Great Power Technology.

Chapter 258 I Will Do It Too!

This meeting was lengthy, cumbersome, and even boring. After entering the third topic, the competition between the two parties for the "exchange terms" even reached the level of pennies and pennies. Both sides have the strongest negotiation in the world The team, these extremely professional negotiators are constantly confronting each other on the details, trying to consume the energy of the other party to the greatest extent, thereby reducing the judgment of the other party and striving for their own interests to the greatest extent.

After the meeting entered the second half, the two sides even began to pull back and pull back on the grain import plan of only tens of tons. Everyone knew that reaching an agreement was not the goal, and they all knew that this kind of pulling was meaningless, but they just had to go. Do.

This is an extremely contradictory thing, however, it is a common strategy in such high-level business negotiations.

A meeting that was originally planned to end within 6 hours ended up being stretched to a full 12 hours. Everyone was exhausted, but even a meaningful conclusion was not reached at all.

All the details are scheduled for the next meeting, and the next meeting is scheduled for a day later.

The intention of the other party is obvious, they just want to seize the flaws of Huaxia in such high-intensity negotiations.

After walking out of the meeting room, the speaker entered an independent meeting room, where a video conference was going on, and all the people participating in the meeting were the most powerful people in the country.

". Judging from the current situation, the other party wants to use this method to drag us into a passive position. Although the effect of this has not yet appeared, if we really continue to talk round after round, it will be very difficult for us. Keep your rhythm."

"Judging from the current situation, although we have an advantage in the energy field, the overall structure is still dominated by the other party, especially when the other party gathers the giant companies with the most say in the energy field."

"We have to think of a way to break the situation."

Several people on the screen nodded, and then one of them said:
"They want to put pressure on us, that's clear. But it's not just them who can put pressure on us, we can put pressure on them in our own way."

"You're right, the other party still has the upper hand in the overall structure, but that doesn't mean that we don't have areas of advantage or industries with advantages."

"A negotiation, from a larger perspective, is never about a single issue, but takes into account the overall strength of both parties."

"The scramble in the energy field will inevitably become entangled. This is a situation that we have long anticipated. After all, as Lie Shi said, the corpses of capital will not be buried in the ground immediately. They need a period of time." Time to rot."

"So, we have to add some special ingredients to them and burn their bodies directly."

"what do you mean?"

The spokesperson asked with some doubts.

"Let's start our own restriction plan. Rare earths, raw silicon, gantry cranes, and shipping. Let's start with these four aspects."

"understand!"

The spokesperson turned and left. Afterwards, orders were issued from this small office and passed on to all relevant key enterprises.

The next morning, several domestic companies that occupy a monopoly position in the international market issued notices to their partners one after another.

"Due to the increased difficulty in mining raw materials and the increase in transportation costs, we plan to increase the price of rare earth raw materials by 150% this time. The duration contract will not be affected, and the price increase will start from the next contract."

"Due to the shortage of international freight containers and the consideration of the company's operating profit, our company has decided to suspend the supply of silicon raw materials to customers with high transportation costs. If you still need silicon materials, please negotiate with us on the change of trade terms in the existing contract. International freight responsibility, we will make compensation for the freight cost.”

"Due to the serious situation in XX overseas, we have decided to suspend dispatching maintenance engineers to you for the sake of employee health and life safety. You can seek other third-party agents for the maintenance of the giant gantry crane project you are using, and we will undertake all corresponding fees."

Among all the official notices, the notice from China Merchants Shipping is particularly concise.

"There are no boxes, and your goods will not be delivered."

The overseas company that received this notice almost vomited blood.

Out of boxes?Then why didn't you say it earlier? !

It is true that there is a shortage of containers in this environment, and it is true that many originally booked freight plans have been postponed due to the delay in the arrival of containers. However, this time it is such a coincidence that it happens that the companies in our country cannot distribute the boxes ?
What are you talking about?

Although a certain percentage of liquidated damages will be admired for delayed shipments due to shipping companies, but in the current situation where shipping is a complete seller's market, who would dare to ask China Merchants Shipping for liquidated damages?

Traders all over the world are pointing at them to eat, and they really don't want to send the next batch of goods?

All of a sudden, the pressure came to Ugly Nation's official side. These businessmen are not fools. They all know that there must be something wrong with the energy negotiations the day before, which caused Huaxia's company to use this method of revenge.

In the strategic analysis office, Johnson frowned.

This time, he was not the only one in the meeting room, but also a group of senior officials from that white house.

The analyst stood nervously in front of the screen and reported the latest situation, with an imperceptible tremor in his voice.

"...Although the opponent's four strategies cannot have a major impact on us in a short period of time, it is undeniable that all of them will bring us additional difficulties."

"At present, our rare earth raw material reserves are already below the dangerous line. If sufficient materials cannot be obtained in a short period of time, many industrial sectors will not be able to maintain normal operations."

"In addition, the gantry crane is also a big problem. Zhenhua Heavy Industry has made it clear that it will no longer provide maintenance services for the gantry crane, and according to their statement, we should go to a third party for maintenance."

"But the problem is that there are no other companies that can maintain this super-large gantry crane except them."

"This will greatly affect the throughput of our port. If we add the freight restrictions of China Merchants Shipping, it is conservatively estimated that at least 60% of our goods will be stuck in the port and cannot be shipped out, even imported goods will not be able to be shipped." There is a way to call at the port."

"Light industry and daily necessities will immediately fall into shortage, prices will rise, financial fluctuations...the problem will be serious."

Sitting across from him, Xiang Yu nodded with a frown and asked:
"Don't we have other alternative options? Apart from China Merchants Shipping, can't other shipping companies squeeze out extra capacity?"

"It's difficult. Because the import and export centers are gathered in Huaxia, they now have the most containers in the world. Even if other companies have ships, they can't find containers. This is the biggest problem."

"Can't we build our own containers?"

"Mr., 96% of the world's containers are made in China. We don't have this industry at all."

Hearing his words, everyone in the office fell silent.

Prior to this, they had imagined many possible responses from China, including actions in rare earth, energy, and batteries. However, they ignored their own disadvantages in international freight.

This is a partial move, an extremely vicious and effective partial move.

What makes them even more distressed is that all the notices are commercial companies, and the other party can completely interpret these actions as purely commercial actions.

That's right, I want to increase the price, so you don't have to buy it.

I just don't want to ship the silicon raw material, because the shipping cost is too high. I have said that the trade terms can be changed, and compensation will be made.

As long as you can find a shipping company to ship it to you.

But the question is, can you find it?
The notice of China Merchants Freight has already given the answer.

Combination punches.

A combined punch that hits the seven inches of international freight.

Johnson's face was ashen. During his time as the main decision-maker of this office, he almost ruined his own advantages with his own hands. Now, the consequences have already appeared.

It never occurred to him that from unknown how long ago, it was only his own side that got stuck in other people's necks, but now, the other party's hand has actually got stuck in his own neck.

And on his side, he was about to suffocate.

(End of this chapter)