botany

bay已允诺负担四成的行销费用，也同意每年给付维修费用。接下来，robert打算提出佣金鱼合约期限等关键性问题与mark进行磋商。已经通过前三垒的robert，此刻回安全奔向本垒，还是遭到被封杀的命运呢？请看：

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（详谈）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（开发市场）. 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 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（佣金）.

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（利益冲突）. we are not interested in doing business with anyone but botany bay.