Great warships

Chapter 23

When Liu Minggang and the islanders first communicated on the phone, the price was twenty per ton. However, at that time, they didn’t say anything about the currency unit. At this time, Qin Tao said the dollar, and Wang Mingyuan, who was sitting next to Governor Kawaguchi, was immediately annoyed. He said: "20 yuan, RMB, not U.S. dollars! Be careful, don't open your mouth like a lion! Finally, a big boss from an island country came to buy your worthless blast furnace slag. Don't push yourself too hard. You really think what these things are. Is it worth anything?"

The current exchange rate is not high, RMB to USD is 3.7659, which also means that if you change from RMB to USD, you will have to pay several times more money.

Qin Tao glanced at Wang Mingyuan: "I'm asking Your Excellency Kawaguchi, you don't want to interrupt this irrelevant person."

Wang Mingyuan's role was to act as an interpreter. Now that Qin Tao speaks fluent Japanese, he didn't need Wang Mingyuan's translation at all.

Since they are all speaking in Japanese, Liu Minggang doesn't know what these people are talking about. However, looking at Wang Mingyuan's attitude, one can know that there must be something wrong with the translation. Maybe it will be the same as the Mingzhou Garment Factory. I'm setting up a set for myself!
"Director Liu, can this person represent your factory?" Wang Mingyuan asked Liu Minggang in Chinese.

"Yes, what he said is what he said on my behalf." Liu Minggang nodded.

"Hmph! Just wait and cry!"

"Okay." Governor Kawaguchi actually agreed.

In international business and trade, U.S. dollars were originally used. Now, since the other party has proposed a request of [-] U.S. dollars, it is not too much, and Governor Kawaguchi agreed.

Wang Mingyuan glanced at Governor Kawaguchi in surprise. The price has doubled several times, and he still agrees?This kind of behavior of sitting on the ground and raising prices is clearly a profiteer. Shouldn't Governor Kawaguchi turn around and leave?
Twenty dollars for a ton of blast furnace slag?

"However, we think the price of twenty dollars is a bit too low." Qin Tao continued: "At least two hundred dollars are needed to truly meet their value."

Two hundred dollars!

Now it has been doubled tenfold!
"Hey, you guys are going too far. Your Excellency Kawaguchi came here to do business with you in person. This is a respect for you. Now, do you really think that you are holding a gold ingot in your hand?" Wang Mingyuan couldn't help it anymore: "You guys like this Do it, you will get nothing! Just let the pile of blast furnace slag continue to rot outside your factory!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Mingyuan looked at Governor Kawaguchi again: "I'm very sorry, Your Excellency Kawaguchi, the people here have no sincerity. I apologize to you on their behalf. We..."

"Apologize? Why do you apologize on our behalf? Did we do anything wrong?" Qin Tao said to Wang Mingyuan: "What we have is obviously a gold ingot. Does it have to be dirt?"

After finishing speaking, Qin Tao looked at Governor Kawaguchi again: "Your Excellency Kawaguchi, am I right? Our blast furnace slag is worth two hundred dollars a ton."

"Your Excellency Kawaguchi, let's go. There are still many steel factories in the country, and there are a lot of blast furnace slag." Wang Mingyuan said.

Governor Kawaguchi was still sitting there, his face still normal, but his fingers kept tapping on the mottled tabletop.

Liu Minggang was a little nervous.

What the hell are they talking about?Why is this Mr. Kawaguchi like this?Is this business going to blow up?If it is not possible, the price is negotiable, ten yuan per ton is fine...

"Excuse me, how do you know that these blast furnace slags are worth two hundred dollars a ton?" Governor Kawaguchi asked Qin Tao, with confusion in his eyes.

"Because there is a rare metal scandium in it." Qin Tao finally pointed it out.

"Nani? How do you know?" Governor Kawaguchi looked at Qin Tao in surprise.

"Of course we know that you plan to extract it and use it in your rockets. These blast furnace slags are very important to you, so two hundred dollars per ton is a relatively reasonable price. Your Excellency Kawaguchi, what do you think Woolen cloth?"

"Okay, then two hundred dollars a ton." Governor Kawaguchi nodded.

Wang Mingyuan was completely dumbfounded. The original 20 RMB per ton of blast furnace slag was actually charged to 200 US dollars per ton. In this way, the total price was [-] million US dollars!This is the largest contract signed by him, a foreign affairs officer, accompanying a foreign guest!

If it is a large enterprise in Huating City, a contract of 200 million US dollars is nothing. In a small place like Mingzhou, some shabby blast furnace slag that no one wants can be sold for such a sky-high price?Also, what exactly is this scandium?
Wang Mingyuan's mind was full of doubts.

A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Your Excellency Kawaguchi, we also hope to use the money to order some steelmaking equipment from you."

Governor Kawaguchi's eyes lit up. In this way, he, a trader, can make money again.Earning both ends is in his best interest.

"Of course, what do you want?"

"The same steel plate hot rolling equipment as Huating No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant." Qin Tao said.

After the country's door was opened, it saw the gap with the world. Therefore, improving the domestic industrial level through introduction is a major way. The Huating No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant imported a full set of steelmaking equipment from the island country.

That was when the country came forward and used a large amount of foreign exchange reserves. Now, the Mingzhou Shipyard didn't spend a penny, which is equivalent to using these waste blast furnace slags to directly exchange the whole set of equipment.

As for the price, it was calculated by Qin Tao and it was just right.

"You just asked for two hundred dollars a ton, just for this equipment?" Kawaguchi asked.

Qin Tao smiled without saying a word.

"Okay, we can promise."

"You can use a ship to transport the equipment directly to Mingzhou. We will install the equipment and deliver the blast furnace slag to you on the ship. After the equipment is installed and debugged, and the operation is normal, all the blast furnace slag will also be loaded on the ship. How about this?" Qin Qin Tao continued to propose.

This is to prevent the other party from making mistakes. If something goes wrong when installing the equipment, the remaining blast furnace slag will definitely not be shipped to them. If you want to ask for extra money, there is no way!
After all, the islanders are the smartest, and any kind of moth may come out.

"Okay." Governor Kawaguchi agreed.

The contract was drafted on the spot, with three copies in Japanese and three copies in Chinese. When Liu Minggang saw the contract in Chinese, his eyes widened.

Two hundred dollars a ton? 200 million US dollars to import a complete set of steel plate hot rolling equipment?That's from the island country Mitsubishi Heavy Industries!Originally, they only planned to buy a set of domestic second-hand equipment. Now, they can buy brand new equipment, which is the same as that of Huating No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant!

In the future, they will be able to manufacture the same steel plates as the Huating No. [-] Iron and Steel Plant!
Thinking of this, Liu Minggang looked at Qin Tao with grateful eyes.

(End of this chapter)