Si Chen stared at Chen Wang for a full five seconds, his face expressionless.
Just when Chen Wang was feeling slightly uncomfortable with the silent atmosphere, Si Chen's lips rose up to reveal a smile.
"How would you like to cooperate?" Si Chen unhurriedly questioned.
Seeing that Si Chen did not cut down his offer, Chen Wang slowly curled his lips up into a warm smile, "First, I will not purposely engage in any sort of price war or sorts with your Hui Yuan Drink Store and affect your business. Secondly, I will not give the Northwest Drinks a single shred of help to deal against the Hui Yuan Drink Store. Thirdly, and most importantly,"
Chen Wang's smile slowly widened, "We can maintain a good relationship with each other."
Si Chen did not instantly reply to his words, but rather simply tapped his fingers in a rhythmic pattern a few times on the glass marble coffee table.
In the still and quiet room, the sound his fingers made as it lightly tapped against the table was amplified as it echoed through the four corners.
"What do you want in exchange for all of this…terms?" Si Chen finally parted his lips, and spoke up in a languid manner.
"The selling rights of your new drinks. Unlike the Northwest Drinks, I can assure you that I do not possess any will-intent in this. To show off my good-will, I propose a 6-4 split. 6 to me, and 4 to you." Chen Wang proposed his terms with a sparkle glimmering in his eyes, in hope.
"I can give you the selling rights of the Great Milk Tea and the Sweet Strawberry Speciality. As for the rest…I am afraid that this will not be suitable." Si Chen calmly stated.
He placed special emphasis on the word 'rest', which clearly implied that the Hui Yuan Drink Store had more drinks than it seems like in the surface as a sort of a hidden background, and was also a subtle warning to Chen Wang in the case that he wants to go back on his words.
"Haha, I am not such a greedy person, after all. I am content with this. I hope that we can have a happy partnership with each other." With his years of experience, how could Chen Wang possibly not notice this warning? He merely laughed it off and extended a hand over to Si Chen, who firmly shook it without any hint of weakness.
"By the way, Si Chen…I shall call you by this name since you are much younger than me." Chen Wang then switched the topic, "I never got to ask you this, but how old are you right now?"
"16. I am taking the High School National exam this year." Si Chen replied.
Anybody who did a simple background check on him could find out his age, so he wasn't afraid of exposing it.
It seemed like the man in front of him had not done that yet, though. And this was, somewhat unusual, considering how Si Chen was also in the drinks business, and although their products may not directly clashing against each other, they were in the same industry and could count as rivals, until today.
"You are only 16? And you are now taking the 18 year old National exam?" Chen Wang eyes slightly widened in surprise.
"Why are you even going to school when you already have the Hui Yuan Drink Store behind you? That is already enough for you to live a comfortable life." Chen Wang doubtfully asked, but before he got the answer, his eyes grew even larger as he thought of something, "Could it be…that you are planning to enrol to that University?"
"I will be going there." Si Chen confirmed Chen Wang's guesses with a confident tone.
"No wonder. If you were to quality for that University, it would truly be remarkable indeed. I am afraid that you will probably be able to surpass my business in a mere few years." Chen Wang exclaimed in a tone that was not befitting of his status.
It was a long time since he had felt such shock before, as he had already been used to many odd cases through his entire career of business.
However, Si Chen was truly the anomaly all of them all.
At the age of 16, when others would be busy complaining about how difficult studying was, he had already managed to get the Hui Yuan Drink Store to progress to such heights.
"If only my son could be half as good as you. My life woud be fulfilled were this to be true." Chen Wang shook his head and stated.
"Your son is already one of the top of the cream."
"I had thought that in the past. But now, comparing you against him, I feel that he is lacking in many areas." Chen Wang refuted.
Si Chen did not bother to persuade Chen Wang further, and they continued to talk about some small matters regarding the drinks business.
After a while, he looked at the time on the clock, and stood up from the sofa.
"CEO Chen, I will inform Yang Deng of this deal, and you can send one of your assistants to Yang Deng to sign the selling rights contract. And since there is nothing left, I shall take my leave now." Si Chen looked at Chen Wang and bid him farewell, before directly leaving and going straight back to his apartment.
There was one matter which he had to settle – the shares distribution of the Eternal Fashion store. Although what he currently had on hand made him the main owner, but he still wanted a larger portion of it.
After all, he was an investor, and an investor also wants to make the most money from his investments.
Those shares that may not be worth much now, will give returns more than a few times in the future.
The more he bought, the more he earned.
And there was another pressing matter, which was the matter on him owning the shares of multiple businesses.
Sooner or later, the relevant authorities will find out that there is something wrong with a few of his businesses, and when they find out that a mere 16 year old has his hands dipped into so many businesses at his age, this will attract too much attention.
He had to go register and create a company and make all of his deals legal and less noticeable. He was wondering who he should send to complete this task, when his phone rang.
His phone displayed Yang Deng's name.
"Yang Deng, what are you calling for?" Si Chen took the phone and asked, "Is it regarding the recruitment matter that I had assigned to you?"
"Yes, Boss Si. I had already published the news to the public, and it would be taking place tomorrow. I have already received a few people who had stated their interest. Boss Si, I would be sharing the information of these candidates who would be participating in the interview tomorrow." Yang Deng promptly informed in a clear voice.
"Okay. I will be there tomorrow." Si Chen responded with a few words, and hung up the call.
He had asked for both Fang Bin and Yang Deng to publish a recruitment notice, and although Yang Deng was already done with his, it will be good to keep his options open with Fang Bin's one too.
If he found more than one suitable candidate, he could simply hire 2 managers to assist him then.
Afterwards, he called Chen Yang to find out how the OnShop website was currently doing. He had not placed much attention on it these past few days, since he knew that it would take a much longer time for this online shopping concept to be incorporated into society.
Around half an hour later, he cut the call and put his phone down.
Based on what Chen Yang had told him, other than few bugs that popped up from time to time, there was no major issue with their website.
Of course, there was the occasional hacker which tried to hack into their website, but their security configuration and firewall was rather solid.
After all, for their consumers to buy items online, they would have to input their relevant credit card numbers, and without a sufficiently strong firewall, this information could be stolen by hackers and threaten the interests of their consumers.
This, was certainly not what their website would want to achieve.
The overall clicks to their website had increased by around 2 times, from 5000 a day, to 10000. As for the true consumers, there were approximately 20 people who bought items through their website daily.
To Si Chen, this figure was pathetically low, and the profits it gives will not even be able to enter his eyes.
But at the very least, this was a solid improvement than in the past. As long as their website picks up popularity, and the idea of online shopping becomes a norm, and replaces real life shopping to a certain extent, the percentages of the markets he would dominate and the profits he would get would be absolutely unimaginable.