Chapter 235: Winning a Big Order
John picked up a few headbands at random and began to look at them. He looked very carefully. Although the headbands were almost perfect, he still picked out a few minor flaws. Then he started to nitpick based on these minor flaws, and the final price he offered was almost close to the reserve price.
Translator Tang and Secretary Guan breathed a sigh of relief immediately. Before Secretary Li opened his mouth to speak, John immediately started to lower the price again. Shen Meng frowned tightly. This John was indeed a veteran. Translator Tang and Secretary Guan just breathed a sigh of relief just now, but he immediately became alert.
Secretary Li was obviously unable to bear the price pressure as it was being lowered again and again. His mentality was a little broken. Shen Meng knew that he wanted to do something because the order volume that John wanted was too large. Basically, he would order one to twenty thousand head flowers of each kind. With these dozen kinds of head flowers, Ning County would be able to earn fifty to sixty thousand in foreign exchange. He felt his hands shaking just thinking about it. If the head flowers ordered by John sold well, there would be long-term orders in the future. In this way, Ning County would have no worries about getting rid of poverty!
Just when he was about to bite his tongue and agree, Shen Meng suddenly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. John, the quantity you want is too small, so it's hard for us to accept this price. I can answer all the questions you just raised. These are all made by women from my hometown, one stitch at a time, so some parts may not be so perfect, but it is the result of the hard work of every worker. In fact, you also understand that our craftsmanship is already very good, and even your country's machines should not be able to make it. If you are not sincere, I think today's negotiations can end here."
When Tang the translator heard this, he stood up suddenly and looked at Shen Meng in disbelief. She wondered if she knew what she was saying. She just said she didn't want tens of thousands of foreign currency. Was this woman crazy?
"Comrade Shen, are you crazy? Do you know what you are talking about?"
Secretary Li and Secretary Guan looked at him after hearing what Translator Tang said. The latter immediately relayed Shen Meng's words, and Secretary Guan and Secretary Li's expressions changed immediately.
"Haha, ma'am, I think you are the ones who are not sincere in discussing cooperation. It was this gentleman who was talking just now. Judging from their expressions, you don't seem to be qualified to negotiate. If you disrupt the negotiation like this, I think you can leave."
Secretary Tang said to Secretary Li and Secretary Guan, "Mr. John asked Comrade Shen to leave. Secretary, I think Comrade Shen Meng doesn't understand the importance of this negotiation. Let her leave quickly. If the negotiation is ruined, our trip will be in vain."
Secretary Li's face looked a little ugly, but just now he heard Shen Meng speak foreign languages very fluently, and she seemed to be confident. He looked at Shen Meng and inexplicably trusted her.
John was still mumbling something, and Secretary Li thought for a moment and said, "Listen to Shen Meng."
"secretary!"
"Secretary, you have to think carefully! This is not a joke!"
Secretary Li clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, "Listen to Shen Meng."
Translator Tang and Secretary Guan both resumed their work angrily, but both of them looked a little gloomy. They felt that bringing Shen Meng to the provincial capital this time was the worst decision, and it was all Hu Biao's fault.
This is not just chatting with the woman in the car or helping to call a taxi, this is negotiating with foreign businessmen, Secretary Li is simply treating it as a joke.
Shen Meng smiled brightly at John and said, "I am the one in charge here now, let's continue."
The two of them argued for an hour. Shen Meng raised the order of 10,000 pieces of each type of head to 30,000, and the price was raised again and again. Translator Tang went from being depressed at the beginning to excitedly translating to Secretary Li and Secretary Guan. He almost jumped onto the table and shook John, telling him to give him the highest price!
He really couldn't stand this roller coaster-like feeling.
Finally, Shen Meng signed a contract with John with a quantity of 35,000 units of each product and a price that was 60% cheaper than the previous price. It was a two-year contract and Shen Meng promised that at least five new products would be released every month. The new products would also be sold to John at a price not higher than the highest wholesale price in the contract.
This is actually a disguised monopoly. Shen Meng knew that from John's words, he was actually very satisfied with the hair flower. When he sent John to the door of the office, he hugged Shen Meng and invited her to study in his country. He thought she was a talent and if she was interested, she could work in his company.
Secretary Tang interrupted immediately. If he still thought Shen Meng was a burden at this moment, he would be a fool. This was clearly a good omen!
Coincidentally, Jesse and Mark were among the people who came to pick up John.
Jesse was very surprised when she saw Shen Meng. Because the partner she wanted to find was her father, she cheered and hugged Shen Meng tightly in her arms. This time she took off the watch on her hand and put it on Shen Meng's hand.
"Dear Meng, this is my favorite watch. I am giving it to you now. I hope our friendship will last forever."
"Thank you dear Jesse."
John saw how much his daughter liked Shen Meng and was happy for her to find such a good friend in a foreign country. He also liked Shen Meng very much and almost adopted her as his daughter on the spot.
After John and his companions left, it took a long while for Secretary Li and his companions to come back to their senses. Their underwear were all soaked with sweat. Secretary Li wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was truly a thrilling day.
"Secretary Li, I roughly calculated that the order we received this time is worth 165,000 yuan in our currency. However, the order volume is huge, so we need a month to make it. As long as there are no problems with the first batch of goods, there will be this much every month in the future, or even more."
"Sigh~"
I was just immersed in the joy of completing the order, but didn't think about how much it was. Now after listening to what Shen Meng said, I realized that this was a huge sum of money from heaven!
"Shen Meng, you have done a great job. When we get back, you and Qianqian will be in charge of the hair flower workshop. You will be in charge of everything. No, you will be in charge directly. You will have a formal title, a letter of appointment, and a salary. I will definitely let you do that when the time comes."
"But Secretary Li, I, I no longer care about the workshop. Our workshop kicked me out. I completed this negotiation thinking that I would do one last thing for the village."
"Nonsense, who? Who is so bold? Dare to kick you out?"
"Is he the director of your commune? I've always felt that Feng Si is a slippery-tongued man and he's not a good person at first glance. Don't worry, Shen Zhifa. When I get back, I won't let the secretary be busy. I'll go and ask him about it first."
"That...isn't"
"Comrade Shen, please don't. I will also work with Secretary Guan on this matter. I don't believe that if the two of us go together, he will really dare to dare you. Humph, if he has the ability, he can also generate foreign exchange by himself."
Shen Meng: “.”
He is really not the director of our commune, he is wrongly accused!!!