When will I have a long tassel?

Puller and Duranty certainly do not understand what freedom means.

Li Tiantian clearly meant that Linji Group was entrusted by others to develop steel ball machine tools. However, everyone is smart and knows that there is no point in spending tens of millions of euros to develop such a machine tool.

Therefore, Linji came to discuss with Miran and asked Miran to teach Linji the technology of steel ball machine tools. These technologies included various public patents and some more core know-hows.

Linji also asked Milan to sign and pledge, agreeing to Linji's free use of these technologies under so-called "force majeure" conditions.

The so-called freedom means that there is no need to ask for Miran's consent, or even to worry about Miran's objections. This is equivalent to occupying all Miran's technology.

Li Tiantian did say that she would not use this power lightly when the opportunity arises. But, as she said in another sentence, promises are unreliable!

Europeans always boast that they have a spirit of contract, but their families know their own affairs. Europeans themselves know that this so-called spirit of contract only needs to be observed when the contract is beneficial to them. If the contract is not beneficial to them, just find someone else. You can break the contract with just a few words. For example, why did you wear a hat? No one wore a hat on the day when you signed the contract. If you wear a hat now, it is a breach of contract, so I don’t need to keep the contract.

The Chinese did not show such malicious intent to break the contract, but both Puller and Duranty were Europeans and were accustomed to treating others by themselves. We are gangsters, so the whole world must be gangsters. You Chinese claim to be a gentleman, how can we believe it?

With such thoughts, Puller and the others certainly couldn't believe Li Tiantian's statement. They were more willing to suspect that there was a conspiracy behind it. Since the Chinese are engaged in a conspiracy, then the independent development of steel ball machine tools must be a cover-up to cover up this conspiracy, so there is no need to worry about it.

Thinking of this, Puller shook his head and said: "Ms. Li, I'm sorry, I think your company's request is unacceptable. Miran's technical know-how is the foundation for Miran's survival in the market. We will not take it for granted." This know-how is transferred to any other enterprise.”

"If this is the case, then we will have to explore these technical know-hows ourselves. An investment of 10 million euros may be enough." Li Tiantian threatened.

Puller spread his hands and said, "Please do as you please, this is your right."

"Mr. Puller, are you really unwilling to consider our plan?"

"Sorry, we're not interested in this option."

"If this is the case..." Li Tiantian stood up and said, "We will unfortunately have to compete with Miran Company in the steel ball machine tool market. Perhaps there will be no winner in this competition."

"I think there will be," Puller said coldly.

"Really?" Li Tiantian smiled, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Puller for his good wishes."

"..."

Li Tiantian left with Liu Jianghai, and Duranti sent them out of the company. Then he returned to Puller's office and found Puller sitting in his big leather swivel chair, holding a copy of "Jack London's Novel Collection" in his hand. , seemed to enjoy watching it.

Duranty knew that his boss had the habit of reading with crosswords, and every time he pretended to read a book, it was actually to cover up his inner anxiety. Duranty did not dare to expose Puller's disguise. He just reported in a polite manner: "Mr. Puller, the two Chinese have left."

"I know." Puller responded. He did not raise his head, but pointed at the book and said: "Duranti, what the Chinese just said about the phobia of undercapacity is a bit interesting. I'm in Jack London. I also saw this phenomenon in my book. I think this should be regarded as a mental illness."

"But, Mr. Puller, do you think the Chinese will really develop their own steel ball machine tool?"

Duranty did not take Puller's words, but directly raised his concerns. He knew that Puller was actually thinking about this matter, but he just didn't want to take the initiative to bring it up.

"I thought they were just bluffing," Puller said.

"But if their behavior is just interpreted as fraud against us, isn't the cost of their fraud a little too high? You see, we rejected their request, and Ms. Li did not make any more efforts, directly Just left.

"They should have evaluated the possibility of us cooperating with them before. Would they do so many things for a thing with such a small possibility?" Duranti questioned.

This is actually where Puller feels uneasy. Linji had made a lot of preparations for this matter. Just the newspaper sent to them by the client in Milan seemed to be very moving. Perhaps Linji Group has a good relationship with the media and can easily collude with the media to build momentum for them, but this kind of resource can only be used once and less, and there is no reason to waste it.

What's more, Linji and Chunze City announced in the media such a high-profile announcement that they would jointly develop steel ball machine tools. If there is no news in the end, their reputation will be damaged. Doesn't Linji need to consider this issue?

If this is indeed a scam, if we want to achieve the ultimate goal when the opportunity arises, we should make more efforts, right? But of the two Chinese people who came just now, the leading lady looked to be in her 30s, and the position she applied for was just a senior business manager, not a role with weight. Not to mention the other little follower. He is young and dare not say anything. He is the kind of person who can be ignored directly.

Sending these two people to discuss cooperation with Milan at the last moment seemed to be a bit indifferent. What does this mean?

Play hard to get?

Can cooperation between enterprises be so careless?

"Maybe they will make other moves. I think this is definitely not their last trump card." Puller said.

Sure enough, the day after Li Tiantian's visit, a person who claimed to be a reporter from a European newspaper called Puller's desk and asked him about the China Linji Group's visit to seek cooperation.

"How did you know about this?" Puller asked the reporter.

"Linji Group held a small press conference in China to inform about this matter." The reporter said.

"Press conference?" Puller felt a little pained, "What did they say?"

"They said that they had no intention of engaging in this kind of competition with Miran, which was bound to be a lose-lose competition, and hoped to eliminate the concerns of Chinese customers through in-depth cooperation between companies. They said that they extended an olive branch to Miran, but were rejected. Miran refused," the reporter said.

"Damn olive branch!" Puller cursed on the phone, "They just want to use this method to obtain our technical know-how for free. Our technology has been accumulated over decades, they just Posting a few articles in the media and threatening us just to get these technologies is a naked act of piracy!"

"So, this thing is true?" The reporter's ears are naturally equipped with filters. He directly filtered out Puller's complaints and grasped the core of the problem.

"Yes, this is true," Puller said. "They sent a senior business manager to put pressure on us, and we found out."

"So, will you cooperate with the Chinese?"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"If the Chinese really develop similar technology, will it threaten Miran's market share? It is said that the annual global demand for steel ball grinding machine tools does not exceed 15 million euros. If a Chinese company also masters this With this technology, Miran's market share may be severely eroded, and it may even lose this market completely.

"After all, we know that the Chinese have very strong cost control capabilities. They will use less than one-third of the cost of European companies to produce products that are not inferior to European products."

"I'm very much looking forward to seeing this. If they can save 2/3 of the procurement cost for our traditional customers, I will be happy for them."

"..."

The reporter was speechless. This man obviously didn't take the Chinese threat to heart. However, what reporters like the most is this kind of thing. The so-called "it's not too big a deal to watch the excitement" is this state.

The Chinese threatened Milan, but Milan didn't care. If the Chinese can really kill Miran in the future, what kind of reaction will Puller have? Comparing his current arrogance with his future disappointment will be quite dramatic news.

Oops, I really look forward to the Chinese killing Milang, come on!

The reporter’s inner activities are naturally expressed in words. A sensational article soon appeared in a major European newspaper. In this article, the reporter described a tense business war between the aggressive Eastern Dragon on one side and the Germanic hero who would rather die than surrender on the other side, although the hero’s belly in the accompanying picture appears to be a bit too big.

"Damn it! Are these media trying to stir up trouble?"

After seeing the article in the newspaper, Puller wanted to catch the reporter and put him on the machine tool to process it into small balls. Such an article is clearly intended to put Linji on the fire and force Linji to fulfill the vow he made.

In Puller's view, ad hoc publicity is just a form of deception. But if the media interferes with it like this, it will be hard to stop when the opportunity arises. Maybe it will bite the bullet and actually develop steel ball machine tools.

This matter is indeed unprofitable for Lin Ji. It is a defeat that kills one thousand enemies and damages oneself eight hundred. But the problem is that Mi Lang's total health is only one thousand, but the health of Lin Ji is far more than 800. Throwing away 10 million euros in vain is a trivial matter for the opportunity, but the consequence is that Milan will face bankruptcy. Who can afford this!

What's even more frightening is that if the opportunity really kills Miran, the market will return to a state where there is only one seller left, and the opportunity will slowly recover. In this sense, it is really possible to do this when the opportunity arises.