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打算就佣金与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，此刻会安全奔向本垒，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 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 （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.