My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 435: Hitting a Wall

Chapter 435: Chapter 435: Hitting a Wall

President Zhang didn’t know about the relationship between Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan; he just thought that Little Pink Book had a pleasant cooperation with Chengzhou and was familiar with Chengzhou’s people, so perhaps someone there had some connections.

Lu Youxi had heard something from Chengzhou’s people.

"But now that we’ve added our Hexing Rice to the competition, Shili Xiang is no longer the only dominant player. Sincere Supermarket will no longer only have Shili Xiang as a single high-end rice brand," Lu Youxi said. "Our Hexing Rice offers your company a lower price than Shili Xiang, and the latter should really have a sense of crisis about this."

"If they haven’t yet and insist on raising prices, then I’m afraid I must doubt whether Shili Xiang can continue in the long run."

"Our benefit margin for your company is bigger than that of Shili Xiang. If Sincere Supermarket runs promotions with our Hexing Rice, whether it’s for popularity or profit, it will certainly be more than what Shili Xiang can bring," Lu Youxi said with a light smile. "President Zhang, you’re much more professional in this regard than I am. I’m just offering a superficial opinion, so please don’t laugh at me."

President Zhang shook his head, thinking to himself that her view was not superficial at all.

He knew that Lu Youxi was being modest, giving him face.

"Okay, I’ll think about this price and give you an answer by tomorrow at the latest," President Zhang said.

"Good." Lu Youxi hadn’t expected to finalize such a good deal today.

The other party’s caution actually reassured her.

Lu Youxi and the village chief left again with the electric rice cooker, heading to the next company.

Once in the taxi, Lu Youxi called Lu Zhenguo to trouble him to wait for her at the entrance of the next company.

Lu Youxi had already signed up for driving lessons, and since she passed the first test, she was just waiting to get her license, then she would buy a car.

That would make business negotiations more convenient.

Since she didn’t have a car now and couldn’t carry rice around herself, she had no choice but to ask Lu Zhenguo to wait with the rice at the entrance of the next company.

Later, Lu Zhenguo would have to go back to the restaurant, pick up two more bags of rice, and wait for Lu Youxi at the third company.

Otherwise, carrying so many bags of rice, which were not all to be given away, would not look good.

The attitudes of the following two companies were clearly not as good as that of Sincere Supermarket.

The second one, Jiahaowang Supermarket, didn’t seem to care whether Hexing Rice was stocked or not.

They were not very eager to take advantage of Hexing Rice’s current popularity to quickly get it into their supermarkets.

Leaving the second company, the village chief said to Lu Youxi, "I don’t think this company seems very enthusiastic."

Lu Youxi nodded and replied, "Because of the successful promotion of Hexing Rice this time, I directly contacted the three companies with the highest market shares. To be honest, Sincere Supermarket’s attitude toward us was surprisingly good. They were very sincere, which makes me more inclined to finalize a deal with them."

"As for Jiahaowang, it seems they consider us dispensable," said Lu Youxi. "So, we shouldn’t hold out too much hope for them."

The village chief nodded, "Maybe Sincere Supermarket was too sincere with us, which made me have high expectations for the other two."

Lu Youxi said with a smile, "The attitude of Jiahaowang is probably normal. If a deal can be made and the price is right for them, then it would be beneficial for both sides. If not, they probably don’t think they’ll lose anything."

"Ah, they just tasted our rice and clearly had a high opinion of it," the village chief sighed regretfully.

"But they don’t want to take the risk; they probably think that Hexing Rice’s recent buzz won’t last," said Lu Youxi. "Besides, if Hexing Rice really takes off, it won’t be too late for them to talk to us."

"No worries, we still have the third company," Lu Youxi consoled the village chief. "The situation this time is much better than before. At least we still have something to discuss, and our talks with Sincere Supermarket went well."

"Moreover, I was actually prepared this time; getting a deal with one company would be the best outcome."

"Let’s see what the third company’s attitude is like," the village chief suggested. "I thought they would all be like Sincere Supermarket."

"Considering these three large chain supermarkets, and their very high market share, they’re used to being arrogant. That Sincere Supermarket was so amiable was really beyond my expectations."

They chatted, and the taxi stopped in front of the headquarters of Jiayuexing Supermarket.

Lu Zhenguo was already waiting by the roadside.

Lu Youxi quickly got out of the taxi, took the rice that Lu Zhenguo delivered, "Dad, you really put in a lot of effort today; please go back and rest."

"It’s nothing," Lu Zhenguo wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was the end of May in the Imperial Capital, and it was already getting hot; the highest temperature today even reached 31 degrees.

Lu Zhenguo was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, with sweat stains on the front and back.

"Don’t worry about me, you guys go ahead," Lu Zhenguo said.

But Lu Youxi still hailed a taxi for Lu Zhenguo and watched him get in before she left.

Otherwise, just with words, Lu Zhenguo, looking to save money, wouldn’t have been willing to take a taxi.

Only then did Lu Youxi enter the Jiayuexing company with the village chief.

Arriving at the reception desk, Lu Youxi said with a smile, "Hello, we’re from Hexing Rice Company; we have an appointment with President Cheng."

"Please wait a moment," the receptionist called Assistant Song again.

After hanging up, she said, "Go through the door and turn left; the second room is the meeting room. You two please wait there."

"Thank you," Lu Youxi said and walked inside with the village chief.

The village chief whispered to Lu Youxi, "Why does this place seem even less enthusiastic than the second company just now?"

"We don’t have to mention Sincere Supermarket, as Assistant Song came directly to the door to meet us. The second one sent an assistant over after being notified at the front desk. This place just pointed randomly without even offering to show us the way."

"Although not every company should be kind to us, by comparison, this one really doesn’t seem to take us seriously," Lu Youxi said quietly. "Uncle, let’s not have any expectations here. We’ll talk to them, and then leave; it’s not worth wasting our time here."

"Okay," the village chief nodded. "It might just be an issue with the receptionist. Let’s see how President Cheng and the others behave."

"Mhm."

They followed the directions the receptionist had given and saw the meeting room sign on a door.

"Is this it?" the village chief looked around but didn’t see any other meeting rooms.

"It should be," Lu Youxi was about to push the door open when someone called out to them.

"Who are you looking for?" A young man came over, eyeing them with hidden scrutiny.

Lu Youxi, with a lacking smile at that moment, replied, "We’re from Hexing Rice Company; we have an appointment with President Cheng to discuss business today."

"Then why did you come to the meeting room?" the other person immediately followed with a question.

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