novelraw Chapter 1255: Gu Jinrong’s Guide to Children’s Education (Part 3)
Chapter 1255: Gu Jinrong’s Guide to Children’s Education (Part 3)
Anyone who knows Gu Nuan knows that she actually hates flattery the most. Trying to flatter Gu Nuan usually backfires. Conversely, those who can give constructive opinions are often personally promoted by Gu Nuan.
Progress comes through criticism, which is the motto in Gu Nuan’s office.
Right now, everyone has spoken the truth, and the result is a gloomy outlook. It seems this business negotiation has stalled without any progress. What on earth does Bauer intend to do?
In this regard, some smarter people, like Chen Jiaming and Fu Yubo, have already guessed a few things. After all, the two of them are finance majors, so they are more sensitive to financial issues.
Fu Yubo directly voiced his financial concerns to Gu Nuan: "I contacted the finance department earlier, and the company’s current cash flow is not sufficient to sustain prolonged negotiations with the other party."
Yes, many multinational companies first encounter cash flow issues during overseas expansions. Among them, negotiating cooperation, mergers, and restructuring with foreign local companies can be lengthy, with layers of government barriers in foreign countries as the biggest obstacles, potentially having a massive impact on a company’s cash flow.
When companies consider this, they cannot remain completely inactive during negotiations. They must simultaneously begin preparations for other projects according to negotiation progress, so they are ready to start as soon as possible. Otherwise, the daily expenses of the company are counted as costs, and you cannot wait until everything is negotiated to start. If negotiations ultimately fail, starting over would result in an even greater loss.
Based on this idea, there is no doubt that Bauer is deliberately stalling them.
Because of this, Chen Jiaming offered his own suggestion, proposing a roundabout strategy: "We could try engaging with other real estate companies."
Gu Nuan decisively rejected his proposal because she had already learned a crucial lesson when she went to Brazil to negotiate that coffee business for the Zhao Family, which is that you absolutely cannot offend the local tycoon. If collaboration is not possible, at least don’t offend them.
However, they’ve already engaged with Bauer, and secretly contacting others would mean opposing the tycoon and offending them. The tycoon is not only the local capital leader in their field, but also highly influential within the industry association, backed by the United States.
Chen Jiaming’s proposal was meaningless. No matter how many local small businesses they acquire, they’ll ultimately be suppressed by the tycoon.
Beside the desk, business elites are engaged in commercial discussions using professional terminology.
Not far from the desk, there is a fax machine.
Two little monkeys stand in front of the fax machine, watching it operate while keeping an eye on Daddy Dabai.
Lately, Dabai has been idle, so he has taken it upon himself to help out his wife. Everyone here knows his status, and truthfully, Gu Jinrong initially found it rather awkward. The son from the Xiao Family, her husband, has become a helper here.
However, Dabai’s way of thinking is inherently different from ordinary people. Gu Jinrong later saw him having fun doing chores and let him be. After all, Dabai has a sharp tongue; if anyone dares to mock him, they’re sure to be verbally defeated by Dabai.
The fax machine whirs and prints a page.
Dabai stands on the cabinet next to the fax machine, making coffee for his wife.
The two monkeys see the paper coming out of the fax machine, and reach out their little hands to help daddy catch it.
Four little hands grab the four corners of the fax paper. Their pairs of little eyes are glued to the paper.
It’s all in English, and Little Mingli finds it difficult to study it, so he asks his brother, "What’s written here?"