Pricing a part
He showed up for dinner almost after 45 minutes, the food hadnāt arrived yet
There was tons of appys and drinks
Parashars wandered the world with a fully stocked kitchen and chefs she assumed
āWe have Mr Baggaās word so we can have him take 50 units, I will reach out to Mr Ranade, he can take 15ā Satyen looked up from his phone at Rakshit
Father and son were talking about which large independent farms were going to do some testing of the new Caterpillar multibalers (the joint venture was finally gearing towards production), large farm equipment that would cut and tie out bales of hay
āWe cannot have them return test data any later than June 1st, we have the pre manufacturing meeting on 15th, the Procurement teams wants the entire BOM reviewed and certified before August
āTo theek hai aap keh do jab aap prototype bhejo toā
āIts going to take a few days to move 50 units to Patiala and Bhatinda and wherever Dadā
āAbhi koi aur to hai nahi protype testing ke liye, Raanav ne kaha there isnāt enough time to draft a full blown agreement and indemnity and all that, General Counsel of our company agrees with Raanav, yeh bas good faith mein hai, bhej doā
āI can I have no problem I just want to make sure if its going on NH8 or NH10 we need to dismantle parts of itā
These were ginormous and really expensive farm toys that needed to be carefully assembled and disassembled
āSo we donāt charge them a dime?ā Rakshit looked up from his laptop
āPrototype sample pricing I donāt knowā¦ā satyen rubbed his eyes āI think Caterpillar has a recommendation based on geographyā āI cant recallā satyen yawned and turned to look at Viveka
Smrita was missing so Viveka texted with Piyush Varsha and Harsha white also texting with her friends
āAsk the economist in the house how she would approach charging a customer for a yet to be launched productā
Economist word triggered Viveka to lift her head up and smile
āI am not an MBA or a Pricing expertā she laughed
āNumbers to numbers hai betaā
Rakshit obediently walked towards her with his macbook
They zipped thru it in the next hourish until dinner was served
Satyen snoozed until Smrita appeared
āWhere is the baby of the house?ā she demanded
āBiwi baithin hain saamne aap baat karoā Satyen encouraged Smrita to talk to Viveka as usual
āMaybe she wont knowā Smrita smiled in an affected way
āchaliye acchha hai aapko apne married bache ke baare mein pata hai unki biwi ko nahiā he laughed
Viveka looked up from Rakshitās computer and laughed
āHe is here Dadā
āYeh lo!ā he extended a hand in her direction āSHE knowsā he mocked his wife
āIs he jet lagged?ā Smrita made a face
āNoā she smiled mischievously
āWife has had a great day why will he beā satyen had no idea
āYou are rightā Viveka fake agreed with her FIL
Raanav appeared with wet but neatly parted and combed hair, and in his freebie from modeling days olive green shirt and khakhis
They looked at each other and she looked away clearing her throat and refocusing on the reading material Rakshit gave her
āU did get the jobā he walked over to whisper in her earā
āActuallyā¦. I did NOTā she turned to whisper in his shave foam scented ear canal
āCAP!ā he argued
āSecret password exchangeā Satyen mocked
Raanav didnāt respond
āHow was ur trip darlingā Smrita screeched
He walked over to hug her
Satyen went back to some glossy brochures someone from the marketing communications team had put together for a farm equipment trade show that was going to happen soon
Father and son ignored each other
āThatās fine u havenāt priced farm equipment beforeā
āIgnition switch, coil, spark plugā Viveka exclaimedā¦. āNone of it sounds exciting sorryā
Rakshit laughed out loud
āI think I may have found a topic you and lekha could become best friends overā
āfarm equipment?ā
āYes, bill of materials of everything we make in PEIā
Raanav returned to sit by Viveka
The food was great, Smrita incessantly questioned Raanav about London asking the most inane questions so Raanav would not talk to Viveka
Forgetting they were married and could get their privacy whenever they chose
Its another matter neither was interested in running away and having hot and heavy sā
Correction⦠both were, but they both had to prove a point
He wanted to insinuate that she was deliberately obliging his Dad
She had to tell him off that she had no interest in working for PEI
āSo? How did she do?ā
āgreatā rakshit laughed quickly
āWonderfulā
āHe is lying, I sucked at it he finally started building it on his ownā
āWe have a whole pricing team beta, I should have asked you to sit with them firstā Satyen spoke thoughtfully
āThatās OK the components are not very excitingā she said with a shocked expression
āOh well the company makes billions in profitsā Smrita scolded her
āHyperbole Mumā rakshit laughed
āItās a successful companyā Smrita continued to scold
āU should stick around and train here if you wantā Satyen offered
Raanav stopped eating⦠waiting for her answer
āI will think about it⦠Dad thanks sooo much that sounds really exciting⦠cant believe itā she said mischievously, checking out Smritaās expression with a side eye
Fully intending to trigger her husband and MIL
She was sputtering, this middle class girl has finally landed a plum part in MY company⦠I mean⦠she did it, this is was her price from early on
Smrita seethed
Vivekaās husband?
āThere we go!ā he whispered