Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Got it, Director!"

Several workers nodded gratefully to Zhou Tian. Although they had heard in the factory that the factory director's locksmith skills were even better than some master craftsmen, they had always regarded it as a legend.

But today, after receiving personal guidance from the factory director, I finally understood what it means that there is no wind without waves.

With just a few words, the bottleneck that had troubled them for months was solved. Especially during the demonstration, the smooth and flowing movements that seemed like aesthetic art showed them the extraordinary craftsmanship of the craftsman.

"Well, keep practicing!"

Zhou Tian said this, put the towel back around his neck, turned around, and left the workshop with Liu Yuan.

The April sunshine was already a little dazzling. After leaving the workshop, Zhou Tian couldn't help but use his hands to block the sunlight from the sky.

"Xiao Liu, did the minister say anything on the phone?"

Zhou Tian asked as he walked.

"Director, that's not the case. Minister Xie just asked me to ask you to answer the phone!"

As Liu Yuan spoke, his pace did not slow down.

"What on earth is going on?"

Zhou Tian suddenly became a little curious. The machinery factory had not produced any results or any omissions during this period. Normally, the minister would not call him.

"Could it be?"

Suddenly, Zhou Tian thought of Wilson, but after thinking about it, the time should basically be determined. If he remembered correctly, Big Brother would sign an aid plan with our country in May.

After thinking about it, this was the only thing he could remember in his mind.

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

After all, if it was really as he thought, then both parties should have already decided on the final price.

Back in the office, Zhou Tian came to the phone, picked up the phone and said, "Hello, Minister, I'm Zhou Tian!"

Sure enough, as Zhou Tian's voice rang out, Xie Yuanchang's slightly teasing voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiaotian, I have good news and bad news! I wonder which news you want to hear?"

Zhou Tian was stunned when he heard this, and even doubted whether the person opposite him was his leader. According to his memory, his leader was always very serious, but what was wrong with his tone today?

Could it be that he was infected by him? However, he doesn't want to take the blame for this.

He said directly: "Leader, please tell me the bad news first. Let me hear how bad this bad news is? Let me see if I can accept it!"

"Okay, then listen carefully. The bad news is that the price we originally set for the machine tool may be invalid!"

"Yellow? Why?"

Zhou Tian was stunned when he heard this. Logically speaking, this price was very reasonable in his opinion. Why did it fail? Did Wilson and the others back off? But in the blink of an eye, he felt that he seemed to be overthinking it. After all, according to his understanding of Big Brother's character, if the other party knew the data of the machine tool, they would not back down so easily.

He thought that Big Brother would either use threats or coercion, but he never thought that they would back down.

"Why else? Of course, the price you set is too high."

Xie Yuanchang felt helpless when he said this. Thinking of his leader's stunned look when he heard the price he mentioned, he couldn't help but want to complain.

"Is that so? Okay then, what's the good news?"

After hearing this, Zhou Tian already had a vague guess and continued to ask.

"The good news is that as long as we can lower the price of machine tools, the order for 100,000 machine tools will directly earn the country hundreds of millions of rubles in foreign exchange!"

When Xie Yuanchang reached this point, his tone couldn't help but become a little excited.

Hundreds of millions of rubles. To be honest, when he heard the news from his leader, he felt confused. You know, our country has been established for three years, and this is the only time that the first transaction can reach hundreds of millions of foreign exchange.

In the past, they exported large quantities of canned food, meat, and other foods, but only earned tens of thousands of foreign exchange in return. But now, the order for just 100,000 machine tools has directly reached hundreds of millions.

Thinking about it, he felt it was a bit magical, but reality had to tell him that it was true.

"A few hundred million rubles?"

After hearing what Xie Yuanchang said, Zhou Tian couldn't help but fell silent. Although hundreds of millions of rubles seemed like a lot, the problem was that it took 100,000 machine tools to exchange for such a small amount of foreign exchange, and he was not very willing to accept it.

You know, according to his price, it could be exchanged for tens of billions of wealth, but now it has dropped directly to hundreds of millions. However, he actually knows in his heart that the price he set at the beginning was indeed a bit high in this era.

Although from the perspective of his previous life, this price should be considered just right, but considering the current situation, no matter how unwilling he is, he can only express his dissatisfaction with silence.

"Minister, isn't this price a bit too low?"

After a long time, Zhou Tian slowly opened his mouth and asked. The price of hundreds of millions was equivalent to a machine tool that cost less than 10,000 rubles. This was obviously unacceptable to Zhou Tian.

"Xiaotian, I know this price is much lower than the one you offered, but we still have to deal with Big Brother after all, and the relationship between the two countries cannot fall out because of machine tools! So for the sake of the overall situation, sometimes we have to make sacrifices!"

At this point, Xie Yuanchang couldn't help but comfort her.

After all, hundreds of millions of foreign exchange was actually a lot in his opinion.

"Minister, I'm sorry, I can't accept this price. Even if I have to make concessions, I won't make such concessions. Thirty thousand rubles for a machine tool is the lowest price I can accept. If the other party still can't accept it, then I won't sell it!"

Zhou Tian hung up the phone after saying this, and couldn't help but look extremely ugly.

To be honest, he set the price at 300,000 yuan per unit with the intention of ripping off the other party, but in the end, he knew that it was a sky-high price and the other party would never agree to it.

That's why he wanted to exchange for Big Brother's production line and materials, but he didn't expect that the other party would directly set the price at several thousand rubles per unit, which was not even as good as his initial price of 60,000 rubles per unit. How could he accept this?

"Director, what are you doing?"

Liu Yuan, who was standing by, saw the factory director's face turn pale after he finished the phone call, and couldn't help but step forward to ask.

"fine!"

Zhou Tian waved his hand to stop Liu Yuan from asking questions. After all, he didn't want Liu Yuan to get involved in this kind of thing.

He also knew that by hanging up the minister's phone just now, he might have offended the minister. Now it depended on how the minister would explain to his superiors.

If he had not already had connections in the military, he even doubted whether his superiors would dismiss him as the director of the machinery factory. After all, he was not only rejecting the minister's face, but also the face of the superiors.

"Forget it, Xiao Liu, pour me a cup of tea and go downstairs. I want to be alone!"

"Okay, director!"

When Liu Yuan heard this, seeing that the factory director didn't want to say anything, he could only nod, poured a cup of tea for the factory director, and retreated.

"Hey, I didn't expect things to be so complicated?"