Chapter 318 I Don’t Want to Be a Lackey
Chapter 318 I Don’t Want to Be a Lackey
Hou Baiwan's words made Sun Haitao a little restless, and he asked hurriedly,
"President Hou, you didn't open a rice mill yourself, did you?"
"Why, are you surprised that I opened my own rice mill, Brother Sun?"
"Oh, that's not it,"
Although Sun Haitao was surprised in his heart, he still said flatteringly,
"I've heard you have a lot of money. Isn't it just opening a rice mill? It's within your capabilities."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
After hearing this, Hou Baiwan laughed heartily and looked at Sun Haitao and said,
"Alright, Brother Sun, the reason I came here today is to cooperate with you. Look, I'm going to open a rice mill soon, so how about you help me with the grain collection?"
Sun Haitao smiled. This was not his original intention to cooperate with Hou Baiwan. He, Sun Haitao, did not want to be anyone's lackey. What he wanted was cooperation, the kind of cooperation where they could share the benefits together.
"Thank you, President Hou, for thinking highly of me. I can collect your grain, as I have my own fleet. I'm afraid your family is so wealthy and powerful that you might look down on my small fortune.
But I just want to use what I have to cooperate with you. If you make money, just give me a share, just enough for me to support my family."
"You mean to buy shares, right?"
Hou Baiwan made a trip to the south and learned this new term.
"Oh, that's probably what I mean. Chairman Hou, if you think highly of me, I will use all my assets to cooperate with you.
If you don’t like what I have, then I can only eat the leftovers.”
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Hou Baiwan picked up the teacup and took another sip. Seeing this, Sun Haitao hurriedly stood up and filled his cup again.
"Brother Sun, how about this? I'll requisition your fleet and pay you according to the market price. I'll also take all the grain you've harvested. Of course, don't worry about the price. I won't treat you unfairly."
When Sun Haitao heard this, he sneered in his heart as he was asked to be his lackey.
I can never be the boss in this life, but I will never be anyone's lackey.
"Since President Hou said so, I think I'll just forget it. At worst, I can ask my cousin for help. I can't open a rice mill, but can I also run a rice grinding mill? It's just a small thing. At least I have the final say in my own work."
"Your cousin?"
Hou Baiwan understood the meaning behind Sun Haitao's words, narrowed his eyes and looked at Sun Haitao and asked.
"Oh, my cousin is Director Sun of the Industry and Commerce Bureau. It shouldn't be a problem for me to open a small rice mill."
"Stop, stop, stop. Are you saying that Director Sun from the Industry and Commerce Bureau is your cousin?"
"Oh, what? President Hou doesn't believe it?"
Perhaps because he was too happy, Hou Baiwan actually lifted himself up from the chair, placed his hands on the table enthusiastically, and leaned forward to speak to Sun Haitao.
"Look at you, Brother Sun. Why didn't you tell me about this relationship earlier? Okay, let's cooperate. Tell me how to cooperate. I'll do whatever you say."
When Sun Haitao heard what Hou Baiwan said, he laughed mischievously in his heart.
Damn, I knew this old fox would get scared as soon as I brought up my uncle.
"President Hou, you really think highly of me. Just like what you just said about investing, please have someone calculate for me how much these things are worth, and I'll be considered a shareholder. And don't worry, if you make any money, I'll just share it with you."
"Okay, that's easy. When you have time to come over in the next few days, I'll have the cashier and accountant at the factory audit your assets. It's all easy. From now on, you'll be in charge of the fleet, and you'll be responsible for collecting the grain."
"That's easy. We're all family from now on. I'll naturally make sure those guys work hard. If they don't work hard, I'll beat them to death."
"Yes, yes, I've heard about Brother Sun's prestige among the brothers. Since we will soon be a family, there are some things I won't hide from Brother Sun."
"President Hou, you said,"
"I've got the equipment back, but there are still some paperwork to come through at the Industry and Commerce Bureau. Could you please tell your cousin, Brother Sun, to hurry up and come down?"
"Oh, that's easy, easy to handle,"
As he spoke, Sun Haitao stood up and refilled Hou Baiwan's cup of tea before shouting towards the door.
"Zhou Qing, ask the waiter to serve the food quickly. President Hou is hungry."
"Brother Sun, it's a pleasure to work with you. It's a pleasure to work with you."
The two people were talking in the room, and Zhou Qing was eavesdropping at the door. He was very happy when he heard that the two people reached an agreement.
Perhaps because he was happy, President Hou actually took the initiative to have a few drinks.
After a few drinks, they started talking about the things that the three of them cared about the most.
"Brother Sun, President Hou, please tell me how to deal with Han Changping next. I'll listen to you."
Hou Baiwan, whose face flushed from drinking, suddenly looked at Sun Haitao with a sly smile and said,
"Brother Sun, why do you need anyone else for this matter? You can just make that guy pay for it."
"What do you mean, President Hou?"
Sun Haitao was also happy drinking, and drank a little too much today.
"Do you really not understand what I'm saying, or are you pretending not to understand? Opening a rice mill is something that your cousin's office has the final say on. If you can find some fault with your cousin and prevent them from opening the rice mill, they won't be able to open it even if they import equipment from abroad.
If they can't open the business, they will have to face the loss of money. These equipments are not a small amount of money. They may have invested all their money in these equipments.
If they don’t have money, how will they collect their next crops?”
"President Hou, your idea is truly brilliant. Right, right, right. They're doomed this time. Then I'll see how I deal with that bastard. Humph..."
Sun Haitao knew clearly what kind of person his cousin was.
In recent years, he only dared to go out for a walk during the Chinese New Year, and no one dared to see him at other times.
If there wasn't an old man in the family, my cousin would have kicked me out long ago. So the matter of Han Changping is not as easy to deal with as Hou Baiwan said.
Even if we want to move to his place, we have to find another way.
"Well, I'll figure this out. Speaking of Zhang Xueying, President Hou is no ordinary girl. I'm afraid of offending her. Will your President Yu make things difficult for us?"
"A little girl we've never lived together with, not to mention she's never had a good relationship with Guild Master Yu. Don't worry, I'm the Vice-President after all, so I'll be the first to know if there's any movement.
Don't worry about Zhang Xueying. The key is that Han Changping and his team of rice mill must not be allowed to open, even if it means delaying them for a year or two.
By that time, we will have already secured a firm foothold in the market, and even if they want to go against us, they will have lost their advantage, right?"
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