C78 The Confrontation
C78 The Confrontation
The chief of Shuohua Village, Dai Zhong, was also there. A group of government officials, including the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Desolate Yu of Xiang City, were chatting with a few men in suits.
These men were not tall, and their hair was combed meticulously. They were very particular about their appearance. Zhou Hao guessed that these men should be from the metal industry.
After getting off the car, Zhou Hao followed Gao Houlu and Situ Li to the gateway of Shuohua Village.
Desolate Yu immediately smiled at the dignified middle-aged man beside him. "They are here. "
A young man beside the middle-aged man quickly approached him and said a few words. He was probably translating Xiao Yu's words for him.
Desolate Yu looked over at Zhou Hao and gave Gao Houlu a meaningful look, asking about the result of their discussion.
Gao Houlu shook his head slightly at Desolate Yu. When Desolate Yu saw this, he immediately frowned.
"Mr Zhou. " Dai Zhong walked forward and greeted Zhou Hao.
Originally, he was the village chief of a small village. Normally, he wouldn't have the chance to meet officials like Xiao Yu and Gao Houlu.
This could be considered a coincidence. He didn't have anything to say just now. Now that he finally saw someone he knew, he naturally came over to chat.
However, it seemed like Dai Zhong was very upset.
"Chief Dai, how have you been recently?" Zhou Hao smiled warmly.
Dai Zhong sighed and said in a low voice, "It's not good. Now the villagers are blaming me.
Sigh, I hate myself too. Why was I in such a hurry to sell the land to you?
You know, the city government gave us five million when they took the remaining half of the land. Sigh. . . "
"Hehe, there's no use regretting it now. We signed the contract in black and white. "
Zhou Hao said, "But I'm not much better either. Now the government and the Japanese want our land.
But my partner doesn't want to sell it at all. Now, we have to see how we can negotiate with them. "
Dai Zhong scratched his head. "I don't understand the business of you businessmen. You can get involved yourself. "
"Zhou Hao. " At this time, he waved at Zhou Hao after chatting with Desolate Yu for a while.
Zhou Hao smiled at Dai Zhong and quickly walked over. Desolate Yu extended his hand to Zhou Hao and said with a smile.
"Comrade Zhou, the last time we met, you were the one who fought the drug dealers bravely. Mayor Gao and I are representing the government to visit you. "
"Yeah, I also feel very honored. " Zhou Hao held Desolate Yu's hand.
"Come, let me introduce you. " Desolate Yu brought Zhou Hao to the side of the middle-aged Japanese man.
"This is Mr. Kazuo Koike, the executive director of our friend's metal industry. The other few are also management staff of our friend's metal industry. As for this one. . . "
Xiao Yu pointed to the young man in his 30s next to Kazuo Koike, "This is Kazuo Koike's translation, Mr. Junyan Jing. "
Zhou Hao noticed that there was an unnatural expression on Xiao Yu's face when he introduced the translator called Jing Shangyan.
To be more specific, Zhou Hao saw a hint of disdain in Xiao Yu's eyes. When he looked at Jing Shangyan again, Zhou Hao immediately guessed that this guy was the so-called "Japanese. "
Looking at Xiao Yu's disdainful expression, Jing Shangyan was obviously not the kind of "Japanese" who was born and raised in Japan despite having the blood of a Chinaman.
He was born and raised in China, and after going through many procedures, he obtained Japanese nationality and moved to Japan.
Even his name was changed to Japan. Zhou Hao also glanced at Jing Shangyan, feeling ashamed for his ancestor in his heart.
At this moment, Kazuo Koike, the executive director of the metal industry, looked at Zhou Hao and whispered a few words to Jing Shangyan, who was beside him.
Jing Shangyan nodded his head repeatedly, and his expression was very respectful to Kazuo Koike.
Then, he said to Zhou Hao in a very pure national language, "Mr. Xiaochi asked if you are the owner of that piece of land. "
He pointed at the land with the outer walls of a few factories and showed a proud expression to Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao did not say anything, but just glanced at him.
Kazuo Koike did not have that kind of arrogant expression when he looked at him just now. Instead, this Jing Junyan, who acted as the translator, acted high and mighty. He was a typical example of a fox exploiting the tiger's might.
After passing Jing Junyan, Zhou Hao said to Kazuo Koike: "I heard that in Japan, many successful businessmen and employees of large enterprises speak English. I heard that in Japan, many successful businessmen and employees of large enterprises speak English.
Then you should be able to, Mr. Kazuo Koike. "
As soon as he spoke, Xiao Yu, Gao Houlu, and Situ Li were a little stunned. Even Kazuo Koike was surprised because Zhou Hao spoke unusually fluent English.
In his previous life, in order to increase his ability to compete, Zhou Hao not only passed the fourth level of English exam, but also passed the sixth level exam.
Later on, when working in Yellowstone, he also painstakingly cultivated English because of business needs. Although he could not apply for the level eight specialized exam, his standard was not inferior to the English professionals who passed level eight.
Kazuo Koike quickly regained his calm and smiled at Zhou Hao. He also said in fluent English, "Now it seems that we can use English to communicate directly. This is very good. "
Indeed, as Zhou Hao said, most successful businessmen and employees in large enterprises in Japan knew English.
Because they often did business with people from Europe and America, English became a necessary skill.
That Izu Junyan was also stunned. At the same time, he had a grudge against Zhou Hao. He felt that Zhou Hao had lost face in front of everyone.
"You are probably Zhou Hao Jun. " Kazuo Koike said to Zhou Hao, "You are the owner of the other half of the land?"
Zhou Hao shook his head. "No, but I can represent their opinion. "
Kazuo Koike nodded, then extended his right hand and made a gesture of invitation. "Let's go and take a look. "
"Okay. " The group walked to the desolate land next to Shuohua Village.
Zhou Hao bought more than seven thousand acres of land. There were three large factories. They were called factories, but they only had outer walls and simple iron roof.
The other eight thousand acres of land that the Xiang City government had taken over had already been cleared of weeds, revealing bare and flat mud.
Kazuo Koike stood there and looked at the vast land in front of him. "Our friend, the metal industry, plans to build a large production base here.
We will produce all kinds of agricultural machines, cars' engines, and other parts. The sales network will also cover the entire China. "
He looked back at Zhou Hao and said, "I also believe that if this production base is built, its influence will spread to the entire Guangdong Province. The economy of Xiang City will also be affected. "
Zhou Hao nodded and smiled. "I know all of this. At the same time, I sincerely thank your company for coming to Xiang City to invest. "
"However, your factory has hindered the development of Xiang City and even the entire Guangdong Province!"
Kazuo Koike's tone suddenly became stern. He was smart enough not to say that Zhou Hao opposed their company, but to hinder the development of Xiang City and Guangdong.
Zhou Hao was not scared by him. Instead, he sneered and said, "Mr. Xiaochi is such a big hat.
It was undeniable that if your production base was built, it would bring good opportunities for our city and Guangdong Province to develop.
But Mr. Xiaochi, you should also know that our country has been restructuring and opening for many years.
Our economic opening is not only for foreign investors like you, but also for our domestic private companies.
Let's put it this way, in principle, private companies have the same status as foreign companies like you. "
In fact, Zhou Hao himself knew that this was not realistic. Even in the future, foreign companies' status would be much higher than domestic private companies.
However, domestic policies could not explicitly say that the status of domestic private companies was lower than that of foreign companies. This would cause a huge uproar.
"Besides, Your production base can bring opportunities for Xiang City and even Guangdong Province to develop. Can't we?
Mr. Xiaochi, aren't you looking down on us too much?" Zhou Hao showed no signs of weakness.
Kazuo Koike was also a little speechless by Zhou Hao's words. After all, this was China. He could not say that Japanese companies were much better than China's companies.
Xiao Yu and the others on the other side also learned about the conversation between Zhou Hao and Kazuo Koike through the people who knew English.
Xiao Yu said to Gao Houlu. "Old Gao, this Zhou Hao is really amazing. He is really good at reasoning. Even that old fox Kazuo Koike couldn't gain any advantage over him. "
These people had met Kazuo Koike before. They knew that Kazuo Koike was a cunning old fox who wouldn't take advantage of others.
Therefore, when they saw him being defeated by Zhou Hao, they could finally heave a sigh of relief. At the same time, they couldn't help but praise him.
At this time, Kazuo Koike said to Zhou Hao, "Your government has already said that they can't take your land.
So if we really want to build a production base here, we have to negotiate with you. "
He stared at Zhou Hao. " Then, Zhou Hao Jun, if we want to buy the land in your hands, how much do we need? "
"Xiao Hao!"
Zhou Hao was just about to bid when he heard Zhao Yuqin calling from behind.
He quickly turned around and saw Zhao Yuqin, who was wearing a professional suit, walking towards him. He shouted happily, "Sister!"
At the same time, Xiao Yu's secretary came to his side and gave him a big brother. "Secretary Xiao, I have a call for you. "
Xiao Yu frowned, but he still took the call. "Who is it? Don't you know I'm receiving foreign businessmen?"
His secretary hurriedly said, "I told him. But that person, he said that he is Zhao Dingzhou from Guangzhou Military Region. "
"Zhao Ding. . . General Zhao?" Xiao Yu was shocked.