Chapter 366: Buffet
Back in Shangxi Garden, Shen Huai and the others only had a quarrel in the middle, and they were delayed for less than ten minutes.
In the eyes of others, they just take a break and wash up after the afternoon visit, and then come out to have a pleasant conversation with the guests.
Only a few people could see the abnormality on the faces of Shen Huai and the others. Most people don't even dare to let too much of their eyes stay on the faces of Song Bingsheng and Tan Qiping, for fear of misunderstanding it as disrespect for the leader.
Gao Tianhe frowned slightly, not knowing what was going on, which made Shen Huai and Song Bingsheng both have a thin anger on their faces, and they also avoided each other's eyes intentionally or unintentionally after they came out.
There were not many people present who knew that Shen Huai and Song Bingsheng were father and son, but Gao Tianhe knew about it, and he also knew the rumors of Song Bingsheng and Shen Huai's father and son, but he didn't expect this to be true.
Gao Tianhe walked over to Song Bingsheng and said, "I have always hoped that Governor Song can go to Donghua to guide the work, and I will have to taste what I want today.
Although Shen Huai invited the economic and trade negotiations in the name of the District Investment Promotion Bureau, the scale and the level of investors invited to visit Donghua were relatively high.
Secondly, the last time, Song Hongjun came forward to invite more than 10 Hong Kong investors to Donghua for inspection, without informing the city, not only Tan Qiping, but also some officials in the city had some opinions on this.
Shen Huaina had no choice, he himself was not in Donghua at that time, and he was going to Birmingham on a business trip, so there was no way to think it through, so he just asked Tang Chuan, director of the District Investment Promotion Bureau, to inform Pan Shihua, and the District Investment Promotion Bureau and Meixi Town were responsible for entertaining.
At that time, Zhou Qibao had not yet taken up his post in Tangzha District, and if there was any dissatisfaction in the city, he could only blame Pan Shihua for not paying enough attention to it after learning the news.
This time, Shen Huai Prophet will act as the head of the district, Zhou Qibao.
An official like Zhou Qibao, who was transferred from the province, may not have enough experience at the grassroots level, but there will be nothing missing in the scene, and he will inform the city when he turns around.
The city took over this economic and trade negotiation, and Shen Huai had no opinion.
This is not a question of whether or not to fight for political achievements or whether to be generous.
In Shen Huai's view, economic and trade negotiations are a two-way choice, and Donghua's economy as a whole lags behind, but in addition to the city, each district and county has some different resource advantages, and he wants to show Donghua's resource advantages to the investors who come to Donghua for this visit and inspection, which is the sincerity he needs to express to investors.
The reception from the city can also make the investors who have been invited from Birmingham feel valued.
More importantly, Shen Huai hoped that Donghua's economy could go up as a whole; Meixi Town was outstanding, and taking all the benefits in Meixi Town was not a scene that Shen Huai wanted to see.
When foreigners first enter the country, it is rare to understand the difference between the municipal party committee and the mayor at once.
Again, the reception of foreign affairs is mainly the responsibility of the municipal government.
Therefore, after Mark Allen and other members of the Birmingham economic and trade delegation arrived in Donghua, Gao Tianhe was mainly responsible for the reception.
Song Bingsheng only came today to participate in the economic and trade talks, and on behalf of the province, he expressed his attitude of importance, but it has been four days since the economic and trade delegation arrived in Donghua.
In addition to the city, officials in charge of attracting investment in various districts and counties, as well as state-owned factories and private enterprises in cities and counties that can handle it, have sent representatives to participate in economic and trade negotiations, and have introduced and exchanged views with investors on some projects that can be used for cooperation and investment.
The city has also arranged several key areas for economic and trade delegations to visit and inspect, and today Meixi Town and Meixi Port Industrial Park are the last stops.
Donghua's foundation is too poor, and the economic and trade delegation did not reveal too much investment intention during the previous three days of inspection and exchange.
Most of the people who work hard in the business are cautious, and it is difficult to establish enough trust to make investment decisions after a short initial period of contact. This is also the point of view of Tian Jiageng's instructions to strive for the establishment of friendship city relations, and only by establishing long-term and stable economic, trade, and cultural exchanges can we have a long-term flow.
Song Bingsheng also conveyed Tian Jiageng's instructions to Gao Tianhe, Gao Tianhe laughed and said: "With Shen Huai in Donghua, the economic work has really improved a lot. Speaking of which, it is also a dereliction of duty for me to be a mayor, and I lack ability......"
"During this period of time, Donghua's economic work has been excellent, and it is the leadership of the municipal party committee and municipal government that is good, and Mayor Gao should not be too modest. Song Bingsheng said.
Song Wenhui was sad in his heart after listening to it, how many people would not influence his likes and dislikes? The fourth brother thought in his heart that Shen Huai was not good, and no matter how good others praised Shen Huai, he would only think that it was polite and killing.
In order to win the support of the provincial and municipal governments, Meigang submitted a detailed project feasibility analysis report when the new Meigang plant was approved.
TEPCO's internal decision on whether to establish a Huaineng Group to operate the Meixi Power Plant and to exchange shares with Meigang and whether to inject capital into Meixi Port Company has made a detailed analysis of the Meixi New Plant project, which is related to the future development of Meixi Power Plant and Meixi Ma.
I have to say that Shen Huai's idea of doing the new Meigang plant project is very bold and risky.
However, by the time the project has been carried out and the first batch of equipment for the steelmaking line has arrived in China, people who have a deep understanding of the entire industrial system can generally see the dawn of victory. Zhao Zhimin and other elites in the industry were decisively invited to join Meigang before this, which undoubtedly proves this.
However, these things, the fourth brother is like blindfolding something, and he can't see them.
For Shen Huai's affairs, Song Wenhui has quarreled with the fourth brother several times over the years, but it has no effect, but the relationship between the two sides has also become estranged, and I don't know if it is possible to eliminate the fourth brother's prejudice against Shen Huai in the future - people are stubborn, it is really unreasonable.
The banquet was a Western-style buffet, before the buffet, Gao Tianhe first arranged for Song Bingsheng to go up to speak, and Song Wenhui saw Shen Huai standing far away with his hands on his chest, and there was not much expression on his face.
Song Wenhui sighed lightly in her heart, Shen Huai had told her before, and planned to suggest that the province and Xucheng come forward to invite the economic and trade delegation to Xucheng for another two days, and it would be convenient for the economic and trade delegation to return to China through Xucheng.
Song Wenhui thought that Shen Huai's intention was also to help the fourth brother expand his influence in the province, but thinking of the quarrel just now, Shen Huai probably wouldn't have the idea of sticking a hot face to a cold ass anymore, right?
Shen Huai fiddled with his fingers, Zhou Zhibai walked over, walked to his side, and said in his ear: "David hopes to know more about the situation of the city forging factory......
"Oh. Shen Huai turned to look at David Allen, the general manager of Birmingham Iron and Steel Plant, smiled, pulled Sun Yalin, walked towards David Allen with Zhou Zhibai, shook hands with him, and said, "After you arrived in Donghua, there are some slacking places, please forgive me."
Although Shen Huai participated in the entire economic and trade negotiations in the past three days, there were very few people in the city who were proficient in English, and he was constantly being pulled to act as an interpreter, and he could not accompany David Allen and others on a special trip.
Zhou Zhibai was a frequent visitor to Birmingham during this time, and was well acquainted with David Allen and others, and also established small business ties with Allen's family business. David Allen and his uncle were in Donghua, and they were accompanied by Zhou Zhibai and worked as interpreters.
After Song Bingsheng, Tan Qiping and Mark Allen spoke on stage one after another, and the buffet officially began.
Shen Huai beckoned to the staff of Shangxiyuan and asked her to help find Zhao Yicheng and Yang Haipeng, so that they could come and tell David Allen more about the situation of the city's forging factory.
Meigang also continues to hire some engineers from West Omins Industrial Group to participate in the installation and commissioning of equipment in China, but David Allen is not among them.
It's not that David Allen is not good enough, it's that Meigang can't afford to pay David Allen's salary as the general manager of the steel plant.
Although the official partnership with David Allen came to an end, such a long time of contact also formed a deep friendship between the two sides.
Shen Huai also did not know what would happen to David Allen's position within the West Omins Industrial Group after the closure of the steel plant, and he initially hoped to attract the Allen family to invest in the new Meigang plant.
The Allen family is worried about the domestic investment promotion policy, and in addition to its own complex equity relationship, the new Meigang plant is also in the industrial chain restricted by the Meixi Power Plant and Meixi Port Wharf - so the Allen family has no interest in investing in the new Meigang plant.
Shen Huai didn't expect that the Allen family would be interested in the City Forging Factory.
However, it's normal to think about it.
The Allen family's investment in the manufacturing industry has a history of nearly 100 years and has a strong inertial dependence, and in the past two or three decades, the traditional manufacturing industry in the UK has shrunk year by year, which has puzzled the Allen family.
On the one hand, the Allen family was forced to move outside the manufacturing industry to finance, services, tourism, real estate and other industries, and on the other hand, to look for opportunities to invest in the manufacturing industry outside the UK where labor costs are lower and market demand is stronger.
The Allen family is not interested in taking a direct stake in the new Meigang plant, but this does not mean that the new Meigang plant and the industrial layout of the Meixigang Industrial Park are not attractive to them.
David Allen also frankly admitted that the performance of the team led by Shen Huai and Pan Cheng in Birmingham gave them a stronger shock, which is also the main reason why they are willing to organize people to come to Donghua to participate in economic and trade negotiations.
In this economic and trade negotiation, Donghua City introduced many projects that could be cooperated, but David Allen and his uncle Mark Allen took a fancy to the city forging factory.
"What is the scale of the factory that will be invested?" asked Shen Huai.
His previous plan was to suck the city forging plant into the Meigang system through a debt-to-equity swap, so that it could be transformed into a specialized production of steel products and enrich Meigang's product line; if the Allen family's investment was limited, Shen Huai had no intention of giving up this piece.
"The preliminary assumption is that after the construction of the plant, it will be able to consume 100,000 tons of billets of Meigang every year. David Allen said.
"Okay," Shen Huai said, "I'll do this for you......"