"Mayor Chen, you may be disappointed. It's not that I broke my promise. It's just that I'm too weak. The price is too low. Now let alone 100 billion, I can't even get 10 billion." Zhang Hao took the opportunity to look helpless.
Upon seeing this, Mayor Chen quickly comforted him: "Director Zhang, don't be discouraged. The negotiations haven't started yet. The prices are all over the place. We can just sit back and pay back the money."
"Forget it! I'm an ordinary businessman, how can I argue with the superiors? It's a state of emergency now. If they catch me, who should I ask to reason with?"
Zhang Hao said deliberately.
"Director Zhang, are you being humble? Based on your previous achievements, I can guarantee you that as long as you don't break the law, no one will dare to embarrass you."
"Alas..." Zhang Hao waved his hand with a wry smile: "Even if we can bargain, the price probably won't increase much. A three-to-five percent increase will be a huge improvement. For a new project, it's a drop in the bucket."
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"Ahem, okay, let me tell you everything. The boss has a very good impression of you. You might as well raise the price boldly. One hundred yuan per catty is unrealistic, but fifty yuan is still negotiable."
Mayor Chen hinted softly.
Zhang Hao immediately understood that fifty yuan was probably the bottom line above. To be honest, the price was not low.
Not long ago, after a series of negotiations in Southeast Fisheries, the company's shares have undergone great changes. The shares he holds now have shrunk from the original 30% to 7%, which is almost the same as Qiongzhou.
After all, the company's scale has expanded several times, and it is enough to be able to retain so many shares.
If everything goes well, and based on the conservative estimate of 10 million tons of fish harvest, including the 30 billion revenue in the first phase, the total will be exactly 100 billion.
Next, for every thousand tons of fish caught, he can earn 50 to 70 billion yuan.
If we get lucky and the total fish catch exceeds the 100 million tons mark, although one trillion is impossible, we can still look forward to 300 to 400 billion.
In fact, whether it is 100 billion or hundreds of billions, it is an astronomical sum that can only be spent by investing in "controllable nuclear fusion". Keeping it in your hands will sooner or later be a disaster.
In the future, no matter whether it is the government or the local government, whether it is a big city or a small city, without exception, there will be a shortage of money than ever before.
"Mayor Chen, I won't say anything about my gratitude. I am here to give you a guarantee that all the profits I will make from Southeast Fishery Company in the future will be invested in the 'Controllable Nuclear Fusion' project."
"Okay, Director Zhang is indeed a cheerful person."
Mayor Chen nodded happily.
Afterwards, the two discussed some specific plans for the project, and finally agreed to officially launch the project in the middle of next year, with a first-round investment of no less than 20 billion yuan.
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At 10:30 in the morning, Zhang Hao arrived in front of a fifty-story office building as scheduled.
This entire office building belongs to the newly established Federal Food Agency, whose main function is to be responsible for the circulation and regulation of grain throughout the federation, as well as the administrative management of federal grain reserves.
In one sentence: the core department within the core.
Every policy formulated here and every instruction issued will affect the daily life and life safety of seven billion people around the world.
Seeing the big boss looking at the building in front of him in a daze, Vice President Cao couldn't help but remind him in a low voice:
"Director Zhang, it's almost time, let's go in quickly?"
Zhang Hao came back to his senses and inquired as he walked:
"Lao Cao, how many staff members does the WFP have? Does it need such a large space?"
"I really know this. This is the headquarters of the WFP. There are about 5,500 employees. If you include the branches and subordinate units below, the total number is as high as 520,000."
Vice President Cao did his homework in advance.
This is a habit he has developed over the years, and it is also a secret for promotion among official employees.
Zhang Hao couldn't help but exclaimed: "So many?"
You must know that the Federation has always been a "small official society", coupled with the background of comprehensive disarmament, the proportion of official employees is very low, basically staying below one percent for many years.
In other words, on average, only one out of every 100 people is an official employee.
"This is a key department. Its importance is not even inferior to those of ministerial-level units. Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of cities in the entire federation. The work of the WFP is extremely complicated and requires so many people."
Vice President Cao explained patiently.
"It is true that the world is huge and food is the biggest thing. Without the central coordination and unified management of the WFP, I am afraid many people will go hungry."
Zhang Hao couldn't help but think of the experience in his dream. Without the WFP and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, their family would have probably starved to death and would not have been able to survive for more than 20 years.
Vice President Cao smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "The WFP's high position and high authority are not a good thing for us. If we can't reach an agreement, we will definitely be scolded when we go back."
There is a lot to talk about in this negotiation, not only Zhang Hao's personal income, but also the proportion of fish catches handed over by the fishing company.
It is impossible for the company to hand over all of it. Doing so will only be counterproductive. No matter how strong the federation is, it cannot get everything done, otherwise it will severely dampen the enthusiasm of employees.
In the end, the gain outweighs the loss.
"Don't worry, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge."
With Mayor Chen's secret help, Zhang Hao felt a lot more relaxed.
Soon, under the leadership of the staff, the group arrived at a conference room on the top floor of the office building. The WFP was kind enough to have top leader Yu Yuehai personally attend the negotiation meeting.
"Director Zhang, welcome."
"Director Yu, I didn't expect you to be free..."
Zhang Hao reached out and shook the opponent's hand.
Yu Yuehai waved his hand and interrupted with a smile: "The first time your Southeast Fisheries went to sea, you harvested half a million tons of fish, and there will be millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of tons in the future.
It’s hard for us not to pay attention to it!”
"Hundreds of millions of tons? This is too exaggerated. Our company would be satisfied with just a few million tons."
Zhang Hao quickly shook his head.
"The Southern Ocean is so big that it is impossible to ban fishing for decades."
The first thing to do when a new official takes office is that Yu Yuehai is full of ambition and will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.
"Director Yu, please forgive me. If it were a normal year, it would be possible to have billions of tons, not to mention hundreds of millions of tons. Unfortunately, the opposite happened. The marine ecosystem collapsed too quickly, and the time left for us was too short.
No, we don’t have such a large fishing capacity.”
Yu Yuehai sighed: "Although the chance is slim, it is better than no hope. Winter is coming soon, and our WFP is under increasing pressure. We can only place our hope on your company."
"Director Yu, please stop putting your hat on us, we can't afford it."
"Director Zhang, please don't be modest. We all know that you are a person who is good at creating miracles. As the old saying goes, 'everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world.' Now is the time for you to stand up."
"..."
Ten thousand grass and mud horses galloped past in Zhang Hao's heart.