Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards
Chapter 396 - 184: Carefully Selected with Attention

Chapter 396: Chapter 184: Carefully Selected with Attention

After figuring out the truth, Zuo Zongcai’s face lost its smile.

But this didn’t mean his attitude got worse; on the contrary, his serious, unsmiling demeanor began to show a certain degree of equal respect.

And his form of respect was to negotiate more seriously.

— It could also be described as bargaining.

"Su Huai, I personally think your demands are very reasonable, but unfortunately, I don’t have such high authority..."

"Really? That can’t be right,"

A perfectly dosed skepticism emerged on Su Huai’s face, "As the executive assistant of the group, your authority should only be second to the vice president. With the Gu Clan’s magnitude, a word from you should be able to decide initiatives worth at least a few hundred million, right?"

Zuo Zongcai felt a sudden thump in his heart, but his face remained calm as he replied, "As you know, all I can decide on are projects, and what we’re dealing with now is Mr. Gu’s family affair..."

Hey, old man, you think you can run away from this?!

Gou Huai was clear as a mirror inside his head and immediately made a swift move to lock the throat, "But Mr. Gu sending you here signifies absolute trust. Mr. Zuo, you wouldn’t have conspired with Mr. Gu beforehand to play out those clichéd plots from novels, would you?"

The disbelief on the young man’s face had reached a certain level; he didn’t make any threats, but immediately took out his phone.

A twinge twitched at the corner of Zuo Zongcai’s eye, and his heart was racing.

Kid, what are you up to?!

Su Huai unlocked his phone, then irritably scrolled through his contacts list and WeChat, sending a message: I am annoyed now, and I really want to ask someone for clarification.

And as for whom... it’s either Gu Jiuyue or Cheng LiHua.

"I understand your suspicion, but the reality is: it’s really not necessary,"

Zuo Zongcai spoke a bit faster, but his eyes didn’t glance at the phone; instead, he "sincerely" met Su Huai’s gaze.

"Mr. Gu is busy dealing with countless matters daily, and the group affairs I handle every day are no less strenuous. If we were to measure our time in terms of money, each minute would be worth tens of thousands. Why would we have the leisure to join forces and make a fool out of you?"

In fact, Zuo was cursing inside his head: It’s clearly you two who have joined forces to scheme against me, so you really have no shame, huh?!

Su Huai’s acting was impeccable, not showing any signs of problems, but he didn’t need to play any games of finding flaws. He just had to deduce the logic chain from the results.

The known conditions—

1. Su Huai had made Gu Tongshu suffer a major loss.

2. Gu Tongshu was furious but still promised two supercars, totaling 200 million.

3. Gu Tongshu should have sought to regain his ground, but he didn’t; instead, he took the opportunity to push the negotiation task onto himself.

4. Gu Tongshu "generously" offered a 20 million limit.

5. Su Huai wasn’t satisfied with just those two supercars; he wanted to exchange them for an office building.

6. Gu Tongshu didn’t directly discuss with Su Huai, and Su Huai didn’t quote a price to Gu Tongshu.

So, what’s the conclusion?

Setting aside the trivial detail that Gu Tongshu wanted to see his own amusement, the conclusion is that neither person was planning to back down, yet they tacitly maintained a situation of contention without breaking, maneuvering through any space they could seize.

This leads to a deeper conclusion: in some sense, Su Huai matches Mr. Gu in power.

So how could the real Su Huai possibly be this impulsive, irritable, and rebellious kid?!

Zuo Zongcai couldn’t distinguish whether the irritability on the young man’s face was genuine or not. Although he was skilled at judging a person’s true thoughts through their micro-expressions, this ability to sense emotions was ineffective on Su Huai.

Thus, the bottom line was: either Su Huai was really simple, or he was super complicated.

Zuo Zongcai chose to believe the latter.

There was no reason; having reached his current position, he had already developed an instinct to peel away facades to see the core.

This situation is such a hassle...

Zuo Zongcai silently sighed but decisively changed his tone, "Of course, I am able to influence Mr. Gu’s will to a certain extent, so your reasonable demands, I personally am willing to support and try to accommodate."

Personal, reasonable, willing, trying.

His wording was still cautious, yet in essence, he was actually being strongly exploited by Su Huai.

Gou Huai put the phone down.

He just placed it on the table, sending a clear message: We can continue our conversation.

"Mr. Zuo, do you perhaps think my demand for an office building is unreasonable?"

"Uh... There are many kinds of office buildings,"

Zuo Zongcai gently reminded, "A reasonable demand shouldn’t be so broad, otherwise, it’s difficult for me to write a report. What do you think?"

"Oh, that makes sense!"

Su Huai appeared enlightened, pursing his lips in agreement.

"But I’m not familiar with office buildings... oh right, how much are those two cars worth? I don’t want the cars, but can we convert their value into cash instead?"

Zuo Zongcai never wanted to roll his eyes at anyone during negotiations, but today was an exception.

Come on!

You’re just a college student, a friend of the lady, and you want to take away an office building worth over a hundred million just based on emotional blackmail?!

And it’s not even the company footing the bill, but me personally paying the bulk!

Zuo Zongcai’s status in the Gu Clan was extremely delicate; he held real shares as well as senior management dividend shares, being not just an underling to Gu Tongshu but also a partner—much like one of the last standing few of Ma Yun’s eighteen arhats.

Therefore, his wealth was far beyond what most people could imagine, at least enough to bear Gu Tongshu’s robbery.

But this didn’t mean he wasn’t pained by the loss, or that he didn’t want to resist.

"The actual value of those two cars isn’t high,"

Zuo Zongcai seemed to kindly remind him, but in reality, he was subtly trying to drive the price down.

"I suggest you ask Mr. Gu for more, don’t let him get away with just fobbing you off."

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