The next day, Sun Zhengguo arrived at the research institute early. When Chen Zhonghua saw his boss arrive, he came over to report on his work without being called.
"Director, you're back."
As he was speaking, he prepared to make a cup of tea, but Sun Zhengguo stopped him by gesturing with his hand.
"Wait, Zhonghua, don't make the tea. I still need to inspect the workshop later. Just tell me, has anyone contacted me these past few days, or is there anything I need to do?"
"Oh, Director, nothing major has happened these past few days. Deputy Secretary Li and the others have been handling minor matters promptly. Everything is normal at the institute."
Hearing that everything was alright, Sun Zhengguo nodded, then left his office to inspect the workshops as usual.
In the following days, nothing major happened, and Sun Zhengguo calmed down and began to draw another blueprint, striving to complete the new machine tool task as soon as possible.
As for the sales of the game consoles? Because the shipping time is relatively short, there is no news yet.
However, what Sun Zhengguo didn't know was that at this time, Mr. Huo, who was in Hong Kong Island, was also worried about the game consoles piled up in the warehouse.
no way?
This thing is too expensive, so it's not selling very well.
Since the shipment arrived in Hong Kong, Mr. Huo has contacted many distributors, but these businessmen immediately backed down after hearing the price quote.
Their reasons for rejecting the offer were simple: they all said they didn't have enough funds and would wait and see.
In fact, Young Master Huo knew that these businessmen weren't short of funds, but rather afraid of being stuck with bad money.
Left with no other option, Mr. Huo used his connections to deploy over two hundred units on Hong Kong Island, intending to gauge the market response first.
That day, as soon as Young Master Huo arrived at the office building, his beautiful secretary came over to report.
"Manager, the president of Sakura Yokota Company is here to visit. Would you like to meet him?"
"What is he doing here?" Young Master Huo muttered to himself.
Yokota has always had business dealings with them, but it seems that the president doesn't need to come in person.
Without time to think, Young Master Huo quickly instructed his secretary.
"Then bring him over here!"
"OK."
Not long after the beautiful secretary left, she led a man in his forties in.
Upon seeing the man, Young Master Huo politely stood up to greet him.
"President Yokota, welcome, welcome!"
"Mr. Huo, I apologize for the intrusion in visiting, and I hope you will take good care of me."
Upon hearing that this old man could speak Cantonese, Young Master Huo was slightly taken aback.
After exchanging pleasantries, the beautiful secretary brought over coffee, and then they began to discuss business.
Young Master Huo asked first, "I wonder what brings President Yokota here today?"
Yokota Ichiro didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated his purpose.
It turned out that his purpose in coming here was to try and lower the price of pagers.
The price has been reduced from $310 per unit to $280.
Although Mr. Huo was angry after hearing his story, he kept a smile on his face.
"Impossible, President Yokota, if we keep pushing it down, we won't make any profit."
"Mr. Huo, please don't forget that Motorola has already entered our market. I believe that necessary healthy competition is still necessary. What do you think?"
Seeing the old Japanese soldier's aggressive demeanor, Young Master Huo shook his head and chuckled.
"Motorola seems to have just started building base stations in your country and hasn't reached the point of going public yet, right? I don't know where President Yokota gets his confidence from. Does he think their products will necessarily be cheaper?"
Oh! By the way, just one more thing, a while ago, someone from your Matsui Company visited and said they were very interested in our pagers, but I didn't agree. Do you know why?
Upon hearing Young Master Huo's words, Yokota Ichiro couldn't help but frown.
He certainly knew about Matsui Company; it had always been a competitor of Yokota Company.
Although they are now pager distributors, if you keep pushing down the price, they can terminate the contract on their own.
Thinking of this, Yokota Ichiro put away his previous arrogant demeanor and put on a gentle smile.
"Mr. Huo is right. I didn't think things through earlier. But I need a lot of goods this time. Could you please lower the price a bit, considering our long-standing and pleasant cooperation?"
Seeing that the old man had given in, Young Master Huo did not pursue the matter further.
After all, business is business, and making money is what matters! There's nothing shameful about it.
"President Yokota, how much stock do you need this time?"
“We are preparing to place another 100,000 orders. I wonder what kind of discount Mr. Huo can offer?” Yokota Ichiro immediately gestured with his hand, his attitude appearing very sincere.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Huo fell into deep thought. He was no novice in business and knew what the old Japanese man was thinking.
They simply wanted to make a quick buck before Motorola could really get going.
But isn't this also my own thought?
Ultimately, after some friendly negotiations, the two reduced the price from $310 per unit to $300 per unit.
Although Young Master Huo made significant concessions this time, Yokota Ichiro wasn't much better off.
Because of the price reduction, he needs to pay 10% more in deposit than before, and he must pay upon delivery.
The beautiful secretary then drafted the contract, and Yokota Ichiro only showed a satisfied smile after seeing Mr. Huo sign it.
However, while Yokota Ichiro seemed to have made a profit, Huo Gongzi made an even greater one.
After all, it doesn't matter if pagers earn a little less; the monthly rental fee is the real expense.
After both parties signed the contract, Yokota Ichiro immediately notified the person to transfer the money.
Seeing how cooperative he was, Young Master Huo couldn't just leave without giving anything in return after receiving the deposit.
So, at noon, he invited Yokota Ichiro to a famous Japanese restaurant on Hong Kong Island for lunch.
Only after finishing his meal did he arrange for someone to take Yokota Ichiro to the hotel.
As the saying goes, once you've had enough to eat and wear, you start thinking about other things. When Yokota Ichiro returned to the hotel, he first took a nice bath to wash away the fatigue of his journey.
Then he arranged for special services and found a beautiful foreign woman. The two of them spent a pleasant afternoon at the hotel.
It wasn't until evening, when a completely exhausted Yokota Ichiro finally put his arm around the large, slender waist of the foreign woman and went downstairs to have dinner.
As he passed through the hotel's lounge area, he saw a group of people gathered not far away and couldn't help but ask them.
"Alice, what are those people doing over there?"
"Oh! Honey, they're playing a video game. I've played this game before, it's really fun."
Hearing Alice's praise, Yokota Ichiro felt a surge of national pride.
"Hahaha! Alice, you have a great eye. When it comes to games, we in Japan are the best. I bet they're playing Space Invaders."
"Oh my god, no, no, no, darling, while Space Invaders is good, this one isn't. It's called Great Wall Blocks, and it's a puzzle game."
"Oh! How could that be?" Yokota Ichiro immediately became interested. "Let's go take a look."
The two then disregarded their hunger and headed towards the crowd.
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