Chapter 372
On the other side, after meeting with the foreign businessmen, Ji Xingguo and his group went to the best restaurant in Pingquan County.
Yang Zhiping had booked the largest private room well in advance and ordered a sumptuous feast.
When Ji Xingguo entered and saw the table full of food and wine, he almost lost his temper.
Spending public funds on meals and entertainment is extravagant and wasteful!
Foreign businessmen would entertain guests and host meals, claiming it was all for official business and using public funds for consumption. Over the years, Yang Changhua and his son Yang Zhiping have undoubtedly embezzled a great deal of money from these occasions.
Ji Xingguo glanced over and saw Yang Changhua's belly, which looked like that of a six or seven-month pregnant woman, and Yang Zhiping's oily face. The more he looked, the more displeased he became.
And those two foreign business representatives.
That American looked like he was about to die; he had pale skin and blond hair, and he spoke in a very incoherent way.
Ji Xingguo was a genuine key undergraduate student back then, and he also knew some foreign languages, but he studied Russian.
Back then, young people who aspired to study abroad and return to serve their country either chose Russia or the United States.
When he was young, as one of the few college students who had to choose a foreign language, Ji Xingguo chose Russian.
He knew some simple English vocabulary, but couldn't understand spoken conversations, so to Ji Xingguo, those foreign languages sounded terrible.
What displeased him even more was the representative of the Japanese foreign company sitting next to him.
The representative of this Japanese foreign company wasn't Japanese at all; he was Chinese.
In Ji Xingguo's eyes, a Chinese person who went to work as a representative for Japanese businessmen was no different from a traitor.
Of course, these were all thoughts in Ji Xingguo's mind.
As a factory director who had worked for decades, Ji Xingguo disliked these kinds of dinner parties and social gatherings, but he still knew the basic etiquette.
While maintaining a superficially friendly facade, even if he disliked the two foreign businessmen, he reluctantly kept up the pleasantries with them.
Firstly, it was to give my daughter more time, and secondly, it was to observe the situation of Deputy Factory Director Yang and the two foreign businessmen more closely at the dinner table.
However, if they offered Ji Xingguo a drink, he would not give them any face and would not drink a single cup.
He directly declined, saying that he had high blood pressure and had to strictly follow his doctor's advice not to drink alcohol. He then had Deputy Factory Director Yang do all the toasts for him.
Anyway, if the factory director can represent Dongfang Factory, then the deputy factory director can too.
Yang Changhua wanted to take his place, so today Ji Xingguo will give him a chance to represent him.
Yang Changhua was a heavy drinker. At first, he pretended to refuse out of politeness, but when he saw that Ji Xingguo wouldn't drink no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he had no choice but to pick up his glass and drink himself.
It turned out that the father and son wanted to get Ji Xingguo drunk, and while he was preoccupied with the merger and restructuring of the light industry factory as instructed by the documents from above, they would then join forces with two foreign investors to come up with some fancy blueprints and ideas, making Ji Xingguo believe that as long as foreign investment was introduced, the factory could be saved.
Therefore, he will definitely sign the consent document.
Unexpectedly, Ji Xingguo was a stubborn man who would rather not discuss the cooperation at all than drink with two foreigners.
Yang Changhua winked at Yang Zhiping across from him, then picked up his glass and began toasting with the representatives of the American and Japanese businessmen.
The father and son divided the work. Yang Changhua was experienced and would occasionally have a drink with Ji Xingguo, mainly to keep him in check; while Yang Zhiping was good at saying nice things and was responsible for smoothing things over and keeping the atmosphere lively.
Today was a preliminary assessment. During the conversation, Ji Xingguo feigned concern, saying that the factory was facing difficulties and needed to find another way out.
However, the factory doesn't have enough money to purchase advanced instruments, equipment, and technology for self-upgrading and iteration, so it will inevitably be eliminated by the general trend.
Yang Changhua immediately understood that Ji Xingguo was trying to find out the investment intentions of the two foreign businessmen.
In short, it's about how much money the other party can invest in them and how many shares of their factory they can buy.
Yang Zhiping immediately said, "Director Ji, our Mr. Rekrugs from the American company is very sincere. He is willing to take half of our factory's shares and has also agreed to provide us with three of the most advanced melt glue mold technologies in the world free of charge, and to send two technical experts to our factory as technical consultants and guides."
“Once our factory becomes a joint venture, we can shut down those unprofitable production lines and convert them all into melt glue production lines. Mr. Rekrugs said that there is a huge demand for plastic processed products abroad right now.”
Yang Zhiping spoke with great enthusiasm: "As long as our factory learns the most advanced technology and acquires the latest equipment, not only will we be able to sell orders overseas in the future, but we can also merge with those factories in the neighboring cities and counties!"
The blond, blue-eyed foreigner next to him nodded repeatedly and chattered on and on.
Before the foreign businessman's translator could speak, Yang Zhiping took over the translation himself, saying to Ji Xingguo, "Factory Manager, Mr. Rekrus said he came with the utmost sincerity to cooperate with us. He hopes we will reciprocate with the same sincerity, because they sent representatives from company headquarters to China to discuss investment matters, and headquarters only gave them three months. Therefore, he hopes we can finalize everything within these three months so he can return to headquarters and report."
Ji Xingguo raised an eyebrow without making a sound.
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