Chapter 266: Li’s people came to the door
"She's the aunt from my friend's family. I paid extra to invite her here." Shen Ci said.
Auntie is the nanny of Lianxing’s family. She is a great cook, especially Shenzhen and Hong Kong cuisine.
She had originally planned to hire an auntie, but she gave up the idea when she thought her mother would be arriving in a couple of days. After all, her mother would definitely not let an auntie do the cooking; the kitchen was always her home turf.
The brother and sister washed their hands and sat down. Although there were only two of them, today's dinner was very special.
Shen Ci personally poured a glass of Coke for his brother: "Celebrate your successful enrollment today."
"Thank you, sister!"
"Try it quickly. Although this table has a heat preservation function, it probably won't taste as good as when it was just out of the pot."
Shen Xing casually picked up a piece of short ribs, tasted it, and nodded. "Delicious. By the way, sister, do you hear my accent?"
As if she hadn't expected her brother to ask this out of the blue, Chen Ci was startled. "No, what's wrong? My classmates said you have a Shenzhen accent when you speak?"
"Not really. I think my Mandarin is pretty standard, but I hear the students here always speak with an accent."
Chen Ci smiled when he heard this: "That's normal. The Longcheng people's accent is engraved in their genes. Anyone born and raised here will have some of it. I've been here for so long that I even have a bit of a Longcheng accent."
Accents really vary from place to place and from person to person. The accents of some places are magical and can assimilate outsiders imperceptibly.
Especially in the north.
Shen Xing nodded with a twinkle in her eyes and said, "Yes, I feel like all the students in my class have a bit of a Longcheng accent, especially our class monitor Jiang Ran. Her Longcheng accent is particularly nice."
The accent that Shen Xing emphasized was actually the "erhua" of the people of Longcheng, which he found very fresh.
"By the way, sister, our class monitor was admitted to Longcheng University early today!"
"So amazing?" Chen Ci asked in surprise, "Doesn't that mean I don't have to take the college entrance exam?"
"Yes, I heard that she has won awards in several national Olympiads before. She is a true academic master."
Upon hearing this, Shen Ci half-jokingly said, “Maybe you two will be classmates in the future.”
"Don't tell me, it's really possible!"
The next day, Shen Ci was awakened by a burst of urgent phone calls.
"Hello, Brother Luo?"
After a dazed glance at the caller ID, Shen Ci answered the call directly, and heard Luo Tianrui on the other end quickly say: "Shen Ci, someone from the Li family is here."
"Come to your house? What do you mean?" Chen Ci slowly sat up and leaned against the headboard, asking, "Did they find where you live?"
"Well, someone knocked on the door early in the morning, and no one was on guard. By the time we opened the door and saw the other person, it was already too late."
Chen Ci glanced at the time on his phone speechlessly, it was only half past six.
Was Li crazy? He found someone else's place at 6:30 in the morning to discuss a project?
Luo Tianrui said helplessly, "They contacted us several times before, but we rejected them every time. I don't know how they found out where we live this time, and they came so early. I guess they knew we wouldn't be here during the day recently, so they chose to come before everyone went out."
"It's not good to turn people away. They are sitting in the living room now. Shen Ci, what do you want to do?"
Chen Ci was no longer sleepy at this point. Upon hearing this, he said coldly, "I still say the same thing. The projects I invest in will never cooperate with the Li Group. Brother Luo, this was the only request I made of you at the beginning, and I believe you will not break your promise."
"Of course. I called just to confirm your attitude towards the Li Corporation. Since it's still the same as before, I know how to handle it."
"Do you need me to come over?"
"No, leave it to me!"
After hanging up the phone, Luo Tianrui took a deep breath and walked out of the room.
On the sofa in the living room, two department heads of Li's company were sitting there drinking tea, and several other team members who had already gotten up were sitting or standing around.
Seeing Luo Tianrui coming out, the Marshal took the initiative to introduce him: "This is the leader of our team, Luo Tianrui."
Without waiting for the other party to express anything, Luo Tianrui had already stopped in front of the sofa, looked at him and said bluntly: "I'm sorry, we still uphold our previous attitude and will not cooperate with the Li Group."
"Captain Luo, stop!"
The other party became anxious when they heard this. They had finally met the leader of the other team today. This was the best opportunity to negotiate a cooperation, and they must not return empty-handed.
"Look, we're here so early in the morning. We're really sorry to disturb everyone's rest, but this is also our sincerity in wanting to reach a cooperation. You can sell this program to so many companies, why can't you sell it to us?"
"We are not in a position to disclose the specific reasons. You two don't need to waste any extra energy on us in the future. Please go!" Luo Tianrui said not a single word of nonsense. After expressing his attitude, he ordered them to leave.
“We’re willing to pay more!”
Seeing that Luo Tianrui was unmoved, the other party also revealed the trump card "raising the price" that he had originally planned to use for the last resort.
The expressions of the other team members except Luo Tianrui changed to varying degrees after hearing this. It was not that they were shaken in their hearts, but they were just curious about how much money the wealthy Li Group could add?
Without waiting for Luo Tianrui to respond, the other party held up a finger and said, "One thousand! We are willing to pay one thousand yuan a year for the right to use your program!"
One thousand, which is almost double the price of 600 yuan a year offered by other companies.
Everyone raised their eyebrows at the same time, thinking that it was worthy of the Li family, as they were straightforward when speaking.
Another female leader also spoke up at the right time: "This price is enough to prove our sincerity. Team Leader Luo, there's no need for you to be so hard on the money, right?"
However, Luo Tianrui didn't even raise his eyelids, and said coldly: "Goodbye."
"this……"
The two were dumbfounded on the spot. Increasing the price to one thousand yuan was the chairman's final bottom line for them, and it was definitely a price that was enough to make anyone tempted.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn't care at all, and didn't even have the idea of arguing. It was obvious that he was determined not to cooperate with the Li family.
The Marshal followed Luo Tianrui into the room, closed the door casually, and couldn't help but say: "Tianrui, one thousand yuan a year, are we really not going to consider it?"
Luo Tianrui turned his head and looked at him sharply: "This is Shen Ci's only requirement for our project. Do you want to go back on your word?"
The Marshal was frightened by Luo Tianrui's gaze and quickly shook his head: "No, no, how could it be possible? It must be the junior sister's request that is more important. I was just wondering why the junior sister is so resistant to cooperating with the Li Group? Is it because the young master of the Li Group is her ex-boyfriend? But I don't think the junior sister is that kind of person."
"It's not our place to speculate on the specific reason. Since we promised her, we must keep our word!"
(End of this chapter)
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