Chapter 370 Digging the Deepest Hole

"That's okay, the other sects can't see the bids, and they don't know that we answered 'to be determined' on the price guarantee terms.

If we are willing to act as a "drag" and actively cooperate with Vero Door to bring down the price quickly, it will be too late for customers to welcome us. How can we be eliminated?

I'm afraid they will act like they want to give the project to us, to scare other bidders and make them reduce their prices quickly. Do you think my guess is right?" Jin Ziming analyzed.

The conference room fell silent, and everyone had to admit that based on their understanding of Veromen, their reaction would probably be as the great elder said.

"Then it's settled. If you answer the price guarantee item with 'to be determined', the price will be quoted as I just said.

However, these alone are not enough. Li Ao, please help me make an appointment with the head of Vero Gate and all the members of the decision-making team. I want to visit them one by one. You have to make an appointment regardless of whether they meet or not.

In addition, during this period, everyone must be more diligent. Don't sit in the branch if you have nothing to do. Go to the Vero Gate. It is best to invite customers to sit down and find out more information.

Liu Yi, you ask our channel partners to take action, and they must do their best to help us ‘win’ this order.”

Jin Ziming made the final decision and began to assign tasks. He wanted to mobilize the entire people and put people on this project, so as to convince Zhe Linshan that the Lingyun Sect really wanted to make a desperate move.

A few days later, the results of the first round of bidding were announced. Lingyun Sect ranked first, and the price was made public; Zhe Linshan came second, and Qingyu Sect ranked third.

Although the quotations of other factions are all below the benchmark price, they are far away from the first place. After all, this is only the first round. Who is willing to be as stupid as the Lingyun faction and throw away their chips as soon as they come up?

Vilomen obviously would not give up, saying it was still dissatisfied with the price and requested a second round of quotations five days later.

Of course, they noticed the "to be determined" clause of Lingyun Sect, but they were sure that if the other party won the bid, they would definitely make concessions on this clause, so they didn't care much about it. The top priority was to continue to lower the price.

On the contrary, Wei Luomen was very satisfied with Lingyun Sect's understanding and cooperation in the first round.

Since the customer didn't come to force him, Jin Ziming was happy to pretend to be confused. In the second round, Lingyun School's price was still relatively aggressive, but the result was that Zhe Linshan came first, followed closely by Lingyun School.

In order to stimulate competition, Weiluomen began to eliminate the Zhiyuan Sect and Xiluomen, which were relatively expensive, as well as Guangxinmen and Danfu Pavilion. They were all declared eliminated, killing half of the participants.

Simon was the most depressed. They used a senior official from Kuban Island to help intercede, but to their surprise, Veromen still refused to buy it.

The third round of bidding started, and Lingyun Sect once again rushed to the first place, while Ru Shi Sect from Zidejie was eliminated.

The price was so bloody that Qingyumen felt that they could no longer bear it. Their chief elder contacted Jin Ziming and Pei Jierui and suggested that enough was enough.

The answer I received was naturally: "I can't help. The headquarters has a death order and must be taken down. Moreover, strategic subsidies have been given, so we are not afraid of going all out."

In the fourth round, Zhe Linshan regained the top spot and Qing Yumen was eliminated. As expected, the situation entered the final stage of the decisive battle between the two powers.

The next round will definitely be the last round. Veromen is actually very satisfied with the current price, but since these two companies are interested in it, they are happy to see the results.

However, out of caution, Jin Ziming was still called to the conference room of the Vero Gate decision-making group, and the deputy leader asked:

"Elder Jin, we are quite satisfied with the performance of the Lingyun Sect. The results are coming out soon. You have to clarify in person whether you accept the two-year price guarantee clause?"

The mangy man was well prepared for this and replied: "Deputy leader, elders, it is obvious to all that the price is already very bloody. If it is accompanied by such a harsh price guarantee clause, the headquarters will not be able to accept it for a while.

But I am confident that if I finally win the project, there is a high probability that I can convince the headquarters to agree to this. After all, the project is too big and too tempting, so I applied and gave me a little more time."

"Okay, let's do this for now. When the fifth round of quotations is over, you must give a positive answer, otherwise, even if your price is lower, you will be eliminated." The deputy head said helplessly.

Veromen didn't mind who won the final victory, and Jin Ziming's reply was within their expectations.

"Okay, thank you, deputy head." Jin Ziming looked calm on the surface, but was extremely excited on the inside.

This clause is the exit mechanism he designed for the Lingyun Sect. No matter whether the final price is the lowest or not, if you don't agree to this clause in the end, you will be out. Anyway, the purpose of digging a deep hole has been achieved.

It would be better if Veromen unexpectedly decided to give the contract to Lingyun Sect even if they did not agree to the price guarantee terms.

Without this worst clause, you can still earn spiritual stones by starting local production, but the profit is slightly lower, but compared with revitalizing the entire market in one fell swoop, the advantages obviously outweigh the disadvantages.

Therefore, no matter what Veromen chooses, Lingyun Sect will win.

At the end of the last round of bidding, Veromen did not announce the first-place bid like in previous rounds, but had private conversations with both companies.

In fact, the Lingyun faction had the lowest price, so naturally they talked to Jin Ziming first, and the two parties met again in the same conference room as last time.

The deputy head of the Vero Gate smiled and said: "Elder Jin, your several rounds of quotations have shown enough sincerity.

Regarding the price guarantee clause, what is Lingyun School’s final reply? If it is met, you are likely to win the project.”

"Deputy Chief, I'm really ashamed. As of last night, I still haven't been able to convince the headquarters to accept this clause.

Do you think this will work? The situation is now clear. I will immediately go back and contact the boss at the headquarters and tell me that if I accept the two-year price guarantee, I will win the bid. I will give you a final reply by noon tomorrow at the latest."

The reckless man said with "sincerity and fear" that of course he couldn't hit everyone in the face, but he had to show his all-out attitude no matter what, so that we could meet each other easily in the future.

The deputy head looked at the attendees and saw that no one objected, so he nodded slightly and said:

"Okay, Elder Jin, I'll give you more than half a day. Tomorrow is the deadline at noon. If you still don't agree, the Lingyun Sect's bid will be cancelled. I hope you can seize the opportunity."

"Okay, deputy leader, I will do my best and I will reply on time tomorrow. I hope it will be a happy ending." The reckless man promised.

The next morning, Jin Ziming wrote a letter to the effect: "After repeated calculations by the headquarters, the Lingyun Sect can no longer afford the price guarantee terms because the price is too low.

I sincerely ask Veromen to consider letting me undertake the construction project at the current quotation without additional price reduction protection."

After reading this, the Weiluomen decision-making team scolded Jin Ziming for talking nonsense. If this clause was removed, the comprehensive price of Lingyun Sect would be worse than that of the eliminated Qingyumen and Rushi Sect.

With the crowd excited, Pei Jierui, the great elder of Zhelin Mountain, was immediately summoned. The deputy head said solemnly:

"Elder Pei, the last round of prices is out, and the other group's price is lower. According to the rules, we have to declare them the winning bidder."

After saying that, he threw the Lingyun Sect's final round of quotations to the other party and let him read it himself.

Pei Jierui heard that Jin Ziming had been here yesterday and already had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. Now when he saw the results, he broke into a cold sweat and said quickly: "Deputy leader, we can do it at the price of Lingyun Sect."

"Haha, Elder Pei, in terms of the history of cooperation, we are longer; in terms of the scale of cooperation, Zhelin Mountain is also larger than the Lingyun Sect; and in terms of equipment performance, it is difficult for you to distinguish between us.

However, the overall strength of the Zide Realm dominates the Chaoyang River System. This is also a factor that we need to consider when making decisions.

What's more, like Silomen, you have invited the elders of Kuban Island to express your case. Taking these factors into consideration, congratulations, Silomen still gives priority to cooperating with Zhe Linshan." Yuan Dingchu changed the subject and changed it to comfort.

"Elder Pei, for changing the winning bidder to Zhe Linshan without following the bidding rules, there must be an explanation. If the price is the same as that of the Lingyun Sect, why should we change it?"

The deputy head was in the red face, and the black face could only be played by the elder in charge of the project.

"Thanks to the deputy master and all the elders for their love, Zhe Linshan will definitely show his sincerity and lower the price by five points based on the Lingyun Sect's final offer."

Everyone in Veromen was overjoyed when they heard this. The deputy head suppressed his laughter and said with a straight face:

"Okay, Elder Pei, you are still sincere. Go back first. We will discuss it again and announce the winning bid in two hours."

Pei Jierui was a little uneasy, worried that it would not be enough to impress these old guys, but he really did not have any more chips. These five points were just nonsense, and he had to apply urgently after he returned.

“Given the importance that the headquarters attaches to this project, I think we will eventually agree to lower the price again.

I can also embellish my influence by saying that Lingyun School has the lowest price and has already won the bid.

But I relied on my strong high-level relationships to finally turn the tide and get Veromen to privately give me a chance to make an offer, and then I came back from the dead and turned defeat into victory."

Pei Jierui was very satisfied with the idea. At least he didn't lie and it was basically the truth. Veromen quickly announced the results, and Zhe Linshan won the bid exclusively.

Their ultra-low prices were spread by "careful people", and other sects or chambers of commerce, regardless of whether they had signed price guarantee clauses, asked Pei Jierui to "exchange" how to compensate them.

Zhe Linshan won this project and indeed started the local factory construction and complete machine production, which could barely be maintained in the first few years.

However, as the price guarantee clause continued to be triggered, and embarrassing incidents of rejection of goods occurred many times, huge losses continued to occur.

More than ten years later, Zhe Linshan's local factory closed down, and the sect's influence and market position in the leisure world were greatly reduced.

This is in sharp contrast to the steady rise of Lingyun Sect's "small step jogging". Of course, this is a story for another day.

Jin Ziming received three letters from Hongqingjie one after another. The first one was from his wife, telling him sad news: "My uncle passed away peacefully. The Ye family has sent him back to his hometown for burial."

The mangy man was secretly sad, "In the end, I couldn't get back in time and missed the last time."
Chapter completed!