Chapter 92: Subtext: Don’t give me special treatment
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the top-floor conference room of the Bangs branch, the morning mist of Country Y had not yet dissipated, and Pei Youming was already sitting in the main seat.
His charcoal-gray custom-made suit was ironed without a wrinkle. His cold white fingertips rested on the edge of the table. His knuckles were slender, yet revealed an unquestionable dominance.
Seeing Yu Zhi and Yue Lingyao come in, he just raised his eyes, without even standing up, and said lightly: "Please take a seat, both of you."
There were no drinks prepared on the table, and the air was filled with the oppressive feeling of the superior.
Pei Youming didn't exchange any unnecessary pleasantries and directly pushed a cooperation plan in front of the two of them. The sound of paper sliding across the table was particularly clear in the quiet conference room.
"Bangs is willing to invest 8 billion in research and development in exchange for exclusive global agency rights to three of Heinerson's patented targeted drugs for rare diseases."
The core clauses in the plan were marked prominently in red, and the attitude was straightforward and almost tough. There was only the choice of signing or not signing, and there was no room for bargaining.
Just as Yue Lingyao was about to speak up to fight for the right to make clinical decisions in the Asia-Pacific region, Pei Youming interrupted her with a cold gaze: "Bons recognizes Heinerson's R&D capabilities, but the implementation of the patent requires capital paving the way."
He pressed the button on the desk, and the wall screen lit up with the map of Bangs' global medical resources, with densely packed markings covering half the globe.
"These resources are yours if you sign. If you don't sign..." Pei Youming leaned back in his chair and said nothing more.
But the meaning is very clear. Under the pressure they deliberately exerted, the capital to negotiate patent cooperation with Heinerson will be greatly reduced.
Yu Zhi blinked and couldn't help but give Yue Lingyao a look. Are we being forced into this?
Yue Lingyao pressed the back of Yu Zhi's hand and looked up at Pei Youming: "Mr. Pei, cooperation requires mutual benefit. If Bangs wants to control the entire industry chain, it must at least give up the core technology decision-making power of Henason."
"Technical decision-making power?" Pei Youming chuckled, his voice tinged with arrogance. "Ms. Yue doesn't seem to understand. What Bangs wants is never mutual benefit, but control."
He tapped the words "exclusive agent" with his fingertips. "You only have half an hour to consider."
At this moment, Pei Youming's personal cell phone suddenly rang, and the three words jumping on the screen made the coldness in his eyes slightly lessen.
When he stood up, he was polite and said, "Excuse me.
The moment the conference room door closed, Yu Zhi couldn't help but lower her voice and asked, "Given that guy's attitude, are you sure he's here to discuss cooperation with us?"
Yue Lingyao pinched her brows and felt very tired.
How could I run into such an evil spirit?
She said helplessly: "The arm is always unable to twist the thigh. If it really doesn't work, let's contact the higher-ups to solve it."
Before the two of them could come up with a plan, Pei Youming pushed the door open and came back, his aura noticeably weaker.
He did not mention taking half an hour to think about it. Instead, he stood up and walked to the tea table beside him, and personally brought a cup of warm black tea to Yu Zhi.
Even his tone softened a bit: "Miss Yu, I was a little anxious just now, let's have a cup of tea first."
Yu Zhi was stunned by the other party's sudden politeness. She instinctively said, "Oh, thank you."
The assistant beside him also noticed Pei Youming's expression and quickly served tea to Yue Lingyao.
"Miss Yue, please use it."
This action made Yue Lingyao stunned.
Rumor has it that Pei Youming never makes concessions when discussing cooperation, let alone personally pouring tea for his partners.
Pei Youming sat back in the main seat, opened the cooperation plan, crossed out the "global exclusive agent" column with a pen, and wrote "joint research and development" instead.
Then he slowly added, "Heinerson will take the lead in clinical decision-making in the Asia-Pacific region, and Bangs will only be responsible for funding and resource support."
He raised his eyes to look at Yu Zhi. Although he still had a bit of coldness in his temperament, he had lost his previous toughness. "This is the biggest concession that Bangs can make."
Yu Zhi held the warm teacup, her fingertips paused slightly.
There was an unconcealable curiosity in her eyes as she looked at Pei Youming.
Pei Youming seemed to be deliberately avoiding her, lowering his eyes and taking a sip of tea, not meeting her gaze.
It took Yue Lingyao a long time to recover from the shock.
"Mr. Pei's sincerity is indeed strong. We have no reason to refuse."
Yue Lingyao picked up the pen and signed without hesitation.
"For subsequent cooperation, there will be a dedicated person to take over here. If there is nothing else, we will leave first."
"Goodbye, both of you." Pei Youming stood up and walked two steps forward, a rare faint smile on his face.
Even after they left the office, Yue Lingyao still looked puzzled and said, "I'm sure his sudden reluctance is 100% related to that phone call. But...why?"
Could it be that the other party has some conspiracy?
But she also read the contract carefully and found no loopholes.
Yu Zhi suddenly stopped.
"You go back first, I have some personal matters to take care of here."
Seeing that she was going back to the president's office, Yue Lingyao moved her lips, suddenly thought of something, looked at her in surprise, but ultimately did not ask anything.
"OK."
Pei Youming didn't expect Yu Zhi to come back.
"Miss Yu, is there something wrong?"
Yu Zhi had a blank expression on her face: "Stop pretending. Was it Pei Yuezhou who called you just now?"
Pei Youming's face didn't show any panic of being exposed. Instead, he stood up from the chair and said in a more proper manner: "Hello, little aunt."
He admitted frankly, "It was my uncle who called."
"Where are they? Did they come to Country Y?"
Pei Youming saw something from Yu Zhi's attitude.
Did the couple have a fight?
He suppressed his racing thoughts: "From what he said, he should be here, but he didn't tell me where exactly."
Yu Zhi didn't ask any more questions. She frowned and said seriously, "Although I'm the representative sent by Heinerson to discuss cooperation this time, I hope that both parties will cooperate according to business rules. Do you understand what I mean?"
Pei Youming heard her subtext: "I understand, don't worry, little aunt."
He didn't do any business that would lose money, he just listened to his uncle and put aside his domineering attitude in the business world.
Besides, putting aside the issue of family members, giving Heinasen face will be beneficial to them in every way.
Yu Zhi then nodded in relief: "Goodbye."
Pei Youming had a good grasp of social etiquette: "Aunt, do you want me to arrange a car to take you there?"
"Need not."
Yu Zhi opened the door without looking back, and her figure quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Pei Youming stood where he was and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
I have a better impression of Yu Zhi.
He had always thought that the young aunt he had never met was the kind of pampered canary, but he didn't expect that she was actually a core member of Heinasen.
The key is to be clear about what you do.
She looks quite compatible with my uncle.
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