Smiling unnaturally, Zhou Dahai said in an apologetic tone: "I am truly regretful about the matter regarding the previous collaboration. I hope that Mr. Zhang will not be angered by me because of this …"
How could he not be angry? At that time, Zhang Yitian was already set up with firewood, and was only waiting for Zhou Dahai's plate of meat, but you didn't even let out a fart, and disappeared without a trace.
If it were not for Wang Yong's sudden arrival, Zhang Yitian really did not know what kind of situation he would be in.
"It's best not to mention the past!" Zhang Yitian stared at Zhou Dahai and said, "I only want to know one thing, Mr Zhou can give me an answer! To be honest, I am applying for a trademark, and if I bring the registered trademark to you, Director Zhou, as a senior of the mall, you do not need me to explain the consequences, right? "
Zhang Yitian's words were followed with a warning, causing Zhou Dahai's face to immediately change, and he couldn't help but curse at Zhang Wenzhong in his heart.
"Mr. Zhang, this was actually a misunderstanding. This plaque was not hung by me, but by someone else. This vegetable is not mine, but someone else's."
Zhou Dahai hoped that Zhang Yitian would believe his nonsense, as long as Zhang Yitian did not think of him as some heinous scoundrel, as long as he did not hold a grudge, who knows, maybe the two of them would have the chance to work together again in the future?
"Come on Director Zhou, do you really think I'm a three year old child?" Zhang Yitian scoffed, "There's no interest in having your Great Wild Fruit And Vegetable Supermarket here, I really can't think of a reason why you would let them stay in your supermarket!"
Zhou Dahai was speechless, what he said just now was a lie, would he really lie about it?
Since it had already been exposed, he might as well admit it. No matter what, it was good to leave an honest impression.
"Ugh …" "It's true that this matter …" Zhou Dahai did not say much and turned to answer, "Actually, this matter was not done intentionally by our Big Wild Fruit And Vegetable, there was actually a very deep misunderstanding. At the beginning, when I did not cooperate with Mr. Zhang, it was also because of the misunderstanding, so please listen to me, Mr. Zhang."
"There's no need, Director Zhou." Zhang Yitian cut Zhou Dahai off, and said in all seriousness, "I came here for only one reason, and that is to wish for you to quickly change out of this tablet with my name imprinted on it, and explain it clearly to these people!"
Zhou Dahai had a troubled expression on his face, but he still kept nodding his head.
Zhang Yitian continued: "Do you know how your own employees advertise? "This is only a vegetable, it's absolutely not a divine medicine that can cure a hundred diseases …"
Zhou Dahai quickly interrupted him, and said timidly: "Mr Zhang, this, this is not my intention, this is not my idea at all!"
"Even if it wasn't your intention, Director Zhou, would it be alright if you were to acquiesce to this kind of behavior? It had nothing to do with him at all? If someone were to so easily believe these rumors, eat these inferior vegetables, and delay the treatment, is it your Director Zhou's fault, or am I, Zhang Yitian's, for something to happen? "
"Right, right..." Mr. Zhang taught me a lesson, I … I will definitely correct this mistake! " Zhou Dahai displayed his fear of Zhang Yitian, causing the employees behind him to be greatly shocked. As a dignified boss, how could he be so obedient to a small vegetable farmer, and even carry a little fear with him?
These lowly employees actually dared to say a few words to Zhang Yitian, and were happy on the surface, but you, Zhou Dahai, actually made yourself look like a grandson from being scolded?
These people naturally didn't know the reason behind this. If Zhou Dahai was as simple-minded as them, then he wouldn't be Zhou Dahai.
Zhou Dahai's actions naturally had his own reasons, but he disdained explaining it to these mediocre people. So even though he heard the discussions behind him and saw the other people pointing at him, Zhou Dahai remained silent.
On the other hand, for the employees, who dared to scold the boss, did they really think that Zhou Dahai was being polite with Zhang Yitian, and would treat them equally?
Zhou Dahai clicked his tongue, wanting the people behind him to quiet down their discussions. At least he was an old boss …
However, things did not turn out as he wished. Instead, these people became even louder and louder, as if they were getting more and more out of hand.
"What happened to Director Zhou today? Was his head squeezed by a door? "His attitude …"
"I'm really convinced, I even dare to scold that kid. He's just a big boss, what's he afraid of …"
"Piss off …" "Truly a coward …"
This made Zhou Dahai awkward, but when he saw Zhang Yitian in front of him, he suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Director Zhou!" Zhang Yitian said to Zhou Dahai in a serious tone at the end, "This matter is indeed not a small matter. It concerns my reputation and my career. To be honest, I have already thought about it. If I see this plaque tomorrow, I will directly go to the court to sue. When that time comes, Director Zhou can just wait to receive the summons.
The moment he heard the two words "sue", Zhou Dahai's face turned green. With an expression that was not much of a big deal, he took two steps forward and pulled Zhang Yitian's hand, and pleaded with a voice full of pleading: "Mr. Zhang … No, Brother Zhang, you can't! "
Zhou Dahai rolled his eyes, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and he said: "Actually … To be honest, it's hard for me to back down now. To tell you the truth, if I take off this signboard today, and the goods are off the shelf, then Zhang Wenzhong would have to take out the contract we signed back then and ask me for the penalty fee. This matter happened once before, so I'm a little scared, hence … "
Seeing that Zhou Dahai's expression was really somewhat difficult, Zhang Yitian's heart softened a little. If it was Zhang Wenzhong who was behind this, his resentment towards Zhou Dahai would not be so great.
But this thing would definitely not be sold by him again. This was Zhang Yitian's bottom line, sympathizing with Zhou Dahai was one thing, but selling fake goods was another.
"Zhang Wenzhong and I still have many grudges that we haven't resolved, but that will be in the future!" Zhang Yitian said without any leeway, "I'll have to take it off today!"
It was not impossible for him to pick from this version, but if Zhang Wenzhong knew about this, he would definitely use the contract he had signed at that time to blackmail it for a hundred thousand yuan.
The key point was that it was impossible to hide it, Zhang Wenzhong had been following the food delivery truck into the city every day, and suddenly took down the product stall and signboard, wouldn't he be able to see it with a glance?
But Zhang Yitian did not have any room to discuss it, no matter what, he could not let Zhang Yitian bring this matter to the court.
At that time, not to mention whether he would pay a large amount of fees to the other party for infringing on his rights just because he was carrying Zhang Yitian's name, if news of this got out, the negative effects that it would bring to the Great Wild Fruit And Vegetable Supermarket would be devastating.
Not only would they lower their revenues, they might even drag their hard-earned business into an abyss of doom.
"Teacher Zhang …" Zhou Dahai pleaded, "Let's discuss this properly... "Please come upstairs!"
Zhou Dahai asked her to clean up, but Zhang Yitian remained indifferent, and his expression did not change at all.
"There's nothing much to discuss. Please give me a clear answer!" Zhang Yitian said to Zhou Dahai, "This is not only for my sake, it is for the sake of you, Director Zhou.
Was there really no leeway left? Zhou Dahai hesitated for a long time before finally sighing deeply.
"Alright then … "I'll take it!" Zhou Dahai waved dejectedly to the employees behind him, all of them seemed to be hesitating, but Zhou Dahai berated them loudly: "What are you doing? "Hurry up!"
Only then did the few of them quickly dismantle the signboard to pieces. Each of them carried a small piece of the signboard and threw it into the warehouse.
"Mr. Zhang, look …" Zhou Dahai pointed at the mess left behind by the demolition, "Don't you dare get angry, it's actually Zhang Wenzhong who tricked me!"
With resentment and helplessness, Zhou Dahai grabbed a few pieces of yellow celery from the ground. Their leaves had already turned yellow, and the stalk had lost all of its strength as it bent down softly.
To tell you the truth, I don't want to sell this thing either. Look at the quality, it's just a base of goods that were collected by the market, the goods that Zhang Wenzhong had first sent over can be considered to be better, but recently, they have become even worse. If not for the high penalty fee, I really don't want to sell this.
Zhou Dahai's words were very sincere, and what he said was also extremely reasonable.
But no matter what the outcome was, it was the result of Zhou Dahai reaping what he sowed, so he could not blame anyone else. If he was not greedy, how would he be tricked by Zhang Wenzhong!
"If it was me, I would rather pay this penalty for violating the contract than allow such a person to continue acting so arrogantly!"
"Yes, yes, yes …" Zhou Dahai looked like he was apologizing, he extended his hand: "Mr. Zhang, look at this place, it's been taken down too. If it's been taken down, I won't use it anymore, let's go upstairs and take a seat."
Seeing that the other party was sincere, Zhang Yitian nodded his head.
Zhou Dahai led the way ahead, and just as they had taken a few steps up, the attendant's shout came from behind them: "Director Zhou, just nice, you're here. Wait a moment, the ingredients for Shanghe Village have arrived, take a look..."
Zhou Dahai turned his head around and looked at the nervous shop assistant who was sweating profusely, and hurriedly ran in. He replied helplessly: "Let's throw this cart of vegetables away. From today onwards, we will not go to Shanghe Village to pull more dishes!"
The waiter was still young, but he was still confused. Thinking that he had misheard, he asked, "Then where are we going to get the dishes?"
Zhou Dahai impatiently adjusted the tune, pointed to the door and shouted: "It's fine wherever you go, but you don't want to work with that old liar anymore …"
Zhou Dahai's shout shook the sky and stunned all of the dozens of people within the Fruit and Vegetable Supermarket.
At this moment, several porters had already brought in baskets after baskets of vegetables from outside the entrance of the supermarket.
The basket was filled with green vegetables, which looked like they had been beaten by the frost after autumn. There was not a single bit of life left in them.
It looked more like a rotten leaf from some kind of market.
Seeing all these from afar, Zhou Dahai became even angrier, wasn't Zhang Wenzhong going too far? It was one thing to just call him an idiot, but now he's actually treating me as a fool?
The crowd looked at the basket of rotten and moldy leaves and pointed.
"What is this? "You see, there are all sorts of rotten things here …"
"This is for the pigs, right? "Why are you here?"
"This is for sale?" Isn't that too black-hearted? "