American Celestial Master

Chapter 30, bargaining

"Lin, your asking price is too high." Qiao Sen said.

Lin Qiusheng shook his head and said, "If they only did it once, I wouldn't ask for such a high price. But, I'm sure, it's not the first time for those guys to commit a crime, right? Otherwise, I've been here four times A friend with extraordinary abilities, and the group of super criminals is also four people. Why don't you come here as if you are facing a big enemy?" Lin Qiusheng said, "If other means are effective, you may not come to me. My fee is indeed It has always been very expensive. But you have worked with me and know that my fees are expensive, and it is not unreasonable. The quality of my service depends on that.

If you really feel expensive, I suggest you go to North Brooklyn.There are some gypsies there, who are also good at all kinds of divination, and their prices are much cheaper, maybe ten dollars is enough. "

Both Johnson and Richard laughed.Johnson said:

"Lin, you have to know that our budget for this case is limited, and it is difficult to pay such a high informant fee."

Yes, the money spent on hiring Lin Qiusheng for fortune-telling, when reimbursed, of course cannot be clearly stated that the money was used to hire a wizard to tell the fortune, so it must be reimbursed in the name of "informant fee" .

"But the reward for this case should be very high," Lin Qiusheng said.

Qiao Sen and Richard glanced at each other, and then said: "Lin, you are right, but the reward is only after the person is caught. And even if you make a successful divination, it may not be You must be able to catch someone, right?"

"I made a successful divination, but you couldn't catch anyone. That's your problem. The risk of not being caught should not be borne by me." Lin Qiusheng retorted.

"Well, Lin, otherwise, this case involves tens of millions of dollars, and the reward is indeed not low. Or you can lower the price of divination, and we will give you a certain percentage of the reward. Once you catch someone , If the case is solved, you must get more than what you want now." Richard said.

"Not good," Lin Qiusheng shook his head, "This way, I am making venture capital investment. Under the current economic situation, the risk of venture capital investment is too high. Even if it is buying government bonds, it should Anything without risk may make you bankrupt, and your investment project has a higher risk.

My divination asking price is so high, not all because of technology cost, many special consumables are the bulk of the cost.Some things can even be met but not sought after. Even with money, there is nowhere to buy them.If these things are removed, the success rate of divination for extraordinary people can reach 5.00%, which is not easy.If you can accept that the accuracy rate of divination is below 5.00%, then I can also greatly reduce the price, even considering that we are friends, I can do divination for you for free, can you accept it? "

Of course, it was impossible for Johnson and Richard to accept it.The suspects being chased are super criminals, and to catch them, it is not enough to send two policemen to drive a police car over there.It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to catch them.The cost of this kind of action is not low. With 5.00% accuracy, no one can afford to use such power and that consumption.

"Lin, but your price is really high. Can't you be the first one?" Qiao Sen said.

"If you want to provide the raw materials for divination, I can help you for free as a friend." Lin Qiusheng said, "But the ratio of my raw materials is also a technical secret. You can also buy this intellectual property at one time, and then If there is such a thing in the future, you can always provide the raw materials, and I will just charge the most basic technical service fee." Lin Qiusheng added.

"Lin, you know that this is impossible." Richard shook his head and said, "You give me the best price. If we can accept it, we will settle the matter immediately. If we can't accept it, then we Find another way."

"I have already quoted the price just now. If you want to counter the price, you should pay it back." Lin Qiusheng replied.

If at this time, Lin Qiusheng took the initiative to ask for a lower price, then Richard would definitely cut it tentatively on this basis, and Lin Qiusheng lost the initiative instead.It's better to ask Richard to say a price, it's easier to find out about him.

What's more, there is actually a system running in Lin Qiusheng's living room.This system uses multiple visible light and infrared cameras in the living room, as well as other sensors to take pictures of the people who come here, and record their various information, including facial expressions, eyes, especially changes in pupils, and breathing, The heart rate and the temperature changes of various parts of the body can then be analyzed to roughly judge the mental state of the person.This is really useful for these kinds of negotiations.

Sure enough, after Lin Qiusheng said this, the system showed that the various performances of the two showed some hesitation.The last two people looked at each other, and then Qiao Sen said:
"The first divination is $[-]. If we come to you for a second divination, we'll give you $[-]. You see, the total is $[-] more, what do you think?"

Lin Qiusheng smiled: "I know your plan. After you get the result of the first divination, if the result is valid, it is of course the best if you catch it. Not only will you get a reward, but you will also save [-] US dollars in informant fees; Even if you don't get caught, as long as the news proves to be valid, it's not a big deal to pay another [-] US dollars for the informant fee. In this way, you have successfully transferred all the risks to me.

If you didn’t calculate it the first time, you paid [-] yuan, and I couldn’t even recover the cost here.I figured it out for the first time, and you caught them very smoothly, but I still can't even recover the cost.Such conditions can only be said to be insincere.As for the latter $[-], it seems that including the first one, the total amount is $[-] more than the conditions I mentioned earlier.But for the [-], I had a chance to get it only if I got it right the first time, but because of you, you failed to catch them.And this fifty thousand dollars is the price you paid without any risk on the premise that I have such ability. "

"Then why don't you propose a plan?" Johnson said.

"The first time is [-], I will count you as a cost price, who made us friends? If you catch the target within three days after my divination is over, you must give me another [-] dollars. If you need me For the second divination, it will be [-] US dollars." Lin Qiusheng said, "If you agree, we can sign the contract now, and then I will prepare and start divination. If you don't agree, we'd better not do it again. We're wasting each other's time."

"Mr. Lin, we need to discuss it together first." Qiao Sen said.

Lin Qiusheng knew that these two guys actually came more for the reward.He felt that after some calculations, the probability of them agreeing to his terms was still very high.

"This is another income. Well, it would be great if there were more such things." Lin Qiusheng couldn't help thinking this way.

Lin Qiusheng cannot be blamed for having such thoughts. After all, in a free market environment, it is normal for lawyers to hope that everyone will sue, and those who buy coffins to hope that everyone will die.

Sure enough, just as Lin Qiusheng expected, Qiao Sen and Richard whispered to Lin Qiusheng that they were willing to accept Lin Qiusheng's conditions and sign the contract immediately.

"Have you brought anything related to the prisoner?" Lin Qiusheng asked after signing the contract.

"I brought it. This is the hood we found near the scene. It should have been thrown from the car while they were escaping." Richard replied.

"Very good." Lin Qiusheng said, "You guys wait here first. I'll go up for a while, and after two hours, I'll come down and tell you the results of the divination."

Go upstairs and into the study.Lin Qiusheng took out three copper coins and started divination.It took about 10 minutes to get the divination result.Then Lin Qiusheng took out his mobile phone, set an alarm clock that would ring in one hour and forty minutes, and then got busy on his workstation.

After the alarm clock rang, Lin Qiusheng got up and went downstairs, and said to Richard who came up with a tired face: "Take out your mobile phone and open Google Maps."

Richard took out his phone, opened Google Maps, and handed it to Lin Qiusheng.

Lin Qiusheng quickly marked the location on the map, which is a residence in Brooklyn.

"The Citibank branch is directly across the street from here. They may be committing crimes again, and we must act now," Jossen said.

The other said goodbye and left.

After the two left, Grant immediately came over and said in an exaggerated tone: "God, Lin, you are really amazing. In just two hours, you made fifteen thousand dollars! Although this is not as good as Robbing a bank, however, is at least a hell of a lot better than robbing the streets."

"Grant, you made a mistake." Lin Qiusheng replied with a smile, "[-] is just a cost, and I didn't make any money. But I believe that I will soon have [-] dollars in the account. earned it in two hours."

"Then can I learn divination?" Grant asked again.

"Ah, this is my ability to eat, but we are friends, so it's not a problem to teach you. It's just that the foundation of divination is mathematics. Your mathematics foundation is still too poor, and most of the time you can't learn it." Lin Qiusheng said.

Hearing the requirement for mathematics, Grant raised his hands and said, "I protest, the existence of mathematics is racism against us!"

Of course, Grant was only joking when he said this, and he himself did not share the famous opinion.

"Can Fidel?" Grant asked again.

"The simplest one is probably okay, but for more complicated ones, he must improve his mathematics level, at least to reach the level of a general university mathematics graduate."

"I'm not envious of divination. What I want to learn most is actually your negotiating skills, Mr. Lin." Field said

(End of this chapter)