Chapter 176 Third Party
The signing ceremony between "Xiaowan Village Stone Factory" and "Ruifeng Cement Factory" was held as scheduled the next day.
In order to make it easier for Zhang Shuai to move around, Li Baiwan and Liu Xin discussed and temporarily changed the address to a business hotel in the county town.
Tian Xin didn't want to go at first, but she couldn't resist Zhang Shuai's repeated requests: "Boss, just think of this as giving me courage. This is the first time for me to get married as a young lady. I can only feel at ease if you sit there!" he said.
Tian Xin laughed so hard that her face trembled. "What kind of a rotten metaphor is that? A grown-up girl is getting into a sedan chair. You're just taking a position, not getting into a sedan chair!"
"Don't worry about it for now!" Zhang Shuai said, "Just get through this first! You have to go!"
The signing ceremony was held in a conference room in the hotel and there was a dinner afterward.
Liu Xin brought three people with her. In addition to the two middle-aged men we met last time, there was also Mr. Liu, who is Liu Xin’s father!
Li Baiwan also brought three people with him: Zhang Shuai, her, and the new supervisor in the weighing room named Li Zheng.
When the two sides met, they shook hands and exchanged greetings.
The signing was a business event, and both parties were dressed very formally. When Liu Xin saw Zhang Shuai, she smiled and teased him: "Oh, brother, your suit is nice. You look so different in it!"
"Really?" Zhang Shuai smiled at him from his wheelchair. "Be more specific. What kind of temperament?"
"Uh... which one? How should I put it?" Liu Xin circled around him and jokingly said, "This way, he looks more like a big brother, if he wears sunglasses."
"Just forget it!" Zhang Shuai laughed so hard he was shaking. "You don't sound like a serious person!"
Several groups of people were chatting when the door to the conference room opened.
"Sorry, something happened on the way. I hope I'm not late!" Lin Zhou walked in and greeted everyone. Judging from his appearance, he must have rushed here in a hurry.
Tian Xin was stunned, her eyes falling on the blue shirt he was wearing. This was given to him yesterday, and he was wearing it now?
Li Baiwan and Li Zheng didn't recognize him, and Zhang Shuai didn't react either. They all turned around and looked at Lin Zhou with the same expression on their faces.
Liu Xin and his father, Mr. Liu, were not surprised at all and immediately went over to greet him: "It's not too late!"
Mr. Liu said, "Xiao Lin, you're here at the perfect time. I've been waiting for you! I was just talking about you with Mr. Li."
"Mr. Li," he greeted Li Baiwan, "this way!"
Li Baiwan walked over to the group, and Old Liu introduced him: "This is Lin Zhou, the man I just mentioned. His father and I have been friends for many years. Don't underestimate Lin's youth. He started a building materials company last year, and business is booming, just as strong as his father's."
Li Bai smiled broadly and extended his hand: "I've heard Mr. Liu mention you before, but I've never met you. Seeing you today, it's true that heroes emerge from the youth! We old folks can't compare!"
"No, no!" Lin Zhou quickly shook his hand. "You're too kind! I'm just crossing the river by feeling the stones. I don't have the experience of you and Uncle Liu! I need to learn a lot from you!"
After a few polite greetings, Liu Xin heard Lin Zhou say something happened on the road and asked him hurriedly: "What happened on the road?"
"I made a sudden trip to the ancient city this morning. There was a traffic jam on the way back and my car was hit, which delayed me a bit!" said Lin Zhou.
"Is he okay?" Tian Xin came over and frowned, asking, "Is he serious?"
"It's not serious, I'm fine." Lin Zhou opened his hands and pretended to be relaxed: "The car was just scratched, it's no big deal!"
After saying that, he patted Tian Xin's back gently and said softly: "Don't worry!"
This action stunned everyone present.
Liu Xin looked puzzled: "Brother Lin and Sister Xin know each other?"
"Yeah!" Lin Zhou nodded and said, "I know her! She's my... friend!"
"Friends? So you and Xiaotian know each other!" Li Baiwan said, "Look at this fate. How did you two meet?"
"College classmate! We've known each other for a long time!" Zhang Shuai interjected, "Old acquaintances!"
"Do you all know each other?" Liu Xin was confused and pointed at herself: "What a mess it is! If I had known earlier, I would have gathered everyone together!"
"Isn't this a gathering?" Zhang Shuai said.
"That's right!" Liu Xin reacted: "Come on, come on, sit down. Since we all know each other, I won't beat around the bush!"
He was the first to walk over and sit down, and the others behind him did not hesitate and sat down one after another.
Liu Xin pointed to Lin Zhou next to him and introduced him to everyone: "Brother Lin and I have known each other since college. This time, our smooth cooperation is also due to Brother Lin's relationship. In order to ensure smooth future cooperation, he specifically offered to act as a third party and guarantee our two families! My father should have mentioned this to Mr. Li just now!"
"I've said it!" Li Baiwan said, "Since it was Mr. Lin who personally offered to provide the guarantee, I'd like to hear his opinion. What does this third party refer to?"
Lin Zhou glanced at Liu Xin and Mr. Liu, then quickly glanced at Tian Xin beside Li Baiwan, and then fixed his gaze on Li Baiwan again: "This is not difficult to explain!"
He opened the folder in his hand and took a look: "In view of the cooperation needs of both parties, your factory must provide Ruifeng with no less than 50,000 tons of raw materials every month.
Ruifeng will settle the payment for the actual delivery volume to your factory every month according to the quotation agreed in the contract. This business transaction requires a person in charge from each party to coordinate.
The role of the third party is to meet with the responsible persons of both parties at the end of each month to ensure that both parties have delivered goods and paid for them on time. If one party defaults, the third party will negotiate and resolve the issue.
At this point, he slammed the folder shut, glanced at everyone, and said seriously, "Of course, if one party defaults on payment more than three times and still fails to deliver on time after mediation by a third party, the contract will be terminated.
Therefore, please read all the terms and conditions carefully before signing the contract. Once the contract takes effect, I will only communicate with the person in charge.
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A brief silence fell in the conference room, and everyone's eyes turned to Lin Zhou. He had a calm expression, almost expressionless. After saying this, he asked, "Does either party have any further questions?"
"Uh...Mr. Lin, I have a question!" said Li Baiwan.
"Mr. Li, you're too polite. Just call me Xiaolin!"
"Ah, Xiaolin, let me ask you one more question." Li Baiwan cleared his throat.
"You say!"
"Since you are the third party responsible for supervising us, what do we both need to provide you with? We haven't discussed this before!"
“…” Lin Zhou didn’t answer. He leaned back in his chair and gave Liu Xin a look.
"Uh..." Liu Xin hesitated for a few seconds, glanced at everyone, and said, "Brother Lin is doing this purely voluntary labor. Because of me, he and my dad just signed a cooperation agreement yesterday, and we are now in a supply-demand relationship.
"So, to promote our tripartite cooperation, he's given it all some thought. I have to admit he's superior!" he said self-deprecatingly.
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