novelsite Chapter 57 I can't eat alone!
Chapter 57 I can't eat alone!
Zhang Renhe didn't want to get on this topic, but...
He had no choice but to accept.
He sighed, his gaze sweeping over the others before finally settling on Hao Lixuan beside him, and nodded.
"I will do a good job in Party and government work."
Hao Lixuan, who was standing next to Zhang Renhe, also stated after Zhang Renhe's statement: "I will do my job well with the relevant companies."
Having received responses from both of them, Yu Zhou nodded, closed the notebook in front of him, and said, "In that case, this meeting is adjourned for today. Everyone, please hurry up and do your research."
"I will contact everyone if anything comes up. Meeting adjourned."
And so, Yu Zhou came in a hurry and left in a hurry, and the others were also busy and left in a hurry as well.
For a moment, only Hao Lixuan and Zhang Renhe remained in the conference room.
Hao Lixuan put away his notebook and nodded to Zhang Renhe: "Let's go, let's go sit in your organization department office."
"OK!"
A few minutes later, the two entered Zhang Renhe's office in the Organization Department. As soon as the door closed, Hao Lixuan slumped onto the sofa without any regard for appearances: "Old Zhang, tell me your thoughts."
"What ideas could I possibly have?" Zhang Renhe replied to Hao Lixuan while making tea. "All I can do is lead people to do ideological work and mediation among the party members in various departments."
"However, it all depends on you, Governor Hao. As long as you don't push too hard on cost reduction and efficiency improvement, there shouldn't be any major problems."
This statement seemed to have hit a nerve with Hao Lixuan, who pointed at Zhang Renhe and said, "Old Zhang, you need to do a good job in ideological work and building up the party members' mindset."
"Alright, stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Renhe rolled his eyes, picked up his teacup, and took a swig. "What exactly does the province mean?"
Seeing that Zhang Renhe had finally steered the conversation back on track, Hao Lixuan immediately picked up the thread:
"What exactly is your relationship with that little guy?"
"It's nothing, but you keep emphasizing that he's my student." Zhang Renhe took a sip of water, put down his cup, and then glared at Hao Lixuan: "So I'm very suspicious of your motives."
"No particular purpose!" Hao Lixuan picked up his water glass and held it up in front of him.
"In the past two years, as the overall system of the Yangtze River Delta has been developed, the competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta has declined."
"Lin Man's sudden appearance can help us improve our competitiveness, but Lao Yu is worried that we've chosen the wrong direction."
"So we should use it, but not overuse it."
"Before you came, Lao Yu and I discussed it. Your student can go all out; he has access to policies, land, and investment."
"The exact number depends on his strength."
"According to Lao Yu's idea, it would be best to eat the meat and bones together, without spilling a single drop of soup."
After figuring out Hao Lixuan's thoughts, Zhang Renhe scoffed, "You're overthinking it. The higher-ups won't let us have it all to ourselves."
"In that case, I'll invite Lin Man to my house for dinner tonight, so I can have a chat with him."
"I also have to say something to him, why sell things so cheaply?"
"You're wrong about that!" Hao Lixuan interrupted Zhang Renhe's complaint: "You're a master at handling party and government affairs, but when it comes to economics and technology, you're far behind your students."
"He's clearly lowering the barrier to entry for others by offering a reasonable price."
"The reason why our equipment and products can go global is because we have lowered the entry barrier for others."
"If you want to use my equipment and make modifications, I won't object, but you have to give me the data. Once I get the money and the equipment data, and you find it convenient, then you'll still have to use my stuff."
"Unlike those Japanese, who make some crappy VCD player and act like the whole world is paying tribute to them, they're complete idiots."
After swearing, Hao Lixuan downed his tea in one gulp. "I should be going now. Just stick to this line of thinking."
After giving his instructions, Hao Lixuan got up and left.
The door closed, and Zhang Renhe thought of Zhou Youning and the other two again. He took out his phone and first called the three people in the parking lot, asking them to come to his office. Then he found Lin Man's number and called her directly.
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The scene at the exhibition.
In the corner of the booth, Lin Man appeared, holding his phone. Opposite him, Wang Ju also appeared, holding her phone.
The two exchanged a glance, their eyes both fixed on each other's phones, and spoke almost simultaneously: "What is it?"
After a two-second pause, the two spoke again: "You go first."
The atmosphere was a little awkward, so Lin Man quickly gestured for Wang Ju to speak first.
Upon receiving the signal, Wang Ju shook her phone and said with a gloomy expression, "My third uncle called me and said that the Guangdong Provincial State Security Bureau contacted him to investigate our registered company. He said that he was the one who gave the order to guarantee it and also helped to check the customer information."
"He also said that if you can't make it in Guangdong Province, you can just pack your bags and come with me to Shanghai."
"What about over there?"
Wang Ju's explanation relieved Lin Man. He leaned against the booth, his eyes scanning his surroundings. His colleague whispered, "The one I told you about, the teacher I shamelessly begged to be, the secretary of the provincial party school, just called me and asked me to come to his house for dinner tonight."
"I guess he wanted to talk to me about the things at the exhibition booth. Since we're going to his house for dinner, I guess that's the end of it."
"By the way, did they get the battery I left at the booth yesterday?"
Hearing this, Wang Ju's stern face relaxed, and she pointed her right index finger, which was holding the phone, to the ceiling above her head: "Do you think you can come back?"
Along with his rhetorical question, Lin Man let out a self-deprecating laugh, glanced at the time, and realized it was already noon. He then spoke to Wang Ju:
"Then you keep an eye on things there, I'll go buy two pounds of fruit, I can't go empty-handed."
Wang Ju: "Isn't it a bit too early?"
"It's getting late!" Lin Man waved his hand, turned and walked out of the booth, leaving only his voice for Wang Ju:
"I need to go and comfort those two clients; they probably didn't sleep a wink last night either."
Watching the departing figure, Wang Ju lowered her head thoughtfully, and after a while, she shook her head as well.
Walking into the parking lot and getting into his own van, Lin Man found Lucius's number on his phone and dialed it casually.
As soon as the call connected, Lucius's voice, filled with gritted teeth, came through:
"You're actually a government official?"
Lin Man: "You didn't ask!"
Lucius: "Do you know what it feels like to have someone suddenly knock on your door in the middle of the night?"
Lin Man: "I know, so will the transaction continue?"
Upon hearing Lin Man ask whether the deal should continue, Lucius immediately became anxious: "I'm raising the money, and it will be in your account in three days at most. Also, the details of the deal have been revised."
"I need to see the first batch of goods in three days. You have to provide me with at least 200 kilograms of raw materials."
"I need to apply for customs clearance. If the customs clearance fails, you have to process the customs clearance for me."
"Okay, I have something to do, so I'll hang up now." Lin Man readily agreed to Lucius's request and then contacted Rajad again.
Compared to Lucius's outburst, Rajard's reaction was much calmer:
"Mr. Lin, we need to modify the terms of the transaction. The original $1000 million in cash will now be split into two installments."
"The first batch is $500 million, which is the price of one unit."
"We exchange money for goods on the spot. The remaining money and oil will only be delivered after we receive the goods and conduct tests in Iran."
"Okay." Having heard Lucius's request, Lin Man readily agreed to Rajard's request as well, while also voicing his own curiosity: "I'm curious, won't revealing your identities cause disruptions to your daily lives?"
He had barely finished asking when a long sigh came from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Lin, do you think we could get in without reporting it?"