Zhang Chen first looked around the rented office, and the office area of 600 square meters was not small for such a newly established company. Johnson is also very funny, probably because he took a Taiwanese wife. As a pure Anglo-Saxon, he actually believes in feng shui very much, and specially invited a familiar feng shui master from Xiangjiang to look around, and determined the auspicious position before officially signing an agreement with the International Trade Center.

and asked the "master" to calculate when the construction could start and when it could open, and Johnson recorded them one by one in a small notebook.

Zhang Chen doesn't believe or disbelieve in feng shui, but it's still quite funny to see Johnson and himself in the feng shui terms of "outer circle and inner square", "reflective sha", "white tiger sha", "anmen", and "stove".

Seeing that Zhang Chen was a little unimpressed with these things, Johnson also said with a straight face: "Boss, Feng Shui is one of the greatest traditional cultures in China, and from my personal experience, I think it is really effective." It's better to believe what you have than not to believe what you don't have. ”

Zhang Chen laughed when he heard it, this foreigner is too Chinese. After thinking about it, didn't I recruit him because he knew Huaxia enough.

It is a great fortune for any enterprise that wants to open up the Chinese market to be able to use such a foreign professional manager who understands Chinese culture and market, knows how to respect and make use of Chinese local customs.

Zhang Chen walked around the office and had a meeting with Johnson and Shanatanu on the spot, and listened to Johnson's report.

At present, when foreign companies set up wholly foreign-owned enterprises in China, they generally cross the bridge from Xiangjiang. In other words, they will first register an investment company in Hong Kong, and then use the company in Hong Kong to invest in the mainland. On the one hand, Hong Kong's business environment is mature and open, and on the other hand, it can facilitate the flow of capital.

The same is true of the model adopted by Coloto, who had already sent people to set up the Coloto Industrial Investment Company in Xiangjiang. To put it bluntly, it's just a leather bag company, and there is no formal office.

The China Merchants Office warmly received Johnson and his entourage last week, and Johnson announced on the spot at the banquet that Coloto's investment in Bencheng would exceed $30 million within three years. At that time, Director Qin of the Investment Promotion Office was very happy, he had never seen such a happy foreigner, and the next day he sent Zhang Lingling, the head of the first business section, to discuss the signing of the agreement with Johnson.

Johnson is cunning and cunning, the agreement can be signed, and Citi's credit certificate can be given, but the first-phase investment amount of $2.5 million promised in advance has not been implemented. said that it was necessary to inspect the investment project first, Zhang Lingling tried her best, and she almost sold meat, and she didn't get this foreigner done. Moreover, Zhang Lingling actually found that Johnson also had a connection with the Jiaonan Investment Promotion Office.

Johnson also did this for a reason, after all, the second factory now has glory staring. As long as the investment does not land for a day, the investment promotion office will have to take these people in Koloto as the God of Wealth, but if the money arrives in Bincheng, it will be difficult to say who will be the master at that time.

Therefore, Johnson's idea is to hang the investment promotion office before the formalities are completed, and at the same time create a competitor for the Bincheng investment promotion office. The Bincheng Investment Promotion Office can't bear the pressure, so it will naturally invite a bigger leader to come forward, and it is best to meet Fan Guanglin, the number one. The investment of 30 million US dollars in three years is not small, and the investment promotion office has to grit its teeth to deal with the big leaders for the sake of performance. After meeting Fan Guanglin, I directly chatted with Fan Guanglin about investing in the second factory, and then saw Fan Guanglin's reaction and whether he could get support.

If Fan Guanglin didn't intervene behind this matter, but the people below were doing it, then Koloto Industry would almost have the certainty of winning to kill the glory and win the second factory.

And if Fan Guanglin himself is glorious, according to Johnson's meaning, it is better to wash and sleep, and take a look at other projects as soon as possible, there are many opportunities in Huaxia, not only one second factory.

Zhang Chen thought about it for a while and agreed to Johnson's plan. But he added that he is bound to win the second chemical plant, and if Johnson finds that he encounters irresistible resistance at the level of relationship, he must tell him in advance that he will come to find a relationship.

Zhang Chen didn't want to use Tang Miaomiao's relationship to do this, he didn't want to let his relationship with Tang Miaomiao be mixed with too many interest factors.

Especially after he knew Tang Miaomiao's background, if he wanted to achieve a positive result with Tang Miaomiao. You have to get the approval of her family, and if you want to be recognized, you have to prove your worth. If there are too many Tang Miaomiao's relationship factors in the process of his rise, his value will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, excessive labeling of a faction in economic behavior is a high-risk behavior. Although in my memory, the Song family is still the top wealthy family in Chinese politics twenty years later, but what about thirty years later?

Although Zhang Chen didn't believe what the richest man Wang said about getting close to the government and staying away from politics, there was one thing he recognized, unless you are really too big to fail, the closer a businessman is to politics, the more miserable he will die.

If you want to become a real wealthy family, on the one hand, you must improve your ability to resist risks, and on the other hand, you must reduce high-risk operations after the high-speed growth period.

Risk control is a necessary capability for all enterprises and capital, and it is much more important than the ability to obtain high profits.

If you carefully analyze their financial reports, you will find that their net profit margin is very low every year, and even rarely exceeds 10%. Aside from bookkeeping, caution about high-risk operations is one of the reasons why they can't make high profits. But correspondingly, they will also live longer than most companies, which is one of the reasons why there are so many "century-old stores" in Europe and the United States.

Therefore, Zhang Chen's backup plan is to directly influence the Ministry of Commerce through Barbara.

As a local California company, if you can't get fair treatment when you invest in China, of course, you have to find a senator in California. Although the Americans are not good birds, they have been doing a very good job of making a difference for their own companies.

At present, China is in an unprecedented upsurge of attracting foreign investment. Governments at all levels, from top to bottom, regard attracting investment as the top priority. It's light to give the green light to it, and I can't wait to line up to protect it.

It can't be said that this is wrong, because Huaxia needs these investments. Huaxia has also been poor for too long, and if it wants to develop rapidly, it must make compromises on certain things.

Development is the last word, regardless of white cats and black cats, it is a good cat to be able to catch mice.

Similarly, as a capital businessman, Zhang Chen finds the most suitable solution without betraying the country.

What's more, this is a reasonable, legal and risk-free way of formal foreign affairs?

Of course, this is Zhang Chen's killer weapon, he will not use it easily, and it hurts to use his own hand.

In addition to this move, Zhang Chen also has a hole card, which can be said to be a hole card that will win more in addition to glory.