Old Thompson directly told Lai Xiaohu unmistakably that he was worried that his competitors would buy out Lai Xiaohu's vegetables at a higher price than himself in the future, so the contract must be signed for a longer period of time, and the liquidated damages must be set higher, so that he can cooperate with Lai Xiaohu with confidence.

Lai Xiaohu can understand the other party, after all, modern business is like this, it only talks about the spirit of the contract, and no one will abide by it if it is not written in the contract, unlike the previous businessmen who attached great importance to oral contracts.

"But you wrote too harshly on the conditions for this breach." Lai Xiaohu pointed to the breach of contract conditions column and said, which listed more than 20 conditions for identifying breach of contract in detail, and the rest of Lai Xiaohu had no opinions, but he felt that one of them was too harsh, "This, if a contract is not performed on time, it will be regarded as a breach of contract?" ”

"Sir," Lai Xiaohu said as he stood up and raised his voice, "You know that the world is unpredictable? What if the plane carrying vegetables crashes on the way? ”

"We can write this situation in the contract, and the cause of the accident is not a breach of contract." Milhouse added on the sidelines for Thompson Sr.

"Still no," Lai Xiaohu still felt unsafe, "What if my vegetables don't work for the time being?" Is it quite possible that a contract or two will not be delivered on time? Am I going to pay you $300 million in liquidated damages? So, sir, I think it's important to increase the number from one to more than six. ”

"No," said old Thompson, refused, "it would be unfair to me that you could cut off the vegetables that should have been supplied to me in partnership with someone else under the conditions permitted by the contract." ”

"That's three times, it can't be any lower than this." Lai Xiaohu said.

"Twice, I think six days is enough time for you to transfer the goods and deal with other emergencies, and if you don't ship the goods to me once in six days, it can only mean that you are deliberately trying to tear up the contract." What old Thompson said directly made Lai Xiaohu lose the possibility of bargaining again.

Finally, at the request of Thompson Sr., the time for the determination of default on this point was set at six days, whichever would have taken place on the two supplies of goods.

After the two parties signed the contract on it, the contract came into effect on the same day, and Lai Xiaohu had to let the domestic people deliver the first batch of vegetables within three days.

When the two sides signed the contract, Lai Xiaohu saw Thompson's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, but after being glared at by old Thompson, he didn't speak, Lai Xiaohu couldn't figure out what was going on, but it was due to the discordant relationship between the two fathers and sons, and he didn't think about anything else.

But after the elder Thompson and Milhouse left, Thompson finally couldn't help but say, "Little Tiger, I think there is something wrong with this contract?" ”

Lai Xiaohu was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" ”

"I don't know," Thompson said with his head in his hands, feeling down, "I just feel that this is not my father's style, he has never signed such a large contract in such a short period of time, it is not in line with his style of calculating." ”

Thompson's words didn't have any effect except that it made Lai Xiaohu suspicious, because not to mention that Lai Xiaohu didn't find any problems after reading the contract again, and even if he found out, it was too late.

"Maybe I shouldn't have asked you to come to the United States." Finally, Thompson said with a little apologies.

"It's alright, maybe your father has changed?" On the contrary, Lai Xiaohu optimistically persuaded Thompson, and after reading it again, he still didn't find a problem, and he did blame Thompson for his father's bad impression in the past.

After signing the contract, Lai Xiaohu was much easier, the most important task of coming to the United States had been completed, and he had already called Yang Fengze in China and asked him to start preparing for air transportation according to the supply volume on the contract.

It's been three days since he arrived in Los Angeles, but Lai Xiaohu hasn't left the Carlston Hotel yet, and he has been in the hotel for the past few days to observe Carlston's business or negotiate a contract with Thompson Sr.

Now that all the business has been done, Lai Xiaohu's business visa still has more than a month to go, since it is not easy to come here, how can you not have a good time here?

Los Angeles, the city of angels, the second largest city in the United States, and the entertainment capital of the world, exudes its own unique charm everywhere. For Los Angeles, Lai Xiaohu has also been longing for a long time before.

The next day, Lai Xiaohu was taken by Thompson to embark on a grand plan to travel around Los Angeles City.

First of all, he went to Hollywood, which is the most famous in China, and if it weren't for Hollywood, maybe Los Angeles wouldn't be so famous in China.

This beautiful place was only a small house in the 19th century, but now it has become the birthplace of global fashion, the heart of the global music and film industries, and is home to some of the world's top entertainment and luxury brands.

In one day in Hollywood, Lai Xiaohu saw countless film and television giants whose names he could only see in movies, such as DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Sony, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and other film giants, as well as top record companies like RCAJIV.EInterscopeRecords, which also made Lai Xiaohu take countless photos as souvenirs.

Although it is impossible for Lai Xiaohu to enter these companies, it is a great satisfaction for a movie fan to just look at these names that can only be seen on the screen outside.

Lai Xiaohu went to Hollywood's Walk of Fame, went to the Wild Theater, patronized the most famous Frederick's in the United States, and played the Sunset Stage.

Even a physically energetic person like Lai Xiaohu couldn't bear it after a whole day, and Thompson was already too tired to walk, and he said that he wouldn't accompany Lai Xiaohu the next day.

However, the next day, Lai Xiaohu was unable to continue his grand plan to travel around Los Angeles, because Yang Fengze called and told him a very bad thing.

That is, his two stores in Jincheng and more than 300 acres of farmland in Hezhuang were all smashed, "How can this be?" What's going on? Listening to the cries of several girls on the other side of the phone, Lai Xiaohu asked anxiously, and even cold sweat had begun to break out on his forehead.

This news is too shocking for Lai Xiaohu, and the more critical thing is that the first time he heard the news, he suddenly thought of the $300 million liquidated damages in the contract he signed with Thompson Sr. the day before yesterday.

He now finally knew something was wrong.