Chapter 931

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai drove toward the County Town; Zhang Sheng sent him the meeting location — still the Huangsheng Hotel, still VIP Room 208.

Seeing this address, Wang Erhai vaguely felt something was off.

But since they summoned him, he had to go.

After all, this concerned the progress of Liguo Mountain Decoration Co., Ltd.

Before long, Wang Erhai arrived at VIP Room 208 of the Huangsheng Hotel.

He opened the door and saw that inside the private room there were only Zhang Sheng and Huo Guoqiang.

Wang Erhai let out a breath of relief.

"General Manager Zhang, General Manager Huo, sorry I'm a bit late."

Zhang Sheng came forward with a broad smile:

"No problem, no problem — we just got here ourselves, and you live in the Rural Area, so the distance is farther."

Huo Guoqiang was also smiling, but his smile was clearly insincere.

Probably before Wang Erhai came, Zhang Sheng had already said some things to him.

And they weren't anything good.

"Now that everyone's here, let's cut the chatter and get straight to the point, alright?"

Zhang Sheng said this with another broad smile.

His presence was imposing, even overshadowing Huo Guoqiang.

After all, this was his home turf.

And whether Liguo Mountain Decoration Company could operate smoothly still depended on his say-so.

"Fine, no problem!"

Wang Erhai answered like that.

Huo Guoqiang also nodded in agreement.

At this point Zhang Sheng said:

"I've seen the Cooperation Agreement you signed with Moli. Tsk, you two — truly responsible good men, thinking to take care of Moli, a mere woman, you gave her only a chicken's share of work yet let her take the same equity as you. Thanks for 'taking care' of her like that!"

As soon as Zhang Sheng said this, Huo Guoqiang gave a dry laugh.

Wang Erhai also didn't know what to say.

Because neither of them were fools; they naturally caught at once that Zhang Sheng was blaming them — when signing the Cooperation Agreement they had hoodwinked Wu Moli, giving her only equity but no authority.

"General Manager Zhang, we didn't want to be this 'responsible,' but we had no choice. We wanted to give Wu Moli more work, but she simply refused. We persuaded her every which way before she agreed to handle administration and corporate culture — she just wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper!"

Huo Guoqiang reacted quickly; after the dry laugh he spoke this piece.

The meaning was obvious: they hadn't hoodwinked Wu Moli; this outcome was entirely her own choice.

Wang Erhai naturally chimed in:

"Exactly. Wu Moli said she's already swamped over at Victory Real Estate, so she doesn't want to be that busy on this side."

Huo Guoqiang then added:

"If General Manager Zhang wants to help manage our Liguo Mountain Decoration, that's not impossible. We can add that clause to the agreement we're signing tonight. With a capable man like you taking the reins, we'd be even more at ease. President Wang, am I right?"

Now it was Wang Erhai's turn to smile bitterly.

He never would have thought Huo Guoqiang would actually take the initiative to delegate authority to Zhang Sheng.

If Zhang Sheng really took over management of Liguo Mountain Decoration Co., Ltd., wouldn't all their previous maneuvering against Wu Moli have been wasted effort?

And for Huo Guoqiang to concede so easily — and on a matter of principle — left Wang Erhai somewhat unable to comprehend.

One can only say Wang Erhai's business acumen still isn't deep enough.

Huo Guoqiang has long since made it to the City; his strength is fundamentally no less than Zhang Sheng's. Being this polite to Zhang Sheng now is merely because Zhang Sheng is the local power in this County Town — giving him a few points of face.

This is retreating to advance; and Huo Guoqiang calculated that Zhang Sheng definitely wouldn't actively seize control. If he truly wanted to, he would have come personally to negotiate cooperation back then instead of sending Wu Moli.

Sure enough, everything unfolded exactly as Huo Guoqiang predicted.

Zhang Sheng hurriedly waved his hands:

"That probably won't do — I'm even busier. Huangsheng Group is a huge company; I spin twenty-four hours a day and still can't keep up. If I mismanage Liguo Mountain Decoration Company and ruin the business you worked so hard to start, how embarrassing would that be?"

Huo Guoqiang, however, said with a broad smile:

"General Manager Zhang, I believe in your ability. If even you can't run a company in this County Town, who could?"

Wang Erhai was dazed for a moment, only now grasping Huo Guoqiang's retreat-to-advance tactic.

He hurriedly echoed:

"Right, General Manager Zhang — you're the most capable among us; if you take charge, we'll all be convinced!"

Zhang Sheng still waved his hands, a comfortable smile on his face.

Though he knew these weren't Wang Erhai and Huo Guoqiang's true feelings, facing such flattery from both of them still felt very satisfying.

"No can do. It's not a question of whether I'm capable — I genuinely have no time. Since you've already signed the agreement with Moli, just divide management according to the agreement. I have only one requirement!"

Zhang Sheng raised an index finger.

Things were finally getting to the key point.

"What requirement do you have, General Manager Zhang?" Huo Guoqiang asked hurriedly.

Zhang Sheng said:

"This Liguo Mountain Company cannot be entirely funded and registered by you, General Manager Huo. If the registered capital all comes from you, it would look like Moli and I are taking advantage of you, and that won't do. We are civilized people who speak reason; we cannot take advantage of you, General Manager Huo."

Wang Erhai asked:

"Then General Manager Zhang, your meaning is that you also want to contribute capital?"

Zhang Sheng nodded:

"That's right. I plan to contribute half! As for equity, I only want twenty percent!"

Zhang Sheng truly lived up to being an old hand on the commercial battlefield. He knew that directly asking for 20% equity would certainly lead to unpleasant negotiations.

He first demonstrated sincerity by offering to put up half the registered capital, then brought up the matter of 20% equity. That way, whether it was Huo Guoqiang or Wang Erhai, there was absolutely no reason to refuse.

After all, it had already been agreed to give Zhang Sheng 10% equity before. Now he made a grand gesture, contributing half the capital, and only asked for a 10 percentage point increase in equity.

On the surface, Zhang Sheng had indeed shown great sincerity.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Huo Guoqiang was immediately stunned.

For a moment he couldn't come up with any words to refute.

Wang Erhai, meanwhile, watched Huo Guoqiang's expression and acted accordingly.

After all, this company was created under Huo Guoqiang's leadership. Whether to agree to Zhang Sheng's suggestion was naturally for Huo Guoqiang to decide.

"General Manager Huo, do you feel I'm contributing too little? How about I put up 80% of the registered capital then!"

Seeing Huo Guoqiang delay without giving a definite answer, Zhang Sheng added this sentence.

Huo Guoqiang had no counter. He could only hurriedly say:

"No no no, how could we let you, General Manager Zhang, put up 80%? Since you're showing such sincerity, we'll do as you say. You contribute 50%, take 20% equity."

The corner of Zhang Sheng's mouth curled up slightly. Everything was under his control:

"Then where does this extra 10% equity of mine come from?"