Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1378, Section 1365: Victory Settlement (Part 3)

"Serious business?" Luo Yihang crossed his legs again. "I'm talking about serious business now. Hey buddy, what exactly are you guys after? You've made enough money, haven't you? How many meals can you eat, how many beds can you sleep in? What's the point of ruining ordinary people like this..."

Old John remained silent with a stern face, as if he hadn't heard a word Luo Yihang was saying.

He simply pulled out a document and pushed it over.

Actually, I couldn't help but complain in my heart. What kind of title is "Brother Yue"? I've never seen such a... despicable person.

Luo Yihang picked up the document and flipped through it.

That's pretty much the gist of it; it's a surrender statement.

The content, of course, is not the joke-like 34% stake in Climate Corporation plus a $200 million private donation that was mentioned at the beginning.

Instead, it includes 100% equity in Climate Inc., free sharing of CRISPR gene editing technology, licensing of TAL effect transcription activator technology, ADM's supply chain data analysis system allowing for investment, and 10% to 25% shares in domestic seed companies such as Denghai and Yuannong.

There was also an infringement lawsuit involving 13 major categories, 375 subcategories, 2117 products, and a total value of 471 billion yuan, which was settled for 4 billion yuan.

The other three points—a three-month public apology, the destruction and prohibition of production of all infringing products, and the phenotypic database developed by Bayer and Corteva—were not mentioned at all.

There are many other detailed clauses; the entire document is a thick stack of dozens of pages.

Luo Yihang, too lazy to flip through the pages, slammed his hand on the table and continued, "You guys are slaves to money. Oh, right, you said you didn't love money, you just wanted to be tenant farmers, working for landlords. But if you weren't paid, you'd be unhappy. You're hypocritical, like idiots..."

Old John felt wronged; he was quite old, yet he still had to listen to a young man's lecture.

It wasn't a lesson anymore, it was being scolded to my face.

Old John let out a long sigh of relief; he was almost bursting with anger.

As for any aristocratic demeanor, those vague and cryptic pronouncements about "herding sheep" and "original sin" have long been discarded.

"Luo. Your terms." Old John interrupted Luo Yihang in a deep voice.

Luo Yihang threw away his proposal; he must have been dissatisfied.

The main thing is, please stop cursing, please stop cursing.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yihang indeed stopped cursing.

He took out a document and pushed it in front of old John.

This one is much simpler, just two pages.

They even thoughtfully translated it into English.

There are only a few main conditions.

1. 100% equity in Climate Company + relocation of headquarters.

2. All foreign-owned shares in domestic seed companies.

3. The technologies, including the tabular database, are owned by the company with 100% equity.

4. The above technologies can be licensed back to the user for a fee, charged per use.

5. Infringing products must not be produced.

6. More than 500 infringement lawsuits resulted in losses of US$80 billion.

These conditions were all mentioned before, but they have all been raised to a higher level.

However, some have removed the requirement of a public apology within three months, knowing that such a thing is useless to them.

Old John quickly finished reading the terms.

Gently place it on the table.

“Luo, this is against the rules. Your conditions are even more demanding than they were at the beginning.”

Luo Yihang leaned forward, rested his elbows on the table, smiled at Old John, and said softly, "I am the rule."

"Furthermore," Luo Yihang's voice softened, "can the conditions before the war be the same as after the war? Don't you know that the first price offered by the Easterners was the most favorable? Why didn't you accept it? Brother Yue..."

Luo Yihang's tone was gentle, and his smile was sweet, like a bully forcing a woman into prostitution.

Old John felt a chill run down his spine.

Old John's expression was blank; he supported himself on the table with one hand, while secretly clenching his fist under the table with the other.

a long time.

Old John shook his head. "I cannot agree to that."

After saying that, he picked up his own copy, intending to discuss each point one by one. The conditions he presented were not the ones he could ultimately agree to.

Asking for an exorbitant price and then settling for a lower price is unacceptable.

But Luo Yihang didn't try to bargain with him.

Instead, he leaned back into the sofa and chuckled, "John, for example, if you were just an ordinary worker, and one day you unexpectedly discovered that your boss was having an affair with the big boss's mistress, what would you do?"

They're in the middle of negotiations, how did the topic of mistresses come up again?

Old John simply couldn't keep up with Luo Yihang's leaps of thought.

I could only casually reply, "Join?"

Upon hearing just that one sentence, Luo Yihang sat up abruptly.

His facial expression was particularly strange, and this was the first time he had lost his composure today. His mouth was wide open, and he blurted out in Chinese: "Holy crap, you old bastard, you've got some tricks up your sleeve!"

Old John frowned. "What?"

Luo Yihang shuddered and waved his hand, "I'm still too naive. Let me explain again, how can you maximize your profits?"

"That's a boring question," Old John said, not wanting to answer.

Luo Yihang insisted on explaining, "Of course it's handed over to another leader who is hostile to your leader."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Old John made up his mind not to follow Luo Yihang's train of thought.

He then elaborated on his plan.

Luo Yihang didn't elaborate, but they didn't discuss it further either.

Instead, he casually pointed to his proposal and asked in return, "Brother John, you must have come here to negotiate something, right?"

“Well…” Old John paused for a moment, but then quickly realized, “It would be best to achieve a satisfactory result, but it’s not necessary.”

Luo Yihang chuckled, "Stop being stubborn. If we deduct your goods for a day, how much money will we lose? How long can you hold out? Three months? Five months? Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

Old John smiled bitterly to himself.

Yes, if they don't get the water inlet pipe connected soon, their whole bunch of companies will go bankrupt.

A broken cash flow is scary enough, but a broken supply chain is even scarier.

The more I think about it, the more I hate it.

Damn it, how come so many things are made in the East without me even noticing?

How the hell are those people managed? They're all sucking the company dry.

Why does Yemen have food? When did they get it there?!
If it had been discovered earlier, and if even one of these issues had been resolved... the situation wouldn't have become so dire.

Old John was filled with regret, but it was too late.

He knew in his heart that this time, he would have to bleed profusely.

Consider it like cutting off a festering sore, or cutting off a tail to save the body.

Made up my mind.

Old John picked up the document again, this time it was Luo Yihang's copy.

Pick up a pen and write or draw on it.

I kept struggling with my writing, making corrections and revisions for a long time.

I finally put down my pen and let out a long breath.

Then, rousing himself, he pushed the document in front of Luo Yihang and asked, "Luo, are you satisfied with these conditions?"

Luo Yihang glanced at it but didn't look at it closely at all.

Instead, he stared intently at old John, his tone slightly curious, "As a negotiator, you have a lot of power, don't you need to consult with your organization?"

Old John didn't know why he was bringing this up now, but he was already annoyed. "I've been authorized, and I can make the decision directly on the proposals I put forward."

"Oh~~" Luo Yihang exclaimed exaggeratedly, "If there are two plans and you choose the one that is more favorable to me, then is it because you are incompetent, or... that you have betrayed me?"

Old John's nerves immediately tightened. "What do you mean?"

Luo Yihang smiled knowingly, "It's nothing, I just thought of something funny..."

(End of this chapter)