Lucky在前面的谈判中提出签约十年、提高单价和技术转让的要求,Kevin会不会答应呢?如果答案是否定的话,Lucky又有何打算?他一心为公司的利益谋划,极力争取技术转移的协定,而对方会甘心出让此项比金钱更珍贵的资产吗?
K: We can't sign any commitment for ten years. But if your production quality
is good after the first year, we could extend the contract and increase our
yearly purchase.
L: That sounds reasonable. But could you shed some light on (透露) the size of
your orders?
K: If we are happy with your quality, we might increase our purchase to
100,000 a year, for a two-year period.
L: Excuse me, Mr. Hughes, but it seems to me we're giving up too much in this
case. We'd be giving up the five-year guarantee for increased yearly sales.
K: Mr. Lucky, you've got to give up something to get something.
L: If you're asking us to take such a large gamble (冒险) for just two year's
sales, I'm sorry, but you're not in our ballpark (接受的范围).
K: What would it take to keep Pacer interested?
L: A three-year guarantee, not two. And a quality inspection(质量检查)tour after
one year is fine, but we'd like some of our personnel on the team.
K: Acceptable. Anything else?
L: We'd be making huge capital outlay (资本支出) for the production process, so
we'd like to set up a technology transfer agreement, to help us get off the
ground (取得初步进步).
行至此处,谈判都还算是在和谐的气氛下进行,双方各自寻求获利的方案。Lucky 再次提出技术转移的要求,不知双方会有何种结论。
(改编自:阿里巴巴商务论坛 英语点津 Annabel 编辑)