As it turns out, the world is not lacking in people with good judgment.
When Xu An appeared in the conference room of the Shengli Supermarket office building as invited, there were already four people sitting in the conference room. After Xu An sat down and waited for the meeting to start, three more people walked into the conference room and sat down.
Including Xu An, the number of attendees has reached eight!
Come to think of it, Victory Supermarket is in a hurry to sell. If they were to meet individually, even if each person only needed an hour to communicate, it would still take a whole day to repeatedly repeat the same content. Meeting together would indeed save time and effort.
More importantly, bringing potential buyers together can instill a sense of unease in them, making them wary of and attack each other, and even drive up prices!
Before the meeting even started, Xu An could already feel a slight, rhythmic vibration coming from the table. In places he couldn't see, some people were already shaking their feet, and judging from the intensity of the vibrations, there was more than one person doing it.
Tap tap—click—
The moment the sound of footsteps reached everyone's ears from outside the conference room door, the tightly closed door was pushed open, and two men in suits entered the conference room one after the other. The younger of the two went straight to sit in the head seat at the very front of the conference table.
I thought there would be a long opening speech, but to my surprise, after the young man took his seat at the head of the table, he picked up the microphone and went straight to the point.
"Thank you all for attending the land transfer meeting for the 101-108 Qianjin Road plot held by Shengli Supermarket. I'm sure you all already know the details about this plot from real estate agents, so I won't go into them again. Next, I'll talk about some points that need to be emphasized."
These words drew a hint of displeasure from many people; this person was being far too arrogant!
The young man didn't give them time to think. After catching his breath, he continued speaking on his own. The dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts vanished in an instant, and their attention was focused on the man's words.
"The plot of land covers an area of 850 square meters, making it the only plot exceeding 500 square meters on Qianjin Road. It enjoys convenient transportation access. Based on market pricing and other factors, the starting price for this plot is 6.8 million."
Those who attend the meeting are either company bosses or key personnel, so they can naturally understand the subtext in the young man's words—the highest bidder wins!
"One more thing," the young man said, bringing the microphone to his lips again before anyone could speak, "We only accept cash payments. It's 6.8 million. Not a single penny of loans is allowed. Only when the remittance is in our account can we sign a formal contract."
Upon hearing this, Xu An noticed that two of the attendees stiffened their expressions for a moment, and immediately knew that these two were out of the running.
After eliminating the two, Xu An's gaze swept over the remaining five people. As his eyes fell on each one, relevant information would spring to mind.
The man in the plaid suit is the head of Haiyang Renwang Trading Co., Ltd., who plans to build a department store on the land he purchased. The man in the pure black tie is the owner of Xinghui KTV, who plans to build a high-end private club on the land he purchased. The woman in the dark red shirt is the manager of a beauty salon.
While Xu An was observing others, he was also being observed by them.
However, their gazes did not linger on Xu An for long, quickly shifting away after a second to three seconds, clearly not considering Xu's Catering a strong competitor.
Cough—cough cough—
After a moment of silence, one of them seemed to have weighed the pros and cons, reached out and pressed the microphone on in front of his seat, and cleared his throat twice in preparation to speak, when there was a knock on the conference room door.
A staff member walked in, went straight to the young man, and whispered in his ear. The soft, dense sound reached everyone's ears, but the sound was distorted and diffused by the air, turning into indistinct murmurs.
The moment the staff member finished speaking and closed his mouth, the young man picked up the microphone and said urgently:
"It's 10:20 in the morning now. From now until 4:00 in the afternoon, whoever comes to me first with 6.8 million in cash will win this plot of land."
If no one arrives by 5 PM today, this plot of land will no longer be for sale. The meeting is now adjourned. Thank you all for your participation!
The young man stood up after speaking and walked towards the conference room door. Just as he was about to speak, the other man seemed to get impatient and lowered the microphone to ask directly:
"Mr. Li, 6.8 million is a large withdrawal, which requires an appointment at least one day in advance. Even if we make an appointment with the bank now, the earliest we can get the money is tomorrow morning. Isn't it a bit unreasonable to limit the transaction time to today?"
“Hmm, it does seem a bit unreasonable.” The young man stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, nodded in agreement, turned to look at the crowd, and suddenly a mocking smile appeared on his calm face. He said loudly, “But what does it have to do with me? Isn’t this something you need to consider?”
The utterly irritating words were still echoing in the conference room when the young man strode out, leaving the others staring at each other in bewilderment.
How could Qiansheng Group allow such an arrogant and rude person to sit in the position of general manager of Shengli Supermarket?
Unlike the others, whose confusion was genuine, Xu An's confusion was feigned.
Yesterday, after assigning the communication and investigation to Lu Shengnan, Lu Shengnan made full use of the network of contacts among former employees of Shengli Supermarket and Qiansheng Group to thoroughly investigate everything that the current head of Shengli Supermarket had done since taking office.
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