6 Business Proposition
------------ Jeffery's POV ------------
"So, can you summarize for me what you found about this company?" I asked, looking up from the sheet of papers that I had just been handed.
My secretary stood across the desk, fidgeting nervously,"Uh, well sir Russey, *cough*, we have limited information about it. It appears that this company popped up out of the blue. The sole owner of Highlander Electronic Appliances is a women named Natasha Parker. She has no previous experience in business management. We still don't know where she got the drones sir."
"Alright then, you may leave." Waving my hand at her, I go back to my pondering.
'Where did she come from? How did she get these drones? Who made them?' These thoughts plagued my mind ever since yesterday.
'I must get my hands on them, whatever it takes.' Plotting out a plan of action, I called the legal department.
"Sir, what can we do for you?" The head of the legal department immediately answered.
"I need you to find and come into negotiations with Natasha Parker. I want to see if we can buy off the drones from her." I say in a light tone.
"Yes, sir. We'll do so immediately," He answered, then asked in a cautious tone,"but what do we do if she refuses, sir?"
Tapping at the desk in front of me, I respond,"I'll have to try using other means to... persuade her, but it won't have to come to that, will it." My voice sounding slightly ominous.
Hearing the subtle threat, he responds nervously,"Of course not, sir. We will have this all taken care of."
"Good to hear that." Hanging up, I look out the window onto the city below. 'It won't just be me trying to get my hand on this, but as the CEO of Anazon, of course I have to get this new delivery system.'
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The power balance that day was about to shift, with the addition of a new player entering the game.
While all this was happening, Natasha was sitting at home, joyfully eating some ice cream with her sister.
------------ Natasha's POV ------------
The overflowing amount of orders for my product kept getting bigger and bigger. Apparently, people finally noticed that the vacuums that they ordered, so they could see my drones, were actually many times better than any other on the market.
After the reviews for it kept getting 5 stars, with people writing how amazing they are, people started buying from me not just to see the drone, which I'm going to start calling the Unmanned Flying Truck (UFT for short), but to get have the amazing vacuum.
I have finally started to chip away at the orders, with the money I'm making all going to creating more UFTs and restocking the vacuums. I had a total of 20 UFTs, all running off to complete deliveries.
My profits had increased to earning around $32,000 a day, and that will keep increasing with the more UFTs I have.
Seeing that it was relatively easy going for now, I decided that I would take today off, conveniently forgetting that I already been lazing around for the past couple days.
"Hey Amy, let's go see a movies."
"Sure, which one do you want to see?" She responds.
"I don't know, we'll pick one when we get there."
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"That movie wasn't very good." Amy complains to me, practically hanging off my arm."The plot was horrible. It was just an excuse for tons of action and explosions."
"I agree, it didn't have any plot at all." Shaking my head at the movie we just watched. Either way, it was still fun as we had something to talk about that we both agreed on.
Walking out of the movie theater, ignoring the eyes of the many men looking at me, I walk with Amy to a nearby shopping district.
Shopping for the next hour and a half, we buy some things before heading home. When we got home, there were two people, a man and a woman, dressed in business suits, standing at our front door.
Noticing us walking over, the woman says,"Hello, you must be Ms. Parker. I am Rachel Thomson and my partner beside me is Travis Tucker. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance" She reaches out her hand and I shake it, still confused by what they were doing.
"I don't mean to be rude, but what are you doing standing in front of my house?" I question them.
"We are here to discuss a business proposition with you. Oh, and before I forget, here is my card." Handing over a business card, I take it and look it over.
Rachel Thomson
Lawyer
Anizon
310-***-****
'She's a lawyer from Anazon?! What would the world's largest retail company want with me?!' Frantically thinking, I calm myself, realizing that they must want to talk about the UFTs.
"Well, would you like to come in?" I gesture towards the door.
"Thank you, yes we would like to." Coming in, I direct them to sit at the living room table. 'It is really uncommon for things like this to happen. Wouldn't they at least first talk to me over the phone?'
After sitting down, Rachel speaks first,"Thank you for meeting us in such a manner. We didn't know your office was, so we came directly here."
"That's of no concern, I don't have an office yet anyways." Although I am still wary of them, I don't show it.
"Let's get right to the subject. Ms. Parker, we are interested in buying the rights to the drones that you use for delivery services, and we are willing to pay a substantial amount for them."
'I knew they were here for my UFTs.' Quickly thinking up a plan, I say,"I am not going to be selling my UFTs, but I would be willing to allow you to rent them."
Unfazed by my sudden proposition, as if she was expecting me to make it, she responds,"That is reasonable. We would be willing to rent them. What price do you have in mind?"
Sitting silently for a second, thinking of what price I should demand, I then tell them,"I will rent each drone for one month at a time for $100,000 per drone." The price seemed unreasonably high, but it was greatly lower than the amount it could make in a month. The only reason that I decided that I would rent it was because I could use the money to instantly make 50 more drones, making up for the rented drones by a large margin.
Thinking over my offer for a minute, Rachel tries to bargain,"We accept that price, but if we were to rent them in bulk, 100 of them in total, we would like to be able to rent each one for $80,000. We also want to put our logo on the drones, or UFTs as you call them."
My mind boggled at the numbers,'100 of them for $80,000! That would be 8 million dollars! With that much money, I could start on my plans for the fortress!'
"That would be fine. I agree to that price, but I would like a deposit of $400,000 before the transaction, and have the rest sent over after." I needed that $400,000 to buy the remaining 80 drones that they ordered,"For your logo, I will put it on my UTFs, but I will also put my company's name next to yours, showing that we are doing business and the help advertise my company"
"That is perfectly fine. Let us write up a non-binding contract for now and we will come back in two days with a binding contract." Her partner, Travis, opened his briefcase and started writing out a simple non-binding contract before we both signed it.
We discussed for two hours after to coordinate where they would pick up the drones and also relevant details about my bank account so they could transfer the money. I also told them that they didn't need to pick up the drones, but that I would fly them to the location which they designated, and that the leading UTF would have the control device and relevant information on how to operate them.
'I'm lucky that I had found the control device from the user store and the instructions packet while looking through it earlier.'
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"Thank you for doing business with us. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me with the email and phone number on my card. I hope that we can continue doing business in the future."
After sending Rachel and Travis off, I plopped down on the couch, releasing a long sigh.
'That was so tiring, but I got really lucky. I had never imagined that a business opportunity would come strait to my door.'
Hearing that the people were gone, Amy came from upstairs, where she was staying the whole time.
"Wow big sis, who knew that you had it in you to make business deals with Anazon?! I'm going to be rich!" My sister started to laugh, rubbing her hands together like a James Bond villain.
"What are you talking about you little goblin. This is my money. What makes you think I will give any to you." I say in a serious tone, but I can barely contain my amusement.
"What? You wouldn't." She looks at me with begging, watery eyes, which I know she is faking.
Lifting her from the ground in a bear hug, I tease,"Now how could I ever say no to such an adorable little puppy like you. You could devastate any man with those eyes."
While squirming around in my grasp, trying to escape, she retorts,"Which men? Every male would die from nose bleeds when they see these." Poking at my well developed breasts, she then gets out of my hold, running away as I chase her, blushing furiously,"I'll get you for that!"
