Chapter 209: The Great Challenge
Since Mi Cai asked, I didn't plan to hide it, but I chose to use a tactful way and said, "When I saw you and Weiran were together, I felt that you should have something serious, so I didn't disturb you."
Mi Cai leaned on my shoulder again, but with a little apology, she said, "Yesterday was Weiran's birthday. He held a birthday party. I originally planned to call you together, but..."
"But I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to that jewelry occasion."
Mi Cai did not respond to me positively, but asked me: "Do you really dislike Weiran being with me?"
"I'm sure I mind, but you're just friends, are you?"
Mi Cai nodded and said, "Well, my boyfriend is you."
I stroked her hair and whispered in her ear: "Forget the unhappiness these days, let's be together well, no one will do it, okay?"
Mi Cai nodded and echoed: "Go together well, no one will do it!"
I opened my arms, hugged her in my arms, and asked with concern: "Does your lower abdomen still hurt?"
“A little bit.”
"Go back and cook some brown sugar water for you."
"Um."
We left the bench on the street, but Micai stopped and grabbed my hand.
"What's wrong?"
"You carry me."
I smiled, then bent down for her. Mi Cai lay on my back. I held her up and walked towards her car along the reflection under the street light. At this moment, the long-lost sense of happiness finally occupied my heart again. I guess Mi Cai was as happy as I am now.
Back in the old house, I cooked brown sugar water for Micai. She slept in the corner of the sofa and placed her legs on my legs, sharing some interesting things with me until late at night, until she slept in my arms with tiredness.
I gently carried her into the room, covered her with a quilt, stared at her for a long time, and couldn't help but kiss her beautiful face. I felt like I was like this day after day, year after year, and then accidentally, the two of them grew old without worry...
If I still have desires in my life, this is what I long for the most.
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Time moved forward for another three days. During these three days, I temporarily bid farewell to all the previous unhappiness and devoted myself to the upcoming negotiations with Jinding Real Estate. In order to understand this real estate company, I not only searched for relevant information online, but also inspected the construction status of several projects on the spot, so that I could truly know myself and the enemy during negotiations.
This afternoon, I came to Jian Wei's advertising company and partnered with a real estate planner and designer to attend the meeting. When I was about to leave, Jian Wei walked out of the general manager's office with her handbag and called me to stop.
I looked at her in confusion, thinking she had something else to explain.
But she smiled and said to me, "I'll go with you to see your style in the negotiations."
I immediately refused and said, "Don't, I'm not going to fight wolves. So many people in the past will leave our first impression of being unconfident to our customers."
"I don't think so. On the contrary, when I went there myself, it would show our company's emphasis on this project, right?"
In front of so many employees of Jian Wei, I couldn't help but give her a step forward. Finally nodded and said, "Then I'll bother Mr. Jian."
Jian Wei smiled confidently, then put on her sunglasses, and walked towards the exit of the company in front of everyone with great momentum.
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The group rode Jian Wei's Cadillac cts to Jinding Real Estate. First, the account manager of Jinding Real Estate received us, and then met with the director of their planning department.
The director of the planning department seems to know Jian Wei, and he is very friendly to call Jian Wei "General Jian"
Jian Wei smiled and said to us: "This is Director Wang of Jinding Real Estate Planning Department."
We greeted him one by one, and Jian Wei then introduced us to him, and then everyone sat down one by one.
Jian Wei whispered in my ear and said, "I have had a few meals with Director Wang before, so I have the opportunity to have this interview. He is still very strict, but I hope you can maintain a good attitude later, adapt to the situation, and complete this meeting."
I nodded, and then Jian Wei introduced me to Director Wang again and said that I was in full responsibility for the upcoming talks.
I calmed down and quickly relaxed myself. After I said to Director Wang with a smile in the workplace, "Hello, Director Wang, first of all, I would like to express my sincere willingness to cooperate with Jinding Real Estate on behalf of Simei Advertising. At the same time, I wish several projects under construction of your company can achieve prosperous sales results."
Director Wang smiled and asked, "Tell me, what are the projects under construction of our Jinding Real Estate?"
I said the names of several projects under construction without any haste.
Director Wang nodded and said to me, "Then talk about your personal views on these projects under construction."
I quickly recalled the understanding of several projects before coming in my mind, and still calmly expressed some of my views to Director Wang.
After listening to my narrative, Director Wang nodded, but his expression suddenly became serious and said to me: "This year, we Jinding Real Estate has 3 projects in Suzhou. The advertising budget given on it is 5 million. This is a very attractive business for any advertising company, but it is not that simple to get our business. I think you should have learned before that our company once had an open bid, but none of the advertising companies that came to bid were spared all of them. So, this time you must give me a reason to fully choose your Simei advertising."
I was shocked, because the amount of advertising investment I had previously estimated was in the range of 1 million to 2 million, but I didn’t expect it to be a horrifying 5 million. I think Jian Wei is really courageous, or it can be said that she is ignorant. Such a huge advertising business can support a small and medium-sized advertising company in a single transaction, so I don’t dare to imagine that it is not as strong as possible. How strong can Jian Wei, a newly established advertising company, have?
I felt pressure and even ignored the fact that if I could negotiate this business, I could get a reward of 500,000.
Director Wang didn't give me any room to think, and said to me with a very oppressive feeling: "Don't mention to me how many top planners and designers your company has. Those who participated in the bidding have basically met the standards of a level 4a advertising company. The most important thing is top planners."
After Director Wang finished speaking, even the planning and design with me showed signs of at a loss, let alone the person who communicated directly with him. At this moment, I can conclude that Director Wang has mastered the negotiation routines of the advertising company. If I follow the regular negotiation procedures at this time, I will definitely fail.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Jian Wei inadvertently, and even her face showed a nervous look. I believe that at this moment, she would be the one who was responsible for the negotiations, and would be completely disrupted by Director Wang's method of not playing according to the routine.
I tried my best to calm myself down and quickly thought about what unique advantages Jian Wei's Simei Advertising has that other advertising companies do not have, but the result made me more and more panic because I didn't think of that unique advantage, but I thought about the disadvantages a lot.
I know that there will only be one opportunity like this. If I can't seize this time, I will not be able to make up for it in the future. So I forcibly overcome my tension and try to win a little time for myself to think.
I smiled and said to Director Wang very frankly: "Director Wang, to be honest, I am very nervous now because your understanding of the advertising industry has completely disrupted my negotiation ideas. Our company does not have any obvious advantages or even more disadvantages than other advertising companies, but there is one thing that other advertising companies do not have."
Director Wang seemed to enjoy my sentence "Because you understand the advertising industry", he smiled and kept his patience and said to me: "What is the advantage? Tell me."
At this moment, I was not sure what advantages I had. The reason I said so was that I just wanted to buy time for myself to think, so I said to Director Wang again: "I want to take the liberty of smoking a cigarette, okay?"
Director Wang nodded and made a gesture of asking for help: "It's understandable, you can smoke it."
I took out a box of Zhongnanhai from my pocket, but Director Wang made another gesture of picking up cigarettes and signaled me to give him one too.
I took one and handed it to him, lit it for him. He took a sip and said, "I have been in Beijing for a while before, and I smoked this cigarette, and I missed it very much."
I nodded, pulled out another one for myself, and took advantage of the smoking space to quickly think about the unique advantage in my brain again. Rather than thinking, it is more fictional, because the so-called unique advantage does not exist at all, but I still want to make this last try.
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Chapter completed!