From the end of the eighties, Japan's domestic economy began to weaken, and the traditional industrial market shrank.

Although Fuji Steel is the fifth largest steel company in Japan, it is facing greater pressure to survive in Japan due to the lag in overseas industrial layout, and intends to merge with Yamahata Steel and Yasaki Metallurgy, which are ranked seventh and eleventh, to form a super-large steel group that can enter the top three in Japan.

It is precisely because Fuji Steel's overseas industrial layout is lagging behind, and although its production capacity is much larger than that of Yamahata Steel, this has become the Achilles heel of Fuji Steel's suppression of Yamahata Steel and its passivity in joint intentional negotiations.

Fuji Steel's top management had no choice but to suspend the merger talks, but knowing that the alliance was the trend of the times, they could only decide to speed up industrial investment in China and strive to quickly build up overseas production capacity within two or three years.

China's iron and steel enterprises, led by Yanjing Iron and Steel and Zhongyuan Iron and Steel, have a considerable level in terms of scale and management. It's just that China's major steel companies have long had long-term cooperative relations with Japan's top Nippon Union Steel and Sumitomo Metallurgy, and it is difficult for Fuji Steel to squeeze into it.

Fuji Steel, which has only decided to expand the Chinese market on a large scale in recent years, has a very limited choice.

In Fuji Steel's successive inspections for nearly a year, Meigang is very inconspicuous in scale, and it can only be said that it is a third- or fourth-tier iron and steel enterprise in China, but it is precisely Meigang, which can only be regarded as a third- or fourth-tier steel enterprise in scale, and the industrial layout along the Zhujiang port line has made Fuji Steel's high-level executives shine.

The wharf with the largest capacity of 10,000-ton bulk carriers will be completed and put into use by the end of the year, and the central channel resources of the Zhujiang Estuary have the potential to build a 30,000-50,000-ton cargo wharf; at the same time, the first phase of the thermal power plant with an installed capacity of 100,000 kilowatts is also under construction; Meixi Town has reserved more than 5,000 mu of contiguous land for Meigang's southern expansion to the Zhujiang River, and the demolition and relocation work has already begun. With these three points alone, as long as Fuji Steel can seize the initiative, it will not even take two years to build an electric furnace steel production base with an annual output of up to 3 million tons on the north bank of the Nagisa River estuary.

For Fuji Steel, which had an annual production capacity of 7 million tons at this time, as long as it captured Meigang and formed an overseas production capacity of 3 million tons in two years, and then started negotiations on mergers in Japan, it would undoubtedly be able to firmly seize the initiative.

If it fails to capture Meigang, Fuji Steel will have to cooperate with other steel companies in China to build a large-scale steelmaking base in the Jiangkou and coastal port areas, even if technology and capital are not a problem, and the preliminary site selection, survey and project review of the entire project will take a year or more; the next land demolition, leveling and road infrastructure construction will take about another year or more - for Fuji Steel, the most lacking thing is time.

When Fuji Steel re-evaluated its partners in China a month ago, Meigang stood out for these dazzling advantages. Further data collection determined that the level of Meigang's management and technical team was much higher than expected, and Nobuo Yamazaki came this time almost with the mission of conquering Meigang.

Nobuo Yamazaki, who has studied China deeply, knows the extent to which local governments are eager for foreign exchange and the depth of their control over companies, and he believes that as long as Fuji Steel makes appropriate concessions, it will not be possible to negotiate a joint venture.

In the collected information, it is mentioned that Shen Huai, the current leader of Meigang, is a young man who is only 25 years old, and he also holds the post of secretary of the party committee of Meixi Town, and everything is very much in line with Chinese characteristics.

Even if he saw the introduction of the information and really saw Shen Huai standing in front of him, Nobuo Yamazaki was still surprised by the youth of the person in front of him, and couldn't help but talk to the people around him in Japanese: "China's local governments really control enterprises, so it's no wonder that Chinese enterprises can't develop ......."

Shen Huai understood Japanese, and he only listened quietly to the disdain and even contempt that Yamazaki Nobuo's remarks revealed to him.

Fuji Steel has raised the specifications of the negotiation this time.

In the previous few contacts, there were only three or five negotiators and interpreters from Fuji Steel, and it was not so much a negotiation as intelligence gathering, but a high-standard reception from Donghua every time that it was a matter of one thing. This time, Fuji Steel's negotiators, in addition to Nobuo Yamazaki such a heavyweight, the entourage, including translators, also as many as 12 people, the female secretary who followed Nobuo Yamazaki Miss Matsushima, is a beautiful Japanese girl who looks much worse than Zhou Yu, but looking at the appearance, it seems to have the gentle characteristics of Japanese women, she is also the interpreter of Nobuo Yamazaki on this trip, fluent in Chinese, quite eye-catching.

Probably hearing Nobuo Yamazaki's words, Miss Matsushima's eyes glanced over here, and Shen Huai pretended to be stupid and asked, "What does Mr. Yamazaki have to tell me?"

Yamazaki Jun said that Mr. Shen is young, but he can manage China's first-class iron and steel enterprises, which is very powerful. Miss Matsushima leaned over and said, seeing that Shen Huai was about to come to her, she showed an embarrassed and embarrassed look.

Shen Huai said to Nobuo Yamazaki with an innocent face: "Thank you for Mr. Yamazaki's praise!"

Miss Matsushima didn't say anything, but Yuichi Oda, who was the deputy director of Fuji Steel's overseas production and research office, had a contemptuous look on his face, and smiled at Nobuo Yamazaki in Japanese: "This fool thinks that Yamazaki-kun is praising him; ”

Nobuo Yamazaki nodded and smiled at Shen Huai without showing a trace.

Tan Qiping couldn't understand Japanese, so he only had a cordial conversation between Nobuo Yamazaki and Shen Huai, and he didn't call the Japanese interpreter of the city steel mill to him.

Among the group of people who received Nobuo Yamazaki today, Shen Huai and Zhou Yu were the lowest.

Although Tan Qiping had long emphasized that Shen Huai wanted to sing the leading role tonight, Shen Huai couldn't be particularly interested in the arrogant little Japanese face in his bones, so he honestly followed behind everyone according to his rank.

Walking into the VIP room, Shen Huai also wanted to accompany the last seat, took off the windbreaker outside, and folded it on the back of the chair.

However, Nobuo Yamazaki's attention was still on Shen Huai's body, seeing him take off his windbreaker and reveal the suit inside, he was quite surprised and said to Yuichi Oda, who was with him: "This Shen Huai really doesn't look like a clean official, it seems that the negotiation is easier than imagined." If we really want to take Meigang down this time and build an electric furnace steel base overseas for Fuji Steel, you and I will have an explanation for the Yamazaki family......

Shen Huai narrowed his eyes slightly, he was usually used to wearing jackets or overalls, today he mainly wanted to accompany Song Hongjun, and in the afternoon he sent Song Hongjun out of Donghua, and he didn't plan to go to the factory, so he had a rare opportunity to wear a suit - this suit was also the office of "he" before returning to China, a set was worth thousands of dollars, and it was indeed not something that a clean official should wear.

The reception dinner was led by Tan Qiping, but Tan Qiping should no longer participate in the specific negotiations, but should be led by Meigang and the city steel mill. However, Nobuo Yamazaki, who is quite familiar with the characteristics of local governments in China, rushed over to participate in the discussion after the dinner, and couldn't wait to talk about the specific content of cooperation.

Shen Huai knew Nobuo Yamazaki's intentions, and still wanted to use the lure of investment to lure the city to directly intervene or even lead the specific negotiation process.

I have to say that Nobuo Yamazaki's strategy is very effective.

When Nobuo Yamazaki mentioned Fuji Steel's hope that the final scale of the joint venture project would exceed the million-ton production capacity, Tan Qiping let go of his reserve of not interfering in specific technical negotiations. At present, the combined production capacity of the two municipal steel mills and Jiamei Steel is only about 800,000 tons, and if the joint venture project adds another municipal steel mill to Donghua, such a temptation is indeed not something that ordinary officials can resist.

Therefore, when Nobuo Yamazaki single-handedly proposed that he hoped to control the freight terminal and Meixi Power Plant, Tan Qiping did not ask Shen Huai's opinion, and directly introduced the details of Meigang's cooperation with Dongdian Power Co., Ltd. to build a power plant, and Meigang's cooperation with Pengyue to build a wharf.

Taking the initiative to explain the details of Meigang, Tan Qiping looked at Shen Huai again, expecting Shen Huai to make a positive promise to Nobuo Yamazaki on the spot, and wanted to set the tone of the joint venture project tonight.

Seeing that Tan Qiping handed over the initiative to the Japanese side without realizing it, Shen Huai was so angry that he wanted to drop the cup and leave, but he couldn't really save Tan Qiping's face, he just picked up the teacup and turned around to find the waiter to help him add hot water.

The waiter standing at the door was distracted for a moment, and didn't notice that Shen Huai turned around. Seeing Shen Huai's tense face, knowing that he was very unhappy at this time, Zhou Yu stood up directly and went to get the hot water kettle in the corner to add water to him - probably seeing that the water in the cup of Nobuo Yamazaki and others on the opposite side was also shallow, Tan Qiping directly ordered Zhou Yu: "Xiao Zhou, you add water to Mr. Yamazaki and them." ”

The accompanying personnel are really Zhou Yu's lowest status, when Nobuo Yamazaki got off in front of Cuihua Building, Deputy Mayor Liang Xiaolin missed Zhou Yu and did not introduce him; now Tan Qiping uses her as a waiter, and she has nowhere to complain.

Zhou Yu could only obediently walk to the opposite side and add water to Nobuo Yamazaki, Yuichi Oda and others. I don't know if Yuichi Oda intentionally or unintentionally, when Zhou Yu walked up to him to add water, his elbow turned out, just rubbing against the outside of Zhou Yu's chest.

Zhou Yu was angry in his heart, but he thought that Yuichi Oda might be unintentional, so he could only endure and not say anything. However, Yuichi Oda took advantage of it and behaved well, and couldn't help but turn his head triumphantly and whispered to Nobuo Yamazaki beside him and laughed: "This Chinese woman has a beautiful face and big breasts......

Shen Huai really had nowhere to vent the fire that had been nesting all night, so he directly took the hot water in the cup and splashed it at Yuichi Oda's face.

The water in Shen Huai's cup was added by Zhou Yu just with a hot water kettle, and the hot water was so hot that Xiao Tian Xiongyi screamed, and even the person with the chair fell to the ground-

The sudden change also surprised everyone in the conference room, Shen Huai just "snapped" the cup on the conference table, and directly reprimanded the shocked Nobuo Yamazaki in Japanese: "If you have been negotiating with such an attitude, please get out of China as soon as possible." Although China is poor, but the people are not short-sighted, you are welcome to invest, but you are not welcome to insult-"

Not everyone saw Yuichi Oda rubbing his elbow against Zhou Yu's chest, it was the representative of the Japanese side, and only the two attachés around Yuichi Oda and Miss Mimatsushima of Nobuo Yamazaki heard Yuichi Oda's frivolous words. What they were even more shocked at this time was that Shen Huai actually directly scolded them in Japanese, they never expected that Shen Huai had been pretending to be deaf and dumb all night, nesting beside them, and actually heard all the conversations they thought were private.

Shen Huai stiffened his face and said to Tan Qiping: "The Japanese representatives are openly harassing and insulting District Chief Zhou in front of the conference table. With such an attitude towards negotiations, their sincerity can be imagined. The Japanese representative did not have a proper attitude, did not apologize to District Mayor Zhou, did not kick a guy like Yuichi Oda back to China, and Mei Gang did not participate in such joint venture negotiations!"

Nobuo Yamazaki sat there stunned for a while, not knowing what to say. Xiao Tian should have unintentionally rubbed the other party's chest, but the words that followed him were too frivolous, and he just asked Shen Huai to listen to it, and Shen Huai now insisted that his small actions were deliberate, and they had no way to refute it.

Tan Qiping didn't figure out what was going on for a while, and he didn't know what Shen Huai meant by reprimanding the Japanese side in Japanese, but when he saw Shen Huai as the representative of the Japanese side, he had a seizure, and directly poured a cup of hot hot water on the face of the Japanese representative, causing the Japanese representative to fall to the ground and scream, he was also stupid for a while, and he didn't know whether to reprimand Shen Huai and tell him to stop......