Xiang Yang opened the invitation and took a look.
Inside were several rows of small gold-plated characters, which roughly meant that Li Chao thanked Xiang Yang for taking care of his business over the past year and for providing him with certain goods. Finally, he invited Xiang Yang to have a meal and a drink at his hotel at the end of the year.
Xiang Yang looked up at Zhang Qicheng in confusion, "Isn't Brother Chao right over there? Why didn't he give it to me in person?"
Zhang Qicheng smiled and said, "A five-star hotel has too many suppliers. Those small suppliers who have only supplied goods once or twice are not to mention. Those who can supply goods to him more than three times are all wealthy big bosses. Such people are so busy on weekdays. If Brother Chao goes to deliver the invitations personally, they may make the excuse that they don't have time and refuse on the spot. Let someone with a similar status as Brother Chao deliver the invitations. In this way, even if there are suppliers who are unwilling to come and don't go after receiving the invitations, it is not easy to refuse directly for the sake of face, right?"
"As long as you accept the invitation, generally speaking, unless you really can't squeeze out the time, you will go there eventually," said Zhang Qicheng.
Xiang Yang smiled and put the invitation away. "If you invite me personally, I would refuse. But you send me the invitation. It's useless for me to refuse. I have to accept it. This is a good idea. Okay, tell Brother Chao that I will be there as long as I am free."
Zhang Qicheng nodded without saying anything more.
At this time, Li Chao had finally finished his interviews. The reporters had received benefits and news that satisfied them, and they hurried back to write press releases.
Li Chao walked over here with a happy face.
"Xiang Yang, thank you so much this time. You really helped me a lot." Li Chao held Xiang Yang's hands and thanked him.
Xiang Yang quickly pulled his hands back and said nonchalantly: "This is a fair trade, you don't need to thank me."
Li Chao waved his hand. "Although it's a fair trade, this big sea cucumber is unique in the world. You are in a real seller's market. You are doing me the greatest favor by selling it to me. You have never participated in the management of the hotel and you have no idea what this sea cucumber means to me."
"What does it mean?" Xiang Yang asked curiously.
Zhang Qicheng shrugged his shoulders. "Once this sea cucumber is exposed, his hotel will also be exposed. This kind of exposure is something he can't achieve even if he advertises for a whole year."
"That's not all." Li Chao said proudly, "This time, I divided the sea cucumber into a thousand portions, so I can actually book a thousand tables of banquets. I don't think any boss who comes to eat only eats one portion of sea cucumber."
Xiang Yang asked curiously: "Brother Chao, have you ever thought that the sea cucumber might not be able to be sold?"
Li Chao grinned and said, "As long as we are sure that the goods are good, there will be no problem in selling them. They have their corresponding customers."
Xiang Yang nodded, and then invited: "Brother Chao, Brother Zhang, come to my house and sit for a while?"
Li Chao shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "No, I've already missed a lot of things while I was out this time. I'll have more things to deal with when I return. I think after the news gets out, many old friends will take the initiative to call me to order food. I think I'll be busy these few days."
"You are busy, but you make money. How about you give me that sea cucumber and I will do the work for you?" Zhang Qicheng said sourly.
Li Chao laughed, "Then I won't fish it out for you, Lao Zhang, Brother Xiang, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. We'll meet in Longcheng in a few days. By the way, I'll leave the royal abalone to you, you must help me fish them all out within three days."
"Imperial Golden Abalone?" Xiang Yang looked at Zhang Qicheng curiously. What does this have to do with Zhang Qicheng
Zhang Qicheng curled his lips and said, "I have a comprehensive partnership with you and him as well. According to the rules, the sea cucumber emperor you caught should have been mine."
Li Chao smiled and said, "Didn't I say hello to you and make concessions? I'll give you all my batch of Royal Gold Abalone."
Zhang Qicheng said angrily, "Did you give it to me? You wanted me to help you salvage it and then send it to your hotel for free, right?"
It turned out that the concession Li Chao made was that Zhang Qicheng would be the one to catch the royal abalone, but after catching them, Zhang Qicheng could not sell them to others, nor could he ask Li Chao for money, and all the royal abalone had to be delivered to Li Chao's hotel within three days.
After Xiang Yang learned the truth, he was stunned. How could someone make concessions like this? Wasn't this just finding a free laborer
Isn't this a typical case of taking advantage of others
But Li Chao said to Zhang Qicheng leisurely: "You can choose not to fish, I will never force you."
Zhang Qicheng snorted, "Forget it, you eat the meat and I'll drink some soup. Brother Xiang, I need you to help me fish out those royal abalone as soon as possible. The sooner the better. I only have three days to show them off."
Li Chao laughed and scolded, "Three days is not enough for you to show off your muscles? What do you mean I eat the meat and you drink the soup? Lao Zhang, you are so cheap and yet you are still acting cute. I will let you show off these many royal abalone for three days. After three days, many of your targeted customers will come to my hotel. I will let you send the royal abalone here. By then, everyone will know you. How much benefit will this bring to you?"
Zhang Qicheng immediately said, "How about we switch back, I'll show you the sea cucumber for three days, and you'll show you the royal abalone for three days?"
Li Chao immediately smiled awkwardly, "You guys go ahead and do your work, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Let's go." Zhang Qicheng sighed and said to Xiang Yang helplessly: "Let's go get the deep diving equipment first, and then go directly to the abandoned fishing ground."
Xiang Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhang, come on, I just came back and you're going out again? At least let me go home and have a drink of water."
Zhang Qicheng probably felt that it was a bit inhumane to let Xiang Yang go out again just after he came back, so he smiled and said, "I was inconsiderate. Come on, Brother Xiang, I'll go back with you. Let's have a cup of tea, and then go get the deep diving equipment."
Xiang Yang said speechlessly: "Are you really going to let me drink some water and then go out again? Forget it, let's go, let's go quickly and come back quickly, I will just think that I came back a day late."
When Zhang Qicheng heard this, he immediately smiled happily.
The two men came down from the dock and walked straight to the parking area for the beach motorcycles. Then one of them rode a beach motorcycle and headed towards the new dock where the yacht was parked.
When they arrived at the destination, the person in charge was already waiting there. As soon as he saw Xiang Yang and Zhang Qicheng coming, he immediately came over to greet them.
"Where is the deep-diving equipment that Mr. Li prepared for us?" Zhang Qicheng asked the person in charge directly.