Chapter 1917: Eight Billion US Dollars

The meeting room of the Tribute Liquor Industry Department, temporarily serving as the group headquarters, was quite spacious, and the decoration had received some thought.

Oval conference table, solid wood genuine leather seats, thick carpet, especially the background, which was a large portrait of the mentor.

Originally, the background of the meeting room was a landscape painting, but who knows which little clever ghost.

I heard that the little devils came to negotiate and wanted to acquire Yuzhou Technology, so they changed the meeting room background to the mentor's portrait.

One cannot deny that these past few days, especially for the old devil Yoshioka Kunihiko, facing the mentor every day, he truly felt very uncomfortable inside.

When Zhou Andong entered the meeting room, the first thing he saw was the mentor's portrait, and his heart instantly blossomed with joy—our mentor grandfather, who specialized in dealing with ghosts.

Two dedicated service staff had poured tea for everyone and then withdrew, slowly closing the door and standing at the entrance,

"President Yoshioka!"

Zhou Andong spoke in a gentle tone, his face full of smiles, appearing very respectful toward Yoshioka Kunihiko.

"Speaking from my personal feelings, I am very hopeful about cooperating with Sony."

Hearing this, Huang He and Lan Yibin felt another surge of joy in their hearts.

Zhou Andong is still quite sensible, after all—it seems today's negotiation won't end in failure.

But Yoshioka Kunihiko is not these two fools; upon hearing Zhou Andong's words, he already understood inside that today's negotiation would yield no result.

Because from the day he arrived in Jiangzhou, he had felt hostility coming from the Tribute Group, or more accurately, from Zhou Andong.

Not to mention anything else—just saying two billion US dollars, and insisting on not budging at all, this is not the attitude of someone wanting to cooperate.

Just now, when they met downstairs, if Zhou Andong's words were merely polite flattery, then now it's like he's holding out a date in his left hand and offering it to him.

This is surely just to let him look, to make him happy—if he reaches out to take it, or even tries to grab it, this bastard's right hand will surely draw a knife.

But is he afraid?

Of course not—he has endured so much frustration these past few days, isn't it all for this date?

If Zhou Andong's right-hand knife were not aimed at him, but instead split the date in two, he would consider whether to accept it or not.

Conversely, he is not empty-handed either—someone has handed him a knife, and in his view, this knife is longer than Zhou Andong's.

When it truly comes to breaking face, he believes Zhou Andong will surely be the one to die, not him.

Therefore, this old devil's smile on his face is also very modest, waiting for Zhou Andong to continue speaking.

Zhou Andong paused slightly, the smile on his face carrying much helplessness.

"But hey, as chairman, how could I act according to my own preferences, right? Just like President Yoshioka, you admire me so much, value me so much—why won't you agree to my demand of two billion US dollars?"

"Isn't it because you represent Sony, and also Sony's tens of thousands of employees below, so you cannot act based on personal preference?"

"Mr. Zhou!" a little Japanese, speaking in broken Chinese, said: "You keep saying how you respect Sony, how you like Sony, but according to our valuation, Yuzhou Technology's market value is only seventeen billion RMB."

"Yet you have offered a price of twenty billion US dollars—this completely contradicts what you just said; it can be said that you have no sincerity at all in cooperating with our Sony."

"No!" Zhou Andong shook his head, expression very serious, saying: "I respect Sony, I like Sony—this is my personal feeling. But under this premise, I am still a businessman."

"According to your logic, President Yoshioka admires me so much, values me so much—out of personal feelings, if he does not agree to buy Yuzhou Technology with twenty billion US dollars, isn't he being extremely hypocritical, and everything he says just deceiving me?"

The little Japanese's face turned pale instantly, he furtively glanced at Yoshioka Kunihiko, then hurriedly denied.

"I—I don't mean that, Mr. Zhou, please don't misunderstand."

"Misunderstand?" Zhou Andong smiled: "I'll just take this as a misunderstanding."

"Zhou San!"

Yoshioka Kunihiko spoke, having completely lost his patience. Because he already knew the outcome, continuing like this would just be wasting time.

"We are not only acquiring Yuzhou Technology, but also including the Yuzhou Technology Research Institute."

"Oh?" Zhou Andong expressed great surprise: "You also want to acquire the research institute? Well, the Tribute Group can't decide on that. Although the institute bears the name of Yuzhou Technology, its ownership belongs to Qiudongfang."

"So then." Yoshioka Kunihiko said with a smile: "Zhou San, that's why I insisted you must attend today's negotiation."

"This is not easy to handle."

Zhou Andong tapped his fingers on the tabletop, his facial expression appearing very troubled.

"You should also know that over the past year or more, the research institute has recruited many of our domestic top experts, all for the purpose of developing DVD technology.

Put it this way: Qiudongfang places great importance on DVD technology—this past year or more of investment has exceeded thirty-six billion US dollars, and this does not even include the value of the developed technology outcomes and scientific talent."

Not only Yoshioka Kunihiko this old devil, but even Wu Huilin and Qian Zhen, their mouths twitched involuntarily.

I say, boss, can your bragging be a bit more reliable? If you said three point six billion US dollars, the little devils might still believe it.

But this thirty-six billion is truly exaggerated, and not just a little.

And Huang He and Lan Yibin, at this moment, finally came to their senses.

After all this fuss, Zhou Andong this dog thing, is just playing with them?

Basically, there is not a shred of sincerity in wanting to cooperate with Sony.

Although Lan Yibin this guy still has some scheming, Huang He is far worse.

This guy slightly narrowed his eyes, staring at Zhou Andong's gaze, as if wanting to eat him.

Dog thing, how can he be so clueless about flattery, not caring about the bigger picture at all.

You should know, cooperating with Sony, the department leaders are all paying attention to it.

Especially when they were downstairs, Wu Huilin did not introduce them to Zhou Andong.

As a leader coming from the capital, and moreover, accompanying Sony down to take charge of the heavenly mandate.

Being ignored like this under everyone's eyes is like slapping them in the face, making them feel extremely humiliated.

But after being swayed by Zhou Andong's flattery toward the little devils, they had a misunderstanding.

They thought today's negotiation, Zhou Andong would definitely compromise, achieve the result they wanted, thus dispelling their inner displeasure.

But now, Zhou Andong has already clearly expressed his attitude—impossible to cooperate with Sony—and his mood has deteriorated to the extreme.

Yoshioka Kunihiko did not get angry, still speaking calmly and peacefully: "Zhou San, it seems we have nothing to talk about."

"Yes!" Zhou Andong said seriously: "In the past year or so, the institute invested 3.6 billion, the research results and the value of the scientific personnel were 2.4 billion, plus the 2 billion from Yuzhou Technology, which exactly makes 8 billion US dollars."

Saying this, Zhou Andong looked at Yoshioka Kunihiko: "If Sony can come up with 8 billion US dollars, we can sign the contract now."

Wu Huilin and Qian Zhen and the others felt a pang of sigh in their hearts; this really is asking for the sky, and they are not even given a chance to sit on the ground and pay back the money.

At the same time, they also thought in their hearts: if Sony really agrees, planning to sell Yuzhou Technology and the institute, it is also not impossible.

As for those things in the research, since it has been said, inside it is researching DVD.

Just give them the DVD research and development technology; the rest is not included, just take it away.

And the R&D personnel, then it depends on whether the little devils can keep them; when the time comes, if those people all resign, it has nothing to do with them anyway.

However, they also know in their hearts that such a good thing is just wishful thinking.

Don't say 8 billion US dollars; even if it is 800 million US dollars, the little devils will not agree.

Even if their brains were squeezed flat by a door, it would still be impossible.