Although their usual style was hardly reasonable, at least on the surface, the people from He Dao always prided themselves on being civilized and polite.
Even when they inwardly wished to kill Wang Yu, they still maintained a courteous demeanor, showing no loss of composure. This was something to be admired.
These fellows who lived well in the "little sun" country, they might not be good at everything, but their ability to endure was certainly formidable.
However, Wang Yu's words had caused them to completely break character.
What?
To cooperate and share all technology and products, but only have usage rights and no ownership?
Wouldn't that be working for free for them?
So, after investing all sorts of human and material resources and channels, they would end up making a wedding dress for him?
Wang Yu was being far too calculating!
How could they, the dignified He Dao, possibly agree to such a thing? It was simply unimaginable!
The terms Wang Yu offered were outrageously harsh—no, they were outright unreasonable, bullying terms!
"Wang Yu, we came with a sincere attitude of cooperation, not to play games with you. Do you think business is child's play? Who would agree to such a wild and absurd demand?" Dong Mu snorted, staring at Wang Yu.
He probably thought this young man was either crazy or had achieved success too early and felt invincible, not knowing the immensity of the world!
"I'm telling you, we, the Sanyuan Group, will absolutely not agree to such a ridiculous and disgraceful cooperation offer! If you genuinely want to cooperate, show some sincerity, and we..."
"We agree!"
Before Dong Mu could finish, Long Er, standing beside him, interjected.
"We, the Wulantou Group, accept your terms!"
Long Er's words immediately caused an uproar among everyone present.
You would agree to such harsh terms?
And you're betraying our stance!
Facing the stares of those around him, who looked at him like he was crazy, Long Er curled his lips.
"Don't tell me you don't know how profitable Wang Yu's products and technologies are!" he said.
This was spoken in their native He Dao language, clearly intending to keep Wang Yu from understanding.
"Nonsense! Of course, we know his things are profitable. We even foresaw his potential early on, which is why we targeted him with sanctions from the beginning!
It's a pity that all the sanctions failed, and we even lost our current dominant position.
Now is not the time to discuss that. The priority is how to get his technology.
Impossible. To agree to such terms for mere technology, I'd rather not have it! How could we, the proud He Dao, suffer such a loss? It would be utterly humiliating! Even Sam Country wouldn't propose such terms."
"..."
Watching the group of He Dao people start chattering incessantly in their peculiar language, their expressions and tones becoming somewhat heated, Liu Lu curiously asked Wang Yu.
"Little Factory Manager, what are they doing?"
"Clearly, they're arguing due to a difference of opinion."
Wang Yu shrugged. In his past life memories, he understood some of the He Dao language, not from those short movies, but from certain "divine dramas" that featured authentic voiceovers. So, he could roughly understand a word or two.
Anyway, they were basically arguing amongst themselves.
"Don't mind them. In the end, they'll still agree to my terms," Wang Yu said confidently to Liu Lu.
"Wait for them to back down, and then you'll be responsible for negotiating and handling the handover of all work."
"Uh... Little Factory Manager, aren't you a bit too confident? I don't think they'll agree so easily."
Liu Lu said with some doubt. Everyone in the world knows how difficult the people from He Dao are to deal with, let alone the historical baggage between them and us... Cough!
"Hmph, as long as it's profitable, what does face matter? Don't tell me your behind-the-scenes financial groups are charities.
Besides, as long as we agree to Wang Yu's demands and get the technology, can't we say whatever we want afterwards?"
Long Er's words were cunning, but his expression remained very serious.
"If he wants distribution rights, give them to him. We'll essentially be working for him for free, using our channels and connections to sell his goods.
But think about it the other way around, he's also working for us for free!
Once he builds up the market, we can just steal and copy his products. With our strength in He Dao, copying is incredibly easy.
As for him... once he enters our domestic market, won't we be the ones in control?
Later, we can impose some tariffs, special regulations, or at the very least, find various syndicates to cause him trouble. Wouldn't that allow us to easily control him? Are you really afraid he'll become a threat?"
Hearing Long Er's words, a look of understanding appeared on the faces of the He Dao people.
That's right, it's about being shameless. You want to enter our market? Fine, once you're on our turf, you have to play by our rules. Wouldn't that give us complete control?
Thus, after a series of discussions,
The He Dao people finally switched back to their Chinese mode and turned to Wang Yu, saying,
"Alright, we agree to all your terms..."
This was followed by a detailed negotiation of various clauses. Besides the large sums of money and equipment to be given to Wang Yu, the specific cooperative matters needed to be discussed point by point.
After all, it involved large-scale technology transfer and market cooperation, not buying a cabbage at the supermarket. There were naturally many details.
However, with the shrewd and capable Liu Lu by his side, and Wang Yu himself supervising from behind, major issues were unlikely to arise.
On the He Dao side... among the large group of people, there were quite a few professional personnel who came forward to negotiate terms.
Clauses were stated one by one, and many details were repeatedly debated.
After a whole day of haggling, everything was finally settled. Both sides signed a thick stack of contracts, marking the complete end.
"Then... happy cooperation."
Wang Yu smiled, while the He Dao group opposite him had unconcealed smiles of triumph in their eyes.
Let this kid dare to make demands of us! Soon, we'll show you what it means to be overconfident!
"Happy cooperation!"
After some perfunctory pleasantries, Wang Yu took his leave.
The He Dao people clearly didn't want him around either, not even offering basic courtesies like staying for a meal.
Leaving the He Dao people's location, Liu Lu couldn't help but ask Wang Yu.
"Little Factory Manager, those He Dao guys are clearly up to no good. Are we just handing over all our most advanced technology to them like this? What if later..."
"There's no 'what if'."
Wang Yu shrugged. "I know those guys have bad intentions. But..."
"Who told you I'm giving them the latest technology?"
You have your plans, and I have mine.
The He Dao people have ill intentions, but Wang Yu is also harboring schemes...
He only agreed to offer some of his existing technology. After all, he had already collaborated with West Continent and Sam Country, so one more He Dao wouldn't matter.
He would just develop a batch of even more advanced technology later and then harvest some more "leeks"...