Chapter 200 - Becoming a shareholder (2)
“We can’t do that. We have agreed on partnership and have signed a contract. We can’t just split up the partnership right when the business is taking off,” said Lao Zhang as he shook his head.
“There is nothing else that I can help with. We called it a partnership but other than the money for the materials at the beginning, I never put in anything else, nevermind about labors. It was all you and your wife’s hard work. I think it’s already more than fair to let me split the profit until the end of the year,” said Shu Yan with the most sincerity.
Lao Zhang disagreed with her strongly and, finally, Ye Shuqin had to step up.
“Why don’t we do this? No more splitting up talk, okay? Come next year, we will just give you shares of the factory.”
“That…”
“Yes!” Lao Zhang clapped his hand before Shu Yan said anything. “We will just give you stock directly. You can stop trying to fight us now.”
Shu Yan lost that battle and, after some further discussion, decided on 20% share of the factory.
When she was about to take off, Shu Yan gave it some thought and said, “Right now, we only have a thin style and one with padded velvet. I think we can put some more thought on other type of materials. We can three different levels of products based on the types of material. Then there’s the style. There’s no reason to be limited to just adult male and female. The kids’ market is a big market as well. You can also consider the elderly market. It’s all fall sets. Just make some samples. You have built-in customers already. You can just go and see if they are interested. That might be another way to go.”
They showed her their gratitude and Shu Yan wanted to reciprocate by providing them with as much help as possible.
After things were settled over here, Shu Yan headed over to her company. She had a lot to take care of over there as well. She hasn’t had a lot of time to go over there previously but she couldn’t not show up ever.
“Oh, and I was just about to give you a call and here you are. We’ve signed the star couple.” Hu Ruixue walked over and sat down on the couch next to Shu Yan. The secretary came inside with a cup of tea, placed it down gently in front of Shu Yan, and closed the door behind her on her way out.
“They agreed?” Shu Yan thought it’d take a bit more time for the negotiation.
“Yeah, $180,000 for the two of them, but it’s 500,000 as far as the public is concerned.” Hu Ruixue looked at Shu Yan’s face. “How come you are getting darker and darker?”
“Announce it’s 500,000 publicly?” Shu Yan stroked her face and said, “This is normal according to the doctor. It’s scabbing right now. Once the scabs fall off, it will be fine.”
Shu Yan worried about scars so she had stopped wearing the face make altogether. She worried that the mask would rub off the scabs and leaves a white mark. Then she’d be even worse off than before.
“Right. To make them seem more valuable. And that’s beneficial to us as well. An unheard-of brand hired a star couple for $500,000 will be a lot of publicity for us as well.” All they needed to do was to make a point of saying that and that would also bring up the value of their own products. What was not to like about that?
Shu Yan nodded. Just like the stars decades from now. They always announced a high amount to the public.
“When does the filming of the commercial begin?”
“We are working on it already. Probably a week from now. It’ll be at least another month between filming to the commercial is actually played.” Hu Ruixue was not happy with the progress. “Then there is the problem with the sales people. Chen Fei said the remodeling will take two more weeks. I have hired two sales people and want them to be trained up at your place first. Does that work for you?”