Chapter 33: Negotiating on the Fort
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", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] It should be said that the relationship between the Mitsubishi chaebol and many local governments in China is not ordinary, and Iwakijun found a lot of people to put pressure on Fan Wuxi, wanting to use the power of the government to make Fan Wuzhi soft.
But when some officials from local governments found the companies under Fan Wuxi, they found that they didn't take them seriously at all, and Fan's background was very hard.
In the end, it was Iwaki Jun who was cunning, and sent someone to find Fan Wuxi's father, Fan Heng, and said that he would help build a hundred schools in Panshi City free of charge, and asked Fan Heng to say a word to Fan Wuxian to facilitate the meeting between the two.
Fan Heng didn't know what was going on, when did Little Japan have a good heart? So he called Fan Wuxi and asked what happened.
"Oh, you found your father? This Iwaki Jun is not a fool! Fan Wuxian said with a sigh.
"I'm baffled, too!" Fan Heng is indeed confused. Suddenly a Japanese man ran out and told him that he would help build 100 schools in Panshi, of course, this thing is very strange, Fan Heng was also an angry young man back then, how could he believe in the so-called Sino-Japanese friendship and co-prosperity in Greater East Asia?
Naturally, I wanted to ask my son first, and only after this question did I know that my son Fan Wuzhi actually caught a cold.
First Novel 520 "Why did you catch a cold, I remember you were in good health?" Fan Heng asked with some unease when he heard his son sneezing from time to time.
Since Fan Wuxian was a child, he has never been sick, and even colds are extinct, and now he is almost an adult, why did he suddenly catch a cold?
Fan Heng knew that his son had kung fu. When I was small, I was able to see through the green bricks with my fingers, but now I don't know how far it has become, so I shouldn't take a cold shower and catch a cold.
"It is urgent to strengthen environmental protection---- Fan Wuxian told his father Fan Heng the ins and outs of the matter, and finally said with emotion.
"---- this," Fan Heng was also speechless, and finally asked.
"What do you think about what the Japanese said? This Iwakijun is also too stingy, there are only a hundred schools, how much money can he spend? If I had known that it was such a big event, I should have knocked him more bamboo poles! Fan Wuxian thought for a while and said with a smile,
"Tell him that you don't need them to help him build. Just cash out. When the money arrives in your municipal government account, I can meet with him. ”
"What is the standard for cash?" Fan Heng humbly asked his son for advice, this kind of thing, Fan Wuxian is an expert, and asked him if it was right.
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"Of course, the Japanese donate money according to the standards of Japanese schools. This is also an international practice. On this issue, it is not possible to follow the customs of the locals. Fan Wuxian said to his father Fan Heng.
"Hehe, then I have to ask how much it costs for the Japanese to build a school---- there must be a reference, right?" Fan Heng also laughed after hearing this.
After some tossing, Iwaki Jun finally got Fan Wuxi's answer and agreed to talk to him in Tianjin.
"Yaga!" After Iwakijun saw the bill spent, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. 100 schools knocked him a billion yen, although he has a lot of money and doesn't care about this little money.
But a little money is money! If you throw it into the water, you can still see a drifter, which is thrown into China, but it has nothing to do with yourself.
If it is a school aided by construction, at least in the future, you can say to others that so-and-so school is the place where I am aided by Iwakijun.
But now it's been discounted. It's completely a money transaction, and there is no public welfare color. The Chinese will not accept this favor.
But all in all, the money was well spent. =Novel 520 debut== Fan Wuxi's father is really more effective than others, and the money that has been sprinkled on government officials in various places before is not a few, and it has not worked, it is better to make an idea on Fan Heng earlier to save money, and he can get things done.
In mid-April, Iwakijun quietly came to Tianjin with more than a dozen subordinates and dozens of bodyguards.
He is a pivotal business figure in Japan, and this time he went to Tianjin to see Fan Wu's illness, which was a bit like Li Hongzhang went to Maguan to sign a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country, so he didn't want others to know, after all, it was a matter of face.
This time, Fan Wuzhi did not embarrass him, and he agreed on the meeting place very neatly, which was on the Dagukou Fort, a famous cultural relics and historic site in Tianjin.
Iwasaki Jun really didn't know what this Dagukou Fort was for, even the initiator Fan Wuzhi had never been here, so when both groups of people arrived on time, they found that this place really didn't seem to be interesting, and it was really not a good place for business negotiations.
In the local dialect of Tianjin, it is just an earthen platform, a few iron cannons, and a ticket, so you can't get in.
The car drove to the promenade and could not cross, and a continuous stream of heavy trucks crawled like earthworms pulling stones. **.coM*** also has no traffic lights, and it can be heard from the constant muffled roar of the engines that they don't mean to stop and give way.
So everyone had to get out of the car and walk over on a few inches of floating soil. The side of the road was cracked ground and dense reeds, and in the distance you could see the towering fort and a large expanse of lush and hurried green, exuding calm and serenity, very different from the busy world around you.
"Fan-San, this is really not a good place to negotiate." Iwasaki Jun frowned and said to Fan Wuxian, along the way, he had already eaten a nose of dirt, and the bright suit on his body had also become gray, and the group was all embarrassed.
"It's almost there, and historical sites are always different." Fan Wuxian was calm and relaxed, he chose an earthy yellow casual jacket, which was very out of step with Iwasaki Jun, and he didn't show his color at all.
When I entered, the old man who checked the ticket was napping soundly on the table. Being able to nap on an ancient battlefield that was once full of artillery and flesh is really a blessing.
The Dagukou Fort was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the original intention was to resist the Japanese who were ready to move in the coastal area, but they did not expect to fight with the British and French here.
In the northwest corner, there were two rows of former cannons, their broken muzzles filled with a mixture of red earth.
As for the row of imitation cannons next to it, it is even more pathetic, and there are even shells blocked on the muzzles, and I don't know what I want to express.
The first battle of Dagukou ended after only two hours, and the Qing government could not wait to sign the Treaty of Tianjin.
In the second battle of Dagukou, the Qing army, under the command of Seng Lingqin, built fortifications, strengthened forts, and supplemented by Mongolian cavalry, fought fiercely with the British and French forces for a day and night, ending in a complete victory for the Qing army.
The third Dagukou War was fought extremely tragically, and the commander of Zhili, Leshan, died in the North Fort, and all the soldiers defending the Taiwan were martyred.
On the fifth day of the seventh month, the fort fell, on the eighth day of the first month, Tianjin fell, on the fourth day of August, Tongzhou fell, on the seventh day of August, Seng Lingqin's army was defeated at Bali Bridge, and the elite of the Qing army was lost, on August 22, the Old Summer Palace was burned and plundered, and on August 29, Beijing fell.
In two months, a huge empire that had stood at the top of the pyramid for 2,000 years allowed the British and French forces to enter the legendary city of Beijing according to the map, and handed away an imperial city that had been painstakingly operated for hundreds of years.
"Van Sang, I know you very well now, and I think we should talk openly and honestly." Iwasaki Jun felt that negotiating with Fan Wuxian should not talk nonsense, it was a waste of time.
He believes that Fan Wuxi, as a world-class billionaire with great energy, should know how to maximize benefits, but this maximization of interests should definitely not be done by relying on monopoly, and any leader of a mature business empire will understand the harm.
Monopoly can only make things worse without producing real benefits, and a successful businessman cannot rely solely on monopolizing a certain industry to achieve its goals.
"Yes, our time is precious, and I'm going to a dinner party to celebrate a friend's birthday later." Fan Wuxian nodded in agreement,
"So, let's get to the point as much as we can." Is it more important that a birthday dinner can be so important to have to do with the division of interests between two large interest groups?
Iwasaki Jun felt a little depressed, he felt that he and Fan Wuxian were two different kinds of people, and there was no comparison at all, although both of them also had huge business empires and countless material wealth.
"What does it cost me to get what I want?" Iwasaki asked, staring into Fan Wuxian's eyes.
"Reasonable price." Fan Wuxian replied very skillfully. The current export price of rare earth is very unreasonable, the price of one kilogram of ore export is only eighteen yuan, although this is already very high in the eyes of the Chinese, but the price in the international market is one thousand dollars!
It's more than 500 times different! Faced with the current situation of Chinese dumping this strategically important mineral at a low price, the Americans, who are also a major country in rare earth resources, have stopped domestic rare earth ore mining and instead imported ore from China and then landfilled it offshore as a strategic reserve.
Reasonable price! Iwasaki Jun's gaze suddenly shrank, Fan Wuxi's appetite is not small! If the Japanese also use this price standard to buy rare earth minerals in China, how much will it cost?
Iwasaki was stunned when he thought about the amount of rare earths used in Japan and multiplied by this price.
"It's absolutely impossible!" Iwasaki replied with a roar. Fan Wuxi shrugged his shoulders and said with some ill will,
"Well, there is indeed an insurmountable gap between us, I just said a reasonable price, and I didn't even talk about the specific price, and you shouted that this is impossible, how can this business be discussed? Would you accept an unreasonable price? Iwasaki Jun was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Fan Wuxi to be waiting for him here.
Today's third shift arrived, and I asked for a monthly pass***********