Chapter 436 You Continue to Make It up for Me
When Jacob walked out of the office building, he had a silly smile on his face and the sweat on his back had not yet dried. In this moment, he had experienced both the world of ice and fire. From worrying that he would be sent to a labor camp in the Chinese version of Siberia to accepting an appointment at Canglong Research Institute with an annual salary of 120,000 yuan, his identity changed so quickly that his brain, which is accustomed to logical thinking, experienced a long-term downtime. .
"Is this guy worth the price?" Tang Zifeng asked Qin Zhongnian privately.
"It's worth it, it's worth it!" Qin Zhongnian grinned from ear to ear, "He has great ideas in machine tool research, but he lacks opportunities for practical application. Such a talent would be wasted in Russia. Come to us, It will definitely come in handy.”
"I mean, is the price of 120,000 yuan a year too high?" Tang Zifeng said.
Qin Zhongnian stared: "What are you talking about! If we hire any foreign expert now, it will cost at least 50,000 to 80,000 U.S. dollars. Do you think it is how much RMB it is? You said 120,000 yuan a year. I was really scared at the time. Jacob flipped the table!"
Tang Zifeng said with a smile: "Save as much as you can. Russia is very poor now. Give him 120,000 a year and he will be overjoyed. How can he flip the table? Wait for him to come over and see how big his contribution is. If If you make a contribution, you will be given a year-end bonus of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan or something. Isn't this also an incentive measure?"
Arrangements were made to take Yakob away, and Tang Zifeng immediately asked Han Weichang to bring Frolov and Avakyan over. Naturally, the conversation with Frolov could not be held in this temporary interrogation room. Tang Zifeng found a small conference room, and the only people accompanying him to the meeting were Zhang Jianyang and Han Weichang.
"Mr. Frolov, Mr. Avakyan, please take a seat. We are having a small meeting today, and I did not even allow Ms. Liu, the translator, to attend so that we can talk openly and honestly. What do you think?"
After Han Weichang closed the door of the conference room, Tang Zifeng said straight to the point.
Frolov glanced at Avakyan subconsciously, then shook his head to Tang Zifeng, pointed to his ear, and said in Chinese: "Comrade, I don't know..."
Tang Zifeng sneered: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, Mr. Avakian, please explain it to Mr. Frolov? Don't tell me that you don't know either."
Avakyan's face suddenly turned red, and he hesitated not knowing how to answer. Frolov saw something was wrong. He asked Avakyan in Russian. Avakyan answered a few words. Frolov was silent for a moment and nodded to him. Avakyan then He looked at Tang Zifeng and said in less fluent Chinese: "Mr. Tang, I'm very sorry. I do know a little bit of Chinese, but only a little. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take on the task of translating."
"It's enough." Tang Zifeng said with a smile.
Yakob has already given him the details, saying that Avakyan studied Chinese when he was in college. In his early years, he was responsible for trade with China at the Petrov Machine Tool Factory, and his Chinese proficiency is very good.
When Frolov came to China to do business, it was impossible not to bring someone with him who could understand Chinese. Otherwise, he would have been abducted by human traffickers and taken to a black coal mine without even knowing what was going on. In front of the negotiating clients, Frolov deliberately concealed the fact that Avakian knew Chinese. The purpose was to make the clients mistakenly think that none of them could understand Chinese, so that they would inadvertently exchange opinions in Chinese in front of them.
Once Avakian eavesdrops on the other party's internal opinions, he can tell Frolov privately, and Frolov can determine his own negotiation strategy based on the other party's trump cards.
Frolov's trick deceived Zhao Xinggen and Tang Zifeng, but was unexpectedly discovered by Han Weichang.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, we didn't mean to deceive you. Although Mr. Avakian does know a little Chinese, he hasn't used it for many years. I'm worried about his Chinese when it comes to cooperation between the two parties. The level is not good enough, and I misunderstood your opinions, which led to undue misunderstandings between the two parties. Therefore, I did not explain this point, but asked you to hire a more professional translator to do the translation work."
Even though he was exposed by the other party, Frolov did not show any embarrassment, and pretended to be calm and found reasons for himself to get over the matter.
In his heart, of course, he knew that the exposure of this matter would be very detrimental to him. It would affect the atmosphere of negotiations between him and Linji Group. The other party would be more vigilant about him because of this, and he would have to make up more lies to get rid of him. The other party is bluffing.
Do you want to say that you and Pu... are high school classmates?
Uh-huh, this material is a bit too strong, it might be worn...
What Frolov didn't expect was that Tang Zifeng did not dwell on this issue, but instead asked another question as if he didn't care at all: "Mr. Frolov, I want to know, What is your factory’s current CNC machine tool production capacity?”
Avakyan had accepted the reality and began to work conscientiously as a translator for both parties, relaying Tang Zifeng's words to Frolov.
"Production capacity?" Frolov's thoughts went too far and he didn't come back to his thoughts. He sank for a moment, and then said with a solemn expression: "In terms of production capacity, to be honest, due to the impact of Russia's economic conditions, our production capacity has been greatly lost. Currently, the annual output of CNC machine tools is less than 1,000 units."
"Are you sure Mr. Frolov meant less than 1,000 units?"
After listening to Avakyan's translation, Tang Zifeng asked Avakyan.
Avakyan's face turned red again. He did not dare to look into Tang Zifeng's eyes and said in a hushed voice, "Yes, that's what Director Frolov said."
"That's right, it's also true that there are less than 1,000 units. So, is it 100 units, or 10 units? Or is it completely discontinued?" Tang Zifeng asked in a teasing tone.
"Mr. Tang, I don't understand what you mean!" Frolov's face sank and he said dissatisfied.
"Don't you understand what I mean?" Tang Zifeng laughed, "According to statistics from the Russian Machine Tool Association in November last year, in the first eight months of 2003, the output of CNC machine tools in Russia was only 80 units. I would like to ask, among which How many units are produced by your factory?”
"No, this is impossible!" Frolov finally panicked and was no longer the calm and cool person he was.
Han Weichang pushed a piece of fax paper across the conference table. It was a copy of a Russian journal and was sent by fax. The handwriting on it was already a little unclear. However, Frolov could still see the key content at a glance, which was exactly the statistic Tang Zifeng was talking about.
"Editor, go ahead and make it up for me!" Tang Zifeng pointed at Frolov and yelled.
"This matter may be a misunderstanding..." Sweat broke out on the top of Frolov's forehead, showing that his brain was overclocking, which was because the water-cooling fan started running.
"I misunderstood your sister!"
Tang Zifeng interrupted Avakyan's translation. As for whether the other party's Chinese level was enough to understand what "mei" meant, Tang Zifeng had no control over it.
"Frolov, I see that you are also a very old man. Your old man has been an expert in aiding China and a fighter for international communism. You can be considered a rising star. You shamelessly ran to China to deceive and abduct you. Are you suitable?" Tang Zifeng turned on the harming mode and immediately slapped the opponent with a lot of hats.
Avakyan grimaced and muttered something to Han Weichang, roughly saying that Tang Zifeng said too many things and was beyond his knowledge. Han Weichang suppressed his laughter and translated Tang Zifeng's words into a more popular version. Only then did Avakian translate it to Frolov, and also whispered to Frolov Love, this Mr. Tang seems very angry and the situation is serious.
"I'm sorry about this." Frolov stood up and bowed slightly to Tang Zifeng and others. The expression on his face has become calm again, because he already knows that the other party has figured out everything, and it is completely futile for him to try to clear up this matter.
At this moment, he also thought clearly that the cooperation with Linji must have been ruined, but Linji could not do anything to him. What he is most worried about now is that he will be asked to compensate for the food and accommodation expenses for the past few days when the opportunity arises. I drank a box of Erguotou and a bottle of good wine with red water and green label, but I don’t know how much it was worth. If I want full compensation, I don’t know if the money I brought with me on this trip is enough.
"Sorry, no need to apologize. If apologizing is useful, why do we need the police?" Tang Zifeng waved his hand.
"Police?" Avakyan was stunned, "Mr. Tang, you mean police?"
"I didn't say the police." Tang Zifeng categorically denied, "I just wanted to ask Frolov what he planned to do?"
"We can compensate you for your losses, I mean, if the wine we drank wasn't particularly expensive..." Frolov said timidly. A penny stumped the heroic man. He was really afraid that Tang Zifeng would say that it was Niulan Mountain in 1840 and ask him for three to five hundred dollars per bottle.
The Petrov Machine Tool Factory is now on the verge of bankruptcy. As the director of the factory, he doesn't have much money on hand, so he really can't afford to lose money.
"The matter of a few bottles of wine... will be discussed later."
Tang Zifeng originally wanted to say that it didn't matter how many bottles of wine he had, but he had an idea and changed it to "We'll talk about it later." He said to Frolov: "Mr. Frolov, what I want to ask is, how do you think about our cooperation?" Are you considering it? If you are willing to cooperate with us, let alone write off all the wine money in the past, even if we give you a few more boxes of wine, what's the problem? "
"Cooperation? You mean, you still want to cooperate with us?" Frolov was stunned.
Tang Zifeng said: "Of course we want to cooperate with you. If we don't want to cooperate with you, why should I waste my time talking to you here? Just don't fool us with your nonsense about CNC technology being similar to that of Japan and Germany. You Honestly, what resources do you have for us to use? If your resources are really useful, we will not treat you badly."