"Old man, there is one thing I would like to ask you about......" Xia Xiang's tone was very respectful.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Compared with before, the old man's temper is better than ever, "You don't have to be polite with me." ”

You're welcome, although the old man has retired, but Yu Wei is still there, listening to Lian Ruohan say that during the Chinese New Year, a total of more than ten provincial and ministerial-level senior officials of all sizes went to visit the old man, which proves that his influence is still there, and there is enough weight.

The prestige of the Wu family is not only a false name, but a real power-real strength.

"What I don't understand is, how can I pass the test in Lang City? If I were to break the balance of Lang City and fight the underworld and eliminate evil, as an executive deputy mayor, it would not be enough. If it were just for me to open up the situation in Lang City, the current situation in Lang City can be regarded as establishing a delicate balance, but at the moment, it seems that I still have a long way to go...... Contradictions will come out, and only talking about economic construction without engaging in political struggle will not work in Langshi.

If I have to grab both hands, I'm just a deputy. ”

"Haha." The old man laughed cheerfully, "Let you come to Lang City, you can stay in peace, where did you get so many miscellaneous ideas?" Cranky thinking is not good, and it affects normal work. Okay, let's not talk about it, continue to work according to your own ideas, and when the day comes, you will know what kind of Cotai Strip will lie ahead. ”

Yes, it means that he didn't say anything, Xia Xiang smiled helplessly, and when the old man hung up the phone, he gently put the phone back in its place, and his heart was calm.

The road ahead seems to be confused, but in fact, there is still a glimmer of light, at least the intervention of the Wu family made Xia think about something. Lang City from the grandmother does not love the uncle and does not love, is about to transform into a fragrant bait, not only the entanglement of economic interests, but also the needs of geopolitics, perhaps at a deeper level, Lang City is the epitome of high-level struggle, the victory or defeat determines the future stand and belonging.

Step by step, Xia wanted to shake his head, but above the officialdom, he must stand in line, and the higher the level, the more clear the banner must be. Otherwise, it is inevitable that no one will support you, either go with the tide or swim against the current, in short, in the face of major choices, we must express ourselves with practical actions.

If one side is satisfied, the other side will not be satisfied, and the world will always be a world where there is no opposition between the two, and the same is true of officialdom. There are times when we seek common ground while reserving differences, but there are always times when we do not give in to each other in the face of major interests.

The competition on the winter field is the most forgiving, after all, there will always be only one fight!

Xia Xiang was locked in the room alone and pondered for a long time.

Two years later, Lian Ruohan returned to the capital, and then sent back the news that Wei Xin's condition was not easy to diagnose in China and needed to be diagnosed abroad.

Xia Xiang felt dizzy, what happened to Wei Xin? Did she really have an incurable disease? Although even Ruohan said that he would personally accompany Wei Xin to the United States, Xia Xiang still had a deep sense of guilt in his heart, as the only woman who loved him deeply in both lives, he had just made up his mind, "I want to treat Wei Xin well in this life, I don't think about it, the sky is not beautiful, Wei Xin actually has an unknown disease, a perfect woman who is so careful and thoughtful, why is God so unfair to her?"

For the first time in his life, Xia Xiang fell into deep depression.

In a depressed mood, Xia Xiang agreed to Oh Chen's invitation to meet again, he wanted to see what kind of face Sato could have!

The meeting place was arranged in the most palatial private room of the Caesar Hotel, and what Xia Xiang didn't expect was that Chen Datou was also present.

After a period of recuperation, Chen Datou was in a much better state, and when he saw Xia Xiang, his expression was still a little unnatural, timid, fearful, and a trace of indescribable complex emotions.

Sato is almost the same as Xia Xiang imagined, not tall, small eyes, shrewd and arrogant, when he saw him come in, he just owed his body, and he didn't even owe it to stand up to greet him.

Xia Xiang didn't care about some false courtesies, he shook hands with Oh Chen very politely, and also shook hands with Chen Datou, and finally shook hands with Sato under the introduction of Mu Chen.

Sato stood up, bent down and nodded: "Mayor Xia, hello, contemptible Naoichi Sato, "Please take care of me!"

Japanese politeness is a habit that has been cultivated, and it does not necessarily mean that he must respect you, Xia Xiang patted Bai Sato's hand: "Mr. Sato, I have been in Langshi for almost half a year, and we only met today, and the process is a bit tortuous and long." ”

Sato Gan laughed: "Mayor Xia is busy with official business, and I have always been embarrassed to disturb you. You may also have a little opinion about me, I asked Mr. Chen to come forward and invite me a few times last time, but you refused to appreciate it. I remember when I invited Ai Qinji to dinner, the second time, Secretary Ai appreciated his face. ”

The meaning of the words is to imply that Xia wants to have a big shelf.

Xia Xiang smiled: "Mr. Sato, Secretary Ai is in charge of the overall work of Lang City, and I am different, I have my own division of labor, so it's not that I have an opinion about you, but there are not many places where we have a common language." ”

While inviting Xia Xiang to take a seat, Sato directly put forward the theme of today's meeting: "Mayor Hu, occupying lacquer is the only advantageous industry in Lang City, and the city government should vigorously support it, and find ways to expand its advantages, instead of introducing some manufacturers who do not enter the stream, disrupting the market, and finally it is Lang City that suffers." The headquarters is not very optimistic about the economic environment in Lang City in the future, and it may not be optimistic about the addition of J$ gold in the future......"

When he came up, he gave Xia Xiang a dismissal, which means that if Xia wants to advocate another paint factory project, Zhanzhu Paint may shrink the investment fee, and perhaps transfer the funds that should have been invested in Lang City to other places. Because there are several branches in China, not only Langshi.

Xia Xiang knows that Sato's threat is not enough, Tai City has convenient conditions that other cities do not have, such as the closest to Beijing and Tianjin, such as low cost, compared to the factory that occupies the paint in the southern provinces, Lang City's production base has the best cost control, the highest profit, and the largest sales volume, the reasons are naturally many, but it is inseparable from the unique geographical location of Lang City.

The businessman pursues the most profitable FT and will not make any gambling moves. In the dictionary of businessmen, profit always comes first, and there is never a struggle for ambition in front of profit.

Sato's words are just a common tactic to scare uninformed local officials, and in front of Xia Xiang, it won't work at all.

Xia Xiang waved his hand, with an indifferent attitude: "I will not comment on the decision to occupy the Qi headquarters." Businessmen are concerned about maximizing profits, so if you assess that the economic prospects of Lang City are not in line with the long-term development of Zhanzhu Qi, I don't think the municipal party committee and the municipal government need to be reluctant.

In business, human favor is the most worthless embodiment, so I don't say much, besides, between me and Mr. Sato, there doesn't seem to be any human favor to talk about, don't you say, Mr. Chen? ”

Xia Xiang not only avoided Sato's words lightly, but also kicked the ball to Shme Chen.

Chen has been silent on the sidelines, with a smile on his face, but he also knows in his heart that this meeting will definitely not be easy.

A few years ago, following the full use of domestic brand paint in the university town project, Wang Qiangrose's several projects also successfully transported several trucks of paint from the south, one by one, because Xia Xiang made a move, the wind was tight, oh Chen strongly persuaded Sato to stop in time, don't secretly make it bad, otherwise it will be boring to hit the muzzle of the gun, Sato rarely listened to Chen's persuasion, and did not secretly obstruct it.

The influence of the big daddy city project is so wide that it will be known all over the city without publicity, which makes people guess that the occupation of the paint must have offended important people, which caused the current situation.

Then Wang Qiangrose's project also announced the use of domestic brands in a high-profile manner, and at the same time intentionally or unintentionally promoted the domestic brand of paint is cheap and good, and all her projects in the future must use domestic brand paint to contribute to the rise of domestic brands.

It is completely an indirect attack on the school that occupies the lacquer.

It made Sato very annoyed, and it also made Oh Chen very dissatisfied. Occupy the paint in Lang City for many years, the situation of the monopoly has not been shaken in the slightest, Xia Xiang made a move, so that the image of the occupation of the paint in the minds of the citizens of Lang City, has a bad negative impact.

Oh, although Chen also knows that whether it is Ai Chengwen or Gu Xiangguo, on the issue of occupying Qi, he must have a resolute attitude of defending, and he will not hold the same view as Xia Xiang, but Xia Xiang is not only politically minded, but also has commercial means, if he wants to break the situation of occupying Qi's dominance, who knows what means he will use to make people unguardable?

Cooperation in all matters is not suitable for confrontation, and Chen, who has suffered several losses in Xia Xiang's confrontation, has learned to be smart, out of the starting point of thinking for Chen Datou, and also for the close cooperative relationship between him and Sato, he persuaded Sato to compromise several times and not to come hard.

Originally, Sato despised Xia Xiang very much, and didn't think that Xia Xiang, an executive deputy mayor, could have any ability to make things difficult for him, but Xia Xiang quietly shot from the side, which made him feel a lot of pressure. Also, Xia Xiang only mentioned the matter of the paint factory on the front, and did not take further action, but the rumor has already come out, and the market has reacted at the first time, accounting for about ten percent of the sales of lacquer!

Obviously, it is the wind that Xia wants to release, as well as the university town project and Wang Qiangrose's project successfully broke the convention that Langshi must use the paint, shaking the confidence of the dealers, which is equivalent to tearing a crack in the base camp of the paint.

Dealers are the guarantee of sales and market share, if the confidence of dealers is shaken, the foundation of the paint will be unstable.

Countless other brands of paint that are eyeing the Lang market are not in the current situation, which one has not taken advantage of the void? To be honest, Sato did have a trace of panic in his heart, because whether he was looking for Oh Chen, or looking for Gu Xiangguo, neither of them had a good way to deal with it for the time being, because Xia Xiang did everything on the bright side, and it was reasonable, and it didn't make anyone find fault at all.

Before they met, Sato had already felt Xia Xiang's means of combining rigidity and softness, and the point of view he believed in was also to make money with kindness, so he accepted Oh Chen Qi's suggestion and prepared to have a good talk with Xia Xiang.

It's talking, but Sato is still very dissatisfied with Xia Hao's practice of occupying the dark hand of Qi without saying hello, and he is not angry with Xia Xiang, so when they meet, he still wants to suppress Xia Xiang in momentum.

It's just that after two moves, the current scene is a little embarrassing, Xia Xiang's Tai Chi massage wrist is also very clever, and he directly held the ball and kicked it to Oh Chen, which gave Sato another layer of understanding of Xia Xiang.

Oh, Chen saw that Sato didn't listen to his advice, and wanted to fight Xia Xiang head-on, and he couldn't help but feel very annoyed in his heart. Sato is a man who is rigid and self-serving, and has a strong sense of national superiority, believing that the Japanese are superior to the Chinese, and sometimes even he does not like his arrogance, but disliking his character does not mean discord