Chapter 366 Cold Dinner Party
When they returned to Shangxi Garden, Chen Huai and the others just had an argument between them, which took less than ten minutes.
In the eyes of others, they just took a short rest, washed up, and then came out to have a pleasant negotiation with the guests after the afternoon tour.
Only a few people can see abnormalities in the faces of Chen Huai and others. Most people don’t even dare to let too many eyes stay on Song Bingsheng, Tan Qiping and others, for fear of misunderstandings as disrespect for their leaders.
Gao Tianhe frowned slightly, not knowing what happened, which made Chen Huai and Song Bingsheng look angry. After coming out, they both intentionally or unintentionally avoid each other's sight.
There are not many people present who know that Chen Huai and Song Bingsheng are father-son relationships, but Gao Tianhe knows it, and also knows the rumors that Song Bingsheng and Chen Huai are in conflict, but they do not expect that this is the real thing.
Gao Tianhe came to Song Bingsheng and said, "I have always hoped that Governor Song can come to Donghua to guide the work. I have to feel what I want today. Before the banquet begins, will Governor Song tell us a passage?"
Although this economic and trade negotiation was invited by Chenhuai in the name of the District Investment and Merchants Bureau, the scale and level of investors invited to Donghua for visits and inspections were relatively high. After the city learned the news, it decided to upgrade to the city to receive it.
Secondly, the last time, Song Hongjun came forward to invite more than a dozen Hong Kong investors to visit Donghua without notifying the city. Not only Tan Qiping, but also some officials in the city, had some opinions on this.
Chen Huaina had no choice. He was not in Donghua at that time and wanted to rush to Birmingham for a business trip. He had no choice but to ask the district investment promotion director Tang Chuan to inform Pan Shihua, and the district investment promotion agency and Meixi Town were responsible for the reception.
At that time, Zhou Qibao had not yet taken office in Tangzha District. If the city had any dissatisfaction, it could only blame Pan Shihua for not paying attention to it enough after learning the news.
This time, Zhou Qibao, the acting district mayor of the Shenhuai Prophet.
For officials like Zhou Qibao who were transferred from the province, there may be insufficient grassroots experience, but there will be no gaps in the situation. You will know the city if you turn around.
Chen Huai had no objection to the city taking over this economic and trade negotiation.
This is not a question of whether to compete for political achievements or not.
In Chen Huai's view, economic and trade negotiations are two-way choices, and Donghua's economy is generally lagging behind. However, except for the city, each district and county have some different resource advantages. He wants to show Donghua's resource advantages to investors who visited Donghua this time. This is the sincerity he needs to express to investors.
The city can also bring the investors invited from Birmingham to the reception this time.
More importantly, Chen Huai hopes that Donghua's economy can go up as a whole; Meixi Town is unique and takes all the benefits into Meixi Town, which is not the scene that Chen Huai hopes to see.
When foreigners first enter the country, they rarely understand the difference between the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor at once.
Another thing is that foreign affairs reception is mainly the responsibility of the municipal government.
Therefore, after Mark Allen and other Birmingham Economic and Trade Group arrived in Donghua, Gao Tianhe was mainly responsible for the reception work.
Song Bingsheng only came to participate in the economic and trade negotiations today. He expressed his attention on behalf of the province, but it has been four days since the economic and trade delegation arrived in Donghua.
In addition to the city, officials in charge of investment promotion work in various districts and counties, as well as state-owned factories and private enterprises that can be seen in cities and counties, all sent representatives to participate in economic and trade negotiations, and took out some projects that can cooperate and attract investment to introduce and communicate with investors.
The city has also arranged several key areas to invite economic and trade groups to visit and inspect; today Meixi Town and Meixi Port Industrial Park are the last stops.
Donghua's foundation is too poor. After the inspection and exchanges in the previous three days, the economic and trade group did not reveal too much investment intention.
Most people who are struggling in business are cautious and it is difficult to establish enough trust to make investment decisions through preliminary and short-term contact. This is also the opinion of Tian Jiageng to seek to establish friendly urban relations. Only by establishing long-term and stable economic and trade and cultural exchanges can we continue to flow.
Song Bingsheng also conveyed Tian Jiageng’s instructions to Gao Tianhe. Gao Tianhe laughed and said, “With the Donghuai Shenhuai, economic work has improved a lot. Speaking of which, it is also my dereliction of duty as the mayor, and my ability is lacking..."
"Donghua has been doing well in economic work during this period. He is a good leader of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Mayor Gao should not be too modest," said Song Bingsheng.
Song Wenhui was sad when she listened. How many people would not influence her likes and dislikes? The fourth brother thought from the bottom of his heart that Chen Huai was not good. If others praised Chen Huai for being good, he would only think that he was being polite and praised.
When Meigang New Factory was conducting project approval, in order to obtain support from the provincial and municipal governments, it submitted a detailed project feasibility analysis report.
DongDianDirector has made a detailed analysis of the Meigang new plant project related to the future development of Meixi Power Plant and Meigang.
I have to say that Chen Huai’s idea of doing the Meigang new factory project is very bold and risky.
However, today, the first batch of steelmaking wire equipment has arrived in China. Those who have a deep understanding of the entire industrial system can basically see the dawn of victory. The elites in the industry such as Zhao Zhimin were decisively invited to join Meigang before, which undoubtedly proves this.
However, the fourth brother just blindfolded these things and couldn't see them.
Regarding the matter between Chen Huai, Song Wenhui has quarreled with the Fourth Brother several times over the years, but none of them have any effect. Instead, it has alienated the relationship between the two parties. I don’t know if it is possible to eliminate the Fourth Brother’s prejudice against Chen Huai in the future - it is really unreasonable to become stubborn.
The banquet was a Western-style cold dinner. Before the cold dinner, Gao Tianhe arranged for Song Bingsheng to go up and speak. Song Wenhui saw Chen Huai standing aside with his hands crossed his chest, with no expression on his face.
Song Wenhui sighed softly. Chen Huai told her before that he planned to suggest that the province and Xucheng come forward and invite the economic and trade delegation to stay in Xucheng for another two days. It would be convenient for the economic and trade delegation to return to China through Xucheng.
Song Wenhui thought that Chen Huai was going to help the fourth brother expand his influence in the province, but thinking about the quarrel just now, Chen Huai probably wouldn't have the intention of sticking a cold butt with a hot face, right?
Chen Huai fiddled his fingers, Zhou Zhibai walked over, walked to him, and said with his ears: "David hopes to learn more about the situation of the forging factory in the city..."
"Oh." Chen Huai turned around and looked at David Allen, general manager of Birmingham Iron and Steel Plant, smiled, pulled Sun Yalin, walked towards David Allen with Zhou Zhibai, shook hands with him, and said, "After you arrive in Donghua, you will be a little negligent, please forgive me."
Although Chen Huai participated in economic and trade negotiations throughout the three days, there were very few people in the city who were proficient in English. He was always dragged to serve as an interpreter, but was unable to accompany David, Allen and others on a special trip.
During this period, Zhou Zhibai frequently went to Birmingham and had a good relationship with David Allen and others. He also established small-scale business connections with the Allen family business. David Allen and his uncle were accompanied by Zhou Zhibai as a translator.
After Song Bingsheng, Tan Qiping and Mark Allen spoke one after another, and the cold dinner officially began.
There were many people participating in the economic and trade negotiations, and the cold dinner was held in three halls. Chen Huai waved to the staff of Shangxiyuan and asked her to help find Zhao Yicheng and Yang Haipeng to come over and let them come over to introduce more about the forging factory in the city to David Allen.
Meigang New Factory continues to hire some engineers from West Eummins Industrial Group to participate in equipment installation and commissioning work, but David Allen is not included.
It’s not that David Allen’s level is not enough. Meigang really can’t afford David Allen’s salary as general manager of the steel plant.
Although the formal partnership with David Allen ended, after such a long period of contact, they also formed a deep friendship with each other.
Chen Huai was not sure what would happen if David Allen's position transfer within the West Eummins Industrial Group after the steel plant was closed. He initially wanted to attract the Allen family to invest in the Meigang new plant project.
The Allen family is worried about the domestic investment promotion policy. In addition to its complex equity relationship, the Meigang New Factory is also in an industrial chain restricted by Meixi Power Plant and Meixi Port Terminal. Therefore, the Allen family has no interest in investing in Meigang New Factory.
Chen Huai did not expect that the Allen family would be interested in the city forging factory.
However, it is normal to think about it.
The Allen family has invested in the manufacturing industry for nearly a hundred years and has a strong inertial dependence. In the past twenty or thirty years, the traditional manufacturing industry has shrunk year by year in the UK, and has been confusing the Allen family.
On the one hand, the Allen family was forced to transfer to industries such as finance, services, tourism, and real estate outside the manufacturing industry. On the other hand, they looked for opportunities to invest in manufacturing industries outside the UK, where labor costs are lower and market demand is stronger.
The Allen family is not interested in directly participating in the Meigang New Factory, but it does not mean that the industrial layout of Meigang New Factory and Meixigang Industrial Park is not attractive to it.
David Allen also frankly admitted that the performance of the team led by Chen Huai and Pan Cheng in Birmingham shocked them even more. This is also the main reason why they are willing to organize people to come to Donghua to participate in economic and trade negotiations.
During this economic and trade negotiation, Donghua City introduced many projects that can be cooperated with, but David Allen and his uncle Mark Allen took a fancy to the city forging factory.
"How large is the investment-built factory?" Chen Huai asked.
His previous plan was to absorb the forging factory into the Meisteel system through debt-to-equity conversion, so that it can transform into a specialized production of steel products and enrich the Meisteel product line; if the investment amount of the Allen family is limited, Chen Huai has no intention of giving up this part.
"A preliminary idea is that after the factory is built, it can consume about 100,000 tons of broths per year." David Allen said.
"Okay," Chen Huai said, "I will make up for you..."
Chapter completed!