Chapter 148: Give the Chairman a Slap in the Face?

"Chairman Qin, is the food to your liking today?" Secretary Wu cautiously observed her boss's expression.
Qin Han slammed down his chopsticks, his brows furrowed deeply:
"Ugh! A complete waste of time. I can't even drink the wine! It tastes like cardboard."
Secretary Wu quickly bowed: "Is the food not to your liking? It's my fault, I'll immediately tell the kitchen..."
"Hey, it's not your fault, it has nothing to do with the food!"
What truly made him lose his appetite was that kid, Su Hao.
Good heavens, the things that kid said yesterday were more outrageous than anything outlandish!
Just thinking about Su Hao's calm, yet always astonishingly witty face made him furious.
No wonder the food was tasteless!
“Secretary Wu, give me your analysis,” Chairman Qin said, rubbing his throbbing temples.
“If you were Su Hao, planning to sell me your bonds, what price would you ask for?”
Secretary Wu hesitated for a moment, then tentatively replied, “Chairman Qin, if it were me, I'd probably start with a 50% premium.”
“Oh? Explain your reasoning.”
“Heh, isn’t that just standard practice in business negotiations?” Secretary Wu said with a fawning smile, her tone shrewd.
"First, raise the price a bit, leaving plenty of room for negotiation. After that back and forth, if you can pocket a 30% premium, you've succeeded.
That's called asking for the moon, then settling for a bargain—the wisdom of our ancestors!"
Qin Han nodded, deeply agreeing: "Hmm, that sounds reasonable. Any normal person would think that way, right?"
Secretary Wu paused, cautiously observing Qin Han's expression, and tentatively asked,
"Um, Chairman Qin, what kind of outrageous price did Su Hao ask to make you so angry?"
Qin Han's lips twitched, and he squeezed out two words through gritted teeth: "Twice!"
"Huh?!" Secretary Wu almost thought he'd misheard; his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Twice? What did that mean?
That was hundreds of billions of dollars worth of bonds. Doubling that amounted to a fortune!
Secretary Wu's mind raced, the more he calculated, the colder his heart sank.
He was trying to rip off Jiang Jin Group like a sucker!
“At first, I wondered if this kid was deliberately inflating the price, waiting for me to haggle it down piece by piece?”
Qin Han shook his head, his tone filled with the frustration of being made a fool of.
“But what happened? It wasn’t like that at all!
That bastard, he really wanted double! Not a penny less!”
“But, but Chairman Qin,” Secretary Wu stammered,
“Double the price? That’s outrageous! Completely unreasonable!
That’s 30 billion! That number is hot as a candle!
Even a large and powerful company like Jiangjin Group would be in serious trouble if they had to come up with 30 billion in cash!”
“You…you didn’t actually agree to it, did you?” Secretary Wu asked nervously, afraid that her boss had acted impulsively.
"I'd have to be crazy to agree!" Qin Han glared at him, annoyed.
"Three hundred billion? He might as well rob me! Does he think I'm a freeloader or a sucker?
I was so angry my liver hurt, I just ate a couple of bites of food and stormed off!"
Secretary Wu breathed a sigh of relief:
"I think this Su Hao is incredibly arrogant. It's good for young people to have some drive, but this appetite is way too big! Three hundred billion? That's just wishful thinking!"
Qin Han took a swig of his drink, growing angrier the more he thought about it.
This kid looks harmless, but he's ruthless!
But for some reason, he felt there was something sinister about this whole thing, making him uneasy and uneasy.
If it were anyone else, and they dared to offer him double the price, he would have already thrown a cup of scalding tea at them and delivered a flurry of punches.
But the other party is Su Hao… that made him a little hesitant.
This kid's past outrageous actions have always been shocking, yet they always seem to succeed in the end?
“Isn’t it strange?” Qin Han looked constipated, his tone filled with resentment and a hint of apprehension.
“I have this feeling that I might actually have to swallow this kid’s offer and accept it.”
Secretary Wu’s face turned green upon hearing this, and he quickly patted his chest, saying,
“Chairman Qin, don’t worry! If it really comes to that, I’ll stop you even if it costs me my life!”
“Alright! It’s settled then!” Qin Han slapped his thigh.
“Secretary Wu, remember this: if I ever have a moment of madness and get fooled by that kid, and decide to pay double the price…
you…you don’t need to hold back, just slap me across the face until I come to my senses! Understand?”
“Yes, Chairman Qin!” Secretary Wu answered loudly, but his heart was pounding: Slap the chairman across the face?
"Am I tired of living...?"
Qin Han clearly remembered the look in Su Hao's eyes when he calmly and confidently announced "twice" the price. There was an almost maniacal certainty and confidence in his eyes.
This kid, from the very first meeting, exuded an eerie aura.
Facing him, the head of a large corporation, he showed not a trace of nervousness or fear!
Now, daring to offer such a madman-like price, he didn't even blink.
That composure, that audacity…
This kid is definitely a ruthless character!
At that moment, on the television news, the announcer was reporting in a clear and resonant voice that North Korea had launched another missile into the East China Sea.
"Hey, North Korea's setting off firecrackers again," Qin Han glanced at the news and mocked.
"Yeah, like fireworks, don't they care about wasting money?" Secretary Wu chimed in.
"Speaking of which, those North Koreans are pretty pathetic."
Qin Han clicked his tongue, a hint of schadenfreude in his voice.
"They've been working so hard, launching missiles, conducting nuclear tests, doing all sorts of crazy things, trying every possible way to grab attention, and what's the result?
They haven't made a ripple at all. Nobody in the world pays them any attention. Isn't that infuriating?"
"You're absolutely right. Since the beginning of this year, North Korea's been on fire, constantly launching 'firecrackers' into the sky, but they haven't managed to grab a single international headline.
The Greek debt crisis, the European terrorist attacks, Brexit, plus the occasional major earthquake…
The world's spotlight has been stolen by others; they don't even have a chance to perform."
Secretary Wu wholeheartedly agreed.
"The funny thing is, I heard South Korea didn't react much, but Japan and the Philippines are incredibly nervous."
"Yeah, I guess they're afraid that thing might accidentally go astray and fall on their heads. Thankfully, nothing like that has happened yet."
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