novelPairMe Chapter 1064 Searching for him in each private room
Chapter 1064 Searching for him in each private room
"The project can be signed." Huo Yanchen agreed readily.
However, upon hearing Huo Yanchen's straightforwardness, the other party became dissatisfied: "Mr. Huo, could you perhaps increase the profit-sharing ratio for us a bit more?"
"Taking an inch and wanting a mile?" Huo Yanchen's tone was already impatient.
"No, that's not what I meant. You might not know, but our project is very complicated and requires a lot of effort and manpower. So we were thinking that asking for more shouldn't be a problem, right?"
The business partners were chattering away, but Huo Yanchen's mind was elsewhere.
Huo Yanchen glanced indifferently at the people downstairs. They were unaware of his presence. Jiang Manman had a smile on her face and looked very happy. Huo Yanchen didn't know what she was talking about, but he found that smile particularly irritating.
Huo Yanchen withdrew his gaze, turned around, and entered the private room.
The waiter poured Huo Yanchen a drink, which he downed in one gulp. The other party was still talking about their costs, trying to get Huo Yanchen to give them a further discount.
Huo Yanchen had been looking for this project for a long time. Indeed, the contract stipulated that the other party would receive a lot of benefits. Huo Yanchen didn't care about these things and originally intended to turn a blind eye. However, in the past few days, it seems that the other party, seeing that Huo Yanchen was not willing to budge, had privately contacted several other companies.
Huo Yanchen usually wouldn't cooperate with companies like this, but the other party was very patient. Considering their persistence, Huo Yanchen finally agreed to their invitation to come to the club for a chat today. Unexpectedly, Huo Yanchen was so easy to talk to this time, while the other party repeatedly tested Huo Yanchen's bottom line.
Huo Yanchen was in a bad mood, and upon hearing this, he said directly, "I'm not signing the contract. You can get out."
Hearing Huo Yanchen's angry tone, the other party quickly said, "Mr. Huo, we were abrupt just now. I take back what I said. Then let's stick to the profit-sharing ratio as stated in the contract. What do you think?"
However, Huo Yanchen was no longer willing to give them a chance: "Can't you understand human language? Get out! The Huo Group will never cooperate with you again!"
Everyone else was stunned when they heard this, and then they tried to curry favor with Huo Yanchen, but it was no use.
Finally, the other party got angry: "Huo Yanchen, you don't want to sign the contract at all, are you just playing us? Let me tell you, many people are fighting over this project. We don't need you. If you don't want it, we can sign with another company right away. Don't regret it later!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yanchen's face froze. Was he some kind of backup plan, just one of these companies' options, not their only one?
When they wanted to cooperate with him, they flattered him and praised him to the skies, but in the end, all they wanted was profit. If he wasn't satisfied, they would look for something else.
The company is the same, the projects are the same, and the people are the same!
Huo Yanchen's tone was filled with anger: "Get out!"
"Let's go!" Since they couldn't afford to offend Huo Yanchen, they could only grit their teeth and leave.
Huo Yanchen was even more annoyed. He had been drinking one glass after another, and now he was chugging straight from the bottle.
The executives who had come with Huo Yanchen to discuss the project were also unaware of what had happened, and why President Huo had suddenly lost his temper so badly.
This is not surprising, as Huo Yanchen is a capricious person who might be laughing one second and taking your life the next.
Moreover, you can't guess what Huo Yanchen is thinking at all. Even if he's smiling, it could be a smile hiding a knife. Right now, he's too lazy to even pretend. Everyone can see his displeasure and anger.
Suddenly, no one dared to provoke Huo Yanchen. Even the people from Huo Yanchen's company didn't dare to speak and could only silently watch Huo Yanchen drink alone.
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Downstairs, since Liang Chen was alright, Jiang Manman planned to take him back.
Actually, it wasn't really a special trip to take Liang Chen home. They lived in the same neighborhood, right next to each other. Taking Liang Chen home was essentially the same as Jiang Manman going home by herself.
Liang Chen's facial injuries have been treated, and it's about time he went home.
Liang Chen said, "Then wait here for me for a moment, I'll go tell my friends."
"Okay." Jiang Manman nodded, and then went to return the first-aid kit.
As Jiang Manman walked over from the front desk, she saw someone leaving and was cursing, "Do you think Huo Yanchen is crazy? We had already reached an agreement, what's wrong with me adding a little more money? He earns so much, can't we earn a little too? And then he got all defensive."
"If we don't want to cooperate, then we don't want to cooperate. Do you think we can't find a good company without Huo Yanchen? I don't believe it. It's because our product is good that Huo Yanchen is interested in us. It's not because of anything else. The product is king!"
These people were also unhappy, and they kept cursing Huo Yanchen as they left.
They dared not scold him to his face, so they could only complain after leaving. But they dared not go too far, because if it reached Huo Yanchen's ears, they would be finished.
They walked out cursing as they went, and Jiang Manman heard all of this.
Jiang Manman was stunned. Huo Yanchen was here too?
She looked around, unsure which private room Huo Yanchen was in, or where those people had come from.
It seems that Huo Yanchen's collaboration did not go very smoothly. Is he in a bad mood?
Jiang Manman thought for a moment, then picked up her phone and called Huo Yanchen, but no one answered. She called again, but still no one answered.
Jiang Manman was a little worried and wanted to see Huo Yanchen.
Jiang Manman didn't know which private room Huo Yanchen was in. She asked the waiter, but the waiter didn't know either. So Jiang Manman had to find it herself, searching one private room after another.
When Jiang Manman was on the second floor, her phone rang.
Jiang Manman thought it was Huo Yanchen, so she quickly picked it up, only to find it was Liang Chen.
Liang Chen asked, "Manman, where did you go?"
Jiang Manman didn't know how to tell Liang Chen that she was looking for Huo Yanchen. She knew Liang Chen didn't like Huo Yanchen. Jiang Manman bit her lip and after two seconds said, "I have something to do, Liang Chen. You go back first."
Jiang Manman also knows that finding someone who likes you is more important than finding someone you like, but perhaps she is the kind of fool who won't turn back until she hits a wall. She is determined to do what she wants, so she wants to persist and try her best.
She knew she had wronged Liang Chen's feelings, and if she could, she hoped Liang Chen wouldn't like her, because she really couldn't reciprocate those feelings. Perhaps she could understand Liang Chen's feelings, because she was in the same boat now, willing to risk everything for someone else.