1288 ‘Watched Indifferently’
Miao Jing was all smiles. “My dearest granddaughter, it’s no wonder that your mom is afraid of you. You spat so much saliva from calling your uncle-in-law. Aren’t you thirsty?” If San Bao kept calling Tian Dong, she might create a man-made drizzle.
Tian Dong smiled at being called uncle-in-law. He held a cup of warm water in his hands and walked to stand beside San Bao. “Is San Bao thirsty? Let me give you some water.”
Er Bao blinked. He seemed to have discovered an interesting game. He walked wobbly toward Tian Dong. “Uncle…”
Tian Dong shut his eyes at the saliva that Er Bao inevitably spat on him.
“Gegegege!” Er Bao hugged his stomach as he broke into laughter, looking funny. It turned out that he was doing it on purpose and he was teasing the new uncle-in-law.
San Bao ran away from Tian Dong who was right in front of her and stopped in front of Qiao Nan. She hugged Qiao Nan’s calf. “Mama, thirsty, drink, water.” She knew that if she was thirsty, she had to look for her mother.
Qiao Nan carried her daughter and placed her on her lap. The auntie would bring the warm water for her to feed San Bao.
San Bao sat happily on Qiao Nan’s lap. She kicked her legs from time to time, slurping the water.
Er Bao, who was done teasing Tian Dong, left his victim and leaned against Qiao Nan, looking at her longingly.
Qiao Nan was left with no other choice. She turned to Er Bao after she fed San Bao with water. “Er Bao, are you thirsty? Do you want to drink some water?”
Er Bao nodded honestly. Therefore, Qiao Nan took another cup of water and fed Er Bao.
The triplets liked to join in the fun. Without waiting for Da Bao to say that he wanted to drink water, the auntie came out with the third cup of warm water. As expected, being the eldest brother, Da Bao waited until Er Bao had finished drinking the water before he ran to lean against his mama and drank the water obediently, not moving or fidgeting about.
Xu Shengnan just happened to drop by the Zhai family’s residence. Now that Tian Dong visited the Zhai family as well, the atmosphere at the Zhai family’s residence seemed to have changed.
Qiao Nan finally understood what was going on after Xu Shengnan left. “Does brother-in-law wants to work with Gao Yan’s company?” Qiao Nan raised her eyebrows. It was no wonder that her senior had that expression just now. “Is there compet.i.tion?”
In general, when bigger companies worked with smaller companies, it was the smaller companies that took the initiative to approach the bigger companies, while the latter would consider whether to work with them.
However, Gao Yan’s company had a new technology and it turned the tables. All the bigger companies approached Gao Yan one after another with contracts and deals. It was up to Gao Yan to decide who he wanted to work with.
“That’s right. I used to think that this technology will not be available in our country for the time being. Although it is slightly expensive, we could only purchase the patent from overseas. However, if the new technology in our country is just as good as the technology from overseas, there is no need for us to reject what is near at hand and seek what is far away or to waste money to purchase the technology from overseas. There is no need to spend our money overseas.”
Tian Dong was very straightforward.
As long as there were opportunities in the country, his top priority was to work with people in the country.
Firstly, if anything cropped up, it was easier to communicate and sort it out.
Secondly, since the foreigners held the patent to the technology, they would offer a higher price. They would need to invest a lot of money into it right from the start. When people did business, the main objective was to make profits. There was no such thing as a free lunch. Since they paid a high price to bring in the technology, they would charge a significant price when it was introduced to the market. They had to earn the money by selling it to the consumers.
He had finally come back to his hometown and his wife came from an ill.u.s.trious family. Tian Dong was more than willing to contribute to the country and to help the people. He did not harbor hopes of improving the economy with his own efforts, but at the very least, he should contribute and bring convenience to their people.
Therefore, no matter what, Gao Yan’s company was Tian Dong’s top priority.
Previously, the project had come to a standstill. Tian Dong was aware of the attractive conditions that other companies offered Gao Yan.
But Tian Dong did not follow suit to make a better offer like his compet.i.tors. If so, he would have to increase the price when he introduced the technology to the market so as to make sure that he would make profits.
If he did that, it would be going against his original intention.
“Sister-in-law, how well do you know Gao Yan? Is he someone who is after benefits?” Gao Yan was very young. He must have a lot of aspirations. He must have dreamed of becoming successful. Tian Dong was uncertain if Gao Yan had the same thinking and goals as him.
If Gao Yan was after material gains, his company would not stand a chance to work with him.
“Well, I can’t say for sure. Will you believe me if I say that I am not very close to him? Our interaction with each other is limited to my high school cla.s.smate. I am not too sure what business your company is dealing with. The only thing that I can help you with is to ask Gao Yan out on behalf of you so that you can have more time to talk and discuss with Gao Yan privately.” Qiao Nan did not want to give false hopes. This project would bring about huge investments and profits, and she would not interfere with it.
Although Tian Dong did not expect such an answer from Qiao Nan, Tian Dong knew his limits and he did not make further requests.
It was already good enough if he was able to have a private chat with Gao Yan, and he would have to thank Qiao Nan for it.
Right now, no one was given the chance to talk to Gao Yan in private. They were two or three compet.i.tors who would be present when he spoke with Gao Yan. Everyone tried to leave a good impression on him and would give in and make better offers when they learned that their compet.i.tors had made a more attractive offer than them.
If he was able to talk to Gao Yan in private, he would be able to avoid such circ.u.mstances and no one would disturb them.
Qiao Nan smiled widely at how enthusiastic Tian Dong was at the cooperation with Gao Yan. Fang Fang was blessed to know such a childhood sweetheart.
Gao Yan was very capable. All the bigger companies kept making offers and wanted very much to work with him. They could not wait to clinch the deal as soon as possible, fearing that other people would get the deal before them. It was no wonder that after her senior joined the company, she had the intention of saving up the money within three years for the first installment of her house in the capital!
If the project worked out, her senior would receive a huge sum for her year-end bonus.
If Gao Yan was generous and gave his employers an additional red packet, the amount of money would be very significant. As someone who did not earn any money and had to spend her husband’s money, Qiao Nan could not help but be envious of Xu Shengnan for joining such a good company.
She would have lots of money!
The Zhai family kept silent while Tian Dong discussed the project with Qiao Nan. They did not give any comment.