268: The Unqualified Dog

The next morning, Wang Cheng went to Zhou Group with good news. After arriving at the company, he heard that the representatives of aG Group had already arrived, and President Feng was negotiating with them. He met Li Min, who said that there was little hope for them. The representatives of aG Group also looked very arrogant, and were determined to drag things out. There was nothing they could do.

As this was a matter of great importance, Zhou Shichang personally came to supervise this morning. Though he did not attend the negotiations meeting, the representative of aG Group deliberately asked about their chairman before the meeting, as if they wanted the chairman to come attend. Give an inch and they’d take a mile, they were really quite annoying.

"This aG Group is too arrogant. If their temper is not suppressed, they’ll soon be walking all over the company’s head with their demands." Wang Cheng said.

Li Min said: "They’ve long walked over our heads; they probably now think that they’re our masters and we’ll do whatever they want. Although it is indeed irritating, we can't deny their demands. However, Zhou Shao doesn't have to worry, we will not miss the opportunities that the aG Group provides."

Wang Cheng knew that this cooperation was good for the aG Group. They would be foolish to give up inevitable benefits. The negotiations were just part of the process for them, everything was good as long as the final results were the same as they expected.

The results of the first negotiation were the same as everyone had estimated: unsuccessful.

During the negotiations, the representatives of the aG Group kept testing the limits of the Zhou Group. Though the other party was very experienced, President Feng was also an old fritter*. He refused to budge an inch on the issues they valued much. So, after their first round of negotiations, both sides did not receive the information they had desired.

[T/N: *someone who is experienced and sophisticated]

Even Feng Yifan was a little angry after the unproductive hour of negotiations, not to mention the delegates from the aG Group.

When they came out of the meeting room, all their eyes seemed to be about to spit fire. A few delegates walked over arrogantly. An employee was sorting out information with his back facing them, and did not notice that he was in the way. A foreign man in a black suit who looked like a bodyguard suddenly stretched out his hand to push the employee away, and even said some words in messy Chinese.

“Good dogs don’t get in the way."

The employee was pushed so hard he almost fell to the ground. He didn't know what had happened all of a sudden and was completely frightened. He thought he might have done something to offend the important customers.

Wang Cheng, who had been standing nearby, arrived in front of them: "Where did such unqualified foreign dogs come from?"

The foreign man understood what he said and was immediately provoked. The muscles under his suit bulged as if he was about to hit someone, and he said, "You say that again."

"It's the same even if I repeat it a few times." Wang Cheng clasped his hands together. "Are you not able to politely say ‘please let me pass by’ if someone is in your way? I have heard people say that foreigners are polite, but I can’t see it. You look more like mad dogs running out of nowhere, cursing and hitting others. I’m telling you, you’re in our territory now."

The foreign man angrily raised an arm when he heard insults left and right. However, before he could do anything, Reed, a representative of aG Group, suddenly spoke up.

"Kid, you sure have guts." Reed critically glanced at the badge on his chest, "Are you an employee of the Zhou Group? Aren't you afraid that we won't cooperate with the Zhou Group if you talk like this?" After he finished speaking, he sent a triumphant glance towards the others surrounding them. He expected someone to come stop Wang Cheng, but no one did.

Wang Cheng saw what he was trying to do, and said contemptuously: "What does my job have to do with you? What's so great about aG Group? Our Zhou Group doesn't necessarily have to cooperate with you. There are many more powerful companies than aG Group, I can just pick one at random."

"Zhou Shao..." Li Min finally couldn't help but walk over when he heard this.

Reed was about to be irritated by Wang Cheng's words, but was stunned when he heard what Li Min said. He finally stopped looking at Wang Cheng as if he was a small employee. He suddenly laughed for no apparent reason: "So you are the young boss of the Zhou group? No wonder you speak so big. Since you’ve said that the Zhou Group does not necessarily have to cooperate with aG Group, then I will wait and see. Let’s all see who will truly make it to the end. Thanks to your kind words, I’ve decided to propose a raise in demands to the senior management of aG Group. Let's go."

The group of people left with great fanfare.

"Zhou Shao, it’s one thing to speak up for our employees, but how can you say such things? It is not good for us to offend the aG Group. If the chairman learns of this matter, you will definitely receive a scolding." Li Min had thought that Wang Cheng was a measured and stable man, she didn't expect him to suddenly be so impulsive. She understood his intentions of ​​helping the employee, but being impulsive could only lead to worse things.

Wang Cheng laughed.

Li Min thought he was hopeless, still laughing at such a moment.

"Li Jie, don't worry, I’m not doing something bad for the company. I can't tell you about what’s going on yet, but you will soon know," Wang Cheng said with a smirk.

It didn’t take long for Zhou Shichang to hear of what had happened. Wang Cheng was soon called to his office, where both Feng Yifan and Xie Wenzhi were seated.

Although Zhou Shichang did not show an expression of hating iron for not becoming steel, he was obviously in a bad mood. After Wang Cheng sat down, he sternly said to him, "Do you have anything to explain?"

Wang Cheng looked at his grandfather, then looked at President Feng and Xie Wenzhi, who were wearing helpless expressions. He coughed and said, "Yes!"

"Is it because you are young and frivolous that you acted so impulsively?" When Zhou Shichang saw that he was not nervous at all, he couldn’t help but grunt, and his expression became more serious.

Wang Cheng was not afraid. He bashfully rubbed his face and said with a cheeky smile: “Grandpa, don't you know me? How could I ruin the company's major proceedings on an impulse? I did this for a reason."

When Zhou Shichang saw his expression, he was half softened. In fact, he also knew that his grandson was dependable. However, he had to be cautious when it came to the future of the company. His expression remained serious.

"Grandpa will give you one chance. Tell me, what's the reason for your behavior?"

"I remember that President Feng had previously told me, our company does not necessarily have to cooperate with aG, companies that are more influential than aG are also viable. We would just need to warm up* with them. In this way, if we can find a company that does not need to warm up to us, can we cooperate with them?" Wang Cheng said.

[T/N: *The original word had the same meaning as taking a car on a test run. Most companies require much preparation before negotiation, but the Zhou Group has to forgo that ‘warmup’ period for now]

Xie Wenzhi couldn't help but interrupt him. "What you say is correct, but where can we find such a company? Even if we do find one, the other party will most likely be the same as aG Group, only wanting to take advantage of our company. Have you ever thought of these problems?"

"Of course I’ve thought about them," Wang Cheng said quickly: "So I found a better company than aG. The boss of the other party has promised me to cooperate with the Zhou Group, and that he will not deliberately take advantage of the Zhou Group. How about it?"

After Wang Cheng finished speaking, none of the three spoke.

Zhou Shichang sighed softly.

Wang Cheng suddenly felt that something was wrong. How come their reactions were different from what he had expected?

Zhou Shichang put a hand on his back and patted him gently: "Chengcheng, grandpa knows you have kind intentions, but this is not a joke."

"I'm not kidding, what I’m saying is true. Grandpa, do you remember how I won over the Dongwang Group?" Wang Cheng hadn’t expected for them to not believe him.

"Zhou Shao, are you talking about the Eimer Group?" That was Feng Yifan. He hadn’t believed Wang Cheng's words at first, but when he heard ‘Eimer’, a glimmer of possibility suddenly appeared in his heart.

"It is indeed the Eimer Group. Didn’t I mention that I knew Eimer’s boss?" Wang Cheng nodded, then glanced at Zhou Shichang hesitantly. “I told Grandpa yesterday that I was going to find my elder brother, when I actually went to meet Eimer’s boss. Since I also wanted to share my Grandpa’s burden, I secretly ran to find him."

Zhou Shichang remembered this, and Wang Cheng's last sentence also touched him very much. When he saw his nervous expression, his serious expression finally cracked. He smiled and said, "It seems that you have really become a person who can take charge on your own, you had even run to do such a big thing by yourself."

Wang Cheng apologized in his heart for deceiving his grandpa, he was quite guilty. However, he couldn’t help it. He couldn’t let his grandfather continue to think that he and Chu Yifeng had nothing to do with each other. If someone suddenly told him something about them being together someday, who knew what he would think? Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to let his grandpa know that he and Chu Yifeng were tied together.

"If what you say is true, then you have really performed a great favor for your Grandpa and saved the company." Zhou Shichang gripped his hand with his own wrinkled palm.

Wang Cheng shook his head. "Grandpa, don't say that. I am also a member of the Zhou Group, this is what I should do."

Feng Yifan and Xie Wenzhi also did not expect for such a big problem to be solved by Wang Cheng. Not only that, but they had never been able to consider cooperating with the Eimer Group before.

Although the Zhou Group was a well-known enterprise in China, it was incomparable with the giant Eimer that was ranked within the world’s top 100 businesses and operated in dozens of countries around the world. Although the aG Group was not bad, it was worse than Eimer in both finances and strength.

However, before they could personally hear Eimer's answer, Zhou Shichang and Feng Yifan didn’t dare to take this too seriously. Wang Cheng had to call Chu Yifeng with high hopes.

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