Chapter 1796: Five million is five million!

After Ye Chen rushed back from the Middle East last night, he hadn't left his house all day today.

Because today happened to be Saturday, Xiao Churan didn't go to the company, so the couple spent the day reorganizing their small vegetable garden.

His mother-in-law, Ma Lan, also helped out with her crutches, but because her legs were inconvenient, she basically couldn't help much.

The two of them worked all day until it was dark before finally getting the vegetable garden tidied up.

Xiao Churan picked some fresh green beans and took the initiative to make a meal of braised noodles with green beans for Ye Chen.

As a girl from the south, she didn't know how to make this kind of northern pasta; she had just seen a tutorial from someone else on a short video platform, and with the green beans from their own garden just ripening, she wanted to show off her skills for Ye Chen.

So, Xiao Churan pulled her mother, Ma Lan, to the kitchen to get busy, while Ye Chen stayed in the small vegetable garden to tidy up the tools used today.

At this time, Hong Wu's call came in.

Once the call was connected, Hong Wu said respectfully, "Master Ye, I heard from Wei Liang that you introduced an agency job to me?"

"Yes," Ye Chen laughed, "He told you?"

"He did..." Hong Wu chuckled and said, "He said a foreigner wants to invite him to dinner, and asked me to act as an intermediary and charge that foreigner five million U. S. dollars. He said he was afraid he remembered it wrong, so he came to confirm with you."

Ye Chen laughed casually, "He didn't remember wrong. Once that foreigner finds you, just tell him that if he wants to make an appointment to have dinner with Wei Liang, he should pay you five million U. S. dollars first."

Hong Wu said in surprise, "Five million U. S. dollars, really? Won't the other party think I'm here to rip him off?"

Ye Chen laughed, "It's fine. Just tell him that today's quote is five million, and it will increase by one million every day. Let him consider it himself."

Hong Wu could guess from Ye Chen's tone that Ye Chen must be planning to mess with someone again, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, Master Ye, I'll remember. Once the other party pays, I'll transfer it to you immediately."

Ye Chen said, "No need. You and Wei Liang can split this money in half; just treat it as pocket money."

Hong Wu hurriedly said, "How can that be... My worthless life was saved by you, Master Ye. I can't take your money no matter what..."

Ye Chen laughed, "You are my subordinate. If you don't take my money, whose money can you take?"

This one sentence left Hong Wu not knowing how to respond for a moment.

Ye Chen then said casually, "You two don't worry less on a daily basis. Just treat this money as a little token of my appreciation for your hard work. Don't be polite with me. Besides, I'm not the one paying; there's a sucker who will pay for it."

Hong Wu hurriedly said gratefully, "I understand, thank you, Master Ye!"

Ye Chen gave a hum and urged him, "Once the other party pays, just take the opportunity to arrange his accommodation and put him in the Bai Jinhangong Hotel."

Hong Wu asked, "Master Ye, what if he doesn't pay today?"

Ye Chen laughed, "He won't. He will definitely pay today."

Hong Wu then said, "Okay, Master Ye, I'll make the arrangements."

On the other side, Shi Misi spent the time at the entrance of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical until it was dark, but he still couldn't get through to Wei Liang.

With no other choice, he could only drag his exhausted body, hail another taxi, and have the driver take him to the Tianxiang Mansion that the security guard had mentioned.

After arriving at Tianxiang Mansion and stating his purpose, he was invited to the top floor of Tianxiang Mansion by the waiter at the entrance.

The top floor of Tianxiang Mansion, like the private rooms below, was decorated extremely exquisitely.

However, the top floor was Hong Wu's own territory. His tea room, which was mainly for drinking tea, was nearly 100 square meters, and the environment and conditions were extremely luxurious, not something a dog farm could compare to.

Hong Wu usually used this place as his own office. As long as he wasn't out on business, he stayed here.

Shi Misi was brought to Hong Wu's tea room. Upon seeing Hong Wu, who had a strong aura of the underworld, he hurriedly stepped forward and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Hong! My name is James Shi Misi, from Washington, USA!"

Hong Wu shook hands with him, invited him to sit down across from the tea table, and laughed, "Mr. Shi Misi, please sit down and taste our Chinese tea!"

Shi Misi hurriedly sat down, took the tea Hong Wu handed over, but couldn't wait to taste it, and said impatiently, "Mr. Hong, I want to ask for your help to make an appointment with General Manager Wei Liang of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical. Is it convenient for you?"

Hong Wu said with a smile, "Convenient! Of course it's convenient! As long as the public relations fee is in place, I will make an appointment for you immediately. We'll set it in the diamond private room of my Tianxiang Mansion; it will definitely be impressive!"

Shi Misi was happy, but thinking that Hong Wu would definitely charge a fee, he tentatively asked, "Mr. Hong, I don't know what the charging standard for this public relations fee is?"

Hong Wu chuckled, looking at Shi Misi like a butcher looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and said with a smile, "To make an appointment for General Manager Wei to come out for a meal, the public relations fee is five million U. S. dollars!"

"How much?!"

Shi Misi was so startled he almost fell off his seat.

Five million U. S. dollars?! This price was too outrageous, right?!

The public relations company he had cooperated with had only quoted Wei Liang 50,000 U. S. dollars earlier.

How did Wei Liang increase the price by a hundred times after coming to China?!

He had spent too much of his savings to treat his child's illness; where could he possibly come up with five million U. S. dollars?!

Thinking of this, he said with a mournful face, "Mr. Hong, to tell you the truth, my economic situation is far from as affluent as you think. Let alone five million U. S. dollars, even 50,000 U. S. dollars is a bit difficult for me right now..."

Hong Wu shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Then there's nothing I can do, Mr. Shi Misi. Five million is a flat rate, there is no room for any discount. And I won't hide it from you, from now on, the price will go up by one million every day. That is to say, if you haven't paid before 12 o'clock tonight, then after 12 o'clock, it will be six million U. S. dollars."

Shi Misi felt a headache coming on.

He thought to himself, "Is Wei Liang's desire for revenge too strong? Even if I really did something wrong, there's no need to increase the public relations fee by a hundred times, right?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Hong Wu took out his business card, handed it to him, and said indifferently, "Mr. Shi Misi can think about it carefully. Whenever you've considered it, call my phone."

Shi Misi knew that Hong Wu was seeing him out, so he couldn't continue to stay here and could only say helplessly, "Mr. Hong, I'll discuss it with my family and contact you as soon as there is a result."

Coming out of Tianxiang Mansion, Shi Misi felt a mix of emotions.

The more he hit a wall in China, the more he felt extremely regretful for his attitude toward Wei Liang at the beginning.

However, regret was regret, and he knew very well that he absolutely couldn't give up just like that.

Therefore, the only way was to meet Wei Liang first through this Hong Wu.

But the cost of this meeting was indeed shockingly high. Five million U. S. dollars was completely beyond his ability to bear.

Just as he was at his wit's end, he suddenly thought of the Department of Health having greeted him earlier, so he immediately picked up his phone and called them back.

Once the call was connected, the other party asked impatiently, "Shi Misi, have you met the person in charge of that pharmaceutical company?"

Shi Misi sighed, "Not yet. Their person in charge said that a meeting needs to go through an intermediary, and that intermediary is asking for a five-million-U. S. -dollar agency fee..."

"Five million?!" The other party was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Are they crazy? Do they really think U. S. dollars fall from the sky?"

Shi Misi said helplessly, "That's the attitude they have over there, and I don't have any other way. Besides, I can't come up with that much money. If you can solve this fee for me, then I will meet their person in charge again. If you can't solve it, then I can't do anything."

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment. Shi Misi could even hear the sound of teeth grinding on the other side. Immediately after, he heard the other party say angrily, "Damn it! Five million is five million! This money will come out of our Department of Health's budget!" ===== CHAPTER 1797 =====