairman!" After Zhou Hongwei left, an anxious executive walked in and asked. "Chairman, have you signed the contract with Hong Meng?"
"I have signed the contract. Is there a problem?" Bartz asked curiously.
"Sigh … we were cheated!" The executive stomped his feet.
"What do you mean by cheated?" Bartz paused for a second, and the executive said. "A few familiar companies called us just now. They asked why we had not announced this to the public."
"I asked them what news they wanted, and they asked me if we had signed the contract with Hong Meng."
"Later, I found out that when Hong Meng was negotiating with other companies, they directly took out the contract they signed with us and said that we had already signed with Hong Meng. That's why these small companies had the guts to sign with Hong Meng," the executive said angrily.
"You are saying Hong Meng used us as a cover and used a non-existent contract with us to trick other small companies into signing the contract with them?" Then, you'll use those small enterprises' contracts to sign with us? "Batts' eyes widened, and the wrinkles on his face were almost squeezed together.
"Yes, Hong Meng has been lying to us since the beginning. They have cheated the entire professional software industry!" The executive said angrily.
"Hong Meng is a subsidiary of one of the top 50 companies in the world. How could they do such a shameless thing?" Bartz said in disbelief.
"Yes, Chairman. We have just signed the contract. There is still time to turn it around. Reject it directly. We can also sue them for contract fraud and teach them a lesson!" The executive shouted loudly.
"But … I asked him out for dinner tonight!" Bartz pushed her glasses up and said, "Forget it. Since we have signed the contract, let's leave it at that!"
"Ah …" The executive was shocked. He looked at Bartz in surprise. "Chairman, we have been cheated like this. Shouldn't we fight back?"
"Let me ask you. How much will it cost for your department to develop Hongmeng's version of our 22 software products?" Bartz asked.
"About 10 million. If we reduce it to 8 million, we can settle it!" The executive said after making some calculations.
"But Hong Meng had given us 30 million … and it's cash!" Bartz smiled. "If we reject the contract like you said, we will not have to pay the penalty. Will you be responsible for the loss of 20 million in profits?"
"… …" The executive shut his mouth!
"Most importantly, we are all in the same team now, and it is impossible for Microsoft to shut us out. All of our companies can get at least double the profits, and we don't have to worry about any losses. How many of us will reject this contract?" Ms. Bartz laughed and asked.
"… …"
"Alright. Go and talk to my secretary. Ask him to book a table at the Empire State Building. We still need to thank them for giving us the money!"
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