allonlinenovel Chapter 172 Bidding
Chapter 172 Bidding
With only 15% weighting for service targets, it's difficult to reverse the situation.
The staff began opening the service label envelopes. The service commitment from Yixiang Computers was beautifully written: service stations would be established in thirteen cities across the province, providing three years of free on-site service and training one thousand teachers.
Spark Technology's service commitments are more specific: in addition to the above, it also promises to offer special courses on educational informatization in the Nanda laboratory, customize and develop teaching management systems for project schools, and make all software code open source for the education department.
"Service score calculation complete," said Section Chief Wang. "The final score will now be announced."
The meeting room was so quiet that you could hear the air conditioner compressor starting up.
"First place: Xinghuo Technology Co., Ltd., with a total score of 92.7 points."
The cigarette in Director Wu's mouth fell onto his lap. He hurriedly brushed it off, leaving a burn mark on his suit trousers.
Second place: Fantasy Computer Co., Ltd., with a total score of 91.8 points.
0.9 points difference.
"Impossible!" Director Wu suddenly stood up, his chair tipping backward and crashing to the ground with a loud thud.
Everyone was looking at him.
"There's something wrong with the ratings." He walked to the front of the stage. "With such a large price difference, how could our score be lower than theirs?"
"The scoring rules are public," Section Chief Wang said calmly. "Technical score accounts for 50%, business score accounts for 35%, and service score accounts for 15%. Xinghuo Technology's technical and service scores are higher than yours. Although its business score is lower, it is still ahead overall."
"I want to see the rating details!"
"Okay." Section Chief Wang pulled a piece of paper from the folder. "This is the individual scoring sheet from each expert, the average score after removing the highest and lowest scores. You can check it."
Director Wu took the paper, his hands trembling. He looked at it for a long time, and when he reached the last line, his face turned from red to white, and then from white to pale.
The difference in technical scores mainly lies in the two sub-items: "independent controllability" and "subsequent upgrade capability." Four out of the five experts gave Spark Technology higher scores in these two areas.
The difference in service scores lies in the two sub-categories of "technology transfer" and "talent cultivation." Spark Technology's commitment received unanimous high scores from all five experts.
"This..." Director Wu was speechless.
His phone rang. He took it out, glanced at the caller ID, and hung up without answering.
"The winning bid will be publicized on the bidding center's website for five working days," Section Chief Wang continued. "If there are no objections, the contract will be signed after the publicity period ends."
The meeting ended. The experts got up to leave. As they passed Ling Yun, one of the oldest experts stopped.
"We've tested your optical mice in our lab," he said. "Their accuracy is indeed better than those from abroad."
"Thank you," Ling Yun said.
"Do a good job." The expert patted him on the shoulder and left.
The crowd began to disperse. Director Wu was still standing in front of the stage, clutching the evaluation sheet in his hand. His two subordinates stood beside him, not daring to speak.
Ling Yun and Zhao Weiguo packed their things, preparing to leave.
As they passed the first row, Director Wu looked up and stared at Ling Yun.
"How did you do that?" he asked, his voice hoarse.
"What?"
"How did you manage to deal with those experts?"
Ling Yun stopped and looked at him.
"I didn't win anyone over," he said. "I just wrote what we were doing into the plan and did my job."
"What are you doing? Isn't it just building a PC?"
"If you think it's about building a PC," Lingyun said, "then you'll never understand why we won."
After saying that, he walked towards the door.
Zhao Weiguo followed behind him, and when they reached the door, he couldn't help but look back.
Director Wu was still standing there, the evaluation form in his hand crumpled into a ball. Ash fell on his leather shoes, but he didn't notice.
In the corridor, Zhao Weiguo let out a long sigh of relief.
"We won," he said.
"It's just the first battle." Ling Yun pressed the elevator button. "There are still tough battles to fight."
The elevator doors opened, and the elevator was empty. They stepped inside, and the doors slowly closed.
Just a second before the door closed completely, Ling Yun heard the sound of something falling to the ground from inside the conference room.
It was very loud.
It looked like a chair had been kicked over.
The elevator began to descend. The numbers jumped from 5 to 4, then to 3.
Zhao Weiguo looked at the constantly changing numbers and suddenly smiled.
"The way he looked just now," Zhao Weiguo said, "was just like a clown."
"Anyone can become the clown," Ling Yun said, "as long as they believe they are the only protagonist in this play."
The elevator reached the first floor. The doors opened, and the August heat of Nanjing rushed in.
Ling Yun walked out of the building, stood on the steps, and looked up at the sky.
He turned to Zhao Weiguo and said, "Today is just the first battle. There are many more battles to fight, many more meeting rooms like this, many more bidding meetings like this, and many more competitors like this."
"We won this battle today. Although this project is not large, it sets a benchmark for subsequent projects, including construction standards and pricing. You need to keep a close eye on it, maintain high standards, and don't let things fall apart."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it myself," Zhao Weiguo replied.
"No, you have other things to do. We're going to establish the Spark Nanjing University Laboratory with Nanjing University, investing two million yuan to train a group of students and recruit them into our Spark Technology," Ling Yun said.
"Oh," Zhao Weiguo suddenly realized, "No wonder you weren't in a hurry. You'd already planned everything in advance! Brother Yun is really developing the strategic vision of a successful businessman. He's a whole level above us now. It's no wonder they lost. I even feel sorry for them; they were completely outmatched in intelligence! Hahaha..."
"This strategy is easy for others to imitate, so now that we've gained the upper hand, we need to build a good reputation and not give them a chance to overtake us. We can't be careless." Ling Yun smiled knowingly.
"With such a good start, I'm definitely going to hold on to it," Zhao Weiguo replied confidently.
In the conference room on the third floor, Director Wu finally answered the phone.
The voice on the other end of the phone was so loud that he had to hold the phone away from him.
But he still heard every single word clearly.
Every word related to "losing face," "incompetence," and "must be rectified" was used.
Director Wu hung up the phone, stood amidst the mess, and looked out the window.
Lingyun's figure could no longer be seen outside the window.
But he knew that Ling Yun and Xinghuo Company would become the most formidable opponents in his career.
He picked up the gold pen from the ground; the nib was bent from the fall.
He tried, and he could still write.
Then it can still be used.
I can keep writing, write another tender document, and fight another battle.
He straightened his suit, dusted off his trousers, and walked out of the conference room.