After being reborn, I have seven older sisters.

When Chunsheng saw Wang Beiping speak this time, he no longer used the obviously provocative tone as before, but instead gave people the feeling that his tone was humble and his attitude was sincere.

Although Chunsheng couldn't tell for a moment whether the other party had genuinely changed their attitude or was just pretending.

But for him, as long as he feels comfortable listening to it, there's no need to care about the other person's true thoughts.

Since they asked so sincerely, I must respond with sincerity in return.

So, after thinking for a moment, he immediately gave a figure: "600 yuan is a good price, considering the large amount of translation work and the short timeframe."

"Even if my teacher doesn't mobilize the entire English teaching team, at least a large portion of the teachers should be invited to join this translation work."

After hearing Chunsheng's explanation, Wang Beiping did not immediately raise any questions, nor did he utter any provocative words.

Instead, he looked at Chunsheng, tapping his right knuckles lightly on the table while pondering a solution without any hesitation.

Chunsheng knew that no matter what number he offered, Wang Beiping would not agree immediately and would definitely try to negotiate with him again.

So, after he finished speaking, he looked patiently at Wang Beiping sitting directly opposite him, waiting for the other party to continue bargaining with him.

Just as he expected, Wang Beiping quickly smiled, feigning difficulty, and said, "600 yuan might be a bit high!"

As soon as Wang Beiping finished speaking, Chunsheng immediately retorted with a sincere expression, "So, in your opinion, Section Chief Wang, how much money would it take to mobilize a dozen or so middle school English teachers to sacrifice their rest time and stay up all night translating materials for us?"

When Chunsheng said that the teachers "sacrificed their rest time," he deliberately emphasized it.

Although he knew that doing so might not work with Wang Beiping, since Wang would pay him, it wasn't like he was asking the teachers to provide services for free.

But he felt that as long as he said it, it was no better than not saying it at all.

Because anyone who has been to school will feel a sense of respect and deference towards the role of a teacher.

Few people would argue with a teacher over things or fuss over trivial details, even if that teacher has never taught them anything or they don't even know them.

Chunsheng carefully observed Wang Beiping. He noticed that when the other man heard him mention his teacher, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he slowly lowered his head, as if he was thinking about something.

After a moment, Wang Beiping let out a long sigh, looked up at Chunsheng, and said, "How about this, 350 yuan is the highest I can go. I can decide this price myself without having to report to the factory office leaders, otherwise it will just waste more time..."

Before Wang Beiping could finish speaking, Chunsheng immediately agreed, "No problem, we'll cooperate on this amount. But could you extend the deadline to next Thursday morning?"

When Wang Beiping saw that Chunsheng agreed without any hesitation, he was slightly taken aback at first, and then smiled and said, "Next Thursday morning, that time is fine, as long as it's not later than noon."

Then, Chunsheng asked, "I have class on Thursday, and my teacher also has class that day, so it might be inconvenient for me to make a special trip to deliver it. Could you perhaps have someone pick it up from our school?"

Wang Beiping pondered for a moment, then immediately turned his gaze to Gao Xiaocheng, who hadn't said much. "Xiaocheng, if you don't have any important plans next Thursday morning, how about you make the trip?"

Gao Xiaocheng immediately agreed, "No problem! I happen to be away on business next week, and I'm familiar with the road to Qinyuan Commune, so let me handle this!"

Wang Beiping nodded in satisfaction, then said to Chunsheng, "You said you'd pay upfront, so I'll give you 100 yuan first. Once your brother-in-law brings back the translated materials, and we've reviewed them and confirmed they're okay, we'll let you know to come and collect the remaining 250 yuan. How does that sound?"

When Chunsheng heard the amount of 250 yuan, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Section Chief Wang, could you perhaps increase the initial payment to 150 yuan? That would make the remaining amount 200 yuan, because 250 yuan just sounds a bit odd!"

"If this gets out, it'll be fine for me, since I'm just a student and don't know many people in society. But it's different for you; people might laugh at you if they find out!"

Wang Beiping didn't realize this at first, but after hearing Chunsheng's explanation, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright! We'll do it your way. Here's 150 yuan for you. Once we get all the translations next week and confirm everything is okay, we'll let you know to come and collect the remaining 200 yuan."

As Wang Beiping spoke, he stood up from his chair, habitually extended his right hand, and smiled at Chunsheng, saying, "It's a pleasure working together! The translation of the two machine equipment booklets will depend entirely on you and your teacher."

Chunsheng grasped Wang Beiping's hand and said calmly, "It's a pleasure to cooperate! Rest assured, Section Chief Wang, the teachers in the English group at Qinyuan Middle School will do their utmost to translate our equipment operation manual!"

After giving Chunsheng a few more instructions, Wang Beiping asked Gao Xiaocheng to take him to the finance office to collect a 150 yuan advance payment.

Just as Gao Xiaocheng was about to leave, Wang Beiping suddenly called him back, pointing to a military green backpack hanging behind the door and saying:

"Xiaocheng, give that backpack to your brother-in-law and let him put those two equipment manuals in it. I'm not comfortable letting him carry them by hand all the way back to their hometown from the county town!"

Gao Xiaocheng smiled, immediately took the backpack from behind the door, and then left with Chunsheng.

After leaving Wang Beiping's office, Gao Xiaocheng led Chunsheng directly to the finance office on the third floor.

After filling out a bunch of forms and going through all the financial procedures, he successfully handed over 150 yuan in cash to Chunsheng.

It was more than an hour later when the two returned to the Procurement Department's office.

At this moment, Song Chunping and Chunmiao, who had been waiting anxiously in the office, immediately stood up to greet them when they returned.

Just as Song Chunping was about to ask them how the talks went, Gao Xiaocheng stopped her immediately.

Gao Xiaocheng told her to take her younger siblings downstairs and wait, while he quickly took care of something and went to find them.

Song Chunping, with Chunsheng and Chunmiao, had only been at the office building entrance for less than 5 minutes when Gao Xiaocheng came downstairs.

"Let's go to the Agriculture Bureau. We can talk about other things on the way."

Song Chunping hummed in agreement and then fell silent, leading her younger siblings and following closely behind her husband as they walked towards the bicycle shed at the main gate.

Song Chunping is not only virtuous, but also intelligent.

Just now, as Gao Xiaocheng and Chunsheng entered the office of the Purchasing Department, she immediately noticed the military green backpack hanging on her younger brother Chunsheng's shoulder.

Even now, although she still can't be sure what's in that backpack, judging from Chunsheng and Gao Xiaocheng's expressions, the two brothers should have some good news to tell her and Chunmiao later!