Chapter 39 Door-to-Door Sales
The Minister of Commerce finally canceled the speech on the pretext of being unwell and left the meeting early. Seryosha believed that he would not take the initiative to disclose the truth to the media for his own benefit. Now all the power of interpretation is in the hands of Seryozha. So at the meeting that day, when Sergei took the stage to explain the issues related to subprime mortgages, the audience once again burst into thunderous applause. The move that Xie Liaosha played not only made himself the focus of the news, but also made the subprime mortgage a little popular.
When the morning meeting ended, some TV media reported that Soviet officials had helped the injured U.S. Secretary of Commerce into the venue. This immediately attracted the interest of many viewers. According to the memories of the reporters present, the two people almost left the meeting place, and they didn't come back together until nearly half an hour later. During this period of time, whether the two officials have exchanged any content, although the parties did not say, but the media believes that they must have discussed some substantive issues.
This kind of speculation is exactly what Seryozha wants to achieve, and now he can go back to Moscow for business. But Seryozha doesn't plan to go back so early. This is a rare business event in the world. People with economic power in almost every country have come to New York. This is a good time for Seryozha to expand his business and make contacts. . So Seryozha took advantage of his lunch break to frequently visit some business people from non-European and American regions, mainly from Latin American economies, the Middle East, and emerging Asian countries. Seryozha hoped that he could expand some space for the Soviet Union's foreign trade activities. After what happened in the morning, Sergey received the goodwill of most of the guests present at the conference, and even representatives from countries with some views on the Soviet Union would not refute Sergey's face for a while. During this period of noon, Sergey discovered several target customer groups in the Soviet Union.
It was also during this period of noon that the Soviet ambassador to the United States happened to see this news about Seryozha and the US Secretary of Commerce. The staff of the embassy did not receive any prior notice, so they hurriedly reported to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow. Gromyko was stunned when he heard the news. Why did Gorbachev's people get involved with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce? Gromyko is eager to know what they said?
Gromyko felt a little annoyed, why Sergey went to see the US Minister of Commerce, the foreign minister himself would not know. He believed that this was definitely something that Gorbachev overstepped the Politburo and decided on his own initiative. Angrily, he called the Kremlin to report the matter to General Secretary Chernenko. After Gromyko reported the matter in a strong tone, General Secretary Chernenko replied calmly that he knew it a long time ago, and then hung up the phone. Only then did Gromyko realize that it was Gorbachev and Chernenko who jointly emptied him in this matter.
Seryozha couldn't comprehend Gromyko's mood at the moment, he had already completed the most important task of this trip. In the rest of the time, he will shoulder the responsibilities and missions of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and then this international economic event will attract more business for the industrial and mining enterprises in the Soviet Union. Now many people have a very good feeling for Seryozha, which makes Seryozha's business activities much easier. During his lunch break, he learned through a few British friends that several Emiratis were in contact with Airbus and Boeing. They wanted to set up an airline company and were negotiating about buying or leasing planes. Seryozha took this matter to heart, so at night, Seryozha took the initiative to visit these Emiratis.
These UAE people were flattered by Sergey's initiative to visit. After all, Sergey is a senior official of a superpower, not a big man who can be seen casually. Seryozha straightforwardly explained the intention of coming, and these UAE people saw that Seryozha was so frank, so they did not hide their intention of coming. One of the main purposes of their participation in this economic meeting is to contact Boeing,
Or an Airbus executive negotiating to lease an airplane. These UAE people are from Dubai. They are not the kind of princes and nobles who don't understand anything, but real businessmen. They want to establish Emirates Airline with Dubai as the center, but they don't plan to buy aircraft directly in the early stage, but plan to try the depth of the aviation industry in the form of leasing.
After hearing their introduction, Seryozha already had a general understanding of them. These people should be the founding team of the later famous Emirates Airlines, but they only have about 10 million US dollars in their hands now, and they should not be able to afford the plane, so they can only use the form of lease. But Seryozha knows that Emirates will do well in the future, so he intends to facilitate the deal. So Seryosha said to them: "I don't know if you are interested in our country's civil aviation airliners. We have some wide-body airliners with good performance in the Soviet Union. The price is about 30% lower than similar products in Europe and the United States. We can first adopt Cooperation by way of lease!"
"I don't know what type of aircraft you are talking about?" the UAE asked curiously.
"It is the Il-86 wide-body airliner, which has been in use for 80 years and has a good safety record. This aircraft is the same type of product as the Boeing-757 launched by the United States last year. If you are interested, we can use the lease method Let you try it out for a period of time, and when you are satisfied, place an order with us!" Seryozha said enthusiastically.
These UAE people obviously knew about this Soviet aircraft. They said to Serge Sha: "But I heard that the fuel consumption of this aircraft is higher than that of Boeing-757!"
"I think you are an oil-producing country, so you shouldn't care about this fuel consumption anymore! The maintenance cost of our products is much lower than that of American products, and the most important point is that Airbus should not have similar products, while the American ones The aircraft has only been available for a year, and its safety has yet to be tested. And, with all due respect, will they allow you to lease the Boeing-757 without an order?" Seryozha said with reason and enthusiasm.
"To be honest, Mr. Minister, you know our situation very well! We can't refuse your kindness! How about it, when will you return to China? We want to go to the Soviet Union with you to see the aircraft you mentioned!" the Emirati considered After a long time, he finally replied.