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Chapter 51
This Malaysian company specializes in the jewelry business. This time, it specially brought a batch of jewelry made of precious gemstones such as jade, rubies and sapphires to Hong Kong for exhibition, saying that it is to expand the Hong Kong market.
The extra sentence added to the contract basically means that if Minsheng brings any negative impact and losses to their company or products, which in turn affects their development in Hong Kong, Minsheng must pay them 20 million pounds in compensation.
The contract was negotiated between Gao Yongming, the manager of the Minsheng branch restaurant, and the Malaysian side. It bears the signatures of that manager and the general manager of the Malaysian jewelry company. It is now being sent to the headquarters for official stamping.
Weisheng waited an entire summer, finally receiving this contract. She pointed out this clause directly to her supervisor, Xu Zhirui, and said, "This clause wasn't in any of the previous contracts."
"It must have been added at the request of the customers in Malaysia."
Xu Zhirui took a look and didn't take it seriously at first, but when he looked up, he saw Weisheng looking straight at him with burning eyes. He was startled at first, then lowered his head and read the newly added clause again.
After reading it again, Xu Zhirui felt an indescribable strangeness in his heart.
He didn't know whether the strangeness came from Weisheng or the clause itself, but after discovering something was wrong, he picked up the phone on his desk and called his lawyer, asking him in great detail about the impact of one sentence on Minsheng.
The phone was disconnected, but Weisheng could hear the lawyer's words clearly.
The lawyer said: Under normal circumstances, this sentence will not cause any losses to Minsheng. Once any unexpected situation occurs, as long as a lawsuit is filed, the probability of Minsheng winning will be very low, almost zero.
The lawyer suggested that it would be best to remove this sentence, or directly use the contract template that their law firm had previously reviewed specifically for Minsheng.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhirui and Weisheng looked at each other. One wanted to avoid risks and shift the blame; the other wanted to take advantage of the situation and never return.
A few breaths later, Xu Zhirui picked up the phone and dialed another number in front of Weisheng. After the call was connected, Xu Zhirui whispered to the person on the other end to thoroughly investigate the manager of the branch restaurant and the Malaysian jewelry company.
"Let's put this contract aside for now. If Gao Yongming really betrays us, we'll break his limbs and send him back to those Malaysians along with the contract."
Weisheng exclaimed, "Is it so violent?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhirui turned his head and looked at her very seriously with a slightly surprised look on her face, thinking that she was deliberately speaking in a sarcastic way, or that she felt that this treatment was too light and there were other better ways to deter her.
“…I didn’t mean anything else.”
Xu Zhirui said noncommittally, "That's good. Hong Kong is a society ruled by law after all. We're doing serious business, so we don't have the luxury of violence and killing."
What you did to that group of robbers was a bit too aggressive.
Weisheng's eyes twitched, and he thought to himself: Breaking someone's limbs is something a serious businessman would do?
Oh, she remembered.
This is Hong Kong in 1975. Even though we talk about the rule of law and human rights, the bloody and violent background has never faded.
Weisheng didn't say anything more about this and let Xu Zhirui arrange everything. He then turned around and took the problematic contract into the office.
Wei Zhensheng discovered the problem, and Weisheng's waiting was half the solution. The rest depended on how Wei Zhensheng would deal with it. Unexpectedly, the next day, just as Weisheng was packing his things to go back to school, Wei Zhensheng called him to his office.
"Gao Yongming is fine," he said, "but he's too eager for quick success and not meticulous enough." Wei Zhensheng tapped his fingers on the contract and asked Wei Sheng, "What do you think about this?"
Seeing the question, Wei Sheng organized her words in her mind, and then she told the method she had thought of earlier:
One option is to reject the contract outright, and then when the group turns to go to other restaurants with banquet halls, greet the people there one by one and mention Minsheng's concerns to them.
If they continue like this, then if something goes wrong, it will be their own fault for not listening to advice, and they can't blame others for shifting the blame.
The second is to directly lead people to Minsheng's competitors and severely undermine them. Then, they will take advantage of their weakness to kill them and make huge profits by taking advantage of this favorable situation.
"...Well, we'll take it ourselves." Wei Sheng paused, and when Xu Zhirui and Wei Zhensheng both looked at her, she continued, "I've been thinking about that clause since yesterday. If I were them, I would bribe the waiter at the restaurant, and then work with him inside and outside. I'd replace the real one with a fake one, and then hand the real one to the waiter, and then make it look like we're catching the man red-handed.
At the same time, hire some people and newspapers to spread the news that Minsheng insisted on stealing. Once the situation is established, if Minsheng does not pay the money, then sue him.
Xu Zhirui: How mean!
Wei Zhensheng: This is a good idea.
Weisheng smiled and continued, "If I knew someone was setting a trap for me, I wouldn't just sit there and wait for death. I would first ask them to increase the original order amount twenty times, citing the risk as too great."
Xu Zhirui: "What if they don't agree?"
"They ask for a high price and then pay a low price. Just bargain with them." Weisheng spread his hands towards Xu Zhirui, "But no matter how much we bargain, ten times the price is a must. If they still don't agree, then let them find a better place.
But you can also tell them that Hong Kong is not Malaysia after all, and sometimes businessmen will share what they have. If Minsheng told his peers in the Hong Kong business circle about his concerns, they might not be as ruthless as Minsheng.
In short, the message is that they should either cooperate with Minsheng or not blame Minsheng for preventing them from finding a partner in Hong Kong.
'That's a solution!'
Wei Zhensheng glanced at Xu Zhirui, then nodded to Wei Sheng, signaling her to continue.
"Three days before the exhibition, send all the waiters and foremen on the fourth and fifth floors of the restaurant out to sea. This is considered a three-day holiday for them. During these three days," Weisheng said with a smile, "we will seek assistance from the police..."
Active Hong Kong police officers and trainees from the police academy can come to the fourth and fifth floors to work as waiters, and Gao Yongming and Xu Zhirui can also be responsible for on-site arrangements and dispatches.
Even if those people want to bribe the waiters, they have to see whether the sirs and madams in Hong Kong can be bribed and whether they are willing to give up their own future for the money.
If someone really wants to take the risk... even if Minsheng doesn't pursue the matter, the Hong Kong Police Department can't afford to lose that person. If they don't settle the matter, then don't blame Minsheng for giving them the headlines.
"They say you raise an army for a thousand days but deploy it for a single day. You donate your bonus to the police every year, and now it's time to see the real action."
Xu Zhirui: Even worse!
Wei Zhensheng: I wish this was my daughter.
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They say business people have no friends, and they also say that if you don't kill the snake, you'll find a way to get it. Twenty million wouldn't be a huge loss for Yu Minsheng, let alone those well-established businessmen.
If Minsheng deliberately tried to deflect the blame, he would only be making enemies. Furthermore, if Minsheng could escape unscathed and truly earn more than ten times the rent, it might deter some scoundrels.
Wei Zhensheng finally decided to adopt Wei Sheng's suggestion, but he did not go out to ask for external help empty-handed. Instead, he sent two vans to the police station and then told them about his request.
The police chief who had just received two vans: "..."
Just ask, how would he refuse such a conspiracy?
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In the end, the police decided to dispatch thirty police academy students and two instructors to carry out this mission.
On the other hand, Xu Zhirui, who was responsible for negotiating with Malaysian businessmen, also negotiated twelve times the booking fee with his superb acting skills.
In reality, by this point, both sides were already fully aware of the situation. Yet, neither side believed they would stumble and capsize. Each wanted to see if they could outmaneuver the opponent.
By the time the Malaysian businessmen brought their people to the venue to set up the exhibition, the police officers who had received two days of waiter training had already taken their positions.
They replaced the original waiters, and the waiters in charge of the fourth and fifth floors of the original restaurant were all sent to the police school.
Before the end of this exhibition, they will all receive closed-door ideological education, escape and physical training there.
By the way, it’s the kind that provides food and accommodation, and paid training.
The Malaysian businessmen had seen the trainee version of the waiter since the day of the exhibition, so on the second day of the exhibition they found a waiter as usual and prepared to lure him with benefits.
Unexpectedly, the waiter not only refused sternly, but also acted as if he would report the matter to the head waiter. Seeing this, the visitor quickly said that he was joking and just wanted to test the waiter's attitude.
He also said that he was very satisfied with Minsheng, and that he approved of the waiter's response and work, and that he would come again in the future.
Finally, in order to prevent the waiter from complaining to the head waiter, he gave the waiter a generous tip.
Although the student who received the tip looked appeased, he still turned around and reported the incident to the instructor in the foreman's uniform.
No wonder they were asked to come here to carry out the mission, it turns out the water here is so deep!
The three-day jewelry exhibition ended very smoothly despite the great dissatisfaction of Malaysian businessmen.
Then on the last day, Xu Zhirui told them with emotion that in order to ensure that there were no mistakes in this jewelry exhibition, they specially invited external help.
When the Malaysian businessmen found out that the waiters were policemen, they knew they had completely lost the game.
Someone had to pay for this loss. Fortunately, without Zhang San, they could still find Li Si.
On the other hand, since there were no mistakes throughout the whole process, Wei Zhensheng, who made a profit, not only treated the trainees and instructors to a banquet at Minsheng Restaurant, but also gave each trainee ten movie tickets. After these trainees returned to the team, Wei Zhensheng gave the police station another 20,000 movie tickets.
Anyway, the cinema is his, and he bought the films a long time ago. Showing more movies... apart from the cost of the movie tickets, there is almost no cost.
Moreover, Wei Zhensheng gave out movie tickets based on the number of police officers in the force. Could those police officers who received the tickets really go to the movies alone?
One movie ticket can only be used by one person. If you want to bring more people to the movies, you have to buy as many tickets as you want. So, even though those 20,000 tickets were given away for free, they might just be a catalyst for further profit, potentially leading to one-for-one deals or even one-for-one deals.
Because he gave so many movie tickets to the police station, Wei Zhensheng even contacted the tabloids to make this incident a headline and advertise himself and Minsheng Cinema.
On the other hand, after the Malaysian businessman settled all his accounts with Minsheng, he took the jewelry to the dock and took a boat to Macau.
Unexpectedly, Weisheng, who had known their itinerary for a long time, also went to Macau with them.
Sitting on the speedboat to Macau, Weisheng couldn't help but recall how Wen Keer handled this little crisis.
One thing that made her better than Wen Ke'er was that she knew the plot in advance and could help Minsheng avoid risks in advance. Wen Ke'er only found out about it afterward, and most importantly, she was accused of instructing her employees to steal jewelry.
It was a coincidence that Wen Ke'er heard that there was a jewelry exhibition at Minsheng Restaurant that day, so she asked the driver to take her there to see the fun. Unexpectedly, the bribed waiter saw her and immediately stuffed real jewelry into her handbag.
And when people were arresting him, he loudly accused Wen Ke'er.
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