"Then I'll lay out our terms."
"If you want to use our bio-batteries, you'll first have to pay a ten-million-yuan mold fee, since we'll need to make new molds to fit your battery specifications."
"On top of that, each battery will cost the market price: sixty yuan! Ten U.S. dollars! Not a penny less!"
"And payment comes before delivery. Orders will be shipped in the order payment is received! Our production capacity is limited, so I hope you'll all be understanding." Tang Shizhe took a sip of juice and addressed the group.
"The ten-million-yuan mold fee is fine, but as for the price..." Everyone hoped they could get the cost of the batteries down.
"We can discuss the price. If you buy one hundred million yuan's worth, the unit price drops to fifty-nine. Buy one billion yuan's worth, and it drops to fifty-eight. If you buy ten billion yuan's worth, the price falls to fifty-seven."
"You can pool your orders. I don't mind." Tang Shizhe shrugged. He absolutely wasn't going to give much ground on the price.
"Understood, President Tang. We'll go back and think it over." The representatives of the various companies exchanged glances, then stood and left the meeting room.
Tang Shizhe glanced at the representatives. He wasn't worried they wouldn't use his batteries. They weren't united, after all, and each feared the others would monopolize the domestic bio-battery market.
All he had to do now was wait for their answer.
"Tang Yi, come here for a moment." As soon as Tang Shizhe returned to his office, he called Tang Yi over.
"Use the remaining money to make batteries. Put everything else toward acquiring new factory buildings. Renovate each one as soon as we buy it, and install production lines. If we run short of cash, use the