My American magical life
Chapter 139 - 139 52 Thank you because of you warmed all seasons

139: Chapter 52 Thank you, because of you, warmed all seasons 139: Chapter 52 Thank you, because of you, warmed all seasons “Mr.

Eris, as you know, the people from Hua Country are very wary of these gray-area businesses.”

“His implication was that I would be in charge of the liaison work, which could isolate the risks.”

Cheng Daqi’s response was watertight.

This kind of thing seems risky, everyone thinks it’s risky, but in reality, there’s hardly any risk at all.

‘The practical application of distinguishing our friends from our enemies.’

Cheng Daqi had seen through the nexus of interests, recognized the people behind the interests, and therefore he was confident of profiting enormously without investing anything.

The core issue was still Mr.

Eris the West Coast agent; although this big shot had abundant resources, he was not a specialist in the immigration business.

Eris could serve as a perfect resource intermediary, having resources, but not quite understanding their liquidation value, nor being familiar with the market of Hua Country.

Having grasped the resource information and having seen through the hidden risks and benefits, Cheng Daqi had the audacity to play both ends against the middle in a profit-from-nothing scenario thanks to the information gap.

“If you say there’s no profit at this price, then there isn’t much point in discussing further, Chan, after all, I’m not the one who sets the price.”

Eris certainly wanted to cooperate, but he was clearer about what his bargaining chips were.

Cheng Daqi’s supposed collaborator’s strength was something he was still unclear about.

Eris wasn’t willing to relax his position based merely on a few words from Cheng Daqi.

What’s more important is that Cheng Daqi seemed to be only discussing the price for a common family immigration status worth Thirty Thousand Dollars.

If they only did this, the profit would be relatively the lowest, and Eris had to haggle over every Dollar.

“Mr.

Eris, have you ever looked into the smuggling costs of illegal immigrants to America?”

When the third-party collaborator was mentioned for the first time, Eris’s reaction wasn’t good, his tone was still too rigid.

Cheng Daqi then introduced another reason for the third party— the low cost of illegal immigration.

By introducing the third-party variable twice, Cheng Daqi stretched the negotiation to the limit.

“I’m not sure about that, but smuggling illegal immigrants and processing legal identities are incomparable.

They’re completely different life paths.

Don’t tell me you don’t understand that.”

Eris said leisurely as he cut a cigar, but his words didn’t indicate any intention to back down.

Wishing to push forward by yielding, his opponent remained unmoved.

Negotiation involves interests, and Cheng Daqi’s purpose was to have Eris concede some benefits.

Eris’s reaction was quite normal and entirely within Cheng Daqi’s expectations.

“Mr.

Eris, of course they’re different, but the differences aren’t that significant.

America has a special work card policy for illegal immigrants.”

Cheng Daqi still had cards to play.

For the first time, Eris felt that America’s policy was crap!

Illegal immigrants should just remain that way for life; why give them work cards!

“I remember that’s very hard to apply for, and besides, the general direction now is to suppress the mainland across the board,

And, doesn’t it also cost time and money to process a work card for illegal immigrants?

Immigration services, lawyers, immigration courts—all these are troublesome, and I understand quite a bit about them, Chan.”

The smoke from the cigar spread in front of Eris’s face, and Cheng Daqi couldn’t see his expression.

“That’s unfortunate then.

There’s really no profit, Mr.

Eris.

It seems we might not be able to cooperate.”

Cheng Daqi cut off talks directly!

Lao Deng, I came with sincerity, and you’ve shown no sign of budging.

Cheng Daqi had no room left for concessions.

Once can be excused, twice is questionable, but not thrice; showing too much weakness in cooperation means being dominated later on.

Seeing that Cheng Daqi had cut off talks directly, Eris realized his earlier response was too decisive and lacked the sincerity needed for cooperation.

He didn’t do it on purpose, it was just that sense of superiority when facing someone weaker, which made him react in a way that didn’t make sense.

“Chan, are you still planning to process your own status?”

Direct threat!

Yes, I’ve perhaps made some negligible mistakes, but I cannot simply bow my head.

Eris thought clearly; his negotiating had been wrong, but he didn’t want to fix it, nor was he planning to concede.

This was the weakness of human nature; even someone as strong as Eris who hustled between two parties and profited from both sides could be controlled by their own weaknesses and keep making mistakes.

Cheng Daqi’s mind raced.

He saw that Lao Deng across from him had lost his composure, but he needed to think of an appropriate response.

“Haha, Mr.

Eris, you didn’t bring it up and I almost forgot.”

He unlocked his phone and asked.

“The money is ready, how should I transfer it to you, and how are the taxes calculated if I pay by card?”

Ready my ass!

After paying half a year’s rent for the big house, Cheng Daqi had less than ten thousand Dollars left in his hand.

He had another purpose for today’s cooperation talks; he hoped that after the talks he could get the cost of buying his status waived.

Not necessarily waived today, but possibly waived after Li Haiping brought the first batch of clients.

“Chan, which status are you planning to go for?”

Suppressing the surprise in his heart that Cheng Daqi was slipping out of his control, Eris asked calmly.

“High-tech immigration, Sixty Thousand Dollars, paid in full.”

Cheng Daqi continued to bluff without an ounce of nervousness.

He was certain Eris was a smart man.

But this smart man, after a bout of proud arrogance, chose the least sophisticated threat to corner Cheng Daqi.

Now, Cheng Daqi’s attitude was ‘I’m more awesome than you think, and you can’t control me!’

The unstated but possible conjecture by Eris was ‘If I can’t control him, the future operations of that perspective need his cooperation; I can’t afford to sour the relationship today.’