C137 half-year development period (1/2)
Just when I was worried that I might not be able to get out today, a group of orderly Footsteps suddenly sounded out from the crowd in the distance. A group of men wearing the Office of Information Supervision's black suit and work clothes walked in from the hotel lobby's entrance. Upon entering, the group of people were like a shark swimming through a sea of people. The reporters were all stopped by their sides.
The staff of the black suits had used a wall of people to block the crazy reporters, and they had opened a path between the hotel door and the stairwell where I stood; it was led by a man of about thirty, with square metal eyes and a twenty-eight percent haircut, who gave the impression of being very traditional and decent.
”You are Jiang Xiaofo, Mr. Jiang?” The man looked at me with a smile. His words were slightly respectful, but it didn't lose any of his status. It gave people a feeling that he was of a very high quality.
”Un, I am, you are from the Cheng Lao?” I asked, guessing.
My name is Ji Zhonghua, I am the secretary and assistant to the person in charge of the Office of Information Supervision, Supervisor Cheng; it's fine if you call me Secretary Ji, but also if you call me Assistant Ji. This morning, the Cheng Lao had told me that you wanted to come, and knew that it would be hard for a famous person to take a single step forward. Ji Zhonghua introduced himself and explained his intentions. His actions and words were capable and generous, with a bit of the heroic attitude of a Cheng Lao.
I modestly waved my hand and replied, ”I can't be considered famous. I've only done a few things for the industry. Since I've already prepared the items, I'll have to trouble Secretary Ji to bring us there.”
”Please.” The Secretary Ji smiled, turned, pointed at the entrance of the hotel and said politely.
”Please.” I politely returned the invitation and walked to the entrance of the hotel together with him. Along the way, the reporters were frantically patting the short guns in their hands. Not only that, the reporters weren't willing to let me off, either.
One by one, they yelled in my ear, asking similar questions. Weiwei and I just smiled and didn't answer any questions. We walked out of the hotel and got into the car, then drove straight to Office of Information Supervision. When we got there, the Cheng Lao had already been waiting there for a while.
I passed the USB to the Cheng Lao and smiled: ”Cheng Lao, this is for you. This is a fine protective umbrella security program, but you have to wait until after you officially come online. I have already started preparing to find a place to work as a backstage so that I can monitor the situation of the security program in real time.”
”Alright.” Cheng Lao nodded his head in satisfaction, then handed the USB that I handed over to Secretary Ji who was standing to the side. He said: ”You can hand it over to Technical Department first, as for when you're going to officially come online, you can come and face Little Buddha.”
”Yes.” Secretary Ji replied, then turned and walked down.
”Little Buddha, come, sit down.” The Cheng Lao patted my shoulder, and invited Lin Weiwei and I to sit down on the sofa. The moment he sat down, he smiled at me and said, ”I'm just a talker. I like your personality. If you have anything to say, then just say it.” According to the rules of the Office of Information Supervision, to quote the security program, one would need to pay the normal market price to purchase it, so I can give you the price to purchase your protective umbrella security program. ”
While saying that, Cheng Lao raised three of his fingers in front of me.
”Thirty thousand?” Lin Weiwei sat on the side as she asked puzzledly.
If it's thirty thousand, then it's fine, because it's impossible for the security program to buy one set alone. All the places that I need are considered as one set, and I can make a lot of money by selling it at this price to other businesses that need it.
But Cheng Lao shook his head, raising three of his fingers to look at Lin Weiwei and me, ”Three thousand.”
”What, only three thousand?!” Lin Weiwei lost her voice, and she immediately realized that she had been rude, and lowered her head.
Not to mention Lin Weiwei, even I was a little surprised. Three thousand? You must know that previously, when I planted this security program in the treasured mother and child company's protective website, the reward was two hundred thousand. Right now, if I were to take out fifty thousand yuan or higher, there will be a business that will buy it.
Cheng Lao himself might have realized that the price was too low, he lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, muttering to himself: ”About that, there is no room for growth in terms of price, after all our Office of Information Supervision is not like a business, we are not interested in profit, so we are rather tight on assets, and everything can only be done according to the lowest market price. I know that three thousand gold coins is indeed a bit inappropriate for your product set …”
”It's fine. 3000 is fine.” I smiled and interrupted Cheng Lao's somewhat awkward explanation.
The moment I said that, both Cheng Lao and Lin Weiwei looked at me with astonished eyes. Cheng Lao who always gave others a stable feeling couldn't help but ask, ”Eh, don't you feel like you've suffered a loss?”
”I do the technical work, all the costs are my own; whether I suffer or not is up to me. Cheng Lao giving me a name is more effective than giving me a few million, I, Jiang Xiaofo, cannot help but understand. That's why I followed Cheng Lao's arrangements. Three thousand sets. ” I replied with a smile.
Hearing my words, Cheng Lao heaved a sigh of relief, the smile on his face became even wider, and he nodded at me in satisfaction, laughing: ”Alright, alright, alright, honestly, I feel sorry for the price discrimination, but I didn't expect you to be such an ungreedy person, this is different from the merchants I know, in a while you can go to our purchasing department, and take over the procurement work, we will order 100 sets, 300,000 sets, and if necessary later, we will add more orders.”