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Chapter 234: The Fish Takes the Bait, Business Negotiation Skills · Nov 09, 2026

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201 Chapter 201: Eldest Brother Chen Jun, the Model Child 2026-11-09
202 Chapter 202: I’ll Give You 300 Million, What’s Your Rate of Return? 2026-11-09
203 Chapter 203: Chen Jun Tests the Waters 2026-11-09
204 Chapter 204: Private Chef’s Craft, an Unexpected Profit of Over 700,000 2026-11-09
205 Chapter 205: Additional Investment, Just Saving Up a Secret Stash 2026-11-09
206 Chapter 206: Auntie Still Has Idle Cash, I’ll Invest a Little More in You 2026-11-09
207 Chapter 207: Shopping with Su Ruoxi, Exposing Her Little Scheme 2026-11-09
208 Chapter 208: Hidden Quest, Su Ruoxi’s Lost Heart 2026-11-09
209 Chapter 209: So You Were Jealous, You Old-Society Exploiter 2026-11-09
210 Chapter 210: Perhaps This Party Was Prepared Just for Me 2026-11-09
211 Chapter 211: If You Want a Horse to Run, You Must Feed It Grass 2026-11-09
212 Chapter 212: Double It in 3 Days, Take the Land 2026-11-09
213 Chapter 213: This Speed Would Make Even the God of Stocks Fall Silent 2026-11-09
214 Chapter 214: Attending the Party, Everyone with Their Own Agendas 2026-11-09
215 Chapter 215: Seniors and the Yang City University Social Network 2026-11-09
216 Chapter 216: Artificial Intelligence Will Inevitably Replace Humanity 2026-11-09
217 Chapter 217: Vested Interests, the True Purpose of the Gathering 2026-11-09
218 Chapter 218: System Hint: A Valuable Project 2026-11-09
219 Chapter 219: This Underclassman, His Future is Limitless 2026-11-09
220 Chapter 220: Brother Feng, You Don’t Have Superpowers, Do You? 2026-11-09
221 Chapter 221: Not That Much, Just 100 Million 2026-11-09
222 Chapter 222: Class in the Morning, We Can Probably Still Have Breakfast Together 2026-11-09
223 Chapter 223: A single conversation with you is better than ten years of study 2026-11-09
224 Chapter 224: A Girl Makes a Move, Su Ruoxi’s Sense of Crisis 2026-11-09
225 Chapter 225: Mr. Li, I Don’t Plan on Selling This Plot of Land 2026-11-09
226 Chapter 226: News Spreads, Protest from Local Residents 2026-11-09
227 Chapter 227: Your Chance to Train 2026-11-09
228 Chapter 228: Fierce Battle All Night, Calculating the Earnings and Funds 2026-11-09
229 Chapter 229: Trouble at the Factory, Vice President Li’s Plan 2026-11-09
230 Chapter 230: President Lin, Everything is Proceeding Smoothly 2026-11-09
231 Chapter 231: Everything Is Ready, All We Need Is the East Wind 2026-11-09
232 Chapter 232: Sudden Turn of Events, a Direct Confrontation 2026-11-09
233 Chapter 233: Rejecting Cooperation, Get Out of Cyan Mountain Town 2026-11-09
234 Chapter 234: The Fish Takes the Bait, Business Negotiation Skills 2026-11-09
235 Chapter 235: Our President Lin Is Still in College 2026-11-09
236 Chapter 236: System Reward, Completing the Land Acquisition Mission 2026-11-09
237 Chapter 237 - 236: System Reward and Land Acquisition Mission Complete 2026-11-09
238 Chapter 238 - 237: A Union of Beasts, the Bashful Su Ruoxi 2026-11-09
239 Chapter 239 - 238: Inherit the Company? Yang Qiniang’s Choice 2026-11-09
240 Chapter 240 - 239: A Brief Departure, to Become a Better Self 2026-11-09
241 Chapter 241 - 240: Growing Together, Developing the Two Roommates 2026-11-09
242 Chapter 242 - 241: Field Investigation and an Unexpected Event 2026-11-09
243 Chapter 243 - 242: The Down-to-Earth Uncle, Lin Feng’s Half-Fellow Townsman 2026-11-09
244 Chapter 244 - 243: This is my son, Tian Xiaowu 2026-11-09
245 Chapter 245 - 244: Unreasonable Project, Tian Xiaowu’s Insight 2026-11-09
246 Chapter 246 - 245: I’m Not Resigned, Mr. Lin 2026-11-09
247 Chapter 247 - 246: How Much Is a High School Dropout Really Worth? 2026-11-09
248 Chapter 248 - 247: Sorry, You’ve Been Fired by My Company 2026-11-09
249 Chapter 249 - 248: Cao Ming’s Breakdown, the Cyan Mountain Town Plan 2026-11-09
250 Chapter 250 - 249: Am I Really Being Kicked Off the Project Team? 2026-11-09

Chapter 234: Chapter 234: The Fish Takes the Bait, Business Negotiation Skills

A short while later.

Upon returning home.

Boss Tian suddenly realized that in his rush all morning, he hadn’t even had a bite to eat.

And in the end, after all that running around.

He had completely burned his bridges with the chemical plant.

”Forget it. If I can’t rent it out, then I can’t rent it out.”

Boss Tian gritted his teeth and sighed.

For Boss Tian, the factory’s profits weren’t good at the moment.

He still owed his employees part of their wages.

He was facing a short-term cash flow crisis.

Just as Boss Tian was stressing about how to get his hands on some cash...

...he received another call from the factory.

”President Tian, with the big incident at the factory today... some of the workers are saying they want to be paid what they’re owed.”

The office director from the factory said worriedly.

The management team was mostly aware of Boss Tian’s current situation.

It wasn’t that Boss Tian had no money, just that his funds weren’t liquid at the moment.

”Try to reason with them. I really can’t come up with the money right now.”

Boss Tian was at his wit’s end.

The office director hesitated on the other end of the line and sighed. ”I’ve tried to talk down everyone I can, but they’re all panicking without their pay.”

”What if we give them a partial payment for now?”

the office director suggested helplessly.

Boss Tian sighed. ”Let me see if I can figure something out.”

He ended the call with the office director.

Boss Tian paced around the room.

For Boss Tian, the most pressing issue right now was money.

If he had accepted the deal with the chemical plant, his financial crisis would have been solved the moment their rent payment came through.

But now, after that whole commotion.

The path to a deal with the chemical plant was completely closed.

’Do I really have to sell that plot of land?’

Boss Tian’s expression faltered.

He remembered Vice President Li, who had approached him before the chemical plant affair.

At the time, Vice President Li had explicitly said he wanted to purchase the land.

It was just a shame the chemical plant came along later.

That had made Boss Tian decide against selling.

But under the current circumstances, it seemed that selling the land quickly was the only way to resolve his crisis.

’Forget it. It’s just as Uncle Zheng said: the economy isn’t doing well right now, so holding onto cash is the safest bet.’

Boss Tian gritted his teeth, having made up his mind.

The economy in a place like Cyan Mountain Town wasn’t doing very well at the moment.

You could tell just from the downturn in all the light industries.

Boss Tian also had other business ventures down south.

He had invested with others there in his earlier years.

After the factory business started declining in recent years, Boss Tian had gradually shifted his focus to his southern ventures.

He had only been reluctant to leave Cyan Mountain Town for so long because of this large plot of land and the factory on it.

’You have to give something to get something.’

Boss Tian let out a long sigh and dialed Vice President Li’s number.

...

At that moment.

Vice President Li was in a coffee shop, briefing Lin Feng on the morning’s events.

Just then, he saw a call coming in from Boss Tian.

A knowing smile spread across Vice President Li’s face.

’Looks like Boss Tian has thought things through.’

Sure enough, when he answered the call, Boss Tian’s attitude was completely different from before.

”Mr. Li, I was wondering if you’ve found a suitable plot of land yet?”

”That deal we discussed before... is it still on the table?”

Boss Tian’s tone was incredibly deferential.

Vice President Li replied with a smile, ”Funnily enough, I’ve been looking at other towns recently and found a few rather suitable options.”

This was a classic negotiation tactic.

If he let Boss Tian think his land was a hot commodity, negotiating the price would become difficult.

That was why Vice President Li had said it—to make it clear to Boss Tian that he was the desperate one, not Vice President Li.

Hearing Vice President Li’s calm and composed voice.

Boss Tian started to panic.

’Vice President Li has plenty of options for land right now.’

’But I have very few potential buyers.’

Boss Tian’s sense of crisis deepened in an instant.

’I absolutely cannot let a big fish like Mr. Li get away.’

”Here’s the thing, Mr. Li, my land is available for sale. Why don’t you come take a look whenever you’re free?”

Boss Tian’s tone even carried a hint of pleading.

Vice President Li deliberately paused for a moment before replying, ”Actually, Boss Tian, I’ve already surveyed your land.”

”I approached you because I thought it was a good fit and wanted to discuss it.”

Hearing this, Boss Tian quickly replied from the other end of the line:

”Absolutely! My plot is the largest in all of Cyan Mountain Town, and it’s in a great location.”

Vice President Li continued, ”But before, Boss Tian, you didn’t seem interested in selling. That’s why I started looking elsewhere, and I’ve found other suitable options.”

Hearing this, alarm bells went off in Boss Tian’s head. ”Other options may be suitable... but my land is definitely not inferior to theirs!”

Vice President Li said leisurely, ”I’ve spoken with the other owners and gotten a general idea of their prices.”

”I’m just not sure what price you’re asking for, Boss Tian.”

Hearing Vice President Li’s question...

Boss Tian hesitated for a second. ”The price is negotiable, of course. I was just wondering what price you had in mind, Vice President Li?”

Boss Tian was being shrewd.

He wanted to gauge Vice President Li’s price range first.

Vice President Li couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush with Boss Tian. ”The most I can offer is 480 million.”

Boss Tian’s heart sank when he heard the number.

’My 140,000-square-meter plot of land... if it only sells for 480 million...’

’That’s just a little over 3,000 per square meter.’

’That price is a bit low.’

But then Boss Tian remembered what Vice President Li had said about looking at other properties.

He felt he couldn’t refuse outright.

He could only hint at it. ”Mr. Li, that price is indeed a little low.”

”Perhaps we could discuss it further?”

As he said this, Boss Tian was terrified that Vice President Li would hang up on him.

His tone was tentative and extremely cautious.

Vice President Li hadn’t planned on closing the deal over the phone anyway. He said, ”Since you’re sincere about negotiating, Boss Tian, why don’t we meet in person to discuss it properly?”

This was exactly what Boss Tian wanted.

So the two of them arranged a meeting spot.

Boss Tian had been exceptionally busy that day.

First thing in the morning, he was busy dealing with the residents’ protest at the factory.

He had barely gotten home before the factory was hounding him to pay wages.

And now, he had to go meet with Vice President Li for a detailed discussion.

But no matter how busy he was, Boss Tian had to go.

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