69novels Chapter 1166
Chapter 1166
Fang Mu was not in a hurry to discuss cooperation with Minot, but visited various bank presidents to see how much money they could lend him at most.
The Fang family was a new noble in the capital, and Fang Mu's sister married into the Qu family. In ancient times, she was like a princess, so the bank presidents were naturally willing to lend him money.
It didn't matter how much the loan was, as long as they went through the same formalities. With the support of the bank presidents, Fang Mu immediately felt more confident.
After two days of careful consideration, Colin Minot decided to make some concessions in order to promote cooperation. In the end, the two sides sat back at the negotiation table again.
"Mr. Fang, happy cooperation." Minot smiled, as if hiding the shrewdness of a business veteran. He walked up enthusiastically and shook hands with Fang Mu.
After a round of discussions, the two sides finally finalized the preliminary cooperation plan.
"Happy cooperation, I hope the first batch of base stations can be delivered before the end of the year." Fang Mu's eyes revealed his expectations for the future.
"Of course no problem."
In order to facilitate this cooperation, the two bosses also took great pains. The price of base stations was repeatedly lowered, and the profit of Colin Group dropped from 15% to only 3%, and the transaction method was changed from one-time settlement to two-month settlement, which was very different from their initial discussion.
Fang Mu also had to make compromises and solve the problem of capital shortage through a large number of loans, and he also needed to invest a large amount of money to smooth relations. The base station quotation he currently received was more than 50,000 higher than Meng Haisheng's.
The price difference of 50,000 sounds inconspicuous, but for the number of base stations in a city - dozens, hundreds or even more, the price difference accumulates and becomes quite considerable.
The base station contract has not been fully signed yet, and Fang Mu went to meet the big boss with a fake contract.
As early as a few months ago, he began to pave the way for this project, and many people have already stood on his side. Now, he took out the cooperation agreement with Colin Group, and after lobbying by several parties, the big boss said he would consider it.
Hearing "consider it", Fang Mu understood in his heart and knew that he was only one step away from success.
He returned home in a good mood and immediately asked the nanny to cook a few more dishes for dinner, ready to celebrate with Fang Youwei.
"Brother, is it done?" Fang Youwei asked impatiently.
"It's almost certain. The big leaders should hold another meeting and go through the motions, and the matter will be settled." Fang Mu's voice was proud.
It must be said that Fang Mu is indeed quite skillful. This time he did not choose the base station project in the developed coastal city, but targeted a small inland city.
Although this city is not big, the first batch of 400 base stations will be built, with a total investment of about 80 million. Although the scale of the project is not large, even if there are problems, it will not affect his core interests.
Of course, due to the small number of base stations, the profit he made is relatively small, about 7 or 8 million in total.
It is precisely because of the moderate scale of the project that when Fang Mu proposed this plan, many people were reluctant to directly refuse it out of respect for the Fang family and the Qu family.
His little trick is still very effective. If his first project is a large project of 800 million, it is estimated that the big leaders would not dare to approve it directly.
Fang Mu was still celebrating at home, while Meng Haisheng had received the news as soon as possible. And it was Shi Rongjin who took the initiative to call and tell Meng Haisheng about this.
"Now the big boss is waiting for my reply. As long as I say no, Fang Mu will never get this project." On the phone, Shi Rongjin's tone was unusually calm, and he was not excited about the base station project.
He has been doing business for many years, so he naturally understands the twists and turns. As long as the project is profitable, it may be the Fang family today and the Liu family tomorrow. There will always be people eyeing it.
He called Meng Haisheng this time for two purposes.
First, if Meng Haisheng is determined not to let the Fang family intervene, he can take measures now to make Fang Mu's work in vain. But at the same time, it also implies that Meng Haisheng needs to return to China as soon as possible and return to Beijing to take charge.
Similar situations will occur frequently in the future. He can't solve problems for Meng Haisheng every time, not to mention that he is about to retire, and Meng Haisheng must deal with it personally at that time.
Secondly, if the Fang family wins the base station project, he knows that Meng Haisheng will not suffer easily. Shi Rongjin wanted to find out Meng Haisheng's specific plan and how he planned to deal with the Fang family.
Now that the Fang family and the Qu family are married, Meng Haisheng can't be as reckless as he was when he dealt with the Hou family.
Meng Haisheng on the other end of the phone was not surprised to receive the news. Fang Mu has been thinking about the base station project for a long time. If he wants to get the base station project, then let him get it.
There was a hint of calmness in his tone: "Fourth uncle, since Fang Mu is so obsessed with the base station project, letLet him do it. I have my own way to make him regret it. "
"Oh? What way?" Shi Rongjin asked curiously.
Meng Haisheng then introduced his "second-generation base station" plan to Shi Rongjin in detail.
"The factory has stopped producing the first-generation base stations. And those first-generation base stations that have not yet been shipped, we are also upgrading them. At most two months, all the base station projects I am responsible for will be upgraded to second-generation base stations. The most important thing is that this technical upgrade will not increase any costs. "
On the other end of the phone, Shi Rongjin was overjoyed after hearing: "Haisheng, you can do it. You have developed a second-generation base station so quickly."
His words were full of praise and joy. As long as Meng Haisheng's base station technology is strong enough, no one else can snatch the project from him.
"The price of foreign base stations is still high, fourth uncle, you just said that Fang Mu's quotation is only 50,000 higher than mine, which must be a product of average quality. "
"You can just hand over the project to him with confidence, and wait for him to bring back a bunch of inferior goods, and then see how he ends up. ”
“Sometimes there is no harm without comparison. If I am the only one undertaking the base station project, people may mistakenly think that I have taken a backdoor and made ill-gotten gains.”
“But once Fang Mu is involved, the various problems that arise on his side will make everyone clearly see how high-quality and conscientious the projects I undertake are.”
“Well, as long as you can control it yourself. Then I will call you back now.”
“One more thing, where is the base station project that Fang Mu is going to undertake?”
“It is temporarily set in Jiangcheng, where there are many factories and the development momentum is not bad.”
“Jiangcheng? Then the scale of his project should not be too large.”
“A total of 400 units. Fang Mu has just come into contact with the base station project, and he probably has some concerns.”
Meng Haisheng smiled contemptuously: “I thought he was very capable, but it turns out that he is just like this. "
Shi Rongjin noticed Meng Haisheng's confidence and stopped talking. He vaguely felt that the Fang family might suffer the consequences of their decision this time.
There are so many profitable industries in the country, but Fang Mu just wanted to make things difficult for Meng Haisheng. Isn't this asking for trouble?
After Meng Haisheng hung up the phone, he suddenly felt that the name Jiang Cheng was familiar.
As far as he knew, Jiangcheng was like a snow cave in winter. When it snowed lightly in the surrounding cities, it could snow heavily in Jiangcheng.
He remembered that in a report in his previous life, Jiangcheng had Encountered a 30-year-old blizzard.
That year, TV stations reported on this rare weather everywhere. A large number of Han tombs were discovered under an old warehouse that collapsed due to heavy snow, which caused a sensation. A museum was even built to collect unearthed cultural relics.
Suddenly, an inspiration flashed through Meng Haisheng's mind.
The base stations provided by Colin Group were of poor quality and were already very fragile under normal circumstances. Once Jiangcheng really encountered the 30-year-old heavy snow, wouldn't all those base stations collapse?