After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

Although Chunsheng had decided from the beginning that he would do the translation work entirely by himself.

But he didn't reveal a single piece of information from beginning to end.

He knew very well that if Wang Beiping found out that he was the only one doing the translation work, not only would the price be driven down, but he might even lose the opportunity to work with Wang Beiping.

Moreover, he felt that not only should Wang Beiping not know about this, but even his brother-in-law Gao Xiaocheng and his sister Song Chunping should not be told.

Once you say it, it could cause trouble.

As for Wang Beiping's question about how much money would be needed for this collaboration, he really had no idea.

Asking for 1000 yuan is definitely too much, and the other party will absolutely not agree.

Wang Beiping had previously mentioned that if the amount was 200 yuan, he could make the decision himself.

In fact, even if Chunsheng were only given 100 yuan, or even 50 yuan, he would do his best to complete the translation and give a perfect result.

After all, 50 yuan is not a small amount; a worker in the city only earns 35 yuan a month.

Also, all the savings in my family amounted to only sixty or seventy yuan.

If we can really earn that 50 yuan, it would be equivalent to doubling our family savings in a short period of time, which would probably make my mother and father very happy.

But after he quickly thought about it, he realized that quoting too low a price might not be a good thing, as it could easily cause Wang Beiping to distrust him.

Because in Wang Beiping's mind, he could accept the 2000 yuan cooperation fee proposed by the university in the provincial capital.

The reason is that he felt that translating more than 300 pages of English material in such a short time was worth that much money.

It was the factory leaders, not Wang Beiping himself, who could not accept the cooperation price.

Therefore, the price quoted by Chunsheng represents the expertise of several senior teachers from the English group of Qinyuan Middle School who participated in this collaboration.

If the price is quoted too low, Wang Beiping may think that the teachers at Qinyuan Middle School are not up to standard, which would bring endless hidden dangers to the subsequent cooperation.

If the price were to be capped at 200 yuan, it would seem rather fake and would arouse Wang Beiping's suspicion.

Moreover, Chunsheng felt that a seasoned veteran like Wang Beiping would definitely try to negotiate the price no matter what you quoted.

Fortunately, Chunsheng was just a student. In Wang Beiping's view, he should not know negotiation skills and had no cunning.

Therefore, this became an advantage that Chunsheng possessed in this negotiation that no one else had.

But Chunsheng felt that he should try not to offer that price and let the other party decide.

Firstly, this would lull Wang Beiping into a false sense of security, making him think that he was just a naive and ignorant rural student.

Another point is that letting the other party quote first allows you to probe their price and keep the initiative in your own hands.

After thinking it all through, he frowned slightly, feigning difficulty, and then hesitated, pretending to be at a loss, and said, "Section Chief Wang, you asked me how much I need to pay, but I don't know, because I've never encountered this kind of translation collaboration before."

Upon hearing this, Wang Beiping gave a somewhat helpless "hmm," and then said, "You can't do this if you don't know; how can we cooperate then?"

"Why don't you call your teacher and ask?"

Chunsheng immediately looked at Wang Beiping with a puzzled expression and muttered, "Call my teacher?"

"Yeah, give your teacher a call, she should know!"

Wang Beiping continued, "The office across from mine is the phone booth. If you're interested, I can have your brother-in-law take you there to make a call right now."

As Wang Beiping spoke, he glanced at Gao Xiaocheng.

Gao Xiaocheng immediately looked at Chunsheng, about to say that he would take him to make a phone call.

Chunsheng immediately shook his head at the two of them and said to Wang Beiping, "Our school doesn't have telephones!"

Wang Beiping was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, and immediately asked Chunsheng, "So, you're saying our collaboration can only be finalized after you meet with the teacher, right?"

Chunsheng immediately replied, "That won't be necessary!"

"Don't you need it?"

Wang Beiping asked with some curiosity, "Your teacher is handling the translation, and she doesn't even know about this. What if she disagrees? How can we cooperate?"

Chunsheng said earnestly, "She won't disagree. What reason would she have to disagree with something that can make money?"

"There's something you don't know yet. The English teacher I'm talking about is also my homeroom teacher. We have a very good relationship. Knowing her as I do, I'm sure she'll agree to this translation collaboration."

Chunsheng paused slightly at this point before continuing, "Of course, there are conditions for getting her to agree; I can't just say it casually."

Wang Beiping immediately asked, "What are the conditions?"

Chunsheng immediately replied, "Actually, the condition is very simple: just let her see the sincerity of our Hongxing Food Factory and pay a certain percentage of the cooperation fee in advance."

Wang Beiping: "That's no problem. As long as you reach a cooperation agreement with us, you can pay this fee in advance."

"However, we haven't decided yet how much you'd be willing to pay for this collaboration?"

"That is indeed a problem!"

After Chunsheng finished speaking, he pretended to think and looked at Wang Beiping opposite him, saying, "Section Chief Wang, why don't you name a price first?"

When Wang Beiping heard Chunsheng ask him to make a price quote, he was immediately stunned.

He never makes a price offer during negotiations.

He knew that whoever quoted a price first would be at a disadvantage.

He quickly glanced at Gao Xiaocheng's face and figured that Chunsheng's preemptive strike tactic was probably not something Gao Xiaocheng had taught him beforehand.

Wang Beiping believed that Gao Xiaocheng had always been loyal to him and would not betray him by siding with his brother-in-law Chunsheng over such a trivial matter.

Once he had this leverage over him, Gao Xiaocheng knew how serious the consequences would be.

Therefore, a smart person like Gao Xiaocheng would never do something like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon.

Furthermore, from the very beginning of the conversation, Chunsheng left Wang Beiping with the impression of having a clear mind and meticulous logic. He was not at all like a rural student who had never experienced the ways of the world, but rather like a seasoned veteran who had been in the world for many years.

No matter how much Wang Beiping's thoughts wandered, as soon as his gaze fell on Chunsheng's childish features and clear eyes, he would immediately believe that Chunsheng was just an ordinary middle school student.

How could a first-year high school student from a rural middle school speak so flawlessly, making it difficult to find fault with him?

Wang Beiping even felt that many of the veteran employees in his purchasing department were not even up to Chunsheng's level.

He pondered to himself, could this be what is called talent?

The more Wang Beiping thought about it, the more confused he became, so he stopped thinking about it and decided to get the translation done as soon as possible, because he had a bunch of other messy things to deal with in the afternoon!

So, he stared intently at Chunsheng, his right fingers tapping rhythmically on the table, and suddenly said:

"What do you think of 200 yuan?"