Chapter 110: MacLehose's True Intentions
readx;?“ I know. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
MacLehose replied undeniably, then hung up the phone, stopped on the handle of the phone for a second, pushed open the leather chair, left the desk, and came to the side window of the study on the second floor.
The drizzle outside makes the whole world hazy and unreal.
The flowers in the garden outside have been baptized by rain, removing the dust from the surface, and the colors are more vivid. But there are also some delicate petals that can't withstand the washing, and they fall down, making people feel sad and melancholy, just like his mood.
It can't be delayed any longer.
Under the pretext of inviting investors to inspect the local investment environment, there was no problem in kidnapping the Americans for two or three days. Those Americans are also happy to understand the more real investment environment in Hong Kong through the Hong Kong government without Guan Fei's intentional guidance, and also take Liang Taiyu Technology with them to win more bargaining chips for future negotiations between the two sides.
However, Hong Kong Island is such a place, the places that should be walked have been walked, and the situation that should be understood is generally clear, and those Americans are also beginning to feel impatient, urging face-to-face communication with Taiyu Technology to get to the point as soon as possible.
Judging from the reports received, the small actions of the Hong Kong government do not seem to have caused interference to Taiyu Technology.
After Guan Fei went to the Chief Executive Department yesterday morning to submit an application for the establishment of a bank, he went to visit the major banks in a shuttle accompanied by people from the Bank of China, assuming the posture that he was already a member of the Association of Banks, and drinking tea with the directors of several Chinese-funded banks to discuss how to develop Hong Kong's economy and banking industry.
It's hard to entangle!
Based on his past little experience with Chinese officials, mainland officials generally have a sense of pride and inferiority. Proud of the country's great, past glory, inferior to the country's poverty. When communicating with the outside world, the psychology will become particularly sensitive and irritable, and the other party will either be angry, pretended to be arrogant, or even indifferent and hostile, and it is easy to reveal flaws.
The Hong Kong government made a move and snatched away the investors invited by Guan Fei with a huge amount of money, which was a temptation.
Whether he is angry, angry, or rushes to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to reprimand, it is very simple to deal with, and he can also use this to see the opponent's hole cards. Anger, it means that the Hong Kong government has grasped his weakness. At today's scheduled dinner, MacLehose can use this as a bargaining chip, laying a wedge in the layout of the Hong Kong government's Guan Fei, having room to go up and down, and forcing the opponent to passively accept the move at the downwind.
But Guan Fei came to you to fight yours and I beat mine, and he didn't accept the call at all.
When the Hong Kong government hijacked the investors he had invited, he went to apply for the establishment of a bank, and he also linked up with the Chinese-funded banks on the island.
It's really hard to deal with.
It is worthy of being selected by the mainland as a business elite, and this kind of bearing and adaptability is really worthy of applause.
In the drizzle, a black sedan appeared in the distance on the mountain bend, the rain was like a curtain, and his vision was very blurry, but he knew that Guan Fei had arrived.
The sedan was not fast, and was checked again at the gate, then crossed the vine driveway, bypassed the circular pool in front of the house, and stopped at the entrance. Two entouragemen, holding umbrellas, escorted the Chief Secretary and the chief of guard representing MacLehose out of the rain eaves, and descended to greet them.
Without waiting for the driver to get out of the car to help open the door, the door opened automatically, and a head with a reasonable board was poked out.
The other party's senses were very keen, as if he sensed that someone was diagonally above, and raised his head between the car doors to meet MacLehose's line of sight.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and MacLehose closed the window indifferently.
Today's matter may not be as easy to solve as he imagined!
The moment the two looked at each other and saw each other's gaze as calm as the waters of a deep lake, this thought immediately appeared in his heart.
People with this kind of gaze show that the Hong Kong government's little tricks in the past two days have not interfered with him in the slightest. That kind of deep and calm eyes shows that his will is very firm, no matter what obstacles he encounters, he will resolutely follow his own line, and will not waver for anyone or anything!
There will be a bitter battle tonight.
MacLehose closed the window, plugged in the latch, put away the papers on the desk in the study, meticulously tidied up his appearance, and then stepped on the soft carpet and walked slowly towards the stairs.
When he walked to the staircase, Guan Fei was also welcomed into the hall with Zhou Xiaoshan and others, took off his navy blue suit, and handed it to Li Qing.
MacLeho stepped on the wooden steps, and the indifferent expression of the step by step downstairs was replaced by a warm smile, as if the cold gaze between the two sides just now did not exist.
Walking to the middle of the stairs, the two were still five steps apart, he stopped, with an aristocratic smile, looked at the black-haired young man in a white shirt below, younger than his son, and stretched out his hand reservedly, and said in Scottish English: "Mr. Guan Fei, I have heard your name for a long time, and I have been looking forward to talking to you in person." Today, we finally meet. ”
Guan Fei was unimpressed by his pretentiousness, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, enthusiastically held his hand from below, and replied in Chinese: "Mr. MacLehose, this is exactly what I expected!" ”
"Hahahaha!"
The two laughed, as if they were friends at first sight.
"Dinner is being prepared in the kitchen, and it's going to take a while, so why don't we go to my study and have a cup of tea first?" MacLehose raised his wrist to look at the time and invited.
"As you wish!" Guan Fei tilted his head and smiled.
The group followed MacLehose into the study, the door was closed, Li Qing and other guards guarded the door with the governor's guards, and only MacLehose, the head of the political secretary, Guan Fei, Zhou Xiaoshan, Pan Meifeng, and Fang Zheng entered the study.
Zhou Xiaoshan and the others were only curious about the Hong Kong governor, and when they sat down, they looked around unscrupulously, only to feel that the furnishings here were a little old, and they were not at all as magnificent as they imagined.
Pan Meifeng didn't wake up from a trance until she came into contact with the soft cushion, and she almost felt a sense of panic.
In the 130 years of British colonization, the power has been in her hands, and she has accumulated power for a long time, compared with the distance between the high-ranking officials on the mainland, the MacLehose in front of her makes her feel even more awe.
Just like the Chinese habit of starting with small talk, after everyone sat down, MacLehose did not immediately get to the point, according to the British habit, talking about the recent weather in Hong Kong. From heavy rains caused by oceanic climates to the heat island effect caused by urban congestion, there is a lot of talk and laughter.
The amazing thing is that both of them can understand each other's native language, but they can't speak, so they don't ask others to translate, but each speaks in their own native language, and then they can immediately understand what the other is saying. Even the humorous expressions in the other party's sentences can laugh out loud with understanding.
Guan Fei's attitude was calm, as always, he sat rigorously, always maintained a polite smile, his eyes were always focused on the speaker, and his words revealed a trace of confidence in his politeness, showing neither humility nor arrogance.
"In addition to his excellent ability in management, Mr. Guan Fei also knows a lot of modern vocabulary."
The two sides went around in circles for a long time, and no matter what topics MacLehose and Chief Secretary for Administration raised, Guan Fei could quickly follow. When the topic came to an end, Guan Fei was able to lead to the Scottish region where the other party was born, and told the customs and customs of various places. If it weren't for the fact that he had never been to Scotland, MacLehose would have almost thought that the other party had traveled there for a long time, or he would not have been so familiar with these allusions and history, which made the two of them feel good about him.
Feeling that everyone's emotions were in place, MacLehose groaned for a moment and began to say the real intention of inviting Guan Fei over today.
"The portable tape recorder launched by Taiyu Technology has only been more than two months. However, as far as we know, there has been a sales boom in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom, and recently there has been a trend in Japan in this regard...... "Adhering to the pride and dissociation of the British, MacLehose also looks at the United Kingdom and Europe separately," but although the praise has been received, your company's production capacity seems to have reached the limit, does Taiyu Technology intend to expand its production capacity? ”
"There are indeed plans in this regard, but the portable tape recorder market is vast, and it is still a little difficult to meet the entire market demand by relying on our company alone. Therefore, we plan to invite more manufacturers to work together to make the market bigger and stronger, so as to provide more and better portable tape recorders. The other party stopped going around in circles, and Guan Fei immediately responded positively.
"Our thoughts are on the same page! In fact, the Hong Kong government has taken into account that Hong Kong's economy has developed over the past decade and already has a pool of skilled workers. The original toy, watch, and garment industries have almost reached a bottleneck, and it is unlikely that they will make a breakthrough. Therefore, the Hong Kong government intends to build an electronic industrial park to concentrate scattered electronic enterprises in the park to form a scale effect, so as to promote the healthy and orderly development of the entire industry. If Taiyu Technology also agrees with our plan, the Hong Kong government can grant a piece of land to Taiyu Technology at a very low price, and give your company considerable preferential treatment in terms of water, electricity, taxation, etc. "The Chief Secretary of the Cloth Co., Ltd. replaced MacLehose and launched the Hong Kong government's plan and plan.
MacLehose rested his elbows against the table, clasped his hands together, and watched Guan Fei's expression intently.
Although the British are also accustomed to roundabout communication like the Chinese, the way of expression is still too straightforward, and there is no subtle hint from the Chinese people to knock on the side, and directly say their intentions.
Of course, this plan is only an intention, and there is no rough idea of where the industrial zone will be located, how big it is, how to integrate the industry, and what regulations will be formulated in the future. The reason why this is so is because in this concept of the Hong Kong government, Taiyu Technology is the key, and only with Taiyu Technology as the core, it is possible to integrate a large number of scattered enterprises to form a huge industrial chain.
I see!
It turned out that the Hong Kong government had robbed the businessman invited by Guan Fei halfway, and it was this plan!
The Hong Kong government's plan to establish an electronic industrial zone and Guan Fei's idea of setting up a cooperative enterprise in Hong Kong seem to be the same thing, but in fact they are a struggle for dominance.
If Taiyu Technology accepts the electronic industrial zone plan, then it is conceivable that this industrial zone must be dominated by the Hong Kong government: the land belongs to other people, and the water and electricity have to be solved by the other party, and the management agency of the park is naturally built by the Hong Kong government.
The tax incentives mentioned by the chief secretary are not only a piece of sugar, but also a hidden murderous motive.
For Taiyu Technology, the profit of tax incentives will increase, of course, it is not a big deal not to have this preferential treatment, and it can be operated as usual.
However, for other enterprises in the park, especially small and medium-sized enterprises that provide various components, the level of taxation directly affects their life and death, and their thirst for it can be imagined. As a result, these companies are naturally controlled by the Hong Kong government and obey their orders.
After a long time, Taiyu Technology was only reduced to the status of a supplier, although it was a very important supplier, it could no longer build a business empire.
To put it mildly, in the future, when other electronic enterprises develop, Taiyu Technology is no longer important, and the Hong Kong government kicked them out of the park, which is just a matter of one sentence!
The reason why the Hong Kong government kidnapped those businessmen is also a silent warning: don't try to leave us alone, otherwise you will achieve nothing!
After all, Zhou Xiaoshan and others have been involved in shopping malls for a short time, and they can't hear about the battle for the dominance of the Hong Kong government's industrial park plan, and they only hear about low-cost land acquisition and tax incentives, and they are very happy. Only Pan Meifeng has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she has keen business insight, and after thinking about it for a while, she figured out the twists and turns, and her face suddenly became ugly, but she dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.
MacLehose, Chief Secretary of Administration, Pan Meifeng, Zhou Xiaoshan, Fang Zheng, all looked at Guan Fei, thinking about it in their hearts, waiting for his answer.