Reborn in 1976, teach him how to be an official

"It's like we bought their second-hand machine at the price of a new one."

This is like the car price war in later generations.

On the surface, many luxury cars have seen significant price reductions, but their accessories and maintenance costs have not been reduced.

If we can’t make money from the whole vehicle, we can still make it back from the accessories!

Director Zhou suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, Commissioner Liu is absolutely right. That's the truth... But, Commissioner Liu, you don't know, our budget is very small..."

Liu Hongyi thought for a moment and said, "Director Zhou, I'll try to negotiate with them again and see if they can lower the price of the new machine a little bit. Then we can also ask our superiors for help..."

"Oh, that's great. Please, Commissioner Liu, please, please..."

When it comes to winning over the original customers, it really has to be Liu Hongyi, no one else can do it.

We don't speak the same language.

"How do you want us to cooperate? Just tell us..."

Liu Hongyi hurriedly said, "Director Zhou, I'm just giving it a try. I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."

Having said that, Liu Hongyi looked very confident.

He knew that the Japanese delegation was now insisting on these details, which must be Kenichi Aoki's doing, as a preparation for "negotiating terms" with him later.

If he wants to ask Liu Hongyi for help, he must have bargaining chips in his hand.

Sure enough, after lunch, Aoki Kenichi came over and said to him in Chuzhou dialect: "Xiao Liu, do you have time later? If you do, I'll buy you a cup of coffee."

It can be seen that Kenichi Aoki is still relatively cautious and abides by the rules of commercial espionage.

If he invited Liu Hongyi to his room to chat alone, Liu Hongyi would probably not agree. Moreover, Aoki Kenichi was also afraid of arousing suspicion from the Chinese security department.

All contacts must be conducted in public.

Liu Hongyi smiled and nodded in agreement.

Hotels for foreign guests, in this era, are undeniably the highest class. Cafes, often considered "out of reach" by ordinary people, are now standard features of hotels with foreign guests.

Drinking a cup of bitter water with sugar makes you a "noble".

After lunch, it’s time to rest.

Liu Hongyi and Kenichi Aoki came to the window seat of the cafe and sat down.

There is no one supervising or "spying" on them.

Kenichi Aoki is quite satisfied with this.

It seems that the other party still abides by the rules. As long as he doesn't do anything tricky, the security department of China has no intention of doing anything to him.

This made Kenichi Aoki feel a little relieved.

When the coffee was served, Kenichi Aoki noticed that Liu Hongyi skillfully picked up the sugar cube jar in front of him and put two sugar cubes in it. It was obvious that this was not his first time drinking coffee.

This made Kenichi Aoki, who originally planned to show off in front of the country bumpkins, feel a little "disappointed".

But this also made him more convinced that Liu Hongyi was the son of a high-ranking official.

"Xiao Liu, meeting a fellow countryman thousands of miles away from home is truly fate... We hit it off right away, and I really want to do something to help you..."

Kenichi Aoki was still holding on, trying hard to take the initiative.

Liu Hongyi smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zuo. I'm a student and my family is well off. I don't have anything I need help with for now."

Aoki Kenichi smiled reservedly and said, "That's not necessarily true, Xiao Liu. You're still too young... Let's put it this way. After all, we're from the same hometown. During this negotiation, if you can help us get the Southern Plastics Factory to buy the machinery and equipment at the price we agreed on this morning, I'll make the decision and give you a one-thousandth commission... Don't worry, this is standard practice in the international business world."

"You're already implementing reform and opening up, and you'll be dealing with foreign countries more and more often. Things like this will become routine. If you help someone, you'll definitely get a kickback. You don't have to worry about that at all."