Although Wang Lie had already started cursing inwardly, he still said calmly, "Ten million for 6% is not a reasonable price, but to show our sincerity in cooperating, we can pay a premium,
and Mr. Posak, you should know that we have just secured a major Air Force contract, so the prospects of cooperating with us cannot be measured in money alone."
Posak pondered without speaking, but his wife asked bluntly, "Since you are willing to pay a premium, how much can you offer?"
The hell, am I here to drive up the price for you two?
Jeff offered ten million. What, now you want me to offer twelve million, then go ask Jeff how much he can offer?
Ever since taking over the company, Wang Lie had come to deeply hate these engineering types. They never beat around the bush; they went straight for the windpipe.
But before Wang Lie could figure out how to answer, Li Ye spoke.
"Before Mr. Wang makes his offer, for the interests of the shareholders and the company's future prospects, we would like to ask a question: can you guarantee that you will not use Cisco to engage in unfair competition in the market?"
"After all, the original purpose of multiprotocol routers was to connect all incompatible computers. We do not want to see every computer connected to every other computer, while IBM is shut out in the cold."
"..."
"Sir, may I ask who you are—"
Wang Lie frowned and was about to ask who Li Ye was, but halfway through the question, he remembered that he had already asked it during their meeting at his company.
This young man was an "intern" from Fengyu Company in Hong Kong.
But now that they were meeting for the second time, Wang Lie finally