When Zhao Jian and Wang Fengshuo came to the Spring Restaurant, several cadres from the Yubei Industrial and Commercial Bureau were pointing fingers at the restaurant manager, obviously looking for fault. The two pretended to be a foreign businessman, listened to it for a while, and then called the local discipline inspection cadres in Yubei to deal with the matter on the spot. The manager of the restaurant was instructed by Feng Xiaochen in advance to submit the evidence that various departments had asked for in the past period of time, and in front of Zhao Jian, the director of the Yubei Discipline Inspection could only promise to investigate and deal with it seriously and show no mercy.

Taking this incident as an opportunity, the state discipline inspection department dispatched a special working group to Yubei to investigate and handle cases of extortion of foreign investors. A group of cadres from all over the country led by Meng Fanze were parachuted into Yubei and filled with various government departments, bringing fresh air. Those officials in the government who have not been investigated and punished have also reined in a lot, righteousness has begun to prevail, the investment environment has improved markedly, and the economy has also improved.

After Zhao Jian and Wang Fengshuo returned to the capital, they immediately began to investigate the anonymous letter that reported Feng Xiaochen. Guo Peiyuan tried to deny it at first, but where could he hide the tricks and feet he did, and he collapsed without asking a few words, and he put aside all the things that he tried to bribe Feng Xiaochen first, and then turned into false accusations.

"Guo Peiyuan was arrested, and it is estimated that he will be sentenced. ”

Yuto Haseki said depressedly to Maya Yoshioka.

"I've said a long time ago that this surnamed Guo is a waste at all, and he can never do anything!" said Yoshioka Maya indignantly.

"I don't think it's appropriate to use this approach to achieve the goal, it's against business ethics. Terauchi Tan also objected.

Yuto Haseki snorted coldly, noncommittal to the comments of the two. In his view, the so-called business ethics is just something that a nerd like Terauchi would believe, and what country in the world does not engage in these famous halls? This is Japan, if it were replaced by the United States, in order to win a big contract, it would be able to send troops to replace the president of other countries, and Guo Peiyuan could only be regarded as a pediatrician if he did this famous thing.

"In the final analysis, this Feng Xiaochen is too vicious!" Yu Changgu sighed.

"What then? Are we really going to trade technology for equity?" asked Terauchi.

Yuto Hasei shook his head and said, "It's impossible. The purpose of our joint venture with Qin Zhong is to nip the Chinese's technology in the bud, and if we continue to transfer technology to them, won't it help them in turn?"

Maya Yoshioka said: "Maybe we can sign a technology transfer agreement with them first, and then find a way to delay it in the future." It really doesn't work, we can transfer some outdated technology first and drag them down. ”

"Before I came to China, I thought the same way. But after talking with Feng Xiaochen and Cui Yongfeng, I lacked confidence in this plan. They are very savvy and very tech-savvy, and it's impossible to try to put them on with some outdated technology. ”

"That's true. "I already feel it, this Feng Xiaochen has opposed our control of Qin Chong from the beginning, but it is only due to the pressure of Northwest Province and the Ministry of Foreign Trade of China that he deliberately pretends to be entangled in technology, which is actually delaying time." Now the time is on their side, as long as it can drag on for a year or two, with the recovery of China's domestic metallurgical equipment market, Qinzhong's business status will improve, and at least the northwest province may change its mind. ”

Terauchi said frankly: "In that case, why can't we let the Northwest Province and the Ministry of Foreign Trade of China exert more pressure on him?

"Of course it's a nominal issue!" Yuto Hase's face showed some grim smiles, "It seems that we can only solve this problem through official means." ”

"How?" asked Tani Terauchi and Maya Yoshioka at the same time.

Yuto Hase: "Feng Xiaochen did not dare to openly oppose our control of Qin Chong because the Chinese government is actively seeking to resume customs relations, and now is the most critical time for the resumption of customs negotiations, and the Chinese government is unwilling to give someone a handle on such a matter." What they are afraid of is our means. If I want to call the company and ask the company to put pressure on the Chinese side through the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, I don't believe that the Chinese side will fight Japan for the sake of a company. ”

Terauchi shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think you should have thought of this a long time ago, instead of solving the problem through those tricks that don't make it to the table." ”

Sanritsu Steel is one of the largest companies in Japan and has a good relationship with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. After learning of the impasse in the negotiations, Sanli Steel approached officials from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and reported to them about the "discriminatory treatment" they were subjected to in China. Officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) are naturally aware of this, and in fact, this is what they have been encouraging companies to do, and as long as it is conducive to the development of Japan's economy and foreign trade, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry will not care about any conspiracy.

"Assistant Feng, is it possible to consider speeding up the progress of the joint venture between Sanli and Qin Chong?"

One afternoon a few days later, Xu Zhenbo, deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, personally came to the Equipment Industry Company to talk with Feng Xiaochen, who had returned from Yubei, and made a request euphemistically as soon as he opened his mouth.

Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "Director Xu, we haven't lost time. You were present in these two negotiations, and Chief Engineer Cui and I didn't stop talking for a moment. It is really that there are too many issues for the two sides to discuss, and it will be difficult to reach a consensus for a while. ”

Xu Zhenbo said: "Assistant Feng, we are also old friends, and Ming people don't say secret words." You're actually against Sanli Holdings Qin Chong, right?"

So to speak. Feng Xiaochen no longer denied it, and used a rather vague answer, which can be regarded as admitting Xu Zhenbo's words. There are no stupid people in the system, everyone sometimes seems very confused and easy to fool, but in fact, it is just that the things involved must be confused, and everyone is tacit. Since Xu Zhenbo said that Ming people don't say dark words, that is, they want to show their hole cards to Feng Xiaochen, if Feng Xiaochen is still pretending to be confused, it will be too bad to give Xu Zhenbo face, and everyone will not be able to play happily.

Xu Zhenbo sighed and said: "Assistant Feng, I can understand your feelings, after all, you are engaged in the equipment industry, and Qin Chong, as the backbone enterprise of the equipment industry, if it is controlled by Sanli, it will be a major loss, which I am very clear about." ”

"In that case, why is Director Xu urging us to speed up the progress? Isn't it nice to drag it out like this?"

"Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry has challenged our Ministry of Foreign Trade, and they believe that we have not shown the sincerity we should have in the negotiations on this project. ”

"In other words, the Japanese government has stepped in?"

"Yes. ”

"So what?" Feng Xiaochen sneered.

Xu Zhenbo sighed again and said, "Assistant Feng, you are not doing foreign trade work, so you can't understand the pressure we are under. International trade is about rules, and it cannot be transferred by our will. If we have the right reasons, we can of course refuse the other party's request. As long as the Northwest Province and Qin Chong themselves are interested in a joint venture with Sanli, then the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Economic and Trade Commission, arbitrarily interfering is a matter that runs counter to market principles and violates the requirements of the GATT. Now we are in the process of resuming the GATT negotiations, and if such a thing affects the negotiation process, we will suffer even more losses. ”

On the Internet in the 21st century, there are often people who question why the country should make certain concessions in foreign trade, such as buying Boeing planes and exporting rare earths, which are actually required by trade rules. Trade is a two-way street, and it is impossible for everything to be transferred by the will of our side. If you restrict the import of a certain product from the other party, then the other party will retaliate by restricting the export of one of your products.

Since the 90s of last century, China's rapid economic development has largely benefited from the huge export trade. China exports hundreds of billions of dollars worth of clothing, home appliances, toys and so on every year, winning the reputation of the world's factory. From the beginning of China's painstaking efforts to seek "resumption of GATT," to its later reluctance to fight for "WTO accession," it was all in order to gain more rights and interests in international trade.

As far as Sino-US trade is concerned, some people see that the media say that Boeing has signed a large order of several billion dollars in China, and they indignantly say that China has suffered a huge loss, but they do not know that China's annual foreign trade surplus from the United States is as high as hundreds of billions of dollars, and the United States has been shouting twice in three days that the Chinese have taken American jobs, which is the stem. International trade is such a thing, sometimes it is not possible to take care of a city and a pool, do not suffer a small loss, how can you take a big advantage?

Xu Zhenbo's truth to Feng Xiaochen is exactly like this. If the matter of Sanli Holding Qin Chong affects China's resumption of customs negotiations, then how can the losses suffered by China be comparable to that of Qin Chong?

Of course, there is another sentence that Xu Zhenbo did not think of, or deliberately did not want to say, that is:

Will such a thing as Sanli Holdings Qin Zhong really affect China's resumption of customs negotiations?

At least in Feng Xiaochen's view, this possibility does not exist, and this is just a kind of blackmail by the Japanese side.

China needs an international market, so why don't the Western industrial countries need the Chinese market? Because a Japanese company cannot control a Chinese company, the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry will tear its face with China and never have any more dealings with China -- is this possible?