Chapter 928

Returning to the town government, Su Xinghui saw Joao in the party and government office. He was still with his assistant Huang Zhaoxian. Liu Yongjun was accompanying them to talk.

Seeing Su Xinghui, Joao said happily: "Mr. Su, you are back!"

Su Xinghui stepped forward and shook hands with him: "Mr. Joao, let you wait for a long time! Go, let's sit in my office."

Joao and Huang Zhaoxian followed Su Xinghui into his office. As soon as they sat down, Joao said somewhat impatiently: "Mr. Su, can you take out your new work and let me see? Your paintings sell very well in France, and many people like them."

Su Xinghui said with a smile: "Okay, then you wait a moment, I will go up and get the paintings."

Su Xinghui went upstairs to his room and took out the paintings he had drawn in the past few months. There were seven in total. He took the paintings to the office and let Joao see them.

Joao looked at those paintings one by one. After reading them, he exclaimed: "Mr. Su's paintings are getting better and better. These paintings are taken to France and must sell very well."

Huang Zhaoxian also nodded and exclaimed.

Su Xinghui smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Joao."

Joao said: "How about this, Mr. Su, your paintings sell very well in France now, and the price is getting higher and higher. I can't let you suffer. How about 10,000 US dollars for each of these seven paintings?"

10,000 US dollars each? Su Xinghui was taken aback. This time Joao's price increase range was too big, right? He couldn't help but look at Joao suspiciously. Joao is generally a relatively honest businessman, but no matter how honest a businessman is, he is always profit-seeking. This price increase range is too big, and there must be some articles in it.

Joao looked at Su Xinghui with a smile: "Why? Mr. Su is not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, I can add some price, how about 15,000 US dollars each?"

Su Xinghui shook his head: "No, no, Mr. Joao, I am not dissatisfied at all. On the contrary, I think this price is a bit too high, right?"

10,000 US dollars each, seven paintings are 70,000 US dollars. At the exchange rate at that time, it was 600,000 renminbi. This is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

Joao said: "Mr. Su, art is priceless. As long as you encounter works you like, some people are willing to pay a sky-high price to buy a painting. Your works are liked by many people in Paris, and the prices they offer are very high. Don't worry, I buy a painting from you for 10,000 US dollars, and naturally I can sell it at a higher price. After all, we have to cooperate for a long time, so I won't let you suffer."

Su Xinghui's heart moved, and he smiled: "Mr. Joao, I think the person who is willing to pay a sky-high price for my paintings is surnamed Hou, right?"

Joao was speechless for a moment. He had no psychological preparation at all that Su Xinghui could guess this person.

Su Xinghui smiled and said: "How? I guessed it right, right? This person is surnamed Hou, an old gentleman, right?"

Joao could only nod, somewhat helplessly: "Mr. Su, you are too smart. Yes, the person who bought your paintings at a sky-high price is Old Mr. Hou. I think you have met, right?"

Sure enough, Su Xinghui's guess was correct.

This should be Hou Guangbi's move to repay Su Xinghui's kindness. He originally wanted to buy paintings from his hands directly, but Su Xinghui did not agree, so he took a curve to save the country in this way.

He must have let Joao buy his paintings at a high price, and then he bought them from Joao at a higher price. By doing this, Joao can earn a lot of money without any risk. Why doesn't he do it? He won't lose money no matter how high the price is.

The reason why he only offered 10,000 US dollars each at the beginning might also be afraid of scaring himself. Otherwise, it is possible for him to offer 20,000 or 30,000 each.

Su Xinghui smiled: "Mr. Joao, if this is the case, my paintings cannot be sold to you. This is no longer a normal art trading behavior. I don't want to obtain profits that should not be obtained in this way!"

Joao said righteously: "Mr. Su, your morality is very noble, which makes me respect you!"

Su Xinghui said: "China has China's national conditions. Mr. Joao, you may not know enough. In short, the price you offered is too high, and I cannot accept it."

Huang Zhaoxian on the side was stunned. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen. The money delivered to his hand, and it can be said to be legal income, Su Xinghui didn't even accept it.

Joao said: "Then how about this, the price of each painting is based on the price of the last 'Man Conquers Nature' painting, 5,000 US dollars each, so you should accept it, right?"

Su Xinghui shook his head: "This price is also high. How about this, let's take the average price of the last time, 2,000 US dollars each."

Joao said: "Then let's count it as 3,000 US dollars each. This price is not much higher than the last time, and it is relatively close to the market price of Mr. Su's paintings. This should be no problem, right?"

Su Xinghui still shook his head and didn't agree. This is really a strange scene. The person selling the painting is suppressing the price, and the person buying the painting is raising the price.

In the end, both sides negotiated the price to 2,500 US dollars each. Joao shook his head: "Mr. Su, I have never seen anyone like you in so many years. I really admire you!"

At this time, Huang Zhaoxian had already drafted the contract. He said to Su Xinghui: "Mr. Su, seven paintings, 2,500 US dollars each, a total of 17,500 US dollars. The current exchange rate of US dollars to renminbi is 8.7, so it totals 152,250 renminbi."

Su Xinghui looked at it and nodded: "Not bad, just count it as an integer, 150,000."

Although Su Xinghui said he only wanted 150,000, Huang Zhaoxian still paid the money to Su Xinghui as it was, without missing a cent. Both sides exchanged contracts, Joao took the paintings, stood up and said: "Mr. Su, then I will say goodbye. I can tell you that you are the person I respect most since I came to China!"

Su Xinghui stood up and shook hands with Joao and Huang Zhaoxian, and said to Joao: "Mr. Joao, thank you!"

After sending away Joao and Huang Zhaoxian, Su Xinghui shook his head and couldn't help laughing. He knew that Hou Guangbi was kind, wanting him to obtain more income legally. However, Su Xinghui had his own principles of conduct. If he accepted the price of 10,000 US dollars each knowing that there was something tricky, how would he be different from those corrupt officials?

Su Xinghui still went to the local tax office to declare and pay taxes. This time, he paid more than 24,000 in taxes, and there was nearly 130,000 left in his hand.

Amidst the flattery of Director Wang Houde, Su Xinghui took the nearly 130,000 and came to the Agricultural Bank business office, deposited 80,000 in his passbook, and left the remaining nearly 50,000 on himself.