When the four people reported to their boss behind the scenes, they only said that they were using financial means and commercial competition to target a nouveau riche with no background. Some of the revelations and smears were just skirting the rules, so they did not object to the report that concealed most of the facts.
In fact, the four of them also felt that there would be no problem. After all, the target of the plan was Si Mingyu, who was just a 20-year-old orphan.
As for communicating with the boss behind the scenes, it was to prevent Gu Shuanghui and Wang Jianguo from getting into trouble. Most of the methods used by the four were legal. As long as the two of them were restrained and did not use official means, it would be difficult to interfere with the actions of the four.
The first thing to do was to choose a suitable foreign company to issue the cooperation invitation letter. This was not a problem. The four of them had a lot of sock puppet companies, but they had to choose one that could withstand scrutiny.
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World Financial Center, Mingyu Group.
"Please come in, both of you." Lin Shirui walked into Si Mingyu's office with two foreigners in suits.
"Mr. Si, Mr. Rafe and Mr. Kendall are here."
"Mr. Rafe, Mr. Kendall." Si Mingyu and Xiao Shixian greeted them in English and shook hands with them respectively.
After sitting down, the two sides began to negotiate.
At the last charity auction, Si Mingyu stole the show and many people from all walks of life came up to make friends with him, but he felt it was too much trouble and left them Xiao Shixian's contact information. These two foreigners contacted Xiao Shixian a few days ago and said they wanted to discuss an international trade deal.
They represent a European company that needs to import natural gas, which is normal, after all, Europe has chosen natural gas as a fuel to replace coal and nuclear power in recent years under the environmental protection trend.
Natural gas mainly relies on pipeline transportation and LNG ships. As for pipeline gas transmission, there is no need to mention it unless the supplier you are looking for is from one of the countries with gas pipelines.
The two said that their company has its own gas supplier, and the oil and gas fields are located very close to the port, so LNG ships became the first choice.
The existing ships either have long-term contracts or a stable customer base. After a careful investigation, they found that two of the four ships belonging to Dongya Mingyu Trading Co., Ltd. did not have transportation contracts, so they came to them.
Xiao Shixian naturally had to review the various qualifications of this company, and he also used his connections to find friends in Europe to verify and confirm that this was a legitimate trading company.
But these two ships were of great importance, and even Xiao Shixian, as the manager of the trading company, could not make the decision on his own, so he had to let the boss decide.
The other party has the demand and Si Mingyu has the ship, so cooperation is naturally a win-win situation.
You should know that natural gas is not just a fuel, it is also used in large quantities in chemical and industrial production. The other party said that the demand for gas has increased due to the expansion of its partner's production line, so it needs to increase the purchase volume.
This is fine from every perspective. The only thing to discuss is where to load the goods and where to unload them.
"Mr. Si, our natural gas sails from the east coast of the Fifty States Federation and arrives in France in Europe." Rafe took out a document and said as he looked at it.
"How long does it take to go back and forth?" Si Mingyu asked again.
"It will only take one month including loading and unloading." This was Xiao Shixian's answer. He had already done some research.
Since the other party has come to us, the ship will be empty anyway, so we might as well just leave it at that.
So Si Mingyu said, "I think this deal is fine. But it depends on how the contract is drafted."
Kendall immediately took out a document and said, "As for the contract, there's no problem. I brought a sample so you can take a look at it first."
It seems that the other party has an urgent need for LNG ships, so we can negotiate the price.
The contract naturally needed to be reviewed by professionals, so Xiao Shixian immediately asked the lawyer waiting outside to come in. Trading companies do business with foreign countries, so lawyers specializing in cross-border business cooperation are essential.
The lawyer finished reading it in a short while. He looked up and said, "Mr. Si, Mr. Xiao, there's no problem with the standard template used in the contract. I'll translate the price for you two."
As he spoke, he simply wrote down the price of renting a boat and related expenses. In fact, with Si Mingyu and Xiao Shixian's English level, they could understand it, but this was the money that the lawyer made, so they didn't stop him.
"In principle, there is no problem. Uncle Xiao, please talk to them again." Xiao Shixian immediately understood what Si Mingyu said. The business can be done but the price will have to be higher.
"Okay." Xiao Shixian nodded, then said, "Please follow me, both of you. Let's go over the details of the contract."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Si." The two knew from the situation that the boss who had the final say had agreed, so it would be easy.
The actual negotiation was very quick. Although the two had good negotiation skills, they had an urgent need for the ship. They did not dare to gamble that they could find another ship after selling this one, or that they could find the other party with a lower price than this one, so they agreed after struggling for a while.
However, the two put forward a request that in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the contract, they must go to the location of their company in Europe to hold a signing ceremony, which must comply with EU law.
After consulting a lawyer, Xiao Shixian agreed to this request, believing that legal contracts must be protected by law. However, the two said that not only Xiao Shixian, the manager of the trading company, but also Si Mingyu, the boss, would have to sign.
Si Mingyu was puzzled by this request. After all, as the head of Xiao Shixian Trading Company, he was fully qualified to be in charge of the signing ceremony and did not need to go there himself. But the two insisted on doing so, even offering to cover all round-trip expenses.
In their words, the buyers of natural gas from them are very powerful and the production line is already under construction. If the gas cannot be supplied on time due to transportation reasons, huge losses will occur, so all breach of contract must be eliminated.
That’s right, China does not support high liquidated damages, but if the agreement is signed in other countries and complies with local laws, high liquidated damages can indeed be paid.
Therefore, Si Mingyu and Xiao Shixian both believed that the other party had asked them to sign the contract because of their intention. However, since they wanted to fulfill the contract, no matter how much the liquidated damages were, it would not affect them. Moreover, this was a binding agreement between both parties, and if the other party failed to fulfill it, they would still have to pay compensation.
Well, it doesn't matter if I take a trip to Europe like this, after all, it's for making money.
So the two parties signed a letter of intent, and the other party actually transferred 200,000 euros as promised as round-trip expenses.
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