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Chapter 686 - 430 What level of player? _2

Chapter 686: Chapter 430 What level of player? _2

"Eighty percent off!"

"No, too much of a loss. Not selling."

"Don’t you know what bargaining is? Make a counter offer, what if it works?"

"Hmm... Ninety percent?"

"Deal!"

She had achieved her objective, and the other party looked utterly confused. Wasn’t that the normal procedure?

It’s worth mentioning that the client’s bottom price for Gao Sheng was to purchase at the original price.

Based on this, no matter how much they negotiated down, he would get a 5% commission.

From three billion at ninety percent, Gao Sheng would earn a clean three billion, and 5% of that is fifteen million...

Even with a deal at ninety percent, he would still have a high commission of over ten million.

Wouldn’t that mean a big house was indeed within reach?

As a result, he was already planning whether this year’s trip should be to Las Vegas or Miami, but the other party wasn’t playing by the rules.

"I put my daughter on the line, and you can’t even give me ninety percent?"

"Chairman Gao, isn’t this making it difficult for us? With the current situation, not to mention 3.6 billion, it’s questionable if we could even sell for 2.4 billion..."

He was unsure what Chairman Gao was really up to, afraid that the other party would sense something amiss, so he could only muster a bitter smile.

"Difficult? That’s really too bad. Since that’s the case, I guess I’ll wait and see if I can find a more suitable buyer," Gao Yuan shrugged nonchalantly.

"Ah, this..."

In Mr. Tang’s mind, a million curses were breezing by.

I was just saying it casually, make a counter offer! If not eighty percent, then ninety percent, and if not that, ninety-five percent—we can still discuss...

Where’s the sincerity?

He had a strange feeling that perhaps they were not in a rush to sell the ship at all?

But that did not match the intelligence he had gathered...

Nowadays, Changqing Biological should be in dire need of money, right?

On one hand, they borrowed heavily to expand crazily, and on the other hand, they clung to a bunch of bad assets. What kind of nonsensical business operation is that?!

"Chairman Gao, I sincerely want to help your company solve its financial issues, but this price... It’s really difficult for me to proceed," Mr. Tang said with a wry smile.

"Your company’s cost is only three billion, and you raised it to 3.6 billion... I don’t even have the courage to propose that to my company," Gao Yuan said, smiling.

"Haha! Mr. Tang, you are mistaken about something. Our cost is not three billion. You must know... the six hundred million in penalty fees we paid to the ship king of Norway, that’s also included in our additional investment cost.

So, to be accurate, our cost should be 3.6 billion," Gao Yuan replied.

Mr. Tang was suddenly speechless.

What? You want to pass the penalty fee onto us as well?

Do we at Gao Sheng look like easy targets?

Moreover, as far as he knew, the six hundred million in penalty fees were clearly paid by Bin City Shipyard. Though the money still came from you, that money was blatantly used to buy shares.

Oh! Got the shares, and then you allocate these six hundred million as an additional cost in purchasing the ship?

What kind of cost accounting is that?

He kept criticizing internally, but hearing the words "ship king of Norway" still made Mr. Tang quite nervous.

"Is that so? That’s really too bad."

To avoid being seen through by the other party, Mr. Tang had no choice but to keep up a strained smile for the time being.

After all, today he was "specifically" here to negotiate the purchase of shares, always focusing on those eight oil tankers to cut the price, what was that about?

No rush, no rush. The one who should be worried is them.

With that debt ratio, they might already be crumbling and playing psychological games; he must stay calm...

Mr. Tang comforted himself thus.

"By the way, Mr. Tang, Gao Sheng Group is renowned globally for its business intelligence. Do you have any opinion on the market prospects for large oil tankers coming next?" Gao Yuan suddenly posed this question, catching Mr. Tang off guard.

Her words... could it be she sensed something?

After pondering for a moment, he cautiously responded,

"This... shipping isn’t my forte, so I dare not jump to conclusions.

However, as far as I know, this year, the profits from the benchmark route from the Middle East to Country Hua for very large crude carriers (VLCC) have drastically decreased, with daily charter rates (TCE) averaging just over 11000 US dollars per day.

Currently, many shipping companies are operating at a loss, shipyard orders have shrunk, while the business for ship dismantlers has surged. There seems to be no sign of improvement in the short term..."

"Hmm! That’s pretty much what I know," Gao Yuan glanced at him.

"So, what do you think. If the transport market were to recover, with a large number of old ships being dismantled and new ships failing to bridge the gap... could there be a potential reversal in market supply and demand?"

"Ah?"

Mr. Tang’s back was instantly drenched with sweat.

"Uh... this... there could be that possibility?

But the international oil shipping market is so unpredictable, even our professional teams can’t predict it with one hundred percent accuracy. Isn’t that idea a bit too bold, Chairman Gao?"

Gao Yuan immediately showed a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Haha! I was just guessing randomly. You’re right, the market is unpredictable, who can predict it accurately..."

Mr. Tang: "..."

...

Walking out of Changqing Biological’s office building, Mr. Tang looked rather gloomy.

He had two objectives for today.

One was to purchase as many shares of Changqing Biological as possible.

Two was to acquire those eight large oil tankers as per the client’s request.

However, he hadn’t anticipated that what seemed like a straightforward task would end up unaccomplished...

According to the original plan, Gao Yuan was supposed to eagerly sell the shares to them upon hearing the purchase price of ten billion.