Botany
Bay已允諾負擔四成的行銷費用，也同意每年給付維修費用。接下來，Robert打算就傭金與合約期限等關鍵性問題與Mark進行磋商。已經通過前三壘的Robert，此刻會安全奔向本壘，還是遭到被封殺的命運呢？請看：
M: We're interested in an agreement with Pacer, if we can agree on the major
issues.
R: That's great! How about hashing them out (詳談) now? We feel the trial
period should be for a minimum of two years.
M: If total sales are good after the first year, we can talk about a
long-term agreement.
R: We'd like to agree, but one year would be too early to judge. We'd need
two years to develop the market (開發(fā)市場). Anything less doesn't interest us.
M: O.K. But any new agreement will depend on yearly sales. We'll use a 45%
increase as base.
R: As I said, we project that we can increase sales by 30% to 40% the first
year. 45% over two years is possible, but we'd want a 15% commission rate (傭金).
M: 15% on this products a little high. If we agree to a 35% sales increase,
could you come down to 12%?
R: I can't give you the thumbs up (同意) right now, but I think it will be
alright.
M: Good. As a final point, we must get a guarantee that you will not sell for
our competitor while you are our agent.
R: I see that would create a conflict of interest (利益沖突). We are not
interested in doing business with anyone but Botany Bay.
（來源：英文鎖定 英語點津 Annabel 編輯）
