Outside the East Third Ring Road of the capital city, next to the entrance to the main road in the direction of Jinmen.

A skinny monkey green-skinned gadfly, dressed in what looked like a township entrepreneur and covering the tattoos on his arm, leaned against an old and dilapidated 212 jeep, waiting for business. At the beginning of June, it was already very hot in the capital, and it was really uncomfortable to wear a light suit under the sun.

It's a pity that there is no air conditioning in the car, and sitting in the car is even more aggrieved.

A fat man in the car who rolled up his undershirt and exposed his belly slept there, so hot that he couldn't sleep, and he could only squint.

Suddenly, the thin monkey gadfly in a suit narrowed his eyes, and saw a good car he didn't know from far and near, and the license plate was not prefix "Beijing", and he suddenly came to his senses.

"Boss, boss, look at that car, isn't it time to start work?"

The fat man woke up in a daze, the other party had already driven away, and he didn't know the situation, so he hurriedly commanded the younger brother to catch up: "Quick, follow him, remember to follow the other party's left lane, and leave one or twenty meters behind the left." When the time comes, the other party will change lanes, and he will stomp on the accelerator if he doesn't turn on the light!"

Strong dragons do not suppress the head snake, and when foreign cars enter Beijing to do business, they are generally very anxious and dare not cause trouble. If you encounter a loss in your own traffic rules, you will often be accused of making more money.

And "the front car was rear-ended by the side and rear in the process of changing lanes", this is the clear front car is fully responsible, and the scale of social flexible employment people who eat this bowl of rice around the capital in the 90s is not small.

The car used in the crime is often an old river and lake that has been repaired dozens of times, and I can't wait to stick the front bumper with tape and paper on the road, and then touch it when I rear-end the car in front of it.

At that time, it doesn't take much, just two thousand yuan, but in fact, when I go back to the garage I control, two or three hundred will be re-welded.

The man in the thin monkey suit drove the car, stepped on the accelerator all the way, and after two or three minutes, he finally caught up with the car in front.

"Boss, that car seems to be turning towards Chaoyangmen! Seeing this, the man in the thin monkey suit rushed up the gas pedal while anxiously reporting it, and stuck to the lane on the other side's right.

It's a pity that just as he was about to make the last move, the fat man in the sweatshirt suddenly contracted his eyes and saw a terrible word.

"Brake!" the fat man roared, seeing that it was too late, and hurriedly pulled the thin man's steering wheel in the direction of his co-pilot.

"Boom!" the 212 jeep crashed directly into the green belt and damaged the barrier.

No one touched him, a unilateral accident, that is, he committed suicide by hitting the wall without thinking about it.

The thin man in the suit hit his head on the steering wheel, knocked his head and bled out, and his mind was full of confusion: "Old ...... Boss, didn't you say you got it?"

The fat man slapped him in the face despite the bleeding on Ma Zai's head: "You are a bad pen! This is what you call a 'foreign license plate'?

Saying that you are uneducated is uneducated, how could Lao Hu introduce you to such a second goods to me. When we see that kind of car, we should try to stay away as much as possible! We can't touch the wall ourselves! Otherwise, we don't know how you died, because the traffic police will help you? Do you think the other party will coax you?"

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Gu Kun and Ma Feng sat on the top executive version of the extended Lincoln, closed their eyes all the way, didn't know anything, and secretly praised Gao Jianxiong's driving level was good and stable.

What he didn't know was that those old drivers who usually followed the car within 10 meters of the car in Sijiu City, looked at his model and license plate, and put the following distance to at least 30 meters, which was like an enchantment with a deceleration halo next to the car.

"Mr. Gu, there was a car behind us just now, and suddenly approached, and then hit the wall again. Gao Jianxiong saw an accident in the rearview mirror, and in line with the principle of diligent reporting, he told Gu Kun.

Gu Kun opened his eyes: "Oh, there is such a thing, civilized driving, you don't have anyone else's home, right?"

Gao Jianxiong felt very wronged, and patiently explained: "How can I stop the car, I just turn right normally, and people hit the green belt and the separation zone by themselves more than ten meters away from us, probably because his hands are shaking." ”

"That's good, don't be vindictive anyway!" Gu Kun commanded, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

Soon, his car arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, and then with the help of Ma Feng, he was received by the department-level leaders in charge of maritime foreign trade.

(Note: After 03 years, in the era of the Ministry of Commerce, there was no such division, at that time there was a direct 'foreign trade department', and then you were in charge of foreign trade by sea, rail, and air, and there were their own departments under the Foreign Trade Department, and the level was reduced.)

However, during the period of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs in 93~02, there was an independent department. It's like 12 years ago there was the Ministry of Railways, but then there was only the Railway Department under the Ministry of Communications, plus the General Railway Department that had been marketed. This is a process of retreat from administrative decentralization. ）

For the foreign friends who came to seek foreign trade cooperation, the leader of course received them very cordially, and also said a lot of qualitative words of encouragement, endorsing the legitimacy of Gu Kun and his party.

At the same time, from the technical level, he also affirmed Gu Kun's set of "East China Route Ocean Bulk Carrier Supply Planning Plan", praised Comrade Gu Kun's suggestions for China's foreign trade facilitation, and discovered the shortcomings and areas to be improved in the current port planning of international China-related routes (to put it mildly, Gu Kun pointed out the industry standards of Li Jiapo people and the problems of not being efficient enough for China).

However, in the end, the leaders of the Maritime Trade Division only introduced some new friends to Gu Kun and asked them to find specific people to talk to.

Strictly speaking, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs does not directly manage this matter, but after the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs prepares the case, they will refer it to COSCO, and the way will be much easier.

It is difficult to elaborate on the specific negotiation process, but anyway, it is similar to the tone in the news series, "the two sides had cordial and friendly conversations and fully exchanged views", but in fact, no substantive goals of the meeting were achieved. (Those who have watched the 80s should know that this field is my forte, so it's not that I can't write the details, it's our ...... Disdain to write. I really don't bother to write, it's not that I can't do it, and it's not that I'm instigated)

However, even if no substantive commitment was obtained, at least the process of "cordial and friendly talks" was recorded by Gu Kun in the memorandum of negotiation between the two sides.

Just like in a court debate, all the words spoken by the three parties must be recorded by the clerk and then signed by both parties. This kind of international cooperation talks, of course, are more formal, as long as Gu Kun gets this memorandum with the official seal (in fact, it is the meeting minutes), it is enough for him to be arrogant after returning to Lanfang.

At the end of the negotiations, the Department of Maritime Trade sent a director to pull a bunch of more unlicensed staff in several layers of related fields, and accompanied Gu Kun to have a banquet, which could be regarded as a banquet for foreign guests, and finally the two sides exchanged souvenirs in a diplomatic manner.

After lunch, after resting for a while, Gu Kun took the endorsement of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and went to the headquarters of COSCO.

There, as usual, he received a cordial reception and more on the technical and planning details of the programme.

After several days of rough negotiations, COSCO said that, in principle, it "welcomes and expects" Southeast Asian port operators of China-related waterways to make relevant business planning adjustments.

However, for the part that needs Chinese cooperative investment and financing support, it is necessary to study and wait and see, and wait for further refinement of the plan before discussion.

To put it mildly, if Gu Kun doesn't want Chinese investment or loans from Chinese-funded banks such as CCB, but he can get the money to expand Lanfang Port and design it in a convenient and efficient way for China, then after it is built, COSCO will let some ships come to support it.

Anyway, this blank check is promised first, and COSCO has no business. When the time comes, 5% of the bulk carriers of the East China Branch will also be popular, and 20% will be popular.

However, it is not something that the Chinese side can decide on whether the Lan side wants to use Chinese capital to build a port or to invest in Chinese shares.

First of all, after deciding to do something seriously, the port planning and design will take several months. COSCO will at least see a detailed design plan before it will consider assistance involving investment and loans.

At the end, the people of COSCO Corporation also expressed their attitude to Gu Kun: For follow-up details, you can go to Hujiang and talk to the leadership of COSCO East China Branch, and COSCO Corporation will delegate the right to make decisions on foreign cooperation to East China Company.

Because as mentioned earlier, even if Lanfang Port is built in the future, it is impossible for international maritime trade cooperation to intersect with the branch in Guangdong that operates South China routes. Gu Kun's cooperation partner can only be East China Company.

At the same time, COSCO also recommended to Gu Kun two design institutes with the most authoritative qualifications in China for overall planning, namely the design institute of Hujiang Maritime University and the design institute of Hujiang Jiaotong University.

These two design institutes are in Hujiang, so Gu Kun is destined to go to the south.

After two days of negotiation and repair in the capital, Gu Kun felt that there was nothing to operate on the capital's side, so he was ready to go south.

Considering that there is only one license plate, Gu Kun originally planned to let Gao Jianxiong drive to Hujiang at high speed, anyway, it is only more than 1,000 kilometers, and he can drive it in a day.

However, later, the relevant departments were more face-saving, and with Gu Kun's money, they got him a military transport plane and chartered a ride, so that he could transport his executive extended Lincoln car to Hongqiao Airport with the transport plane.

Of course, Gu Kun would not spare tens of thousands of yuan in charter money, and happily agreed.

On the day he left Beijing, his old friend Ma Feng came to see him off again, and by the way, he brought him a message.