No wonder Pierre would say such a thing. As he estimated, the market price of these truffles is as high as nearly 80,000 euros, which is more than 500,000 yuan when converted into RMB.
For Pierre who just opened a restaurant, maybe his entire property is more than that, but he definitely can't come up with so much cash. And even if Pierre can scrape together 80,000 euros, a large part of it will be used to maintain the normal operation of the restaurant, and definitely not all of it will be used to buy these truffles.
In fact, such a result has long been expected by Li Yuan, but he still pretended to be surprised and said: "It's only 80,000 euros, and you can't take it out?"
Pierre smiled wryly, "I just opened a restaurant, not a bank. How could I come up with so much money at once?"
Li Yuan muttered deliberately: "With such good ingredients, the first thing I think of is you, what a pity..."
Pierre was touched and said: "My friend, I accept your wish, but... I really can't afford these truffles. You can go to other western restaurants to ask, these truffles are of such good quality, they will definitely be sold soon empty."
Seeing that Pierre's words were also for his own sake, Li Yuan became more determined in his previous decision, and said to him with a smile: "Old Pi, I've always been very nice to friends, since you treat me as a friend, I absolutely I won't treat you badly."
The Frenchman didn't quite understand Li Yuan's meaning, and asked puzzledly: "Are you going to sell it to me cheaply? No, no, no, my friend, I can't accept your kindness. If you do this, you will suffer a loss. Friends return Business is business, my friend. I don't want to confuse the two!"
"It's good that you have such an awareness. I'm more and more satisfied." Li Yuan said with satisfaction: "It's impossible to sell it to you cheaply, but we can partner in the truffle business. How about you being my agent?"
"Agent?!" Pierre was stunned for a moment. Immediately beamed with joy and said: "This is really what I wish for, thank you for giving me this opportunity!"
Seeing that the Frenchman also got the idiom right, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "That's right, Lao Pi, when I'm happy, my Chinese level has improved!"
"My surname is not Pi..." Pierre protested in a low voice, but soon asked Li Yuan enthusiastically, "How do you think we should cooperate?"
"Of course I will provide the truffles, and you will sell them." Li Yuan said the plan he had thought up a long time ago: "As for how to sell it and who to sell it to, it is all up to you. I only have one request, and that is the quality of these truffles." The price must not be lower than the average market price.”
Pierre immediately nodded and said: "Of course! These are all top-quality truffles. If the price is not much higher than the average price, it is a failure. How can it be lower than the average price?"
Agreeing with Pierre's statement, Li Yuan then said to him: "As for your compensation, it is 20% of the sales of truffles. In short, the more expensive the truffles I sell for you, the more income you will earn. "
The plan proposed by Li Yuan is still very fair. As long as Pierre finds a way to sell these truffles at a good price, he can get 20% of the sales, which is already very good.
Just like what the Frenchman himself said, the batch of truffles harvested by Li Yuan alone is worth around 100,000 euros. In other words, Pierre only needs to sell the batch of truffles at the market price. He can also get paid 20,000 euros. And if Pierre finds a way to operate and sell this batch of truffles at a higher price, his reward will be even more.
There is no way to be more satisfied with the conditions proposed by Li Yuan, Pierre nodded quickly and said: "I have no objections at all, we can sign the contract now!"
Knowing that foreigners attach great importance to a contract when doing business, Li Yuan will naturally not object. The two quickly drew up a contract and signed their names. Li Yuan also solemnly stamped the company's contract seal. To show the importance of cooperation between the two parties.
After getting this contract, Pierre couldn't help but beam with joy. And he was so happy not because of how much money he could make in this cooperation. After all, the Frenchman is not a person who values money very much, otherwise he would not quit his well-paid job and come to China to open a western restaurant.
Pierre's ideal is to introduce food to food lovers all over the world. And cooperating with Li Yuan to sell these top-quality truffles is exactly in line with Pierre's ideal. Pierre was very happy when he thought that because of his relationship, the guests of those top restaurants in Europe could taste such good truffles.
After signing the agreement with Pierre, Li Yuan asked him with a smile: "Old Pi, can you tell me how you plan to sell these truffles?"
Now that the two parties are partners, there is no need for Pierre to hide anything from Li Yuan. After thinking about it for a while, he said to him: "I also know a lot of chefs in high-end western restaurants in China, and I believe they will definitely appreciate these truffles." I'm very interested. I'm going to spend 30% of it for domestic sales, so that domestic diners can also taste such good truffles."
Satisfied with Pierre's arrangement, Li Yuan nodded and asked, "What about the other 70%?"
"I'm planning to send it to Europe for auction!" Speaking of which, Pierre waved his arms excitedly and said, "You don't know, even one piece of such a good quality truffle in Europe will cause a sensation. It will be sent to auction. Almost every truffle is of the same quality now, and it will definitely attract a lot of attention, and it will definitely fetch a high price!"
Speaking of this, Pierre paused, and said to Li Yuan with some embarrassment: "Actually, I don't care about how much money I make, but I hope to introduce these truffles to customers with real taste, and then I will be satisfied."
Li Yuan doesn't care who eats these truffles, even if someone buys them to feed pigs, he doesn't care, as long as there is money to be made. Although Pierre's goal was not to make money, his arrangement obviously allowed the truffles to be sold at a higher price, and Li Yuan fully supported his decision.
After hearing Pierre's plan, Li Yuan patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Well, your arrangement is very good. Work hard, I'm optimistic about you!"
Pierre nodded smugly, ready to show his strengths, rubbing his hands and said to Li Yuan: "I will call my colleagues in China now and ask them who is interested in truffles. Then I will contact my friends in Paris and ask about the latest truffles. Is there any auction suitable for selling truffles... ”
Speaking of which, Pierre seemed to have suddenly remembered something. He stared at the truffles in the crisper, and then sighed long, his face full of helplessness.
"Why didn't I think of it just now!" The Frenchman turned his head and glanced at Li Yuan, who looked like a discouraged ball, shook his head and sighed in a low voice: "If it is sent to Europe for auction, how can we preserve this truffle? Big problem, the longer it goes on, the more the quality of the truffles will deteriorate and they won't be so popular!" (To be continued.)
ps: The third update. Seeing that Haima is so diligent on his birthday, all kinds of tickets are being asked!