Chapter 184 Cooperation Proposal and Meeting with Two "Mothers-in-Law"

Li Xiaofan confirmed on the phone: "Sister Xiumei, sure! After receiving a call from the boss of their purchasing department in the United States, I flew from San Francisco to their company headquarters in Texas to have a face-to-face meeting with the head of the company's purchasing department. The communication was very effective! The product catalog list and quotation I brought were collected by Xiuli and then faxed to me..."

Wu Xiumei said excitedly on the phone: "Xiaofan, if you can win over such a big customer, then you can do it!"

"Sister Xiumei, I am alone in Singapore now and my energy is limited, so I want to find a partner in China to work hard together! I wonder if you are interested?"

"Of course! Xiaofan, what are your plans next and how will you cooperate?"

"My current idea is that we divide the work and cooperate. I will be responsible for overseas customer maintenance first, and you will be mainly responsible for domestic supplier resource search, reserve and goods export... You don't need to leave your job for the time being. Continue to work in Tiandi Trading Company and make use of your company’s resources first!

Li Xiaofan continued: "I plan to wait a few days until I am free and come back to China to register a foreign trade company jointly owned by the two of us. My idea is that in the future, when our new company's business slowly picks up and reaches a certain scale, You leave your current Tiandi Trading Company and start working on our new company full-time. My current initial idea is this, Sister Xiumei, what do you think?"

Wu Xiumei lowered her voice and said: "Very good! Xiaofan, your suggestion is very good, and this arrangement is more appropriate..."

"Well, Sister Xiumei, if you don't have any big objections, then I will fax you the requirements of the American supermarket chain company first. You first contact the relevant manufacturers and ask them to provide samples according to the requirements of the United States. You will do this first. Work hard. Then in a few days, I will take the time to go back to China and talk about some specific details. "

"Okay, Xiaofan, then I'll give you my office's fax number..."

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At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaofan received a call from Abboud in Dubai at the OUB Center office, telling Li Xiaofan that the seven-piece set of lunch box samples for microwave ovens sent to the United States had passed relevant quality and safety tests and could now be used by Li Xiaofan. I made a quote.

Abu told Li Xiaofan on the phone that the first batch of demand from the United States was 100,000 units.

After getting the good news, Li Xiaofan immediately called Wu Yuanpei, the owner of Ningdong Plastic Company, telling him the news and asking him to quickly quote.

Around five o'clock, Wu Yuanpei called back.

This time he became more polite on the phone, and even the title was different: "Mr. Li, we have just communicated with the freight forwarding company. If you have 100,000 sets, each cabinet can hold about 12,000 lunch box sets. , which requires about eight 40-foot container cabinets. Finally, we calculated that the total CIF New York Port quotation for this batch of goods was US$200,000, and each set of seven lunch boxes cost about US$2... "

"Mr. Wu, can't it be cheaper?"

"Mr. Li, this is already the lowest price. We only keep 20% of the profit. This is also for the sake of our long-term cooperation, so the price is so low!"

After hanging up the phone with Wu Yuanpei, Li Xiaofan immediately dialed Abboud's number in Dubai.

"Mr. Aboud, our factory has calculated that the final CIF New York Port price for 100,000 seven-piece microwave lunch box sets is US$400,000."

Taking into account the long-term cooperation and long-term cooperation in the future, Li Xiaofan did not dare to increase the price this time. First add 200,000 US dollars to explore the path.

Unexpectedly, Abboud was very dissatisfied with the quotation on the phone: "Mr. Li, this quotation is too high, and we may not be able to accept it here..."

"Can you give me a reference price?"

"Referring to the previous quotation from Taiwan, I can only give you a maximum of 220,000 US dollars, 30% advance payment, and then open a letter of credit for the rest..."

"Mr. Aboud, this 220,000 US dollars is too little. The cost of producing this product in our factory is very high. The plastic particles are imported from your designated brand BASF. It also takes CIF to the New York Port Terminal, which takes eight and forty years. ft. container, the freight is not cheap either!”

"Mr. Li, please understand our difficulties. I really can't help it here, because in the end it is the American buyers who are lowering the prices..."

Li Xiaofan communicated with Abboud on the phone for a long time, and finally had to compromise and accept Abboud's offer of US$220,000.

Li Xiaofan knew that Aboud would definitely make a lot of money in this process, and he knew that Aboud would definitely lower his price, but he had no choice. Because the final customer resources are in Aboud's hands, and the initiative lies with others. He is just a middleman who resells the goods, and he can make a decent profit of US$20,000.

Therefore, Li Xiaofan was more determined to have the same idea as Wu Xiumei on the previous phone call: if he wanted to make a lot of money, he had to attract end customers like Arco Department Store in the United States! The fewer middlemen, the better!

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Tang Xinyi called Li Xiaofan.

"Honey, what are you doing?"

"Lying in bed and reading, I went to Tampines National Library today to borrow some books on foreign trade and investment..."

"Wow, you worked so hard today and were so good. Come on, give me a kiss, okay!"

"Haha, I can't reach it!"

Tang Xinyi said coquettishly on the phone: "My dear, I miss you. I really want to hold you and make love with you and sleep together..."

"Hey, don't be like this. What you said has aroused the fire in my heart. I can't reach it, it's so uncomfortable!"

"Hehe, then you can do like the male protagonist in Shakespeare's play and come over for a private meeting with me in the middle of the night!"

"Forget it, I still want to live for a few more years! If your father and mother catch you, you will be fine, but I will be finished!"

"Haha, Fan, you saved Abba's life. I feel that Abba treats you very well, as if he treats you as his own child. How could he be willing to do anything to you, you idiot!"

"These are two different things. By the way, did your mommy get it?"

"Mommy's flight is at noon, and she was picked up early. Then Abba also moved in from Ye Niya's place in the Botanical Garden in the afternoon. It seems that Mummy is quite happy today. She just sent her into the room to take a bath and sleep. Only now do I have time to chat with you on the phone..."

"Well, that's good. Being happy in life is the most important thing!"

"Fan, Abba just said that in order to celebrate Mommy's return from Tokyo, he would like to invite Aunt Yenia, Sister Tang Anna, as well as you and Sister Huizhen to come to our house on Saturday afternoon and have a lively meal together. Lively. Are you free?"

"Then I have to be free. I want to see what my future mother-in-law looks like!"

"Haha, stop talking so much! Who promised to marry you?"

"Hey, if you don't want to marry me, who do you want to marry? Could it be that you have thoughts about the young master from the Tokyo Consortium?"

"Bad guy, he's here again, I'm going to be angry if you say such things again!" Tang Xinyi said angrily on the other end of the phone.

"By the way, Xinyi, this weekend, will your Aunt Yenia and Tang Anna accept your father's invitation and come to your house for a banquet?" Li Xiaofan asked.

When he asked this question, he was already thinking about the scene where the two "mother-in-laws" met together on the weekend...