"William, why are you here?" Zhang Heng stood behind the door, rubbing his eyes, his expression was very surprised, and there was a hint of tiredness.

William suppressed the anger in his heart and reluctantly smiled: "Dong Zhang, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, can you let me in?"

"Honestly, you've shattered my dreams, but who made us the best partners. Zhang Heng turned around, stretched, walked to the sofa and lay down lazily.

William closed the door gently, walked to Zhang Heng and sat down, staring straight at him, "Dong Zhang, why are you exhibiting?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly, but I'll say it again. Zhang Heng plucked out his ears, and there was no apology on his face.

William suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "I want to understand, why do you want to exhibit?"

Hearing this, Zhang Heng sat up straight, looked at him gloomily, and his voice was even more gloomy: "Mr. William, we came to Los Angeles this time because we received your invitation letter, if I remember correctly, your invitation letter clearly says let us participate in the exhibition together." ”

"But, but I mean you can put post-it notes and other products on our 3M booth. William argued.

"Then after we arrived, did you mention this matter?!" Zhang Heng suddenly raised his voice, "As an independent company, do we still need to ask you for instructions when we participate in the exhibition?"

William was taken aback, tried his best to calm down the ups and downs, and sneered: "Zhang Dong, I want to remind you that all your products are made using our self-adhesive. ”

Zhang Heng stared at him viciously: "What do you mean by this?"

After an inexplicable and unforgettable morning, William finally felt happy at this time, and he laughed and said: "I want to inform you in advance that the production capacity of our factory has been very unstable recently, and the glue supply to your company may be interrupted at any time. ”

However, contrary to his expectations, Zhang Heng's face was without waves, and the corners of his mouth were full of sarcasm: "Is this what you mean, or is it what 3M means?"

"I have a power of attorney for the company here, and I have full authority to handle all business dealings with your company. William triumphantly patted the leather bag on his leg.

"We have remitted the payment for the first half of 73 to your company's account yesterday in accordance with the requirements of the contract signed with your company, which is a receipt of bank wire transfer, and for whatever reason, if your company is unable to supply goods normally according to the contract, we reserve the right to sue for compensation. ”

Zhang Heng took out a large pile of documents from his official bag, spread them out on the coffee table, flipped through two faxes, pushed them to William's eyes, and then slowly packed up the remaining documents.

William glanced at the contract page and the fax of the wire transfer slip that recorded the liability, and then, his eyes casually glanced at the rest of the documents, his eyes narrowed suddenly, staring at Zhang Heng's hand that was suddenly pulled back sharply.

He was holding a piece of letter paper in his hand, and on his head was a red diamond-shaped sign with three simple capital letters in the middle: "DOW"!

"How could he have Dow's letterhead?" William's face changed drastically, forcing himself to regain his composure, but his eyes soon saw a business card on the coffee table after the letterhead was removed, with the same eye-catching logo, and now his heart could no longer remain calm, and he panicked.

Zhang Heng hurriedly packed up the documents, looked up at William deeply, the other party was looking at the two documents calmly with his head down, he let out a long sigh of relief, and carefully hid the official bag behind him.

All of this fell in the corner of William's eye, and the alarm bell rang in his heart, and one thought after another kept flashing.

"William, the sincerity of Daheng Printing Paper is on this wire transfer form, if 3M can't show the sincerity it should have, then we'll see you in court. Zhang Heng said coldly, "Maybe you should leave, I still need to rest." ”

William pushed away the two pieces of paper without caring and said loudly, "Court?haha, this is the biggest joke I've heard today!"

He got up and looked down at Zhang Heng like an eagle: "Mr. Director, do you know how much time and how much money this kind of lawsuit will take?"

Zhang Heng got up without hesitation and looked down at him as well: "I have heard that the lawsuit between you and ASTC (American Standard Textile Company) on the supply contract of medical non-woven fabrics was finally concluded in the past October, and it is rumored that the other party spent 600,000 US dollars in litigation costs, and you are 730,000 US dollars written on the judgment." ”

ASTC has been the main raw material supplier of 3M's mask series products, at the end of 1969, because of the sharp increase in the price of chemical raw materials, ASTC had to raise the supply price, 3M firmly disagreed with the price increase on the grounds that the five-year contract signed by the two parties did not support the price change in the middle of the way.

ASTC, which lost one meter for every meter of nonwovens sold to 3M, finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to terminate the contract, and 3M immediately took it to court.

The lawsuit lasted for 3 years, and although ASTC eventually lost the lawsuit and bore 3M's litigation costs and part of the damages, they did not supply 3M one-meter nonwovens in the past 3 years, and the reduced losses far exceeded the litigation costs and compensation.

As a result, 3M re-signed the supply contract with ASTC at the new and higher prices, adding a clause that would allow the price to be adjusted with the price of raw materials.

Seeing the height difference between the two, William sat down helplessly, and could only use words to win back a game: "Since you know, do you still insist on going to court with us?"

Zhang Heng's face instantly became extremely bitter, his eyes looked at him desolately, his lips opened and closed, and finally said with difficulty: "Of course...... Yes!"

"What?" The smile on his face condensed, William jumped up and pointed at Zhang Heng, his face full of incredulity, "Are you crazy?"

"William, if your company does not fulfill this five-year supply contract, Daheng Printing Paper will file a lawsuit with the local court in Xiangjiang as soon as possible, requiring you to immediately return the $500,000 advance payment. After getting the $500,000, I will put all of it into the follow-up lawsuit until you pay $2 million in compensation according to the contract. ”

After speaking, Zhang Heng glanced at him lightly, just like looking at an object that had no sense of existence, such as a piece of waste paper that had been left behind, got up and walked over to open the door.

"Now, please leave, I hope that when I wake up, you can tell me your choice, friend or foe!"

William didn't move, and the calm expression on his face that had been deliberately maintained finally completely collapsed, turning into a distorted mass, his brow furrowed deeply, and he was silent.

Zhang Heng also stopped talking, holding on to the door and looking out.

"Boss!" Bai Shaoyi ran over from the corridor, he didn't seem to notice that there were people in the house, and reported loudly to Zhang Heng at the door.

"We've all sent out the post-notes and posters, and there are more than a dozen vendors waiting to meet you at the venue, including representatives from Western Stationery and Wal-Mart. ”

William in the room couldn't understand Cantonese, but the terms Wal-Mart and Western stationery, Bai Shaoyi said emphatically in English, he raised his head suddenly, gritted his teeth, got up and strode towards the door.

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