M: Mr. Liu, what kinds of sales do you think you could get?9 s& x6 [. J3 `( T: }
R: Well, to begin with, we'd have to insist on sole agency in Taiwan. We believe we could spike(激增) sales by 30% to 40% in the first year. But certain conditions would have to be met.
. |/ ~3 I2 q4 l4 N M: What kinds of conditions?
7 `- g4 q5 b/ [7 m R: We'd need your full technical and marketing support.
" M2 c, w4 ?! x8 d M: Could you explain what you mean by that?
X) |9 g+ S2 T4 J: ? R: We'd like you to give training to our technical staff; we'd also like you to pay a fee for after-sales service.
( B) o; z; N: I% h I1 b M: It's no problem with the training. As for service support, we usually pay a yearly fee, pegged to(根据)total sales.
8 l6 I: z( u. q) v, X% d R: Sounds OK, if we can come to terms(达成协定) on how much is fair. As for marketing support, we would like you to assume 50% of all costs.2 u: u5 U/ B1 L1 j' b- s/ u5 I' s! C
M: We'd prefer 40%. Many customers learn about our products through international magazines, trade shows, and so on. We pick up the tab(付款)for that, but you get the sales in Taiwan.0 j8 i H# Y; ?! D7 p' w
R: We'll think about it, and talk more tomorrow.
3 L' p5 G9 R4 D+ H' ~; k$ @: ^3 N' y M: Fine. We'd like you to tell us about your marketing plans. |