Siheyuan: Learning to be the sixth

After the staff left, there was a brief burst of noise outside the venue, and then it became quiet again.

He Yuzhu understood very well why John Bull did this. The root cause was that he was forced to bow his head by China on the Hong Kong issue. After so many years, he still couldn't save face.

The former British Empire is now like this. It will become more and more doomed in the future. Now it can barely be considered an ally of the United States, but in a few decades it will truly become the weakest of the weak.

As the two ministers opened their speeches, He Yuzhu's thoughts were drawn back to the conference hall.

The purchasing method of this procurement meeting is very different from that in the past. The staff will directly mark the quotations from all parties on the blackboard, which can be said to be a clear bid.

This move caught many people off guard, but the foreigners were only surprised. He Yuzhu did not see any company saying that they would lower their quotes.

Only the representative of Foot Basin Chicken sitting near the opposite corner of the table wrote and drew on the notebook. Although He Yuzhu disliked Foot Basin Chicken from the bottom of his heart, sometimes you have to admit that they still do business.

Although these foreigners are very arrogant, He Yuzhu thinks that they are just empty talk. Jiaopenji should be the leader in China's switch market. In the early 1980s, Fujian Province raised 6 million US dollars as a whole to order 10,000 switches from Jiaopenji at one time, and later introduced a production line.

Therefore, He Yuzhu only pays attention to Siemens and Motorola, but in He Yuzhu's opinion, Fujitsu, which is a small fry, is the biggest enemy.

Since everyone has to go on the blackboard, no one wants to be the first, and everyone wants to be as far back as possible, so that it will be easier to adjust the price at any time.

Don't be fooled by these foreigners sitting together and chatting and laughing at the beginning, but when the real battle came, they all changed their expressions. Didn't you see that the people from Siemens and Motorola subconsciously kept a distance from each other?

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications saw that this was not going to work, so he looked directly at the Belgian representative who was closest to him and said: "Then let's start with the Belgian representative."

The Belgian representative wanted to slap himself in the face at this moment. If he had known it would be like this, why was he trying to be so smart? Wouldn't it be better to sit at the back?

But now that he was named, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand over the package containing his own product model parameters and quotations to the staff.

Under the gaze of everyone in the audience, the staff opened the envelope, took a look at the model and parameters and found that they met the purchasing requirements of the two departments, then wrote the price on the blackboard.

He Yuzhu saw that Belgium was quite shady, as each 10,000-port switch cost US$100,000.

Then the next one is Siemens's $120,000, Germany's $115,000, and America's $130,000...

Finally, it was the turn of the chicken with a foot basin, which was the target of He Yuzhu's concern. He wrote a note and put it in the envelope. Then he stood up, bowed and handed the envelope to the staff.

What if the chickens can act? If you don't know what kind of people they are, you can easily be fooled by their humble hypocrisy.

As expected, the Foot Basin Chicken did not disappoint He Yuzhu. He was also clever. The price he marked was in the local currency, which was more than 11 million yen. In fact, according to the exchange rate of the Foot Basin Chicken to the US dollar at that time, it was less than 70,000 US dollars.

Due to untimely communication, the representatives present had no way of knowing the current exchange rate of the US dollar to the chicken.

"Zhu Zi, what does this foot basin chicken mean?"

"Old Ren, he wants to be a good guy on both sides. He doesn't mark the currency in US dollars because he doesn't want to offend these foreigners. After all, his emperor is present. Secondly, he wants to sell us a good deal."

"Zhu Zi, how much in US dollars did they quote?"

"Mr. Ren, if I calculated correctly, he should have quoted less than 70,000 US dollars."

Ren Zhengfei was also stunned when he heard this. This quotation was much lower than that of these foreigners. Originally, Ren Zhengfei wanted to ask He Yuzhu why he knew so much about the exchange rate between Chicken with a Basket and the United States.

When he remembered that the name of Jiaobenji was the only one circled in the information in He Yuzhu's hand, he was extremely surprised. Could it be that Zhuzi had regarded Jiaobenji as the biggest opponent from the beginning?

While they were talking, the representatives in the opposite row had finished reporting their quotations. He Yuzhu was sitting relatively close to the leader's seat, so although he felt a little regretful, he did not back down.

But the next second, I heard the leader say, "Let's continue from the corner of the table."

All of a sudden, He Yuzhu and his team became the third from the bottom, with the only ones behind them being the Tulip Country and a passerby.

Regarding his leader's blatant favoritism, He Yuzhu wanted to say: "Leader, it has to be you."

No matter what the outcome is, He Yuzhu will remember this kindness.

When it was finally He Yuzhu's turn, all the bids were roughly the same, except for a representative who had drunk a lot of fake wine and actually quoted a price of US$200,000.

He Yuzhu shook his head. Didn't he see that after listening to their offer, the minister picked up a pen and started writing? If he guessed correctly, it should be the legendary blacklist.

Finally it was He Yuzhu and his group's turn. As the only representative from a local Chinese company present, He Yuzhu became the most handsome guy in the room as soon as he stood up.

He Yuzhu stood up and said, "Mr. Ministers, I have a request. After the staff verifies that our Huawei products meet the standards, can I write the price quote on the blackboard myself?"

The two ministers did not expect He Yuzhu to make this request, but they agreed without hesitation, because after getting to know He Yuzhu, they trusted He Yuzhu very much. Just like they secretly took care of Huawei from the beginning, they also hoped to tell foreigners through the rise of Huawei that they would have to show some sincerity when doing business with China in the future.

"Huawei representative, Minister Jiang and I have agreed to your request. Now please hand the envelope to our staff for on-site verification."

The staff also took the envelope from He Yuzhu with both hands full of excitement. He Yuzhu saw that their hands were shaking a little.

This touched He Yuzhu's heart and made him more determined to make Huawei soar to the sky.

Soon the staff member completed the verification and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Leader, after verification, the switches provided by Huawei meet our procurement standards."

As soon as the staff member said this, the representatives present widened their eyes with disbelief on their faces.

"No, Huawei cannot possibly produce a product that is comparable to ours. We at Lucent request to verify Huawei's product on site."