At 5:28 PM, the entrance of Sofitel Hotel.
Tao Wenqiang, the Chairman of Tao Corporation, and Tao Donglai, the General Manager of Tao Pharmaceuticals, stood erect, eagerly awaiting their VIP guest.
Two minutes later, a Rolls-Royce Phantom with an out-of-town license plate pulled up at the entrance, and Li Chengzhi, dressed in a black suit, was the first to alight from the passenger seat.
Tao Donglai’s eyes brightened, and he hurried over with his father.
"Chairman Park, please."
Not giving the doorman a chance to open the door, Tao Donglai pushed aside the service staff, nodded and bowed while opening the back door of the car, welcoming Park Taiyu out.
Clad in a deep blue, high-end tailored suit, Park Taiyu stepped out, furrowing his brow slightly, and asked, "Who might this be?"
"I am Tao Donglai, the General Manager of Tao Pharmaceuticals."
Tao Donglai said with a beaming smile, "Welco Chairman Park to Jiangling City. This gentleman here is my father, Tao Wenqiang, the Chairman of Tao Corporation."
Compared to his son’s obsequiousness, Tao Wenqiang was much more composed as he extended his right hand and greeted with a slight smile, "Good afternoon Chairman Park, let’s go up and talk."
"Hmm."
Park Taiyu nodded with polite etiquette and shook hands, then proceeded to take the elevator up along with Li Chengzhi and several bodyguards.
To entertain Park Taiyu, Tao Donglai had sought connections to reserve the entire Splendid Starry Sky Restaurant on the 66th floor. Since it was a last-minute decision, the venue fee alone was as high as three million Jiuzhou Currency, not including the cost of ingredients.
Upon entering the Splendid Starry Sky Restaurant, the sound of lodious orchestral music greeted them at the door. On closer inspection, it turned out that the music was being perford by a Western classical orchestra comprised of over twenty blue-eyed, blond foreigners deeply engrossed in their performance.
Following that, more than thirty graceful and beautiful young ladies dressed in red cheongsams were standing at the entrance of the hall. They bowed slightly and said in unison in Goryeo language, "Welco Chairman Park."
"Hehe, quite interesting, ssi-mi-da."
Park Taiyu chuckled with amusent. It was clear that Tao Donglai took him quite seriously.
It was no wonder, as Park’s Biotech was one of the top five pharmaceutical sales companies in the world. Which pharmaceutical player wouldn’t fawn over them?
"Chairman Park, if you see soone you like, feel free to pick a few."
Tao Wenqiang waved his hand broadly, giving Park Taiyu and Li Chengzhi a look that every man would understand. "Assistant Li, you can choose as well."
"Rest assured, they are all contracted stars under our Tao Family Entertainnt division, absolutely clean. Moreover, they have all undergone strict training and will certainly not cause any trouble for you two."
Gulp...
Li Chengzhi swallowed hard, his eyes gleaming.
He didn’t have many hobbies in his normal life; he simply enjoyed playing with won, especially various types of beautiful won.
In Goryeo, many beauties were not natural, and had, more or less, gone under the knife, whether on their faces or bodies.
In Jiuzhou, although similar situations existed, overall, there were fewer ’manufactured’ beauties.
Just looking at these thirty or so beauties, at least half were natural, which certainly gave Li Chengzhi so ideas.
"No need! We’re here to discuss business."
Although Park Taiyu was also sowhat tempted, he reminded himself of the purpose of his visit and waved his hand, saying, "Let these won and the musicians leave."
"Find a room, so we can properly discuss the matter of cooperation, and no waitstaff should co in."
Cooperation?
Upon hearing this word, even the usually composed Tao Wenqiang felt sowhat breathless. He nodded and instructed Tao Donglai, "Go arrange for a private room, serve the food, and have everyone else leave!"
"Yes!"
Tao Donglai nodded vigorously, his eyes ablaze.
Goodness gracious! Chairman Park actually ntioned cooperation. The opportunity for Tao Pharmaceuticals to soar was at hand.
Inside the private dining room, only Park Taiyu, Li Chengzhi, Tao Wenqiang, and Tao Donglai remained, with even the bodyguards standing outside to keep watch.
"I’m not one for beating around the bush, so I’ll just get straight to the point, ssi-mi-da."
Sitting upright before the dining table, Park Taiyu spoke with a serious tone, "I’m interested in your ’Super Bro’ series of products. I hear you’re developing ’Super Bro No. 2’. If there are no quality issues, I’d like to cooperate with you."
"Really?"
Tao Donglai couldn’t contain his impatience, his face filled with joy as he said, "Chairman Park, are you serious about this... ouch!"
Just then, a sharp pain shot through his ankle. Instinctively, he looked down to see his father’s dress shoe pressed against his own foot.
"It’s an honor for Tao Pharmaceuticals that Chairman Park holds our products in such regard."
Tao Wenqiang said with a faint smile, "May I ask how you would like to cooperate?"
Having battled in the business arena for years, Tao Wenqiang didn’t believe that Park’s Biotech would be so easy to deal with, so he didn’t commit blindly but asked for details first.
"I’ll offer fifty billion Jiuzhou Currency for exclusive distributorship rights to ’Super Bro No. 2’. You’ll handle production, while we’ll take care of sales and operations. As for profits, it will be an eighty-twenty split, with eighty percent for Park’s Biotech and twenty percent for Tao Pharmaceuticals."
Park Taiyu picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, paused and then asked, "How’s that?"
Upon those words, the temperature in the private room seed to drop a few degrees.
Tao Donglai’s mouth twitched slightly; he had anticipated that Park’s Biotech would propose exclusive distributorship, but hadn’t expected such a low profit-sharing ratio.
In his calculations, even if a fifty-fifty split wasn’t possible, there should at least be a forty-sixty agreent.
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