Chapter 1739

Zhang Yujie looked helpless; even though it had been almost half a year, his heart still ached with a twitch whenever he thought about losing over 200,000.

"It was too crazy at the time; more than half of the people in Xiangjiang were speculating in white sugar. My few friends in the financial world all told me to hurry up and enter the market.

They are all experienced people in the financial world and are very famous in Xiangjiang. I also usually speculate in stocks, so naturally, I noticed the situation in the white sugar market; even if they hadn't told me, I would have entered the market.

I didn't expect that as soon as I entered the market, it would be like a roller coaster, up and down; in just five days, I lost over 200,000, and it was fortunate that I cut my losses and left the market in time, otherwise I would have lost even more."

Zhou Andong sighed: "The situation at the time was indeed very scary; the basic market for white sugar futures was only that big, less than 200 billion.

But later, official disclosures showed that in just one week, more than 6 trillion US dollars of hot money flowed in; think about how terrifying that is, how many people in the world must have been speculating in white sugar."

"It was indeed too crazy."

Thinking about the scene at that time, Zhang Yujie still felt lingering fear even now.

He was a person with a very strong gambling nature; why was he so good to Zeng Ningwang?

Apart from Zeng Ningwang's ability, the most important thing was that their personalities were very similar—that is, they both liked to gamble.

"Secretary Jian, Chairman Zhou, please, let's go to the reception room to chat."

Jian Zhengrong said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about me; today Chairman Zhou is the protagonist."

Hmm?

Zhang Yujie was stunned for a moment. A dignified Municipal Committee Secretary saying in front of a large group of people that he was just a supporting role—it was either that he was dissatisfied with Zhou Andong, or that their relationship was unusual.

He looked at the expressions of Jian Zhengrong and Zhou Andong; they were both very normal and smiling, and the tension he had felt a moment ago suddenly relaxed.

It seemed their situation belonged to the latter; their relationship was unusual.

"Chairman Zhou is the protagonist, and you are the director; we are just the supporting roles." Zhang Yujie said with a smile: "Look, Dongguan has been arranged very clearly by you; it's only been such a short time, and it has become a famous world factory."

Jian Zhengrong laughed heartily: "To be honest, the relationship between me and Dongguan being directed so well isn't very big; I belong to the kind who enjoys the shade of the trees planted by predecessors."

"You are too modest." Zhang Yujie said: "When it's poor and blank, it's easy to do something—build a bridge, pave a road—and any change can be seen by the eyes.

But to develop to a certain scale, and to stably maintain the development speed, or even accelerate it, is a very big test of a leader's ability and vision.

So, my words just now weren't flattering you, but sincere. Look at Dongguan's development speed now; you, the director, deserve half the credit."

Zhou Andong looked at Zhang Yujie, really amazed in his heart; they all said that those who engage in technology have low emotional intelligence.

Now he had strong doubts about this statement; Zhang Yujie's emotional intelligence was not only not low, but very high.

"Your words really make me feel a bit ashamed."

Jian Zhengrong was very comfortable being flattered by Zhang Yujie, and he felt very beautiful in his heart, but he couldn't admit it with his mouth.

"Dongguan being able to maintain rapid development is the result of everyone's concerted efforts."

"Secretary Jian, don't be modest." Zhou Andong didn't forget to smooth things over for his fourth uncle: "The train runs fast because the locomotive leads it. If Dongguan didn't have you, the locomotive, leading it, how could it run so fast."

The people who followed behind also echoed one after another; among them was that Director Deng from the Investment Promotion Bureau.

It was just that looking at his expression, it looked very awkward, especially that smile.

It was like a prostitute facing a poor guest; the smile was as fake as it could be, without any professional ethics at all.

Old Deng was also bitter in his heart, eating poorly and sleeping poorly all day, trembling with fear.

He was just afraid that Zhou Andong would tell his business, and then he would really be finished.

Therefore, these past two days, Old Deng had been trying to curry favor with Zhou Andong whenever he had the chance.

But he couldn't do it too obviously, so as not to be seen by his colleagues.

And Zhou Andong, well, he accepted Old Deng's "good intentions" with peace of mind, but just wouldn't express his stance.

In this way, Old Deng couldn't eat or sleep when he went home at night.

It had only been two days, and he felt he had lost quite a bit of weight; if this continued, all the fat he had raised for decades would be gone.

The reception room of the Electromagnetic Factory was very large, larger than the conference rooms of ordinary enterprises, and the decoration was typical Japanese style.

The floor was covered with thick carpet, and even if you were wearing shoes, you could feel it was very comfortable when you stepped on it.

Zhang Yujie reached out and made a gesture of invitation: "Secretary Jian, Chairman Zhou, please sit."

The three of them sat down diagonally, and the others sat on the periphery.

And Zeng Ningwang, who would be calling the shots in the power battery industry in the future, could only sit with the others at this time.

"Chairman Zhou!" Zhang Yujie picked up his teacup: "Yesterday, Director Lu from the Municipal Committee said you were coming to the Electromagnetic Factory to visit; I was very surprised and very happy.

Then I thought, the Yugong Group has Yuzhou Technology, and now Yuzhou VCD is selling quite well; are you planning to cooperate with our Xinke?"

"I do have this idea."

Zhou Andong naturally wouldn't say he was here for Zeng Ningwang.

However, since Zhang Yujie had already come to the Electromagnetic Factory, chatting with him and connecting their feelings was the same.

After all, his relationship with Zeng Ningwang was so good, and in the future, when establishing the era of "Ningde Times," Zhang Yujie was also one of the leaders.

As for cooperating with the Electromagnetic Factory, if possible, of course, that would be best, but in his view, the hope wasn't great.

Sony had already arrived in Jiangzhou last night; if they didn't achieve their goal, they would definitely block Yuzhou Technology without hesitation.

And the Electromagnetic Factory belonged to Xinke, which was also a Japanese company; with a big family and a big business, they didn't lack him as a client.

If Sony spoke, Xinke would definitely give them this face. Moreover, Xinke at this time was also preparing to enter the VCD field.

Since they were going to block Yuzhou Technology, Xinke would absolutely not be polite.

"It's just that, how to cooperate, in a period of time, Yuzhou Technology will send a team over, and I'm just here to take a look."

Zhang Yujie nodded; it was very normal for Zhou Andong, as the Chairman, to come and inspect in advance.

"Rest for a while, and then we'll go to the workshop to visit."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Manager Zhang, you've worked at Ford and IBM; your ability and experience certainly go without saying. Have you ever thought about starting your own business?"

"I have thought about it." Zhang Yujie nodded: "But the entrepreneurial environment abroad isn't good. I have a very good friend who also worked at Ford and IBM.

His ability and experience aren't worse than mine, but he failed twice in starting a business, and recently he's also thinking about coming back."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yujie laughed: "With such a negative example, how could I dare to start my own business?"