chapter 31 Give me a dime

Oswald laughed exaggeratedly as if he heard a funny joke, "You? You can let Sidney come over to sign this contract, and the price is advantageous. I just wonder how do you define ‘advantage’?" "$1 per plant." "What?" Oswald was stunned for a moment, then laughed even louder, "Hahaha, this shit is crazy! One plant for $1. Oops, so ridiculous, the 10-meter-sized Canary date palms came one at a time. Haha, Haha, aunt, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.” Hebe glanced at Ashburn contemptuously, "He knows nothing!" Gina also felt that what Ashburn said was too exaggerated. She frowned and gave Ashburn a little tug, "Just keep quiet." She told him the price of Canary date palm last time, and now he said such silly talk as one plant for $1 which was just to get angry with Oswald. Even though they were sulky words, they seemed so devoid of common sense! Oswald laughed enough, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Ashburn, that's the wrong way to brag. I know you are narrow-minded, but why don’t blame yourself that you are incompetent? If you have the ability, let Sidney sell them at the market price to Gina. Or, just hand over the card and let me talk to him.” "I’ve told you, mind your own business. Sidney will be here soon. One dollar per plant. If a penny more, I will give you the five-star black card for free." "You are seriously ill. Not to mention the price, if Sidney transfers the Canary date palms to Gina at the normal market price, I will kneel for you!" Ashburn glanced at Oswald lightly, "This is what you said." "Yeah, I said it! But you have to remember, if you can't, you have to give me the five-star black card!" Oswald thought he was bound to win. He knew Ashburn’s non-capacity. How was it possible they were on enough good terms? " Deal." "Come on, go upstairs and wait. I want to see how you end up." I took the elevator to the floor of the Willow Company and entered Gina's office. Purchasing Director Foss was still waiting for Gina. When he saw a few more people coming in, he buttoned his suit and stood up. "Hey, Foss is here too." Hebe smiled and walked over. Foss recognized Hebe and bowed slightly, "Nice to meet you, Hebe. Long time no see." "Yes, the last time we met was when you were in college."Hebe recalled the past with some emotion, "When you chased after Gina, I was always opposed to it. Now... Oh!" She sighed, obviously a little bit regretful. She stared at Ashburn with hatred. At first, she felt that Foss's family background was not worthy of Gina, but now Gina found an even worse loser, who was far from Foss. "Mom, this is all in the past, why are you bringing it up?" Gina was worried that Ashburn would misunderstand. Foss also noticed Ashburn and asked, "Who is this?" Hebe said disdainfully, "This is my good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law Ashburn. Although you have never met him, you have probably heard about him in the company. He is a parasite who eats and waits for death!" "Not only good-for-nothing but also shows off and brags. Oh, just now he said that he could let Sidney sell Canary date palms to Gina for $1 per plant." Oswald mocked as if to add insult to injury. Foss was slightly startled, his eyes fell on Ashburn playfully, and sneered, "Mr. Xanthos, if you have this ability, I have to give up my position as purchasing director to you. I ran with Manager Willow several times, but nothing happened. If you can lower Sidney's quotation by one point, you will buy one green onion from the first word. Heh, when you go to the vegetable market to buy more than one green onion, right?" Before Sidney arrived, Ashburn was not in a hurry to refute. He glanced at Foss casually, and his heart was shocked. Pretending to be casual, he walked behind him. Sure enough, there was a bulge on the back of his head. At this time, Gina's secretary Sunny came in and said, "Manager Willow, Mr. Walker from Tucker's Flower Company Base has arrived." Gina glanced at Ashburn in surprise, then walked out to greet him. Hebe thought that Sidney was sent by Oswald and followed him out. Sidney brought an assistant into the living room. His head was hit by Ashburn on the turntable glass last night, causing a wound. There were also wounds on his face from glass shards in some places. Now he was wrapped like a rice dumpling. "Mr. Walker, what are you..." Gina looked at Sidney in surprise. Sidney saw Ashburn calmly walking out of the office, and his body trembled subconsciously, "It's okay, it's okay, I accidentally fell." Thinking of the fierce battle last night, Sidney still remembered it. He was beaten by Ashburn, and the decisiveness of the killing was quite frightening. "This time you come..." Sidney hurriedly asked his assistant to take out the contract, "Miss Willow, this is the contract. I have decided to transfer 22 Canary date palms of more than 10 meters from the Tucker's Flower Company Base to you." This matter had been discussed many times, not only by Foss but also by Gina who personally visited Sidney several times. Because the Tucker's Flower Company Base was in Narada, and the Scenic Group's project was also in Narada, and the transplantation was close to the ground, the soil was suitable, the climate was the same, and the survival rate was relatively high, Gina chose it first. But Sidney bit a plant of $320,000, which was daunting. "Mr. Walker, can the price... be lower?" "Lower?" When Sidney saw Ashburn appear, he thought Gina had known everything and was filled with grief. These are a group of guys who eat people without spitting out bones! How could it be lower? It was $1 per plant already! He said with a sad face, "Miss Willow, just give me a little extra and how about one cent per plant?" "Mr. Walker, I don't understand what you mean." Gina was also confused by his words. Foss had already picked up the contract, glanced at it, and his eyes widened in shock, "One dollar?!" Sidney was like a frightened bird now. Foss suddenly raised his voice, which made his little heart tremble again. He said weakly, "One dollar...is it too high? You...you can set the price as you like, and I can give it away for free. I asked my guys to draw up a presentation contract again." Ashburn smiled calmly, "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. The Willow Company do business with integrity. As I said, it's one dollar, and we will never take advantage of you." "Thank you... thank you, Mr. Xanthos..." Sidney burst into tears. "Look at you, why are you crying? Don't be so moved. There will be a chance to cooperate next time." "Next...next time?" Sidney wanted to die. "What? You don't want to?" Sidney said hurriedly, "No, no, no, it is... an honour for me to cooperate with Mr. Xanthos." The living room was silent. Everyone was dumbfounded, looking at Sidney's submissive attitude towards Ashburn. This was unscientific! Gina and Foss came to visit several times, but he always had an arrogant attitude. Why did he treat Ashburn like a god?