Jiang Cheng laid considerable groundwork about the weather’s impact on tea quality, emphasizing that this year’s tea was exceptionally good.

The quality of tea from the past few years couldn’t compare to this year, and as for next year, no one dared to guarantee anything.

The businessman from Country D wasn’t foolish; he knew Jiang Cheng was attempting to sow division among them.

After all, they dared to press the price because they were sure the tea factory wouldn’t dare to stockpile the tea.

The varieties they purchased were more expensive when freshly harvested.

If it were aged tea, they wouldn’t want it even if it were given for free.

But right now, what Jiang Cheng said made sense; if the tea factory was truly forced into a corner and refused to sell, they’d suffer significant losses too.

Jiang Cheng stopped just at the right moment, then turned slightly and said in R language, "This year’s tea output is low, about half of last year’s production. I wonder how much you plan to purchase?"

The person from Country R stared at Jiang Cheng, saying nothing.

His colleagues had warned him that nothing Jiang Cheng said should be believed.

Seeing the person from Country R remain unmoved, Jiang Cheng continued speaking, unfazed.

Oftentimes, ignoring something doesn’t mean it ceases to exist.

Words once spoken will leave a mark in one’s mind.

She was intent on creating an impression that this year’s tea was of extremely high quality and in limited quantity.

The so-called price suppression by these countries was fundamentally still about securing greater profits.

Since they wanted profits, they definitely wouldn’t miss out on good tea.

When the quantity wasn’t sufficient, she didn’t believe their interests could be equally divided.

As long as someone had intentions, this so-called alliance would soon unravel.

Jiang Cheng continued to talk, while the person from Country R acted like a deaf man, giving her no response.

"Sigh... I think I understand why you’re on guard against me...."

Jiang Cheng seemingly confided, "Chi Lang has his own objectives, I’m sure you know very well, Matsuboto even set me up to drink alcohol. In the end, I drank so much, yet Matsuboto only purchased ten bottles."

"I really don’t understand, clearly I’m the one at a disadvantage, so why are you wary of me?"

Jiang Cheng’s question left the tea merchant from Country R stumped.

What she said didn’t seem unreasonable?

"I know I’m insignificant, but I still want to say, if man doesn’t consider his own interests, heaven and earth will punish him. You still need to think more about your own business."

Jiang Cheng portrayed a look of "I’m only saying this for your own good" before turning to chat with the merchant from Country M.

But before she could speak, the merchant from Country M spoke first, "This is the only price. If it’s not this price, I won’t buy."

"Great!"

Jiang Cheng’s single "great" left the merchants from Countries M and Y bewildered.

They spoke the same language, so most of the time they understood each other.

Except when the person from Country Y spoke very quickly.

After all, different accents can be a bit hard to adjust to.

Jiang Cheng looked at the merchants from the two countries with delight, slightly excitedly saying, "You probably already know that our output this year is very low, and the tea quality is unexpectedly good."

"Tea of such quality really sells itself... If it weren’t for the fact that you all come to buy tea every year, being our regular customers, the tea factory wouldn’t be in a difficult position."

The merchant from Country M looked at Jiang Cheng with confusion and asked, "What’s so difficult for you?"

He didn’t believe a word Jiang Cheng said.

Jiang Cheng nonchalantly said, "It’s difficult to refuse you; we Hua Xia people are nostalgic and think since we’ve worked together before, we’d like to give you priority."

"However, the prices you’ve offered are truly unacceptable to us, and that’s why I’m here today."

Jiang Cheng slightly adjusted her expression and introduced herself, "I’m Translator Jiang. I happen to know several foreign languages and am here to notify you, the best candidates."

As she said this, Jiang Cheng called over the leaders from Countries D and R.

Facing the four of them, she began, "The prices you’ve offered, we cannot agree to."

The simple rejection was quickly repeated four times by Jiang Cheng.

Having finished speaking, she gave a broad smile to the four individuals.

"I hope we’ll have the opportunity to collaborate next year. If there’s nothing else, I have other matters to attend to."

After saying this, Jiang Cheng waited for a while, but none of them spoke first.

This was a kind of standoff.

They perhaps knew Jiang Cheng was playing tricks, but they weren’t sure.

The most crucial point was, they all wanted to buy this batch of new tea.

Merchant from Country M: This is their tactic, don’t trust it.

Person from Country R: Can I really believe what she says?

Person from Country Y: Should we go ahead and buy it first?

Person from Country D: What should we do now? Did she really refuse, or does she want to negotiate?

While the four were each deep in thought, Jiang Cheng gave a polite smile.

"Since none of you have any issues, I’ll take my leave now."

She left.

She really left.

The four of them stared at Jiang Cheng’s back, watching as she approached a foreigner with glasses and black hair.

The merchant from Country M frowned and asked the person next to him, "Who’s that foreigner? Why haven’t I seen them before?"

The accompanying personnel took out a notebook, flipped through it, and shook their head.

"I don’t know."

At the same time, people from the other three countries were watching Jiang Cheng.

They saw Jiang Cheng chatting happily with that foreigner, and after a few minutes, she led the foreigner to find the tea factory director.

The tea factory director looked at the foreigner with Jiang Cheng in surprise, seemingly in disbelief.

After exchanging a few words, the tea factory director’s face turned red with excitement.

After blushing, he anxiously began preparing tea for the foreigner.

The four merchants, who had jointly suppressed prices, watched the tea factory director’s series of genuine reactions and concluded themselves: What Jiang Cheng said was true!

Not only was it true, Hua Xia also now had a better buyer.

A tea merchant none of them knew!

Almost everyone thought, this Jiang Cheng is really cunning!

She talked for so long about tea ceremony, tea quality, and weather, but didn’t say a word about the new buyer.

The person from Country D was the fastest; he immediately walked towards Jiang Cheng.

"Translator Jiang, I’d like to purchase a batch of tea, could you help interpret for me?"

Jiang Cheng, who was entertaining the foreign "tea merchant," looked at the person from Country D with slight surprise, somewhat apologetically saying, "But your price....."

"I’m willing to pay last year’s price."

The merchants from the other three countries, a step behind, arrived just in time to hear the person from Country D say this.

The so-called price suppression alliance of the four countries was broken at this moment.

"I’m also willing to offer the same price!"

"Me too!"

"I’m willing to offer the same price!"

The four countries rushed to shout that they would offer last year’s price.

Jiang Cheng looked slightly troubled at the tea factory director, honestly informing him.

The tea factory director snorted proudly, carefully placing the prepared tea in front of the new tea merchant.

"Jiang Cheng, tell them that our tea price has increased; the original price doesn’t work!"

The four countries didn’t understand the tea factory director’s words, but they understood his expression.

A sense of foreboding filled their hearts.

Sure enough, the next moment confirmed it.

"Sorry, our director said that because this year’s tea quality is high and the quantity is low, prices have been raised by seventy percent."

The four countries: Such familiar numbers! Is this comeuppance happening a bit too promptly??