Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

It can be seen that at this time, all the engineers of Big Brother were impressed by the machine tools of the machinery factory.

"Thank you for the compliment, Comrade Wilson. Now that we have finished touring the machinery factory, we should talk about the order. How many units do you need?"

Liu Yuanshi also moved a few chairs and let everyone sit down.

Although the Foreign Trade Department placed an order for 30,000 units last time, they didn't know that he had increased the price of the product five times. He wanted to know how much they needed at the current price.

"Zhou, 300 million RMB per unit is indeed a bit expensive. I wonder if you can lower the price a bit if we purchase in large quantities!"

A machine tool costs 55 million RMB. Although the current RMB exchange rate has not reached the : ratio it was in , the price of a machine tool of million RMB is indeed not much cheaper than their domestic machine tools.

"No, no, no, Comrade Wilson, in fact, this price is not high. After all, the technology contained in our machine tools is worth this price, isn't it?"

Zhou Tian ignored Wilson's words. In fact, in his mind, the machine tools he designed would not have trouble selling even if they were worth 1 billion, let alone 300 million.

It's just that he is limited by the prejudice of Western countries against the East, and his superiors have told him to try his best to maintain the relationship between the two countries. Otherwise, he will not let Big Brother get away with it so easily.

The current official value of the RMB is that 55 is only equivalent to one yuan in 55, and 2 million is only yuan. Even if the price increases five times, it is only in years. If this price is converted into rubles, it is only rubles. After this calculation, Zhou Tian's heart suddenly bled.

It was still too cheap. Unfortunately, the words had already been spoken. It would be difficult to turn back now. He could only think to himself, "Forget it this time. I will definitely give Big Brother a good beating next time!"

Yue Changshan and others on the side were shocked by Zhou Tian's exorbitant price. Although they knew that the machinery factory had increased the price of machine tools five times, they did not quote according to the cost price when they first quoted.

They originally thought that Zhou Tian would increase the cost price five times, but who knew that he actually increased it five times according to the price they quoted. If you calculate it this way, then doesn't it mean that the price they sell the machine tool at this time is more than ten times the cost?

Suddenly, several people from the Ministry of Foreign Trade looked at each other in surprise, and each of them looked at Zhou Tian with a hint of shock and admiration. They were shocked that the other party dared to make an offer, and they also admired Zhou Tian's magnanimity.

"Zhou, can't you really lower it any further?"

Seeing that Zhou Tian was holding on to the price and refused to budge, Wilson asked with some reluctance.

"Comrade Wilson, tell me whether our machine tools are worth the price."

Seeing that Wilson was still arguing about the price, Zhou Tian, ​​who was already feeling bad about the price issue, heard what he said and asked directly.

"It's worth it, but the price is a bit too high, especially since we're purchasing so much!"

Wilson saw that Zhou Tian was becoming impatient and couldn't help but say something.

"Comrade Wilson, I won't lower the price. If you continue to purchase, then you can pay the price I said. If you don't want to purchase, then Comrade Wilson, you can leave now!"

Zhou Tian really wasn't in the mood to talk nonsense with them anymore. You know, there were still a lot of things he needed to deal with in the machinery factory itself, and he didn't have the time to haggle with them here.

He already felt that the machine tool was sold too cheaply because of this negligence. Now seeing the other party still chattering like this, if he hadn't been concerned about the words of his senior leader, he would have started to drive the person away long ago.

Wilson couldn't help but look grim when he heard Zhou Tian say this, but even if he was unwilling in his heart, he knew that the matter had to be decided as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he turned to Zals and several engineers and asked in a low voice.

"Zars, it seems that the other party is not going to lower the price. I want to ask, if we buy this batch of machine tools back, can you study them thoroughly?"

Perhaps because they thought Zhou Tian and his friends couldn't understand Russian, they used Russian throughout the discussion.

Zhou Tian couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this. They were discussing plagiarism in front of the inventor. Did they really treat him as if he didn't exist? But on second thought, he endured it.

After all, it concerns the friendship between the two countries, and he is not willing to make things difficult for the country because of it.

"Wilson, we have obtained some data during our visit just now, but if we want to truly study these machine tools, the more detailed the data, the better. Moreover, through our deduction, the other party's attainments in machine tools have far surpassed ours. It has taken at least ten years. It is still unrealistic to develop such a machine tool in a short period of time, unless we get the other party's drawings!"

Zales did not hide anything and spoke directly.

Just now during the visit, they had done a calculation and found that the machinery factory's machine tools were indeed much more advanced than their domestic machine tools. Ten years was already their most optimistic estimate.

After hearing what Zales said, Wilson suddenly felt a little dissatisfied, but he could only agree with what Zales said. After all, the other party was the chief engineer of the company, and he was only the chief engineer in name. When it came to technical issues, he was just a figurehead.

“So how much do we need to purchase?”

No matter how reluctant he was, he knew that he had to make a decision, so he could only continue asking in a low voice.

"It's still the same amount as before, but this time it's going to be doubled!"

"What. Why so many?"

This time Wilson was a little shocked. You know, they only discovered the advanced machine tools of the other party by accident, so they wanted to purchase a batch at a low price.

But who knew there would be such a change? Wilson originally thought that the other party had raised the price, so they would purchase less, but he didn't expect that not only did the amount not decrease, but it doubled. How could this not shock him?

"It's Toros, the chief engineer of the Kharkov Locomotive Plant. He needs us to purchase a batch as well!"

Zales gave a helpless smile and said in a low voice.

When Wilson heard that it was the Kharkov Locomotive Works, he could only nod with a hint of bitterness on his face. Although their Steyr Company was also a relatively large state-owned enterprise, it was still far inferior to the Kharkov Locomotive Works.

Obviously, the machine tools in the machinery factory were not only noticed by their company, but probably by the other party as well.

"Well, Comrade Wilson, how is your discussion going? Have you confirmed the order quantity?"

Zhou Tian watched the two of them discussing in a low voice but could not come to any conclusion. His patience was almost exhausted. Besides, it was almost time to get off work and he did not want to delay it.