Chapter 424: Chapter 254: Return the Favor
"Well, since you’ve already planned, we have no issues here!"
After all, when it comes to company interests, Old Zhao is no saint, and an order ready to be signed won’t be turned away.
"However, everything else is fine, but there’s one question you need to address! My business manager has been diligently following up on these dozen agent orders for quite a while. You need to give the normal sales commission!" Qiu Peilin said straightforwardly without disguise.
"Alright, how many points? I’ll deduct that later!" Zhao Bingguang nodded in agreement.
"Three points of the total order amount!"
"Fine!"
Just like that, Old Zhao and Qiu Peilin quickly finalized the related details, and Zhang Yang’s team gained more than a dozen agent client orders at no extra cost, just needing to pay a three percent deduction to salespeople.
The following matters became much smoother; they found a few people to negotiate the contracts with the agents brought by Qiu Peilin, and in less than an hour, they successfully completed the new contracts.
After Qiu Peilin left, Zhang Yang was still in a somewhat dazed and complex state.
Zhang Yang had seen many talented individuals and many bold businessmen, but a man like Qiu Peilin with such a working style was truly rare.
Zhang Yang’s temperament was quite interesting; he didn’t like taking advantage of others or being taken advantage of himself. In the mix of society, encountering such an outstanding individual inevitably stirred a sense of akin admiration in Zhang Yang.
"Brothers, when the bird’s big, there are all kinds of forests! Today, this boss Qiu broadened my horizons! He’s impeccable in doing business and being a person!" Zhang Yang expressed his thoughts in the live stream.
[If there’s a mistake, admit it; if there’s a problem, fix it; if there’s responsibility, bear it. His conduct indeed stands out!]
[I also have a good impression of this boss Qiu; such a person has vision!]
[Yang bro, do you have other thoughts? Your tone sounds a bit off!]
Zhang Yang grinned without responding to the stream viewers’ questions, but in his mind, he quietly harbored an immature plan.
Time passed quickly; the pavilion closed at four-thirty in the afternoon. Before closing, the business in Zhang Yang’s exhibition hall was very hectic, and even when it was time to clear the venue, there were still many potential agents who hadn’t completed the contract signing.
These matters were followed up by subsequent salespeople, and Zhang Yang simply greeted the stream viewers and then exited today’s live broadcast.
After the stream, Old Zhao was elated, clearly in a splendid mood.
"Tsk tsk tsk, guess how many we signed today?" Old Zhao asked joyfully.
Zhang Yang scratched his head: "A hundred?"
"Sixty-three ten-thousand-level city-level general agents, and fifty-two ordinary small agents with a three-thousand threshold! And quite a few intentions haven’t been signed yet!"
"Whoa, so many!" Hearing these numbers, Zhang Yang couldn’t help but curse in awe.
Calculating based on threshold amounts, the general agent fees exceeded seven million, even if no orders were signed in the following two days of the exhibition, these orders were enough to qualify and even rate exceptionally.
"The advertising effect from social media here has been excellent; I feel there should be another wave in the next two days!"
"Then continue signing! By the way, there’s something I want to seek your opinion on!" Zhang Yang, hearing so many orders were signed, felt delighted and at the same time voiced his consideration that had been held for a few hours.
"What matter?"
"We have so many new agents, and the basic order volume is definitely not small! How about we reciprocate and give some label orders to Qiu Peilin?" Zhang Yang uncharacteristically asked Old Zhao using a tone seeking advice.
From a business logic standpoint, Zhang Yang owed Qiu Peilin nothing, but from a personal sentiment standpoint, Zhang Yang quite wanted to make a friend of him.
"You, your reaction is still this quick! I hadn’t thought of this matter at all! I also quite like President Qiu’s style of doing things; cooperating with him is definitely better than someone like Liu Dexing!" Zhao Bingguang quickly expressed his stance.
"Then mention it to him later?"
"Hmm, I kept his phone number. I’ll call him about this once we return to the residence! The way people perform their work has attitude, we are no less proficient!"
"Alright!"
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On the other side, Qiu Peilin, who had already exited the exhibition early, was already taking his team to dismantle the exhibition materials and load them into the truck.
When he decided to exit the exhibition, Qiu Peilin had already foreseen the major loss he would suffer this time.
By checking out and driving back that afternoon, he could save on the food and lodging expenses for the next two days; after all, the team of a dozen people isn’t a small amount of expenditure.
Seeing Qiu Peilin and Zhang Yang’s way of doing things might give people a misconception of being financially secure; but in reality, Qiu Peilin did not have much spare cash in hand.
Just buying the series of drawings and part of the sample inventory for the Black Pit fishing rod cost Qiu Peilin nearly two hundred thousand, plus the exhibition hall usage fee of several thousand, total losses exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand, while indirect losses were difficult to calculate.
There wasn’t much remaining on the company’s account!
"Boss, what should we do next? There’s not much money left on the company’s accounts!" On the way back, the finance officer Xiao Li in the same car quietly asked his boss.
Qiu Peilin frowned tightly: "I’ll find a way with the money! As long as we locate Liu Dexing, most of our losses can be resolved!"
Although said so, fixing things isn’t so easy; whether it’s going through litigation or chasing debts, it can’t be completed in a short span, often stretching over several years. By the time the court actually settles, it might already be too late.
Just as a tense atmosphere settled in the car and everyone was relatively silent, Qiu Peilin’s phone rang.
He took out his phone and glanced at the caller ID, realizing it was Zhao Bingguang calling, and quickly answered.
"Hello! President Zhao, anything you need me for?" Qiu Peilin asked neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"President Qiu, while you were exiting the exhibition, I took a stroll through your exhibition hall. Did your company directly exit the exhibition?" Zhao Bingguang asked.
"Indeed! Since the business was handed over, there’s obviously no need to remain at the exhibition. Leaving early saves some expenses!"
"Where are you now? We may not have met directly, but how about having a drink together? We could chat about collaboration as well?"
"We are out of the city and on the highway now; having a drink might not be feasible. But you want to discuss collaboration? What kind of collaboration?"
"OEM production! I admired the way you handled things, and I want to make a friend of you! Breach resolution takes time, and your company has such a large team; orders are still needed to sustain! Our orders could go to anyone, so how about helping out?"
From the conversation, it’s clear to see Old Zhao’s sincerity and the wisdom of a mature middle-aged man. Even though it’s a gesture of help to the other party, using the phrasing of ’helping out’ made it instantly difficult for Qiu Peilin to refuse!