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Xiao Shan obediently followed behind her, acting as her protector.

He never asked Allen for his address.

Because he knew that if Winnie truly wanted to tell him, she would.

If Winnie doesn't want to help him, then there's no point in him asking.

In the end, Winnie was the first to concede defeat in their standoff.

Winnie took off Xiao Shan's coat at the door and handed it to him: "Allen's house is at No. 31, Fifth Street."

Xiao Shan took the coat and thanked Winnie sincerely.

Winnie glared at Xiao Shan with some resentment, but finally sighed, "I really envy your wife!"

After saying that, Winnie left without looking back.

Xiao Shan grabbed his coat and headed towards the hotel.

When Xiao Shan returned to the hotel, Zhou Bangqiu and the others were still awake.

Seeing Xiao Shan return, Zhou Bangqiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Xiao Shan, you're finally back! We were worried you might have run into some trouble!"

"Brother Zhou, I'm sorry to have worried you!" Xiao Shan said with a smile as he told Zhou Bangqiu and the others what he had found out that day.

After listening to Xiao Shan's story, Zhou Bangqiu looked at Xiao Shan and asked, "Xiao Shan, what do we do next?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Shan said, "Tomorrow I plan to bring some gifts to Allen's house to visit him, hoping to clear up the misunderstanding and get him to give us a reasonable price!"

Zhou Bangqiu nodded: "Are you taking people with you?"

"I won't bring them for now!" Xiao Shan shook his head.

"By the way, Xiaoshan, tell me how much you spent on Winnie, and how much it cost to buy things for visiting Allen's house, so I can reimburse you later!" Zhou Bangqiu said to Xiaoshan. "After all, it's for the factory, so I can't let you pay for it yourself!"

Xiao Shan smiled and nodded, then told Zhou Bangqiu about his expenses.

Xiao Shan then said to Zhou Bangqiu and the others, "Everyone, go and rest first. I'm going to take a shower!"

The bar was filled with smoke, and Xiao Shan felt like he was covered in a lingering smell of smoke.

Seeing Zhang Changwei and the others preparing to return to their rooms, Xiao Shan called them back: "By the way, do you have any clothes that need washing? Bring them to me, and I'll take them to the front desk to have them dry-cleaned."

You can't wash clothes in the hotel room.

However, there is a washing machine at the front desk, which can provide free dry cleaning services for hotel guests.

Xiao Shan thought to himself, it would be a waste not to use it.

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly went back and brought over all the dirty clothes they had accumulated over the past few days.

The next day, after Xiao Shan bought breakfast and lunch for Zhou Bangqiu and the others at the bakery, he prepared to visit Allen.

After arriving near Allen's house, Xiao Shan found a secluded spot, took out six packets of tea and two silk handkerchiefs from his backpack, and put them in a paper bag.

Then Xiao Shan, carrying a paper bag, knocked on Allen's door.

Soon, a white woman with brown hair wearing an apron opened the door; she appeared to be Allen's wife.

Allen's wife looked at Xiao Shan at the door and asked with some confusion, "Who are you looking for?"

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After Xiao Shan explained his purpose and handed the gift to Allen's wife, she warmly invited Xiao Shan into the house and called Allen out.

Allen, who came out of the house, was taken aback when he saw Xiao Shan sitting in his living room, but then he recognized Xiao Shan.

Because his wife had told him that the gift Xiao Shan brought was quite valuable, Allen warmly pulled Xiao Shan to sit down on the sofa: "Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry for my bad attitude towards you last time. I didn't expect you to find your way into my home!"

"Don't worry, I know why you've come! I was wrong last time, so how about this, I'm willing to compensate you with the price!"

Upon hearing Allen's words, Xiao Shan quickly apologized, "Mr. Allen, we should be the ones apologizing! Last time, we were ignorant of the rules and didn't know that buying thirty machine tools didn't require so many people!"

"However, the reason why all of us came is because our factory values ​​these thirty machine tools very much!"

Hearing Xiao Shan's explanation, Allen nodded slightly: "It's understandable that you're new here and don't know our rules."

Actually, Allen realized what was going on in his office that day.

These Asians seemed to be visiting John's for the first time, so it's understandable that they didn't know their local customs.

But since he had already made those remarks, he was too embarrassed to take them back.

Now that Xiaoshan has come to apologize and even brought valuable gifts,

It would be quite unreasonable for him not to give Xiao Shan a way out.

Allen paused briefly before offering Xiao Shan a very attractive price: "Mr. Xiao, how about £880 per machine? This is the best price I can offer based on the number of machines you purchase!"

Although Xiao Shan knew that this price was probably the lowest Allen could offer, he still smiled and said, "Mr. Allen, I hope the price can be even lower!"

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Allen's smile instantly froze.

However, since Xiao Shan had come to apologize with gifts, Allen did not react on the spot.

Seeing Allen's somewhat grim expression, Xiao Shan slowly said, "It's like this, Mr. Allen, our country has many metallurgical plants! I believe that if your factory's machine tools could be exported to our country, they would be very popular!"

"Therefore, the number of machine tools I'm buying from you is definitely more than thirty!"

As a leader in the national steel industry, if Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill adopts these advanced machine tools and achieves good results, other metallurgical plants will definitely want to purchase such machine tools.

After all, in this era, the country's resources would be tilted towards factories with high output.

However, those metallurgical plants of average size simply did not have any personnel who understood foreign languages, let alone come to John Bull to buy machine tools.

If I could get Hongxing Steel Mill to cooperate with Allen and bring the machine tools to China, then even those metallurgical plants of average size would be able to purchase advanced machine tools.

This would both increase the overall production capacity of the domestic steel industry and lower the price of machine tools, so why not?

After hearing Xiao Shan's words, Allen was somewhat tempted.

If the country in Xiaoshan really has as many metallurgical plants as he said, then their factory could indeed sell far more than thirty machine tools.

With increased machine tool sales, his commission as the sales director of the machine tool factory would be substantial.

Although the shipping costs are very high, as long as the purchase volume in Xiaoshan is large, the high shipping costs are not unacceptable.

Xiao Shan also saw Allen's concerns: "Mr. Allen, don't worry, I will definitely ask you to ship the goods after I have raised enough orders in China, and I will definitely keep the shipping costs to a minimum!"

If this deal with Allen goes through, the benefits for Xiaoshan will be enormous.

When the time comes, he will be the one who makes a huge contribution to the production capacity of domestic metallurgical plants, and who would dare to say that he is not good enough?

Allen looked at Xiao Shan and said slowly, "Xiao, I'm very interested in your idea! But are you sure your factory can afford such an expensive machine tool?"

Xiao Shan replied without hesitation, "I can confirm it!"

After all, all the machine tools used in factories in China are now imported.

Due to the blockade imposed on China by Western countries, the prices of those machine tools were not much cheaper than these new machine tools.

By this time, John Bull already had the concept of a distributor, so Allen immediately wanted Xiaoshan to become a machine tool distributor in China.

However, Xiao Shan rejected him.

After listening to Xiao Shan's explanation, Allen immediately understood: "How about this, transfer your share to my account first, and then I'll transfer the rest to you later!"

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Mr. Allen, could you help me open a Swiss bank account?"

Although Swiss banks have ceased to be neutral in later generations, they remain neutral in this era.

"Deal!" Allen held out his palm to Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan immediately gave Allen a high five.

Allen also offered the lowest machine tool price: "Xiao, from now on, I can give you a price of £760 per machine tool if you buy it from me, including shipping!"

“If you don’t need me to cover the shipping cost for these thirty units, I can offer you a price of £720 per unit.”

In fact, the cost of producing one of these machine tools would not exceed £400.

The main reason is that John Bull's labor costs are not cheap right now.

Therefore, the price Allen offered is already very reasonable.

"No problem!" Xiao Shan nodded with a smile. "This time you don't need to cover the shipping costs; we'll ship it back ourselves!"

Allen looked at Xiao Shan and said, "Xiao, have lunch at my house today! I'll have my assistant draft a contract for you, and then I'll personally draft a contract for both of us."

Xiao Shan readily agreed without hesitation.

Seeing that Allen had gone back to his study to call his assistant, Allen's wife Olivia quickly refilled Xiao Shan's coffee and warmly entertained him.

At noon, Olivia showed off her culinary skills in the kitchen and roasted a turkey for Xiaoshan.

In John's, housewives only prepare elaborate turkeys when entertaining important guests.

It's clear that the silk scarf and tea that Xiaoshan sent were very much to Olivia's liking.

Meanwhile, Xiaoshan also received two contracts.

One is a contract for the purchase of machine tools by Red Star Steel Mill. The price of one machine tool in the contract is £720, excluding shipping costs.

The other contract is a personal contract between Xiao Shan and Allen, under which Xiao Shan represents Allen in selling machine tools in China. The price of each machine tool is £760, including shipping, with a minimum order of fifty machines!

For every machine tool sold, Allen would give Xiao Shan a commission of £20.

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As for Xiao Shan, although he didn't care about the £20 commission, Allen might not feel at ease if he didn't take it.

What if Xiaoshan switches to another supplier once their business takes off?

Therefore, Allen must align his interests with Xiao Shan's.

After all, relationships based on shared interests are more likely to last.

After lunch, Allen personally took Xiao Shan to the Swiss bank's branch in Birmingham.

Swiss banks operate on a membership system, so with Allen, a long-time member, guiding the way, the account opening process in Xiaoshan was naturally exceptionally smooth.

After opening the account, to show his sincerity, Allen even transferred the commission for the thirty machine tools purchased by the steel rolling mill to Xiaoshan's account, even before Xiaoshan had paid a single penny for the goods.

Xiao Shan greatly appreciated Allen's sincerity.

After saying goodbye to Allen, Xiao Shan returned to the hotel and told Zhou Bangqiu that he had managed to lower the price of the machine tool.

Seeing Xiao Shan's happy expression, Zhou Bangqiu grinned as well: "How much did you manage to get the price down?"

Xiao Shan smiled without saying a word, and after a long while said to Zhou Bangqiu, "Guess."

"880 pounds a unit?" Zhou Bangqiu looked at Xiao Shan with anticipation.

This was the best price he could think of that Xiaoshan could get, considering they were only buying thirty units.

Xiao Shan shook his head: "Too many, guess again!"

Zhang Changwei and the others gasped in shock, staring at Xiao Shan in disbelief: "No way, Director Xiao, this is too much?"

Zhou Bangqiu's smile grew even brighter: "Could it be 840 pounds a piece?"

Xiao Shan shook his head again: "Too many, keep guessing!"

Even Zhou Bangqiu gasped in shock: "800 pounds a unit?"

Xiao Shangao patted Zhou Bangqiu's arm and said no more in suspense: "720 pounds a unit!"

"What?" Everyone stared at Xiao Shan in disbelief.

Zhang Changwei quickly stared intently at Xiao Shan and asked, "Director Xiao, that foreigner didn't do anything to you, did he?"

That Allen doesn't look like someone you can easily get along with.

Director Xiao's visit resulted in such a large sum of money being missing; there must be something fishy going on!

Xiao Shan, somewhat speechless, slapped Zhang Changwei: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xiao Shan then continued to share his deal with Allen: "Also, in the future, if factories in our country want to purchase such advanced machine tools, our steel rolling mill can take the lead and purchase them from Allen! He can cover the transportation costs, and it will only cost 760 pounds per machine!"

As for the commission Allen gave him, Xiao Shan naturally didn't mention it.

Or rather, even if you were to say it, it would be to Li Huaide in private, not in front of so many people!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bangqiu could no longer contain his joy: "My God, if Director Li knew this, wouldn't he jump for joy?"