Chapter VIII Contract Negotiation
"Dalu, how could you negotiate a contract like this!"
When Jiang Dongliu saw Guo Dalu's eyebrows rising, he started to swear. He knew that the boy was impatient and hurriedly comforted Guo Dalu, "When you talk about things, you have to go back and forth. You ask for a price everywhere, and I will pay the money on the spot, so that the negotiation can continue. How can you kill me by chewing it at a price?"
Guo Dalu frowned and said, "Dry bird feathers! Lao Jiang, I found that you are not a good thing either!"
He took out a box of cigarettes and took out two and threw them to Jiang Dongliu and He Chunsheng, "This book will definitely be very popular!"
Guo Dalu looked confident, "I have never read such a good martial arts novel as I have written!"
He laughed and said, "Have you heard of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? Hum? Have you heard of the dog-beating stick method? Hum? Have you heard of the Beggars' Sect? Hum?"
"I can now say responsibly that once my book is released, it will be an extremely hot scene!"
Jiang Dongliu: "...can I understand this as your bragging?"
Guo Dalu said: "Is this called bragging? Is this called self-confidence good?"
He Chunsheng interrupted: "Mr. Guo, people can be confident, but they cannot be expanded! Confidence makes people successful, but expansion may make people unable to recognize reality!"
Guo Dalu glared and said, "I can say with certainty now that the Sajia has always been very confident!"
Jiang Dongliu nodded quickly and agreed, "Yes, yes, Dalu is an extremely confident person, especially when selling pork, you can cut out as many pounds as you want. With one knife, you won't miss one or two!"
While he was talking, he raised his foot and kicked He Chunsheng, lowered his head and whispered: "What did you know about him? This kid has a very bad temper. Do you think Guo Dapao was just calling me for nothing?"
He Chunsheng thought it was true, he was here to negotiate a contract, so why should he argue with others?
He thought for a while, "It must be annoyed by this guy!"
He Chunsheng has always regarded himself as a literati and pays great attention to every word and action. His friends he makes are all from the cultural circle and rarely comes into contact with rough men like Guo Dalu.
He has always adhered to the saying "Whether a person succeeds, you can see from the friends he dates", so few friends who live at the bottom of society are also extremely unbearable for Guo Dalu's rude behavior in front of him.
He swears at all times. Is this still a cultural person?
After hearing Jiang Dongliu's words, he made up his mind to never speak without authorization and hand over all the negotiations to Jiang Dongliu for full handling.
While He Chunsheng was watching coldly, Jiang Dongliu fought for several times in the courtyard, but Guo Dalu always insisted on a twelve-point royalty and did not give in at least a point.
In the end, Jiang Dongliu had to call the president. It seemed that after the president threw a cup, Jiang Dongliu agreed to the conditions proposed by Guo Dalu with sweat on his face.
When the contract was finally signed, Jiang Dongliu kept complaining, "Dalu, you kid bite too hard, you don't give in at all! You have to know that our publishing house is desperate to take your book, and the publicity fee, printing fee, manuscript fee, etc. are all giving the green light to your novel."
He said to Guo Dalu: "If your book becomes popular, everything will be easy. If it is not popular, I am afraid our publishing house will fall into a big frustration this time!"
Guo Dalu waved his hand, "Lao Jiang, just look at you! Go back and buy some braces and put them on."
Jiang Dongliuling said: "What are you doing when buying braces?"
Guo Dalu said: "Don't make too much money by then, and you'll be happy!"
"Hey! You guy!"
Jiang Dongliu laughed loudly and looked frowning, "I hope you will be blessed, I hope you will be as you said!"
Seeing that the two of them put away the contract and stood up to leave, Guo Dalu hurriedly kept someone, "Lao Jiang, Teacher He, we have settled this deal, do we have to have a meal to celebrate? Don't rush to leave! Try our home-cooked dishes from our old Guo family!"
Jiang Dongliu smiled and said, "That's so sorry. Besides, we are busy with work and we have to hurry to report to the president!"
Guo Dalu said: "Why are you in a hurry to go back? You have to wait in the office when you go back early, so how can you feel comfortable having dinner with me?"
Jiang Dongliu, He Chunsheng thought it was right, it was true. This was true. The two looked at each other and sat down slowly when they stood up.
Guo Dalu rolled up his arms and sleeves and put a vegetable basket on the stone table, "Come on, two teachers, let's eat fried beans today, but we have to break these beans first..."
Jiang Dongliu and the others couldn't smile bitterly. Are you treating someone to dinner or working?
However, although the two felt funny, Guo Dalu's atmosphere of not treating the two as outsiders and pulling them to choose vegetables and chat together makes the two feel very warm, and the feeling of heaviness and mission when eating in a big restaurant is missing.
In the large yard on the outskirts of Guo Dalu, the two of them relaxed in waves, put aside all intrigues, and chose vegetables with Guo Dalu, washed dishes and chopsticks together in front of the water pressing well, and waited for Wang Chunmei to prepare the food and brought it to the stone table in the yard. All of this was so warm and natural. This feeling was probably only encountered by farmers like Guo Dalu in modern society where the pace of life was getting faster.
The dishes are fried in farmhouses, with five dishes, which are not luxurious but taste delicious.
The staple food is big steamed buns, and large steamed buns the size of a sea bowl are stacked in bamboo baskets and placed on the stone table.
Finally, there is a large bowl of soup for each person, and a large sea bowl of blue and white porcelain, which can almost keep up with the size of a human head.
Jiang Dongliu, He Chunsheng had never seen such a heroic way of eating. Seeing that Guo Dalu's belly was like a bottomless pit, steamed buns the size of a sea bowl were thrown into his throat without even a sound, he was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking.
The two of them had already eaten a steamed bun, but Guo Dalu and the others wiped out half of the frame, but the rest were all swept away by Guo Kaishan.
Jiang Dongliu and the others looked at the appearance of Guo’s father and son, and they were really like seeing the gods.
Jiang Dongliu murmured: "There is an ancient saying that in ancient times, there were generals who ate half a sheep a day and ate ten dou of rice. I thought it was an exaggeration of old friends. Today I realized that there are such people who can eat in reality!"
Guo Dalu laughed and said, "Modern people eat less, because they have too much oil and water, so they naturally eat less, and some of the reasons are that they have too little activity and naturally have poor appetite. This is because I have too much activity and consume too much physical strength, so I have such a big appetite."
Jiang Dongliu was skeptical, "How much consumption does this have to be enough to eat so much?"
Guo Kaishan said to the two: "The two teachers don't know. I ask this kid to do boxing three thousand times a day, stand for three incense sticks, and practice routines at night. He won't let him sleep until midnight. After a day, the consumption is really large."
The old man looked lonely when he said this, "It's because practicing boxing is so hard, so young people nowadays rarely learn martial arts!"
Only then did Jiang Dongliu realize that Guo Kaishan and his son were both practicing martial arts, and said excitedly: "I said why do Dalu Da martial arts novels be written so well? It turns out that you are still a martial arts family!"
Guo Kaishan shook his head and refused to admit it, "We are slaughtering pigs and selling meat, and there is no martial arts family!"
The meal was eaten until the red sun set, and Jiang He and the others got up and left.
Chapter completed!