Chapter 726

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"That's for sure! My husband, he doesn't have much of anything else, just a lot of blessings!" Du Xiaojuan laughed in agreement with Hu Wanjia: "People who stay by my husband's side all get to share in some of those blessings. Take me for example — before I was with him I achieved nothing; after I was with him, my company finally took off."

"May I ask bluntly, what company is yours, Du Xiaojuan?" Hu Wanjia asked Du Xiaojuan, clearly far more interested in Wang Dashan.

"Xiao Du Technology." Du Xiaojuan answered truthfully with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Hu Wanjia's expression changed at once; he no longer looked arrogant and dismissive as before, and immediately showed several degrees of respect:

"So you're the founder of the renowned Xiao Du Technology — my apologies, my apologies! Xiao Du Technology is currently a rising superstar in the e-commerce industry."

"I didn't expect General Manager Hu to have heard of my company either. On the surface this company is mine, but in reality, my husband is the true behind-the-scenes controller."

Du Xiaojuan linked arms with Wang Dashan and said this to Hu Wanjia with a smile.

This left Wang Dashan momentarily not knowing what to say.

How was he the behind-the-scenes controller of Xiao Du Technology?

He didn't even understand the most basic situation of Xiao Du Technology.

Hearing this, Hu Wanjia couldn't help but look at Wang Dashan with new respect, then hurriedly offered an apology:

"President Wang, I arrived late tonight, truly sorry! I'll punish myself with three cups to express my apology, how about that?"

"General Manager Hu, you're too polite. You were stuck in traffic on the road — that's beyond human control — no need to punish yourself with three cups."

Wang Dashan gave a heh-heh laugh, his expression turning somewhat complex.

Du Xiaojuan chimed in agreement:

"Exactly, exactly. My husband has a very broad mind; such a small matter, he won't hold it to heart. No need to punish yourself with three cups — us drinking a cup together, that's what's mandatory. Hubby, you agree, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Let's drink a cup together — cheers to our pleasant cooperation!" Wang Dashan nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Hu Wanjia hurriedly said:

"President Wang is magnanimous — Hu admires you!"

Then he proactively poured wine for Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan.

And filled a cup for himself as well.

He proactively drank it down in one gulp:

"You two, I've finished mine — you drink as you please!"

Du Xiaojuan and Wang Dashan both drank theirs down in one gulp as well.

Du Xiaojuan struck while the iron was hot and asked:

"General Manager Hu, then about the cooperation between our Shanhai Real Estate and your company..."

Hu Wanjia laughed readily:

"Wasn't this agreed upon long ago? We'll definitely cooperate. Although we haven't signed a contract, a gentleman's word is as binding as a contract — if you're not at ease, we can sign the contract right now. However, I have one small request..."

"What request?" Wang Dashan asked hurriedly.

He knew Hu Wanjia had been dragging his feet on signing the contract all along — there was definitely something he wanted.

"To be honest, I've recently also gotten involved in the e-commerce industry, doing upstream supply business. I wonder if we could engage in strategic cooperation with your Xiao Du Technology?"

Hu Wanjia laughed heartily, his wishful thinking ringing loud and clear.

As the operator, Xiao Du Technology had created dozens of blockbuster stores on e-commerce platforms like Taobao, JD. com, and Vipshop, and the hit product categories they'd produced were countless.

If Hu Wanjia's supply chain could dock with Xiao Du Technology, he would absolutely make a killing.

However, at this moment, Du Xiaojuan suddenly spoke up:

"General Manager Hu, I'm very sorry, but I think you've misunderstood the real purpose of my husband and me inviting you out for this meal."

"Du Xiaojuan, what do you mean by that..."

Hu Wanjia couldn't help but freeze in surprise.

"We invited General Manager Hu you to this meal to make it clear that the real estate cooperation project we verbally agreed on before — we've already chosen someone else."

Du Xiaojuan said with a smile.

Hu Wanjia was utterly dumbfounded.

"This..."

In fact, not only was Hu Wanjia dumbfounded — Wang Dashan was also somewhat dumbfounded.

He'd never thought about terminating cooperation with Hu Wanjia; the Jinghu Garden project had only just shown some promising signs after much difficulty.

However, since Du Xiaojuan had said it like this, Wang Dashan wouldn't dismantle his own wife's platform to her face; he didn't believe Du Xiaojuan would ever harm him, so he very tacitly chimed in agreement:

"Right, we've already found another partner, so what General Manager Hu just said about punishing yourselves with three cups — that's completely unnecessary. The ones who should punish themselves with three cups are us."

Wang Dashan filled a cup for himself and was about to drink it down, but Hu Wanjia hurriedly grabbed his hand to stop him:

"President Wang, who exactly is the partner you've found?"

How would Wang Dashan know who the partner was? He didn't even have a partner yet in the new commercial housing source aspect!

So he could only give a heh-heh laugh, momentarily not knowing what to say.

Du Xiaojuan spoke at this point:

"General Manager Hu, I'm sorry, but this we have to keep confidential — it's the most basic business bottom line, and we can't break it. But I can tell you, the other party's strength is actually not as good as yours, General Manager Hu."

Hu Wanjia's face immediately showed displeasure:

"Then why did you choose to cooperate with him instead of cooperating with me?"

Du Xiaojuan said:

"To be honest, it's because General Manager Hu, you've been unwilling to sign a formal contract with our Shanhai Real Estate for a long time, so we felt it wasn't very secure, and we went looking for another company. The other party isn't very strong, but they're very sincere. Additionally, the other party is purely a business activity, only cooperating with us on a real estate project, not coveting anything else from us."

Du Xiaojuan had spoken to this extent, and Hu Wanjia is a perceptive person, so he naturally understood the real reason at once.

He wanted to climb onto this big thigh of Xiao Du Technology, so he had to show sincerity, and thus hurriedly said:

"Let's sign the contract right now. This won't affect your cooperation with that previous company, and I'm not asking you to cooperate with me in e-commerce either. Let's just consider it making friends, how about that?"

"This..." Du Xiaojuan's face showed difficulty. "Our real estate business, the scale isn't large, the volume is limited. We're afraid we can't swallow such a big piece of cake like Jinghu Garden."

"No problem. If you can't swallow it, you can subcontract it out. Sales business, whoever you sell to is selling."

Hu Wanjia became extremely straightforward.

In business, it's sometimes like this. It doesn't depend on how much ability you have, and doesn't even depend on how much benefit you can provide the other party. It's purely because you're bigger than him, able to provide him another kind of wealth-creation possibility for the future, that he's willing to take the initiative to lower his posture and seek cooperation with you.

For example, countless people rack their brains wanting to cooperate with Alibaba, Tencent, and various major state-owned enterprises.

Even to the point of actively delivering benefits to the platform side, yet the platform side won't guarantee you'll definitely be able to earn the money back.

But everyone knows perfectly well in their hearts: leaning against a big tree makes for good shade. They're also convinced that as long as they've leaned against the big tree, earning back the previous investment is only a matter of time.

"General Manager Hu, this isn't very appropriate, is it? Our Shanhai Real Estate isn't a shell company. This kind of getting something for nothing..."

Wang Dashan hurriedly refused.

But Hu Wanjia insisted on stuffing this piece of meat into Wang Dashan's mouth:

"How is this getting something for nothing? We'll definitely operate within the scope permitted by law. Rest assured, we're law-abiding citizens, we don't do illegal or disorderly things. President Wang, if you feel my commission rate here is too high, we can sit down and discuss it properly again. How about that?"

"This..." Wang Dashan looked at Du Xiaojuan. Hu Wanjia's attitude had changed too drastically, to the point where he couldn't make a decision for a moment.

Du Xiaojuan said with a smile:

"Husband, since General Manager Hu is this sincere, then let's sign the contract with General Manager Hu today."