anniversary of our company in the video, and…

Wang: And our research and development activities too.

Zhang: Yes, but…

Wang: But what?

Zhang: But we cannot go into too much detail in our presentation. You know it's sort of business secret, isn't it?

Wang: Just enough to convince them that ours is of very high quality.

Zhang: And naturally, we can include our quality control procedures and also after-sales services.

Wang: And also we can demonstrate our product in the video. Don't you think so? Zhang: A neat idea.

Cutting Departmental Costs

Wang: You know our departmental costs have risen a lot recently.

Zhang: Yes, I think we are exceeding our budget.

Wang: What do you think are the reasons?

Zhang: I think there are many reasons for this. You know last month we run a series of promotion campaigns. That's a lot of money, isn't it?

Wang: Yes, but I think we spent too much on that. I mean we could have spent less. Zhang: Uh Um?

Wang: You know we have been traveling a lot around the country. And most of us travel by air.

Zhang: You mean some of the travels are not necessary.

Wang: Exactly. You know, some of the face-to-face talks may simply be replaced by email communication.

Zhang: There's a lot in what you've said. I think we should make full use of our modern facilities and save some expensive travels.

Wang: Not only that. I think modern facilities, like computers, should be made full use of within the company, too. I mean a lot of money could have been saved, if we had done that.

Zhang: What do you mean?

Wang: You see, each month we spend a good lot of money on office supplies like print paper.

Zhang: Yes, some of the managers always ask for printouts instead of retrieving information from the computer system.