Chapter 2423: Five Million Premium

Wu Hongkang remained silent. Zhou Andong sighed and said in a very helpless tone, "Fine, fine, since we are friends, I'll add another two million for you, five million in total. Is that alright now?

Let me tell you, this is already my bottom line. To be honest, this is only because it's you, Old Wu. If it were Old Zhang, let alone a premium of five million, even if he gave me a discount of five million, I wouldn't want it.

So, you'd better think it over carefully. This village won't have this shop (opportunity). If you still don't agree, then I really have no way. Anyway, there's only this one chance. If you miss it, don't regret it in the future!"

Wu Hongkang sighed longly, "Actually, I do have a lot of pressure. After all, this is a loan of more than ten million. If the brewery and BYD really go bankrupt, it would be a good thing if I just died.

In that situation, dying is enjoying happiness. What kind of urn or no urn, just this broken body, just scatter it in the river ditch. But I'm afraid that I won't be able to die, and I'll still have to carry this debt of more than ten million. Tell me, how am I supposed to live?"

Speaking of this, Wu Hongkang suddenly laughed, sounding very proud: "However, your cunning, Zhou Andong, is famous. Since you are willing to pay a premium of five million to acquire the shares in my hand, it means the prospects of the brewery and BYD must be very good, so the pressure in my heart has suddenly vanished!"

Zhou Andong's mouth twitched, "You've learned to be bad, Old Wu. You must have learned it from Old Zhang. Stay away from him in the future. If you walk too close to him, you won't learn anything good."

Wu Hongkang was in a very good mood and laughed again: "Alright, you, Zhou Andong, don't go to the temple without a cause. Calling me must mean there's something, say it!"

Zhou Andong stopped joking: "Do you know about the China-Foreign Management Government-Industry-Academia Symposium?"

Wu Hongkang was stunned, and immediately said: "It's already mid-August now, the symposium is held in September, did you receive an invitation?"

"I received it!" Zhou Andong asked: "How much do you know about this so-called symposium?"

"You don't know about this symposium?" Wu Hongkang was very surprised: "You called me, you wouldn't think the symposium is a scam, would you?"

Zhou Andong said helplessly: "Inviting me to attend the symposium, and actually having to pay a fee, tell me, what would I think?"

Wu Hongkang couldn't help but laugh again: "The China-Foreign Management Government-Industry-Academia Symposium is organized and held by the Enterprise Confederation. You actually treated it as a scam."

Zhou Andong's heart moved. Could it be that this Enterprise Confederation was not the non-governmental organization he imagined?

"You tell me about this symposium first, what exactly is it about."

"The China-Foreign Management Government-Industry-Academia Symposium was founded in 1992." Wu Hongkang organized his language and said: "Before the market economy was established in 1988, there was an important topic, which was that the business community called on the government to change its functions as soon as possible, simplify administration and decentralize power, to adapt to the transformation of the enterprise management mechanism.

Then, at the first symposium, economist Professor Li made a special report on the reform of the system of joint-stock system. And 'mechanism innovation' was the most important keyword.

Simply put, the symposium is a grand exchange meeting where the business community, government, and scholars gather together to stimulate ideas, and the meeting lasts for 3 days. The themes of the meeting are all closely centered on the outlook for the enterprise operating environment in the coming year, and the ideas and response measures that enterprises should take.

Finding the meeting themes that enterprises care about most and that enterprises must care about in the future, inviting government leaders with the most policy authority, entrepreneurs with the most management achievements, and experts and scholars with the most research attainments as keynote speakers, to pass on accurate, cutting-edge, and useful economic and management trend information and analysis for the coming year to the enterprise representatives attending the meeting..."

Zhou Andong asked: "I heard that many big leaders attend this symposium?"

"Yes!" Wu Hongkang reported a long list of names, about twenty or so.

Zhou Andong's expression became solemn, among which were big leaders of the central authorities. And the others were all ministerial or deputy ministerial level, and only two were department-level cadres, who were the Director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Department of the State Economic and Trade Commission and the Director of the Township Enterprise Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"I attended the first one." Wu Hongkang continued: "At that time, there were eleven private enterprises, while there were thirty-seven state-owned and central enterprises. In addition, seven multinational enterprises such as KFC, Motorola, and Panasonic participated."

Speaking of this, Wu Hongkang paused slightly, thought for a while and said: "I didn't receive an invitation for the second one last year, but as far as I know, the number of Chinese and foreign enterprises participating has reached eighty-three, and the number of enterprises participating this year will definitely exceed one hundred."

Zhou Andong held the receiver in one hand and tapped lightly on the desk with the other, making a rhythmic sound: "It seems that I have to attend this symposium whether I want to or not!"

Wu Hongkang said gloatingly: "I know you don't want to go, but you are now the most representative figure in our country's business world, without one. Moreover, you are also the fourth largest shareholder of Sony. If you don't attend, not only will the Enterprise Confederation be very embarrassed, but the few big shots attending the meeting will also lose face. Think about the consequences."

"Who said I don't want to go?" A smile appeared on Zhou Andong's face: "Although this symposium won't be of any help to me, and I don't need their help. But with those four big shots attending, I have to go take a group photo and take a picture with them anyway. As for paying the participation fee, just treat it as a labor fee for taking pictures with those four big shots."

"Fuck!" Wu Hongkang couldn't help but curse: "You even dare to say this, aren't you afraid I'll spread it?"

Zhou Andong laughed: "They have the guts to invite me, what words do I not have the guts to say?"

"You're awesome!" Wu Hongkang didn't want to chat with Zhou Andong anymore, but still reminded: "If you accept the invitation, they will definitely let you speak, you have to be mentally prepared."

Zhou Andong looked at the time: "Alright, it's almost time to get off work, let's leave it at that, I'll invite you to drink when I have time."

After speaking, Zhou Andong put down the phone and sat there pondering for a while, then picked up the phone again and dialed Gu Bing's office.

Soon, Gu Bing's voice came through: "I am Gu Bing, who is this!"

"Brother-in-law!" Zhou Andong teased: "Why, haven't you gone to corrupt yet?"

Gu Bing said unhappily: "If you have something to say, say it; if you have a fart, let it out. Don't delay my thinking about life."

Zhou Andong didn't waste words with him and asked: "Do you know what department the Enterprise Confederation is?"

Gu Bing was stunned and said very surprised: "You actually don't know what department the Enterprise Confederation is?"

Zhou Andong said unhappily: "I don't know the Enterprise Confederation is illegal?"

"Can't talk to you." Gu Bing snorted: "The Enterprise Confederation is affiliated with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the central authorities, and it is also a special agency at the ministerial level directly under the central authorities."

"I know!" Zhou Andong put down the phone and called Dong Wenjuan in: "Reply to the Enterprise Confederation, I will attend the Government-Industry-Academia Symposium on time."

"Alright!" Dong Wenjuan turned and left, then notified the factory office, and then the factory office notified the factory general office, and the general office replied to the Enterprise Confederation. ===== CHAPTER 2424 =====