Chapter 864: First meeting, parting in disagreement

"Old man, there is one thing I want to ask you for advice..." Xia Xiang's tone was very respectful.

"Just say it if you have something." Compared to before, the old man's temper is unprecedented, "I don't have to be polite to me."

You're welcome. Although the old man has retreated, his power is still there. Lian Ruohan said that during the Chinese New Year, more than ten provincial and ministerial officials from all over the country went to visit the old man, which proves that his influence is still there and he still has enough weight.

The Wu family's reputation is not just a false name, but a real strength.

"What I don't understand is, how can I pass the test in Lang City? If I can break the balance of Lang City, fight against organized crime and eliminate evil, and be an executive vice mayor, it is not enough. If I just let me open up the situation in Lang City, the current situation in Lang City can be considered a delicate balance, but now, my road seems to be still long... The contradiction has emerged. It won't work in Lang City if I only talk about economic construction and not political struggles. If I have to catch both hands, I am just a deputy."

"Haha." The old man laughed cheerfully, "Just let you come to Lang City, just stay at ease. Where did you come from so many miscellaneous ideas? It's not good to think randomly, which affects normal work. Okay, let's not talk about it, continue to work according to your own ideas. When one day comes naturally, you will know what kind of golden avenue will be ahead."

As expected, it was like nothing was said. Xia Xiang smiled helplessly. When the old man hung up the phone, he gently put the phone back in place, and his heart was calm.

The road ahead seems to be confused, but in fact there is still a glimmer of hope. At least the Wu family's intervention made Xia understand something. Langshi has changed from a grandmother who doesn't love his uncle or love him, and is about to become a hot commodity. It is not only a conflict of economic interests, but also a geopolitical need. Perhaps to a deeper level, Langshi is a microcosm of high-level struggles, and the outcome determines the future positioning and belonging.

Every step is so scary. Xia Xiang shook his head, but in the officialdom, he must take sides, and the higher the level, the clearer the flag. Otherwise, he will not be able to escape the end of no one to support him. He will either follow the trend or go against the current. In short, in the face of major choices, he must express himself with practical actions.

If one party is satisfied, the other party will definitely not be satisfied. The world is always a dual-opposition world, and the same is true for the officialdom. Although there are times when seeking common ground while reserving differences, there are always times when we refuse to give in to each other in the face of major interests.

The competition in the officialdom is the most intense, after all, there is always only one top leader!

Xia Xiang was locked in the room alone and pondered for a long time.

Two days later, Lian Ruohan returned to the capital and then sent back news that Wei Xin's condition was not easy to be diagnosed in China and needed to be treated abroad.

Xia Xiang felt dizzy. What was wrong with Wei Xin? Did she really suffer from incurable symptoms? Although Lian Ruohan said she wanted to accompany Wei Xin to the United States in person, Xia Xiang still felt deeply guilty. As the only woman who loved him deeply for both lives, he had just made up his mind to treat Wei Xin well in this life. Unexpectedly, God did not make any good, Wei Xin actually suffered from ignorance. A perfect woman who was so careful and thoughtful, why did God treat her so unfairly?

For the first time in Xia Xiang's life, he fell deeply into depression.

In a low mood, for Chen's invitation to meet again, Xia Xiang agreed to it at once. He wanted to see what kind of face Sato could have!

The meeting was arranged in the most magnificent private room of the Caesar Hotel. What Xia Xiang didn't expect was that Chen Datou was also present.

After a period of rest, Chen Datou was in a much better condition. When he saw Xia Xiang, his expression was a little unnatural, timid, fearful, and a slight indescribable complex emotions.

Sato was about the same as Natsukoshi imagined. He was not tall, with small eyes, a smart and arrogant look on his face. When he saw him coming in, he just owed his body and even stood up to greet him.

Xia Xiang didn't care about the silence. He shook hands with Oh Chen very politely, and also shook hands with Chen Datou. Finally, after Oh Chen's introduction, he shook hands with Sato.

Sato stood up and bent down and nodded: "Hello, Mayor Xia, I, Naoichi Sato, please take care of me!"

The Japanese politeness is a habit that is developed, and it does not necessarily mean that he must respect you. Natsuko smiled and patted Sato's hand: "Mr. Sato, I've been in Rou City for almost half a year. We only met today. The process is a bit tortuous and long."

Sato laughed dryly: "Mayor Xia is busy with official business, and I am always embarrassed to disturb you. You may also have some objections to me. Last time I invited Mr. Chen to invite him several times, but you refused to give him a favor. I remember when I invited Secretary Ai to dinner, Secretary Ai was the second time."

The meaning of inside and outside is to alluding to Xia Xiang is arrogant.

Xia Xiang laughed: "Mr. Sato, Secretary Ai presided over the overall work of Lang City. I am different. I have my own division of labor, so it's not that I have opinions about you, but that there are not many places where we have a common language."

While asking Xia Xiang to take a seat, Sato directly raised the theme of today's meeting: "Mayor Xia, occupying lacquer is the only advantageous industry in Lang City. The municipal government should vigorously support it and try every means to expand its advantages, rather than introducing some inequality manufacturers to disrupt the market, and the one that was damaged in the end was Lang City. The headquarters is not optimistic about the future economic environment of Lang City, and it may be that the subsequent funds will be not optimistic..."

I came up and thought of Xia as a warning, meaning that if Xia wanted to promote another paint factory project, occupying paint may shrink its investment, and perhaps transferring the funds that should have been invested in Langshi elsewhere. Because occupying paint has several branches in China, not only Langshi.

Xia Xiang knew that Sato was not confident enough to threaten. Langshi had convenient conditions that other cities did not have, such as the closest to Beijing and Tianjin, the cost was low. Compared with factories occupying paint in southern provinces, Langshi's production base was the best cost, the highest profit, and the largest sales volume. Naturally, there are many reasons, but it is inseparable from Langshi's unique geographical location.

What businessmen pursue is profit maximization and will not make any angry moves. In the businessmen's dictionary, profits are always ranked first and will never make a fight in front of profits.

Sato's words are just a common strategy to scare uninformed local officials, and they simply won't work in front of Natsukoshi.

Xia Xiang waved his hand, looking indifferent: "I will not comment on the decision to occupy the Qi headquarters. The businessmen pursued the maximization of profits, so if you evaluate the economic prospects of Lang City that do not conform to the long-term development of occupying the Qi, I don't think the municipal party committee and government have to force it. In business, favors are the most valuable manifestation, so I won't say much. Besides, there seems to be no favors between Mr. Sato and I. Don't you think it's, Mr. Chen?"

Not only did Natsukoshi avoid the heavy lifting and directly skipped Sato's words, she also kicked the ball to Chen.

Oh, Chen kept silent, with a faint smile on his face. In fact, he knew in his heart that this meeting would definitely not be relaxed.

A few days ago, after the University Town project fully adopted the domestic brand of paint, Wang Qiangwei's several projects also successfully transported several trucks of paint from the south - because Xia Xiang took action, the wind was loud and loud. Oh, Chen urged Sato to stop in time and not to secretly make any damage, otherwise it would be boring to hit the gun - Sato rarely listened to Chen's advice and did not obstruct him secretly.

The influence of the university town project is so wide that it is known to everyone without publicity, and it makes people think that occupying the paint must have offended important people, which has caused the current situation.

Later, Wang Qiangwei's project also announced the adoption of domestic brands, and at the same time, it also intentionally or unintentionally promoted the cheap and good quality of paint for domestic brands. In the future, all projects will definitely use domestic brands of paint to contribute to the rise of domestic brands.

It is completely an indirect attack on the style of occupying the paint.

It made Sato very angry and Chen was very dissatisfied. The situation of Zhanji dominated Langshi for many years, and the situation of dominance in the family has not shaken at all. As soon as Xia Xiang took action, the image of Zhanji had a bad negative impact in the minds of Langshi citizens.

Oh, although Chen also knew that whether it was Ai Chengwen or Gu Xiangguo, he would definitely maintain his firm attitude towards occupying Qi and would not hold the same view as Xia Xiang, but Xia Xiang is not only politically wise, but also commercial means. If he is determined to break the situation of occupying Qi's dominance, who knows what means he will use to make people unable to defend against?

It is not appropriate to fight anything. He has suffered several losses in confrontation with Xia Xiang. Chen has learned to be smart. He is considerate of Chen Datou and also for the close cooperative relationship between him and Sato. He advised Sato to compromise several times and not to force himself.

Originally, Sato looked down on Xia Xiang very much and did not think that Xia Xiang, an executive vice mayor, could have any skills to make him difficult. Unexpectedly, Xia Xiang took action from the side and felt a lot of pressure. In addition, Xia Xiang just mentioned the matter of the paint factory head-on and did not take any further action. However, the news had already spread, and the market had already responded at the first time, and the sales of paint had decreased by about 10%!

It is not that it has really reduced sales, but that the dealers' pickup is not as active as before. Obviously, it is the news released by Xia Xiang, as well as the University Town Project and Wang Qiangwei's project, which successfully broke the custom of using paint to occupy the Lang City project, shakes the dealers' confidence, and is equivalent to tearing a crack in the base camp of occupying the paint.

Dealers are the guarantee of sales and market share. If the dealer's confidence is shaken, it will be unstable to occupy the foundation of the paint.

Countless paints from other brands that are eyeing the market in the Ruoshi market, under the current circumstances, which one of them has not taken advantage of the situation? To be honest, Sato did feel a little panic in his heart, because he looked for Chen or Gu Xiangguo, neither of them had a good solution for the time being, because Xia Xiang did everything on the surface, and it was reasonable and there was no problem at all.

Before he met, Sato had already felt the method of combining hardness and softness between Xia Xiang. His view was also a harmonious and wealthy person, so he accepted Chen's suggestion and was ready to have a good talk with Xia Xiang.

Talk is a conversation, but Sato is still very dissatisfied with the way that Nakamoto did not say hello, and he was not angry with Nakamoto, so when he met, he still wanted to suppress Nakamoto in terms of momentum.

After just two moves, the scene is a bit awkward. Xia Xiang's Tai Chi massage is also very clever and kicks the ball directly to Chen, which makes Sato have a more understanding of Xia Xiang.

Oh, Chen was very upset when he saw that Sato did not listen to his advice and wanted to fight with Natsukoshi head-on. Sato was a stubborn person and had a strong sense of national superiority. He believed that the Japanese were superior to the Chinese. Sometimes he didn't like his arrogance, but not liking to his character did not mean that he would not cooperate with him. He could tolerate Sato's arrogance, but Natsukoshi was the one who couldn't hold the sand in his eyes.

In fact, Xia Xiang's temperament is still biased towards hiding needles in the cotton, which can tolerate the unreasonableness and arrogance of some people. However, Xia Xiang's personality has the characteristics of water. When he meets round, he meets square. When he fights with Fu Xianfeng in Yan City, he often deals with the combination of virtual and real skills. However, in Lang City, facing Chen's evil forces, in addition to head-on strikes, he also uses violent violence to fight violence.

So Natsukoshi would not pretend to be beautiful to Sato, not to mention that he knew Sato's character and his dark psychology.

Oh, Chen forced a smile: "Mayor Xia and Mr. Sato met for the first time, and they didn't know Mr. Sato very well. In fact, Mr. Sato was easy to deal with, and maybe he could become good friends with Mayor Xia."

Xia Xiang waved his hand: "I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore, I'll have a meal first."

Obviously, it is right. Chen just said something he disagreed with.

Oh, Chen and Sato exchanged their eyes. Seeing that there was a faint anger on Sato's face, he used his eyes to suggest that Sato should stop his anger and not have an attack.

Japanese people are good wine, and Sato is no exception. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Sato saw that Natsuki was as if nothing had happened and never mentioned the misunderstanding caused by the paint incident. The fire that was pressing on his heart broke out again, and he stood up with a "huh": "Mayor Xia, I wish you three glasses of wine."

Oh, Chen's face immediately sank. Chinese officials pay the most attention to the situation, the most important thing, identity and face. Toast others, one cup is respect. Toast three cups in a row with a momentum is not toast, but to provoke.

Oh, Chen thought Xia Xiang would get angry, but unexpectedly, Xia Xiang just waved his hand with a smile and said with a relaxed look: "Three glasses of wine are a small problem. As long as Mr. Sato dares to answer my three questions, I will have three glasses with you."

Sato surged up with a drink: "Okay, no problem."

Natsuko looked into Sato's eyes: "Mr. Sato, tell the truth, do you know Wei Hongqing?"

Sato held the wine hand in the air, but he didn't let it go for a long time. He looked shocked and stunned for more than ten seconds before he drank the wine in the glass: "I know my former lover."

Xia Xiang saw him answering with pleasure, so he drank the first drink with him and asked again: "Did you really like her at that time?"

Sato filled his second glass of wine and blushed with a drunken look: "Yes, I like her very much at that time!"

Xia Xiang drank a second cup.

In the third glass of wine, Xia Xiang didn't pick it up and asked word by word: "So please tell me, have you ever done something to be sorry to Wei Hongqing?"

Sato was standing toasting Xia Xiang. As soon as Xia Xiang said this, he sat back on his seat, his eyes straightened, and he didn't dare to look directly at Xia Xiang's eyes. He lowered his head for a while and finally said again: "I refuse to answer this question!"

Xia Xiang sneered: "Anyone with a conscience will find ways to make up for the mistakes he has made, not to mention that the woman he has hurt is still deeply in love with him. A man who has no responsibility wants to toast me? He also has to negotiate the terms face to face with me. I'm sorry, he is not qualified!"

After Xia Xiang finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Mr. Chen, I still have something to do, so I will stay there soon." As he said that, Chen spoke without waiting, and then he forwarded it.

Oh, Chen winked, and Chen Datou quickly got up to give gifts to Xia Xiang. Then he whispered to Sato, and saw that Sato did not respond, he had to shake his head and also get up to send Xia Xiang to Xia Xiang.

Xia Xiang didn't expect that this would end today, and it was not his fault for getting angry. He had no good feelings for Sato. As soon as he met, Sato was very arrogant and showed a sense of superiority everywhere. When he thought of Wei Hongqing's miserable life, his fire broke out irresistible.

As a government official, you should not act emotionally and have any prejudice against Sato's fact as a Japanese, but sometimes it is still difficult to suppress the bloodiness in your bones. When you think of Sato's scoundrel face that he raped Wei Hongqing and refused to admit, Xia Xiang had the urge to kick him in the face.

He walked quickly, ignoring Chen Datou and Chen's farewell behind him. He couldn't say anything about disgusting Chen Datou, but he felt that his image was a bit too despicable and was not worthy of Yang Bei. Then again, how many marriages in the world are compatible? He didn't want to think too much about Yang Bei's difficulties and difficulties. He walked the road by himself and couldn't blame others.

As soon as I walked to the door, I almost ran into a man because I was too fast. Before I could see who the person was, a familiar fragrance penetrated into my nose. Xia Xiang was suddenly shocked - was it Yang Bei?

It was indeed Yang Bei... the woman standing in front of her with a sad face and helpless eyes. Who could she be if she wasn't Yang Bei? She took a few steps back and looked at Xia Xiang a few moments: "Xia...Mayor Xia."

Xia wanted to know that she wanted to call her name directly, but she still didn't shout it out. He originally thought that when he saw Yang Bei again, he would be excited. Unexpectedly, the second unexpected encounter in his life, he felt as calm as water, and just nodded slightly and responded lightly: "Hello, Yang Bei."

Yang Bei's tears suddenly burst out. She knew that a simple "hello" said from Xia Xiang without any emotion, which means that she and Xia Xiang were separated by mountains and water, and across the world.
Chapter completed!