I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 498 How could someone be so shameless?!

handsome?
I admit, I am somewhat handsome. I have been exercising regularly for the past few years, and my physique has not started to deteriorate.

As for sexy?

I'm not a woman, so why would I use this term?
Seeing Fang Qingye's astonished expression, Mu Lan suppressed her laughter and remained silent.

Fortunately, at that moment, I followed Katia into an office.

Inside was an old man with a thick beard and gray hair, who was Ricardo, the president of the Philgrey Company.

Perhaps today wasn't a formal negotiation, but the old man was wearing a floral shirt and shorts. He was very enthusiastic when he saw Fang Qingye and the others, shaking hands and patting each other's shoulders affectionately.

After everyone was seated, a young woman came in, poured everyone a cup of coffee, and then left.

"Mr. Fang, please try this Catuai coffee produced here. It's just as good as Santos coffee."

Ricardo didn't speak English, he spoke Portuguese, and Mullan immediately translated it in a low voice.

Fang Qingye knew that Santos coffee was a representative coffee of Brazil, with a neutral flavor, high acidity, a balance of sweetness and bitterness, and a nutty aroma.

Fang Qingye took a sip of Catuai coffee and noticed a distinct nutty aroma and caramel sweetness, with a significantly reduced acidity.

"Thank you, it really is delicious," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

When Mullan translated it into Portuguese, Ricardo's wrinkled face broke into a wide smile.

The preceding part was just casual conversation; we'll soon get to the main topic.

“President Ricardo, Mr. Fang and I are here today to discuss matters concerning your company. The KPMG accounting firm we invited is currently evaluating your company. Although the results are not yet available, it is definitely not worth 20 billion reais. Your asking price makes us feel a lack of enthusiasm and sincerity,” Fang Qingye said.

“Oh, my dear friend,” Ricardo said.

"KPMG is an accounting firm from Western countries. They are arrogant and hostile towards us BRICS countries, Brazil, and China, and do not acknowledge our development. Therefore, their assessments may not be deliberately demeaning, but they will be good prices. You don't have to believe them."

Wait for Mulan to translate it.

Fang Qingye was stunned.

What the hell!

How could anyone be so shameless?!

Although there are indeed contradictions in terms of politics and ideology, KPMG is still quite convincing from a professional perspective.

Besides, if the other side is prejudiced and arrogant, shouldn't it be even more so towards China?
Would you deliberately belittle Brazil in an attempt to curry favor with us?
That's absolutely ridiculous.

This old man is definitely not as kind and approachable as he looks.

Qiao Yongfeng and Yan Shi seemed unfazed, as if they had seen it all before and were already familiar with Ricardo's nonsense.

Thinking of this, Fang Qingye decided to stop listening to his nonsense and get straight to the point: "President Ricardo, according to the information we have received, ADM Company is interested in acquiring your cooperative?"

Ricardo smiled and said, "It seems you're very well-informed, Mr. Fang. Indeed, Mr. John, the general manager of ADM's branch in Brazil, has contacted us. He's very interested in our company and intends to acquire it. We're currently in contact with them."

"Are they willing to pay 20 billion reais to acquire it?" Fang Qingye pressed.

“I’m sorry, that’s a trade secret and I can’t disclose that, but I can reveal one thing: our negotiations went very well,” Ricardo said.

Happy my foot!

Based on your utter nonsense just now, who would believe you?

Fang Qingye knew she wouldn't get anything of value out of him today, so she whispered a few words to Qiao Yongfeng and signaled to go back.

Qiao Yongfeng nodded. The two stood up to say goodbye and leave, but Ricardo warmly urged them to stay: "Mr. Qiao, Mr. Fang, don't be in such a hurry to leave. How about we have dinner together tonight, or have a couple of drinks at La Favela bar?"

"I'm sorry, I can't hold my liquor," Fang Qingye said with a smile, politely declining.

Ricardo didn't insist and let Katia escort everyone downstairs.

As they approached the elevator, Katia suddenly said, "Mr. Fang, could we exchange phone numbers? It would be convenient to keep in touch in the future."

"Sure." Fang Qingye readily agreed and gave the other party her newly obtained mobile phone number in Brazil.

After everyone went downstairs and returned to the hotel by car, they discussed the conversation they had just had in Fang Qingye's room.

“I always felt that Ricardo was talking nonsense. I even suspected that ADM had no interest in acquiring Fairgray at all,” Fang Qingye said.

“I feel the same way now, but we don’t have a good solution for the time being. The other party isn’t taking the bait, and we can’t offer 20 billion,” Qiao Yongfeng said.

He suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Fang Qingye, and said in a joking tone, "Qingye, does that Katia have a crush on you? Why don't you ask Katia out for a chat and subtly ask her about it?"

Beauty trap?
How could you even think of that?!

Fang Qingye quickly explained, "Who said that? They were just doing it as a routine matter. Doesn't Yan Shi also have her phone number?"

“But Mr. Fang, Miss Katya didn’t say ‘handsome’ or ‘sexy’ to me, did she?” Yan Shi, who was sitting on the sofa next to me, chimed in.

shit
It turned out that the two of them had overheard Mulan's whispered words to him.

Fang Qingye glared at Mu Lan, but Mu Lan looked completely innocent: "I'm a translator, of course I have to faithfully fulfill my duties. I have to translate whatever they say."

Fang Qingye was speechless upon hearing this.

"However, Aoba, that Miss Katya is indeed beautiful, and I heard she's still unmarried," Qiao Yongfeng said.

"Brother Qiao, you have something on your mind? I absolutely won't tell your wife."

"Me? I'm too old. That's a hobby for you young people."

"Yan Shi, I heard from Brother Qiao that you're still single? Getting Katia on your side would be beneficial both professionally and personally." Fang Qingye quickly shifted her gaze and started joking with Yan Shi.

“I do have that thought, but Katia isn’t interested in me. She likes you, Mr. Fang,” Yan Shi retorted immediately.

"Haha." Qiao Yongfeng laughed again.

Mulan, who was next to him, remained silent and scrolled through her phone.

These men...
None of them are serious!

While Fang Qingye and his friends were joking around in the hotel, in the president's office of Philgrey Company, Ricardo had lost his earlier amiable expression and was silently smoking a cigar with a gloomy face.

Katia, standing beside him, spoke up, "President Ricardo, are we just going to wait it out like this? The soybeans won't be ripe for another two months. What will we do then?"

"What's the rush? Mr. John said he's in contact with ADM headquarters and hopes they'll agree to acquire our Fairgray company."

“John is lying! Even if John himself has such thoughts, ADM headquarters doesn’t! Their ships will be waiting in the port for us to transport soybeans! They’re also deliberately driving down the price! Most of the profits from the soybeans that our farmers work so hard to grow are taken by these grain merchants!” Katia’s tone was somewhat agitated.

"Moreover, even if ADM wanted to acquire it, could they come up with 20 billion reais? Absolutely not!"

“They can haggle,” Ricardo replied, then seeing Katia about to speak again, he said directly, “There’s no need to discuss this anymore. I know what I’m doing! Katia, you can go about your business!”

Seeing the girl leave the office, Ricardo took out his phone and called John, the general manager of ADM's Brazilian branch.

(End of this chapter)