Qin Xiangyang hurriedly nodded, his shoulders also straightening up.
Qin Xiangnuan just smiled faintly, her eyes hiding fleeting glimmers that were hard for others to detect.
"Let’s do this..." The factory leader, seeing that the two children were neither swayed by soft nor hard tactics, could only switch to another method. In any case, the matter of the market lease had to be resolved today—the leaders were waiting for a response. It wasn’t just fifteen years they couldn’t wait, even one month was too much. If the introduction of foreign investment fell through, he would be left holding the bag.
"What do you want, state your conditions," he said, realizing that if he still didn’t understand the children’s intentions by now, he would have lived his years in vain. He didn’t know who’s children these were and how they could be so cunning. It was all because of the previous factory leader who, for the sake of thousands of dollars, had leased out that piece of the market. Now it’s come to this—he has to sit here, straining his brains and playing mind games with two kids. He felt his face burning with embarrassment.
At this moment, Qin Xiangnuan’s eyes opened wide, and instantly, a cluster of light slowly spilled out from the depths of her gaze, not violently tumultuous, yet not completely calm.
"I want several storefronts," she said suddenly, lifting the corners of her lips, "I want three storefronts." Just as the factory leader was about to speak, Qin Xiangnuan interrupted him, "Uncle Factory Leader, don’t think that children don’t know anything. My brother is of age now, he has an ID card. The market you talked about before was usable, but then it became deserted because of road construction. It’s been empty for years; who will compensate us for our losses? You’re scamming, deceiving us. Now, because of the foreign investment, you want it back—that’s not how the world works. Your interests are safeguarded, but what about mine and my brother’s interests? Who do we turn to talk about that?"
The factory leader was rendered speechless. The issue at hand was indeed mishandled by them, but he didn’t know about it—it was the previous factory leader’s doing. And now, the man had been transferred to a municipal position, with his official career on the rise. If he couldn’t handle this matter, he feared he would be stuck in this minor leadership position forever.
However, if he succeeded in bringing in the foreign investment, he would have political achievements under his belt, and maybe he could even enter politics like the old factory leader.
Three storefronts—if the new building was erected, there would be at least thousands of them. This foreign investment had the high attention of the city and provincial leaders. If they asked for three storefronts, it shouldn’t be too difficult.
The foreign investors had already said they could provide a whole floor of a building for the factory leader’s son to conduct business. If he asked for a few more storefronts, it should be manageable.
Alright, he would swallow his pride and ask for them.
"Give me a few days, I will contact you in a few days," he thought, and could no longer sit still, preparing to personally visit the investors once more.
When the Qin siblings came out, Qin Xiangyang didn’t ask much. Indeed, he was still confused about what the factory leader and his sister had discussed—storefronts, reclamation, foreign investors; in short, he was bewildered. But his confusion didn’t matter as long as his sister was sharp.
"Brother, I’m hungry," Qin Xiangnuan said, patting her stomach. This morning she had only eaten some cornmeal, which had long been digested by now.