"You want to sell your blind box Hua Huang Shang in our FamilyMart stores?" Xiyou Zujian asked plainly after he had revealed his name.
"Yes!" Huang He nodded with a smile. "It was supposed to be a small matter, handled by my subordinates. I didn't expect it to trouble you, President Xiyou!"
Indeed, for a product to be included in FamilyMart's sales sequence was a normal collaboration. Boss Huang usually delegated such matters to his sales representatives, and the relevant personnel from FamilyMart's procurement department would handle them.
However, Boss Huang never imagined that Ito Makoto would come to him in a bewildered state, informing him that the president of the Xiyou Corporation had invited someone to his home for negotiations.
Sales representatives wouldn't dare to handle such a matter; attending would be disrespectful to President Xiyou. It was appropriate for Boss Huang, also a chairman, to attend personally. Thus, Boss Huang came here in a muddle.
"That's not necessarily true. Someone in our company is very optimistic about your project, and I also think it's good!" Xiyou Zujian said calmly. This statement seemed to indicate that the cooperation was about to be finalized, which was a good thing.
However, Boss Huang felt something was amiss. If that were the case, there would be no need for the president to be involved; it was making a mountain out of a molehill. The other party must have other intentions.
Boss Huang waited for the other party to reveal their motive, but then President Xiyou began to ask about everything. He even inquired about Boss Huang's parents. Upon learning that Huang He's parents had both died in a car accident, he even showed some signs of joy.
It was truly bizarre.
"Since President Xiyou invited me, please state your requirements directly!" Huang He was tired of playing guessing games. Moreover, the man's disrespectful remarks about his parents had already made Boss Huang ready to leave.
This old man was too arrogant. How little did he think of my Jiangnan Group to speak to me in such a manner? In his eyes, did my hundreds of billions of dollars in assets not even exist?
"Ahem, it's like this. I am indeed very optimistic about this project and Mr. Huang's company. Therefore, our Xiyou Trading Company hopes to acquire a majority stake in your company. That way, we will all be one family, and cooperation will naturally be seamless!" Xiyou Zujian said.
"Acquire shares in our company?" Boss Huang was taken aback, then retorted, "May I ask if you want to acquire Fusang Jiangnan Co., Ltd.? I don't think this acquisition is meaningful. It's just a subsidiary of ours, unless you're willing to represent all of our group's businesses in Fusang!"
"You have a head office? The head office is still abroad?" Xiyou Zujian was also surprised for a moment, then realized that this was probably a strategy for many companies nowadays, which was to set up their head offices abroad to enjoy tax benefits.
However, once a company grew large, it became difficult to operate this way. Because the angry Fusang people would verbally abuse such foreign companies, in the end, when the company became large, it had to be relocated back to the country.
This indicated that the other party did not hold a major company!
"Naturally, the entire company!" Xiyou Zujian said naturally.
"I see. No wonder President Xiyou invited me. This is indeed a big business deal!" Boss Huang nodded. This explained why Xiyou Zujian had invited him to his home – this guy actually wanted to acquire his Jiangnan Group.
However, such ideas were not uncommon. After all, Jiangnan Group had received acquisition intentions from several super-enterprises from abroad more than ten times, but they were all rejected by Boss Huang.
The method of rejection was simple: quoting a price that the other party could not possibly accept.
"In that case, please name your price!" Xiyou Zujian smiled. "You can name any price you want, but I have one condition: after acquiring your company, Mr. Huang must also join our Xiyou Trading Company and become a member of our group. I am very optimistic about your abilities, and it would be better for you to continue developing the blind box Hua Huang Shang!"
"..." Boss Huang was stunned for a moment. This felt a bit off. However, at this moment, Xiyou Zujian continued speaking on his own, "If you work hard, in the future, the entire FamilyMart may be handed over to you. Our FamilyMart has already completed its expansion in Taiwan, and the next target is China itself!"
"I visited China last year. There were only a few cities with a small number of convenience stores. Most cities had no convenience stores at all. This is a huge opportunity for us. FamilyMart can seize this window period to open convenience stores all over China. At that time, managing such a vast market will be entrusted to you. What a grand undertaking that would be, I don't need to tell you, young man!" Xiyou Zujian said, while carefully observing Huang He's expression.
He wasn't actually planning to hand over FamilyMart to Huang He to manage; he was just using these words to influence Huang He's expression, observe his mindset, and his ability to control his desires.
If Huang He showed an ecstatic expression, it would be normal, but too mediocre.
If he remained expressionless, it would be even worse, as it would indicate that this guy was deeply calculating, and his own precious daughter might not be able to control such a person, making the future of Xiyou Trading Company uncertain if entrusted to him.
Then, Xiyou Zujian saw Huang He couldn't help but chuckle... This reaction made Xiyou Zujian somewhat dumbfounded. He didn't understand how his words could make someone chuckle.
Were his words that funny?
"What are you laughing at?" Xiyou Zujian asked with an unfriendly expression.
"Nothing, I just find it amusing that you're asking me to help you develop the Chinese market!" Huang He said with a smile.
"What's so funny about that? Can't you see the importance of the Chinese market for the future? This is the largest market globally for the next twenty years. If you lack even this foresight, then I will have to reconsider my previous words!" Xiyou Zujian said angrily.
"300 billion!" Facing Xiyou Zujian's anger, Huang He's smile grew even wider, and he said with this smile.
"What?"
"Didn't you want to acquire my company? 300 billion is enough!" Huang He smiled.
"Young man, do you think this is a place for you to speak recklessly? 300 billion yen, at such a price, are you rejecting me?" Xiyou Zujian became even more annoyed, and his favorability towards this guy dropped again.
"No, this is my sincere offer. If you can pay this price, then I will sell my company to you!!" Huang He smiled. "By the way, let me correct myself, I'm not talking about 300 billion yen, but 300 billion US dollars. Otherwise, my company would have already been sold to Intel."
"..." Xiyou Zujian fell silent, his face turning from pale to red. He wasn't stupid; he had just lost some intelligence due to his daughter's affairs.
Now that Huang He had said it to this extent, he also realized that he had probably embarrassed himself.
"Mr. Huang, please wait here for a moment. I'll be right back!" After saying that, Xiyou Zujian got up and left, leaving behind the smiling Boss Huang, and a silent Xiyou Wen Na standing behind him.
"Hehe!" Huang He chuckled a few times, which made Xiyou Wen Na's temper flare up. She then asked impatiently, "What are you laughing at?"
"..." Boss Huang was startled by this voice and only then noticed the little maid in a maid outfit, asking in surprise, "Aren't you the Shrine Maiden? Why are you here, and as Mr. Xiyou's maid!"
"None of your business!" Xiyou Wen Na said impishly. She was too embarrassed to say she was Xiyou's daughter; it was too humiliating.
"I understand!" Boss Huang nodded thoughtfully. "No wonder President Xiyou misunderstood me. It must be you who told President Xiyou about me, so he thought I was just the president of a small company with potential and wanted to acquire my company, right?"
"..." Xiyou Wen Na remained silent. What else could she say? Should she say that she was actually attracted to Huang He and intended to make him her son-in-law?
"This is interesting, but the Xiyou family is indeed remarkable. Even a small maid has such vision and ability. Knowing to recommend me, purely for this reason, I think highly of you!" Boss Huang boldly patted Xiyou Wen Na's shoulder and said, "How about this, if you can't stay with the Xiyou family in the future, come to my company. I'll at least give you a section chief position, so you don't have to be a maid, which is too embarrassing!"
"..." Xiyou Wen Na pouted. Then, the door opened, and Xiyou Zujian walked in with a very strange expression. Upon meeting Huang He, he bowed and said, "I am very sorry. It turns out that Chairman Huang He of China's Jiangnan Group has graced us with his presence. I have been impolite, and I hope you can forgive me!"
"It's alright, this is also my fault for not clearly explaining the company's detailed information over the phone!" Boss Huang said quickly. The sales representative only mentioned that he was a representative of Fusang Jiangnan Co., Ltd. over the phone, making the Xiyou Trading Company staff unable to associate it with China's Jiangnan Group for a while... In fact, the person who answered the phone didn't know about China's Jiangnan Group at all, so they naturally assumed it was a small company named Jiangnan in Fusang.
Well, actually, there were more than a dozen companies named Jiangnan in Fusang, so misunderstandings were quite natural. It wasn't until Xiyou Zujian ordered his subordinates to investigate thoroughly that he discovered the huge blunder he had made.
"President Xiyou, shall we continue discussing the blind box Hua Huang Shang?" Boss Huang said with a smile. "Although the story just now was a bit exaggerated, solely for the blind box Hua Huang Shang, I believe it is worth at least 300 billion yen!"