Chapter 1002: Even the landlord's family has no surplus grain left

"Good! No problem."

Ai Jiaqing looked at Li Xuewu for several seconds before smiling slightly and nodding: "We can talk."

"Then let's be open and honest, and be frank."

After Li Huai De and Jing Yunong sat down on the long sofa, Li Xuewu sat on the single sofa diagonally opposite her.

He liked this position very much; from a psychological perspective, it would not be too rigid or extreme during negotiations.

Choosing a single sofa also clearly informed the other party that he was the protagonist of today's negotiation.

Li Huai De and Jing Yunong were quite at ease; after sitting down, they didn't speak, just listened.

At this time, there was no need for any red tape; everyone came for money, so let's just be worldly people.

"I want to know the target of your side's operation this time, all of it."

Li Xuewu emphasized this, then looked at Ai Jiaqing earnestly and said: "This is the foundation of cooperation."

"Cooperation must be equal."

Ai Jiaqing glanced at Li Huai De and Jing Yunong, picked up her teacup, and said slowly: "It seems the Rolling Mill still has a lot of strength."

Li Xuewu's eyes moved, but he didn't immediately pick up her thread. Instead, he straightened his jacket, sat up straight, and then looked at her: "The Rolling Mill has a lot of money, but not a single cent is extra."

"..."

Ai Jiaqing's hand holding the teacup paused. She lowered her eyes, put down the cup, and said: "The money you have in the Oriental Era Bank is not enough for an admission ticket."

"That depends on whether the show is exciting enough."

Li Xuewu said with a very serious attitude: "If it's very exciting, then it's worth investing in; it's just an admission ticket."

"Then why don't you say how much you can come up with?"

Ai Jiaqing also sat up straight, looked at Li Xuewu, and raised her eyebrows, appearing somewhat troubled but also carrying expectations.

Li Xuewu looked at her, paused for more than ten seconds, and then said: "For all trade projects and tertiary industry factories, the Oriental Era Bank is willing to provide mortgage loans..."

When he said this, Ai Jiaqing's gaze shifted slightly. She knew Li Xuewu had a relationship with the newly risen Oriental-series Lou family in Hong Kong, but she didn't expect the relationship to be so deep.

Using mainland industries to get mortgage loans from Hong Kong banks was truly rare at this time.

Especially since Li Xuewu hadn't finished speaking, leaving a gap like a blank check to be filled in at will.

Regarding the trade industries and tertiary industries he mentioned, Ai Jiaqing didn't have a very intuitive impression.

She didn't know exactly how much they were worth or how much could be loaned.

But she knew that United Trade used trains for transportation, and the trains belonged to the Rolling Mill itself.

The Rolling Mill's tertiary industries included existing automobiles, hardware, electronics, and so on.

Although these industries were just beginning to develop, the strong momentum and very considerable future made her deeply believe that this loan exceeded the admission ticket she had mentioned.

However, Li Xuewu couldn't make decisions entirely on his own. She knew very well that while Li Xuewu's power in the Rolling Mill was not small, it definitely didn't reach the level of covering the sky with one hand.

At this time, Ai Jiaqing turned her gaze to Li Huai De and to Jing Yunong, who was in charge of finance.

Jing Yunong frowned slightly as she looked at the two of them. Seeing her gaze shift over, she didn't express anything.

Instead, it was Li Huai De who took the initiative to sit up straight, raised his hand to signal in Li Xuewu's direction, and said to Ai Jiaqing: "Comrade Xuewu is responsible for the Rolling Mill's trade and economic operations."

After this sentence was spoken, it was basically confirmed what authority Li Xuewu could represent in the Rolling Mill's negotiations.

It could only be trade and economic operations; it could not affect the self-owned rolling and metallurgical industries.

In other words, Old Li had great courage, taking out all the family wealth saved over the past year and handing it to Li Xuewu for a big gamble.

As for why they had such courage and determination, and why they, along with Jing Yunong, trusted Li Xuewu so much, that would be discussed later.

Now, Ai Jiaqing had a plan in her heart; the other party had shown their cards, and it was time for her to play hers.

"Since the second half of last year, the situation in both Hong Kong and Macau has shown signs of instability."

Ai Jiaqing said slowly: "Especially under the circumstances where the economic situation in both places has declined severely and people's livelihoods are difficult to maintain, the population continues to grow, managers are inactive, and there is no guarantee of safety."

After briefly explaining the background environment, she glanced at the three of them. Seeing that they all understood, she knew that mainland cadres were also paying attention to news from the south.

"On the basis of boosting the economy and ensuring people's livelihoods, Ng Fung Hong needs to further stabilize the market situation and, even more, expand its economic influence..."

What Ai Jiaqing said was a bit vague, but the three of them understood. Naturally, some things were not convenient to say directly.

But those who understand, understand.

Market economy has its cruel and realistic side. Whether you want to save the market or stabilize the market, the prerequisite is that you must have a certain degree of influence and execution power.

Now, this is what Ng Fung Hong wants: first, stand firm on its own feet, and then it can pull others ashore.

"So!"

After Ai Jiaqing finished speaking, Li Xuewu asked directly: "The target is the financial industry and commercial trade, right?"

"You could say that."

Seeing Li Xuewu speak so bluntly, Ai Jiaqing glanced at him. At this moment, she felt that Li Xuewu was a bit too eager for quick success.

Li Xuewu didn't care about her gaze. With an investment of tens of millions, no matter how cautious or mercenary one was, it wouldn't feel embarrassing.

"Financial investment is nothing more than the securities market and the bond market. Precious metals, foreign exchange, and real estate also have certain fluctuations in this environment."

Although Li Xuewu was a layman in finance, he had been reading books and learning knowledge in this area during this period.

Of course, no matter how much he learned, he wasn't a professional. He could understand and talk about it, but he definitely couldn't do the actual trading and investing.

Let alone trading, he couldn't even do the most basic business; money outside of one's cognition cannot be earned.

However, he now held resources in his hands. What he could leverage was definitely not just letting professional talent help him make money; there was also a need for deeper influence.

"It's not just these."

Ai Jiaqing looked deeply at Li Xuewu, then explained: "Our primary goal is still to stabilize the situation and ensure people's livelihoods, so the scope is very broad, not as absolute as you said."

"But I at least need to know what your expected returns on economic operations are."

Li Xuewu leaned back in his chair, pursed his lips, and added: "Using the reserves we have in the Oriental Era Bank, and also needing steel raw materials, I want double the feedback."

"Now."

He nodded slightly and said to Ai Jiaqing: "You want to raise the threshold for cooperation; how should I ask for a price?"

Ai Jiaqing knew Li Xuewu was difficult to deal with, and she knew even better that his vision in economics was much higher than his understanding of economics.

You might feel that he isn't that professional when discussing economics, but you absolutely cannot ignore his keen sense of smell and thinking regarding money.

Just like her sudden visit this time; she had only met him once, and after sitting down, they hadn't talked for more than five minutes, yet he already had a plan.

And after leaving with Li Huai De for a few hours and coming back, the conversation went straight to the theme.

It was no longer about borrowing money, and even less about favors, but the cruelty and bloodthirstiness exposed after a shark smells fresh blood.

If it were just a loan or lending cooperation, Li Xuewu couldn't have been so aggressive.

The uncompromising negotiation made Ai Jiaqing feel that this was a commercial Grandet.

"How about I invite you to go to Hong Kong to participate in this operation in the capacity of a Ng Fung Hong commercial representative?"

Ai Jiaqing said with a somewhat stiff tone: "The profit sharing can be calculated according to the equal investment ratio."

"Hehe~"

Hearing the other party's angry words, Li Xuewu chuckled noncommittally, then picked up his teacup and took a sip.

The look in Jing Yunong's eyes as she looked at him also became quite meaningful.

The scene was somewhat deadlocked for a time; in the reception room, no one had the intention of breaking the silence first.

Li Huai De sat there, calm and composed, lowering his eyebrows and head, like an old cat that had fallen asleep.

It was just that his eyebrows twitched slightly from time to time, which could still reflect that he was doing intense thinking, his claws and teeth still sharp and restrained.

An investment of tens of millions; if it failed, his previous efforts in the Rolling Mill would be wasted, and he would have to start all over again.

In this period, no one could withstand such a big failure, not even him.

But the temptation of huge benefits, especially the opportunity to extend the tentacles of foreign trade to Hong Kong, made him have to think carefully.

Li Xuewu didn't say it at the factory office meeting, but when communicating with him and several other deputy leaders, he spoke very bluntly and clearly.

This investment was bound to be Ng Fung Hong holding the imperial decree; no matter how they acted, it wouldn't be too much.

The Rolling Mill was catching a ride, seeking wealth and even more seeking power, getting the Long region and then hoping for the Shu region.

Whether it was capital operation or commercial cooperation, such a large-scale operation must have a sufficient foundation of trust.

It was not easy to make the Rolling Mill trust Ng Fung Hong, and it was even harder to make Ng Fung Hong trust the Rolling Mill.

Therefore, the necessary prerequisite for equal cooperation was closer cooperation and communication, or even intertwining their fates together.

Li Xuewu might not be able to calculate the fate and luck of other enterprises clearly, but for Ng Fung Hong, he dared to say that within the next twenty years, there would be no rivals in the world.

Resource operation can never be understood by a market economy, and it cannot be explained simply by market laws.

You can have no building materials, you can use no mainland goods, but try not drinking mainland water, not eating mainland rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, eggs, and milk.

Singapore is a particularly realistic example; a country that even has problems with water in later generations, do you think it has the backbone to speak loudly?

Ai Jiaqing's cheeks moved slightly; the look in her eyes as she looked at Li Xuewu gradually changed from sharp to helpless, and finally, she was calm, with no more sharpness.

Seeing her change like this, even Jing Yunong felt that Li Xuewu was a bit too calculating.

Of course, her butt wasn't tilted; she knew whose rice she was eating. At this moment, she was thinking about it, but her expression remained serious and earnest.

"It's impossible to do as you say."

Ai Jiaqing shook her head slightly, looked at Li Xuewu, and said earnestly: "There is no absolute balance in absolute returns. Opening a lion's mouth has no meaning for either of our units."

Saying this, she looked at Li Huai De and Jing Yunong and nodded slowly: "I firmly believe that the Red Star Rolling Mill has expectations for future cooperation and has goals for development in the new era."

Li Huai De didn't respond, but he had put down the teacup he was holding and was listening to her speak earnestly.

Old Li's business level was average; let's not talk about production, but he really couldn't keep up with the rhythm in economics.

It was a bit strenuous to let him speak or negotiate, but he could still understand when listening.

At this moment, he only thought and didn't express his position, giving Li Xuewu, who was the main negotiator, the greatest room for relaxation.

If Li Xuewu felt the cooperation was inappropriate, Jing Yunong could speak out against it, and he could also veto it, so he wouldn't make Li Xuewu feel embarrassed.

Ai Jiaqing was avoiding falling into this awkward situation, so she changed her persuasion target and turned to explain her ideas to the two of them.

But the effect was not good; whether it was Li Huai De or Jing Yunong, they could listen, but they firmly refused to speak.

She was also somewhat amused and angry, and even more curious about what kind of power structure the Rolling Mill had, and why they trusted a deputy-division-level cadre so much to stand out and handle such a big matter.

Ai Jiaqing was curious, but it was actually because she was looking at the scenery from outside the building and couldn't see the situation inside the building.

The construction of the Rolling Mill's trade projects and tertiary industry economy had its particularity and inevitability.

The three people present today basically represented the vested interests of these two projects, and were also the representatives of the ownership of the cake.

If steel raw materials were the Rolling Mill's assets, then capital and trade were all the work achievements of the three.

Now, it was just that they were participating in a big gamble that was bound to happen in the era.

If they lost, at most they would be transferred away and start over.

If they won, the construction funds for the Rolling Mill in the next three years would be settled, and Jing Yunong wouldn't have to wear a stinking face and face everyone anymore.

In his communication and reporting, Li Xuewu not only estimated the development funds for the next three years but also the comprehensive opening of foreign trade.

Now, as soon as Ai Jiaqing finished speaking, and her expression was somewhat defeated, Li Xuewu suddenly said: "Returns can be discussed, but the Red Star Rolling Mill wants Ng Fung Hong's import and export trade rights."

"You...!"

Ai Jiaqing suddenly turned her head, looked at Li Xuewu, and questioned him seriously: "Are you sure you know what you are saying?"

"Of course!"

Li Xuewu raised his head slightly, looked at Ai Jiaqing, and said: "There is no absolute balance in absolute returns."

He returned this sentence to the other party exactly as it was, and also emphasized the tone.

This made the corners of Jing Yunong's mouth twitch slightly, and she hurriedly lowered her head to drink tea to cover up the laughter she couldn't hold back.

Ai Jiaqing didn't have the energy to pay attention to the expression changes of the two leaders of the Rolling Mill. She stared fixedly at Li Xuewu's eyes, narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked again: "What do you want to do?"

"Development."

Li Xuewu shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Our factory needs to go out and bring in, and even more needs broad space and support."

Ai Jiaqing looked at him deeply and didn't open her mouth to question him again. What she wanted to ask wasn't Li Xuewu's answer, but his attitude.

And even more, the attitude of the Rolling Mill!

She had just been thinking about why the Rolling Mill was acting contrary to the norm, and was still hesitating about whether to agree to her request when she left.

Turning around and coming back, they didn't talk about borrowing money or goods at all, but instead talked about cooperation.

Now she understood; Li Xuewu emphasizing double returns as soon as he came up was completely a smokescreen, a bait to fish for her.

The map was finished and the dagger was revealed; things had been discussed to this point, and she had basically explained everything, only then did he open his crocodile mouth.

Now, Li Huai De wasn't stretching anymore, and Jing Yunong wasn't performing anymore; the look in their eyes as they looked at Ai Jiaqing began to carry sharpness.

From the very beginning, their trust and support for Li Xuewu all stemmed from the opportunity for foreign import and export trade that this cooperation could open up.

Look carefully; what Li Xuewu just proposed was not wanting import and export trade rights, but wanting Ng Fung Hong's import and export trade rights.

What does that mean?

In the current foreign trade environment, import and export goods must follow the unified arrangements of import and export companies, including order receiving, signing contracts, production, settlement, etc.

But there are always some companies that jump out of the Three Realms and are not in the Five Elements, such as Ng Fung Hong, such as China Resources, etc.

When they execute import and export trade work, they directly dock with production factories or industrial management, and foreign exchange basically does not exist in the situation of mobilization and use.

In other words, their foundation is abroad, their development is abroad, and their operations are abroad.

Now Li Xuewu proposed sharing Ng Fung Hong's import and export trade licensing rights through this investment cooperation with the Rolling Mill, and then cooperating with the Rolling Mill's existing commercial layout. Tell me, what will happen in the future?

The construction funds for three years can be solved, and a leading development advantage for ten or twenty years will be established; this is what is priceless.

What made Li Huai De's heart move, made Cheng Kaiyuan make concessions, and made all factory leaders support it was this goal.

Li Xuewu certainly wouldn't propose this point of view as soon as he came up. You can imagine Ai Jiaqing's reaction now, and what the consequences would be if he did so.

Even if it was proposed now, it still didn't get a positive answer from Ai Jiaqing.

Li Xuewu didn't rush to add chips, and even less did he urge her; he just sat there with a casual attitude, waiting for her decision.

Ai Jiaqing closed her eyes slightly, her brain thinking rapidly about the pros and cons of this cooperation.

You could say that Li Xuewu had given her, Ng Fung Hong, and the entire plan a big problem.

You could say that it would be fine to refuse now; both sides wouldn't have any losses. Are you afraid that the Red Star Rolling Mill would take the money to Hong Kong to operate on its own?

Of course not. Don't look at her sitting here negotiating on behalf of Ng Fung Hong; the Red Star Rolling Mill dared to go all-in.

But if you really asked them to go on their own, or changed someone else to talk, it really wouldn't necessarily reach the point it had today.

Especially since time was tight and she had a flight in the afternoon; the one in a hurry wasn't the Rolling Mill side, but her.

"I need to make a phone call."

Ai Jiaqing opened her eyes and said a sentence, then stood up and walked out.

Li Xuewu turned sideways, his gaze following her, and he teased: "Can you make a phone call to Hong Kong from here?"

"It's to call Xiyuan!"

Ai Jiaqing replied angrily and walked away without looking back.

Seeing Jing Yunong looking over, Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, with an expression of "I'm innocent, I didn't provoke her."

Jing Yunong looked him over, the corners of her mouth twitched, then she curled her lips and asked softly: "How much certainty do you have?"

"Only ten percent when I first entered the door."

Li Xuewu held up a finger, then blinked his left eye lightly and said with a bad smile: "Now, it's still ten percent."

"You...!"

Seeing Li Xuewu teasing her, Jing Yunong was about to glare.

But seeing Li Xuewu explain afterwards: "There's still ten percent left now, which is her choosing to refuse."

"Don't be too confident!"

Reacting to the meaning in Li Xuewu's words, Jing Yunong glared at him reproachfully, but pointed at him with her mouth.

Li Huai De sat there listening to the conversation between the two, and a complex expression also appeared on his face.

He was now afraid that Ai Jiaqing would agree, and also afraid that Ai Jiaqing would refuse.

If they really started to cooperate, it would mean that in a short period of time, the Rolling Mill would have to bet all its limited resources on Ng Fung Hong.

If they refused, it would mean the Rolling Mill had lost an opportunity to take off, and it would be difficult to find such a loophole to drill through in the future.

Jing Yunong thought for a moment and asked Li Xuewu softly: "Why did she come to us to borrow money, and why did she agree to cooperate with us?"

"Two points."

Li Xuewu held up two fingers, his index finger and middle finger, pressed down his index finger, and explained: "Ng Fung Hong has extensive cooperation in the mainland, but mostly in grain, oil, and non-staple foods, with little in heavy industry."

"The second point."

He shook the remaining finger and explained: "She is certain that we dare to borrow money because our foreign trade has to rely on Ng Fung Hong to unfold."

Jing Yunong understood now; she didn't notice the finger that came, but she thought it through.

The Rolling Mill cooperated with Ng Fung Hong in the food industry, and also unfolded cooperation based on Dongfeng Trade to conduct hardware and other commodity trade.

All import and export trade, except for ships which were negotiated by themselves, even if others were negotiated by themselves, had to go through Dongfeng Trade to complete export work.

Others, such as equipment and technology imports, needed even more coordination and cooperation between the Oriental Era Bank and Ng Fung Hong to complete.

In other words, if the Rolling Mill didn't agree to the loan, it would mean that the cooperative relationship with Ng Fung Hong would have cracks, which would have a profound impact on future trade work.

Maybe the other party didn't expect that Li Xuewu was good at pushing for more, making Ai Jiaqing steal a chicken but lose the rice.

You aren't using import and export trade licensing rights to threaten me, right? Then fine, I'll go all-in and play with you, but I want to draw your trump card.

On one hand, it was changing the cooperation method; on the other hand, it was increasing the intensity of cooperation. Now the pressure had shifted to the Ng Fung Hong side.

Jing Yunong didn't ask anything else, and she wasn't even surprised that Ai Jiaqing could make the call to Xiyuan.

Current economic work is more difficult than ever before.

Let alone an investment of tens of millions, even one of a few million would alarm those above.

The most critical thing is that this time the Rolling Mill didn't use mainland resources; except for the export of heavy industrial raw materials, all funds came from Hong Kong.

Putting aside the risks, in fact, the Rolling Mill didn't lose anything; it just pulled the Oriental Era Bank in to act as a guarantor.

No matter what, no matter how much Ng Fung Hong earns this time, the Rolling Mill has to eat a part, and the bank also has to eat a part.

As for saying they lost money, or saying they made a loss, that is nonsense.

If Ai Jiaqing really dared to say they lost money on this investment, he would dare to take an accountant to Hong Kong to audit it himself.

He had played football all his life and had never heard of a professional team losing to a kindergarten group!

Of course, if you insist on saying that those guys who eat sea cucumber, then just pretend he didn't say this sentence.

It's not that he's cowardly; whoever is cowardly knows it.

If you want to ask if Ai Jiaqing can really make the call there, Li Xuewu believes it, but also doesn't believe it.

This phone call wasn't made by him, and even if he were allowed to listen to the call, he wouldn't be 100% sure it was real.

Unless he was taken to have a face-to-face talk and saw the person himself, he wouldn't be sure it was real.

Of course, by the time he saw the person himself, maybe he wouldn't have such great courage to talk.

The time for the phone call wasn't very long, but it wasn't short either; fortunately, the one in a hurry wasn't the Rolling Mill side.

Li Huai De wasn't in a hurry, just a bit anxious; he hadn't said a word for half a day, deeply afraid that if he said the wrong thing, money would jump out of his mouth.

And Li Xuewu, who sold the anxiety to him, was leisurely drinking tea, listening to the movement coming from the corridor, the corners of his mouth naturally curling up.

"Why do I feel there are more foreigners in the International Hotel?"

Jing Yunong turned back to look at the hotel and asked Li Xuewu suspiciously.

Li Xuewu also looked unexpectedly; in the restaurant on the first floor, there were actually a few foreigners he didn't recognize drinking afternoon tea.

This is really dry; foreigners are really leisurely at work, clocking in at nine in the morning and eating at eleven-thirty.

Resting for a while at noon, starting work at one-thirty, and it's afternoon tea time again at four in the afternoon.

Could it be that the countries these foreigners are in are not bourgeois economic societies?

Shouldn't foreign countries be enterprise owners waving their hands, commanding managers to wave small whips, and driving those workers to sell their hard labor?

Oh, it's a modern civilized society; enterprise owners have more hidden and more civilized methods.

They don't need to be dry-mouthed to incite managers to sell their strength; as long as they leak some things called options, or something else, from their fingers, they can make managers show ferocity and swear allegiance to the death.

And for those productive forces, those workers, there's no need to wave small whips anymore; drawing big cakes is even more energy-saving, and coffee is even more useful than whips.

So when Li Xuewu watched those foreigners in the glass window drinking coffee and looking at documents, he didn't envy them at all.

Zhang Songying stood behind the two and explained softly: "They are foreign affairs personnel on this street, and some are travel groups, commercial representatives, and travel reporters."

Saying this, her gaze signaled the foreigner who was looking over there and smiling and nodding to greet them, and introduced: "They say they are from Germany, called Max."

Li Xuewu also returned a smile and nodded slowly, which counted as returning the other party's politeness.

Turning his head, he looked at Zhang Songying and asked: "Germany is so far away, what are they running here for?"

"They say they are reporters."

Zhang Songying reminded softly: "On weekdays, they are accompanied by reception cadres from the Foreign Affairs Department; they just take photos, and it seems they also write travelogues."

"I'll meet him later."

Seeing that the driver had already driven the car over, Li Xuewu followed Jing Yunong and got into the sedan.

Under Zhang Songying's gaze, the Modu-brand small sedan drove steadily out of the courtyard.

Li Huai De didn't accompany them, but took the initiative to send Ai Jiaqing to the airport.

If it were in the past, of course, Li Xuewu would come to send her, or let the other party arrange it themselves.

But now the situation is different; Li Huai De always has to fulfill the duties of a landlord.

In the car, Jing Yunong looked at the scenery receding outside the window, with some worry between her eyebrows, but her face no longer had the serious earnestness when she first came.

Thinking of what Li Xuewu just said, she glanced at her side and asked: "Are you interested in those foreigners?"

"Hmm? Hehe~"

Li Xuewu was slightly stunned, then laughed out loud. Waiting for Jing Yunong to glare at him, he explained: "I'm not interested in foreigners, but I want to make foreigners interested in me."

"What do you mean?"

Jing Yunong felt that Li Xuewu was talking in a mysterious way today and hadn't walked out of the rhythm of the negotiation.

Li Xuewu pointed to the window and asked Jing Yunong: "In this cold winter month with no wind or snow, what do you think foreigners are here for?"

"How would I know~"

Jing Yunong curled her lips, hugged her arms, and said: "If you have something to say, say it directly; don't go around in circles, I can't turn around you."

This sentence is too absolute; just now at the International Hotel, she wasn't like this...

Li Huai De had sent Ai Jiaqing away for a while, and Jing Yunong didn't say she would go back immediately, but pulled him back to the reception room to discuss for a long time.

"Foreigners traveled thousands of miles to go through complicated entry procedures; they couldn't just be here to take a look, right?"

Li Xuewu raised his hand and pointed his thumb behind him, saying: "Those who say they are reporters are actually the same virtue as the early missionary pastors."

"You mean..."

Jing Yunong's eyes brightened, and she asked: "Are they here to scout the path?"

"They couldn't be here for tourism."

Li Xuewu curled his lips, patted Jing Yunong's round thigh, and reminded softly: "The more closed the environment, the more complex the economy it creates."

Jing Yunong glared at him and rolled her eyes, raised her hand to push his hand away, and reminded him to pay attention.

Although Li Xue didn't follow, the driver was driving in front.

Besides, she didn't like others moving their hands and feet on her, especially in front of outsiders.

She had no resistance when facing Li Xuewu's charm, but in the car and at work, she didn't want to affect her independent thinking because of this.

Li Xuewu looked at her amusedly; she was too persistent.

Li Huai De patted his knees and arms with him; when the leader sits in the back seat of the car, making gestures during conversation, or reminding the other party, some actions aren't excessive.

Besides, he wasn't a lustful ghost, really thinking about taking advantage of the other party.

It was just a casual pat, out of habit, but it made Jing Yunong nervous.

"Cough~"

She coughed deliberately and earnestly, looked at the front, and asked Li Xuewu: "What are you going to do?"

"What do you mean what am I going to do?"

Li Xuewu looked at her; it would have been fine if she hadn't coughed just now, but doing it so deliberately made the driver's ears twitch.

Of course, the driver wouldn't have anything; he hadn't done anything out of line, and the topic the two were chatting about was even less of a secret.

"I'm asking you, what are you going to do about the foreigners who came to the International Hotel?"

Jing Yunong frowned slightly, looked at him, and asked: "Didn't you just say you wanted to meet them?"

"Oh oh~"

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I do have that intention, but I haven't been in contact with them."

After finishing, he smiled at Jing Yunong and said: "Whether there are dates or not, just hit the tree three times."

"Nonsense~"

Jing Yunong curled her lips, knowing that this person wasn't serious once he became serious.

Too lazy to continue asking him, she changed the topic and said: "Ng Fung Hong wants to use that fund for more than half a year; what do you think?"

"Hmm, it's indeed very difficult."

Li Xuewu nodded slowly, changed to a serious expression, and said: "But from the other party's perspective, half a year really isn't long; market adjustment isn't that simple."

After finishing, he raised his head slightly and thought: "I have the psychological preparation for them to use it overdue."

"Overdue? How long?"

Jing Yunong looked at him and said: "The money in our factory is for technology and equipment introduction, and even more..."

"Hmm~ hmm~ I know."

Li Xuewu interrupted her and explained earnestly: "They say half a year, you have to prepare for a year."

"A year?!"

Jing Yunong was about to jump; at this moment, her eyebrows were tightly furrowed again, and she said: "There was no money to begin with, and now it's another year; we're really going to drink the northwest wind!"

"Even if we drink the northwest wind, we have to hold on hard."

Li Xuewu said calmly: "At least from now on, we can plan more things for goods to go out."

"I'm just afraid it's a drop in the bucket; no matter how much business there is, it won't relieve this kind of capital pressure."

Jing Yunong knew that getting angry and anxious couldn't solve the problem; at this moment, she said sadly: "I really doubt if I can hold on through the first half of the year."

"Hehe, you're speaking too seriously."

Li Xuewu chuckled. Seeing her glare over, he put away his smile somewhat sheepishly and comforted her: "Don't worry, there will be a way."

"I hope your methods are more than the difficulties."

Jing Yunong now had no heart to argue with him; she was still calculating in her heart how to open sources and reduce expenditures.

Ng Fung Hong put forward cooperation requirements, which was that returns should be calculated by halving according to the investment ratio.

In addition, if the Rolling Mill uses Ng Fung Hong's import and export trade licensing rights, it must fully make up for the tariffs generated by this part of trade.

From this point, one can also see that Ng Fung Hong doesn't pay tariffs on some things.

You ask them why they are so wild?

Of course, their path is just that wild.

Li Xuewu doesn't care whether they pay tariffs or not; if they really pay tariffs, things are easier to handle.

At least it legalized the import and export trade goods, and they didn't have to use Ng Fung Hong's brand.

The rest, regarding the steel basic raw materials urgently transferred to Hong Kong this month, and the tertiary industry products currently produced by the Rolling Mill, the settlement cycle is extended, and it may have to be settled together with the returns.

This point has been guaranteed by the Oriental Era Bank and can be trusted.

Looking at this cooperation from the perspective of the Oriental Era Bank, the Rolling Mill's mortgage loan of 23 million, plus the more than 10 million stored by the Rolling Mill in the bank, and the payment for goods, an investment of nearly 45 million directly filled the "B-grade" of this cooperation.

Even if Ai Jiaqing brought the order back from Xiyuan, this fund was enough for Li Huai De to straighten his waist and coordinate business with people above.

Yes, the one who owes money is the grandfather.

Now the Rolling Mill has mortgaged part of its business, and the money has been taken away by Ng Fung Hong.

He has no money in his hands, but instead owes the bank a large sum of money, so he is the grandfather now.

Don't come to him for any more mergers of rotten messes in the future; the landlord's family has no surplus grain left.

Another thing, the Rolling Mill now has Ng Fung Hong's import and export trade licensing rights and can carry out trade work for specific commodities.

Li Xuewu discussed with Li Huai De in advance that not only should the Rolling Mill's own goods go out, but the products of tertiary industries and joint industries should also be integrated and go out.

It's a very simple truth; contacting the outside environment as early as possible and participating in world competition as quickly as possible is conducive to the development of the Rolling Mill.

This is even more of an opportunity; the reason for applying for groupization upwards is more sufficient, and the strength is even stronger.

After this cooperation unfolds, the cooperation between Ng Fung Hong and the Red Star Rolling Mill in Hong Kong and Beijing will be even closer.

Ng Fung Hong has advantages in Hong Kong, and the Rolling Mill has advantages in Beijing; the reason Ai Jiaqing coordinated with those above was also that the two sides' advantages complement each other.

While further supplementing Ng Fung Hong's market expansion needs, it also increased the construction of its own strength and could also feed back into the mainland economy.

The Rolling Mill's products are more designed and manufactured for foreign trade orders; if they are really put into the mainland market, they won't earn as much as foreign trade.

Let's tell another fact: is it worth it to pull Ng Fung Hong to endorse the Rolling Mill's group development?

Li Huai De can calculate this account in his heart, so you see, he took the initiative to send Ai Jiaqing to the airport.

What the Rolling Mill needs to do next is to stabilize its own development, quickly advance all projects, and realize normal production.

And in this process, the funds and goods used by Ng Fung Hong will all be recovered.

The returns cleared will be used for the fundamental expansion of the Rolling Mill's rolling industry and metallurgical industry.

In the Rolling Mill's development outline for the next five years, it has been clearly proposed to build a world-class excellent heavy industrial enterprise.

Rolling and metallurgy are the foundation; the money that needs to be smashed in is huge. This old horse, if it doesn't eat night grass, it's hard to get fat.

If development really proceeds step by step, it will take at least five years to complete the construction of the factory area, and at least seven to eight years to truly realize normal production.

No one knows better than Li Huai De and Li Xuewu what time means to the Rolling Mill and to them.

In the next few years, the faster Li Huai De realizes the groupization goal, the more he can stand firm in this position at the Rolling Mill.

If the rising period stretches for five or eight years, maybe he will be transferred away.

For Li Huai De and Li Xuewu, this is undoubtedly a loss.

The optimal plan is for Li Huai De to stand in front and progress with the development of the enterprise.

When the enterprise's progress ends, that is when he loses his function.

Li Xuewu doesn't hope that Li Huai De will end his Rolling Mill career so early; it's really rare to see such a "useful" leader.

Friday's matter, the landing procedure was communicated and agreed upon between Ai Jiaqing and Jing Yunong.

The cooperation procedures were completed by Ding Zigui of the Office under the guidance of Li Huai De.

Don't look at Old Li being so busy, but his energy is very full.

When the dust settled and the cooperation was reached, the worry in his heart had been swept away, and all that remained was moving forward.

For this project, he really didn't dare to set any goals, but vaguely, the three of them were determined that only success was allowed, and failure was not.

After lunch on Saturday, Li Xuewu didn't have time to rest; he let Peng Xiaoli carry his luggage and sent him downstairs to the main office building.

Li Huai De's car was already waiting here, and the driver helped Peng Xiaoli put the luggage into the trunk.

After waiting for a few minutes, Li Huai De also came down from upstairs; the two had an appointment to go to Tianjin together to "attend a meeting."

The weather was too cold, and the two hadn't seen each other for ten or eight years, so there was no fart-talk to say outside.

Listening to Li Huai De waving his hand, he got into the car; there was no secretary accompanying him, only a driver, which seemed much more relaxed.

"When can the kind of bus you mentioned last time be made?"

"The chassis has already been arranged, and we are still waiting for shipping."

Li Xuewu smiled and replied: "From Hong Kong to Tianjin, it is estimated to take a month."

"Sigh, I really want to see what the car you mentioned looks like."

Li Huai De is really complex; when investing, he is worried about gains and losses, and his cautious and careful appearance is like pulling his intestines.

And when things are over, he has become generous, thinking about enjoyment!

No, if he eats too much fine grain, won't this person kick his legs?

It's time to give Old Li a lesson in recalling the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness! ===== CHAPTER 1003 =====