Needless to say, the cost given by Lin Yilong far exceeded the budget of a white truffle merchant on this.

"Are you kidding?" Liang Wenge asked directly in Chinese, his face directly darkened.

"Why am I kidding?" Lin Yilong asked rhetorically in English, "August to November, a total of four months, we want to get this price." ”

Liang Wenge's mouth was open, I don't know if he was shocked by Lin Yilong's asking price, or if he felt that this offer was unacceptable.

"Come, I'll tell you about it. Lin Yilong took out his mobile phone calculator, "Bracken Forest Farm 80,000 acres, about 1.5 pounds per acre per year, forestry insurance totals 120,000 pounds, you bring people from August to November, increase our risk, I only charge you for this four-month period, Sheng Hui 40,000 pounds, in addition, since the expected income is 32,000 pounds, I need to pay 16,000 pounds of guaranteed income for the first time, there is no problem, so if our contract is established, you need to pay me a lump sum of 56,000 pounds." ”

"But I need to be there for less than 30 days!" Liang Wenge said, "and during this time period, you yourself are enjoying forestry insurance." ”

"That's what you say!" Lin Yilong replied, "I'm already very patient, it's this price, you can find an insurance company and see if you can sell your 30-day forestry insurance in a different time." ”

"You're blackmailing!" Liang Wenge lost his cool and shouted to Lin Yilong in front of the entire restaurant.

"This is the condition you proposed, and I am just doing according to the conditions you give. Lin Yilong put on a rather humble attitude and whispered, "Otherwise, you can also find a reliable insurance broker or lawyer to provide you with legal advice, I believe it will not be much less than my price." ”

"So, if you can get out, we can talk, and if not, let's leave it at that. Lin Yilong took a sip of Coke and said to Liang Wenge.

Lin Yilong knew very well that Liang Wenge would try his best to do this even in order to maintain his customer base, but Lin Yilong raised the price a lot this time, either losing a lot of money, or losing customers to Lin Yilong - the whole London pine seller in Romagna and Tuscany knew about the existence of Bracken Forest Farm, and if he couldn't, there would always be truffle merchants who could pay this money.

"Can you give me time to think about it?" Liang Wenge asked.

"I don't have that much time and I don't leave any calls for you. Lin Yilong didn't want to open his forest farm to others at all, "That's the price." Your loud shouting is rude, and my tolerance is limited. ”

This was the end of the negotiations with Liang Wenge, and in the end, the luxury broker failed to express the meaning of the money.

"It's pathetic. Nadia looked at Liang Wenge's departing back and commented.

"It's just an ordinary business exchange. Lin Yilong turned his head to Sister Yeang and said, "This is the result of not doing your homework in business negotiations." ”

"I still don't understand. Vera asked, "What's the point of him organizing such an event? Didn't his patron know that truffles were so valuable because they were hard to find? At best, it would be a walk in the forest - the nearby Bracken National Park walk would not even cost an entrance fee, and would give you an entrance ticket and such a large sum of insurance, which would come faster than the printing press. ”

"Stupid!" Lin Yilong knocked Vera's head, "Maybe you should go to some social occasions to feel it." ”

"I really don't understand. Vera continued to sell cuteness, "Who knows what the rich men and aristocrats of London think about impressing them?"

"There are not many businessmen like Liang Wenge who are struggling in the luxury industry in London, some of them make money, more of them lose money, and even many of them lose their entire family property to the end. The people who can be contacted and served by them are a group of people who treat people and things more than their level and don't know where to go, although they seem to be very loyal and honest on the outside, and treat people kindly and friendly, but after all, they are a group of people who eat meat and do not spit out bones, and they can not only maintain the user group, but also make money Luxury merchants are really rare, and the response is nothing more than the traditional open source and throttling.

"Squeezing "small and medium-sized" truffle providers like me is the direction of their efforts to effectively "throttle", and will also hold some similar activities such as salons, wine tastings and other similar networking activities to strengthen the "friendship" between customers to "open source", for example, Nadia is a rich person A who is in the crude oil business, Vera is a rich person B, who is in the refined oil business, you don't know each other, but through me, you meet at a truffle safari event, and then strengthen the connection, and finally 'mutual benefit';

On the other hand, even if Liang Wenge's customers encounter any financial problems and can't afford them, they will not just cut off contact with Liang Wenge, and will continue to place orders with him, hoping to benefit from the advance news provided by some people in the social world in a desperate situation. This is one of the reasons why some people in the London social circles are still slapping their faces and fat people to maintain a luxurious life in the desperate economic situation, perhaps not only in London, but also in the whole world. ”

So, after all, it still fell to the so-called "social", or "social resources". Nadia nodded, signaling that she understood.

Lin Yilong shook his head.

Therefore, in the end, it falls to the word "profit", these social or business occasions are just a means of "social wealth redistribution", although the most commonly used, it still does not get on the table. Lin Yilong commented.

"And what is something that can be put on the table?" asked Vera, her eyes lit up.

"Who knows, but I know these things are certainly not. Lin Yilong said, "After all, my previous work was also a member of that system. ”

"How's the scientific research?" asked Nadia earnestly, "it's finally a way to get on the table." ”

"That's it. But ...... "Lin Yilong is hesitant."

"But what?" asked Nadia.

"The era of great discoveries after the First and Second Industrial Revolutions is over, and now the cost of training personnel and conducting scientific research is getting bigger and bigger, and nothing can be done without strong support. Lin Yilong further explained his view, "In the end, it often returns to the feast of capital. Facebook, Linkin and other Internet companies have burned money and have not yet made a profit, and the companies with a market value of tens of billions and a profit of hundreds of yuan are more like a zero-sum game that tests the level of capital operation, and that's it. ”