Siheyuan: The soul travels through time and space to change fate

"Absolutely true! So, now can Mr. Xu know your pricing?"

After confirming Director Yan's counter-question, Director Wang once again emphasized the issue of pricing.

The two of them discussed this matter many times on the way here.

Especially for the Walkman, the selling price suggested by Xu Damao must be a little higher.

Moreover, those who want to purchase must buy in large quantities at one time, otherwise they will never be able to sell it.

Otherwise, it won’t be long before foreigners can produce it themselves.

By that time, people like me will not be able to make any money.

Although there are some laws on patent protection in this era, the Western capitalist tycoons will not protect our interests.

This problem cannot be prevented, so we can only find ways to gain more benefits.

"Yes, of course! I'll show it to you right away!"

After knowing that Xu Damao was the designer and manufacturer of the Walkman, Director Yan no longer opposed this matter.

And judging from Secretary Wang's attitude, it's clear that this matter was even allowed by the top leader, so he doesn't have to think about making trouble.

Besides, he and Xu Damao had no conflicts at work, so why should he offend this rising star in scientific research in the Ministry of Industry?

He found several documents from the drawer and handed them directly to Xu Damao.

"Mr. Xu, take a look. Is there any problem with our pricing?"

Xu Damao took it and looked at it. The small three-wheeled vehicle was 800 US dollars/ruble; the large three-wheeled vehicle was 2000 US dollars/ruble; the tractor head was 2800 US dollars/ruble, and the bulldozer was US dollars/ruble.

During this era, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the ruble was one to one.

“There is no problem with the pricing of these vehicles, but it would be best if we only accept bulk orders of more than 100 vehicles. This way, even if someone wants to buy them and disassemble them for research, at least we have already made some money.

If it can’t be sold, that’s also very easy to deal with.

I think the surrounding agricultural cooperatives are still willing to accept these vehicles.”

There is a shortage of vehicles everywhere in the country. If the vehicles shipped here this time cannot be sold, the problem can be solved soon in Yangcheng.

"Well, don't foreign countries have these three types of vehicles? I'm not sure about tricycles, but they should have had tractors a long time ago, right?

Why would you dismantle our tractors for research?"

People of Director Yan's age always feel that foreign countries are better.

Moreover, deep down, I don’t really believe that China can produce better vehicles and equipment than foreign countries.

"Director Yan may not know that there are less than ten countries that can produce tractors. There are many that cannot!

And don't underestimate our tractors. I can guarantee that they are at the international leading level in terms of quality and performance.

As for bulldozers, there are only two or three countries that can produce them now.

Our engine and overall performance are far ahead of the United States and even the similar equipment in Big Brother's home.

So, in order to make more money, we have to sell in bulk.”

The country has been poor and weak for a long time, which has led many people to lose confidence in their own country, which is understandable.

Xu Damao had no opinion on this phenomenon, or more specifically, on Director Yan's idea.

But he wanted to start from this trade fair to make these officials in the Ministry of Industry understand that domestic factories are also capable of producing world-leading equipment and vehicles.

"Is it really as powerful as you say?"

Sure enough, no matter what Xu Damao said, Director Yan still didn't quite believe it.

"Haha, Director Yan, if you don't believe me no matter what I say, then you can just pay close attention to the performance of those foreigners.

As long as they are amazed by our products, then they can follow my strategy, okay?"

It is not easy to change the Chinese people's ideas, and Xu Damao is well aware of this.

However, this time he is not going to change everyone's ideas, but just change a few, which is not that difficult.

"What Damao said is right. Don't quote me yet. Drive it on site, test it, and then see how the other party reacts before making an offer."

Director Wang agreed more with Xu Damao's opinion.

“You can also find someone to mess things up when the other party wants to buy.

For example, we could ask the heads of farms around Yangcheng to come here and ask us to provide them with vehicles first, but not to export them for the time being.

If the foreigners who are interested in buying are in a hurry, we can raise the price.”

Xu Damao continued to deepen the influence of the conclusion that the vehicle he designed was very advanced in Director Yan's mind.

"This kind of thing is easy to handle. We just need to make preparations for both scenarios when the time comes, and we can just find our own people to play the roles."

Xu Damao was very confident in his decision, and Secretary Wang (Director Wang) also acted as if that was the way it should be, which made Director Yan feel that perhaps he could make some preparations.

"Mr. Xu continued to look at the prices of these two products. To be honest, we are not very clear about the pricing of the Walkman and the complete set of equipment for producing plastic films.

For now, I can only refer to the foreign data and documents I can find and decide on this price."

Whether he really thought what Xu Damao said made sense or he just wanted to get rid of these two great men as soon as possible, Director Yan wanted to end this meeting as soon as possible.

Therefore, the price list of the complete set of equipment and the Walkman was also taken out.

Complete set of plastic film production equipment, $5/ruble; Walkman, $120/ruble.

To be honest, Xu Damao thinks these two prices would be appropriate if they were the final selling prices.

But if they just want to make more money, this price is a bit low.

“It is better to raise the initial price of complete equipment to $100,000/ruble. The price of such equipment is not low abroad.

The price of the Walkman can also be quoted a little higher, for example, directly increased to 300 US dollars/rubles.

However, we need to purchase in bulk, and the minimum quantity cannot be less than 10,000 units, otherwise we will not make any profit.

After all, the technical requirements for this thing are not high. Others can make a similar one just by disassembling it.

We’ll probably only make money once or twice.”

It is not difficult to manufacture something like a Walkman. In this age without patent protection, at least when the country has no way to protect it, it is better to think about making more money at the beginning.

As for the future, we can consider the strategy of high quality and low price, small profits but quick turnover.