Dignity and interests

  Wang Zhengyu suddenly flew into a rage, causing the entire room to fall silent instantly, and the atmosphere became even more oppressive.

  This room is a conference room specially prepared by Huo Guangbo for the high-level executives of various departments of the company in the future. There is only one long table, with both sides sitting on either side of the table as host and guest.

  As soon as Wang Zhengyu's words fell, the staff of Apple China all showed a look of astonishment and turned their heads to look at Li Yulei, who was pale with rage.

  Huo Guangbo stood up directly and stopped continuing to study the contract placed in front of him. He walked over to Wang Zhengyu's side.

  "Director Wang, what do you mean by this?" Li Yulei asked in shock and anger.

  "Don't you understand? Since a big company like Apple doesn't look down on us, a small company, we don't need to reach for such a high-end company. So, we won't sign the contract. Also, Director Huo, remember to call Husband later and tell him that no matter how much money is involved, our Tian Shu Technology will not do business with anyone who doesn't take us seriously, let alone proactively seek cooperation! Write this into the company culture!"

  Wang Zhengyu said word by word, then stood up and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of seeing the guest off.

  Li Yulei felt like he was going crazy, with a million horses galloping through his heart...

  Isn't this young man arrogant? But is this the attitude that should be adopted in doing business? Shouldn't Huaxia's business philosophy be about courtesy and making a fortune with a gentle attitude? A deal worth hundreds of millions, just because of an attitude problem, can't sign it? Is he dissatisfied with too much money or does he think the young man opposite him is a fool?

  Li Yulei felt that everything was getting worse and even felt a shadow in his heart.

  If he had his way, he wouldn't sign it and would just turn around and leave.

  But now he can't do that, he knows how much the headquarters needs this contract, and even more so because of this software has already begun to affect Apple's stock price, so he is very clear what the consequences will be if this contract goes wrong today.

  So Li Yulei was stunned in his seat for a moment, and in his heart he was secretly regretting, what was wrong with him, why did he have to offend this young man before the contract was signed? After all, his agreement with headquarters was just verbal and didn't count.

  "Director Wang, I think you may have misunderstood Director Li. In fact, Director Li is very impressed with your company's ability to develop such an advanced application. It's just that today he flew from Beijing to Jiangcheng and then rushed here immediately after arrival, so he was a bit tired and lost his composure. He absolutely did not mean to look down on your company. And our Apple Huaxia has the same admiration for your company's products, where would we dare to look down?"

  The administrative department manager sitting next to Li Yulei also knew the weight, turned his head to see Li Yulei's face and hurriedly spoke to mediate, offering a way out.

  "Yes! Director Wang, you must have misunderstood. I'm really tired today and my words didn't come out right. What I meant to say is that you're a man of great talent, but maybe because I'm too tired, my tone wasn't quite right and it caused misunderstanding. I apologize!" Li Yulei followed up on his subordinate's words, forcing out a smile as he looked at Wang Zhengyu with an air of sincerity.

  For a seasoned veteran like Li Yurao, since he can't just turn his head and leave, he can only temporarily yield, speaking naturally without any flaws, extremely polite.

  It seems that the temperamental young man is not so easily fooled. Wang Zhengyu glanced at Li Yurui, who had a fake smile on his face, and said indifferently: "Oh? Misunderstanding? Well, I'll give you a chance to make up for it. The contract will pay double the amount at once, and in the future, our side will take an additional two percentage points of the software's profits. If not, please leave!"

  The atmosphere in the conference room became strange.

  Huo Guangbo looked at Wang Zhengyu with a face full of admiration, while Wang Zhengyu had an expression that said he didn't care. In his heart, Huo Guangbo was almost laughing hysterically.

  The people on Apple's side looked at Li Yulei with a strange expression, whose face turned white and green.

  If this contract is really signed as Wang Zhengyu required at that time, then Li Yurui's sentence that offended Wang Zhengyu can be said to be the most expensive sentence of this century. Not counting the future benefits of the software, just doubling the one-time payment would be $100 million... This is truly a case of "one word worth a thousand gold"!

  Li Yulei was truly at a loss for what to do at this time.

  Wang Zhengyu's tough attitude made him feel intense pressure, he could hear the seriousness in Wang Zhengyu's tone, and from the phone call that morning, he knew how difficult this young man was to deal with. More importantly, the condition Wang Zhengyu proposed at this time was something he had no way of controlling.

  To think that the original contract was personally negotiated between headquarters and Wang Zhengyu, where did he get the right to privately modify it? Li Yulei suddenly felt a headache, looks like he had to negotiate with this slippery kid again.

  "Director Wang, isn't this unfair? If my attitude was bad, I can apologize to you privately, but bringing it up in relation to the contract we've already discussed and agreed upon doesn't seem right, does it?" Li Yulei responded carefully.

  On the one hand, he wants to show a bit of toughness so that the other party won't continue to make outrageous demands. On the other hand, he's afraid that if he's too tough, it will provoke the young man on the opposite side who doesn't play by the rules and cause him to storm off in a huff. This balance is indeed quite difficult to grasp.

  "Am I being impolite? From the moment we stepped out, you haven't looked us straight in the eye. All the way to this conference room, your polite responses were just perfunctory. I'm trying to have a good conversation with you, but you're making sarcastic remarks about our small company. Who's being impolite here? You can look down on us, but we don't have to do business with you, right? Are you planning on forcing us into a deal?" Wang Zhengyu retorted, completely disregarding Li Yurui's words.

  "I also said I can apologize for my improper attitude privately to you!" Li Yulei said with a softened tone.

  "I accept your personal apology, but you are representing Apple to sign this contract. I don't think your personal apology can represent Apple's sincerity! My conditions have been put forward, it's up to you to handle it! If you feel unable to accept, then I think we don't need to waste any more time!" Wang Zhengyu said resolutely.

  "Add another 20 million US dollars to the contract as a sincere apology from our side!" Li Yulei said in a low voice.

  He finally felt the pain of being at a disadvantage.

  "Haha, $200 million? You really think the face of Tian Shu Technology is so worthless?" Wang Zhengyu responded with a cold smile, but somehow his words made Li Yulei feel uncomfortable.

  The face of a small company, $20 million is still not worth it? Now if this company were to be sold, would it be worth $20 million?

  "Director Wang, please stop! You should know that your company's main product is just a software with certain technical content. The development of modern technology is very fast, and the speed of updating and replacing in the software market is unimaginable for a newcomer like you! If you continue to make trouble, it will not be beneficial to either party! I think your company has just started, and it's the time when you need funds most?"

  Li Yulei felt he couldn't continue being soft and his tone became slightly harder.

  "Alright, let's not talk about it then! As for whether we need funds to develop or not, don't bother yourself with that concern! Slow down, I won't see you off!" In the face of Li Yulei's toughness, Wang Zhengyu showed even greater toughness.

  Li Yulei really can't be calm about this. He thought that a newly opened small company, which received a huge order of hundreds of millions of US dollars, would be very serious and cautious in handling it. But unexpectedly, he encountered such an arrogant and ignorant person who doesn't take money seriously, with a pretentious attitude of being uninterested, completely disregarding the possibility of the contract falling through, and saying "no" at every turn. Is this the normal posture for negotiations?

  If it were a normal situation, he would have turned around and left. He just wanted to see if the other party was anxious about this business. But now is not a normal situation, headquarters has issued a death order, must be confirmed before Apple 6 is listed in China. This is also the reason why he flew from Beijing to Jiangcheng that day.

  So he was in a hurry, but the other party was clearly not in a hurry.

  Of course, he also wanted both parties to sit down and have a good talk, but the other party had an obvious attitude of "take it or leave it", not accepting any concessions at all, which made it impossible for the talks to continue.

  Finally, Li Yulei had no choice but to stand up and say in a serious and stiff tone: "Director Wang, I have no authority to make decisions on the conditions you've proposed. If you insist on this, I can only call headquarters. However, this means that whether or not this contract is signed will be out of our control. I admit that for me personally, it's a disaster, but for you and your company, perhaps it's the same! It could very well be a lose-lose situation!"

  Wang Zhengyu looked at Li Yulei, who was gazing seriously into his eyes, and suddenly smiled. He shook his head and spoke in a serious tone: "Director Li, you still think I'm putting on an act for your benefit, trying to take advantage of the situation? Let me be honest with you, whether or not we sign this contract doesn't matter to me! From the start, I didn't plan on making money from your company, so not getting it wouldn't be a loss. If you had treated both parties as equals from the beginning, perhaps this contract would have been signed already. Now, compared to this contract, what I want you to understand is that for me and my company, dignity is far more important than making money!"

  After finishing speaking, Wang Zhengyu walked straight towards the door and instructed on his way out: "I'm busy, so I won't accompany you all. Mr. Huo, you've heard the conditions I set, if they agree, draft the contract and send it over for me to sign; if not, we'll part ways immediately, no need to notify me!"

  As soon as the words fell, Wang Zhengyu's people also happened to walk out of the conference room, going in an unknown direction. Only a room full of stunned expressions was left behind.

  "Ahem!" Ho Guangbo cleared his throat, and when everyone's eyes were on him, he smiled and began: "Alright, now I'll be in charge of this cooperation with your company. Li Zong, if you really need to contact headquarters, hurry up!"