Chapter 328: Bargaining, five times!
The patriarch is very tired.
Such a short-sighted mistress is really a disaster for the Xie family.
The clan leader glared at Madam Xie Hou and said, "Apologize."
Mrs. Xie Hou was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick.
Ask her to apologize?
Why should she apologize!
Why should she apologize to Xie Yingmian, that motherless bastard!
Mrs. Xie Hou stiffened her neck and pretended not to hear.
"What happened today is your fault," the clan leader said. "We're here to negotiate, not to let you act like a stepmother."
"Ultimately, this matter is all caused by you. It would be fine if you didn't repent, but you are still so arrogant. It is truly a misfortune for the Xie family."
"If this was just a matter between you two, we old guys wouldn't interfere. But this matter has affected other members of the Xie family. If you insist on doing this, then I have no choice but to unite with the Xie family and order Xie Tao to divorce his wife."
The patriarch's words were extremely serious.
The divorce mentioned by Xie Tao and the divorce mentioned by the clan leader are completely different concepts.
Mrs. Xie Hou immediately did not dare to act rashly.
She reluctantly apologized to Xie Yingmian.
The clan leader then said to Xie Yingmian, "You can't write two characters for Xie with one stroke. Princess Ling is also a member of the Xie family. We are all family. Please give me, the clan leader, some face and let's sit down and have a good talk."
Xie Yingmian naturally wanted to talk.
The patriarch said so, so she went along with it.
She asked someone to bring tea.
"Chief, it's not that I don't want to talk, it's that I really can't help."
"I don't have the final say over Baibao Pawnshop. If I want to negotiate, I can only talk to the owner of Baibao Pawnshop."
"Of course, I'm the one who pawned the items after all. I should be able to talk to the shopkeeper and ask him to lower the price a bit."
The patriarch is a man who has seen the world.
As soon as I heard this, I knew what Xie Yingmian meant.
He sighed secretly.
Xie Yingmian is a smart person and has cleared herself of all charges. If he uses the Xie family's filial piety to pressure her, it will only backfire.
It's not surprising at all that Madam Xie Hou suffered a great loss at her hands.
"Well then, please ask Princess Ling to mediate for us," said the clan leader.
Xie Yingmian felt that it was time to negotiate.
She asked Fu Mo to invite the owner of Baibao Pawnshop.
After the patriarch explained his purpose.
The owner of Baibao Pawnshop insisted on ten times the price and refused to budge.
Xie Yingmian said, "Ten times the price is really too much. Shopkeeper, please leave some room for us so that we can meet again in the future."
"The price you sold it to me was so different from the price you wanted to earn. The buyer wasn't happy, and neither was I, the seller."
The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said, "Eight times, no less."
Before the clan leader could speak, Xie Yingmian spoke first, "No, eight times is still too high."
The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Seven times."
“It really can’t get any lower.”
"I'm just a shopkeeper. This is the price I can offer you. If you don't agree..."
The clan leader said with a smile, "Manager Qian, please don't be too confident. Let's talk slowly."
"How about this, double the price?"
The shopkeeper almost vomited blood.
He stared at the patriarch with wide eyes: "Twice? Did I hear you correctly? You said twice?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Forget about double, even if it's six times, I can't make the decision. I've already told you, seven times is my bottom line. Thank you, Patriarch. Even a lion wouldn't ask for such a high price as you do."
Patriarch Xie narrowed his eyes.
The dowry, which was twice the original price, was his test.
Through the communication between Xie Yingmian and the shopkeeper and his own probing, he has determined that Xie Yingmian and Baibao Pawnshop are in cahoots.
Xie Yingmian's goal was to get her dowry back through Baibao Pawnshop and make the Xie family bleed.
Xie Yingmian took the initiative to ask the shopkeeper to reduce the price to seven times, which shows that Xie Yingmian only wanted to get the money.
As long as you are willing to pay, this matter can be settled.
Patriarch Xie breathed a sigh of relief.
He stroked his beard and said, "Boss, how about we both take a step back and triple the amount?"
"Just as Princess Ling said, leave some space for us to meet again in the future. I hope the shopkeeper can give me this favor."
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes secretly.
Did Princess Ling say that to him?
Princess Ling was talking to those old foxes in your Xie family.
What face do you, an old man, have?
The shopkeeper cursed in his heart, but his face didn't show it. He looked embarrassed: "Thank you, Patriarch, I really can't do anything. I said, seven times is my bottom line."
"Triple is absolutely impossible."
"Well, for Princess Ling's sake, I'll give you six times the amount. Six times, no less."
The likelihood of the patriarch knowing three times is low.
He argued with the shopkeeper for a while, but the shopkeeper refused to give in, so the clan leader could only add a little more: "Four times."
"Four times is our Xie family's bottom line."
"If the shopkeeper can't make the final decision, please ask your boss to come and let us discuss it with him."
The shopkeeper said: "Our boss is not in the capital."
"Even if our boss comes, if he says no, then it's no."
"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. Our Baibao Pawnshop is open for business, not charity."
"Let me tell you the truth, if we use a secret auction, we can get at least eight times the price, and sometimes even ten or twenty times."
"We're offering six times the price out of respect for Princess Ling. Thank you, Patriarch. Would you like to discuss it further?"
Patriarch Xie wanted to vomit blood.
Stupid, stupid.
If I had honestly prepared a dowry for Xie Yingmian at the beginning, none of this would have happened.
Even if Lady Xie had just paid the dowry before the incident got out of hand, she wouldn't have been so passive.
However, Lady Xie Hou did not repent even after causing such a big fuss.
So much so that they didn't even have a chance to bargain.
Xie Yingmian saw that the atmosphere was almost right.
She took a sip of tea and said, "Why don't you both take a step back and give five times as much."
"Manager Qian, since your boss has given you full authority over this matter, you should have the authority to make the decision."
"For my sake, how about taking a step back?"
The shopkeeper frowned in thought.
Xie Yingmian then said to Patriarch Xie, "Patriarch, I know you are the one who can make the decision. Instead of being deadlocked, why don't we both take a step back?"
"The sooner this matter is resolved, the sooner the public opinion can be calmed down. This will benefit both the Xie family and us."
Patriarch Xie’s hands were shaking.
Five times, that's exactly his bottom line.
Xie Yingmian must have already inquired about the strength of the Xie family, which is why he worked together with the owner of Baibao Pawnshop to set a price five times higher.
When Lady Xie heard the five-fold increase, she wanted to curse.
The clan leader had already instructed someone to take good care of Madam Xie.
Therefore, whenever Lady Xie made any movement, she was held down by the people around her.
The shopkeeper sighed: "Forget it."
"I'm running a business, and I know that harmony brings wealth. We don't want to offend both the Marquis' Mansion and Prince Ling's Mansion. Five times is five times, so that's the lowest price I can accept. It's my bottom line."
"My sincerity is here. If you don't want to, then there's no need to discuss it further."
Xie Zujiu didn't respond for a long time.
Xie Yingmian looked at Patriarch Xie, waiting for his answer.
Five times was the price she and Tu Bufan had calculated. It was a price that would make the Xie family bleed profusely but still be able to accept it.
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