He didn't mention that it was Liu Yifeng's idea, but rather his own, as he didn't want his boss to think that Liu Yifeng's refusal was out of ulterior motives.
However, having interacted with Liu Yifeng for so long, he understood his character well.
But the boss, not having interacted with him, might overthink things.
Tan Jiming listened and remained silent for a while.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, "He made such a great sacrifice for our hotel; it's only right that we help him.
How about this, tomorrow you can arrange for him to meet me, and we can talk things over in person."
His carving factory had nearly twenty subsidiaries, and the demand for cutting machine tools was quite substantial.
Although he had machine tool companies he cooperated with, they were not very stable.
Some had prices too high for him to accept, while others had quality issues, so he hadn't established long-term partnerships.
However, he indeed hadn't cooperated with Wuji Machine Tools.
People from this company had previously wanted to meet him to discuss cooperation, but he had refused them all.
This was simply because he had just introduced a new batch of machine tools and had no immediate plans to cooperate with other companies.
But for Liu Yifeng's sake, he might be willing to give it a try.
If the price and quality were acceptable, they could start by cooperating and see how it went, as a way to thank Liu Yifeng for the help he brought to their hotel.
Moreover, the young man Liu Yifeng was someone worth befriending.
Hearing his boss say this, Wan Hui was very pleased.
His biggest fear was that the boss would refuse to even meet Liu Yifeng, rejecting him outright.
If that were the case, he wouldn't have the nerve to face Liu Yifeng.
"Alright, I'll call him later. I'm sure he'll be very happy when he hears this."
"Tell him not to be too happy too soon, because I may not necessarily cooperate with the company his cousin is in. We're just going to talk for now," Tan Jiming couldn't give a definite answer yet.
Wan Hui nodded, "Okay, I understand."
Regardless, the fact that the boss was willing to meet offered some hope, and he would at least have an explanation for Liu Yifeng.
Leaving the chairman's office, Wan Hui eagerly shared the good news with Liu Yifeng.
Liu Yifeng was just about to take Tongtong's painting to the courier station in town to mail it out.
He then heard the good news and happily thanked him repeatedly, "Manager Wan, I don't know how to thank you. Regardless of whether this works out, I'll treat you to a drink afterward."
"Brother Liu, you're too kind. By the way, I told my boss that cooperating with your cousin was my personal idea. Don't let that slip out later."
Although Wan Hui didn't explain the reason behind it, Liu Yifeng understood what he was doing and immediately nodded, "Manager Wan is truly considerate. If you had said it was my idea, your boss might have been suspicious. When it comes to dealing with people, I'm still far behind you."
Seeing Liu Yifeng flattering him, Wan Hui laughed heartily, "Brother Liu, you flatter me. I'm more than ten years older than you, and I've been working with my boss for over a decade, so I understand him to some extent.
Then it's settled. I'll be waiting for you at Longteng Hotel tomorrow evening at 6:30."
"Alright, see you then!
Oh, and how much vegetables do you need for tomorrow? I need to prepare in advance, otherwise, there won't be enough time," Liu Yifeng asked.
"Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot such an important matter if you hadn't reminded me.
It will be the same as yesterday, with payment due weekly. I've already had the finance department calculate it. I'll send you the statement on QQ shortly. Once you confirm it's correct, I'll immediately transfer the money to your account," Wan Hui said.
Liu Yifeng nodded, "Okay, thank you for the trouble." With that, Liu Yifeng hung up the phone.
Afterward, he drove his van to town and mailed out the paintings one by one according to the shipping address provided by Tongtong.
Just then, Wan Hui's phone rang again. He then remembered what Wan Hui had said earlier and immediately apologized, "Manager Wan, I'm so sorry, I was busy and forgot. I'll check the message you sent me right now."
After hanging up, he immediately opened QQ and clicked on the settlement statement prepared by the finance department.
This week, he had sold a total of 13,000 catties of vegetables, all priced at twelve yuan per catty.
The quantity was correct, but he couldn't calculate the total price mentally, as he wasn't as gifted as Tongtong.
He then exited the QQ webpage and opened the calculator to compute it.
The total came to 156,000, which matched the figure in the image. He then sent an "ok" gesture to Wan Hui on QQ.
Wan Hui immediately returned an "ok" to him, and the money would likely be in his account shortly.
Liu Yifeng wasn't worried about this at all. After closing the chat window with Wan Hui, he replied to other messages.
In their era, the way to chat online was through QQ. However, he had registered for QQ quite late, and his account level was only three moons.
Unlike some who already had two suns, and some even three suns.
Because using mobile data was expensive, he generally didn't keep QQ online unless necessary, and only logged in when he had something to do, which slowed down his account leveling.
However, Liu Yifeng wasn't concerned about leveling up; he just wanted the convenience of communication.
He used QQ to keep in touch with his high school and university classmates.
It was just that they rarely contacted each other.
While Liu Yifeng was replying to QQ messages, he received a notification that the money had been deposited.
This money wasn't all his; Du Ziheng was entitled to 1.5 yuan per catty, which added up to 19,500.
He had easily earned nearly twenty thousand yuan, but Liu Yifeng had no objections.
After all, it was he who had recommended him to Longteng Hotel. Otherwise, his vegetables would only have been recommended to smaller restaurants, and no matter how good the taste, they wouldn't have been able to offer such a high price.
After all, the consumer base was ordinary customers, and their spending had to be within their financial means.
It was like skincare products costing over a hundred thousand yuan per set; everyone knew they were effective, but people couldn't afford them.
Therefore, even if his vegetables were delicious and nutritious, if they were sold at too high a price, who would be willing to eat them daily? Trying them once or twice a month would be the most.
But Longteng Hotel was different. The patrons there didn't care about the price; they only focused on nutrition and taste, which was why his vegetables were so popular.
Therefore, this money was rightfully Du Ziheng's.
He then used his mobile banking to transfer the money to Du Ziheng and sent him a message to inform him, otherwise, he wouldn't know who was sending him money.
At 5:30 PM, Liu Kaichen had already finished work. By now, he still hadn't received a call from Liu Yifeng.
This made him anxious, and he wanted to call and ask, but he was afraid that Liu Yifeng would feel he was being too pushy and get upset.
In the end, he held back and decided to wait for Yifeng to contact him.
Regardless of whether he could cooperate with Chairman Zhou today, it was likely that the cooperation would fall through.
As for why Liu Yifeng hadn't called, it was because the matter wasn't settled yet. General Manager Tan had only agreed to meet him.
Whether they could cooperate still depended on the capabilities of Wuji Machine Tools.