The following morning, Charles made his concluding remarks, in a formal setting, of course, not to adjourn the meeting, but to declare the first phase of the discussion closed.

Based on the comments received, the members and political experts will go back to refine the draft plan, and the second phase of discussion will be held in a month's time, and the specific time and place will be notified separately.

Many delegates left the port of Africa on the same day and returned to their respective posts. The chief sitter of Charles was taken by helicopter, and he didn't even have time to eat lunch.

Dong Zegang stayed, and he was also one of the committee members who attended the meeting, and his current status is still the head of the legal department of Huanxiang Industrial, and he is also the adviser to the new government.

He could have become the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Jili, at least he thought so, but Mo Shangtong persuaded him to stay in Huanxiang Industries. Mo Shangtong only persuaded, not the slightest reluctance, whether to go or not depends on his own wishes.

Dong Zegang didn't dare to disrespect his old man's opinion, so he still stayed in Huanxiang Industry, but his influence was great.

When Huanxiang Industry was first established, there were five directors who formed the highest decision-making level, namely Feng Zibin, Yang Tehong, Mo Shangtong, Ke Mengchao, and Shire. Looking at the gold content of this list, it couldn't be higher, and Charles is at the bottom.

Ke Mengchao was the executive director and president at that time, and the group also had four vice presidents: Li Xiaoyang, Lei Dajin, Tang Senzhi, and Li Jingzhi, who were known as the Four King Kongs.

There are a total of 12 first-level departments at the headquarters, and the heads of these first-level departments are now at least at the ministerial level as long as they serve in the new government, such as Shen Sishu, who served as the minister of education.

Many important members of the new government of the country were trained by them.

For example, the current Minister of Justice, who used to be a deputy minister of the legal department of Huanxiang Industrial, was one and a half years lower than Dong Zegang's position; The president of the State Court was the deputy head of the Ministry of Justice and Dong Zegang's deputy three years ago.

Now there have been great changes in the top management of Huanxiang Industry, the three old men and Xia Er have all withdrawn from the board of directors, and the current list of directors is Feng Zibin, Man Man, Lian Na, Li Xiaoyang, and Tang Senzhi.

Tang Sen was appointed as executive director and president, and Cui Wanhe, Yi Bin, Van Darker and Mo Xiaoyue were appointed as vice presidents.

The first three vice presidents are all veterans of Huanxiang Industry, as for Mo Xiaoyue, he is also half a veteran, he is not very old, he was born in straw shoes, and he once served as Wang Fengshou's assistant.

Van Darker has been a little unproductive lately, and he always runs to Yangyuan Valley and is reluctant to come out. Hua Zhenxing is recently considering changing a vice president, so that the big shell is also happy, and does not delay the daily work.

In addition, there is a general consultant, Lei Yunjin, who also enjoys the treatment of vice president.

But three years have passed, Dong Zegang's position is still the head of the legal department, and in the nine-level system of Huanxiang Industry, the position and treatment still belong to the seventh level, and I feel a little embarrassed or embarrassed, even Mo Xiaoyue has become a vice president!

But from another point of view, his identity and influence are also equivalent to a rising tide.

What was the volume of Huanxiang Industry at the beginning? It is just a local private enterprise in Africa, and now Huanxiang Industry is not only the leading industrial group in the country, but also has great influence in all aspects.

Dong Zegang was very puzzled, he didn't expect Hua Zhenxing to specially invite him to drink, but he still had supper! He was a little uneasy and a little expectant, but in short, he was in a mixed mood.

After coming to the place where the guests were treated, Dong Zegang was a little puzzled and almost thought that he had gone wrong. He knew that many cadres and workers from the eastern country liked to come here in the middle of the night to have a skewer, but he had never been here.

I remember that this was once the dirtiest and most dilapidated neighborhood, but now it has been renovated and much cleaner, but it still looks a little noisy and dim, and the air is filled with barbecue smoke, the smell of meat and all kinds of other smells.

Dong Zegang stood at the door of the store and looked inside, but didn't find Hua Zhenxing, and the boss didn't dare to greet him when he saw him.

In the middle of the night, he wore a refined handbag, crisp trousers, a dark blue long-sleeved shirt, and a pair of shiny button-down clips on the cuffs. It's not like it's here to, it's like it's here to inspect, but who would come here at eleven o'clock at night to inspect?

At this moment, Hua Zhenxing's voice came: "Director Dong, come and sit here." ”

Turning his head to look, he saw that the stove had been set up under a big tree at the corner of the alley, and the position with his back to the big tree was empty, and Hua Zhenxing was sitting opposite, sprinkling seasoning on a row of meat skewers, and the meat skewers had been grilled to the brimping oil.

Dong Zegang walked over with a smile, and didn't ask Hua Zhenxing why he asked him to come to such a place for supper.

He sat down as relaxed as he could, glanced at his watch, looked up and explained, "I'm sorry, I'm ten minutes late." Today was the abrupt announcement that the first phase of the discussion was over, so there was a lot more coordination to do, and I've been busy until now. ”

Hua Zhenxing poured him a glass of beer and put the bottle on the side of his hand: "Director Dong has worked hard...... Let's have a beer to relieve the fatigue, and the meat skewers have just been grilled. ”

Dong Zegang took a sip of the cup, turned his head and coughed twice, as if he was a little choked. Hua Zhenxing asked with a smile: "What's wrong, isn't it very adaptable?" ”

Dong Zegang was a little embarrassed and said, "This beer...... The taste is a bit weird. ”

Hua Zhenxing: "Charles said the same thing yesterday, and he also said that this kind of locally produced cassava beer, it feels quite good to drink it."

In fact, this is also a product of the company under the name of Huanxiang Industrial Group, or a key research and development project, with locally produced cassava as the main raw material, Mr. Yang personally guided, and I also participated.

The hops are processed from a native wild humulus plant, which I found in the mountains in the western part of the reclamation area, and was later cultivated intensively. ”

Dong Zegang hurriedly nodded and said, "Good product!" Filling the country's industrial gap...... You also invited Mr. Xia to come here for supper yesterday? ”

Hua Zhenxing: "It's not me who invited him, it's that he was greedy, and specially asked me to sneak out to eat barbecue together in the middle of the night.

I made a special greeting yesterday and asked the boss not to be in a hurry to hang up the photos today, and not to spread the news. I'll keep this place for now, I'm going to have a treat today.

The place where you are sitting now is the same one that Charles sat yesterday, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to grab it if you come back in the future, and it is estimated that there will be many people queuing up here to take pictures......"

Dong Zegang picked up the wine glass again, drained most of the remaining half of the wine, wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand and said, "Then I have to take a photo too." ”

Hua Zhenxing got up and said, "You sit down, I'll shoot for you, choose a few more angles...... Gotta flash. He took several photos of Dong Zegang with his mobile phone, and then sat down and said, "Eat meat, it's just baked!" ”

Dong Zegang tasted a small bite very politely, his eyes changed immediately, and his eating appearance also changed, and he quickly finished eating this string, picked up a chisel and almost burned the corners of his mouth, and praised while masturbating: "Director Hua, it's a pity that you don't specialize in opening a store in this craft!" ”

Hua Zhenxing: "I've heard this, and some people say that Li Xiaoyang, his shoemaking skills are so good, it's a pity not to be a shoemaker!" ”

Dong Zegang was amused, poured wine for both of them, picked up the foaming cup and said, "Thank you Director Hua for the delicious meat skewers grilled by yourself, who else did you invite today?" ”

These two people are familiar when they say they are familiar, and they are not familiar if they are not familiar. Hua Zhenxing has known Dong Zegang for a long time, and Mr. Dong was the legal counsel of the straw shoe upper in his early years. The two don't have much personal relationship, and it's the first time in their lives that they have a separate appointment like today.

But after meeting, a few words are like old friends who often hang out together, at least in the eyes of outsiders. Of course, Dong Zegang is a scene person, and Hua Zhenxing is not just a guy in the grocery store, although he is still a guy.

Hua Zhenxing: "I didn't make an appointment with anyone today, so I invited you to be in charge of Dong." ”

Lawyer Dong showed a slightly flattered expression, but he didn't ask Hua Zhenxing what he was looking for, looked around and sighed: "What a big change here, does Director Hua come often?" ”

Hua Zhenxing: "I don't come often, but Charles likes this place......"

The two seemed to greet each other casually, and unconsciously talked about the topic of yesterday's meeting, Hua Zhenxing first cut to the chase: "What I said yesterday afternoon, I don't know what Director Dong's opinion is?" There's nothing to be taboo about here, it's straightforward. ”

Dong Zegang: "Very good, I have benefited a lot!" ”

Hua Zhenxing smiled: "I'm asking for opinions, different opinions." ”

Dong Zegang glanced at him carefully: "If you have to ask me if I have any different ideas, I think Director Hua is too idealistic, this world is very realistic, and many things are not wishful thinking." ”

Hua Zhenxing: "Oh? What I was talking about yesterday was not idealism, but the real ideal, the ideal for the future of this country. If we don't have a clear ideal, we can't plan for the future, and we don't know what to do now.

For example, are we trying to revive the gangs in various communities and then try to make them all work for us? Or do you want to prevent them from resurrecting and take concrete steps to keep them from ever coming back?

Both of these require a specific plan, and what we aim to make a plan depends on the ideal. I don't think it's wishful thinking, the vast majority of people don't want to go back to the gang-ridden era, do they?

As for idealism, I see what you mean. It is unlikely that all gangs will be completely eliminated in this world, and it is unlikely that those gangs will never appear again, and this kind of thing will always exist more or less in reality.

Isn't it because of this that we can't have the ideal of eliminating gangsters? This phenomenon can only be avoided as much as possible by formulating concrete measures for the sake of this ideal. ”

Dong Zegang took a cup and said: "I have been taught, I will respect Director Hua for a cup." ”

Hua Zhenxing: "Don't be like this, if you have something to say, you don't have to follow me." ”

Dong Zegang: "I was really taught!" ”

Hua Zhenxing sighed: "Sincerity and truth are two different things, I would like to ask Lawyer Dong for advice, what do you mean by wishful thinking just now?" ”

Dong Zegang explained: "I'm not saying that you are wishful thinking, but referring to another situation. We certainly don't want to go on the gang anymore and want to eradicate it once and for all, and I really support the policy of the New Alliance, and I've been doing my best to do it. ”

Hua Zhenxing nodded and said: "This is what everyone has seen with their own eyes, your business ability is very strong, and your contribution is also very large." ”

Dong Zegang: "It's not about me, it's not about us. But there are always people in the world who are not dead, and as long as it is beneficial to them, they will try to revive that kind of gangster power...... This is the weakness of human nature. ”

Hua Zhenxing raised his glass and said, "Respect the master!" ”

Why did he suddenly come to this sentence, Dong Zegang was a little confused, but he also raised his glass, and only after drinking did he ask, "Why did you remember to mention this cup?" ”

Hua Zhenxing sighed with emotion: "The master is almost holy! ”

Dong Zegang simply didn't answer, and just looked at Hua Zhenxing with asking eyes. Hua Zhenxing continued: "Throughout the ages, people in the world have constantly had similar confusion, and generations of children have been faced with all kinds of familiar stories.

The so-called almost holy means that it can make people no longer confused. The problems you have encountered or have not yet encountered have been explained by him. These principles are not only for you to understand, but also for you to put them into practice. ”

Dong Zegang: "I don't understand ...... very much"

Hua Zhenxing: "Have you heard of the term 'negative externality'?" ”

Dong Zegang: "I studied law, not economics, but I seem to have heard of it. It should refer to the better the development of a department, an institution, an enterprise or even an industry, the greater the negative impact on the external environment. ”

Hua Zhenxing: "What a simple truth, Ke Lao has explained very clearly to me since he was a child, what is wishful thinking and what is idealism.

Let's take the concept just now, for example, the lawyer industry that Director Dong is most familiar with has both positive externalities and negative externalities, if it is an industry, as long as it exceeds a certain limit, the negative externalities will exceed the positive externalities, forming an absolute spillover.

There are also professions that, as soon as they appear, carry a strong negative externality, such as gangster criminal organizations. The logic of its existence is not good for anyone else except for its own interests, and the stronger it develops, the greater the negative externalities.

If there are a lot of such organizations in the world, and they export negative externalities to each other, and the result is that no one is better, it is the port of Africa and the country of Mile that we have seen.

If personal ideals can only bring about negative externalities, it is wishful thinking. If you have an ideal, the closer you get to achieving it, the greater the positive externality, and that's idealism. ”

Dong Zegang subconsciously took the cup and said: "When did Ke Lao tell you this, how old were you at that time, how did I feel like Ke Lao's language style?" ”

Hua Zhenxing raised his glass and touched him: "This is indeed not the master's original words. At that time, I had just turned nine years old, and when I was peeling lychees for my master, he told me, "What is 'a gentleman is not comparable, and a villain is not comparable'?"

About five years later, I looked for some books on sociology and economics on the Internet, and when I saw the concept of 'negative externality', I immediately reacted. ”

Dong Zegang: "One more cup to Ke Lao!" Director Hua, you are really precocious. ”

After Hua Zhenxing finished drinking, he continued: "The more successful a person is, the greater the harm caused; The more successful the other person is, the more benefits it brings. If neither of these two people are you, how do you choose? ”

Dong Zegang also smiled: "Then do you still need to ask?" ”

Hua Zhenxing: "It's a pity that this kind of problem can't be seen through at a glance, so let's not talk about it."

Inviting Director Dong here today, in fact, there is a very important task to entrust to you. This is a confidential task that asks you to keep quiet until you have done it, and to remain silent once you have done it. ”

Dong Zegang: "Please believe in my professional ethics, what is the task?" ”

Hua Zhenxing smiled: "In terms of professional ethics, Director Dong is definitely trustworthy, which is a long-tested ...... If you look at your phone, I'll send you a map, and the task is to acquire the area marked on the map, which is about 50,000 square kilometers. ”

Dong Zegang lowered his head and took out his mobile phone, and found that Hua Zhenxing had sent all the photos he had just taken, and there was also a map in the middle, on which an area was drawn and marked.

Dong Zegang raised his head and said, "This is not in the territory of the country of several miles!" ”

The country of Jili is a long and narrow country, with five neighbouring countries, Tema to the north and Nilang to the northwest.

The land area of Nilang is not small, but the population is not large, only about five million, and the terrain is dominated by the southern plateau and the northern desert, and most of the places are not suitable for human habitation.

The total area of the area drawn by Hua Zhenxing on the map is close to 50,000 square kilometers, about two-thirds of which is in the territory of Nilang and about one-third in the territory of Tema.

It is adjacent to the plateau in the northwest corner of the land that Hua Zhenxing has bought, far away from the city of Vaga, at the end of the mountain range, at the junction of the three kingdoms of Jili, Tema and Nilang.

Its northern terrain is higher, and the landform is mainly gravel Gobi, accounting for about one-third of the area; The southern part is a gentle and arid desert, which accounts for about 70% of the area.

Hua Zhenxing nodded and said, "Yes, it's not in the territory of Jili Country, does Director Dong know anything about this place?" ”

Dong Zegang wanted to speak and stopped: "I understand, except for the Gobi, which is a desert, it is a no-man's land, and it is also one of the driest and most inhospitable areas in the world. You're saying that Huanxiang Industrial is going to buy this place, but I don't understand......"

Hua Zhenxing: "I have something to say." ”

Dong Zegang looked at his eyes, and suddenly lowered his head and sighed: "I personally handled the legal procedures for many businesses, so I won't talk about Mr. Hua, just Mr. Feng Zibin, I can see how much he wants to do."

He wanted to build a kingdom, an ideal kingdom, so that he could do a lot of things he wanted to do, in order to be as unconstrained as possible, so all the resources of this kingdom were completely owned by him, in the sense of modern law. But ......"

Hua Zhenxing said quietly: "But what? ”

Speaking of which, Dong Zegang simply let go of his scruples, raised his head again and said: "I have two questions, since you are the plenipotentiary representative of Mr. Feng Zibin, I will treat you as Mr. Feng Zibin himself for the time being, and I will say it directly to you if I have something to say."

First, if you just want to buy a large piece of land, in the name of Huanxiang Industry, independent of a few miles away, by Huanxiang Industry to invest in construction, in fact, you can do it a long time ago.

I know very well what you have done, you are the main founder of the new country, without your ideals, there would be no country today. You've built a new country with the goal of owning another, so why bother?

Second, what is the significance of buying the land? As far as I know, there have been exploration teams that have been to that category for a long time, and have not found any valuable mineral resources such as oil, and it is not suitable for habitation at all, let alone engage in other developments.

Your existing land is already big enough, 100,000 square kilometers, and now only a few hundred square kilometers of agricultural land has been developed, and there are endless wastelands in the north, why bother to go far? ”

Hua Zhenxing has never shown Dong Zegang's identity as a self-guest, and there are no more than two people in the world who really know this secret.

However, almost all the important paperwork procedures of Huanxiang Industry were handled by Dong Zegang personally, and he knew too much about the situation that outsiders did not know, and he knew very well what role Hua Zhenxing played in it. He's not stupid, how could he not have guessed?

Since no one told him explicitly, he would not go to the bottom of the matter, let alone tell others about his speculation. At this moment, in front of Hua Zhenxing, he used another way of expression, both clear and unclear.

Dong Zegang's question is normal. If Hua Zhenxing's wish is to create an ideal country from scratch, then there is no need to be so troublesome, he has already done it, and it is the current country of several miles.

Three years ago, the country was in a state of disintegration, and Hua Zhenxing bought a large area of land north of Feisuo Port, whether it was to build a farming area or a new ideal city, even if he announced that he would be a soil emperor, it was actually easier to look back.

However, Hua Zhenxing devoted almost all of his energy and resources to the cause of liberating and transforming the country, creating a new regime and country, which is absolutely admirable.

When he finally did this, as soon as he turned around, he actually ran back to build the so-called Huanxiang Tebang, how big a detour was this?

Even if we don't talk about this, the 100,000-square-kilometer Huanxiang Te Bang has only a few hundred square kilometers of effectively developed area, so why buy such a large and worthless area of uninhabited Gobi and desert?

Even if Hua Zhenxing wants more land, as long as he has money in his hands, with the resources and connections he has, there are better and more suitable places to buy, what is the purpose of buying that kind of place? I also bought it in a foreign country!