"Okay." Zhou Kai nodded, swiftly proceeded with a wrench and began checking the vehicle. He first looked around, then got under the car to check the pipes, and finally jumped into the driver's seat, started the car, and tested the throttle. Everything was fine. Zhou Kai came back and said, "Brother Chuan, not bad."
"Hmm." Lin Chuan nodded and said, "What about the two excavators?"
At this moment, Lu Dapao hurried back and shouted, "Brother Chuan, the excavators are also good. They've only been used for a little over four thousand hours, that's acceptable."
Lu Dapao graduated from Lanxiang, and he has a certificate for operating excavators.
The middle-aged man said with confidence, "These vehicles, although second-hand, were picked up from friends as good deals, absolutely no problems at all."
"That's good." Lin Chuan nodded, holding a cigarette, said, "It's just... about the price."
"Oh, didn't we agree on it yesterday?" The man said awkwardly, "Eight hundred thousand, not a penny less."
"Agreed." Lin Chuan nodded and said, "But, I'll pay three hundred thousand up front, and the remaining five hundred thousand within half a year. How about that?"
"No way." The man rejected immediately.
The man's refusal shocked Zhou Kai and others slightly. His decisiveness caught everyone off guard. The group turned their heads looking at Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan indifferently said, "If that won't work, then let's not talk further."
Lin Chuan turned to leave, Zhou Kai and others were dumbfounded, just like that, no more negotiations?
"What are you waiting for? Let's go." Lin Chuan waved.
"Don't... don't go." The man quickly shouted, "We can talk."
"You disagreed, so what's there to talk about?" Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Eight hundred thousand, I'll pay three hundred thousand upfront. The remaining five hundred thousand will be paid monthly. Seventy thousand for the first three months each, and one hundred thousand for the last three months each. The extra ten thousand as interest, how about that?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "What if something goes wrong, and you don't pay up?"
"No worries, the vehicles are here." Lin Chuan smiled, "If I default, you can always tow them away."
"Okay, but we need to sign an agreement between us." The man said urgently.
"Sure." Lin Chuan nodded.
The man quickly made a phone call. Soon, a lawyer hurried over.
"This is Lawyer Yang, I need him to help draft a contract for us and also to witness it," the man smiled.
"No problem." Lin Chuan nodded, he never thought of defaulting, defaulting was something Lin Chuan really couldn't do.
Soon, with Lawyer Yang's assistance, both parties drafted a contract, modifying some details and terms through negotiations. After more than two hours of disputes and concessions, both sides finally signed the contract and pressed their fingerprints.
"Pleasant cooperation." The man was overwhelmed with excitement.
"Pleasant cooperation." Lin Chuan nodded, turned to Zhou Kai and said, "Kai, give him the money."
"Oh!" Zhou Kai was a bit reluctant, he hugged his shoulder bag, but passed it over.
The man took the money and said, "Three hundred thousand, in cash?"
"You count it." Lin Chuan said.
The man glanced at it and smiled saying, "I trust you."
The man had been in business for years, and by just the feel of it he knew how much money was there, plus another verification with his eyes confirmed it was pretty much three hundred thousand. Besides, for such a large business deal, how could he not give some trust in return? Lastly, both parties shook hands and departed.
The man left with a relaxed expression, a hint of slyness flashing in his eyes.
Zhou Kai incidentally caught that slyness and skeptically said, "Brother Chuan, we haven't been tricked, have we?"
"No way." Lin Chuan shook his head, said, "We are taking the vehicles right now, Da Pao, you drive the excavators."
"Okay." Everyone immediately got busy.
The group was very excited; from now on, these transport vehicles and excavators were theirs. Even though they spent eight hundred thousand and incurred a huge debt, everyone got excited seeing these money-making tools.
Zhou Kai took some of his guys to drive the eight-wheeler, while Lu Dapao started figuring out how to take the two excavators. This guy didn't pay much attention during his time in Lanxiang, most of the knowledge he returned to his teachers, so facing these two giant machines, Lu Dapao suddenly felt like going back to school to advance his studies. However, after some exploring, Lu Dapao managed to smoothly operate the excavator, its transmission treads slowly moving.
"Great, I can finally get it started," Lu Dapao was overjoyed.
At this moment, several men in suits hurriedly walked in from outside.
"What are you doing!" The leader was a man with a strange personality, his hair segmented like rows in a vegetable garden.
Lin Chuan turned to look at him and said, "We've bought Feixiang Transport Company. Now we want to take the vehicles away."
"Nonsense," the leading man scolded, "Didn't he tell you that Feixiang Company owes us more than 30,000 in management fees that haven't been paid yet? If you want to take the vehicles, pay up first, otherwise you can't take them away."
Lin Chuan was stunned. This broken place even has a management fee? What a bizarre reason to charge.
"What management fee?" Lin Chuan grinned, "Could it be protection money?"
"If you want to think of it that way, you can," the other party smiled with a square-face and a murderous look, clearly not a good character.
However, Lin Chuan wasn't afraid and smiled, "I definitely won't pay this management fee, but I must take the vehicles away."
"You're tired of living," another man in a suit cursed, "Do you know who runs this transportation market? Let me tell you, this is Old Wu's territory. You should open your eyes wide; if you think you can leave without paying, you're just looking for trouble."
Lin Chuan scoffed disdainfully. Holding a cigarette in his mouth, at this moment, Zhou Kai and others had already gathered around.
"What, you want to fight?" the leading man snorted coldly.
At that moment, Lu Dapao drove the excavator over, roaring, "Damn, want to fight, let's go!"
After saying that, he stepped on the accelerator and maneuvered the shovel towards them. They dodged quickly. Lu Dapao simply manipulated the support shovel and performed a 360-degree large spin. This scared the group so much they retreated.
"Motherf***er," the leading man yelled furiously, "Go, get people here."
Another man in a black suit immediately ran outside, and soon, a group of about twenty gathered. These people were probably local workers, seemingly bribed by them to gather immediately when needed.
The leading man sneered, "Today, none of you will leave here."
"Brother Chuan, drive the car over them," Zhou Kai said angrily.
"Go," Lin Chuan nodded.
Subsequently, five underlings quietly stepped back, sneaking into the driver's cab, taking the keys, and started the five double rear axle vehicles. Zhou Kai was the first to burst out. At the gate, dozens of people were startled by the scene, scattering immediately. Zhou Kai hit the brakes and shouted, "Get on."
Clatter...
More than twenty people quickly climbed onto the double rear-axle vehicles, Lin Chuan got into the passenger seat. The five vehicles sped off in a puff of smoke, leaving only Lu Dapao's excavator leisurely swaying behind. Seeing this, Lu Dapao stepped on the accelerator frantically, running and shouting, "Bro, wait for me, damn it, are you really leaving me behind?"
Lu Dapao was anxious, he alone was responsible for two excavators, with one still being towed behind.
Halfway through, Zhou Kai suddenly remembered, "Brother Chuan, we still have one excavator in the warehouse."
Lin Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Let it stay there for now, Long Wu's people wouldn't dare to mess with it."
"Alright," Zhou Kai nodded.
When they returned to the factory, the spacious factory was squeezed by seven or eight vehicles, severely reducing the space. It used to be empty, but now it seemed filled. There was barely enough room to park a few more vehicles. If they removed those few old machines and hauled them away, they might free up more space, but Lin Chuan was reluctant. These large machines had been imported from abroad at great expense and selling them as scrap metal now would be a poor deal.
Everyone gathered, seven or eight vehicles lined up neatly, making everyone's blood boil with excitement.
"Damn, finally scraped together some assets," Zhou Kai excitedly looked at the transport vehicles, said, "Brother Chuan, all we need now are clients."
"Hm," Lin Chuan nodded, saying, "To get clients, we must break the monopoly of those sand tyrants. But we are not afraid of them."
"Right, we are not afraid of them," Zhou Kai nodded.
The vehicles were quietly parked in the factory, Lin Chuan gathered everyone to discuss how to find businesses. After all, having the tools to generate wealth is useless without the pathways. Lin Chuan and the others negotiated all morning until a preliminary plan was formed around noon.
Firstly, distribute flyers, initially set the prices slightly lower, definitely cheaper than the sand tyrants' rates.
After determining the initial pathway, they began to act. Zhou Kai first had people print flyers, then started distributing them in some newly constructed buildings. Normally, the chance to attract customers was around ten percent, and if fifty percent of these ten percent placed orders, it would be a considerable income.
Zhou Kai and others were busy printing and distributing flyers, also contacting some renovation companies for business. Lin Chuan was idle and bored; after lunch, Lin Chuan decided to make a trip to the City Committee. After all, he had decided to resign, so it was necessary to visit the City Committee, otherwise, he really might be criticized."
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