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The blonde woman in the reception room, seeing that six people had come from Xiao Shan's side at once, assumed it was some big business deal and immediately went to inform Allen.

After all, in New Zealand, if you order dozens of machine tools, at most only two or three people will come.

They usually only come to Xiaoshan with so many people when it's a big deal involving hundreds of units.

Zhou Bang asked them to watch Xiao Shan suffer a setback, and they were all worried for Xiao Shan.

After all, they had no idea why Allen had suddenly left.

"He said that the number of machines we ordered is not enough to negotiate with him!" Xiao Shan said calmly, looking at Zhou Bangqiu and the others.

Zhou Bangqiu sighed upon hearing this: "We would like to buy a few more, but the problem is that our factory doesn't have that much money!"

"He said he'd have his secretary come over to talk to us. Let's see what kind of price we can get from his secretary first!" Xiao Shan said slowly.

A moment later, a woman dressed in a business suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked in; she appeared to be Allen's secretary.

The secretary walked up to Xiao Shan and the others with a polite smile: "Mr. Xiao, I am Winnie, the secretary of Director Allen. I heard that you want to purchase thirty machine tools from us, is that right?"

Xiao Shan stood up and nodded to Winnie: "Yes, Miss Winnie."

Winnie nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Xiao, our new machine tool costs £1012 per unit. How would you like to pay for it?"

“Miss Winnie, as far as I know, the price of £1012 per unit is the retail price. We are buying thirty units at once. Although it is not a large quantity, can you give us some discount?” Xiao Shan said to Winnie with a smile.

Winnie pushed up her glasses and gave Xiao Shan a second look: "It seems Mr. Xiao did his homework before coming here."

“Then I won’t beat around the bush with you. I can round it down to £1000 per machine. Is that alright?” Winnie said to Xiao Shan with a smile. “Mr. Xiao, the machine tools produced by our factory are far ahead of other machine tools in the world.”

"Therefore, our machine tool production costs are particularly high, so we can no longer make concessions on price!"

Looking at Winnie's sincere face, Xiao Shan couldn't help but sigh that she was truly a master liar who didn't even blink!

“Miss Winnie, I did a lot of research on your machine tool factory before I came here, so I know you can offer an even lower price!” Xiao Shan smiled at Winnie. “Please, considering our sincerity in coming all this way to buy machine tools, give us a price we can be satisfied with when we get back, okay?”

Winnie hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, then said to Xiao Shan with a regretful expression, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, within the scope of my duties, I cannot offer you a lower price!"

"If you really can't accept this price, we actually have some machine tools in our factory that are priced lower. Would you like to take a look?"

Looking for machine tools with lower prices?

It seems Winnie still thinks she's being taken advantage of!

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Although he knew Winnie was treating him like a sucker, Xiao Shan still smiled and said to Winnie, "Miss Winnie, we just want the latest machine tool! As for the price, can we talk about it some more?"

Winnie shook her head: "Mr. Xiao, I'm just a secretary, please don't make things difficult for me!"

Winnie was telling the truth.

Generally, when purchasing more than 20 machine tools, the sales manager will come to negotiate, and the manager can offer greater discounts.

But it was clear that Xiao Shan and his team had angered Sales Director Allen, so he simply sent his secretary over.

"Okay, Miss Winnie, it's a pleasure to meet you today!" Xiao Shan knew that if he kept pestering her, he wouldn't get a better price.

After all, Winnie was right; as a secretary, she didn't really have much bargaining power.

So Xiao Shan immediately got up, ready to think of another solution.

Logically speaking, no matter how arrogant this machine tool factory is, it's impossible for a secretary to handle a deal involving thirty machine tools; at the very least, they should send a salesperson.

Therefore, Xiao Shan concluded that Allen must be making things difficult for them.

As for why Allen made things difficult for them, they'll have to investigate further themselves.

When Zhou Bangqiu and the others saw Xiao Shan get up, they naturally got up and followed him out of the machine tool factory.

"Xiaoshan, what happened? Why did you leave so suddenly?" Zhou Bangqiu asked Xiaoshan impatiently as soon as he left the machine tool factory.

Xiao Shan sighed: "They're sticking to the price of 1000 pounds per unit and won't lower it any further!"

"That girl was the sales director's secretary, not a regular salesperson, so her bargaining power was limited!"

Zhou Bangqiu asked with some doubt, "Why would the sales director send a secretary to talk business with us?" "We probably did something to offend the sales director, so he's deliberately making things difficult for us!" Xiao Shan said with a slight frown.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bangqiu immediately became anxious: "Xiao Shan, what should we do now? The price of 1000 pounds is only 12 pounds lower than the retail price!"

"Don't rush, we need to figure out why Allen is so angry!" Xiao Shan said with a smile. "Let's go back to the hotel first!"

On the way back to the hotel, Xiao Shan took Zhou Bangqiu and the others to lunch.

Afterwards, I bought some more food before returning to the hotel.

After returning to the hotel, Xiao Shan greeted Zhou Bangqiu.

He planned to go to the entrance of the machine tool factory after get off work in the afternoon to see if he could catch Winnie or Allen and ask Allen why he was making things difficult for them!

Zhou Bangqiu naturally agreed to this.

After resting at the hotel for two hours, Xiao Shan returned to the vicinity of the machine tool factory.

After wandering around the machine tool factory for a while, Xiao Shan finally saw Winnie walking out of the factory with a bag full of documents.

Xiao Shan pretended to be passing by casually and bumped into Winnie, causing the documents in the bag in Winnie's hand to scatter all over the ground.

"Excuse me, excuse me!" Xiao Shan quickly squatted down to help Winnie pick up the documents.

Winnie looked up at Xiao Shan: "Are you Mr. Xiao from earlier?"

Xiao Shan smiled slightly at Winnie: "That's right, it's me! I've offended you unintentionally, I wonder if you would be willing to give me a chance to make amends?"

Xiao Shan was undoubtedly handsome, so Winnie had a rather good impression of him.

Winnie readily agreed, "Of course!"

Upon hearing that there was hope, Xiao Shan's smile deepened: "Then please let Miss Winnie choose the location, and I'll be a silent wallet!"

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Winnie covered her mouth and chuckled.

After repackaging the documents, Winnie took Xiao Shan to a coffee shop in a nearby shopping mall.

There weren't many people in the coffee shop at the moment, so the two found a seat by the window and sat down.

After each of them ordered a coffee, Winnie smiled and leaned forward, getting closer to Xiao Shan: "I think Mr. Xiao bumped into me on purpose, didn't he?"

Xiao Shan raised an eyebrow: "As expected, I couldn't hide anything from Miss Winnie's discerning eyes!"

Winnie picked up her coffee, took a sip, and looked at Xiao Shan with a slight smile: "Is it about the machine tool?"

"Miss Winnie is indeed incredibly intelligent!" Xiao Shan quickly gave Winnie a thumbs up.

“The reason Allen sent me to receive you is because he feels you have deceived him!” Winnie slowly revealed John’s rule that the more people who come to buy things, the more machine tools they purchase.

After listening to Winnie's explanation, Xiao Shan nodded in sudden understanding: "So there are such rules!"

“You’re not one of us at John Bull, so it’s normal that you don’t know this rule!” Winnie said to Xiao Shan with a smile. “Alan is a bit stingy, but he’s a good person!”

Xiao Shan looked at Winnie expectantly: "Miss Winnie, could you tell me Allen's address? I want to go to his place in person to apologize!"

Winnie put down her coffee and looked at Xiao Shan slowly, saying, "Mr. Xiao, would you like to know?"

"Of course!" Xiao Shan nodded slightly.

Winnie smiled slightly at Xiao Shan: "Then come to the Red Lion Bar near the factory at eight o'clock tonight, I'll be waiting for you!"

As she spoke, Winnie stood up and winked at Xiao Shan: "Remember, come alone!"

Watching Winnie turn and leave with such allure, Xiao Shan really wanted to launch a mental attack on her and hypnotize her.

However, after careful consideration, Xiao Shan gave up the idea.

Since the Red Lion Bar that Winnie mentioned was nearby, Xiao Shan didn't bother going back to the hotel.

Anyway, I bought some food for Zhou Bangqiu and the others at noon, so they won't go hungry.

Xiao Shan stayed in the coffee shop until around 7 p.m. before getting up to pay the bill.

I also gave the waiter a tip.

"I have to pay out of my own pocket to do errands for the factory. What a good employee I am!" Xiao Shan thought to himself. "I hope I don't have to sell my looks later!"

As he left the coffee shop, Xiao Shan asked the waiter for directions to the Red Lion Bar.

In consideration of the tip given by Xiaoshan, the waiter very kindly told Xiaoshan the exact location of the Red Lion Bar.

When Xiao Shan arrived at the Red Lion Bar, there were already quite a few customers inside.

However, these customers were mostly concentrated around the large circular stage in the middle of the bar.

Looking at the steel pipes on the circular stage, Xiao Shan revealed a knowing smile that only men would understand.

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Just as Xiao Shan was observing the circular stage, his divine senses detected Winnie walking towards him.

Just as Winnie was about to take a picture of Xiao Shan, Xiao Shan suddenly turned around, startling Winnie.

Looking at Winnie, who had changed into an evening gown, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Good evening, Miss Winnie!"

"Xiao, you're right on time!" Winnie smiled charmingly at Xiao Shan.

“How could I not be on time for a date with such a beautiful lady?” Xiao Shan gestured to Winnie, inviting her to sit down.

After the two were seated, a bartender came over to ask them what drinks they would like.

Winnie ordered a bottle of red wine.

The bartender brought over the wine, opened it, and glanced at Xiao Shan a couple more times before leaving.

After all, there weren't many East Asian faces in this era.

An Asian face like Xiao Shan, who brings a blonde beauty to a bar, is extremely rare!

“Xiao, you’re not like the Eastern men I’ve always imagined!” Winnie leaned back on the bar sofa, looking at Xiao Shan with a somewhat hazy expression.

Xiao Shan smiled and looked at Winnie: "Miss Winnie, what kind of man is an Eastern man in your eyes?"

Winnie took a sip of red wine, shook her head with a complicated expression, and said, "My neighbor is Asian, and it seems he's from Japan. He beats and verbally abuses his wife and children every day!"

“The police have come many times, but his wife and children have protected him, which is simply unbelievable!”

After hearing this, Xiao Shan raised an eyebrow: "Believe me, that kind of scum absolutely cannot represent Eastern men!"

The two sat in the bar chatting idly, neither of them getting to the point.

Xiao Shan wasn't in a hurry and was enjoying this rare moment quite comfortably.

However, Xiao Shan also mentioned his family situation to Winnie, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Winnie was quite surprised when she learned that Xiao Shan was married and had a lovely son.

After all, she was surprised to see that Xiao Shan was so young, yet he was already a father.

After her initial surprise, Winnie felt a little regretful, but she didn't try to flirt with Xiao Shan any further.

At nine o'clock, scantily clad dancers took to the stage, and the atmosphere in the entire bar instantly reached its peak.

Seeing Xiao Shan's gaze fall on the dancers on stage, Winnie smiled and said, "Xiao, if you want to see more, you can go into a private room and pay to watch!"

Xiao Shan quickly waved his hand: "We Chinese people value fidelity in marriage very much, I can't do such a thing!"

After hearing Xiao Shan's words, Winnie's eyes showed a newfound appreciation for him.

There are also some regrets that only she knows.

After the dancers finished their performance, the lively atmosphere in the bar gradually returned to normal.

Seeing that the red wine on the table was finished, Winnie looked at Xiao Shan with blurry, drunken eyes and said, "Let's go, Xiao, take me home?"

Xiao Shan nodded and called the waiter to settle the bill.

When they came out of the bar, Xiao Shan very gentlemanly took off his coat and draped it over Winnie's shoulders.

Xiao Shan and Winnie walked through the streets of Birmingham at night, the surrounding neon lights making Winnie appear even more mysterious and beautiful.

"Would you like to come home with me tonight?" Winnie finally asked.

Xiao Shan coughed awkwardly twice: "Sorry, Winnie!"

Upon hearing this, Winnie shrugged with some regret: "Okay, my home is in that building over there."

After saying that, she walked ahead in silence, looking rather defiant.