Chapter 217 Once the richest man in the Federation
Two days later, Zhang Hao finally contacted Donal Sterling, the former richest man in the Federation, through his relationship with Mayor Chen of Zhucheng, and the two parties made an appointment to meet in Zhucheng.
At noon, according to the address provided by the "richest man", Zhang Hao and Zhou Jianneng finally arrived at their destination after going around seven times.
This is a rather hidden private restaurant.
As we all know, the current catering industry is almost completely wiped out, but this restaurant is operating well, which is amazing.
Generally speaking, there are two possibilities for this situation:
First, this private restaurant has an official background and has a special purpose; second, the restaurant owner is not an ordinary person and can steadily obtain various ingredients through special channels.
After getting off the car, Zhou Jianneng looked at the two-story building in front of him and couldn't help but wonder:
"We've come to the right place, right? Are you sure this is here? Why isn't there even a sign?"
Since it’s a restaurant, it has to have a sign, right?
Captain Fang quickly compared the address in his hand, shook his head and replied: "Mr. Zhou, the place is right, this is No. 98 Haiyan Road."
"Don't worry about it, just go and ask and you will know?" Zhang Hao said and straightened the tie around his neck.
Upon hearing this, Captain Fang hurried over and knocked on the door. Soon the door opened from the inside. The person who opened the door was a young girl, quite beautiful.
"Hello, is this 'Miao Liuxiang Private Kitchen Restaurant'?"
The young waiter did not answer directly, but asked a question directly: "Do you have a reservation?"
"Yes, I have booked box number 2. The person who made the reservation is Mr. Sterling. I wonder if he has arrived?"
The young waiter quickly opened the tablet, checked the reservation record, and asked quickly:
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Hao came over and nodded: "I am."
The young waiter immediately opened the door, bent over and made a "please" gesture:
"Please, three of you, Mr. Sterling is already inside. He arrived half an hour earlier than you."
"Thank you." Zhang Hao casually took out a few large bills and handed them to the other party: "This is your tip."
The young waiter quickly took the tip. Visibly, he became more enthusiastic, and even his voice became a little gentler.
Arriving at the door of the private room, the waiter immediately stepped forward and gently knocked on the door:
"Mr. Sterling, your guest has arrived."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was opened.
"Director Zhang? We finally meet."
There were four people in the room, including Sterling himself, two men and one woman.
Zhang Hao looked at the familiar face in front of him and gave him a big smile:
"Hello, Mr. Sterling!"
Sterling waved his hand: "Just call me Sterling, no need to meet anyone outside."
"Sterling, this is President Zhou Jianneng. He is both my elder and a partner."
Zhang Hao pointed at Zhou Jianneng and introduced.
"I have been admiring it for a long time, and finally I met the real person."
Zhou Jianneng shook hands with the other party solemnly.
"Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you!"
Sterling withdrew his right hand and then introduced his own personnel. The three of them were senior executives of Faraday Company, including a deputy CEO and two project directors.
Coincidentally, one of the directors, Wu Liming, is actually a native of Zhucheng.
After some courtesy, Zhang Hao asked the waiter to lead Captain Fang to the hall for dinner. After all, Captain Fang was just a bodyguard and not suitable to stay.
In less than ten minutes, the food was served, which must have been prepared by the chefs in advance.
The quality of the food is pretty good, with a total of ten dishes and two soups, including Chinese and Western food. Maybe the ingredients are not rich enough, but overall they are mainly seafood.
In addition, the wine he drank was red wine, brought by Sterling himself. It is said that it has been collected by the family for many years.
Everyone calmed their stomachs for a while, and then couldn't wait to get to the point. To be precise, Zhang Hao seemed to be more anxious.
"Scott, what have you thought about what I said on the phone before?"
"Director Zhang, there is no problem with cooperation, but can we change the way of cooperation?"
Scott picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth.
"Can you tell me more specifically?"
Scott smiled slightly: "To be honest, those technology patents are the core competitiveness of our company. Selling them like this would be too wasteful."
"You mean... you want to make a comeback?"
Zhang Hao couldn't help but frown.
"In your words, I have just reached the age of knowing my destiny this year, and I can still work for another twenty years. Retiring so early will definitely not allow me to behave in a way that suits me."
Sterling explained with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhou Jianneng couldn't help but interject: "Sterling, your company can use its technology to invest in shares, but it can't hold too many shares, and it can't take away the management rights. Our acquisition of BYD is not to make a wedding dress for you." "Making a wedding dress? What do you mean?"
This is the first time Sterling has heard this word.
Wu Liming on the side quickly explained:
"Boss, a wedding dress is a wedding dress. The original intention of making a wedding dress is that poor girls have no money to buy a wedding dress, but they have to work hard to make wedding dresses for others.
Later, it generally refers to the achievements or things purchased with hard work, but in the end they became someone else’s.”
"I understand." Sterling nodded clearly, "Some time ago, I learned a poem, and there are two lines in it, 'Poor clothes are only worn, I am worried about the charcoal and wish the weather is cold.' Are they the same?
What do you mean?"
Zhang Hao immediately gave a thumbs up: "Sterling, your Chinese is so good."
Bilingual teaching in the Federation has only become popular in the past three or forty years. At Sterling's age, it is already considered good to be able to speak standard Chinese.
Sure enough, successful people must have something special about them.
"Chinese is broad and profound, and the deeper I study it, the more fascinating it becomes. To be honest, if I hadn't been unable to let go of Faraday, I would have devoted myself to studying Chinese."
"Sterling, don't worry. In fact, you can also learn Chinese at work. There is no conflict between the two."
Zhang Hao shook his head secretly.
What the other party said was obviously just a polite comment.
"Ahem..." Seeing that the topic was getting further and further, Zhou Jianneng quickly interrupted: "Sterling, let's get back to business. What I just said is our bottom line. I hope you can understand it."
"Mr. Zhou, if we use technology to invest in shares, I wonder how many shares our company can get at most?"
Sterling asked quickly.
Zhou Jianneng couldn't make the decision, so he could only turn his head and look at his eldest nephew.
Zhang Hao received the other party's look, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then stretched out two fingers:
"Twenty percent."
After all, a person’s name is like the shadow of a tree.
Although he is not interested in the management rights, he does not want to be taken advantage of. The other party is a business legend who has experienced many battles, so it is better to be cautious.