Chapter 1839

At the same time, Coca-Cola was holding a press conference, which was already drawing to a close.

"After the incident occurred, Mr. Zhao Zhao Hongxing, President of the Asia Region, attached great importance to it and immediately established an investigation team to conduct an investigation. It has now been ascertained that our company's former procurement department manager, Huang Yuhao..."

"... in order to solicit kickbacks, colluded with illegal manufacturers to purchase inferior products to serve as prizes for Coca-Cola's prize-winning sales. This not only brought great safety hazards to consumers but also brought extremely bad and irreparable negative impacts to the Coca-Cola Company."

"Therefore, our company reported the case two days ago. Huang Yuhao, intimidated by the majesty of the law and under pressure from the police, surrendered himself yesterday morning..."

There was a burst of whispering below, and a young reporter raised his hand.

"This friend, please speak if you have any questions." Jiang Jiang Yuping pointed her finger.

The young reporter asked: "Since it was already investigated clearly and reported to the police earlier, why respond only today? Is it just as Xurishang said, that Coca-Cola is too arrogant and discriminates against Chinese consumers?"

"How could that be?" Jiang Jiang Yuping denied it seriously: "I am also Chinese, President Zhao Zhao Hongxing is also Chinese, and more than half of the company's employees are Chinese. How could we possibly discriminate against domestic consumers?"

The young reporter continued to ask: "Regarding Xurishang's public accusations, does Coca-Cola have anything to say?"

Jiang Jiang Yuping said seriously: "Xurishang's accusations against Coca-Cola are untrue and are slanders against Coca-Cola. This has caused great damage to Coca-Cola's reputation, and Coca-Cola reserves the right to pursue its legal responsibilities..."

"General Manager Jiang!" A female reporter raised her hand and asked: "Do you mean that Xurishang is spreading rumors and Coca-Cola is going to sue Xurishang, right?"

Jiang Jiang Yuping couldn't help but frown: "I said we reserve the right to pursue Xurishang's legal responsibilities. As for whether to sue, it requires the US headquarters to make a decision."

A middle-aged man raised his hand and asked: "General Manager Jiang, Coca-Cola provides compensation to consumers whose prizes have had problems, but for those who haven't had problems yet, there must be significant safety hazards, yet you haven't mentioned compensation."

"Coca-Cola turns a blind eye to the safety hazards of this part of the products and is so indifferent to the personal safety of consumers—is Xurishang's accusation not correct?"

Jiang Jiang Yuping looked deeply at the middle-aged man. Without thinking, she knew this person must have been brought by Xurishang, and the two reporters who asked questions earlier were also very unfriendly; she estimated they were also inseparable from Xurishang.

"Coca-Cola respects consumers very much and could not possibly ignore the personal safety of consumers. It's just that the company is still studying a reasonable compensation standard for prizes that haven't had problems yet."

They hadn't thought about compensating for prizes that hadn't had problems at all.

But the problem was that these reporters had put Coca-Cola on the spot. If she didn't give a promise...

... then it would indirectly prove that Xurishang's accusation was correct, that Coca-Cola was indeed discriminating against Chinese consumers, and they would have no way to defend themselves.

At this time, a reporter raised his hand: "General Manager Jiang, the 'You Say It Counts' Housing Management Company publicly stated that they have organized a legal team to represent consumers whose rights have been infringed upon in lawsuits for free, suing Coca-Cola. Do you have anything to say?"

"'You Say It Counts' Housing Management Company?"

Jiang Jiang Yuping frowned again, then smiled immediately after.

"I haven't heard of this 'You Say It Counts' Housing Management Company, but the name sounds like a shell company to me at first impression. Therefore, I have no need to respond to the porcelain-touching antics of such a company that I don't know where it came from."

This reporter was just about to explain that "You Say It Counts" was definitely not a shell company, but before he could open his mouth, he heard Jiang Jiang Yuping announce the end of the press conference, ignoring even the other reporters who were raising their hands.

The sky gradually darkened. After Huang He and Lan Yibin came out of the municipal government, they wandered around the entrance of the group for a while. They were truly unwilling to give up.

But when the winery got off work and a large number of employees poured out of the gate, they hesitated because Deng Deng Zhangli had already made it very clear that even if they went in, they definitely wouldn't be able to see the group's directors.

Finally, they had to face reality and returned to the guesthouse. Seeing that it was dark outside and the "little devils" who went to Jiangzhou Port hadn't returned, they couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and restless.

They weren't afraid that something would happen to the "little devils," but they were afraid that the "little devils" would just leave from there, and then they would truly have no chance of redemption.

Seeing that it was already eight o'clock, finally, the "little devils" returned accompanied by relevant leaders of Jiangzhou. Seeing them chatting and laughing, Huang He and Lan Yibin's hearts relaxed a bit, and hope rose a little.

"Division Chief Huang, Division Chief Lan!"

Ichiro Kojiki first bowed to the two, looking quite respectful toward them.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's okay, it's okay." Huang He waved his hand hurriedly, then said with a fawning smile: "Mr. Ichiro Kojiki, President Yoshioka, have you finished your meal?"

"We have already finished eating." Ichiro Kojiki nodded: "I'm a bit tired today. Let's talk about anything tomorrow."

This "little devil" had already seen that Huang He and Lan Yibin hadn't accomplished the task, so he couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with them.

It was impossible for them to really leave, but since Huang He and Lan Yibin were such useless trash, there was no need to waste energy on them anymore.

"Director Liu!" Ichiro Kojiki said very politely to Liu Jiang, the director of the Investment Promotion Bureau: "Tomorrow we are going to the Jiangzhou Yugong Group to talk to them about the acquisition of Yuzhou Technology."

Liu Jiang was stunned. They had been in Jiangzhou for several days, wandering around blindly, and it was already eight o'clock at night. You're notifying people to negotiate tomorrow—are you fucking kidding me?

"Mr. Ichiro Kojiki, this time is too late. How about we go to visit and inspect Yuzhou Technology tomorrow first, and negotiate the day after tomorrow?"

Ichiro Kojiki said helplessly: "We have inspected Jiangzhou for several days and are very disappointed with the environment and traffic here. We originally planned to leave tomorrow."

"But going to Jiangzhou Port today made us see the huge potential of Jiangzhou's development, so we decided to continue talking with Jiangzhou Yugong Group, but it depends on the sincerity of Jiangzhou Yugong Group."

"If they have sincerity, we will stay and continue talking. If they don't have sincerity, we will never delay even for a minute and will definitely leave immediately."

This "little devil" created a sense of urgency, wanting to force Liu Jiang to put pressure on Jiangzhou Yugong Group to facilitate the acquisition of Yuzhou Technology as soon as possible.

Liu Jiang sneered in his heart, but the expression on his face was very serious: "Is that so? I will go back and report to the leaders immediately."

"Sorry to trouble you, Director Liu." Ichiro Kojiki's words were very polite.

Liu Jiang said to Kunihiko Yoshioka: "President Yoshioka, please rest well. We are leaving."

"Mr. Liu, see you tomorrow." Kunihiko Yoshioka also said very politely.

Liu Jiang left the guesthouse, got in the car, and headed straight for the municipal government. Because there had been too many things happening during this period, he knew very well that the leaders definitely hadn't left yet.