: Unexpected mistakes

Ma Xiao called Fu Xianfeng and told Xia Xiangyi's counterattack. Fu Xianfeng said lightly: "Minister Ma, don't worry, the future is long, and the outcome does not depend on the moment. Lian Ruohan is in the United States now and has not found the relationship between her and Xia Xiang. However, I heard that she seems to have given birth to a child, but she is abroad, so it is difficult to check. I think since she has children, she will return to China sooner or later. It will be easier to deal with when she returns to China. If she doesn't get married, she will have children. The old man of the Wu family will be very angry. The old man will be angry and the consequences will be very serious."

Fu Xianfeng has been busy with the entry of Mingpin Fashion in Yan City recently, so he has no time to be distracted by other things. Mingpin Fashion has chosen a new location, and the preliminary work is ready. Now the construction has started and it is estimated that it will be completed before autumn.

After hearing what Fu Xianfeng said, Ma Xiao thought about it and couldn't imagine it at the moment, so he had to give up.

With the arrival of the hot July, the entire Yan Province has entered summer. As summer comes, the leadership group ushered in its first major event - President Kodak personally flew to Bao City to attend the official signing ceremony.

Also attending the ceremony were the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor Fan Ruiheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee Qian Jinsong, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor Song Chaodu, and the main leaders of the Bao City Party and Government also attended the meeting. Xia Xiang came forward to receive Smith and his party.

After the signing ceremony, another cocktail party was held. After the cocktail party, Fan Ruiheng, Qian Jinsong and Song Chaodu returned to Yan City. Xia Xiang stayed to visit the factory with Smith, and talked to Smith about the prospects of the digital age, which made Smith highly appreciate him, but he insisted on staying for dinner.

The next day, Smith and his party visited the capital again. After seeing Smith away, Xia Xiang hurriedly met Cao Yongguo and Qiu Xufeng, and returned to Yan City. The industrial structure of Dancheng and Bao City can now be adjusted to the outside world to officially declare that it has initial results. The province has put the issue of the second batch of pilot cities on the agenda, and the work of the leadership group is becoming increasingly busy.

As soon as I returned to Yan City, Xia Xiang received a call as soon as I entered the door. A strange voice came from it, which was very low and had a faint sense of majesty: "Is it Comrade Xia Xiang?"

Xia Xiang was busy reading a document, but without thinking too much, she said, "It's me, who are you?"

"I am Yi Xiangshi."

"Minister Yi? Hello, hello!" Xia Xiang was startled. Yi called him personally, and he said respectfully before he expected it, "If you have any instructions, please give me the instructions."

Yi Xiangshi's voice was calm: "It's nothing, I just congratulate you for persuading Kodak to invest huge sums of money. The experts from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics have not yet guessed how you impressed the directors of Kodak. They want to see you with their own eyes... How about it, when will you have time to visit the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics?"

After hanging up Yi Xiangshi's phone call, Xia Xiang smiled helplessly. Now, because of Kodak's investment, he has become a celebrity.

Xia Xiang still declined the matter of going to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics. He was not qualified or courageous to show off his skills in front of the experts of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics. However, what he did not expect was that something happened immediately, which led to his trip to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics.

Last time Fan Ruiheng recommended Xia Xiang to Zou Ru to join him, Zou Ru also felt that Xia Xiang was an ordinary bureaucrat who wanted an education. Although he had a little financial acumen, it was not enough to be a disciple of him. Due to Fan Ruiheng's face, Zou Ru reluctantly agreed to accept Xia Xiang.

Under Fan Zheng's urging, Zou Ru had just completed the relevant procedures for Xia Xiang. He just needed Xia Xiang to register for his academic qualifications. He called Fan Zheng and asked Xia Xiang to come to Beijing if he had time and directly go to the Academy of Social Sciences to find him. As soon as he put down the phone, he heard that Yi Xiangshi, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economics, was visiting. Zou Ru hurriedly got up to greet him. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Yi Xiangshi push the door in.

Yi Xiangshi smiled and said, "Old Zou came to the door to greet me, but I dare not take it. Sit down quickly, I'm asking you for advice when I have questions."

Zou Ru was a few years older than Yi Xiangshi, but not too many. As the Minister of Foreign Economic and Trade Department, Yi Xiangshi has always respected experts and scholars very much, and has always called Zou Ru Lao. Zou Ru refused, but could not resist Yi Xiangshi's insistence, so he agreed.

"Xiang Shi, you have made great achievements in domestic and international economic research. Even if you don't become a minister, you are more than enough to be an economist. What problems can stump you?" Zou Ru also looked up to Yi Xiang Shi's approachable and achievements in economics. If you don't think of him as a person in the officialdom.

"Old Zou, I would like to ask you, if Dafu Group is joint venture with Kodak, how many billions of dollars do you think Dafu's shares are worth forty percent?"

"..." After a moment of contemplation, Zou Ru said, "I don't pay much attention to Dafu Group. With Dafu's scale and market share, 500 million and 600 million should be a reasonable number. Of course, if there is an additional agreement and concessions in the market opening, an additional 100 or 200 million is within a reasonable range."

Yi Xiangshi smiled: "By your estimate, letting domestic officials negotiate, what price can you accept?"

Zou Ru snorted coldly: "I wouldn't be surprised if the officials came forward and sold for 300 million yuan. If they personally receive benefits, it would be no surprise that they would sell them for 200 million yuan!"

Yi Xiangshi knew that Zou Ru had never had a good impression of the many domestic officials who did not understand the economy, especially those who pretended to understand and those who did not know how to understand, led to the loss of state-owned assets. He smiled and said, "What Mr. Zou said is that if personal interests are mixed, the meaning of comparison will be lost. But what I want to say is that an official came forward to negotiate with Kodak, and in the end not only sold 40% of his shares at a high price of US$1 billion, but also did not have any additional harsh terms. It is incredible that Kodak also had an additional $500 million investment and came to Bao City, Yan Province to build a new production line. How did he convince Kodak?"

Zou Ru was pouring tea. After listening to Yi Xiangshi's words, the tea overflowed from the water cup and flowed a table. He asked in disbelief: "How is it possible? I don't believe it! It's not that there are no such capable officials in China, but that Kodak Group will not invest heavily in the domestic market at all. Judging from the current domestic economic environment and market prospects, Dafu is not able to digest a huge amount of US$1.5 billion... From the perspective of the market, Kodak's move is completely incompatible with the laws of the market!"

Zou Ru was very excited for a moment. After saying that, she found that the water was overflowing with the cup. She simply did not pour water for Master Yi Xiang. She directly put the teapot aside and asked, "Master Xiang, is the example you said true or false? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Zou Ru's research direction is the direction of domestic policy, as well as successful international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other cases, and he doesn't pay much attention to the domestic market, because in his opinion, there is almost no joint venture case worth studying in China. Because it's better not to study, the more he studies, the more annoying it is. It's clear that many traps set by people on the terms of the contract. Basically, people with some IQ can see it, but the officials in charge of signing the agreement are all like fools, deceived by others, and they all signed one unequal clause after another.

At first, Zou Ru thought that the economic mind of domestic officials was too simple and could not see that there were big and small traps on the terms of the contract. Later, he realized that the officials were stupid. They were so smart that they rushed to sign contracts that were unequal to the country and enterprises but were of great benefit to them personally!

Since then, Zou Ru has never paid attention to domestic joint venture cases. In his opinion, among the joint venture cases, there is no one that really benefits both parties, but there is no trick to say that there is no trick to say that more than 80% of them are tricky. It is just right not to study them, so it will save you from being out of sight.

Yi Xiangshi also knew Zou Ru's honesty very well. After hearing his question, he smiled and said, "Old Zou, you have never paid attention to domestic joint venture cases now. You may not take Kodak investment seriously. You should have heard the relevant news, but you didn't pay attention... Kodak President Smith just left Beijing and flew back to the United States."

Zou Rudaqi: "When did it happen? Tell me quickly, who convinced Kodak to invest? It is impossible. The Chinese market should not be so attractive to Kodak. Who is he and what aspects did he impress Kodak? Great, I must meet him and ask him in person."

After all, Zou Ru is an economist. He is not just concerned with how much investment he has attracted, just like an official who only asks the results and not the process. What he cares about is that with Kodak's vision, he should be very clear about their interests in China. Kodakken invests $1.5 billion, which means that the return he gets will definitely exceed $1.5 billion in the next few years.

What Zou Ru couldn't understand the most is here. In his theoretical research, China's digital product market is not enough to support the full intervention of a giant like Kodak. Even if the products produced by Kodak's investment line are facing the international market, in his analysis, he cannot see how attractive the digital products are. It is precisely because of this that he cannot understand Kodak's investment decision!

"What's his name? This case is so amazing. Let's not talk about whether Kodak's investment can be rewarded. Just convince Kodak to make a decision to invest $1.5 billion, which is enough to include it in the economics textbook." Zou Ru couldn't wait to see the person Yi Xiangshi said.

Yi Xiangshi understood Zou Ru's urgent mood very well. When the President of Kodak officially signed the agreement in Baoshi, the news reached the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs. Many people did not believe it was true. Some people even thought that Baoshi exaggerated the amount of investment, which may have been for political achievements. However, when Yi Xiangshi took out a copy of the contract filed with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, everyone was speechless and felt that the above speculation was a bit naive, because Kodak had to explain the amount of investment to shareholders. Just check the US news to confirm the authenticity of the news.

Local governments can fake GDP and falsely report output value, but above the combined funds, they dare not report figures because of strict review procedures. It is not because the investment of 1.5 billion US dollars is too amazing, but because Dafu Group, as a key national enterprise, many experts from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co., Ltd. are very concerned about the joint venture and have estimated the best results.

The investment of $1.5 billion is still far beyond everyone's expectations.

There are many economists from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, as well as experts and professors invited from major universities, who were very interested in who convinced Kodak's investment, and were even more curious about how to impress Kodak. It was under the inspiration of everyone that Yi Xiangshi personally called Xia Xiang, wanting to invite him to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation as a guest.

Xia Xiang's refusal was also expected by him. According to his understanding, Xia Xiang acted cautiously and did not like to show off. With his personality, he would not talk big in front of experts from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics. He did not take Xia Xiang's rejection to heart, and he would wait for the opportunity to talk about it later. Today, he happened to have something to come to the Academy of Sciences, so he came to find Zou Ru and talked about Kodak's investment.

To be honest, Yi Xiangshi was also very curious about what Ke made a decision of US$1.5 billion for the sake of what Ke made. As the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, he was very concerned about all high-end enterprises in China, especially Yan Province, which began to adjust the industrial structure under his promotion, and he was even more concerned.

Master Yi Xiang's eyes were sharp-eyed. Seeing that there seemed to be Xia Xiang's name on Zou Ru's wet file, he stood up and walked forward. Sure enough, he saw Xia Xiang's name at a glance. He was stunned and then understood something. He laughed: "Old Zou, I didn't expect you would joke with me, and I was almost tricked by you... How did you know Xia Xiang and accept him as a student?"

Zou Ru was also wondering why Yi Xiangshi suddenly changed the topic, but said: "There is no way, it's a favor that cannot be pushed away. Fan Ruiheng personally came forward to plead with my student Fan Zheng. I have to accept it even if I don't accept it. I read Xia Xiang's information. Although I have also done some successful cases of investment promotion, I didn't do much. Being my student, I just wanted to take the opportunity to get an extra graduate degree and get promoted in the future." After saying that, he shook his head helplessly and asked, "Xiang Shi, who is the person you said to convince Kodak?"

This time, Yi Xiangshi was really shocked. It turned out that Zou Ru didn't know Xia Xiang's deeds. Baoyu was in his hand but he was like a stone! He was stunned for a moment and asked in disbelief: "Old Zou, do you really don't know?"

"What do I know? If I know, I'm still anxious to ask you when did I tell lies?" Zou Ru was also wondering why Master Yi Xiang was a little abnormal today.

"Do you think Xia Xiang is not worthy of being your student? If I say that many people want to steal him to be a disciple now, do you believe it?" Yi Xiangshi's interest increased greatly and he said deliberately.

"I don't believe it." Zou Ru shook his head, "Whoever wants it will take it. Anyway, I think what he wants is a diploma. Don't officials nowadays pay attention to diplomas? I think Xia Xiang just wants an extra certificate for promotion."

"Hahahaha..." Yi Xiangshi laughed happily, "Old Zou, you are holding a treasure as a stone! It was Xia Xiang who told Kodak to invest $1.5 billion!"

Zou Ru was a little dizzy when she was laughing by Yi Xiangshi. He heard that it was Xia Xiang who convinced Koda Investment. He was not willing to believe it. He found Xia Xiang's resume and read it again, shook his head and said, "If you don't believe it, you absolutely don't believe it. Xiangshi, don't lie to me, this joke is not easy to make."

Yi Xiangshi stopped laughing. It was rare that Zou Ru, who has always been wise, was also confused, which made him feel funny: "Old Zou, I didn't make any jokes. The person I just told you was Xia Xiang. He is now working in the Yan Provincial Industrial Structure Adjustment Leading Group. It was he who led the negotiations between Dafu and Kodak and successfully convinced Kodak. This time, Kodak President came to Baoshi and asked him to accompany him." After a pause, he said, "Do you really don't want to accept him as a disciple? Give me his materials? There are several experts in the department who want to see him. If they know that Xia Xiang wants to further study, Mr. Zou, I can guarantee that at least 10 people will agree to accept him as a disciple immediately."

"Really?" Zou Ru widened his eyes and held Xia Xiang's resume tightly in his hand, as if he was afraid that others would snatch it away. "No, Xia Xiang is my student. I even registered his academic status, how can I let others snatch it away? I didn't know just now that he had done such a big thing and could convince Kodak investor to be a person who applied theoretical knowledge to the extreme. Talents are definitely geniuses in economics. Not only did I make him my disciple, I also had to teach him all my life what I learned. To the teacher, you will be one step later and you can't snatch it away, haha."

Zou Ru laughed proudly, holding Xia Xiang's resume in his arms, regardless of the water on it, and looked like he was a treasure.

Yi Xiangshi looked at him and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't snatch you. I have a request that you have to agree to let Xia Xiang come to Beijing as soon as possible. While he came to Beijing to apply for a student status, he would come to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs to talk to the experts about the process of his negotiations with Kodak."

When Zou Ru was surprised to hear Xia Xiang's deeds, he was extremely happy and agreed to Yi Xiangshi's request: "It's easy to say, Xia Xiang is my disciple, he must not ignore my words. Then I will accompany him to the department and give you Xiangshi's face no matter what you say, right?"

Zou Ru was impatient, and after hearing Yi Xiangshi briefly talk about Kodak's investment, he couldn't help but feel excited, and immediately called Fan Zheng and asked him to tell Xia Xiang to come to Beijing to apply for academic registration as soon as possible.

Soon Fan Zheng replied, saying that Xia Xiang would arrive three days later. Zou Ru couldn't help but say to Master Yi: "You can pick up treasures by accident. It's so good luck that you can't stop it. Master Xiang, please give me a copy of Kodak and Dafu's asset scale and industrial structure and other related materials. Before the student arrives, I'll study his deeds carefully."
Chapter completed!