Wang Yu's suggestion?
Andre and Wu Lingling both paused, their gazes turning to Wang Yu.
"Wang, you have any opinions, please feel free to speak your mind."
Andre spoke quickly. He could feel the difficulty and complexity of negotiating with Wu Lingling. Moreover, as the ultimate decision-maker, Wang Yu should have more say.
"Andre, regarding the equipment in your country, the condition of selling the entire production line as a package is really not suitable," Wang Yu said directly.
"Not to mention that many of the equipment are not necessities for us, and depreciation and wear and tear are also major issues.
I believe that included in the entire production line, there must be a lot of faulty old equipment or old parts left over from history, or simply worthless junk. Don't tell me you don't know this!"
"I..." Andre was slightly embarrassed as Wang Yu had hit the nail on the head.
He thought of how Wang Yu himself managed a car manufacturing plant, and it was doing very well. Naturally, he understood all the intricacies of factories and manufacturing, and couldn't come up with anything to explain.
"Then, Wang, what do you mean? Our country is in great difficulty now, and this is out of necessity. After all, if we only sell the core equipment, not only will we not make much money, but the original production line will also be abandoned.
After all, without the core equipment, a production line with only ordinary equipment will be completely廃弃.
It's like a car, if you buy the engine separately, the remaining parts are also unable to operate, becoming just a pile of scrap metal!"
Andre's words were very reasonable, and such actions were naturally understandable.
"Hmph, as if you can still operate anyway?"
Wu Lingling let out a cold laugh at the opportune moment.
Who didn't know that the Ice Bear Kingdom was deeply mired in economic crisis, with all factories shut down due to the great depression, and workers idling around all day.
In this general environment, their factory's production line, whether useful or not, was just a pile of scrap metal, with no difference!
"But, the economic crisis will eventually pass, and when the time comes..."
Andre stubbornly tried to say more.
"My dear Andre, please allow me to say a word."
Wang Yu interrupted Andre, muttering to himself that their country would have no future.
Coming from a later generation, he naturally knew the eventual fate of the Ice Bear Kingdom. The vast majority of factories, production lines, and equipment in their country would ultimately become scrap metal, with no difference from now!
Of course, Wang Yu couldn't say such things, otherwise, he would end up in the hospital.
Either he would be considered crazy and admitted to the psychiatric ward, or he would be sent to internal medicine by Andre, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall and weighed an estimated 200 jin, in a fit of rage.
After all, in his previous life, he had seven degrees, not MMA mixed martial arts or that Hunyuan Xingyi Tai Chi Quan... cough!
"Andre, the future is too far away. Let's talk about the present for now."
Wang Yu said to Andre with a smile, "We have an old saying in our country: drinking poison to quench thirst.
It means that for someone who is about to die of thirst, even if there is a cup of deadly poisoned wine in front of them, they will drink it without hesitation.
There is also a saying: 'Rather be a well-fed ghost than die hungry.' If we can't even get through the current difficulty, what future can there be? Don't you think so? My dear Davarish."
"This..." Andre's expression became hesitant.
Obviously, Wang Yu's words were very reasonable, leaving him no room to refute, but to agree to Wang Yu's terms, selling only the most important technical equipment, let alone that the people in his country would not agree, he himself could not accept it.
"Therefore, you should listen to my suggestion." Wang Yu took another sip of tea.
"I naturally understand the difficulties of your country, but my own abilities are limited, and I can only offer my sympathy.
However, we can actually explore another form of cooperation, such as contract manufacturing."
"Contract manufacturing?"
Andre was slightly stunned, and Wu Lingling's eyes lit up.
She naturally knew the secret to Wang Yu's rapid development of his small car factory, which was contract processing.
By outsourcing all parts of the product except the core components to third parties for production and processing, and then controlling the quality and completing the final product assembly.
This method, when explained, was nothing extraordinary, yet others could not imitate it, because Wang Yu held the core technology!
It was only because Wang Yu possessed technology that was 30 years ahead of this world that he could pull it off. If it were someone else, they would likely be copied clean immediately, and their hard work would benefit others.
Or, they would have to spend all their energy figuring out how to ensure confidentiality and prevent the core methods from being leaked.
"That's right, contract manufacturing," Wang Yu said with a slight smile, looking at Andre.
"Since you have investigated my background, you should also know that my car factory is currently in a stage of rapid development, and production capacity is always very tight, so I need your automated industrial mechanical design plan to improve production efficiency.
At the same time, I also need a large number of hands to solve production problems."
At this point, Wang Yu's gaze fell on Andre, and he revealed his purpose.
"You can help relay my message back to your country. If anyone is willing to sell me core equipment, I can offer a fair and preferential price.
If not, you can also choose to help me with production orders on a contract basis, processing parts according to the parameters and requirements I provide."
Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, Andre's rough eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Wang, please forgive me for questioning you and asking a question."
"Please, ask away," Wang Yu gestured with his hand.
"As far as I know, you have indeed done a lot of contract manufacturing in your country, and many small factories that were on the verge of bankruptcy have been saved by you.
Since you need to expand production capacity, why not continue to choose them instead of us? Having our country's factories do contract manufacturing is taking a detour, which will consume more time and the costs will be higher! After all, this involves import and export, and you should understand all sorts of expenses!"
After speaking, Andre stared intently at Wang Yu, as if he was about to directly ask if he had any ulterior motives!
"Heh, that's indeed the case. However, you've overlooked one point. Our country's industrial technology level is still a bit lacking. For some higher-requirement advanced parts, it's more suitable to have you do contract manufacturing. Also..."
Wang Yu suddenly stood up, leaned on the table, and looked down at Andre.
"Also, you have no bargaining power. I can directly lower the price, don't you think so?"