"Didn't you say that she is very motivated? I'm wondering if I should change her position. It just so happens that you are back now, and Yang Man will continue to be your assistant. I am short of an assistant."
"No! I think this is good. Let's see her actual situation. Yang Man will still be your assistant. I don't need it."
"Then let her be your secretary?"
"Look, you're still jealous. Forget it, I'd better not have contact with her in the future."
An Lan smiled and said: "You don't know me too well. This kind of thing won't make me jealous at all. I just think you should train a secretary, preferably the girl named Tong Xin you just mentioned. She is quite suitable."
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"Where does she fit in?"
"Optimistic, self-motivated, and loving to learn, that's enough."
I shrugged and said, "Let's talk about this later. I don't want to find someone who doesn't know anything and wants me to teach her."
Just as he was talking, An Lan's cell phone rang.
After she answered the phone, she responded a few words in English and then hung up.
"They are coming, let's go prepare." An Lan said to me after putting down the phone.
An Lan and I came to the elevator together. After waiting for a few minutes, the elevator door opened.
There were three foreigners standing inside, all looking quite young.
As soon as he saw them, An Lan greeted the three of them with a smile, and then introduced my identity to them.
After greeting each other, we took the three of us to the small conference room.
An Lan and I sat on one side, and the three of them sat opposite us. It seemed that they were well prepared.
An Lan was also well prepared. He first introduced the group's business to them, and then showed them the export data of the past year.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, one of the foreigners with a mustache asked us in broken Chinese: "Dr. Chen, Mr. An, we understand the situation of your group, and you must also understand our situation. We are all
A newly established trading company, so in terms of price, you see"
An Lan seemed to have no intention of backing down at all, and said decisively: "I also understand your situation. I just want to ask, are you sincere in accepting our goods? If you are willing, we can cooperate with the three of you on ours.
The supply of goods is sufficient, and I shouldn’t need to say much about the quality.”
An Lan was as decisive as ever, speaking without any hesitation.
And the three people on the other side started to discuss again, and they all spoke some language that I couldn't understand. It seemed to be French, but it seemed to be other languages.
I couldn't help but ask An Lan: "What are they talking about?"
An Lan whispered to me: "They said the price of our goods is a bit higher because they can get the same goods in South Korea and Japan."
I couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and then said to these three people: "You three, you think the price of our goods is high, that's because we are our own goods, and we can be guaranteed in every aspect. You said that the goods from Japan and South Korea are good.
Why don’t those three go directly to Japan and South Korea?”
The mustache said again: "Director Chen, we are a small company and cannot compare with the strength of ym. We also sincerely want to cooperate with your Yuanfeng Group, so let's talk about the price again!"
In fact, I think it's okay, as long as the price reduction is not severe, we can cooperate.
But An Lan didn't give these three people a chance at all, and said decisively: "In this case, let's make an appointment next time. If you three have time, you can go to the factory under our group to see me. Sorry, I'm sorry!"
After An Lan finished speaking, she stood up, and I had no choice but to stand up with her and leave the conference room.
"Why?" I asked her puzzledly after leaving the conference room.
"They may have discussed it long ago and wanted to lower the price, but this is absolutely impossible."
"But"
An Lan seemed to know what I was going to say, and then said to me: "I know what you think, lower the price a little, right?"
I nodded and said: "If we don't cooperate with ym anymore, let's lower the price a little bit. I think there will be no problem."
"The problem is that it's nothing, but once something happens for the first time, it will happen countless times. We have just said what needs to be said, let them think about it themselves."
"What if they don't agree to cooperate?"
An Lan suddenly stopped, exhaled softly, and said, "Then I'll be the only one to go to London."
"What are you going for?"
"Go to YM Group and talk to their chairman. If we can continue to cooperate, of course it would be best. But if it doesn't work, we can also scare those who want to lower the price with us."
An Lan's move is indeed the best of both worlds, but I'm still a little worried that these small companies won't be able to withstand the pressure of ym.
Back in the office, An Lan said to me again: "I have to go to London. One of our shipments is still floating on the sea. If we can't find someone to take over, this shipment will fall on our feet."
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"How many?" When I heard this, I frowned immediately.
"The total value is 200 million euros."
I was frightened, and my scalp felt numb. What is the concept of 200 million euros? When converted into RMB, it is nearly 1.5 billion!
I just took a look at the group's finances this morning. The total assets are less than 500 million. This would cost us everything!
My body fell heavily on the chair, and I asked An Lan with an ashen face: "Why didn't you tell me about this yesterday?"
"I'm not worried about you. Besides, no one in the group knows about this except me."
"It can't be leaked, otherwise there will be chaos."
"So I have to go to London. You should try your best to talk to those three people without lowering the price. It's best to talk to the mustache today. His name is Ruby. Among the three people, I am more optimistic about him. It's best to talk to him about his situation.
Find out clearly."
"Well, don't worry, the consequences of this matter are so serious, I don't dare to neglect it."
An Lan comforted her softly: "Actually, you don't have to be nervous. Even if YM Group doesn't accept it in the end, we can still get rid of this batch of goods. Thanks to a few million, they won't all be destroyed."
"Millions are money! Hey!" I sighed.
"Compared to more than one billion?"
I'm speechless, but even so, I have to keep a good attitude.
Just like An Lan, even if a world war broke out, her expression remained unchanged.
In the evening of that day, An Lan flew to London, and I also asked Fu Zhiqiang to go out and investigate the foreigner named Lupi.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles!
Fu Zhiqiang was also very helpful and informed me of Lu Lu's personal situation the next morning.
This matter is of great importance, and I dare not neglect it. Even if I want to establish an insurance business, I have to wait a little longer.
At noon that day, I contacted this foreigner named Lubi and made an appointment to meet him alone at an Italian restaurant.
"Mr. Luby, we have already met each other, so there is no need to introduce ourselves. Simply speaking, can you take over our goods?"
In the restaurant, after we sat across from each other, I asked him straight to the point.