Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start. N...

Chapter 2370: All Pitfalls

As the director of South Bay’s public relations department, his biggest dereliction of duty was not reminding himself in time.

He has an opinion? Of course he has an opinion. He is not the boss, just an employee. It is not his place to make decisions. It has nothing to do with him.

He has to endure his opinions. After all, you are my brother-in-law. If you don’t take the blame, who will?

In the group, as a brother-in-law, in addition to doing a good job in the public relations department, your other task is to take the blame for the boss.

Haha! If I don’t take it out on you, who else can I take it out on?

Do you think it's so easy to be my brother-in-law?

If Zhou Liming knew that Wan Feng explained it this way, he would probably spit out a mouthful of expired blood.

Of course, this is a later matter, and the previous matter has not been settled yet.

When they learned that the best location in the exhibition area was occupied by Nanwan Auto, both Chinese and foreign car dealers were very dissatisfied.

Especially Shanghai Volkswagen and Shanghai General Motors, how can it be acceptable for them as hosts not to occupy the best position.

Shanghai GM was established not long ago and has no confidence to say anything, but Shanghai Volkswagen now has enough prestige in the Chinese automobile industry.

As a result, various problems arose accordingly.

The organizing committee found Tan Sheng, the contact person of Nanwan Group, and suggested that they could reduce the rental fee of the booth so that Nanwan Group could give the space to someone else.

Although the tone was one of negotiation, Tan Sheng felt that he had to give in whether he wanted to or not.

After confirming that this was what the other party meant, Tan Sheng's attitude was quite clear: Impossible! I won't let anyone in! Whoever loves me!

Nanwan Group is now a large group, and it has its own confidence and pride. Can you just give in if I say so?

Seeing that Nanwan Group refused to compromise, the organizing committee decided to resort to some crooked means. What was it up to?

It is playing with zoning, planning to divide the exhibition area into international and domestic areas, with the international area occupying the best places and the domestic area being assigned to the bad places.

Nanwan Auto has no foreign capital background, so no matter how you are classified, you are in the domestic area.

When arriving at the assigned area, Tan Sheng discovered that Nanwan Group was assigned to the domestic area with a poor booth location. Although it was in the center of the domestic area, compared with the areas where foreign capital and foreign companies were located, it was a piece of rubbish!

We spent an extra million to build a place like this?

Tan Sheng went to the organizing committee and got the following reply: The domestic area is right there, so please bear with your opinions.

Of course, Tan Sheng couldn't tolerate this and threatened to take the matter to court.

The organizing committee was also very clear and decided to go to court first and the auto show organizing committee would fight to the end.

Seeing that the other party was determined not to give Nanwan a good face, Tan Sheng had no choice but to go to Chen Wenxin.

After listening to Tan Sheng's narration, Chen Wenxin was stunned for a minute.

That guy had predicted this? That's impossible, right?

No wonder all the Jiangwei people said that guy was a monster, he really is a monster!

"I'm talking about Wenxin..."

"Call me Lawyer Chen!" Chen Wenxin corrected Tan Sheng's words.

Tan Sheng curled his lips and said, "You and Wan Feng are classmates, but you are not classmates with me? Can you stop looking down on others? We are classmates too! We should be treated equally."

Chen Wenxin smiled slightly: "Don't look at us as classmates. How can you compare yourself to him? If he is a steamed bun with a fragrant smell, then you are a pile of steaming dog shit."

"Bah! A lawyer can even say such things! Believe it or not, I will expose you and ruin your reputation."

"Go ahead and expose it! See if I care!"

Tan Sheng was discouraged. He thought that arguing with Lawyer Chen was useless except for one person who could win.

"I can't argue with you. Anyway, I've handed the problem over to you. If I can't solve it, I'll go home and farm, and you won't be much better off."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"You drafted and signed the contract, and you dare to say it has nothing to do with you?"

Chen Wenxin smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I'll take care of it."

Chen Wenxin brought a subordinate and Tan Sheng to the Shanghai Auto Show Organizing Committee and went directly to the responsible person.

When they met, Chen Wenxin was not polite at all and said directly: "Manager Hu! I heard that you are going to sue Nanwan Group over the location of the auto show? I suggest you take a good look at the contract we signed before making a decision."

Manager Hu didn't take it seriously at all: "Contract? What contract?"

"When we signed the booth contract, it clearly stated that if Nanwan Auto's interests were harmed, compensation would be required. I'm worried that your auto show can't afford it. You'd better take a good look at it and give me a reply in two days. If we don't see a reply in two days, we'll really see you in court."

Manager Hu pondered for a moment and said, "We have not violated the contract. Everything is carried out in accordance with the contract."

"Haha! Manager Hu! Have you really studied the contract carefully? Just explain to me the clause in the contract that Nanwan Group must be located in the center of the exhibition area under all circumstances."

"We gave Nanwan Group a central location in the domestic exhibition area."

"That's your excuse. Don't forget, the contract clearly states that Nanwan Group's exhibition area must always be central, whether domestically or internationally. Furthermore, Nanwan Group has the final say on the interpretation of this contract. Only where Nanwan Group says it is central is central. Do you understand? I advise you to take a good look at the compensation amount. That's a hundred times the amount Nanwan Group paid for leasing the exhibition area, and the settlement unit is in RMB. Nanwan Group spent over three million yuan renting this booth, and a hundred times that is three hundred million yuan, and in RMB. Are you sure the auto show organizing committee can afford it? Of course! If you say that the law is yours and this contract is invalid, then that's my word."

Having said that, Chen Wenxin turned and left. After returning to the law firm, he began to prepare for the lawsuit.

When the contract was signed, these two clauses were added at Wan Feng's request.

At that time, Chen Wenxin didn't understand why Wan Feng specifically asked that the Nanwan Automobile booth, whether domestic or international, must be in the center. It turned out that he had long been prepared for the organizing committee to do something like this.

As for the amount of compensation, she thought it was unnecessary and unreasonable.

The compensation must be 100 times and the settlement unit must be RMB.

But now it seems reasonable. It was set up this way deliberately so that the organizing committee could not afford the compensation.

Three million Chinese yuan multiplied by one hundred is three hundred million, and if converted to Mi Yuan, it becomes three hundred million Mi Yuan...

In 2001, the exchange rate between the Chinese yuan and the US dollar was 1 to 826, so 300 million US dollars was equivalent to 2.45 billion Chinese yuan.

Even if the land for the auto show is sold, it may not be worth that much money.

When the organizing committee signed the contract, the other party's lawyer probably didn't take these two clauses seriously. At that time, they were sure that Nanwan Group would spend an extra 500,000 yuan just to get the central location, and they didn't expect there would be any changes later.

As for the amount of compensation, it was a fixed matter and there was no possibility of breach of contract, so the other party signed it.

Now it seems that there are pitfalls everywhere!

If this guy were to harm someone, they would probably be thanked by him after he harmed them.