Chapter 969: Do you know how to play finger-guessing games?
Zeng Wangcai had no appetite at all, but Boris clearly had ulterior motives.
Before Xu Damao's information was submitted, a glass of vodka was placed in front of Zeng Wangcai.
There were no pickles, and no slapping himself... After drinking a glass of wine, Zeng Wangcai almost vomited.
This is not drinking, this is clearly drinking alcohol.
Zeng Wangcai couldn't drink before, but after joining the army, he improved his alcohol tolerance and could drink a lot. Later, there were no occasions that required him to drink a lot, so his alcohol tolerance became less.
"Mr. Zeng, cheers to our pleasant cooperation..." Boris said again.
On the other side, the little girl filled Zeng Wangcai's cup.
Zeng Wangcai glanced at Xiaoye who was reading the information, and thought that if he continued to drink like this, he would not be able to discuss anything without waiting for the negotiation.
It doesn’t matter if we can’t talk, we can continue the conversation tomorrow, but it’s so embarrassing to be drunk, right?
"Come on, come on, cheers!" Zeng Wangcai raised his glass with a smile and gulped down another glass of vodka. "I am so happy today. To be honest, Mr. Boris, I like you the moment I see you. Your personality is very consistent with that of our people. Let's drink to the end."
"Haha, really? We are just generous..." Boris responded with narrowed eyes.
He is an alcoholic and can drink a lot.
In other words, basically everyone in Russia likes to drink, both men and women. If they don't have a drink in the winter, it's fatal. I heard that there are countless drunkards who drink too much and freeze to death outside in the winter every year.
Boris was not drifting, on the contrary he was very calm. He wanted Zeng Wangcai to enter a dazed state, or at least to be under the influence of alcohol, so as to facilitate the negotiations.
"It's no fun to drink like this!" Zeng Wangcai made a suggestion, "Why don't we play a game? We're having a lot of fun today, let's play games and drink."
"???"
What about negotiation? Are you playing games?
Boris didn't understand Zeng Wangcai's operation for a moment.
Zeng Wangcai was very calm. It was you who made the move first. It was such an important negotiation, and you were a little girl and drank a strong liquor. It was obvious that you didn't want to have a good talk.
Well, let's all try some tricks and see who is more capable.
This occasion does not conform to the general negotiation occasion.
But Boris had no choice. He was under a lot of pressure, or rather, the pressure from the Xilin faction was very great.
They have already known about Jenny's upcoming visit.
To be precise, they couldn't stop Jenny from visiting.
The Xilin faction does not want a situation where someone raises the price; they just want to occupy the political capital they have gained after negotiating with us and obtaining investment.
To put it bluntly, they took Zeng Wangcai's proposal seriously and wanted to train a boss.
Xiao Ye, whose information is being read now, is the candidate put forward by the Xilin faction. He has a clean resume and a tough style, and he became a senior general at a young age.
If this succeeds, the Xilin faction will fully support Xiao Ye and compete with the reserve candidates of the Lao Ye faction.
They wanted to deduct more money from Zeng Wangcai, fearing that Zeng Wangcai's money would be taken away by Lao Ye or scared away by Jenny.
For all these reasons, Boris resorted to this desperate measure.
Xiao Ye didn't seem to pay attention to Zeng Wangcai and Boris. He was looking at the information very seriously. On the information was a list of assets listed by Zeng Wangcai and the corresponding quotations.
"Father, something is not right!" Xiao Ye closed the information and inserted himself between Zeng Wangcai and Boris, interrupting their conversation about playing games. "The investment scale provided by Mr. Zeng is too small. The total amount is only 8 billion dollars. This is very different from what Mr. Zeng said before."
When Zeng Wangcai talked to Elena before, he was so rich and generous, saying, "Just name your name, you decide how much."
Now, eight billion...
This number is very interesting. It is exactly the amount that the Xilin faction wants to blackmail Zeng Wangcai with Glonass. It can solve many of their internal problems, but it is not enough to achieve their goal of making Xiaoye a great hero.
So Xiao Ye was inevitably disappointed after reading it, and in disappointment he interrupted Boris's spell.
Boris frowned slightly and glanced at his eldest son, but since his eldest son had already spoken, he could only start the topic in advance: "Mr. Zeng, is this really the case? If so, I don't think we need to continue talking!"
"I'm sorry, we have to temporarily modify the investment scale, but this is unavoidable!" Zeng Wangcai admitted readily, "I received a piece of intelligence, um... I heard that the US representative Jenny is about to lead a large team to visit you. Don't ask me how I know, we all know it's true... To be honest, if Jenny's arrival is not handled well, we may not even be able to guarantee the scale of 8 billion. Are you sure that you can take down all the projects on the list with the intervention of the US?"
It was precisely because of this that Boris launched the attack ahead of time.
But the Russians are always clumsy in doing things. They don’t even think about it. What would happen even if they had agreed with Zeng Wangcai in advance?
Finally, Xiao Ye and Wu Yao had to contact them to go through the process, and Jenny would arrive in two days.
"You underestimate our ability, so why do you still want to cooperate with us?" Boris was obviously stimulated by Zeng Wangcai's words, "You should believe in your allies, we can do it!"
"Mr. Zeng, at least 10 billion!" Xiao Ye was more straightforward than Boris and made a direct request. "According to the asset scale in the information you just provided, you should invest 10 billion. If we can't get it, you can reduce it in proportion."
It was a typical military style, tough and confident, and the price increased by 2 billion right away.
He only said that if we couldn’t take it, we should reduce it proportionally, but he didn’t say what to do with the extra ones!
Compared to people like Boris, Zeng Wangcai prefers straight men like Xiaoye.
Just say what you want, how great it is. Why do you always have to guess?
"How about this, I will show my sincerity, the greatest sincerity!" Zeng Wangcai thought for a while and said, "You use your strength to ensure the cooperation is achieved, instead of letting Jenny join in to raise the price. You should try your best to get the assets in the information, and as for Jenny's price increase, we can use other assets, so that it is easier for you to operate;
"As for the scale of investment, it is indeed not appropriate to have less, but... it is not appropriate to have too much at one time. This is a long process that needs to continue for many years. This is the scale of the first investment, and there will be the second and third ones later. But you have priced the assets too high, which I cannot accept. You know, according to the current market conditions, they are not worth a 2 billion increase in price."
"Their intrinsic value is higher than your asking price!" Xiao Ye was a little angry.
Zeng Wangcai smiled without saying anything and looked at Boris.
Everyone knows that what Xiao Ye said is true. These assets are valuable, but what good is that? What does it matter if the price is sky-high if no one buys them?
You could have chosen not to sell and just play with it yourself, but you just couldn't do it on your own because you had too many shortcomings.
"Mr. Zeng, let's play a game..." Boris smiled strangely, "I think Mr. Zeng's proposal just now was also prepared for the price. I want to hear Mr. Zeng's rules of the game..."
He is indeed a smart man. It is not easy to sit in this position.
Since you actually saw through my tricks, I'll just be frank with you.
"Do you know how to play finger-guessing?" Zeng Wangcai also smiled strangely.