Chapter 1832

Chen Wenqi said helplessly: "You communicate with Zhou Andong first and ask for his thoughts."

"Alright, I'll page him."

Deng Zhangli put down the phone and paged Zhou Andong again.

Only, he didn't wait for Zhou Andong to call back, but waited for Lan Yibin and Huang He.

"Director Lan, Director Huang, come, come, come, sit down quickly."

Deng Zhangli stood up very enthusiastically and politely, personally pouring tea for the two.

"Mayor Deng, you are too polite."

Lan Yibin and Huang He hurriedly reached out to take the teacups. It was true that they were from Jingcheng.

But facing Deng Zhangli, this local snake, they had to be low-key, not to mention they were asking for help.

Deng Zhangli sat opposite the two: "Director Lan, Director Huang, are there no arrangements for the Sony inspection delegation today? Why did you suddenly run to me?"

Lan Yibin said with a smile: "The comrades from the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau and the Reception Office accompanied the foreign businessmen to Jiangzhou Port for inspection. Director Huang and I have other things to do, so we didn't accompany them."

"Oh!" Deng Zhangli nodded: "I'm too busy here, really can't spare the time to accompany them. You two must explain to the Japanese friends on my behalf."

Huang He was a bit anxious. It was almost noon, and they couldn't afford to delay the time, so he kept winking at Lan Yibin.

Lan Yibin ignored him: "Mayor Deng, don't worry, the Japanese friends know very well. They have been inspecting in Jiangzhou for five or six days. As the mayor of a city, you are definitely busy with official business and couldn't possibly accompany them every day."

"Mayor Deng!" Huang He finally couldn't hold back: "What is your opinion on Sony's acquisition of Yuzhou Technology?"

Deng Zhangli smiled: "Sony is an international electronics giant. If Yuzhou Technology can cooperate with Sony, whether it's for the government or the development of the enterprise, the benefits are great."

Huang He's eyes lit up, and he said impatiently: "The ministry leaders also said so, attaching great importance to the cooperation between Sony and Yuzhou Technology. On the night before coming to Jiangzhou, they even held a meeting for us, emphasizing repeatedly that we must facilitate the cooperation between the two sides.

Originally, we were very confident, because anyone could see that this is a win-win cooperation. We couldn't think of a reason for the Yugong Group to refuse.

But this morning, after I and Director Yibin went to Yuzhou Technology and met Liu Qingjun, I was surprised. Yuzhou Technology actually refused to cooperate with Sony."

Speaking of this, Huang He's anger flared up, but he still forcibly suppressed it.

"Liu Qingjun said he could sell Yuzhou Technology to Sony. At that time, I thought, in this way, although the two sides couldn't cooperate, being able to keep Sony here could be considered a very good result.

But what I didn't expect was that Liu Qingjun opened his mouth wide. For a small Yuzhou Technology, he actually dared to ask for 2 billion US dollars, and even said this was the price set by their chairman, Zhou Andong.

The Japanese aren't fools either. You ask for 2 billion and they give it? But Sony coming to the country for investment is not only valued by the ministry, but also by the central leaders. We can't drive Sony away because of these 2 billion US dollars, right?

So, I discussed with Director Yibin and went to the Yugong Group, thinking of chatting with the Yugong Group directors to make some concessions on the price.

We won't talk about doing it for the country or for the overall situation of reform and opening up. Just doing it for Jiangzhou and for the people of Jiangzhou is always okay, right? Isn't Zhou Andong always saying he wants to be a service-oriented enterprise?

Now that the people of Jiangzhou need him to contribute, he can't go back on his word and flip-flop, right..."

Deng Zhangli frowned. This Huang He was worthy of being a leader from Jingcheng.

The official rank wasn't high, but the hat he put on was not small, and he even dragged out the people of Jiangzhou to pressure the Yugong Group.

Huang He looked at Deng Zhangli, pretending to be helpless with a bitter smile: "When we arrived at the Yugong Group, we didn't even get through the gate. The old man guarding the gate said we were scammers."

Sure enough!

Deng Zhangli laughed inwardly. For you dog things who eat inside and out for your own selfish interests, it would be strange if Zhou Andong let you through the gate.

Huang He didn't see anything on Deng Zhangli's face and continued: "So, I and Director Yibin came over, actually to ask Mayor Deng for a favor."

Deng Zhangli pretended to be puzzled: "Director Huang, it might be different from before now. It's a market economy, and buying and selling are free. Not to mention Yuzhou Technology asking for 2 billion US dollars, even if they asked for 20 billion, I couldn't manage it."

Lan Yibin sneered inwardly. As a dignified mayor of a city, having no control over a private enterprise, you are really quite cowardly as a mayor.

"No, no, no!" Huang He hurriedly said: "I mean, you step in and notify the Yugong Group to give us both sides a chance to consult on this matter."

"Oh!" Deng Zhangli had a sudden realization: "Actually, before you came down, I had already notified the other party that Sony would go to the Yugong Group for business inspection and visit.

But from the day Sony arrived in Jiangzhou, for so many days, they never proposed going to the Yugong Group for inspection and visit. I thought they had given up the idea of cooperating with Yuzhou Technology.

I estimate that the directors of the Yugong Group might have had the same idea and didn't make corresponding preparations, so the gatekeeper treated you as scammers and naturally wouldn't let you in."

When Huang He heard this and pondered carefully, it really made some sense, and his dissatisfaction with the Yugong Group and Zhou Andong lessened a bit.

Lan Yibin frowned, lowered his head, held the teacup and took a sip, not knowing what he was thinking.

Deng Zhangli continued: "I can arrange for you to meet and sit down to talk, but you won't talk out any results."

Huang He raised his eyebrows. In his mind, the directors of the Yugong Group definitely wouldn't be as ignorant as Liu Qingjun and offend the Ministry of Commerce.

"Don't the directors of the Yugong Group have even this much vision? The slogan Zhou Andong has been shouting for several years about being a service-oriented enterprise—is it all fake?"

Deng Zhangli smiled: "This has nothing to do with vision or anything. Let's put it this way: you two going to Yuzhou Technology to find Liu Qingjun to talk is a mistake in itself."

Huang He didn't have as much depth as Lan Yibin. A belly full of anger, being able to suppress it until now was already not bad, and now that Deng Zhangli said they going to Yuzhou Technology was a mistake, his face changed instantly.

"Mayor Deng, we went to Yuzhou Technology to talk without any selfishness, all for the sake of investment promotion, for the sake of being able to keep Sony. How was it a mistake?"

"Because you cannot represent Sony." Deng Zhangli said unceremoniously: "Liu Qingjun opened his mouth wide because he didn't want to talk to you, because talking to you is a waste of time.

Because of my face, the Yugong Group will arrange for people to meet you, but the directors definitely won't see you. For the same reason, you cannot represent Sony, and talking to you is a waste of time."