Chapter 30: Further Negotiation
"I don't want to talk to you about other things today. It makes us all tired. The New Year is coming soon. Our family will go back to our hometown. If my eldest son hadn't been killed by your husband, he would have gone back with us. It's a day for family reunion. You say we can't have a death and an empty pocket for the New Year, right?" Old Lady Wang kept talking about money. "Our whole family depends on him for support."
The first negotiation was noisy and made Liu Lan feel uncomfortable. But this time, after hearing what Old Lady Wang said, she felt a little sympathy for the deceased Wang Chunhua.
He had to support his parents, wife, children, and younger brothers and sisters. His family sucked him dry like a vampire, and he had to work day and night, so that he drove against the flow that night in a hurry and hit a car. Liu Lan felt that even if her father had not drunk and was driving normally that night, or if her father had not passed that road, Wang Chunhua would still have hit someone else's car and would still have died.
Wang Zhihua said, "Don't waste your time bargaining. Last time we said three million, and this time it's still three million. If you want us to sign the letter of understanding, you have to give us three million."
Zhang Pei had been mentally prepared for the other party's tough stance. Lawyer Sun told her that they were fearless and if the case was delayed until the trial, they would probably raise the price to four million.
Zhang Pei nodded, "Okay, but we can't give you the full amount until after the new year."
Seeing that the three million was about to arrive, Mrs. Wang and Wang Zhihua were delighted. Mrs. Wang's tone became gentle, "It's okay. It's such a large amount of money. You still need time to prepare. We are not in a hurry."
"Then let's draw up an agreement now," Lawyer Sun opened his briefcase and took out the mediation document he had prepared earlier. "In addition to the 100,000 yuan we paid last time, we still need to pay you 2.9 million yuan."
Wang Zhihua waved his hands, "No, no, no, the 100,000 from last time doesn't count."
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Zhang Pei was stunned. "Why not just let it go?"
"That's your apology fee, and the funeral expenses for my eldest son. We also have to pay for hiring a lawyer, and we have to spend money everywhere. The 100,000 yuan has been spent now and there is nothing left," said Old Mrs. Wang as a matter of course.
Wang Zhihua continued, "You didn't agree to 3 million last time, so this time it's 3.1 million. If you still don't agree, next time it'll be 3.2 million. Let's see who can afford it."
Zhang Pei was tired of seeing the greed of the two men. She didn't want to deal with such people anymore. She just wanted to sign the agreement quickly and leave as soon as possible, staying away from them. She said to Lawyer Sun, "Okay, let's do as they say. That means we compensate them a total of 3.1 million."
Lawyer Sun also felt that the other party was difficult to deal with. It was futile to reason with such people. Even if the case went to court, the judge would still have a headache.
Lawyer Sun drafted a letter of apology and handed it to Lawyer Zhao, "Let me give it to you for review."
Lawyer Zhao took out a pair of glasses from his bag and read every word carefully. "The payment date is confirmed to be March 1st. Do you think it's okay?" he asked the mother and son of the Wang family.
Old Lady Wang and Wang Zhihua discussed it in a low voice and said, "Okay."
"Should we agree on liquidated damages?" Lawyer Zhao asked again.
Zhang Pei sneered, "Everyone in our family keeps their word. Both lawyers are here. If I say March 1, it means March 1. It takes time to mortgage the house to the bank for a loan. Even if we default, how many days can we default? For the interest of those few days? We gave you an extra 100,000 yuan."
Lawyer Zhao smiled and said, "OK, I don't think you dare to breach the contract."
Under the witness of two lawyers, Zhang Pei and Old Lady Wang respectively wrote down their names, ID numbers and dates on the letter of understanding.
The agreement was made in four copies, with Zhang Pei, Old Lady Wang and the two lawyers each holding one copy.
After getting the agreement, the expressions of the two families were completely different.
Mrs. Wang and Wang Zhihua were immediately delighted. In front of them, they thanked Lawyer Zhao repeatedly. Wang Zhihua fawned on them and said, "Thanks to you. We'll treat you to lunch later."
Lawyer Zhao declined, "Thank you, but I have other things to do. I have to go to another client in the north of the city this afternoon."
"Then wait until you have time."
Zhang Pei didn't want to say another word to these three people, so he took Liu Lan and turned away.
Wang Zhihua was probably too happy, and he stopped them. "Wait a minute," he walked in front of Liu Lan and stared at her. "You look familiar."
Liu Lan frowned and took a step back.
Wang Zhihua, who had been busy counting money, now discovered that the daughter of this family was a great beauty, even prettier than the school belle in their school.
Like Liu Lan, Wang Zhihua is a sophomore student at a second-tier university in the capital. He is the only college graduate in the Wang family and is the pride of the family.
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