Chapter 307 Mineral Cooperation
The outside world's disturbances have nothing to do with Jiang Ningyue. Except for occasionally seeing some marketing accounts on Douyin, Jiang Ningyue never actively searches for things related to "Questioning Haizhou".
Initially, she would ask people to contact those who were crying out for justice in the comments section of "Questioning Haizhou," demanding justice from the program. However, there were so many truths and lies online that few truly suffered injustice. Instead, there were more cases of abuse of power for personal gain and personal vendettas. Most people were using the program as a tool. Some even demanded Jiang Ningyue arrest someone because of the poor service attitude of a grassroots cadre.
After this happened a few times, Jiang Ningyue stopped paying attention to it. After all, there were so many reporters in the program team, so it would be better to let them sort out such tedious matters.
On December 19, Nina from Mithril International, Irene from Gale Medical, Lin Chenxi from Kuangshi International, and Jiang Ningyue gathered in a hotel in Haining. The four of them chatted and the atmosphere was quite cheerful.
This time, Nina was on Jiang Ningyue's behalf, helping Haizhou Province's local chemical and manufacturing industries overcome the challenges of raw material shortages. While on the road, she had already devised a response plan and had numerous emails and phone calls with the provincial government.
However, whether to help Haizhou Province requires consideration from many aspects.
Besides accompanying her bestie, Erin also came to investigate the launch of SR, Gale Healthcare's cosmetics brand, in Greater China. She wasn't there to oversee the overall situation; she was there to check in on the details.
On December 20th, in the conference room of the Haizhou Provincial Government, United Front Work Department Minister Lin Xuemei, Executive Vice Governor Wu Rui, and leaders from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Natural Resources, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, as well as their respective supervisors, attended and expressed their importance to Mithril International.
However, Minister Lin left after staying for a short time, mainly because Governor Wu Rui was discussing this matter with the representative of Mithril International.
Because this kind of meeting cannot be reported in the news, even Nina's visit was ostensibly to accompany Irene, so the seating arrangement was not so formal. While the company representatives were communicating with the provincial government, Nina leaned against Jiang Ningyue and whispered,
"Do you need me to take this opportunity to ask for some benefits for you?"
This reminded Jiang Ningyue of Shannan Province. It was thanks to the help of Nina and the others that Jiang Ningyue was able to gain a foothold in Shannan Province, a province without a strong backing. Otherwise, relying solely on Li Chunyan's connections, she wouldn't have earned the attention of Zhang Yan, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, nor the favorable reception of Gao Yi, the Secretary of the Taozhou Municipal Party Committee.
Jiang Ningyue shook her head. "That's not necessary. I just got promoted. It's impossible for me to get promoted again."
“Your government is in trouble.”
Nina sighed, "If you were in America, I could even give you a key position in the state government. With your popularity, you'd start as a senator, and after you turn 35, you'd have a good chance of running for governor."
Jiang Ningyue laughed after hearing this. After all, Europe and the United States are places where corruption is legalized. Bribery by businessmen is not called bribery, but political donations.
“I don’t have such grand ideals.”
After an hour of discussion, the two sides were stuck on the 'price'.
The Mithril International representative's meaning is very simple. We have bypassed the supervision of the US government and supplied you with banned and restricted mineral raw materials. We can even try to help you get the manufacturing equipment and primary processed products you want. Should we pay more?
The Haizhou government’s meaning is very simple. If we pay more, we can buy it from other places. Why should we buy it from you?
Both parties are willing to make this deal, and they are just negotiating on the price.
Of course, this price is not a specific price. The price of minerals will change every time they are transported. What the Haizhou government means is to limit it to a certain percentage of the market price.
During the first break, Wu Rui took the opportunity to leave. As the executive vice governor, he couldn't waste all his time here. Jiang Ningyue also took Nina out for a walk.
Let's leave the discussion to professionals.
At noon, Jiang Ningyue took Nina to the cafeteria for lunch. The colleagues around them were very curious about this foreigner, and some even dared to ask about him. However, Jiang Ningyue simply brushed them off.
"How's the food in our cafeteria?"
"very good."
Nina was very satisfied. Although she still paid attention to etiquette when eating, her speed was noticeably faster.
The provincial government cafeteria was just like Jiang Ningyue's university cafeteria. In addition to a wide variety of buffets, there were also various counters selling local specialties. Not only was it clean and hygienic, but the taste was also very good.
Nina not only ordered a bowl of noodles, but also a lot of special dishes. She enjoyed the meal very much.
As they were eating, Jiang Ningyue's phone rang. It was Ma Haiming, director of the Haizhou Provincial Department of Natural Resources. He had a good relationship with Li Chunyan, so he spoke to Jiang Ningyue quite casually.
"Xiaoyue! Where did you and the director of Mithril International go?"
"I'm eating in the government cafeteria."
"Oh, how can we let the boss eat in the cafeteria?"
Jiang Ningyue glanced at Nina and replied, "She seemed to be enjoying her meal."
“…Alright.”
Thinking that Jiang Ningyue and Nina had a good relationship, Ma Haiming didn't plan to meddle in other people's business.
At 2:30 p.m., the price negotiations finally concluded. Wu Rui, representing the provincial government, and Nina, representing Mithril International, signed an agreement. This agreement, in essence, was more like a "gentleman's agreement," meaning that no matter which party breached the agreement, the other party would be held accountable.
At the same time, the company representatives who had been waiting for the whole morning and half an afternoon also showed up and signed a mineral ordering agreement.
Mithril International's South African shell company would regularly ship minerals to the Haizhou shell company, with prices 5% to 20% lower than the market price. However, each order required a large deposit. Furthermore, if the minerals were detained by the United States or its allies, the deposit would not be refunded.
At the same time, the agreement also stipulates that the tonnage of minerals cannot be higher or lower than a certain limit, etc.
In short, Mithril International had actually sent this contract to the Haizhou Provincial Government a long time ago, and both parties had approved most of the contents.
After the agreement was signed, Wu Rui looked at Nina with a smile, "Ms. Nina, our Haizhou Provincial Government sincerely invites you, Mithril International Minerals, to establish a factory in Haizhou. As you know, due to international relations, many countries have restricted the import routes of many of our domestic products. If Mithril International can bring advanced technology to Haizhou and establish a factory at this time, it will definitely have very promising development prospects."
After listening to the translation, Nina smiled and said, "Our company did have the idea of building a factory in Haizhou before, but because my friend was in Shannan Province at the time, I invested in this factory in Shannan Province. It is still in the initial development stage, so I am not considering further investment."
Jiang Ningyue's eyes widened as she replied in English, "Please don't push your company's decisions onto me, okay?"
Although Jiang Ningyue knew that this matter had a lot to do with her, she didn't want the Haizhou Provincial Government to think that she could make major decisions for a Fortune 500 company, especially a mining giant.
Although Wu Rui had been speaking Chinese, he understood English. After hearing what Nina said, he laughed helplessly.
How could he not know? Because Jiang Ningyue's "voluntary" trip to Shannan Province had caused the once promising Mithril International and Gale Medical to build factories in Shannan Province.
Thinking of this, Wu Rui couldn't help but sigh, "Old leader (Ouyang Jian), you really deserve to die!"
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