Chapter 1783
Chapter 1783
Jared grabbed her hand. "Though I don't know what's going on, you should know that if you don't like them or if you're uncomfortable, we don't have to work together."
The Mercadia market was quite important to Jared. However, it could not replace Nicole's importance. He will not do anything that would make her unhappy. Nicole glanced at Jared. She was touched by his gesture. She shook her head. "If they're the largest car manufacturer in Mercadia, it's vital for you to work with them. My matters have nothing to do with you and getting partnerships."
Jared looked at her with seriousness in his eyes. "Don't worry. I'll look over the details of the other party first before anything else. What's more important now is that you come first, and if you have anything you want to say, you can tell me."
Nicole knew that Jared cared a lot about her. However, it is because of this that he would put a halt to his plans. "It's okay. It happened long ago. It's long forgotten, so it's okay. No hard feelings." Jared surrendered, knowing that Nicole would not emphasize too much on the issue. So he did not press on further.
The two of them entered the guest room while Kelly was showing both Mona and Kyle Mohr to the office.
"Mr. Johnston, I have long admired you. It's a pleasure to meet you in person."
"The pleasure's mine. Please have a seat, Mr. and Ms. Mohr. " Jared invited them both to take a seat.
Kyle began to speak after he settled down. "I saw your company's manned flying car technology earlier today. I have to admit that the technology would expand worldwide and a collaboration between us would make that happen. That said, our car manufacturing company is one of the finest in the world and has over seventy percent of Mercadia's market. If you would consider partnering up, your company would be even more influential than it is now."
The corner of Jared's mouth twitched as he continued listening to Kyle's words. Does he think we will just provide the technology to our cars?'
"I thoroughly understand your desire to collaborate with us, but you have to know that we have our own market too. It has just expanded into Eperon. Thus we would like to not just cooperate on the technical side."
'Technical support? Do they think we're some sort of charity case? This pair is really something.'
Kyle had thought far that seeking for technical cooperation would not be achieved quite so smoothly. "I heard the Johnston Group has its own manned flying car factory, but if it were to build its own factory in Mercadia, the cost alone would be too expensive. You could use our factory for processing, provided you can provide for your own team
and core technology. After the product launch, we can have about 30% of the profits."
Though Nicole has very limited knowledge of shopping malls, knowing that the Johnston family owns the technology of the manned flying cars and asking for 30% of the total profits, it was safe to say that the Mohrs were being shameless about it. Nicole did not speak up as it was Jared's field of expertise.
Jared took a sip of water calmly and said, "Mr. Mohr, if you really want us to cooperate with you, you ought to show us some kind of sincerity. I think you know I have a lot of people lining up to work with me. With the conditions you are proposing right now, I don't think we're seeing eye-to-eye. n
Jared emphasized his last few words, directly mocking him. Kyle immediately felt embarrassed.
Jared was younger. It was expected for him to treat Kyle with some respect. Jared ignored Kyle completely. "An honest person doesn't beat around the bush. My time is very valuable. There's only one condition that we can make to collaborate with you. We get to have our own team, the project funds will be funded jointly with our company having 60% of the profits. You can consider this offer and let me know."
Nicole glanced at Jared appreciatively, admiring how Jared spoke assertively without nonsense. Kyle, on the other hand, was overwhelmed by Jared's assertive aura.
Mona, who sensed that the atmosphere was a bit tense, spoke up. "Mr. Johnston, partnerships and collaborations are all about negotiations. These conditions can be amended, right?"
Mona smiled at Jared. Her eyes were a bit charming. Jared glanced at her and ignored her all at once and said, " Johnston's conditions are not negotiable."