Chapter 414

Shanghai, this metropolis, possesses a unique character that blends tradition and modernity.

The people living here show both a preservation and adherence to old ideas on their faces, and a willingness to follow Western modern trends in the details of their lives.

On the streets and alleys, you can see women swaying gracefully in elegant classic cheongsams, as well as young ladies wearing modern Western-style dresses.

The men wore long gowns and thumb rings, but on their heads they would wear a woolen flat-topped gentleman's hat, a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

Double-decker buses shuttle through the city, and human-powered rickshaws are still in use.

In short, Shanghai is a city with a unique style and its own distinctive character.

This was Ji Wanmei's first impression upon arriving in Shanghai.

Ji Wanmei and her team of four or five people, along with herself and Lei Tingjun, checked into a four-star hotel after arriving in Shanghai.

I'll rest the first night, and the next day I'll meet with the managers of the three shopping malls one by one.

The meeting time had already been arranged.

Back in the hotel room, Lei Tingjun said to Ji Wanmei, "I'll go with you tomorrow too."

Ji Wanmei was opening her suitcase and placing it on the floor beside the bed, taking out her change of clothes and skincare products. Hearing this, she looked up at him and smiled: "We're going to discuss moving into the mall. What are you going there for?"

Lei Tingjun unbuttoned his shirt cuffs and slowly rolled them up, revealing his well-defined arms: "I'll go and negotiate the price for you."

"Alright, go ahead if you want to." Ji Wanmei let him have his way.

I guess he probably didn't want to be alone in the hotel and felt bored.

Anyway, the person in charge on the other end didn't know exactly which relevant personnel her team had brought, so she just said that Lei Tingjun was one of her company's employees and that it wouldn't hurt to come along for a meeting.

I'm a bit tired from traveling by train all day.

That night, Lei Tingjun held Ji Wanmei and slept peacefully.

The next morning, they went to discuss cooperation at the agreed time.

The person in charge glanced at Lei Tingjun sitting opposite him several times, as if wondering about the identity of this powerful man.

However, Lei Tingjun had been instructed by Ji Wanmei beforehand not to speak casually at the cooperation intention meeting, and that any questions could be discussed privately.

Otherwise, it might disrupt the negotiation pace of other staff members on her team.

Therefore, Lei Tingjun dutifully played the role of a transparent person, only attending but not speaking.

He wanted to come with Ji Wanmei because he wanted to see what she was like when she was working.

Ji Wanmei frequently visited Lei Tingjun's architecture company, and many of his building designs incorporated ideas and elements proposed by Ji Wanmei.

However, because Ji Wanmei's company's main business was completely outside Lei Tingjun's area of ​​expertise, he rarely had the opportunity to participate in her work.

When the couple came to Shanghai together, Lei Tingjun was particularly eager to see what his wife was like when she was negotiating and arguing with others.

He wanted to learn more about her multifaceted nature.

However, Lei Tingjun's aura, appearance, and height cannot be ignored just by sitting there without saying a word.

No matter where he sits, he is always the most outstanding person in the crowd.

On the contrary, his silence, cold expression, and deep black eyes made him seem particularly enigmatic.

As a result, when the other party's management team negotiated the mall's entry conditions and prices with Ji Wanmei and her group, they didn't dare to use the arrogance of local Shanghai residents to spout nonsense.

She would also occasionally and cautiously glance at the expression and reaction of the taciturn man.

Ji Wanmei saw this and found it amusing.

At the end of the first meeting in the morning, she said to Lei Tingjun, "I've found that even if you don't say anything, just sitting there can have a deterrent effect at the negotiating table."

After saying this, Ji Wanmei thought he would laugh it off and joke that he was just her mascot or something. Unexpectedly, Lei Tingjun seriously discussed with Ji Wanmei the skills of business negotiation and the role of psychological warfare.

Ji Wanmei initially listened with a smile, but after a while, she felt that Lei Tingjun's words were very insightful and triggered some of her recent thoughts.

Indeed, especially since Ji Wanmei started her own business, she has faced inherent contempt in the workplace, particularly in negotiations between two companies, simply because she is a woman and a beautiful woman.

Most men arrogantly believe that women can't achieve anything by starting their own businesses.

She should just go home and be a good wife and mother, doing laundry and cooking.

Some even believe that a woman as beautiful as Ji Wanmei must have sacrificed a lot of her looks to achieve her current success.

One of them, in particular, was of extremely low character and sometimes even made offensive sexual innuendos in his words and actions.

At first, when Ji Wanmei encountered such a person, she would be very angry and furious, and her attitude would be very arrogant and impolite.

Sometimes it directly embarrasses those people, or leaves them unable to save face, or makes them suffer a great loss in silence.

But gradually, after seeing this situation many times, she came to understand a principle.

Prejudice against women, especially against beautiful women.

They believe that women are only fit to be embellishments on men's career journey, used to add icing on the cake, or to become their appendages, or as resources for men to show off.

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