Chapter 2211: Qin Changzhi's Purpose

First Bar!

The sunlight lazily shone on the already somewhat old gate of the bar through the gaps in the leaves in front of the door.

Accompanied by a slight creaking sound, the gate was slowly pushed open, and the sunlight tilted in instantly, shooting straight into the store hall.

It passed through the dim space and illuminated the dust dancing in the shadows that had originally been hidden.

A delivery truck stopped at the entrance of the bar, and fruits, alcohol, and nuts were moved down one by one and sent into the store.

And inside the bar, the waiters also began to get busy, sweeping the floor, mopping the floor, and wiping the tables, busy and chaotic.

Soon, all the goods were moved into the store and sent to the operation room in the back, and the truck drove away.

It was just that the dust raised by the wheels hadn't completely fallen when a Mercedes-Benz and a Buick Roadmaster drove over and then stopped in front of the bar.

Immediately after, Shen Mingsheng got off the Mercedes-Benz, followed by Zhang Hua, Li Zhou, Feng Yuwei, Zhou Qiangli, and Liu Zongmin.

Actually, according to the original plan, Shen Mingsheng should have returned to Jingcheng in two more days.

And the reason that prompted him to change his itinerary and return early was that he received a call from Zhang Hua yesterday, telling him that Zhou Andong had a daughter.

This news made Shen Mingsheng immediately decide to return to Jingcheng early to personally congratulate Zhou Andong. So, he made an appointment with Zhang Hua and the others to pick him up at the airport and then go to Anqiu Hutong together.

But what Shen Mingsheng didn't expect was that he received a call from his brother-in-law Quan Xin again last night, asking when he would return to Jingcheng.

He didn't think too much and told Quan Xin that he would get off the plane at 3:40 this afternoon. Then, when he got off the plane and walked out of the exit, he saw not only Zhang Hua and the others but also Quan Xin.

As soon as he saw him, Quan Xin said he would introduce him to two friends. The other party knew he was coming back today and had booked the hotel in advance, just waiting for him to go over.

Shen Mingsheng was so angry that he scolded Quan Xin. Such a thing wasn't told to him in advance, and he even dared to make decisions for him and promise the other party.

But he had to go to Anqiu Hutong. Let alone any friends, even if the ancestors jumped out of the coffin to find him, it wouldn't work, so he refused without hesitation.

However, when he heard the names of the two people from Quan Xin's mouth, he immediately changed his mind and agreed to meet once, but he wouldn't go to the hotel booked by the other party, but made an appointment at the First Bar.

The lighting in the bar was soft, and the music flowed soothingly. The warehouse manager was standing behind the bar, busy making records.

Just at this moment, he looked up inadvertently and saw guests coming in, instinctively wanting to tell the other party that it wasn't time for official business yet.

However, when his gaze fell on the man in the lead, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he recognized at a glance that this person was Shen Mingsheng, a friend of Chairman Zhou.

The warehouse manager's tense face quickly bloomed with a bright smile, and he hurriedly walked out from behind the bar, running in small steps to greet Shen Mingsheng and the others, and greeted them enthusiastically.

"Bosses, welcome!"

Shen Mingsheng responded with a smile: "There are a lot of people today, please find us a bigger booth."

The warehouse manager nodded and agreed immediately, then made a gesture of invitation, personally leading Shen Mingsheng and them toward the inside, and finally arrived in front of a booth near the corner of the wall.

"This position is relatively quiet, and the space is large enough. Sitting twelve or thirteen people is absolutely no problem."

"Thank you!" Shen Mingsheng nodded with satisfaction: "First give us two sets of iced beer, and fruits and nuts, you can look at it and serve it to us."

"Alright, please wait a moment, distinguished guests, I will send it to you immediately!"

After the warehouse manager finished speaking, he turned and left in a hurry, busy arranging manpower to prepare fruit platters for Shen Mingsheng and them.

Zhang Hua took out cigarettes, skillfully pulled out a few, and then distributed a circle. After everyone took the cigarettes, he also lit one for himself.

Seeing the smoke curling up, Zhang Hua narrowed his eyes, looked at Shen Mingsheng through the smoke, and spoke slowly: "Qin Changzhi is the mayor in Fengjing. I heard that he and Brother Dong don't seem to get along."

Shen Mingsheng showed a meaningful smile on his face. He first took a drag of his cigarette, then exhaled a big smoke ring.

"That's why I decided to meet him, to see what he wants to do when he finds me."

Feng Yuwei on the side frowned and said thoughtfully: "The matter of us wanting to build cars is now spreading like wildfire. Could it be that Qin Changzhi is coming for this?"

Zhou Qiangli shook his head: "In the eyes of outsiders, our wanting to build cars is simply a fantasy, and no one thinks it can succeed. Everyone treats this as a joke. In my opinion, this Qin Changzhi definitely has another purpose."

Just at this moment, the waiter sent the iced beer over, and water droplets were hanging on the beer bottles. The waiter took a bottle opener and opened all the beer.

"Regardless of what Qin Changzhi's purpose is, we will know when he arrives." Li Zhou picked up a beer bottle: "Come, come, let's have one first."

Just at this moment, the waiter sent the iced beer over, and a layer of fine water mist condensed on the outer wall of the beer bottle, like pearls rolling down along the bottle body.

The waiter skillfully took out a bottle opener from his pocket, and with a bang, the bottle cap popped open instantly. Immediately after, he followed suit and quickly opened the rest of the beer.

Li Zhou reached out and grabbed a bottle of beer, saying with a smile: "Regardless of what Qin Changzhi's purpose is, we will know when he arrives. Before that, let's drink. Come, come, let's have one first!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Zhou raised the beer bottle high, tilted his head, and poured it into his mouth. The refreshing and slightly cool liquid rushed into his throat violently, and then surged into his stomach along the esophagus.

In such a hot summer, that kind of cool comfort made him feel that all the pores in his body were stretched out, and he couldn't help but groan and shout.

"Refreshing!"

And the others felt the same way. Once the iced beer went into their stomachs, the hot breath in their bodies disappeared instantly.

Liu Zongmin put the empty beer bottle aside and picked up another bottle and took a sip: "Damn, on such a hot day, you have to drink iced beer."

The waiter sent the fruits and nuts over. Zhang Hua picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite: "President Shen, is the matter in Haining finished?"

"Finished!" Shen Mingsheng also picked up a piece of watermelon and put it into his mouth: "As long as our factory here is built, the technicians and R&D personnel there will come over."

Li Zhou asked curiously: "How did you persuade them?"

"Just like what Chairman Zhou said, is there anything in this world that can't be done with money?" Saying this, Shen Mingsheng laughed: "Just offer a price they can't refuse."

They were chatting when Quan Xin came, and there were two people beside him, one of whom was Qin Changzhi.

Another person was about thirty-two or thirty-three years old, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt on his upper body and a loose and comfortable casual pants on his lower body.

Shen Mingsheng stood up. No matter what, the person was brought by his brother-in-law Quan Xin, so he definitely had to give the face that should be given.

Quan Xin said to Qin Changzhi: "This is my brother-in-law."

Qin Changzhi nodded slightly, first lowered his posture, accelerated his pace, and reached out his hand at the same time.

"President Shen, I've long admired your name!"

Seeing this, Shen Mingsheng also took two steps forward, shook hands with the hand Qin Changzhi extended, and responded with a smile.

"Mayor Qin, you are younger than I imagined!"

Hearing this, Qin Changzhi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I'm already over thirty, almost forty, so I can't be considered young!"

"Brother-in-law!" Quan Xin pointed to the young man beside him and introduced him to Shen Mingsheng: "I'll introduce this person to you, Yun Mingke, Deputy General Manager of the Jingcheng Office of the Export-Import Bank of Japan."

Shen Mingsheng looked at Yun Mingke deeply, but the smile on his face didn't decrease at all, and he asked enthusiastically: "President Yun, hello!"

Yun Mingke also shook hands with Shen Mingsheng very politely, with a smile hanging on his face as well. It was just that this smile looked too professional, a smile squeezed out for etiquette, without seeing any sincerity.

"President Shen, my grandfather is Yun Wenzheng, so we are not outsiders. You can just call me Mingke directly, don't call me President Yun one by one, it sounds awkward."

For Yun Mingke's identity, Shen Mingsheng had already guessed a few points in his heart. One had to know that being able to sit firmly in the position of deputy general manager in a foreign bank without strong background support was impossible.

"Come, come, come, sit down and talk." Zhang Hua arranged for everyone to sit down, and then called the waiter over: "Trouble, brother, give us two more sets of iced beer."

"Okay!" The waiter agreed: "Please wait a moment!"

Qin Changzhi sat down. In fact, as early as a week ago, he had already returned to Jingcheng. It was just that what made him feel quite helpless was that he couldn't contact Shen Mingsheng no matter what, which made him a bit confused.

Then, through the introduction of several people, he finally found Quan Xin, only to know that Shen Mingsheng was not in Jingcheng, but in Haining.

"Mayor Qin!" Shen Mingsheng raised his beer bottle: "I toast you!"

"No!" Qin Changzhi said very seriously: "This wine should be me toasting you."

Shen Mingsheng asked knowingly: "Is there any reason for this?"

"What reason could there be."

Qin Changzhi laughed out loud, his laughter hearty and loud, and then leaned forward slightly.

"I came here presumptuously, actually because I have a big business I want to cooperate with President Shen."

Shen Mingsheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that they had guessed it right. This guy was looking for him for investment, but he still pretended to be confused.

"Mayor Qin, I really don't quite understand. You are a local official, what business can you do with a small businessman like me?"

Qin Changzhi looked directly at Shen Mingsheng with burning eyes and spoke slowly: "President Shen, you intend to enter the field of automobile manufacturing. I don't know if this is true?"

"Right!" Shen Mingsheng answered very simply, and then asked with a face of surprise: "Are you going to pull me to Fengjing to build a factory?"

Getting Shen Mingsheng's affirmative answer, Qin Changzhi nodded with satisfaction and gave a thumbs up: "Dealing with a smart person like President Shen is easy. I haven't had time to explain in detail, and you have already guessed my purpose for coming here this time."

Shen Mingsheng had a helpless expression: "To tell you the truth, before this, several groups of people have come to me to talk about cooperation, and the conditions offered were quite generous."

Qin Changzhi smiled confidently: "I haven't offered conditions yet, how do you know it won't be more generous than them?"

Shen Mingsheng showed an imperceptible smile on his face: "Mayor Qin, then tell me your conditions."

Qin Changzhi picked up a bottle of wine, signaled it, and drank a sip before saying.

"First, for manufacturing enterprises with an operating period of eighteen years or more, starting from the year they begin to make a profit, the corporate income tax will be exempted from the first to the eighth year, and the corporate income tax will be halved from the ninth to the eighteenth year."

"Secondly, imported equipment for self-use purchased by manufacturing enterprises within the total investment amount can be fully subsidized for tariffs, value-added tax, industrial and commercial unified tax, local surcharges, and import adjustment tax..."

Qin Changzhi expounded one by one in an orderly manner. In addition to the tax preferential policies mentioned above, it also covered preferential treatment in many fields such as land use, human resource allocation, and financial support.

Facing such tempting conditions, Shen Mingsheng was indeed moved. To be honest, if it weren't for the estrangement and contradiction between Qin Changzhi and Zhou Andong, looking only at these preferential policies that were more favorable than those enjoyed by foreign enterprises, he would undoubtedly have agreed. Because the intensity of such policies was rare.

Qin Changzhi kept talking, and his self-confidence swelled more and more. He didn't believe that besides Yin Mingsheng, who else would have such great courage to give such attractive preferential policies.

Therefore, he was full of confidence, firmly believing that he would definitely be able to pull Shen Mingsheng to Fengjing for investment. One had to know that this was a major project with an investment of more than 3 billion. Every time he thought of this, Qin Changzhi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

Looking at Shen Mingsheng who had been thinking, Zhang Hua and the others exchanged glances and smiled at each other tacitly.

It was just that this smile looked a bit strange, but Qin Changzhi didn't notice it. Instead, it was Yun Mingke, who had been silent, who caught it, which made his brows frown.

Shen Mingsheng drank the beer bottle by bottle until the whole bottle reached the bottom, and then he put down the bottle slowly, cleared his throat, and said.

"Mayor Qin, this matter cannot be decided by me alone. I need to go back and have a meeting with several other investors to discuss it properly."

"No problem!" Qin Changzhi nodded with a smile: "I believe that the full sincerity shown by Fengjing, President Shen must have felt it. So, I believe even more that other investors will definitely not refuse."

Shen Mingsheng smiled slightly, his gaze glanced casually at the watch on his wrist, and said softly: "Mayor Qin, President Yun, I'm really sorry, I still have some important things to deal with here."

"Today, let's just talk here for now. Another day, let's have a good gathering and drink a few cups happily."

Qin Changzhi took out a business card from his pocket, leaned forward slightly, and handed it to Shen Mingsheng: "This is my business card. I will wait for President Shen's arrival in Fengjing."

He had been out for more than a week. Since the purpose had been achieved, naturally he couldn't delay any longer. What's more, Yin Mingsheng was still waiting for his news.

Shen Mingsheng hurriedly reached out to take the business card, put it into his pocket very solemnly, and then smiled meaningfully: "Mayor Qin, I believe we will definitely meet again."

Qin Changzhi laughed out loud and shook hands with Shen Mingsheng, which could also prove that he was really happy today: "That's right, I also firmly believe that we will meet again!"

After shaking hands and saying goodbye to Qin Changzhi, Shen Mingsheng turned to face Yun Mingke on the side, also extended his right hand friendly to shake hands, and said with a trace of apology.

"President Yun, I'm really sorry, if there is any lack of hospitality today, I hope you will forgive me."

Yun Mingke's face instantly floated with that iconic professional fake smile: "President Shen is too polite. You being able to come is already giving me enough face."

Shen Mingsheng and Quan Xin sent Qin Changzhi and Yun Mingke out of the bar gate. After watching them get into the car and leave, the two turned back.

Zhang Hua was eating a banana in his hand, and while eating, he said: "That Yun Mingke, is it just to drink two bottles of wine?"

Quan Xin shook his head: "He represents the Export-Import Bank of Japan. Coming to see you is naturally for credit business. It's just that I don't know why he didn't bring it up."

Shen Mingsheng drank another bottle of beer, saw that the time was about right, stood up and said: "Let's go."

Quan Xin asked: "Where are you going?"

Shen Mingsheng asked suspiciously: "You don't know that Chairman Zhou had a daughter?"

"Where would I know about this?" Quan Xin was stunned for a moment, then turned and left: "Damn, such a big thing, I have to tell the other directors of Zhongbao quickly. As for whether they go or not, that's their own business." ===== CHAPTER 2212 =====