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But she hesitated to speak out, her lips parted but in the end remained silent.
Li Fei continued to look into her eyes and pressed, "Just tell me, can you accept the profit-sharing ratio I proposed?"
Zhou Xinran furrowed her brows, feeling that one percent was indeed a little too insignificant for her. She had initially considered investing in the factory and not having him spend a dime, then settling for a fifty-fifty or at most forty-sixty split, with herself taking forty percent. After all, his technology was truly astonishing.
But she didn't expect that he would immediately reject her investment and offer only a ten percent share to her, which was a significant blow to her expectations.
Yet, since she hadn't put any money in, she lacked confidence in her stance. She simply felt that this Mr. Li was somewhat unreliable and a bit of a boaster, perhaps?
Li Fei once again urged Ms. Zhou, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.
