Chapter 245: Bargaining
As soon as Xiao Ping's words came out, those people immediately quieted down. Although his English is not very standard, the meaning is understood by everyone. The vendors looked at each other a few times, and an older man asked, "Sir, you're not kidding?"
"I'm serious. Xiao Ping said: "Please count how much the ranch owes you as soon as possible, so that I can know how much I should repay." However, I have a request, after the ranch has paid off the arrears, please supply the ranch with goods as before, and we will never owe you any more money in cash transactions in the future. ”
Xiao Ping's words are reasonable, and the suppliers will naturally have no opinions. In fact, they are all residents of Wharton, and they are old acquaintances with Jessica's family. If it weren't for the fact that Lilian's Ranch was going out of business, and someone was bewitching them, they would have been embarrassed to come to the door and ask for money.
Seeing that the others were quiet, Old John seemed to be a little anxious, and hurriedly said loudly: "Don't listen to this Oriental's nonsense, Lilian's Ranch has closed down, and they still owe millions of dollars to the bank, where is the money to pay us back?"
Old John's words made some suppliers hesitate again, not knowing whose words to believe. Xiao Ping saw that the situation might get out of control again, and immediately said loudly: "Don't make any noise! Who brought the bill to the ranch? Bring it to Jessica to confirm, as long as there is no problem, I will write a check immediately!"
Immediately, a few people gave Jessica thick slips, and Jessica looked at the signature on the slip and nodded to Xiao Ping silently, indicating that there was no problem with all of this.
Xiao Ping was not ambiguous, and immediately calculated the total number of checks. When the supplier saw him so simply, he didn't have any more suspicions, and the one who took the check quickly dispersed. Xiao Ping also did not forget to remind them that after confirming that the check was okay, he continued to supply the ranch, and a crisis was eliminated by him.
Soon the creditor was left with Old John, and Xiao Ping was about to write a check to him. was stopped by Jessica. Looking at old John, who was a little embarrassed, Jessica said coldly: "I remember that the repayment date agreed between my father and you was a month later. You'll come back and get the money then!"
Seeing that the original goal could not be achieved today, Old John could only go back in a huff. However, before leaving, his cunning little eyes stared at Xiao Ping for a long time, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was calculating.
After John Sr. drove away. Jessica, who was still very strong just now, finally showed her weak side. Leaned softly on Xiao Ping and whispered, "Xie Lu, thank you." ”
"No thanks. Xiao Ping gently grabbed Jessica's waist and said, "Now that I'm here, you don't have to worry about everything." ”
However, Jessica only showed a moment of weakness, and soon she recovered to be a strong woman, and resolutely said to Xiao Ping: "This money will be regarded as if I borrowed it from you, and it will be counted together when you sell the ranch." ”
Xiao Ping knew that Jessica had her own ideas, and she didn't insist on this, so she nodded lightly in agreement. Seeing that Xiao Ping and Jessica were so close, Mark took his luggage and walked away very interestingly. He was originally a laborer for Lillian, having worked here since he graduated from high school, even when the ranch was about to be sold. I still insist on coming to work.
"Go in and sit. Jessica leaned intimately on Xiao Ping and said, "You must be tired after flying so far." ”
Seriously, Xiao Ping is not tired. However, he couldn't bear to go against the kindness of the beauty, and obediently followed Jessica into the house. It's a typical American farmhouse with porches at the front and back doors, where you can sit on a chair and enjoy the view of the ranch. The house has two floors, the first floor is the living room, dining room and kitchen, and the second floor is the bedroom and guest room. The whole house is basically made of wood, except for the fireplace, which is made of stone. There is also a warehouse near the house for storing some tools and parking. The cattle pens and barns of the pastures are further away, not a short distance from the dwellings of the people.
Jessica poured Xiao Ping a cup of coffee. Then he sat down beside him and said, "I didn't expect your career to develop so quickly, and you came to the United States to develop after only a few months." ”
"It's all about how well you wrote those two stories. I have borrowed your light. Xiao Ping said as much as he could, looked at the environment of the living room and said, "This house is really good, it has been some years, right?"
Jessica said gloomily, "I grew up here when I was a kid, but it's a pity that ...... Now it's time to get out of here. ”
Xiao Ping didn't know how to pick up this topic, so he hurriedly diverted Jessica's attention: "Tell me about the situation of the ranch." ”
Jessica said solemnly: "My family's ranch has a total area of 300 acres, and it is close to the Wharton River, so I don't have to worry about watering and drinking water for my livestock all year round. The land is also very fertile, and we have a hundred beef cattle and a hundred and fifty goats, as well as several horses, and all the buildings and infrastructure in the pasture, all of which are packaged for sale. ”
Listening to Jessica's routine introduction, Xiao Ping couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and it could be seen that she didn't want to sell her family's ranch. But the current situation forced Jessica to sell, so she seemed very conflicted. However, Xiao Ping also knows that Jessica will not accept his unconditional help, so if he wants her to get through the current difficulties, he can only buy the ranch. In this way, although Jessica will be sad, at least it can allow her to retain her dignity.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ping made up his mind and asked, "Then how much are you going to sell?"
"Three and a half million dollars. Jessica quoted a number, then explained in a whisper: "I did the math, and only by selling it at this price can I pay off my father's debt." So...... It couldn't be any lower. ”
Xiao Ping frowned and said, "This price is wrong, right?"
Jessica, who heard this, was a little surprised, raised her head and looked at Xiao Ping with her blue eyes and said, "This price is very fair, if it weren't for the fact that the term of the bank loan is about to arrive, I wouldn't have offered such a low price." ”
Zhilu Dao Jessica misunderstood what he meant, Xiao Ping shook his head and said: "I know that the price of Lu Dao is very fair, maybe it is a little too fair! I also checked the land price here before I came, three hundred acres of land...... I'll give you four million, round it up. ”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ping actually took the initiative to raise the price, and Jessica couldn't help but be stunned. She looked at Xiao Ping stunned for a while with wide eyes, and then suddenly laughed and threw Xiao Ping down on the sofa, and took the initiative to offer a fiery fragrant kiss.
"It's too much for the U.S. imperialists to take the initiative to invade us!" Experiencing the soft touch of Jessica's lips, Xiao Ping said righteously in his heart: "No, for the sake of the dignity of the nation, I must not let this chick be so arrogant!"
So under the banner of national righteousness, Xiao Ping launched a fierce counterattack against Jessica. The two hugged each other tightly, their lips and tongues intertwined, and they both wanted to defeat each other and achieve the most successful results. Xiao Ping only felt that under Jessica's enthusiastic offensive, a certain part of his body gradually changed, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Capitalist society is really a dangerous place, buddy has been here for less than a day, and he is going to **, it's really terrible!"
Although Xiao Ping thought so in his heart, he really had some expectations for what was about to happen. To his disappointment, however, Jessica simply offered a fiery kiss and did not act further. The American chick, who was slightly gasping, sat up straight and said to Xiao Ping with red eyes: "Xiao Ping, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really a good person!"
In fact, when Jessica first decided to sell the ranch, the price was $4 million. At the price of land in Texas, ranch is worth that much. But this price has no advantage, and Jessica, who is eager to sell the ranch, can only sell it at a reduced price. What Jessica didn't expect was that even if she had lowered the price to the point where she had just been able to pay off the debt she owed, the ranch would be unpopular. There are even some shameless guys who know that the owner of Lillian's ranch is in trouble, and they buy the ranch at a very low price, hoping to make a lot of money by it.
It is in this context that Xiao Ping's actions are especially precious to Jessica. This reminds the American chick who is proficient in Chinese of an idiom, and can't help but sigh in her heart, the so-called "adversity sees the truth" is nothing more than that.
"It turns out that I'm a good person, and it's really a good person who has no good reward!" Xiao Ping still had some resentment in his heart about Jessica's sudden stop, and couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. But of course he didn't say what he thought, he just smiled and said: "Since we have reached an agreement, let's go through the transfer procedures tomorrow, and save you from worrying about this matter all the time." ”
Of course, Jessica had no problem with Xiao Ping's proposal, and smiled sweetly at him, "Listen to you." Today you can rest here, I'll go to the motel in town. ”
Xiao Ping asked puzzledly: "Why are you leaving? Isn't there enough bedroom here?" Then I'll sleep on the sofa." ”
"Not really. Jessica explained with some embarrassment: "This place already belongs to you, it's not convenient for me to stay, right?"
Xiao Ping frowned and said: "You are too outward, mine is yours, why do you know it so clearly, you can stay at night, or live in your own room!"
Xiao Ping's sentence "What's mine is yours" made Jessica very useful, and after a little silence, she agreed. Xiao Ping remembered that when the old John left, the eyes that looked at him were cruel and vicious, and he couldn't help but ask Jessica beside him: "I think you hate that old John very much, what kind of person is this, tell me?"
Hearing Xiao Ping mention this name, Jessica's pretty face immediately showed a look of disgust, as if thinking of this person is very business-oriented. However, Jessica couldn't bear to refuse Xiao Ping's request, and still told Xiao Ping about the grievances between Old John and her father......)