Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 482: Zero-Sum Game

Chen Yiyang couldn’t figure out why the group of businessmen from India, who had just eaten not long ago, would want another meal.

However, he quickly got immersed in the movie atmosphere and didn’t bother with those Indians.

The movies brought by the Indians were of good quality.

After all, even if these Indians were unreliable, they knew they had to bring some fine works to sell.

But the duration of these Indian movies was really long, and even after fast-forwarding them, Chen Yiyang didn’t get through many in one day.

To avoid directly picking the movie recommended by inside information and arousing the Indians’ suspicion,

Chen Yiyang insisted on hosting these Indians for three days of meals, and finally watched all the movies they brought over.

The tips from inside information were spot-on in selecting the movies.

The movie "Dangal," though not the most thrilling or the best one in this batch, had a theme about education and grassroots struggles, making it quite suitable for the domestic audience.

Of course, in the past few days, Cheng Sicheng had also taught Chen Yiyang quite a bit about engaging with Indians.

Simply put, Indian businessmen are used to playing a zero-sum game due to their country’s business environment. If they gain from you, they feel they can gain even more.

If they can’t, they’ll still find ways to extract additional benefits.

There was once a domestic company providing electrical equipment for a project in India.

Because the supply volume was large, just one type of material was delivered in hundreds of pieces. Typically, a discount is offered to maintain the client relationship.

So the manufacturer, following usual practices, proactively offered a discount, giving away two pieces for free.

When the material arrived in India, the Indian businessmen immediately contacted the supplier, as if they had caught a flaw.

They believed that since two pieces had zero price, charging for the others was a form of fraud, and the entire order should be supplied at zero cost.

The domestic supplier was dumbstruck by this assertion and hurriedly explained.

However, Indians, being from a great country of debates, have abundant debate experience.

So they refused to listen to any explanations and stuck to the words on paper.

Since two of the items were marked with zero price, the cost must be zero, making the prices for the others unreasonable.

In just those hours, arguments went back and forth for several weeks, and in the end, the supplier, unable to have the goods shipped back, had to concede with significant losses.

Learning from his predecessors’ experiences,

After watching all the movies, Chen Yiyang directly told the Indians.

"I didn’t take a liking to any of your movies. I think none of them are suitable for domestic screening." Chen Yiyang directly told the Indians.

"Oh no, my friend," Alqion immediately said, "I think your conclusion is wrong."

"What’s wrong?"

"You’ve watched all our movies for free, and now you tell us you haven’t taken a liking to any of them."

"But I’ve also hosted you for three days of meals," Chen Yiyang directly said, "I paid for your food and lodging for these three days, consider it the fee for watching the movies."

"That’s the second thing you’re wrong about," Alqion looked at Chen Yiyang seriously, "Since you hosted us for three days, you should purchase at least three or four of our films."

"What kind of logic is this?"

"Because you incurred costs but didn’t gain anything."

"Well, now it seems like that, but that’s my own loss, and I acknowledge it."

"No, no, no, you definitely have no losses," Alqion said while gesturing with his hands, "I think you must have taken a liking to some of the films we brought over, but you don’t want to pay and plan to later buy bootleg copies to screen.

This would be an infringement on us, but because we are from India, we might face discrimination if we went to court here, so even if you infringed, it would be hard for us to recover our losses."

To be honest, Chen Yiyang was already prepared for the various bizarre ideas from the Indians.

But now, seeing that after he just refused to buy the films,

these Indians made up a story on the spot to accuse him,

he couldn’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed.

"What you’re saying has no factual basis," Chen Yiyang could only say to Alqion.

"Maybe it hasn’t happened yet, but it will definitely happen in the future. Can you tell me if we have any way to recover our losses once what I say happens?"

"Uh, maybe not. After all, transnational legal cases are indeed difficult, but I’m not that kind of person."

"If you don’t intend to profit from us, why did you host us for three days of meals? You incurred costs but gained nothing, and that’s the biggest problem. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

If you want to prove that you don’t have such intentions, you should at least buy three or four movies to show your sincerity."

Chen Yiyang was getting dizzy from Alqion’s reasoning.

For a moment, he even felt that there was some sense in what Alqion was saying.

Senseless nonsense!

Chen Yiyang immediately started debating with the Indian.

However, English wasn’t his first language, and he didn’t have much experience in debating with others.

So he quickly found himself at a loss for words.

"All right, enough with the nonsense," Chen Yiyang directly said to him, "I’ll buy at most one movie; sell it if you want, or I’ll leave and never contact you again."

Seeing Chen Yiyang’s serious tone, the Indians finally stopped pestering.

However, Alqion quickly changed his approach, "But I get to decide which movie you buy."

"Goodbye to you," Chen Yiyang, out of patience, turned to leave.

"No, no, no, we can negotiate," Alqion quickly stopped Chen Yiyang. "You can choose which film you want."

Chen Yiyang scrutinized these Indians for a long time, only to find they didn’t show the slightest embarrassment.

He realized these Indians’ level of business negotiation was probably on par with roadside vendors selling clothes a decade ago.

His previous attitude was likely seen by them as deliberate resistance, a negotiation tactic.

So he decided to play it safe and selected a mindless blockbuster full of special effects.

"This one’s fine."

"That’ll be three million US dollars," said Alqion.

"What about this one?" Chen Yiyang picked another lower-budget action movie.

"That one is four million US dollars." Alqion’s quotes were getting higher and higher.

So this time Chen Yiyang chose the "Dangal" movie he had set his sights on to see how Alqion would price it.