Chapter 45: Temptation I

Zhou You finished reading the day's work briefing and closed the computer in front of him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "Rodriguez, I am very satisfied with the treatment of Chinese gangsters on the Spanish side, but the protection of Chinese businessmen is not enough, and China's small goods are not the main reason for the Spanish economic recession, but an effective supplement to their efforts to reduce people's expenses. You asked the secretary team to help me draft two proposals, one of which was sent to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, hoping that they would abide by the law, work hard, and actively integrate with the local Spanish Chamber of Commerce. The second was sent to the Fern Plata City Police Department, thanking them for their tolerance and understanding of Chinese businessmen, and hoping to do their best to protect the interests and dignity of Chinese businessmen in the future. Gracia, you used the account of the media company to donate two police cars to them as a token of appreciation. ā€

They all agreed, and Zhou You said: "Sanchez has crossed the line a little bit in the merger and acquisition of Santander, and we should leave Santander more room for autonomy." Let the strategy department reformulate the management strategy of each bank, not too much, but also to ensure our influence. ā€

Rodriguez made a note again, and as Zhou You began to feed Zhongzhen, who had made the rice everywhere, he seemed to have turned his mind away. I couldn't help but ask: "Boss, and the confrontation with the local people caused by the development of the Chacans copper mine in Ecuador, now the three mining companies are under a lot of pressure, and they have pinned their hopes on us for a solution, and they have already sent six emails." ā€

Chakans incident, Zhou You sighed, this is a troublesome matter.

The Chakans Copper Mine was first discovered by a Canadian mining company, but due to the backward infrastructure design and construction of the surrounding area, there was no electricity, so the development of this copper mine was very difficult, and they later transferred nearly 90% of the ownership to the three mines.

With the help of Ecuador's large-scale development, the mainland ceremonial company is about to build a hydropower station in the vicinity, and the project was launched. However, because the area is a gathering area of the Indian minority, Sankuang was not aware of the local customs at first, and built a road to destroy a local temple.

Originally, if this matter should be compensated in the first place, it would not even cost a lot of money to build a new temple. However, Sanmetals did not take the responsibility it should have, and because of the language barrier, they entrusted the matter to a local company to deal with it. However, the company's brutal actions exacerbated the conflict and caused a total obstruction of the construction by the locals.

There were several more misunderstandings and mishandling, and many people were injured and one local died. In the end, the local company backed down, but the matter was not resolved, and work was suspended for nearly three months.

There is nothing that can be done about the contradictions involving religious beliefs. "Now the other party insists on refusing to let the three mines be constructed, and I have no good way. If you ask Sanmetals if you are willing to transfer part of the development rights and let other companies enter the site for construction, don't those Indians say that as long as it is not Sanmines, they will not resist other companies? ā€

"But such a big piece of fat, Sankuang is reluctant to make a move. When the hydropower plant is repaired, the copper mine will bring a steady stream of profits

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"Then I don't have any good way, just inform them like this, it's not my responsibility, I don't want to wipe their butts."

Zhongzhen finally finished eating, patted his little stomach and said, "Dad, I'm done." ā€

The little girl has had some fever and cold in the past two days, and her spirit is not good. I was afraid that she would be infected, so I didn't let her play with other children. Zhou You stretched out his hand and measured her forehead, it was not hot, but a little cold, this is internal dryness.

Yan Fangqing walked in from outside, saw that she had finished eating, and praised and said, "It's really amazing, don't disturb Dad, Mom will take you to the lake for boating." ā€

She has a well-behaved personality, and after listening to Yan Fangqing's words, she glanced at Zhou You with some reluctance, slipped off the stool, but her mouth was pursed and she didn't move. When he looked up again, Douda's tears were about to flow out.

Gracia smiled and asked, "Honey, what's wrong with you?" ā€

It's okay that she didn't ask, but as soon as she asked, Zhongzhen's eyes fell, and she sobbed and said, "I want to ride a horse......"

Zhou You then remembered that in order to lull her to sleep last night, he promised to take her to ride a horse today. pulled her over, helped her wipe away her tears and smiled: "Just crying for this, what a squeamish little girl." Dad hasn't forgotten it, I'll take you on a horseback ride now. ā€

Yan Fangqing squatted down, patted her on the back and said, "Really good, dad is in trouble, mom will take you to ride a horse?" ā€

She hugged her around tighter and said, "You can't ride a horse, you won't take me to ......"

Yan Fangqing wanted to persuade again, but Zhou You stopped and said: "It's okay, I'll take her to ride a horse now, and I promised us a real thing, of course I want to do it." ā€

"But you made an appointment with the CIA guys for a nine-o'clock meeting, and they're already here."

"Then go to the racecourse to talk, there are people coming and going here, and it's not as clean as the racecourse."

As soon as Zhou You changed his mind, the people below immediately became busy. Someone immediately arranged for the horse to be prepared at the racecourse, someone prepared tables, chairs and drinks, and someone arranged for a car to go to the racecourse.

The flying farm is good anywhere, but it is too big, and the farm of more than 2,000 square kilometers is almost the size of a small county in China. The main house is in the valley, but the horse farm is three kilometers to the south, and you have to drive there.

Yan Fangqing didn't plan to go, but she was afraid that Zhongzhen would disturb Zhou You to talk about business, so she also followed Zhou You to the Land Rover that Zhou You drove himself.

Although the reporters on the farm saw Zhou You, their movements on the farm were strictly controlled, so they just took some photos and watched Zhou You go away with a group of bodyguards.

Yesterday, Zhou You gave a dismount, and Pex's sharpness was also smoothed out, and at this time there was no complaint, and they drove behind.

The horse farm has already prepared a horse for Zhou You, a docile Quarter mare, although not familiar with Zhou You, but also very obedient. While the others were setting up tables and chairs under the shade of the trees, Zhou You took Zhongzhen on the horse, let her sit in his arms, and began to wander around the horse farm.

After a while, she was a little dissatisfied. "Dad, hurry up, run fast."

After getting acquainted with this horse, Zhou You also began to run fast, Zhongzhen was obviously very happy, and she was usually quiet at this time, and she also forgot the discomfort of being sick at this time, and giggled happily.

Usually pays less attention to this daughter, Zhou You. Longlong is the largest one, and he has traveled a lot since he was a child. He is now learning martial arts, and he is teaching every three or five days. She was just over half a month old, and Gracia gave birth to a pair of twins, Zhongge and Zhong'an, and at that time, Zhou You was naturally more negligent to her.

Besides, she is not as extroverted as Zhong'an, she is always very quiet, as if she is easily satisfied, and she always hides behind other brothers and sisters, so that Zhou You naturally takes a little less care of her.

If it weren't for his illness this time, he slept with Zhou You last night, and Zhou You really rarely played alone with her.

After running for nearly half an hour, the temperature outside was getting higher and higher, her body was sweating, and her little face was also red, so she got off the horse satisfied.

cultivated a relationship with this negligent daughter, and Zhou You was also very happy, hugged her and smiled: "Baby likes to ride horses, when you grow up, will Dad give you a beautiful horse?" ā€

"Okay, let's pull the hook ......"

On the other side of the racecourse, Pex and a few colleagues sat in the shade of a large tree, blowing a cool breeze and drinking various drinks, and the small table in front of them was full of all kinds of snacks and fruits. Gracia sat with them and chatted, not feeling that time was running out.

However, seeing that Zhou You finally came back, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

took the towel handed over by Yan Fangqing, wiped his sweat from Zhou You, handed Zhongzhen to her, and turned around and walked towards the crowd. "I'm sorry, because my child is sick, so I also have a little more arrogance with her, and I hope it won't affect our next conversation."

Pexex smiled: "I envy the relationship between Mr. Zhou and his daughter, but unfortunately my children have already grown up, and they are not willing to stay with me, an old man, at all." ā€

Zhou You sat down, brought a cup of iced coffee, and then said: "Our time is precious, let's go straight to the point." ā€

Pex nodded and said, "I also want to hear Mr. Zhou's explanation of the Angolan operation...... Please ......"

Zhou You laughed and said: "A very interesting sentence, because although this sentence is short, it contains rich content and indescribable arrogance, perhaps, this is really the pride of the world's only superpower." However, first of all, I want to explain that I am not an American, and all my actions have nothing to do with the United States, so my explanation is only because I don't want to have a misunderstanding with you because of this, and I am not necessarily responsible. ā€

Pex's ability to talk to Zhou You was not reckless, and he smiled indifferently and said: "Please forgive me for my improper wording, for Mr. Zhou, we don't have any malice and discrimination, perhaps, it's just my work habits." ā€

Zhou You also felt that it was quite boring, and unveiled this section and said: "Nanyang Group has always been a commercial company, and all our actions are for business, and I think you should be very clear about everything that happens in Angola or the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When my company's legitimate interests are infringed, I have to seek justice for myself ......"

"But for nine people, Angola has killed nearly 1,000 people, more than 1,000 people have been seriously injured, and tens of thousands have become refugees," PĆ©x said. And just last night, your security company carried out more than three operations in the DRC, resulting in more than 200 deaths, and you are responsible for all of this, Mr. Zhou. ā€

"It's not me." Zhou You took a sip of coffee, looked at the five different faces in front of him and showed surprise, and said with a smile: "The reason is not me, and the responsibility is not me." Mr. Pecks, I know that the United States has always regarded itself as the world's policeman, and you have always acted for very good reasons, and you have always acted with very great ideas. But we all know that it's all just an illusion. I don't mean to accuse anything, but I just want to tell Mr. Pex, since I hope that we will have an open and honest conversation, I hope that we will be able to show our sincerity and not flaunt our own justice with this false pretense. ā€

Several people on the other side are obviously a well-coordinated group, although only Pex speaks alone, but the five people have their own division of labor, each of them acts as Pex's brain, writing the rebuttal language in his head on the notebook in front of him, and handing it to Pex at any time.

Zhou You didn't care about this, and he didn't think that he would necessarily lose to the other party, but found this kind of conversation very interesting.

"It's not necessarily justice, it's more understandable...... Faith. ā€

Zhou You shook his head and said, "No, this word is definitely not suitable for use here. I think more that the word ideal can be used instead. The so-called faith is the kind of complete devotion without asking for anything, and except for some extreme religious forces and primitive tribes, it is rare to see such a simple spirit. When there are too many personal interests and fame and politics involved in our work, and everything can be quantified to calculate the gains and losses, the spirit is often complicated. I believe that the ideal is in line with our real state, for the ideal, we have been striving forward, when we have been able to suppress ourselves and follow the rules, this is the ideal. When the law and restrictions are disregarded in order to achieve the goal, it is ambition and has nothing to do with faith. ā€

"Human nature is the most complex matter in the world, and when ideals become noble, they become beliefs."

Zhou You asked rhetorically: "So those extremists who are willing to become suicide bombers, do you think this belief is right?" Faith is based on the purity of being true to one's heart without harming anyone's interests. Those who become extremists, albeit for the sake of faith, are just poor fools, because they do not know any unbiased information from the outside world at all, or that their minds are solidified. They do do do it for their faith, but when that belief becomes unscrupulous, it turns into ambition, and they just want to use their devotion to achieve spiritual liberation. ā€

Only then did PƩx realize the difficulty of Zhou You, Zhou You's rich insight, sharp eloquence, including the study of human nature, are all top-notch, and they want to rely on such low-level means to attack Zhou You's mental defense, which is almost an impossible task.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Zhou, what about yours...... What is the ideal? ā€

Zhou You said seriously: "This is the first time I have answered this question seriously, and I hope that this heartfelt answer will not be misinterpreted or misunderstood by you." When I was 18 years old, I had only one dream, and that was to live an infinite wonderful life in a limited life. ā€

"Isn't it your dream to become the richest man in the world?"

Zhou You said very pretendedly: "Never. When $100 million, or a little more, a billion dollars, could meet all my material needs, making money was never my goal in life. All I want to do is enjoy all the excitement and pain that life has brought me. ā€