Chapter 1024 Friends
When Dulin shouted to contract the capacity of the two naval bases, everyone in the room focused on him. Compared with the friendly gaze of the Commander-in-Chief, the eyes of the other merchants were mostly filled with complaints and disgust. Novels.
Because Dulin destroyed their "temporary plan"!
If Dulin hadn't stood up and directly broken the environment they created with tacit understanding, they would have been able to force the Navy to make compromises and make concessions.
Think about it, no one was willing to contract after the Navy's Navy's bid. Who is the most embarrassing? It is obviously Colonel Jace, and even the Commander-in-Chief. Faced with the silent hall, they may not make concessions in the price in the end, but they will give everyone some compensation in other places, or even extend the additional contract period.
This is a very common and practical "basic operation" in the commercial society. It is like at an asset auction held by local governments. Participants do not even need to contact and discuss in advance, but know not to shout what they don't need. When someone bids for the second time, try to give up the quotation to ensure that everyone can get these things from the auction at the lowest price.
This is also why there are often reports in newspapers that some town hall auctioned some industries with a market value of one million, with a final income of only 670,000 or 700,000 or 800,000.
Everyone has a tacit understanding. Especially in today's occasion, when the Navy's quotation is obviously unreasonable, they keep putting pressure on the Navy through silent silence, so that they realize that these partners are not without tempers and they must compensate!
But Dulin's appearance broke their tacit understanding and also caused their plans to have miscarriage.
It seems that they can maintain their previous pressure by continuing to shut their mouths, but in fact there is a poor understanding here.
If Dulin does not stand up and contract the remaining capacity of the two naval bases, the navy will begin to reflect on whether the price they give is too high, exceeding everyone's psychological endurance, making them more risky in contracting, and even causing huge losses.
With such thoughts, when these merchants make some possible excessive demands, as long as the Navy does not feel that they are making trouble, the Navy will definitely agree. After all, their offer is inappropriate.
But after Dulin called out, the Navy would think that the price was reasonable. Look, Mr. Dulin, the Navy's most reliable partner, took two bases in one go. The others did not think the price was high, but their nature as merchants made them desire more benefits.
With different understandings of things, the Navy will have completely different reactions. Moreover, as a violent organ and a military organization, when the Navy believes that the fault does not belong to its own side, they will never be able to do anything to compromise.
Dulin was not guilty at all in the face of the rage of many people. When he was just a "muddy dog" in the past, he dared to fight against the great nobles and consortiums. Now with the bonus of aristocratic status and the soon-to-be governor of Ambilou, there is no one or force in this empire that scares him.
The commander-in-chief looked at Du Lin and smiled with a satisfied smile. The words he said to Du Lin worked. Of course, he felt a little angry in his heart, because the words were not only said to Du Lin, but also to others.
The two naval bases contracted by Dulin are located on the east coast and the west coast. The annual contract cost is 12 million yuan, which is about five million yuan more than the transportation costs before this. It can be said that he has lost a lot.
But everything has two sides, especially Dulin, who has always worked happily with Thomas and the Navy, it is too easy to recover the losses from it. He thinks he can even make a lot of money!
And he believed that it was impossible for the Navy to have not conducted an investigation, and that the price was so high after conducting an investigation, or they had any matters disclosed that could balance the psychological imbalance caused by this additional expenditure.
Or, other things are interfering with the current situation of the Navy. Perhaps this is the last chance. After all, the term of office is about to change. If the old party comes to power, they will know that they will not allow the Navy to participate too much in commercial matters.
The army should do what the army should do and generate income?
That is a violation of the principle!
During the whole process, Thomas sat aside without saying a word. After Dulin sat down, he gave a thumbs up quietly, but still did not reveal any information.
With Du Lin as a "breakthrough", many people began to take on what they needed, but the atmosphere was not as warm and harmonious as they imagined. After all, this was something reluctant.
The Navy had a total of sixteen military bases in the Empire, but only nine military bases had the remaining capacity contracted out, and there were seven naval bases with no one willing to obtain the remaining capacity by contracting. Perhaps they had other plans.
Some areas do not have much transportation demand, while others are close to the north.
The north has always been the territory of the great nobles, and ordinary enterprises are difficult to survive there. Moreover, the great nobles have their own transport ships, so they can have sufficient transportation capacity without relying on the navy.
When this unique "tender" meeting ended, the Commander-in-Chief asked Jace to entertain these guests, and asked Thomas to take Dulin to the Commander-in-Chief's office.
This made Du Lin understand one thing, he had the right bet!
He did not hesitate to support the Navy in the transformation of convenient operation and was the first to stand up and take the initiative to determine his position so that he could get more benefits than others.
After entering the commander-in-chief's office, Thomas retreated outside the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
"Sit as you like..." His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief ordered, and then walked over with two cups and a bottle of wine. He poured Dulin a glass, "I want to thank you for what you did before, at least it has saved our decency."
Dulin held the cup and said modestly, "This is what I should do, and my cooperation with the Navy has been maintained for many years and there have been no disagreements. I believe that the Navy will not disappoint a partner like me, right?" Dulin raised his glass and said, "His Excellency Commander-in-Chief?!"
"Of course, of course!" The commander-in-chief touched the wine glass with Dulin for a moment, and the two of them drank a little to moisten their throats, "You can call me Tskaine, this is the name between friends!"
Dulin put the wine glass on the table, took out a cigarette and handed it to Tskaine, "Then are we friends?"
Tskaine took the cigarette and nodded, "It's always!"
He turned around and sat down after the table. He placed the cigarette on the table. "Okay, it's time to talk about the previous topic. I have to thank you for breaking the deadlock so that I won't be so embarrassed, so I will give you a contract that is completely different from others!" He took out a document casually, put it on the table, raised his chin slightly, and signaled Dulin to take a look.
Du Lin held the cigarette in his mouth with some confusion. He opened the document and looked down line by line, then looked thoughtful. After a few minutes, he took out a pen and signed his name.
"Don't you need to call your friends to talk about the details?" Tskaine picked up the documents and looked through several places that needed Dulin's signature, and then asked curiously.
Chapter completed!