Chapter 215: million in compensation and million in funding
The Japanese negotiators were very professional, but the negotiation experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were even more professional. According to Liu Hongmin's idea, they wanted to trick the Japanese, so they concealed the bottom line of having to pay $100 million in compensation.
As expected, the Japanese negotiators wanted to make another point and wanted to compensate in the form of cooperation funds. They knew that since Liu Hongmin wanted to blackmail them, they would not give in. In addition, the Americans were still putting pressure on them. The mutual review of textbooks was a plan that had been planned for many years. Once a certain link went wrong, the loss would not be a matter of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Just like the insiders that were previously investigated by Renjiaoshe, the hidden costs spent on them and bribing them amounted to tens of millions of dollars. If the plan cannot be implemented as planned, the money spent will be even more, possibly even reaching billions of dollars.
Therefore, in order to avoid losses, the Americans will naturally put pressure on the Japanese. As for how much compensation the Japanese will pay, what does it have to do with them?
The Japanese were blocked at both ends and felt as bitter as if they had eaten bile.
Therefore, the Japanese negotiators had to withstand the pressure from the Americans and deal with the negotiation experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which consumed a lot of brainpower. The Jinpeng Hotel thoughtfully prepared brain-boosting food for them, but of course the price was still very expensive, causing their daily expenses to rise to more than 10,000 yuan.
The negotiators deliberately discussed the cooperation funds first, without mentioning the compensation, misleading the negotiators of Xiaogui. The negotiators believed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Liu Hongmin were not of the same mind, so they asked Xiaozuka Jeff to buy a lot of things and secretly sent them to the negotiators.
Liu Hongmin had already agreed with them that if the Japanese wanted to bribe them with gifts, they could accept them. He had already informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that no matter what the gifts were, they could keep them.
Jeff Ozuka also spent a lot of money. Although he did not give cash, each person's gifts were very valuable, at least tens of thousands of RMB.
When accepting the gifts, the negotiation experts couldn't help but feel a little guilty, but when they thought that it was the Japanese's money, that guilt immediately disappeared.
Sure enough, after receiving the gifts, the negotiators became much more talkative. The budget was also reduced from $300 million to $200 million, and then to $100 million.
Then the negotiators refused to give in, and Jeff Kozuka came again to offer gifts. The negotiators refused, "Mr. Kozuka, it's not that we don't want to help, but this is Liu Hongmin's bottom line, and we really can't agree to it."
When Jeff Kozuka heard this, he knew that he couldn't lower the price any further. But he still put down the gift. The negotiation experts helped him save more than 200 million US dollars, which had already exceeded their expectations. Otherwise, with Liu Hongmin's tenacious character, it would be good if he could negotiate half of the price.
The next day, just when the Japanese thought that the signing of the cooperation agreement was over, Liu Hongmin appeared at the right time.
The negotiation experts reported the progress first, and then Liu Hongmin didn't even look at the cooperation agreement they handed over. He just threw it on the table and said, "We haven't discussed compensation yet! What cooperation agreement are we signing?"
The negotiation experts secretly made a helpless expression to the Japanese devils and then sat back in their seats.
The Japanese were dumbfounded. They felt like they were being tricked by Liu Hongmin.
But Liu Hongmin is the person in charge of this matter. If Liu Hongmin disagrees, their previous negotiations will be meaningless.
Jeff Kozuka was helpless, he knew things wouldn't be that simple.
"Then let's continue the negotiations!"
The Japanese negotiators stopped pretending. Now that they knew Liu Hongmin's bottom line was $100 million, they decided to talk directly.
The negotiators "accepted the gift" and were easy to talk to. They did not insist and agreed on a compensation of $100 million. Soon, the compensation contract was signed by both parties.
Liu Hongmin read the compensation agreement, glared at several negotiation experts, and signed it with a sullen face.
The matter ended successfully, and it seemed that everyone was satisfied except Liu Hongmin.
The two sides exchanged compensation agreements and said polite words to each other. Liu Hongmin picked up the cooperation agreement on the table and signed it. He threw a cooperation agreement across the table and said, "You transfer the money to the specified account and then come to me to discuss the next cooperation."
Jeff Xiaozuka was stunned. "Mr. Liu, didn't you just say that the cooperation agreement is invalid?"
Liu Hongmin looked at him in astonishment. "When did I say that? I just said that the cooperation agreement cannot be signed before the compensation agreement is signed. Now that the compensation agreement has been signed, the cooperation agreement can naturally be signed!"
Xiaozuka Jeff's mind was a little confused, he looked at the negotiators. The negotiators were helpless, gnashing their teeth and looking at Liu Hongmin, they finally understood that Liu Hongmin was setting them up.
But now the contract has been signed and the photo has been taken, they have no choice but to deny it.
If they really want to cheat, then the mutual review of textbooks should not be promoted. They have made mistakes before, and if they make mistakes again, Liu Hongmin has every reason to stop this.
Liu Hongmin looked at them sideways, "Mr. Xiaozhong, what do you mean?"
Jeff Kozuka was very angry, but he knew that this was not the time to lose his temper. He forced a smile and swallowed the loss, "Mr. Liu, how could it be! It's just that we didn't react for a while. It's our honor to be able to cooperate with you."
"It's good that you know!"
Liu Hongmin would not indulge them. "Then transfer the money as soon as possible! We will proceed to the next step when the money is in place."
"Okay!" Jeff Kozuka bowed, gritted his teeth and left with the five negotiators.
They didn't want to see Liu Hongmin again, for fear that they would be unable to resist and beat him up. It wasn't that they didn't dare to go up, but they were afraid that the several burly bodyguards around Liu Hongmin would beat them to death.
Watching them leave, Liu Hongmin immediately laughed and extended his hand to the five negotiation experts, "Everyone, happy cooperation!"
“We also want to thank Comrade Hongmin for giving us this opportunity.”
"Yes! This negotiation is recorded. Maybe we can go down in history in the future."
Liu Hongmin: "I have already discussed the gift matter with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You just need to report it when you go back."
The negotiation experts were even happier, because it was a gift worth more than 20,000 yuan. In this era, more than 20,000 yuan was a huge sum of money.
Liu Hongmin said to the hotel manager: "Hold a celebration banquet for our heroes and invite leaders from various departments in Beijing to attend. All expenses will be charged to my account."
The hotel manager nodded. "Okay, let's get ready. The time is set for this Saturday. Is that okay with you all?"
"Of course!" The negotiation experts nodded quickly.
Most departments were closed on Saturday, so many leaders had time to attend the celebration banquet. Liu Hongmin was trying to save their reputation. It was conceivable that their careers would be much smoother in the future.
(End of this chapter)
