Chapter 433 - 433 The Main Thing Is the Missing Leg

Feng Jun’s suggestion caught Lin Xiaojia off guard, as Bai Ye Company really had cooperative companies.

As mentioned earlier, lamps and light fixtures are not entirely the same.

The lighting industry can roughly encompass light fixtures, but strictly speaking, light fixtures focus more on decorative effects. Illumination is not their only function, and might not even be considered their main function.

The lighting industry in Foshi is very impressive; it’s the whole industry that is impressive, with a very complete supply chain.

That is precisely why there are professional manufacturers for each link of the chain, which helps effectively reduce costs and boost industry scale.@@novelbin@@

Bai Ye merely deals in light fixtures and is situated at the very bottom of the entire supply chain. How could it not have cooperative companies?

Lin Xiaojia was not only familiar with the upstream suppliers but also knew quite a few similar light fixture companies.

Because of market competition, her relationship with these companies wasn’t exactly harmonious, but there were a couple of them that were competitors yet had cooperative elements. She could absolutely make an introduction for Dou Jiahui.

Dou Jiahui had faced repeated rejections in Foshi, which was somewhat related to his being a newcomer, but the main reason was that everyone felt there was no necessity to create a special case for such a small agent within their companies.

But if Lin Xiaojia was willing to make a recommendation, others would be much more receptive to the idea.

Of course, she wouldn’t admit this, so after dining and drinking with Dou Jiahui for a while, she said they only made contact with upstream suppliers, and those other light fixture companies he mentioned, they really weren’t familiar with.

If it had been Dou Jiahui alone, he might have accepted this answer, but Feng Jun had already analyzed it for him, so he smiled and remarked, “Manager Lin, introducing me to upstream suppliers would be just the same.”

Upstream suppliers not only supply Bai Ye, but also, Bai Ye might not even be their most important client.

Lin Xiaojia couldn’t stand it anymore and said with a cold expression, “President Dou, your request is somewhat too much. Even if you don’t buy from Bai Ye, should you be forcing me to introduce you to our competitors?”

“How is that my issue?” Dou Jiahui was in a good mood and reasoned with her while smiling, “At first, I was indeed interested in your company, you can’t deny that, right? But it was your company’s people who provoked President Feng first, wasn’t it?”

“President Feng is my brother; we grew up together since we were kids. I absolutely can’t tolerate him being mistreated…”

“Even if he wasn’t my brother, he would still be my man. Your company was rude to him, obviously not taking me seriously. We haven’t even started cooperating, and you’re already causing such a stir. Who knows what you might do once we really begin working together?”

Lin Xiaojia felt cornered by his words, and in her heart, she truly detested that guy surnamed Zhou, “Fine, business doesn’t go well without benevolence. You may choose not to do business with my family’s company, but don’t ask me to introduce you to others, let’s forget about it.”

Er Pang was mainly interested in chasing girls—and not just for a one-night stand. He wasn’t as fickle as Feng Jun and hoped to actually marry her.

He smiled and said, “If you’re willing to make an introduction, I can give you a commission. Moreover, as long as we maintain a good relationship, placing some orders with Bai Ye in the future is not out of the question… But if you reject me like this, it will be difficult to cooperate later on.”

Lin Xiaojia was so angry it hurt. My dear third uncle, look at the mess you’ve made for me!

She didn’t really care about the commission. For that amount of money, getting a reputation for being a traitor didn’t seem worthwhile, did it?

What she cared about was that a flat-out refusal could mean losing this client to the Lin family altogether.

Lin Xiaojia indeed had a bit of a temper—a common trait among beautiful women. If Bai Ye were her own enterprise, in her irritation, she might just slam her hand on the table and say: If we don’t cooperate, then we don’t, do you really think I’m desperate?

But Bai Ye was part of the Lin family’s business, and her dad didn’t have that many shares. She really couldn’t act on whim.

She spoke with a dark expression, “President Dou, as a grown man, do you feel accomplished by making things difficult for a weak woman like myself?”

“I didn’t mean that,” Dou Jiahui replied with a smile, then pointed to Cousin Dong beside him, “Let’s put it this way, this is my cousin. If you were to give him a hard time, I wouldn’t mind too much, but making President Feng unhappy… I won’t agree to that.”

“Jiahui, do you even know how to speak?” Cousin Dong was slightly upset but still backed him up, “His relationship with Feng Jun is indeed much better than with me… way better.”

Lin Xiaojia’s eyes rolled, “Brother Dou, just how rich is this brother of yours?”

“Hehe,” Dou Jiahui chuckled, wanting to boast a bit for Feng Jun, though unsure if it was appropriate, “Anyway, his ex-girlfriend didn’t have the best taste. You’d better not follow in her footsteps.”

“What are you saying?” Lin Xiaojia glared, irritated, “Brother Dou, I consider you a friend, and this is how you treat me?”

“What did I do to you?” Dou Jiahui looked surprised, “Don’t you think I’m also a ‘promising stock’?”

Are you talking about yourself? Lin Xiaojia looked at him in astonishment, suddenly feeling like she had just woken up and hadn’t brushed her teeth.

She really hadn’t thought about him in that way, her mind was all on that handsome guy—Brother Dou wasn’t too ugly, but he was definitely not handsome.

When she realized he wasn’t referring to Feng Jun, she actually felt… a faint regret stirring in her heart.

But that regret vanished in an instant. As Manager Lin was both beautiful and wealthy, she was never short of admirers. The next moment, she adjusted her mood and asked aloud, “Brother Dou, could you first tell me just how wealthy your friend is?”

“Hey hey, aren’t you getting it all wrong?” Dou Jiahui felt he could no longer hold back, “I’m talking about myself being a stock with potential, too. Why do you keep asking about him?”

“But I’m just trying to understand your potential,” Lin Xiaojia squeezed her eyes at him and cheerfully replied, “The sectors related to you could also greatly affect your potential value.”

“That sector, there’s no need to bring it up,” Dou Jiahui said with a smile shaking his head, “I don’t know much about it either.”

Lin Xiaojia’s eyes flickered, “Since you two are brothers, I’m treating you to a meal today, and he didn’t even show up. That’s a bit lacking in loyalty, isn’t it?”

Dou Jiahui gave her a look and shook his head with a smile, “You don’t understand the relationship between us…”

After thinking it over, he decided it would be best to completely dispel her wishful thinking, “President Feng came with two beauties, absolute beauties… The fact that he is willing to accompany me on various site visits is already giving a lot of face.”

“Absolute beauties?” Lin Xiaojia didn’t like hearing this. She believed she could score eighty-five in Feng Jun’s eyes and, coupled with her family’s wealth, she was basically unafraid to compare herself to any other woman, “Could I meet them?”

“This…” Dou Jiahui hesitated, not that he was reluctant to make the introductions, but why not seize the opportunity to secure some benefits? “I’ll introduce them to you if you can introduce me to the lighting company?”

Lin Xiaojia was quite straightforward. She nodded, “Sure!”

Feng Jun was dining not far away, less than a kilometer distance. However, by this time, he had already finished eating and was enjoying the riverside night view with the two beauties.

This made Lin Xiaojia extremely embarrassed. Had they met in a restaurant, she might not have felt that she was inferior to Feng Jing and Sister Hong — after all, if you two are pretty, I’m not bad-looking either, we’re on par with each other.

However, standing by the river, where everyone was standing, Sister Hong and Feng Jing’s figures completely outshone her.

Director Mei stood close to one meter seventy and often traveled, boasting that she wouldn’t gain weight no matter what she ate. Sister Hong was a bit taller than Director Mei and had long, shapely legs to boot.

Lin Xiaojia’s height was not considered short among Foshi’s women, being one meter sixty-two with a decent figure, but standing there to say hello, she was thoroughly beaten — mainly for lack of height.

It’s like the popular star Lin Chiling — people praise her looks, but reduce her by ten centimeters and see what happens?

After meeting, a man and two women continued to stroll along the river. Lin Xiaojia stood there, stunned for a good while — this encounter was really a blow to her.

The key was the demeanor of those two sisters, who were clearly successful professionals, each with an air of sophistication.

Dou Jiahui just had to rub salt into the wound, “How about that? Manager Lin… You should introduce your partner to me tomorrow, right?”

“I’m not feeling well, I’m going home first,” Lin Xiaojia covered her stomach and hailed a taxi to leave.

Once home, she dramatically recounted to her father, “… I just don’t understand why, when it comes to my client, my third uncle has to come over and boss me around. What does it have to do with him who my client has dated?”

Second Elder Lin pondered for a moment, “Hmm, harmony is precious. The Lin Family has gotten to where it is also thanks to the great effort of your third uncle… It’s just a deal of a million after all.”

“Dad, that’s a prefecture-level city, a prefecture-level city!” Lin Xiaojia was so angry she nearly jumped up, “With over two hundred prefecture-level cities nationwide, if each city is a million, how much is that?”

The flagship company of Foshi, Foshi Lighting, had an annual sales figure of just thirty billion.

“Yes,” her mother sighed softly, providing divine support, “If they have such great abilities, taking down a few prefecture-level cities shouldn’t be a problem, and who knows, maybe they’ll even get the provincial distributorship. Now, how much would that be?”

Second Elder Lin pondered again. He was aware that his wife had some discontent with the actions of the eldest and youngest brothers in the company, but business matters were never so simple.

In the end, he sighed, “Alright, I’ll talk to Third Elder Lin about it tomorrow… A million-dollar deal isn’t a small sum.”

Third Elder Lin had never expected to stir Second Elder Lin into action. After hanging up the phone, he promptly informed Lin Xiaojia, “Send out an invitation, saying that I will host a lunch for Zhou Sheng tomorrow noon, to apologize to Feng Jun.”

In Nanyue, the customs of hosting meals and drinking tea were taken very seriously. As a local and an elder, hosting a meal for a junior from another place was offering considerable respect — if you still don’t know when to advance or retreat, the elders in the entire industry will have an opinion about you.

After giving orders, he inevitably made another call to his friend, “Zhou Sheng, I’ll be drinking with Feng Jun tonight. Why don’t you come along?”

Zhou Sheng, whose name was Zhou Zhendong, had also heard that his assessment of Feng Jun might have been mistaken, but his wife worked in the Foshi industry and commerce system, and if Third Elder Lin needed something, it would have to go through her, so he didn’t have much fear.

Hearing this, he snorted, “Throwing a meal for that kid? I’m not free!!”