The appearance of Liang Guoyong brought a turning point in the situation and eased the atmosphere in the house.
"Everyone, rest assured. This bidding for the diesel engine factory will proceed fairly and impartially. I will now preside over this bidding meeting. Please bring forward any good ideas you have. Let's work together to ensure this bidding is successfully concluded in the most equitable manner."
Liang Guoyong sat on the podium and spoke the above words in a friendly manner.
As soon as he finished speaking, some people below began to speak in dialect and put forward various bidding proposals.
Wan Feng didn't say another word, but just looked at Zhai Xingguo with a dark face and no words.
Old boy, you are behaving yourself this time.
After about half an hour of discussion, the final bidding method was determined to be a blind bid.
That is, each person submitted a bidding proposal, which was then opened and read out in public by Liang Guoyong.
No bidder knows the contents of other bids until they are read out.
In the mid-1980s, reform and opening up was still in its early stages, and everything was done by trial and error. Blind bidding was considered a novel operating method at the time.
These bidders have half an hour to write their bids.
Then, countless whispers were heard in the room.
The lowest bid for the contract fee is 180,000 yuan, and the highest bidder wins.
After careful consideration, Wan Feng added another 10,000 yuan to the original plan of 250,000 yuan to be on the safe side, and asked Jiang Hongguo to pay it when the time came.
After deducting various expenses, the diesel engine factory can only make a profit of around 300,000 yuan a year. These people who come to bid are at least well aware of the diesel engine factory's profit margin.
Therefore, Wan Feng believed that since the red line of 300,000 yuan profit was there, no one would touch the line of 250,000 yuan.
Everyone will reserve profit space for themselves. If you don’t even reserve 50,000 yuan in profit, then there is no point in fighting.
When the time is up, bidding stops and the call for bids begins.
The bidding started in the order of submission, and Liang Guoyong started bidding.
"You Liming, one hundred and ninety-five thousand."
"Zhang Xiwen, one hundred and ninety-two thousand."
"Han Zhong, one hundred and ninety-three thousand."
"Zhao Duo, one hundred and ninety-eight thousand."
Several bids in a row did not exceed 200,000, and were almost all around 190,000.
…
"Lian Shengyun, two hundred thousand one hundred and ten thousand."
When the eighth bid was called, the price finally exceeded 200,000.
From the eighth to the fifteenth lot, all were concentrated in the range of 200,000, and there were four bids with the same price.
"Zhai Xingguo! Two hundred and forty thousand!"
When the number 20 was called, the bid of 200,000 was finally broken and Zhai Xingguo's bid came out.
Zhai Xingguo's bid was 20,000 yuan higher than what Wan Feng had estimated for him. It seemed that Zhai Xingguo was not very confident, because his face was always tense and did not relax even though he was now the highest bidder.
Wow! This ten thousand yuan was wasted. Wan Feng shouted "Wow" in his heart.
But as the bidding progressed, Zhai Xingguo's bid stood out from the crowd.
Because none of the subsequent bids exceeded 220,000.
The expression on Zhai Xingguo's face began to relax, and he started talking and laughing with the people around him.
The bidding has been going on until around the 30th, which means there are only a few bids left to be announced.
"Jiang Hongguo, 260,000!"
Like a bolt from the blue, the highest bid so far appeared.
"Oh my god, two hundred and sixty thousand! You dare to call out such a price!"
"This has been squeezed to the limit. If you are not careful, you are in danger of losing money."
"Yes, that's gambling."
"Old Jiang actually has such courage?"
When the bid came out, Zhai Xingguo, who had been chatting and laughing, suddenly fell in expression and looked at Jiang Hongguo with vicious eyes.
Fortunately, the eyes can’t kill, otherwise Jiang Hongguo would have been covered in blood on the spot.
Wan Feng looked at Zhai Xingguo with a smile.
Ever since the day you tore up my contract in front of me and refused to take bean buns as dry food, I knew this day would come. Sooner or later, I would buy your diesel engine factory.
Although it’s not what he bought now, it’s almost the same as what he bought.
Jiang Hongguo cannot run this diesel engine factory on his own, so he can participate in it by buying shares and be considered one of the people in charge.
Jiang Hongguo's bid dominated the market until the very end, with no other bid exceeding his.
"Now that the bid has been sung and everyone knows the result, do you have anything else to say?"
No one said anything this time. Everything had been discussed in advance, and saying anything more would be unreasonable.
"Now, please tell us about your business plan, Comrade Jiang Hongguo."
Jiang Hongguo's wheelchair came to the front.
"Director Liang, comrades, I am unable to stand up. I beg the leaders and everyone to forgive me."
Liang Guoyong nodded.
Jiang Hongguo started speaking without interruption in front of the rostrum, talking about a long range of topics ranging from product production to employee welfare to technological innovation.
He has worked in the factory for more than ten years and is very familiar with everything in the diesel engine factory. Therefore, what he said was not at all amateurish and he was very familiar with it.
"Everyone, rest assured. The diesel engine factory will only be stronger than before when it's handed over to me. We will not only maintain our own market, but also open up new markets. Your income depends entirely on your performance. As long as you can achieve results, your income is guaranteed to be much higher than before."
In the end, Jiang Hongguo made some empty promises.
"Finally, if everyone has no objections, then it's settled. Starting next month, Jiang Hongguo will be the contractor for the diesel engine factory. The contract period is five years. This meeting is adjourned!"
Liang Guoyong announced that the meeting was over and asked his secretary to report it to Jiang Hongguo before leaving without any hesitation.
After taking Liang Guoyong and the people from the Industrial Bureau away, Zhai Xingguo came to Jiang Hongguo with a gloomy face.
"Jiang Hongguo, good job! You dare to steal my wife! I want to see how you can run the diesel engine factory!"
Zhai Xingguo's relatives and confidants were also eyeing Jiang Hongguo covetously.
Wan Feng appeared beside Jiang Hongguo in time.
"Zhai Xingguo! How can you not accept defeat? You've even pulled out all your tricks."
Zhai Xingguo then thought of Wan Feng: "You are also involved in this matter."
"Haha, Zhai Xingguo, from the day you arrogantly tore up my contract and told me to get out, I've been thinking that sooner or later I'd buy the diesel engine factory and have you leave. So from that day on, it was only a matter of time before you left. Look, you're gone now, aren't you? You probably don't know the saying 'Don't bully the young and poor,' especially since I'm not poor."
Zhai Xingguo's lips trembled as he wanted to say something, but Wan Feng had already pushed Jiang Hongguo away.
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