They talked all morning, throat dry and tongue parched, without any results.
Ye Shaowen drank a glass of water, feeling gloomy.
The phone of the French businessman suddenly rang; he got up to answer it on the side, and when he came back, his previously impatient and indifferent expression had become solicitous and enthusiastic, "Monsieur Ye, I think your company has good prospects for development, so, as you said, let's sign the contract."
How had he suddenly agreed?
