Chapter 410 A Check (1/2)
Chapter 410: A Check
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Faced with Kellan’s doubt, Li Du was not bothered in the slightest. He smiled, ”It’s simple. I can pay you a deposit. Because my goal is your storage company, I don’t want it to get into trouble.”
The police officer whispered to Kellan, ”Bro, I don’t see a problem. He really does want to take over your company.”
Kellan asked, ”You sure?”
”Of course,” replied the police officer. ”I’ve seen a lot of d*mned criminals and I’ve been trained in various interrogation techniques. This Chinaman is telling the truth.”
Kellan nodded. He didn’t trust Li Du but he trusted the American dollar. As long as Li Du was willing to pay a deposit, he would be willing to return the ill-gotten money.
He cleared his throat said, ”Okay, I believe you, Li. Let’s talk about the deposit, how much do you think it should be?”
Li Du asked, ”What do you say?”
Kellan took a sip of the beer and said, ”How about 40,000 dollars? You’ve seen it for yourself, the area of my company is not small—it is at least worth 400,000 dollars. A deposit of only 40,000 dollars is already very little.”
Li Du smiled contemptuously. This man is really greedy! So he thinks he can just ask for any price he wants?
Although a 10 percent deposit sounded reasonable, this shabby company was not worth 400,000 dollars. It was not like there was an oil field or a coal mine underneath it.
Li Du shook his head. ”No, this price is too high. I’ll offer 20,000 dollars, it’s just a deposit.”
”Yes, it’s just a deposit. If the deal goes through later on, this sum of money will go towards your payment anyway—40,000 dollars doesn’t affect anything,” Kellan used an enticing tone to persuade Li. ”I’m a forthright man. I like to do business with forthright people...”
Li Du refused for a second time and shouted for Hans to come back into the office so he could take over the negotiation on the price. In this regard he could not agree with Kellan.
Hans was a negotiation expert and haggling for prices was his forte. The final outcome was 25,000 dollars.
Kellan waited to receive the money while Li Du glanced at Hans meaningfully, then said, ”Write a check for Mr. Pratt.”
Kellan raised his hands after hearing this. ”Wait a minute, both of you—you said a check?”
Check transactions were common in the United States, but it was only common in major cities. It was rare to see people dealing in checks in remote and rural areas, especially in a small town like Derta, where there was only one bank in town. People there hardly used checks. Not only that, the people there actually engaged in barter trade as well. Many towns in northern and western Arizona were like that.
Despite the fact that major cities used checks frequently in their business dealings, most of them only used checks when they were familiar with each other. It was risky to accept checks for people dealing with each other for the first time.
After all, checks were riskier as they were more prone to fraud than cash. Even if the check was valid, there might also be certain restrictions imposed upon cashing in, and one might end up ultimately not being able to receive the money.
Li Du nodded his head as he listened to Kellan’s query. ”Yeah, a check. You can’t expect us to carry so much cash with us, right?”
The corners of Kellan’s mouth had turned down. ”How about an electronic funds transfer?”
Li Du took out his Nokia phone and showed it to Kellan. ”Sorry pal. My phone’s malfunctioned and unable to install any applications right now. I can’t use electronic funds transfer.”
Kellan said, ”I have a computer here.”
Li shook his head again. ”Let me be frank with you, I do not trust the Internet. I will not access my bank account via the Internet. What if my account information got stolen by hackers?”
”Yeah,” Hans said, ”the d*mn banks won’t compensate you for the loss. They might even collude with the hackers to get our money. These b*st*rd capitalists are black-hearted!”
”How can it be?” said Kellan in disbelief. ”Electronic fund transfers are very safe.”