No one knows Yao Yuan's style of doing things better than Lin Wei.

According to Lin Wei, Ayuan just likes to brag. For example, if the factory is not there yet, it will establish a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors. For example, Yuanda Trading currently only has one store and it is still being renovated. He dares to say that Yuanda Trading has stores all over the country.

provincial capital……

After Yao Yuan arrived at the import and export trade exhibition venue, he went straight to the machinery exhibition area and began to inquire about the machinery products of various participating manufacturers as the general manager of BMW Machinery Manufacturing Company.

So much so that He Xueli, who was following him, was confused - when did a BMW machine show up again? How many companies does this young Mr. Yao belong to?

Lin Xiaohu, who was following a little further away, knew that the so-called BMW Machinery was just a car maintenance team that didn't even have a shop. As for the establishment of a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Motors hadn't even agreed yet, so Yao Yuan started planning the thousand yuan.

How to spend ten thousand dollars...

The domestic machinery area in the machinery exhibition area was deserted, which was in sharp contrast to the crowds in the light industrial products exhibition area. The technical level of domestic machinery in the 1960s and 1970s was actually very good, but there was a gap of ten years in the middle, and into the 1990s,

Already lagging far behind foreign countries.

At present, there are very few mechanical products that can be exported to earn foreign exchange, and most of them are concentrated in mid- to low-end products.

When Yao Yuan came here this time, purchasing was the second priority. The main purpose was to have a comprehensive understanding of the current machinery product market.

The imported machinery area is his focus.

He Xueli didn't understand these cold things at all, but she couldn't ignore everything like Lin Xiaohu. She already regarded herself as Yao Yuan's secretary, and she had to understand what the boss was interested in.

The young and handsome young man, followed by a stunningly beautiful secretary, suddenly became a bright sight in the eyes of the merchants.

Yao Yuan secretly thought that he had made a mistake and should not have brought He Shirley with him. Keeping a low profile was his main style.

After conducting some inspections of foreign mechanical products, Yao Yuan had an idea. It was not much different from what he remembered. There were no high-precision machine tool products.

Western countries' technological blockade against China remains the same.

Without machine tools, the rest is out of the question.

Suddenly, a small booth in the corner caught his attention. The bored man sitting there looked different from ordinary Westerners, and looked like someone from Eastern Europe.

He strode over and looked at the small booth.

There were no real objects, only pictures and models, and even the models looked rough. No wonder no one cared about them. The man didn't seem to be interested. When he saw Yao Yuan approaching, he showed no intention of getting up to receive him.

Yao Yuan stood in front of the display board introducing the company and read it carefully.

The introduction is in three languages: Chinese, English and Russian.

Coincidentally, Yao Yuan was proficient in many foreign languages ​​due to his previous research work in his previous life, including Russian. Because at the time, as the basis for research, there were many Soviet-made machines and a large amount of related technical materials. Without Russian, there was no way he could do it.

"The third Czech state-owned joint machine tool factory?"

Yao Yuan frowned, this name was quite unfamiliar.

He knew the Czech State-owned United Machine Tool Factory. It was a very famous machine tool factory in the Czech Republic. How awesome was it? It represented the best level of Czech machine tools.

How awesome are the machine tools in the Czech Republic? Germany also imports machine tools from them, importing about 12% of them every year.

The industrial strength of this Eastern European country is very strong.

In two months, Gorbachev will announce his resignation, and the huge red empire of the Soviet Union will collapse. At this time, life in the Czech Republic is also difficult. The upper class are busy fighting for power and profit, and the lower class are busy putting money into their pockets.

, it is a chaotic period of doing various things.

Thinking of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Yao Yuan couldn't help but sigh. If he had been reborn a few years earlier, he would have had the strength to share in the huge legacy left by the Soviet Union.

Now, there are only two months left to finish the deal, and Western countries have been overtly and covertly snatching it since last year, so he has no chance.

Yao Yuan shook his head slightly and turned to leave.

Seeing Yao Yuan's expression, the Eastern European man stood up and strode over, "Sir, are you dissatisfied with our products?"

A very rude question, with the meaning of interrogation.

That look and tone were like "You really look down on my product? Do you know how delicious my product is?" This style.

"I don't know where the product you are talking about is." Yao Yuan stopped, smiled and shook his head.

The Eastern European man picked up a brochure, raised his chin and said, "Our machine tools are the best! Many factories in Germany buy our machine tools!"

"Machine tools?" Yao Yuan took the brochure, glanced at it roughly, and said, "I have never heard of the Third State-owned United Machine Tool Factory. Please forgive my ignorance."

This is true. He did not know that there was such a machine tool factory in the Czech Republic. The most important thing was that the products introduced in the brochure were clearly products of the state-owned United Machine Tool Factory.

This factory is probably a leather bag factory.

Next to him, He Shirley was dumbfounded because Yao Yuan spoke fluent English.

"Ignorance!" the Eastern European man said a Russian word.

Yao Yuan frowned and said, "Sir, although you are a guest, if you use language to attack me, I can still sue you."

"Hey, do you speak Russian?" The Eastern European man's expression suddenly softened, and he smiled a little, but was more surprised.

Yao Yuan said, "I can also speak some German."

The Eastern European man seemed to have met a fellow countryman and said, "My name is Alyosha, what do you call this gentleman? Please come and sit down, and I will introduce to you our Third State-owned United Machine Tool Factory."

He Shirley has seen Europeans before, but Eastern Europeans with Slavic characteristics are rare. They are more rough and wild than European men. They were scary just now with their raised eyebrows and raised eyes. Now they suddenly smile and politely invite people to come in and sit down. The change is so fast.

Seems weird.

Yao Yuan nodded and walked in, saying, "Yao Yuan, Yuanda Trading Company."

"Mr. Yao, please sit down." Alyosha enthusiastically asked Yao Yuan to sit down, poured a glass of beer and handed it over, saying, "This is the beer I brought from Prague. Mr. Yao, have you been to Prague?"

Over the past few days, Alyosha went crazy with boredom.

Very few people here can speak English, let alone Russian.

The official language of the Czech Republic is Czech, but Alyosha is an immigrant from Eastern Ukraine and is a serious Slav.

Suddenly meeting a Chinese who could speak Soviet Russian, Alyosha felt even more at ease.

As for doing business, he knew that he came here to do soy sauce, and almost no one was interested in their products, so he came to the exhibition this time and only brought some limited product information.

The Chinese people are familiar with the Czech industry, but in comparison, they will choose products from the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries. They were both socialist countries, and the Chinese people looked down on the Czech Republic. This mentality emerged after the reform.

very strange.

But it reflects the inner inferiority of Chinese people when in contact with foreign countries.

"I have been to one of the most beautiful cities in Europe in my last life. We have a singer who even composed a song called Prague Square." Yao Yuan said with a smile.

Alyosha suddenly became excited, "Really?"

"Really, the general idea of ​​the lyrics is this. I stood in the square in Prague at dusk and cast my hope in the wishing fountain. The group of white doves turned their backs to the sunset. The picture was so beautiful that I didn't dare to look at it." Yao Yuan said with a smile.

Alyosha savored the lyrics with his lips, and kept nodding, "Very beautiful lyrics, very charming, really good. I never thought you would compose a song specifically for our Braque Square."

"Haha." Yao Yuan took a sip of beer and gave a thumbs up, "It tastes very good."

After Alyosha introduced the Czech Republic and its specialties in great detail, he patted his chest and said, "Speaking of machine tools, the machine tools we make in the Czech Republic are no worse than those in Germany. Both the Soviet Union and Germany need to import our products."

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"I know, I know it very well, but that is a product of the state-owned United Machine Tool Factory." Yao Yuan said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Alyosha smiled strangely and said in a lowered voice, "We are the state-owned United Machine Tool Factory..."

"Huh?" Yao Yuan's brows jumped sharply.

Alyosha looked around.

Yao Yuan said, "There are only my secretary and bodyguards here, and they can't understand Russian."

Only then did Alyosha confidently say, "The Third State-owned United Machine Tool Factory is the State-owned United Machine Tool Factory. When we attend exhibitions here, we always use the name of the Third State-owned United Machine Tool Factory."

He pointed with his hand not far away, "Look over there, the Pilsen Machine Tool Factory is actually the Skoda Machine Tool Factory. They mainly make heavy-duty boring machines, and their products are very popular."

Yao Yuan looked over in surprise and saw the words "Pilsen Machine Tool Factory".

He suddenly remembered that the city of Pilsen is the manufacturing base of Skoda Machine Tool Factory, and Skoda Machine Tool Factory is the largest manufacturer of heavy boring machines in the world. The factory with the word "Skoda" in its name is the backbone of Czech industry!

Skoda is more than just a car manufacturer!

Yao Yuan asked quickly, "So, your products are genuine."

"Of course, but you seem to prefer German and Japanese products, or American products." Alyosha said with a shrug.

Yao Yuan smiled and said, "I am somewhat interested in your machine tools."

"Mr. Yao, we only accept US dollars. A machine tool can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a heavy machine tool can cost millions of dollars." Alyosha kindly reminded.

In normal large-scale machinery procurement, relevant departments organize manufacturers to purchase together. Foreign exchange is extremely scarce, and every penny has to be spent on the cutting edge. It is not that your factory can just import whatever it wants, and it requires layer upon layer of approvals.

The foreign exchange quota is also very limited.

This is why no one cares about the machine tool products of Alyosha and others from Eastern Europe, the former socialist countries - they only have a little foreign exchange, so of course they give priority to products from the United States, Germany and Japan.

Yao Yuan asked He Shirley to get a pen and paper, then wrote a list in Russian, and said with a smile, "It's no problem to pay in US dollars. Do you have the things on this list?"

Alyosha suspiciously picked up the list and read it carefully, and said, "We have most of them. We don't have other products, but we can purchase them for you. Mr. Yao, the mechanical products you want seem to be used to manufacture automobile chassis."

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"Give me a quote as soon as possible." Yao Yuan stood up with a smile, asked He Shirley to leave his address and contact information for Alyosha, and walked away.
To be continued...