SAG -Chapter 32 Meng Mingxuan’s First Negotiation

Zhang Ran had no objection to Meng Xin’s suggestion.

He truly liked this house.

If he could secure it sooner, all the better.

After they returned to the agency office, Meng Xin explained the situation to the branch manager, immediately attracting a wave of attention.

No one had expected that the client they had all been pessimistic about the night before might close a deal on the very first property today.

At that moment, the branch manager walked over, hoping to chat with Zhang Ran and test his psychological price range so he could better control the negotiation later.

“Hello, Mr. Zhang. I’m Xiao Meng’s manager, Wang Leixin. You can just call me Xiao Wang.”

Wang Leixin smiled and extended his hand.

Zhang Ran shook it.

“Hello, Manager Wang.”

Wang Leixin smiled warmly.

“Here’s the situation. What price do you have in mind for this property? Tell me your target, and I’ll do my best to negotiate it down for you. Since you’re buying through us, you’re practically a friend. We’ll definitely help you push the price down as much as possible.”

He was prepared to hear Zhang Ran’s expected price.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Ran said, “Manager Wang, there’s no need for you to negotiate the price for me.”

“Hm?”

Wang Leixin froze.

What did that mean?

Standing beside him, Meng Xin’s heart skipped.

Was he backing out? Surely not?

But Zhang Ran’s next words left all of them somewhat at a loss.

“Let him handle the price negotiation.”

Zhang Ran pointed at the bored Meng Mingxuan beside him.

“But don’t worry. I like this house. As long as there’s no issue with the property, we’ll sign the contract today. Whatever price he negotiates will be the final price.”

The moment he said this, not only Wang Leixin and the others were stunned—

Meng Mingxuan himself was equally bewildered.

Wang Leixin and Meng Xin instinctively looked toward Meng Mingxuan.

Could this guy be some negotiation expert?

But Meng Mingxuan’s next reaction instantly shattered that thought.

He pointed at himself in shock.

“Uncle Zhang, you’re asking me to negotiate the price?”

Zhang Ran nodded.

“Who else?”

“But I don’t know how to negotiate!”

Meng Mingxuan was very self-aware.

“I only know how to spend money. Since when do I know how to save it?”

He had never dealt with anything like this before.

If asked to negotiate, he wouldn’t even know where to begin.

At this point, Meng Xin and Wang Leixin no longer had the energy to wonder why Meng Mingxuan called him “Uncle Zhang.”

They were completely stunned by Zhang Ran’s bizarre arrangement.

Letting someone who didn’t know how to negotiate handle the negotiation?

What kind of operation was this?

Ignoring Meng Mingxuan’s shock, Zhang Ran calmly said, “If you didn’t know how before, then this is the perfect time to learn.”

“What if I can’t get the price down?” Meng Mingxuan asked.

Zhang Ran chuckled.

“I’m not worried.”

“For the next year, your allowance will be ten times the amount you save during this negotiation.”

“And don’t worry—there won’t be a single extra cent.”

“How much spending money you have from now on depends entirely on you.”

This was the real reason Zhang Ran had been keeping Meng Mingxuan around.

Although this was only a small property negotiation, and the money involved wasn’t particularly significant to Meng Mingxuan, it was still a beginning.

It was a chance for him to slowly learn how negotiation worked and develop some useful ability.

Meng He had entrusted him to Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran would not truly let him just run errands.

When it came time to train him, Zhang Ran would not be stingy with opportunities.

When Meng Mingxuan heard Zhang Ran’s words, he immediately wailed.

He knew that once Zhang Ran said something, it would definitely happen.

Even his own father would never object.

But that wasn’t even the most important part.

The real blow came from Zhang Ran’s next words.

“Starting today, all your credit cards and bank cards will be frozen.”

“That means if you don’t negotiate down a single yuan today, then from now on, you won’t have a single yuan to spend.”

“You won’t even be given money for meals.”

“Of course, I won’t actually let you starve to death.”

“If you truly can’t find food, I can lend you one thousand yuan a month for meals.”

“That should barely be enough to fill your stomach.”

Meng Mingxuan instantly felt as though the entire sky had gone dark.

He couldn’t even imagine how he was supposed to survive afterward.

Then he turned “viciously” toward Meng Xin and Wang Leixin.

“How exactly does negotiation work? Are there any tricks?”

He didn’t have the courage to rebel against Zhang Ran.

Ever since news of the Goddess of Destiny had surfaced, Meng He had told both him and Meng Zixuan some things about how Zhang Ran had built his fortune back then.

Although the stories were vague, and most were only guesses, even those fragments had made one thing clear: this Uncle Zhang of his had once been a ruthless man.

Meng Xin and Wang Leixin didn’t know what to say.

What exactly was going on here?

And now, the way they looked at Zhang Ran had completely changed.

This man clearly wasn’t just some ordinary rich second-generation heir.

Zhang Ran then turned toward them.

“Manager Wang, during the upcoming negotiation, all you need to do is make sure the discussion doesn’t collapse. As for everything else, don’t interfere. No matter what price he negotiates—even if he somehow raises the price—I will still buy the house. Your agency fee won’t be reduced by a single cent.”

With Zhang Ran’s guarantee, both Meng Xin and Wang Leixin felt delighted.

At the same time, they also found the situation absurd.

Was this how rich people lived?

Still, since Zhang Ran had already spoken, they could only comply.

Getting paid without having to do much work—where else could they find such a good deal?

Next, Meng Mingxuan clung to them and began asking about negotiation techniques and what he should do.

At the same time, he felt a faint sense of excitement.

Although the deal was only worth a little over ten million yuan, and even a successful negotiation would probably only save a few hundred thousand at most, this was still his first chance to do something like this.

That made him unexpectedly thrilled.

Zhang Ran ignored them.

He simply sat alone in the reception area, playing on his phone, as though the entire matter had nothing to do with him.

The homeowner arrived punctually.

He said thirty minutes, and he arrived in exactly thirty minutes.

Although the negotiation was being left to Meng Mingxuan, Wang Leixin still needed to guide the opening process.

First, they verified the homeowner’s property certificate and ID.

Then they checked the internal system to confirm whether the property had been mortgaged, and whether there were any ownership issues.

Only after completing these preliminary checks did the formal negotiation begin.

Meng Mingxuan truly didn’t know how to negotiate.

But he did understand his own advantage.

After talking with Wang Leixin and the others earlier, he knew exactly where his strongest leverage lay.

That was:

They could pay in full.

And if the price was settled today, they could proceed with the transfer immediately.

This was his biggest bargaining chip.

So he clung tightly to it and used it repeatedly to pressure the price.

Most importantly, Meng Mingxuan was not someone obsessed with saving face.

At this moment, he showed none of the pride of a rich second-generation heir.

He shamelessly haggled over the price.

Wang Leixin and the others also helped smooth things over from the middle.

Their greatest role was to step in whenever the homeowner grew impatient, mediating just enough to keep the negotiation alive.