Chapter 286: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 286: Spending Money to Ward Off Disaster, Turning Enemies into Friends, a Turning Point

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Manager Xu, we really didn't know Zhou Shaobo was a client you'd followed for two months; this is all a misunderstanding." Wang Erhai once again emphasized his innocence, then took the initiative to offer compensation: "How about this: we compensate you one thousand yuan, then treat you to a meal, and this matter is dropped—we turn enemies into friends. What do you say?"

"How about this: we compensate you one thousand yuan, then treat you to a meal, and this matter is dropped—we turn enemies into friends. What do you say?"

Xu Mingxin immediately became displeased:

"That order must have earned you at least twenty or thirty thousand, yet you only compensate me one thousand—you're treating me like a beggar! If you want to settle this peacefully, show some sincerity; don't brush it off. Treating me like this makes me feel like a fool!"

Wang Erhai said:

"We've only been in real estate agency for a short while, and we don't understand many industry rules. We truly don't know how much to compensate you. How about this: you name a price, and as long as it's not too excessive, we'll agree to it."

Xu Mingxin immediately extended a finger:

"At the very least, you must compensate us ten thousand!"

Wang Erhai immediately gave a wry smile:

"Manager Xu, that's not fair. For Zhou Shaobo's order, we took in only just over ten thousand in total."

Xu Mingxin, however, didn't believe him:

"Who would believe you? Based on my years of experience in this field, the commission on this order starts at at least twenty thousand."

Seeing that Xu Mingxin didn't believe him, Wang Erhai had no choice but to hurriedly produce the settlement sheet:

"Manager Xu, I really didn't deceive you. We really earned only just over ten thousand. This is the receipt we issued to Zhou Shaobo. Take a look—if I'm deceiving you, I'm a dog!"

Xu Mingxin glanced at it, immediately stunned, his face showing surprise:

"You actually took on such a low commission?"

Wang Erhai said with a wry smile:

"No choice. We're a small company with few resources, so we can only attract clients with low commissions. That Zhou Shaobo probably valued our cheap fees, which is why he came to us on his own initiative to handle this."

Xu Mingxin furrowed his brow slightly and couldn't help but ask one more question:

"With such a low commission rate, can you even make money?"

Xu Mingxin still didn't quite believe it in his heart. After all, opening a real estate agency requires spending everywhere—employee salaries, shop rent, various channel fees, and so on. Charging such a low commission, what money could they possibly make?

But he couldn't help admitting that low fees did indeed attract some clients.

"We're a small company. Right now it's just me and my brother; we haven't hired other employees. Our usual expenses are just shop rent, utilities, and transportation for showing properties. So even with lower fees, we still make a bit of profit. It's just that we've only just started and don't have many clients."

Hearing this, Xu Mingxin suddenly had a bold idea flash through his mind.

He seemed to have caught a whiff of a business opportunity.

But he didn't say it out loud to Wang Erhai.

Because several employees of Anjia Real Estate were still standing behind him.

He merely softened his tone considerably and said to Wang Erhai:

"Since you only earned just over ten thousand in commission on this order, I won't make an exorbitant demand. Five thousand will do. Once the compensation is in the account, we'll immediately turn enemies into friends. Don't haggle with me anymore!"

After finally closing a deal and earning over ten thousand, now they had to compensate the other party over five thousand, losing nearly half their income at once. To be honest, this made Wang Erhai feel a pang of pain in his heart. But Wang Erhai also knew very clearly that this five thousand or so had to be paid one way or another. He might as well consider it spending money to ward off disaster.

So he said nothing more and readily agreed:

"Fine, fine, five thousand it is. Let's just treat this five thousand as making friends with Manager Xu!"

Seeing that Wang Erhai was so good at socializing, Xu Mingxin immediately laughed:

"You're quite good at socializing, kid. How about this: we exchange phone numbers, and from now on we're friends!"

Wang Erhai continued nodding eagerly:

"Fine, fine, we'll exchange phone numbers. Please look after us in the future, Manager Xu!"

Through Wang Erhai's mediation, this matter was finally resolved.

After receiving the five thousand yuan compensation, Xu Mingxin left with his people.

Wang Dashan learned that they had compensated Xu Mingxin five thousand yuan and felt very resentful in his heart.

Money he earned through his own ability—why should that bastard take away five thousand?

Wang Erhai could only patiently persuade him:

"Big Brother, circumstances are stronger than people. They have Anjia Real Estate behind them. You should know better than I do the scale of Anjia Real Estate. They're a real estate agency on the same level as Zhongyuan Real Estate, not something our small company can compare with. Going against them is like a mantis trying to stop a carriage or an egg striking a rock. Just consider this five thousand yuan as spending money to ward off disaster and buy peace. Don't fuss over so much. Besides, even if we compensated five thousand, we still earned over five thousand, didn't we? Take it more lightly!"

In the end, Wang Dashan could only accept this fact.

Originally, he thought this matter would just end like that.

But unexpectedly, two days later, Wang Erhai suddenly received a phone call from Xu Mingxin.

"Little Brother Wang, are you free tonight? If you are, come out and have a meal together. How about it?"

Xu Mingxin actually took the initiative to invite Wang Erhai out for a meal, which greatly surprised Wang Erhai. He felt that when something unusual happens, there must be something fishy. Still, he was polite and didn't immediately refuse Xu Mingxin's invitation, because he didn't want to offend Xu Mingxin.

"Manager Xu, is there some happy occasion? You actually took the initiative to invite me, a small figure, to a meal. This really makes me feel flattered!"

Xu Mingxin said with a meaningful smile:

"There is indeed a happy occasion, and it's one that benefits you. Tonight at eight o'clock, Zhou Ji Da Paidang. We won't scatter without meeting!"

Wang Erhai thought it over. He felt that he had already compensated Xu Mingxin, and the compensation amount of five thousand yuan had been proposed by Xu Mingxin himself. Under these circumstances, Xu Mingxin probably wouldn't make things difficult for him anymore, right?

So he agreed:

"Fine. Tonight at eight o'clock, I'll definitely arrive on time!"

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was eight o'clock in the evening.

Wang Erhai went alone to Zhou Ji Da Paidang.

As for his older brother Wang Dashan, he was busy looking for clients, and moreover he didn't want to go see Xu Mingxin.

Last time Xu Mingxin came to the door to pick a fight, causing him to lose all face; he gets angry at the mere sight of Xu Mingxin.

So he didn't go along with them.

Wang Erhai arrived at Zhou Ji Da Paidang, only to see that Xu Mingxin had actually come alone as well.

He had already ordered some barbecue and brought out a dozen beers, just waiting for Wang Erhai to come over.

"Younger Brother Wang, over here!"

Seeing Wang Erhai appear, Xu Mingxin actually waved enthusiastically with a smile.

Wang Erhai felt somewhat puzzled inside, not understanding why Xu Mingxin was so enthusiastic toward him, but he still hurried over.

"Manager Xu, good evening!"

Xu Mingxin said with a smile:

"Sit down quickly, let's eat barbecue together. I'm telling you, this Da Paidang's grilled eggplant is truly superb, have a taste!"

Wang Erhai picked up his chopsticks, picked up a bit of grilled eggplant and ate it.

Actually the taste was just so-so, but he still smiled and agreed:

"The taste is indeed not bad."

Then he opened his mouth to ask:

"Manager Xu, did you look for me because there's something?"

Xu Mingxin smiled broadly:

"There really is something, and it's a huge good thing at that... Come, let's drink a cup first then talk..."

Xu Mingxin opened a bottle of beer, personally pouring Wang Erhai a full cup.

The two drank it up in one go, only then starting to talk business.