Chapter two hundred and seventy fourth story master
Zhou Ming and his friends went out after lunch and arrived in Slan City at 1:00 in the afternoon. Compared to the dilapidated place like a small county town in Champagne, Slan has a little bit like a big city.
It is no wonder that this was once the city of kings. Although it was later feared by the revolutionaries and even in order to consolidate the new regime, it did not hesitate to forcibly erase the status of this city and put the provincial capital in Champagne City, even so, Slan is still the most prosperous city in Champagne Province, no one.
Since it came with purpose, Zhou Ming and his friends did not have time to visit the city and came directly to the Simpson Museum.
This Simpson Museum is not a venue specially built for exhibition in the traditional sense, but a private castle converted into a museum, just like the Louvre in Paris and the Forbidden City in China. The difference is that this castle belongs to the Harrusburg family and is owned by private.
Someone greeted him at the door. He was a tall and thin middle-aged man. When he saw Zhou Ming and the others coming, he took the initiative to come forward and ask: "I am the general manager of the Simpson Museum. Are you Caitlin and Zhou Ming?"
Zhou Ming and Caitlin nodded and said yes. He told them that Mr. Simpson had been waiting inside for a long time, and then he led the way in front and walked into the castle with Zhou Ming and Caitlin and came to the unopened area inside. It was a relatively large room. A middle-aged man of medium height and slightly fat was sitting here. Zhou Ming knew that he was Mr. Simpson, the owner of the museum.
In fact, Simpson's original name was not Simpson, but he inherited the family business and called him Simpson III, which is Mr. Simpson according to their habits. This is true anyway.
Seeing that Zhou Ming and the others were brought in, Simpson stood up and shook hands with Zhou Ming and greeted him, and took him into the room to invite him to sit down.
"Miss Caitlin, Mr. Zhou Ming, I was very honored to have you come so soon. I remember Miss Caitlin said on the phone before, "You want to buy the naming rights of the Simpson Museum, right?" Simpson asked first.
Caitlin nodded and said, "I do say so, and the fact that we are now coming for this."
Simpson expressed his gratitude again: "It was all because of my own problems that caused the family's funds to break down, but the Simpson Museum is very important in the province of Champagne and even the entire France. He has witnessed the history of France and contains many unique and precious cultural relics. I am very reluctant to see such a museum go bankrupt. Now you are willing to lend a helping hand, which is the best."
"Although I know it's impolite to say this, I still want to say that it's just a deal, and we just want to get the naming right," Caitlin said.
Simpson nodded: "I understand that lying is a blasphemy to God, and I cannot do this, but as I said on the phone before, I want 150 million francs before I will sell this naming right. Please believe me, I will not sign the contract if I lose one child. If you want to bargain, I will ask you to leave immediately."
Francs are the currency unit of France. If the francs are equivalent to Yuan, then the raw Ding will be divided.
Zhou Ming and Caitlin looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes. However, their surprise was not that Mr. Simpson was so stingy, not even a single child, but that Simpson was so refreshed; not only that, the price of 150 million francs was within the range they could bear.
Zhou Ming nodded to Caitlin, and Caitlin then asked him: "Mr. Simpson, I think you should understand why I want the naming rights of the museum, right? I think no matter what ideas we have, we should be able to talk openly."
Simpson smiled: "Of course I can guess your ideas, it's nothing more than the inheritance of the family. I also understand that doing so will offend Andre, but what can I do?"
Simpson sighed and continued, "Our family is very sub-subordinate. First of all, the inheritance rights have nothing to do with me. All I want to protect is my own industry, but now I am almost unable to save it. But what did Andre do at this time? He actually asked Bankman Bank for me to lend me a loan?"
"Don't I understand what he wants to do? He just wants to take it for himself like the castle in Bermuda. I will not let him succeed!" Simpson became more and more excited as he said, "So I see such a person clearly. Even if I understand your purpose, I am willing to sell the naming rights to you!"
Facing Simpson's words, Caitlin was silent. After a while, she solemnly said to him: "Don't worry, Andre will be punished as due, I can assure you!"
After the brief conversation, Simpson asked his lawyer to bring the contract he had already drawn up and explained it to Caitlin one by one, and said that if they had any questions, he could prepare another appendix after the contract, which could explain certain provisions.
After the overall analysis was not problematic, Zhou Ming and Simpson signed the contract on the spot, and Zhou Ming handed over the prepared check to Simpson on the spot. The transaction was only completed after his lawyer helped him verify the check.
"Congratulations to Ms. Caitlyn, I don't think there will be any Simpson Museum in the future, there will be only the Caitlyn Museum."
Simpson shook hands with Caitlin happily, and Caitlin also said to him: "Don't worry, these are only temporary. Maybe one day, I will return the name to you."
After the contract was signed, Zhou Ming and Caitlin left the Simpson Museum and returned to the car. Both Caitlin and Li Yang and Ye Ning were very happy.
"I didn't expect this to be so smooth, it was incredible!" Caitlin said.
Zhou Ming felt a little worried: "Maybe before we really saw the museum rename in the newspaper, it is better not to be happy too early, after all, we went too smoothly this time, which is very strange."
"It's strange, but it's normal to think about it. After all, Mr. Simpson is also a poor man who has been bullied by Andre. If we can take back the family in the future, I even thought about returning the name to him. The Caitlin Museum does not mean anything to me," Caitlin said.
"If you are so lucky, then I'll talk about it later." Zhou Ming said conservatively.
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In fact, Zhou Ming's concerns were very correct, because when they left the castle gate, the door of Simpson's room was opened again, and a man with a beard walked in. If Zhou Ming and the others were still here, they would definitely recognize this person, which was the object they had been guarding against, and that they had talked about in this room before, Andre, who had snatched Caitlin's inheritance rights.
Andre walked into the room, Simpson immediately got up and gave him a warm hug, and then Andre saw the contract on the table.
"It seems that you have indeed successfully deceived them into signing the contract." Andre said.
"They can't wait, so I made up a story for them that you are bullied. My brother, I'm the best at telling stories," said Simpson. "You probably don't know the expression on the face of that bitch Caitlyn at that time. She was just about to cry. It was so disgusting that my scalp was numb!"
"What a damn guy. Do those idiots really think I'm going to be the same as them? Please, they probably believe this joke. She didn't think about what she was. How could I need her help?"
Simpson said with a little pity, but his face was full of sarcastic expressions: "So in the end they were conquered by me so simply and signed this contract we had prepared long ago. I think they would never have dreamed that this was a scam, haha!"
Andre also raised the corners of his mouth proudly: "It's a pity that we can't see what they look like after they know the truth."
"My brother, there's no need for any guesses, okay? They must be crying like a footer, oh maybe I've forgotten that Caitlyn's bitch is a footer himself!" Simpson said with a smile.
"Do you know? When I received a call from you, I couldn't believe my ears. They actually wanted to break through with you. They underestimated me too much. Do they really think that I would let them deal with me so much? It's so naive and stupid!" Andre spat disdainfully.
"So it turns out to point at their noses and tell them how ridiculous it is," Simpson said.
Andre patted the contract on the table and asked, "So is this contract really as we have planned before?"
"This is very important, and of course I won't make a mistake!" Simpson stressed. "Later I talked to my lawyer again. He suggested that I make the contract clauses more detailed so that I can confuse more, because a person's spirit is very limited, and he cannot remember and find loopholes."
The smile on Simpson's face became more and more ferocious: "So it is absolutely impossible for him to find that this contract has no date, which means that he did buy the naming rights, but they will not have the final say when it needs to be changed!"
Andre gave Simpson a thumbs up: "This is such a wonderful idea to be extraordinary! You are such a despicable bad guy!"
Simpson smiled and said, "I like this title very much."
Andre then drew out the check that was pressed under the contract: "Look at what I found, Simpson's gains are so envious that you are drooling."
Simpson snatched the check back without hesitation: "My brother, we agreed that this is my reward!"
"Okay, this is yours!" said Andre. "I thought they could only accept a price of 100 million francs at most, which was beyond my expectations."
"Heroes are also my story. I told them that I am protecting the history here and protecting these unique cultural relics. I am carrying out a great cause, so they can't bargain with me. They really believe it stupidly." Simpson said.
"I have to say, they are really stupid, too," Andre said, "but more importantly, this is your pride and my brother!"
Chapter completed!