President Li is a crude person who plays with private lending and can't handle too complicated commercial operations.
When he realized someone wanted to take advantage and make money, he simply stated bluntly, "You sell if you want, if the price doesn't follow ours, then let's not talk."
As a result, President Li's business shrank considerably, while Beauty Lin's business was still steadily progressing—with their mediation, some people thought twice before temporarily raising prices.
Anyway, it's outdated equipment to be eliminated, whether sold for more or less doesn't matter, as long as it's better than selling as rags and can be explained reasonably.
However, there are also smart people in the current state enterprises. Hearing that many people on the private enterprise side have already suspended selling equipment, wanting to wait for a suitable price, they also started to be reluctant to sell.
