President Li was a rough-and-ready private lender, not someone who understood overly complicated business operations.
When he realized that some people wanted to jump on the bandwagon and profit from the situation, he bluntly stated, "Sell or don't sell. If the price isn't set according to our terms, there's nothing to discuss."
As a result, President Li's business immediately shrank considerably, while Lin Beauty's business continued progressing steadily. With them acting as intermediaries, anyone who wanted to raise prices at the last minute had to weigh the consequences.
They were outdated equipment destined to be eliminated anyway. It did not matter how much was sold, as long as it brought in more than scrap value and was enough to account for it.
However, there were plenty of shrewd people in state-owned enterprises now. When they heard that many private companies had suspended equipment sales in order to wait for a suitable price, they too began holding back their goods.
Even when Lin Beauty's group urged them along, the manufacturers delayed under all kinds of pretexts. They did not mention raising prices; they simply dragged things out.
Some even pulled strings with higher-ups to pressure Team Leader Lin's group, saying that the secondhand equipment recycling and reuse they had facilitated was suspected of selling off state-owned assets at excessively low prices. They were not denying their contributions, but the purchase prices should preferably be raised to a reasonable range.
As mentioned earlier, Lin Beauty's group had highly flexible authority in their work. When they got serious, they could manage anyone, but unrelated departments could still make snide remarks and criticize them without worrying about consequences.
Lin Beauty's group simply pretended not to hear it, but they still notified the two units, "Negotiate the sale of your used equipment yourselves. We will