Chapter 44: Can't Let Her Run Away

  It's not easy to get a recommendation, so I hope everyone will give it their full support.

  Sun Zesheng leaned back and made a "please" gesture with his hand. "Sister Song, you come talk to Mr. Liu, I believe in your ability."

  Song Jia-yi nodded, she stared straight at Liu Chuan-ye, her slender nose wore a pair of black glasses, but even though they were close, you could still feel her sharp gaze shooting out from behind the lenses.

  "Mr. Liu, don't you think that what you're saying sounds sincere but actually lacks any sincerity at all?" Song Jia-yi's words were sharp and had a strong momentum. "What do you mean by 'you should give up the commission you deserve'? The company isn't yours to begin with, so of course you wouldn't work for free. You're not giving up your commission, but rather squeezing out a portion of the price you falsely reported."

  "Mr. Sun, I don't agree with what this sister is saying at all! We had a very pleasant cooperation experience before, and this time I also came with sufficient sincerity. But she actually said that I was lying, and when I heard these words, I felt very sad." Liu Chuan Ye showed an indignant expression.

  "After hearing your quote, I'm even more heartbroken." Sun Zesheng said lightly. "Sister Song, you continue."

  Song Jia-yi was afraid that Sun Ze-sheng would sell her out during the negotiations, but now seeing Sun Ze-sheng still supporting her, she felt even more confident.

  "Mr. Liu, I'm telling you that you're lying, don't be so stubborn. Housing prices have been artificially inflated by hot money, and the skyrocketing prices are unreasonable. Comparing to housing prices is not suitable. Let's use a method that everyone can accept. Let's take the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as an example. Last year's full-year CPI was 2.6%, the previous year's full-year CPI was 5.4%, and the year before that, the full-year CPI was 3.3%. What is the cumulative increase of these three years?"

  A few precise numbers, Song Jia-yi immediately came up with them, and Liu Chuan-ye's face was somewhat unnatural.

  Song Jia-yi didn't wait for Liu Chuan-ye to refute, and continued: "Let's use another example that everyone is familiar with, the pension for retired enterprise employees. In recent years, it has been increased by an average of 10% every year. This increase should be higher than the CPI increase, right?

  Let's calculate based on this growth rate. Three years ago, it was 7,000 yuan. With a 10% increase each year, it became 7,700 yuan, then 8,470 yuan, and finally 9,317 yuan, still less than 10,000 yuan.

  Good fellow, as soon as you open your mouth, it's twenty thousand.

  "You can't do business like this, the whole Yanjing, there are many companies that can handle agency registration services, not just yours. The one my friend and I went to before could also do it, their professional ability is no worse than yours, if your quote is unreasonable, I'll immediately suggest to Director Sun to change partners."

  Inside the teahouse, there was air conditioning and the temperature inside wasn't high, but Liu Chuan Ye was sweating profusely at this moment. "Sister, it's not calculated like that, if you calculate it like that, what would we make?"

  "You still won't give in, will you? Mr. Sun, or else I'll contact that consulting firm I've dealt with before and see what they can do for us. I still have their phone number here." Song Jia-yi turned to say to Sun Ze-sheng.

  "Alright, alright. Big sister, I give up, I concede, isn't that enough? Like this, let's round it off to 10,000 yuan. I'll just charge you a commission of 10,000 yuan, and when I get back, I'll let our boss scold me until my face is covered in blood." Liu Chuan Ye hastily said.

  "I wouldn't advise President Sun to sign a contract with you even if it's just nine thousand more. One extra cent and I'd still be against it." Song Jia pressed on relentlessly.

  Song Jia-yi started arguing with Liu Chuan-ye, the two of them going back and forth, all for a few hundred bucks.

  Sun Zesheng didn't intervene, he just stood by and watched. Song Jiayi gave him a brand new understanding of her today, and he was even more certain that Song Jiayi was not an ordinary accountant, there must be a story behind her.

  I must think of a way to keep her from leaving, can't let her run away.

  Song Jia-yi and Liu Chuan-ye haggled for half a day, but after Liu Chuan-ye compromised to 9,300 yuan, he refused to budge any further, gritting his teeth and remaining silent despite Song Jia-yi's verbal barrage.

  Song Jia-yi herself felt that for a few hundred yuan, she had been arguing with Liu Chuan-ye all along, and it didn't make much sense. She looked at Sun Ze-sheng, "Director Sun, you see..."

  Sun Zesheng picked up his teacup, took a sip of the refreshing tea soup, and asked, "Mr. Liu, may I ask boldly, does your company have any agency or transfer business for licenses?"

  "Mr. Sun, our company doesn't have it, but our boss also runs another company and has channels to obtain legitimate licenses of all kinds, including health food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food. Even if the license is not in these categories, our boss can still get it."

  "This company I founded, the initial product is most likely to be cosmetics, and we need to get legitimate production licenses and health permits that can withstand scrutiny. Are you interested in cooperating again?" Sun Zesheng said calmly.

  "Yes, of course." Ryuugawa Ryou hastily replied.

  Sun Zesheng revealed a confident smile, his fingers tapping on the receipt that Liu Chuan Ye had just given him.

  "Since you want to continue cooperating, okay, 7,000 yuan, I'll hand over the agency's registration of foreign-funded companies to you. For the subsequent two licenses' approval documents, I'm also considering continuing to cooperate with you. Let me remind you, this is just the beginning, later when my company's business expands, there will be many more certificates and certifications needed, it's not just about cooperating with anyone, you know what I mean?"

  "Director Sun, you've just painted a big cake for me." Liu Chuan Ye said with a bitter smile.

  "Am I drawing a cake for you? You can wait and see. Now, let me ask you one question: 7,000 yuan, are you signing or not?" Sun Zesheng asked.

  Liu Chuan's expression was unpredictable, as the saying goes "in business, talk business". If he signed an agency contract with Sun Zesheng at a low price of 7,000 yuan, and later Sun Zesheng came to renege on his promise and refused to hand over the two entrusted businesses to him, Liu Chuan would not be able to find anyone to vent his grievances to. However, if he didn't sign, and Sun Zesheng really intended to continue their cooperation, then Liu Chuan would have let a substantial business opportunity slip away.

  One is to seize the immediate benefits, and the other is to cast a long line to catch big fish. Of course, it's also possible that it will be a waste of effort, like trying to carry water in a bamboo basket. How to make a decision, even Okajima was unable to come up with a clear plan at the time.

  Sun Zesheng took out his mobile phone, looked at the time and said, "Mr. Liu, if you can't make a decision today, then go back and think about it some more. When you have a clear idea, give me a call again, okay? Sister Song, do you have time tomorrow? If so, accompany me to that consulting firm you mentioned."

  "Mr. Sun, don't worry about it. I've signed, 7,000 yuan, I've signed." As soon as he finished saying this, Liu Chuan Ye suddenly slumped down in his seat like a punctured balloon.

  From 9,300 to 7,000, a decrease of 2,300 at once. This means that for this single transaction, he will have an income of more than 200 less. If every transaction is like this, by the end of the month, he may not even be able to pay his rent, and can only wait for the northwest wind.