394: Want tea again?

“You didn’t even look at the payment terms on the following pages,” Han Ruoyu said, surprised to see Liu Xiaolin sign without flipping through the rest of the document.

“No need to look. Any payment method is fine. Langfang Fine Carving never defaults on payments,” Liu Xiaolin said grandly.

“I should still tell you,” Han Ruoyu said, “It’s a 50% down payment, and the remaining balance for products will be settled as soon as they are shipped, until all products are delivered. Because you are a major client, we gave you a payment discount and didn’t require the full down payment.”

“Alright, no problem. Thank you, Minister Han, for taking care of us,” Liu Xiaolin said readily.

“This is the first time I’ve met such an easygoing client. If all our clients were like you, I’d have a much easier time,” Han Ruoyu said happily. www.x33xs.com

“I’ve always done business this way. Treating others with sincerity is my principle,” Liu Xiaolin said.

“You do business? You have your own business?” Han Ruoyu heard something a bit off.

Liu Xiaolin intended to reveal a little: “Yes, I have a small business of my own.”

“No wonder you handle things with such magnanimity. Manager Liu will surely achieve great things in the future,” Han Ruoyu said, giving a thumbs-up.

“You flatter me, you flatter me,” Liu Xiaolin said, taking the contract that Han Ruoyu had also signed and stamped, and putting it into his briefcase. “Minister Han, could you take me to see General Manager Xiang?”

“You can. I contacted my uncle right after I finished the call with you. He told me you could come to his office anytime,” Han Ruoyu was quite reliable in handling matters, having already made contact. “Let’s go, I’ll take you to my uncle now.”

A few minutes later, Liu Xiaolin and Han Ruoyu stood in Han Xiaoguo’s office.

“Please have a seat, Manager Liu, please have a seat,” Han Xiaoguo stood up to invite Liu Xiaolin to sit on a chair by the tea table. “Today, I’ve brewed another good tea, Lapsang Souchong. Have a taste.”

“General Manager Han is a tea connoisseur. If you say it’s good, it must be good tea,” Liu Xiaolin said with a smile after sitting down. “Should we call General Manager Xiang over to drink tea and chat together?”

Han Xiaoguo was very clever. As soon as he heard Liu Xiaolin’s words, he knew he hoped General Manager Xiang could join the conversation.

“Ruoyu, go call General Manager Xiang over for some tea. Just say Manager Liu is also here for tea,” Han Xiaoguo instructed.

“Alright, I’ll go now,” Han Ruoyu said, then turned and left.

“Manager Liu, has the purchase and sales contract been signed?” Han Xiaoguo asked, making small talk.

“Yes, it’s been signed. We’re ordering quite a few smart streetlights this time, and Minister Han gave us some discounts,” Liu Xiaolin replied casually.

“That’s as it should be. Major clients should receive discounts,” Han Xiaoguo said with a smile. “Manager Liu, where are you from?”

“I’m a native of Jiangnan City,” Liu Xiaolin replied.

“Jiangnan City is a wonderful place, with mountains and water, and beautiful scenery,” Han Xiaoguo said.

“Has General Manager Han been to Jiangnan City?” Liu Xiaolin asked in surprise.

“Yes, I have. At that time, I was still looking for work all over the world, so I spent half my time in Jiangnan City,” Han Xiaoguo said. “I have a very good impression of it; the scenery is beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful.”

“Thank you, General Manager Han, for your recognition of our Jiangnan City. Jiangnan City is indeed a city with cultural heritage, and many famous people in history were from Jiangnan,” Liu Xiaolin was very proud whenever he talked about Jiangnan City.

“Why are we talking about people from Jiangnan? I want to hear who is from Jiangnan too!” a voice came from outside, and then Xiang Guangming walked in.

“General Manager Xiang, hello. I’m from Jiangnan. General Manager Han just asked me where I was from, and we started talking about it,” Liu Xiaolin quickly stood up and said.

“Sit down, sit down, no need to stand,” Xiang Guangming sat down with a plop, then motioned for Liu Xiaolin to sit down as well.

“Ruoyu, you can go back to your work. The few of us will just drink tea and chat,” Han Xiaoguo saw his nephew still standing at the door, so he told him to go back, as the topics being discussed today were not suitable for more people to know for now.

Han Ruoyu agreed and turned to leave. Han Xiaoguo then got up and walked over to lock the door.

Liu Xiaolin was a bit surprised at this. “General Manager Han, why did you lock the door?” he asked in a low voice.

“General Manager Liu, today’s topic is not suitable for outsiders to know,” Han Xiaoguo also lowered his voice.

“General Manager Liu? What General Manager Liu?” Liu Xiaolin continued to feign ignorance.

“General Manager Liu, you don’t need to pretend anymore. We already looked into a lot of your information yesterday,” Xiang Guangming said with a smile. “A young and promising entrepreneur, a recipient of technology research and development enterprises—this information is very easy to find.”

“Yes, especially yesterday’s Dragon Country Daily reported the news of Minister Yang of the Ministry of Science and Technology inspecting Jiantuan Electronics and Langfang Fine Carving,” Han Xiaoguo said seriously. “If we hadn’t seen this news, we wouldn’t have known we were facing such an excellent entrepreneur.”

“Ah? The news of Minister Yang’s inspection was published so quickly?” Liu Xiaolin was very surprised. “I thought it would take at least ten days to half a month to be reported.”

“A visit from the Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology is big news, so it will naturally be released first,” Xiang Guangming said with a smile.

“General Manager Liu, why would such an excellent entrepreneur like you come to our company as a purchasing manager?” Han Xiaoguo asked, staring at Liu Xiaolin.

“Since you already know who I am, then I’ll be direct,” Liu Xiaolin saw that he couldn’t hide anything anymore, so he decided to tell the truth.

“Do tell,” Xiang Guangming said, cupping his hands like an ancient person.

“After Minister Yang of the Ministry of Science and Technology inspected our Jiantuan Electronics, he helped us find a new technology research and development project, but we couldn’t find an expert for this project. So Director Zhao recommended Dr. Hai Zhezhe to us, which is why I contacted Mrs. Hai, only to learn that Dr. Hai was sentenced to three years in prison,” Liu Xiaolin said seriously. “Mrs. Hai told me that Dr. Hai was wrongly accused, which is why I came to Yuhai City, hoping to help him appeal. If successful, I can bring Dr. Hai to Kunhe City to be the R&D director for our new project.”

“You believe he was wrongly accused?” Xiang Guangming said with a bit of a guilty conscience.

“Yes, I believe he was wrongly accused, and I also believe that the two of you present also know he was wrongly accused,” Liu Xiaolin sighed and said, “There’s a saying that goes, ‘The person who wronged you knows better than anyone how wronged you are.’ Isn’t that right?”

“Are you trying to say that we wronged him?” Han Xiaoguo’s expression immediately changed, and he said unhappily.

“Neither of you actively framed him, but you passively kept silent,” Liu Xiaolin said, looking at the two people whose expressions were both off.