Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 283, lower the price (2)_1

Chapter 283: 283, lower the price (2)_1

This guy isn’t here to buy the building; he’s here to cause trouble.

He glared with eyes wide, his face filled with disbelief as he looked at Gu Chen.

He loudly said in an uncommonly blunt Mandarin, "Big bro, are you kidding me? Is this Gangdong or what?"

Gu Chen nodded. "Of course I know, that’s why I made an offer of fifteen million with gritted teeth."

What he implied was that fifteen million was already a stretch for him. Anywhere else would have fetched an even lower price.

Li Haitao took a deep breath, visibly annoyed.

"Buddy, if that’s your price, then there’s nothing to talk about. Old Wang, show the guest out."

The building was worth at least twenty million anyways. This guy was trying to knock off five million right off the bat—isn’t that a joke?

It was simply a waste of his time.

Gu Chen wasn’t in a hurry, his face was all humility and smiles. He gestured for Manager Wang to sit down first. Then he turned to Li Haitao and said, "So, what is your psychological price?"

Li Haitao stretched out two pale, slender fingers with impatience, "This number!"

Gu Chen understood.

He wanted twenty million.

It seemed that negotiations could start at nineteen million.

He pretended to be in a tough spot, licked his lips and after a long pause, he said, "How about this, seventeen million? Can we do seventeen million?"

Li Haitao was truly getting a headache.

He sighed helplessly, "Big bro, this is selling property, not vegetables. Missing a few cents here and there, but we’re talking millions. Can you take this seriously?"

Gu Chen was just waiting for him to speak, even a grumble would prove there was still a chance.

But if he insisted on showing the guest out, that meant the bottom line might have been crossed.

He swallowed, looking solemn as he took his teacup and finished the half cup of tea he had left earlier.

Then, he put the cup down on the table with emphasis.

With a face that looked as if he’d made a great decision, he said, "Okay, how about this, eighteen million, that’s my final offer."

"No way, the least I can take is twenty million!" Li Haitao leaned back against the sofa cushion, resolute.

He was still counting on that money to seek revenge in Hong Kong.

Naturally, he was unwilling to give up even a dime.

Besides, this young guy was like squeezing toothpaste. If he pressed a bit more, maybe he’d agree.

Gu Chen was not discouraged, continuing, "How about this, eighteen and a half million. If that works, I can pay right now. If not, well, then it’s fate to say goodbye now."

Although Gu Chen said so, he truly didn’t wish for a next time encounter.

What he really wanted was to seal the deal in one go!

After all, he was short on time.

He finished speaking and picked up the teapot, pouring a cup of tea for the still frowning Li Haitao and the nervous-looking Manager Wang sitting next to him.

Only then did he sit down deliberately and calmly.

He gazed at the two men, wearing a look of suffering.

"You can see I’m an outsider. To be frank, of this eighteen and a half million, a big chunk is borrowed. I can’t borrow anymore. And just this afternoon, my wife who is far away at home called me to say my father-in-law has been diagnosed with stomach cancer."

"You know how it is with stomach cancer. It costs a lot of money. But what can you do, you still have to treat it, right? So eighteen and a half million, that’s really the highest I can go. If that doesn’t work, I have no choice but to not buy it, and go back to take care of my father-in-law’s treatment first."

Gu Chen was natural at lying, his words sounding sincere.

He almost moved himself with his speech.

Li Haitao had gotten used to Gu Chen’s continuous price hikes. Suddenly calling a halt made him somewhat disappointed.

Although he could understand Gu Chen’s problem with his father-in-law’s stomach cancer and the need for money.

But he wasn’t running a charity. He was selling property.

There are so many people with cancer in the world, he couldn’t just cut them a deal. If he did, he’d really go bankrupt.

Eighteen million five hundred thousand, to be honest, that’s one million five hundred thousand less than it should be—that’s the price of three one-hundred-square-meter homes in Huacheng.

This is no joke.

Li Haitao truly felt the price was a bit low.

He sighed and asked again.

"Really can’t do twenty million?"

To be honest, he was indeed in urgent need of money.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be selling the building, nor would he have met with Gu Chen today. He’d normally drag it out a couple of days to demonstrate the high demand for his building and to ask for a higher price.

That way, he could earn a bit more.

Twenty million, he had already quoted a low price, and to go any lower would be laughable.

Gu Chen sighed, spread his hands, and feigned regret.

"Boss, it’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that I really don’t have the money. I have to sell my own house to come up with eighteen million five hundred thousand. Right now, I don’t even know where my father-in-law’s medical expenses will come from. Twenty million is truly beyond my reach."

Li Haitao blinked, "Then...let’s forget it."

He wanted to gamble, but to lose one million five hundred thousand just like that was something he truly couldn’t stomach.

As a businessman, if you don’t count every penny, then what kind of trade are you making?

It seemed negotiations were at a standstill.

Gu Chen pulled out his trump card.

He sniffled, pretending to be in sorrow.

"If that’s the case, give me two more days. If all fails, my mother-in-law has also saved some money over the years. I’ll go plead with her, maybe she can give thirty to fifty thousand. And if that’s still not enough, the only option left would be to sell my father-in-law’s house too, and then I’d have enough money."

Li Haitao: "!!!!"

What the hell, is this guy ready to trade his father-in-law’s life just for a house?

And planning to scam his mother-in-law too?

Poor woman being his wife!

While cursing Gu Chen, he couldn’t help but feel his father-in-law was indeed pitiable.

"Bro, are you serious!" he said helplessly.

Not just Li Haitao, even Manager Wang beside him couldn’t help but shake his head.

"Think about it, bro, that’s your father-in-law. If your wife finds out, she’s going to slaughter you."

Gu Chen touched his face, his brows furrowed with worry.

"I’m really out of options. If there were any other way, I wouldn’t think of taking my mother-in-law’s money."

"Let’s say you add forty thousand more, would you sell the building then? One million eight hundred ninety thousand. If you agree to sell, I’ll go raise the funds right now, and first thing tomorrow, we can meet up to exchange the money and the property deed."

"If that still doesn’t work, then I might as well go home now. My wife and child are waiting at home. With the money, I can take my father-in-law to see a doctor and then I won’t think of coming back to Huacheng anymore; we’ll just live our lives well back home."

Hearing Gu Chen’s words, Li Haitao came to understand one fact.

It was that Gu Chen really didn’t have any more money; this was the highest offer he could make.

One million eight hundred ninety thousand, a loss of one million one hundred thousand for me.

He hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, nineteen million, nineteen million—and we’ll sign the contract tomorrow morning."

Seeing Gu Chen so distressed, indeed he had it rough enough; Li Haitao realized he couldn’t insist on the extra one million five hundred thousand. But if Gu Chen added another fifty thousand, then it would be a deal.

Otherwise, missing out on Gu Chen, there was no telling how long it’d be before another buyer came along.

How many more days would he have to wait?

And there was no guarantee that the next offer would be higher than Gu Chen’s.

Upon hearing nineteen million, Gu Chen inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but curse inwardly, You’re really no good, even after talking like this, you still have the nerve to ask for an extra hundred thousand!