161: Generous

While the prospective son-in-law was great, the most important thing right now was indeed to finalize the marketing campaign so they could strike while the iron was hot and launch it as soon as possible.

Li Shanhai and his daughter both agreed with Ye Su's marketing suggestions, so based on his advice, they preliminarily determined the marketing budget allocation and the grade of materials for jewelry production.

Since it concerned the future development of the group's core jewelry business, after finalizing the preliminary plan, the remaining matters would have to wait until they returned to the company and held a meeting with the shareholders before it could be finally implemented.

Therefore, the father and daughter could only discuss a rough outline for now.

"By the way, how much did Xiao Su sell this design drawing to the group for? Don't let your relationship cause him to sell it at a loss."

After finishing the discussion, Li Shanhai remembered to ask about Ye Su.

"He didn't ask for money."

"Didn't ask for money?" Li Shanhai's gaze was intriguing.

Ye Su was a smart person. Not only did he find this design drawing, but he also thought of the marketing direction for Poyun. He must have known the value of this design drawing to Poyun.

If he didn't ask for money, it must have been for his daughter's sake.

His daughter had really grown up now; she was finally making a move on someone.

Li Mengyao casually made up a lie for Ye Su: "He probably worried that we wouldn't be able to use this design drawing, so after listening to me say I should bring it back for you to see, he told me we could discuss the money later."

"Now that it's confirmed that Poyun can use this design drawing, and that it is very important for Poyun's future development plans, how do you plan to thank Ye Su?"

The teasing in Li Shanhai's eyes was undisguised, making Li Mengyao feel inexplicably shy:

"How would I know? You definitely have to decide that yourself!"

"Oh, so I have to make decisions about the two of you too?" Li Shanhai smiled. "Then does that mean I'll be making all the decisions from now on?"

Li Mengyao instinctively realized there was a trap in front of her and immediately stopped Li Shanhai's scheme: "Don't talk nonsense; I only meant for you to decide how to handle this design drawing!"

"Sigh—" Li Shanhai sighed regretfully.

He had thought he could take the opportunity to urge Li Mengyao to hurry up and develop her relationship with Ye Su faster.

Li Mengyao wore an expression that said, "I knew you were up to no good." "Ye Su helped us so much; you should first think about how to cooperate with him."

"Hmm..."

Li Shanhai pondered for a while, but couldn't decide how much money would be appropriate to give Ye Su.

Generally speaking, for a design drawing from such a private merchant firm, a few hundred thousand would be about right.

But the importance of this design drawing to Poyun Group was certainly very different from what it would be to an ordinary collector.

If he really only gave Ye Su a few hundred thousand, it would not only make the Li family look stingy, but also ungrateful.

He had gone to such lengths and put in so much effort to help because of the feelings between him and his daughter. If he just treated it as an ordinary transaction, that would be too unreasonable.

"How about this." A flash of inspiration struck Li Shanhai, and he said to Li Mengyao:

"For these twenty-four pieces of jewelry, we'll give Xiao Su a ten percent profit share. What do you think?"

"Ten percent!"

Li Mengyao knew Li Shanhai was definitely generous, but she didn't expect him to be this generous.

When they were discussing just now, they had already determined to position the twenty-four pieces of jewelry as a high-luxury series.

In addition to the best materials, they would also invite top domestic jewelry design masters to participate in the secondary design and production.

It was preliminarily estimated that the budget for each piece of jewelry would be in the seven-figure range.

Including marketing and promotional costs, the final selling price of each piece of jewelry would be between two to three times the cost price.

With twenty-four pieces of jewelry and tens of millions in profit, giving Ye Su ten percent meant millions!

She had originally asked Ye Su to pretend to be her boyfriend to deal with her family's pressure to get married, but it ended up with Li Shanhai giving away millions. This gave Li Mengyao a sense of guilt, as if she were colluding with an outsider to swindle her family's money.

Unexpectedly, apart from the guilt, Li Mengyao didn't feel any heartache about giving millions to this "outsider," Ye Su.

The most important reason for asking Ye Su to pretend to be her boyfriend earlier was that Li Shanhai intended to introduce her to a second-generation jeweler from another province, so that Poyun would have a stepping stone to expand out of Guangdong Province.

Now, Ye Su had helped her find a unique copy of the [Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop] design drawing, solving her marriage pressure trouble while simultaneously providing Poyun Jewelry with an opportunity to develop in other provinces.

Helping with two big favors at once, these millions were well spent.

Yeah, that's it.

Li Mengyao quickly found a reasonable explanation in her heart for why she didn't feel heartache over giving away millions.

"What's wrong?" Li Shanhai was a bit puzzled by his daughter's huge reaction. "Is there a problem with ten percent? Do you think it's too much, or too little?"

"No." Li Mengyao hurriedly shook her head to deny it. "I said you should decide, so if you say ten percent, then it's ten percent."

"Sigh!" Li Shanhai looked heartbroken. "Hearing that it's a dividend for Ye Su, you don't even have an opinion. A daughter grown up is truly not to be kept!"

"What are you saying!"

Teased by Li Shanhai, Li Mengyao's face turned red, and she stomped her feet in embarrassment and annoyance.

"Hahaha!" Li Mengyao's reaction made Li Shanhai laugh happily.

It had been twenty-seven years, and this was the first time he had seen such a reaction from his daughter.

It seemed that the relationship between his daughter and the prospective son-in-law was indeed not shallow, and he and Wang Lijuan could finally rest easy.

With only one precious daughter, if possible, Li Shanhai and his wife naturally hoped that Li Mengyao's marriage would be happy and fulfilling, without any commercial interests mixed in.

After the embarrassment and annoyance passed, Li Mengyao quickly regained her composure and asked worriedly:

"But will the group's shareholders agree to give Ye Su ten percent of the profits?"

"This is obvious; cooperation is a win-win. Why wouldn't they agree?" Li Shanhai was very confident about the shareholders' reaction:

"They aren't fools; they should be able to understand that if this marketing campaign is successful, the profit from the twenty-four pieces of jewelry is already irrelevant; the subsequent profits it can bring are the truly crucial things."

"I'm just worried that someone won't be able to distinguish what's important and will raise questions about the profit distribution of the jewelry."

Li Shanhai's tone was unquestionable: "I still have the final say in the group. They can just wait to collect their dividends; it's not their place to interfere with development decisions."

"Alright." Hearing Li Shanhai say this, Li Mengyao had no more concerns. "Then I'll go tell Ye Su."

"What's the rush?" Li Shanhai teased. "Can't wait already?"

"What are you saying!"

"Haha." Li Shanhai ignored Li Mengyao's reaction and gestured to her. "Go do what you need to do."

Then Li Shanhai remembered something and instructed Li Mengyao: "When you have time, you can ask Ye Su to come home for dinner again; your mother was just talking about it yesterday."

Thinking about how Ye Su had refused when she asked him to come over for dinner a few days ago, Li Mengyao was furious, but she dared not vent in front of Li Shanhai, so she could only nod in agreement: "Got it."

"Also, the cycle from marketing to production to sales for those pieces of jewelry will certainly not be short. After signing the contract, you can pay Ye Su an advance payment first. You decide how much to pay."

"Hmm."

After giving a noncommittal response, Li Mengyao turned and left the study, not daring to continue chatting with Li Shanhai about Ye Su.