Chapter 435 – $100,000
“Right? I think this name is great too. I spent several nights coming up with it.”
“Since you also think the name is good, then it’s decided.”
“Our supermarket will be called this!”
And so, the supermarket’s name was decided just like that.
At that moment, the food arrived, and the siblings stopped talking and started eating.
As Xu Jinning ate, she suddenly heard a few words in Italian.
Italian, in modern times, was considered a minor language, with very few people learning or speaking it.
But in this era…
Someone was actually speaking Italian.
Curious, Xu Jinning turned around and saw two foreigners. To be honest, this was the first time she had seen foreigners in her hometown.
Blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners. The Italian just now was spoken by the one leading them.
Not only that, but Xu Jinning also noticed two familiar faces walking in with them.
If she remembered correctly, the man walking alongside the foreigners was a leader of Anren County, surnamed Xiao. He had visited their house several times before, due to her and her sister’s high entrance exam scores and Grandfather Xie’s matter.
The last time he visited, he specifically told Xu Jinning to call him Uncle Xiao and said that if she ever needed help, she could come to him.
If she couldn’t find him, she could ask his assistant, whose surname was Hao.
If she wasn’t mistaken, the man walking beside Uncle Xiao was indeed Assistant Hao.
Aside from these four people, there was another middle-aged man with them. Judging by the conversation, he seemed to be a translator?
Was Uncle Xiao here today with his assistant to discuss matters with these two Italians?
Just as Xu Jinning looked over, Xiao Changsheng happened to glance in her direction as well.
At first, Xiao Changsheng only glanced over without paying much attention.
But when he took a closer look, he recognized Xu Jinning.
Xu Jinning, the future mistress of the Xie family in the capital, was someone Xiao Changsheng definitely had to remember. After all, this young woman had already earned the approval of Old Master Xie.
On top of that, she was remarkably intelligent, and her future seemed boundless.
During his previous visits to the Xu family, Xiao Changsheng had already committed Xu Jinning to memory and had even told her to reach out if she ever needed anything.
But up until now, neither Xu Jinning nor the Xu family had sought his help.
Xiao Changsheng knew quite a bit about the Xu family, though. After all, many of the things they were doing now required his approval as the leader of Anren County.
For example, the construction of Qinghe Village Primary School.
Xiao Changsheng hadn’t expected the renowned international medical expert Ning Di, who had returned to China, to be Xu Jinning’s aunt. She had even settled back in the country and donated the school.
Xu Jinning’s eldest brother, Xu Xiangdong, was spearheading agricultural contracts and development in Qinghe Village and the surrounding areas.
Her second brother, Xu Xiangbei, after making money from business, was leading efforts to build roads with the villagers.
Recently, they even bought two plots of land, and rumor had it they were planning to build a supermarket.
Xiao Changsheng had never heard of a supermarket before, but it sounded intriguing. He was eager to see it take shape when he approved the project.
The more he looked at the Xu family, the more he realized just how capable they were, with vast connections to boot.
And of course, Xu Jinning herself was highly accomplished.
She had only been at Beijing University for less than a year, but she had already passed the graduate exams, earned her diploma, and become a lecturer at the university.
On top of that, she had started working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Her abilities were nothing short of extraordinary.
Xiao Changsheng had even heard that Xu Jinning had incredible luck as well.
He had also heard several stories to corroborate it.
However, Xiao Changsheng chose not to comment on these mystical matters.
He hadn’t expected to see Xu Jinning at the Friendship Hotel today.
But then it made sense—since it was summer vacation, Xu Jinning must have returned home, and today she was dining here with her second brother Xu Xiangbei.
If it were any other time, Xiao Changsheng would have gone over to greet Xu Jinning and might even have sat down to chat with her.
Xiao Changsheng wasn’t one to put on airs due to his status or age; he was always very approachable.
But at the moment, he had an important matter to attend to and couldn’t spare the time to talk with Xu Jinning.
So, he nodded and smiled at Xu Jinning before taking his assistant and the other three individuals to sit at a table next to hers.
Xu Jinning returned his nod and then continued her meal with her brother.
Since there weren’t many people in the restaurant at that time, it was relatively quiet. Moreover, Xiao Changsheng’s table was adjacent to Xu Jinning’s, so she could easily overhear their conversation.
And she understood it!
The two foreigners were Italians speaking Italian, a language Xu Jinning was fluent in.
Xiao Changsheng and Assistant Hao seemed not to understand Italian, so their communication with the Italians relied on the translator.
Xu Jinning listened closely and realized they were discussing a business deal.
Xiao Changsheng was planning to purchase a batch of advanced precision equipment from the Italians, primarily for medical use.
It seemed he had previously bought one unit from them and was quite satisfied.
So now he intended to buy ten more units, each priced at $10,000, totaling $100,000 for the ten units.
The Italian named Jason said that they would need a $50,000 deposit before they could ship the ten units of equipment from Italy. Once the equipment arrived, Xiao Changsheng would then transfer the remaining $50,000 to their designated bank account.
The two sides were negotiating these terms.
Perhaps because $50,000 seemed like a substantial deposit, the negotiations dragged on, and Xiao Changsheng eventually said he needed some time to consider and would respond in a few days.
The Italians agreed to wait for three days.
After that, they would sell the equipment to other countries if no agreement was reached, even if Xiao Changsheng offered more money.
Xu Jinning didn’t catch what was said after that because she and her second brother had finished their meal and were planning to discuss matters with other vendors.
So they left.
But as Xu Jinning walked along the street, she felt as though she had forgotten something important, something related to the storyline in her book.
She tried to recall but couldn’t remember what she had forgotten.
Her intuition told her that it was something significant.
“Ningning, what are you thinking about? Why do you look so worried? Are you tired? If so, we can skip this afternoon,” Xu Xiangbei noticed her change in mood and asked with concern.
“It’s nothing, big brother. I’m just thinking about something else. I feel like I’ve forgotten something, but I just can’t recall it.”
Xu Xiangbei patted Xu Jinning’s head and said, “If you can’t remember it right now, it means the timing isn’t right. Don’t worry about it; you might suddenly remember it when you’re not thinking about it.”
Xu Jinning nodded, agreeing with her brother’s reasoning, and decided to stop worrying about it.
