185: When I checked the income, I was shocked!

As Chen Kai said this, he tapped on the tabletop, ready to employ another tactic of playing hard to get. Just as he was preparing to leave, the chairman hurriedly stood up.

"Don't be in such a rush!"

"You have 20,000, right? I'll take them all. Thirteen per piece, deal."

The chairman's face was etched with gloom. He truly hadn't expected that this kid, Chen Kai, wouldn't back down a single step, as if he genuinely didn't care about future cooperation with them.

Given his past temperament, he certainly wouldn't have accepted Chen Kai's ginseng, but the situation was special now, and he had no choice but to accept these 20,000 pieces of ginseng at thirteen each.

However!! He would absolutely never cooperate with Chen Kai again! He shouldn't even dream of signing a contract with their Yigenshen Group! He would never give him another chance!

"Fine. There are over 20,000 in total. If your factory needs them, come with me to the Cold Storage now to inspect the goods."

"Your vehicles can follow right along. There's definitely no issue with the goods. Once you've inspected them, you can take them away and pay the balance."

Chen Kai said quietly, a faint smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

He hadn't expected that his first time negotiating an order for Fresh Ginseng like this would go so smoothly.

It was mainly because the System's intelligence was so incredible. Negotiating and signing orders was essentially a game—a game of grasping the opponent's pain points.

Just like now, he had grasped this company's pain point; the other party's counterattack meant nothing to him.

Since he already knew the market conditions—what the current price of ginseng was and whether market inventory was high or low—he could judge whether there was anyone else who could replace his position besides himself.

Furthermore, having learned that they currently had little inventory, he realized that while he was anxious to sell, the chairman was even more anxious than him!

And it wasn't just a little bit of anxiety; his products were all made from Fresh Ginseng, and without Fresh Ginseng, the factory would have to shut down.

A single day of factory downtime meant losses of tens of thousands of yuan. How many days could he hold out?

Chen Kai smiled quietly. After receiving the chairman's nod of agreement, he stood up and began calling the usual cargo trucks.

"I've already called someone. Where is your warehouse? You drove here, right? Lead the way later; I'll follow behind with the driver and the cargo truck."

Although the chairman said this, his expression remained somewhat displeased.

"Yes, I drove here. Just head downstairs and follow behind my car."

Chen Kai smiled faintly, turned to leave the office, and headed downstairs.

The chairman followed behind him, got into his Cayenne in the parking lot at the entrance of the office building, and coordinated with a 4.8-meter box truck to follow behind his Cayenne.

He, in turn, followed Chen Kai's mercedes-benz gle, speeding towards the Cold Storage.

...

Less than half an hour later, the three vehicles pulled up to the entrance of the Cold Storage.

Chen Kai slowly got out of the car and headed towards the Cold Storage on his own.

The chairman also got out of his car, told the truck driver to wait at the entrance until he called, and then quickly followed in Chen Kai's footsteps into the Cold Storage.

Chen Kai walked quickly to the door of the warehouse where he kept his ginseng and used his key to open the Cold Storage door.

A blast of cold air rushed out. Inside the Cold Storage, piece after piece of ginseng was arranged neatly.

Each piece of ginseng was wrapped carefully in white paper to protect it from being damaged by the cold air.

The chairman also walked in quickly and casually pulled a few pieces off the shelf to inspect them.

Looking at the specifications, size, and completeness of the ginseng, everything was quite good. It was indeed the quality of ginseng that went for nine or ten yuan on the market—if not even better.

He then immediately spot-checked the quality of the ginseng on the lower shelves and found that the size and stature were almost identical, and the appearance of the ginseng was quite perfect.

The ginseng whiskers had almost no transport damage and weren't broken at all; they were even higher quality than the ginseng from the Ginseng Planting Base they currently had a contract with.

"How is it? Does it meet your requirements? I've done some market research, and with ginseng of this quality, you could even launch a high-end version of your ginseng water."

Chen Kai smiled faintly, spouting nonsense casually.

As for ginseng water, he had bought it once before, and the ginseng inside was just average—nothing particularly special.

Regardless, he was just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse; if the chairman agreed, he would take the opportunity to praise his own ginseng.

If the chairman disagreed, he wouldn't lose anything, as it was still better than the ginseng they had used for products before.

Upon hearing this, the chairman nodded silently. "This could indeed produce a high-end version. Not bad. Thirteen per piece, right? I'll take them all."

"How many pieces are there in total?"

Chen Kai took out his calculator and carefully calculated. "There are 22,223 pieces in total. At thirteen yuan per piece, that comes to 288,899."

"Just pay the full amount now and take them away with your truck. My lease on this Cold Storage is almost up anyway."

The chairman immediately gasped. "You kid, you're even charging for those three extra pieces?"

Chen Kai shrugged. "Those three pieces have costs too. Oh, whatever, let's just call it 22,220 pieces."

"The total is 288,860. You can just scan to pay."

Chen Kai shrugged and held up his QR code.

The chairman's face darkened. This guy really had no business sense at all. He wouldn't even round down the total? He only rounded down by three pieces?!

Either way, he would definitely not sign a contract with him again!!!

However, this batch of goods did solve his pressing emergency. He only had one day of inventory left, and he had been planning to go buy high-priced ginseng today just to get by.

A little loss was better than shutting down the entire production line.

Just as he was feeling drowsy, someone handed him a pillow. These 20,000-plus pieces of ginseng were honestly enough to last him a long time.

If stored properly, they could last him a good ten days or more.

Ten days or so should be enough to hold out until the ginseng disease issue was resolved. Even if he didn't use them all, he could just use them for the high-end version and raise the price.

With a dark expression, he scanned the QR code and transferred 288,860.

He then took out a receipt and asked Chen Kai to fill it out.

Having just received the money, Chen Kai curled the corners of his mouth. His mood naturally improved a bit, so he filled out the receipt, which would also make it easier for their finance department to organize.

After everything was finished, Chen Kai walked quietly out of the Cold Storage. The lease on the Cold Storage still had three days left, but he didn't care about the rent for those three days.

He planned to return the key directly to the Cold Storage owner. Once the chairman finished loading the goods, he could just close the door himself; Chen Kai wasn't going to stay here and watch.

He walked quickly to the Cold Storage owner's office and handed over the key.

The Cold Storage owner had initially thought he was looking to get a refund for the remaining days, and appeared extra cautious. Once he heard that he wasn't asking for a refund and had simply finished using it, his face immediately blossomed into a smile.

Chen Kai smiled faintly as well, turned, and walked out of the Cold Storage warehouse.

Sitting in his car, he took stock of the day's income. He hadn't realized it until he calculated it, but the total gave him quite a shock.