Rise of Australia

Chapter 356 Order Signing
Although the Russian diplomatic team has already made plans to purchase the trucks, the Russian military is also satisfied with the production speed of the trucks.

But for a big business, the negotiation will naturally not be so fast.

Under the leadership of Benz, the Russian diplomatic delegation visited the tire production workshop, car body assembly workshop, vehicle assembly workshop, etc., and even visited the Diesel engine factory next to the Benz Automobile Factory.

Diesel Engine Works is the designated engine supplier for Benz, and is the largest and most advanced engine manufacturer in Australasia.

It is no exaggeration to say that the various types of engines produced by Diesel Engine Factory are supplied to shipyards, automobile factories, military factories, machinery factories, airship companies and other large heavy industrial factories. missing companies.

The Russian representatives thought that Russia's industry was second only to Britain, France, Germany and the United States, but when they saw the advanced industrial system in Australasia, they realized Russia's current backwardness.

It is no exaggeration to say that compared to Australasia, Russia's industry is only ahead of the total scale.

It is impossible not to envy the Russian representatives when they see the factories in Australasia making full use of the assembly line.

Although a long time has passed since the assembly line was born, assembly line production is no stranger to major European countries.

But in fact, there are not many factories that really popularize assembly line production, and most of them are concentrated in emerging industrial powers like the United States and Germany.

For an old power like Russia, there are not many factories that use assembly lines for production.Even many factories are still using relatively old technology, which is decades behind the assembly line production.

But it is not easy to achieve change.After all, there are too many such old-fashioned factories in Russia, and many capitalists are unwilling to use new technologies.

After all, new technology requires the purchase of new equipment. New equipment is a huge sum of money, and it is unnecessary for those capitalists.

Amidst the astonishment and admiration of the Russian representatives, Benz took them to visit the entire automobile factory, and then led them back to the meeting room.

The investigation has been completed, and the next step is to discuss the specific details of the car order.

After waiting for everyone to take their seats, Benz smiled and said, "Everyone, we are very optimistic about the cooperation with your country. Can you tell us about your country's specific requirements?"

"Mr. Benz, we are satisfied with the production technology and production speed of your factory. To be honest, we are of course willing to reach a cooperation with your factory and sign the purchase order of the car quickly. But you also know that the financial resources of the Chinese government The situation is not very good, can your factory make a big concession in terms of the price of the trucks?" The Russian military took the lead in affirming the advanced production technology of the Benz Automobile Factory, but did not forget to perform its duties. Keep the price of the truck as low as possible.

The words of the Russian representative let Benz breathe a sigh of relief.According to the attitude of the Russian representative, the truck purchase order has basically been half completed.

Arthur and Benz had long anticipated that the Russians wanted to lower prices.After all, people usually need to bargain when buying vegetables and meat, not to mention the large share of trade between countries.

Cut the selling price a little, and the change in the total price may be a reduction of thousands.

For the Russian government, whose current fiscal situation is dwarfed by comparison, this must be an opportunity not to be missed to save money.

"It is natural, Your Excellency General. We attach great importance to the cooperation with your country. According to His Majesty's order, we will offer you the lowest price of Benz trucks, A$1 for B520 trucks and A$2 for B710 trucks. Compared with Judging from the prices offered by European factories to Britain, France and Germany, this price has been reduced a lot.” Benz’s assistant directly stated the car price that Arthur had decided in advance.

This price did not deceive the Russians. Compared with the prices offered by European factories to Britain, France and Germany, it is generally lower by tens of Australian dollars.

Of course, it is not ruled out that this phenomenon is caused by the gap in per capita income between Europe and Australasia.

European factories have to pay workers more wages, which also means that the cost price of cars and trucks produced in European factories is higher than that of Australasian factories.

德国工厂给德国政府的报价是每辆B2型汽车7500马克（375英镑，750澳元），相较于澳大拉西亚给俄国的报价贵了40澳元左右。

The quotation from the British factory to Britain and France is 2 pounds and 380 Australian dollars for each B760 car.

The reason for this gap is that the UK has higher per capita income and costs more to workers than Germany.

In such a comparison, Australasia's offer to Russia is already very low, which seems to be a very good deal.

You must know that the official price of the B2 truck is as high as 800 Australian dollars, and the price of the European powers is already much cheaper.

After all, the major powers are the largest customers of the automobile factory, and Britain, France and Germany are the most powerful countries in the world, so they still have to give face.

Although the price offered by the Benz Automobile Factory was already very conscientious, the Russian delegation was obviously not satisfied and wanted to press down on the price again.

"Mr. Benz, this price is still too high for our finances. We need a large number of trucks. I hope your factory can lower the price a little bit based on the friendly relationship between the two countries." Russian Army Fang's representative said: "If the price is more reasonable, I promise to your factory that I will get an order for at least [-] trucks from China. Moreover, the [-] trucks are not all. If the effect of trucks equipped with troops is really good, we will We will also purchase trucks from your factory."

"Then what price does your country think is appropriate?" Benz thought for a while, then asked with a smile.

"In my opinion, the price of AUD 1 for B450 trucks and AUD 2 for B650 trucks is very appropriate. If your factory agrees, we can sign an order immediately." The representative of the Russian military said without hesitation.

This bargaining can be said to be ruthless.Both types of trucks shaved $[-] to $[-] off what was already the rock-bottom price.

The cut price is even close to one-tenth of the selling price of the two trucks, which is almost reaching the level of the cost price of the two trucks.

"Your Excellency, we cannot accept such a price. We are willing to continue to lower the price on the basis of the low price, but you must know that it is not easy to build a truck, and the materials and time spent are definitely not comparable to ordinary cars." Yes. The price we offered has actually given up most of the benefits, and we did so in consideration of the good diplomatic relations between Russia and Australasia.” Benz hurriedly interrupted the Russian officer’s question about price proposal.

"As for lowering the price again, I will tell you the truth, General. On the basis of guaranteeing that we will not lose much, the minimum price of the B1 truck is 500 Australian dollars, and the minimum price of the B2 truck is 690 Australian dollars. .”

"This price is the lowest price that can be given based on the current situation of our automobile factory. We really can't offer a lower price, which is already close to the cost price of the truck." It seems that he is afraid that the Russian military officers will continue to bargain, Benz added.

For such a price, the Russian officer was already happy in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface, and said with a painful face: "This is indeed not our ideal price. Considering the good relationship between us, this We can also accept the price."

"Mr. Benz, I wonder when the order for the car will be formally signed? And when will it be delivered to us?" the Russian officer continued to ask.

"It depends on the number of trucks your country wants to buy, Your Excellency General. But I assure you, even if your country buys [-] trucks, we will deliver them to your country within half a year." See the price of trucks It was finally finalized, and Benz and his subordinates finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said quickly.

In the case of overtime production, it is not difficult to complete the order of [-] trucks in half a year.

Even with the transportation time added, half a year is completely enough.

"That's good, Mr. Benz. To be honest, before we came to Australasia, we negotiated to buy [-] trucks. But I don't think [-] trucks will be enough to completely change the Russian transportation situation. I will try my best to fight domestically and change the order quantity of trucks to [-]." The Russian officer nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile.

Being able to deliver the trucks within half a year is good news.Because the truck orders of Britain, France, and Germany are basically delivered in half a year, Russia cannot lag behind in terms of time.

After further discussions for a period of time, the purchase orders for trucks from Russia and Australasia were formally signed.

According to the agreement between Benz and the Russian military officer, the taxi purchase order is tentatively set at [-] vehicles.After Russia agrees to increase the number of trucks purchased, the number of orders will be changed to [-].

Of these 1 trucks, Russia will purchase 2 B[-]-type trucks and [-] B[-]-type trucks.

If the order quantity is [-] units, then the quantity of both trucks is doubled.

When the order was signed, both the Russian officer and Benz showed smiles, thinking that they had taken advantage of it.

Although the Russian military officers were indeed more aggressive in bargaining, but Benz was able to agree to such a price of the truck, which meant that the car factory would not lose money by selling the truck at such a price.

And indeed it is.Thanks to currently low labor costs in Australasia, the two types of trucks cost A$450 and A$580 to produce respectively.

Even for the ridiculously low price of the Russian order, the car factory can get a profit of 50 Australian dollars and 110 Australian dollars per car respectively.

Not to mention the higher-priced orders from Britain, France and Germany, the profit of any order can be as high as hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars.

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