Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Boss, Mr. Shaw from the Aquitaine Company is here!"

"He came pretty quickly. Has Youcheng investigated the situation thoroughly?"

"Yes, boss. Right now, in the entire Magic City, only the Aquitaine Trading Company has the equipment our factory needs. If we place an order with another foreign company, it will take at least three months for the goods to be delivered."

"Then let's talk. Go and invite the people over first. Oh, and have someone prepare some tea."

It has been more than three months since Sun Tong came into this world.

After three months of hard work, he has now gained a foothold here.

Not long ago, his chemical factory started operation. This chemical factory has two main businesses: one is the production of medical alcohol, and the other is the production of matches.

The reason for producing these two products is mainly that the technology collected by Sun Tong before traveling through time is relatively mature and the production difficulty is not high.

Sun Tong basically doesn't need to worry about the situation at the chemical plant anymore. On the contrary, the printing factory is facing equipment problems. The workers have already come, but the factory has not been able to start production.

"Hello, Mr. Sun, I am Xiao Er, the general manager of Aquitaine Trading Company in Shanghai!"

"Welcome Mr. Shore!"

The two sides did not know each other before, but Sun Tong lived in the French Concession after all, and he had met quite a few Gauls these days. In addition, Sun Tong could speak a few words of French, so the two of them were not completely without topics to talk about.

Because both parties intentionally did not discuss the transaction, an hour passed and the two sides still had not discussed the business.

In fact, everyone is waiting at this moment, betting that the other party will be the first to lose patience.

But who could have thought that Sun Tong was so steady that he would not even talk about purchasing equipment for such a long time.

"Mr. Sun, I think we are all very busy, so is it time to talk about business?"

"It's my fault. I hit it off with Mr. Shaw the first time I met him and forgot about buying the equipment. Well, let's talk about the deal now. Mr. Shaw, I think your company has received the list of equipment I want to buy, right?"

"Received. Mr. Sun's generosity is admirable. In order to repay Mr. Sun, we will try to sell this batch of equipment to him at the lowest price."

"Can you tell me the specific price?"

"Including the installation fee, two years of maintenance fees, and arranging technicians to teach your workers, Mr. Sun, we will only charge you three million francs including the equipment!"

The franc exchange rate has not collapsed yet, so the gold content is still good. The value of three million francs converted into pounds is about 120,000 pounds.

What do you think of the price offered by Shore?

It is definitely expensive. After all, the other party only provides a batch of second-hand goods. If the goods are placed in other countries, it would be considered good if the value of this batch of goods could be one-third of this price.

"I can't accept this price, it's too high, the highest I can offer is 80,000 pounds!"

After all, it was an exclusive business, so Sun Tong couldn't offer too low a price. He also didn't think the other party would agree to his offer directly, so he decided to talk about it first. As long as he could get the equipment for less than 100,000 pounds, it would be Sun Tong's victory.

"Impossible, we will never accept this price. In this case, I can lower the price to 110,000 pounds. What do you think, Mr. Sun?"

"It's still too high. Mr. Shaw, I admit that I need this batch of equipment urgently, but that's not a reason for you to ask for so much. At most, I can stay on board for a few months. Do you believe that I can buy the same equipment at a lower price then?"

Sun Tong was not talking nonsense. As the saying goes, things are valuable because they are scarce. The reason why Xiao Er dared to offer such a high price was because he was sure that Sun Tong was in a hurry to get the equipment, right?

If it were three months later, even at the price of 80,000 pounds offered by Sun Tong, there would still be people willing to make the deal with him.

"What Mr. Sun said does make sense, but are you willing to wait a few more months?"

In fact, Sun Tong himself is to blame for the current situation.

The main reason was that he had no experience. The equipment hadn't even arrived at the factory yet, but he started recruiting workers in a hurry. Now the factory's framework has been set up, but the equipment has not arrived yet.

Labor costs in Longguo are cheap nowadays, but no matter how cheap they are, he still has to spend a huge amount of money every month just to pay the workers' salaries.

Fortunately, his chemical plant has already generated revenue, otherwise, because of his mistake this time, he would have spent a lot of the "fake money" he prepared before crossing.

"10 pounds, if this price is okay, it's fine. If not, then I can only say sorry to you, Mr. Shaw!"

"Okay, that's the price!"

Although Xiao Er is a foreigner, he has lived in Long Country for so many years and he has more or less understanding of Long Country's culture. He definitely understands the saying "too much is as bad as too little".

Aquitaine has already made a lot of money from this transaction. If he still insists on the original price, Sun Tong may really give up the deal. If that happens, he will suffer a huge loss!