After being reborn, the young master returned to his village and led his wife and daughters to prosp

Seeing Lin Fan's pretentious act, Liu Ming couldn't help but twitch his face.

He simply couldn't believe that Lin Fan's memory was so bad that he would forget him.

It's obvious that Lin Fan is deliberately trying to annoy them here.

However, as the saying goes, times change.

They used to look down on Lin Fan and treat him as a joke, but now that they're in Lin Fan's hands, they can only endure his contempt.

"Ahem, my dear nephew, it's alright. I'm just glad you still remember me!"

Liu Ming forced a smile and spoke to Lin Fan with a cheerful tone.

Lin Fan smiled noncommittally and looked at Liu Ming calmly, saying, "Uncle Liu, is there something you need from me?"

"My sister-in-law told me that you've been coming to this shop to wait for me every day lately, and you've been waiting all day long."

"I remember when I had nowhere to buy raw materials, I went to Uncle Liu. Of course, Uncle Liu was very hospitable back then. Compared to you now, I seem a bit ignorant."

Lin Fan's words sounded like self-blame, but Liu Ming sensed something unusual in them.

He couldn't answer that question, nor did he know how, so he could only cough and pretend to change the subject.

“Nephew, I’ve come to you today because I hope you can help me with something.”

Liu Ming looked at Lin Fan and said shamelessly.

Before coming, Lin Fan had already made various guesses about Liu Ming's intentions, and now that he heard these words, he was half sure of it.

He chuckled inwardly, but outwardly maintained a calm demeanor as he said, "Oh? Let me help you. I wonder how I can help you, Uncle Liu?"

“My small business isn’t doing very well either. Even importing and exporting raw materials requires cooperation with merchants from other places. I really don’t know where I can help you.”

Looking at Lin Fan's forced smile, Liu Ming felt a twitch on his scalp.

It seems this kid is determined to play tricks and pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"Ahem, my dear nephew, that's not how it works."

"Now, in our entire Liangshan County, who doesn't know that your clothing business is the best?"

"Let's not beat around the bush, so I'll just say it straight."

"Ye Fuhai, you must have heard about your arrest, right?"

“You know we were cooperating before, but now he’s been arrested. He placed a huge order, and now all that stock is stuck in my hands with nowhere to go. You’re the only one in the entire Liangshan County who can handle it.”

"What I mean is, would you be willing to accept this shipment? Consider it a favor to me. Besides, with this shipment, you won't need to cooperate with out-of-town customers anymore, and you can save a lot on transportation costs. What do you think?"

After Liu Ming finished speaking, he looked at Lin Fan expectantly, eager to hear a positive answer from Lin Fan.

Unfortunately, both of them knew very well that this was unrealistic, and Lin Fan would not agree so easily.

The same is true.

Upon hearing Liu Ming's words, Lin Fan remained noncommittal.

After a slight pause, Lin Fan looked at Liu Ming and said softly, "Uncle Liu."

“I would have been happy to help you with this in the past, and I even went to see you specifically for it.”

"It's a pity, though. I've already reached a cooperation agreement with merchants from other places and signed long-term contracts with them."

"If I breach the contract now and then turn around and cooperate with you, I will have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. I'm sorry, I can't afford to pay that much money, and I don't intend to breach the contract."

"So I can't help you with this, Uncle Liu, please go back."

Lin Fan deliberately brought up the previous incident.

It's like telling you, Liu Ming, that since you ignored me when I asked you for a collaboration before, I'm sorry, but you can't reach me now.

When he left, he told Liu Ming not to regret it, but he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

Less than three months had passed, and Liu Ming was already begging him to take over his raw materials.

But how could Lin Fan let him have his way so easily? If Lin Fan were really that easy to talk to, he wouldn't have tormented him these past few days, making him wait for him in the store.

Liu Ming's smile froze.

Seeing this, the secretary quickly moved closer to Lin Fan and said with a smile, "Mr. Lin, don't be so absolute in your words."

“We know that you did sign a contract with the out-of-town merchants, but your factory used to be small and produced a limited number of products. Now that you've gone to the provincial capital, I'm afraid your factory will have to expand when you come back, right?”

"The business will grow bigger and bigger, right? We probably haven't found a buyer for those raw materials yet, have we?"

"So we don't want you to cut off your cooperation with merchants from other places at all, but rather we want the Liu family to take over your extra quota."

"We're all from Liangshan County after all. Doing business behind closed doors is fine, at least it's much simpler than cooperating with merchants from other places. What do you think?"

It has to be said that these people are quite capable to have built a business to this level.

At least their ability to gather information and analyze the market is quite impressive.

They knew that Lin Fan definitely had an extra share, and now it was just a matter of whether Lin Fan was willing to give up this share and stay in cooperation with them.

Lin Fan, however, remained calm and shook his head without wavering.

"That's true, but when I approached you for cooperation, you told me you were going to cooperate with the Ye family. Now you've turned around and come to me for cooperation. Put yourself in the Ye family's shoes. If something happens and you abandon me, and I go to cooperate with someone else, how am I supposed to face that?"

At this point, Lin Fan revealed a hint of sarcasm on his face and said, "I've never thought that doing business is an easy thing. It's common to encounter unexpected events and troubles when things go smoothly all the time. What I'm looking for is a long-term, stable, and trustworthy partner."

Lin Fan didn't continue speaking, but the sarcasm in his words was already quite obvious.

I'm looking for long-term, stable, and trustworthy partners, and you clearly don't fall into that category; you're not worthy of my trust.

Liu Ming and his secretary stood aside, their faces extremely grim. Even with their excellent composure, they couldn't hold back their composure at this moment.

Being mocked like this by someone so much younger would be unbearable for anyone, but there was nothing they could do. Their current predicament was entirely their own fault; if they had chosen to cooperate with Lin Fan in the first place, they would be rich by now.