I looked at him and smiled lightly: "What? At the beginning, you were planning to use bribery to solve the problems we had in the negotiations?"
He smiled and shook his head: "No. We have never thought of it that way. Bribery is a crime, and it is impossible for us to do such a thing. Although corruption is very serious in your country, we will not go there.
Violating the laws of your country. This is also our bottom line."
I was slightly surprised, because I didn't expect him to speak so frankly to me. I then asked: "So, how are you going to solve this problem? Mr. Tanaka, I think that in order to make our
Cooperation is quickly established, and the best way is for us to make some concessions to each other, but the principle is that we hold the majority share."
He drank several glasses of wine alone, and then said to me: "Mr. Feng, in fact, there is another aspect that I admire you most, and that is your charm as a man. There are two main types of people we Japanese admire most, one is
He is a successful man, that is, a strong man in this world. The other is a very charming man. Mr. Feng, as far as I know, you have a lot of confidantes around you, but although I admire you for this, as an official
, such an issue is a scandal even in our country, even in the United States. So I would like to ask you: How do you make so many women fall in love with you? Haha! This question is just for our friends
I don’t mean anything else about the topic.”
My color suddenly changed, "Mr. Tanaka, what you just said is a threat to me. Can I understand it this way?"
But he still said to me with a smile: "I told you, this is just a topic between our friends."
At this moment, I finally understood their intention of inviting Governor Huang today: they wanted to threaten him in this way. And my participation made me a target of threats.
The Japanese are indeed shameless. But I still can't imagine that they would use such despicable methods, and such methods are very inconsistent with their image of a large international company. In the final analysis, this is due to the narrow and dirty national character.
decided.
I immediately stopped being angry and smiled instead, "Mr. Tanaka, I think you don't know me very well, and you don't even know most of our officials in China. To put it in a harsher way, that's all you have learned in these years of living and studying in China."
The effort spent is basically in vain. Take myself as an example, I am currently single, and my contact with any woman is legal. Secondly, even if my superiors do not agree with some of my behaviors, even
Therefore, it doesn't matter to me how to deal with it. My becoming an official certainly has some factors in my background, but I am also very confident in my abilities. Also,
I just told you that the senior who taught me how to identify true and false Maotai once said something to me. He told me that as an official, if you really want to do something meaningful, you must do it.
To be strong without desire, you must be mentally prepared to give up everything at any time. For myself, I believe that I can still live a good life even if I am not the deputy mayor. In addition, I also want to tell you,
Mr. Tanaka, what I hate the most is to be threatened by others, because such threats are a kind of contempt and even an insult to me. Mr. Tanaka, I feel very sorry. Originally, I really wanted to be with you.
My friend, but your behavior makes me so disappointed. I'm sorry, I have something else to do, thank you for the invitation just now. By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you in particular, if you try to adopt this method
If you do anything, you may never get what you want."
Immediately, I stood up and left quickly. Before leaving, I said to him politely: "I'm sorry, I have to take a step first. I'll go outside and wait for Governor Huang."
When I left this private room, what I saw was Tanaka Kazuo's very embarrassed face.
But after I went out, I became very worried: How is the situation at Governor Huang's place? Will Watanabe threaten him like this?
I don't think Watanabe would do that unless he was crazy.
But then I thought again: It’s hard for the Japanese to do things, and they often do things unexpectedly. Isn’t that what they did with the war of aggression against China in World War II? Crazy may be their most natural thing.
Therefore, I still felt uneasy in my heart. After thinking about it, I immediately sent a text message to Governor Huang: Tanaka actually threatened me, I will wait for you in the car.
The driver of the Liaison Office in Beijing knew the rules very well. Under the arrangement of the Japanese staff, he finished his meal quickly and waited in the car. When I went to the parking lot, I found that he was already playing with his mobile phone inside.
"Is it over?" he asked me.
I shook my head, "Governor Huang is still inside."
Then I stopped talking and closed my eyes to fall asleep.
What I didn't expect was that Governor Huang came out soon, and the driver reminded me. I got out of the car in a hurry and saw Watanabe and Tanaka seeing him off.
I went there immediately and found that Tanaka looked a little embarrassed at me. I smiled, which was considered a greeting to them. As a member of a country of etiquette, I was unwilling to be rude in such a matter.
I found that Governor Huang also had a smile on his face, and he said goodbye to Chairman Watanabe very politely.
After getting in the car, I realized that Governor Huang's face seemed a little ugly, but I couldn't ask him anything, after all, the driver was in the car at this time.
We didn't talk on the way back to the Liaison Office in Beijing. The atmosphere in the car was very dull, but it was difficult for me to calm down inside.
After arriving at the Liaison Office in Beijing, Governor Huang said to me: "Come and sit at my place."
It was obvious that he had something to say to me, so I nodded to him immediately.
After arriving at the suite where he lived, the secretary made me tea. Governor Huang immediately said to his secretary: "You go out for a while, and I will talk to Mayor Feng about something."
After his secretary went out, he started smoking, but he didn't come to talk to me immediately. Since he didn't speak, I couldn't ask him. I didn't know whether he was thinking about something or hesitating about something.
So I just sat there quietly and waited for him to start talking.
Finally, he smoked most of the cigarette in his hand and threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray. I found that he seemed to be no longer as calm and elegant as before today, and I immediately felt the dissatisfaction in his heart at this time.
calm.
He looked at me and then said to me: "Xiao Feng, if I propose to marry Xiao Wu, do you think she will agree?"
I was immediately shocked by his words, but then I understood the meaning of his words: he wanted me to do some work for him to Udon Mei.
There may be two situations: one is that he expressed this idea to Udon Mei but was rejected. The other is that he never told her about it at all.
I think the second scenario is more likely, because he suddenly mentioned this to me, and it was tonight. I have to wonder what the Japanese said in front of him today that stimulated him.
After a moment of shock, I said: "Governor Huang, I can't say anything about this. First, you have to think it's appropriate, and second, Udonmei has to agree. Governor Huang, I'm a little worried for you, after all, you are
Executive Vice Governor, you have an honorable status. I am worried that if you marry her, you will attract criticism from others."
He was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked me: "You sent me a text message saying that Tanaka threatened you. What happened?"
I replied: "He hinted to me in his words that he knew that I had inappropriate relationships with some women. I told him immediately. First, I was single now. Second, I was not afraid of any threats from him.
The worst case scenario is that I will quit as deputy mayor. And I also told him that I am mentally prepared to quit as deputy mayor at any time. Governor Huang, the Japanese are narrow-minded and mean-spirited at heart, and they do things unscrupulously.
.In fact, after all, they also say that they look down on us Chinese from the bottom of their hearts. To be honest, if it were not for the economic development of our Shangjiang City, I really don’t want to cooperate with such people. Their behavior is too disgusting.
"
He looked at me, his face surprisingly calm, "What happened next?"
I replied: "Then I left directly. I left angrily. By the way, I also told him that what I hate most is being threatened by others. Governor Huang, I find it very strange. You said
This Tanaka Kazuo, speaking of which, this person is an international student at Peking University. He has lived in China for many years and has a master's degree. How could he do such a despicable thing? How could he choose to use such a despicable method in the negotiation of such a major project?
The way?"
He took out another cigarette and lit it, "As you said before, they look down on us Chinese from the bottom of their hearts, let alone our officials in the mainland. They think they can use this method to make us change immediately.
Don’t even think about it!”
I understood immediately. What he just said was "them" instead of "him", which meant that his words included Watanabe. So I immediately asked him in a low voice: "Province Huang"
Mr. Watanabe also..."
He immediately snorted coldly, and then said: "They also think that I, Mr. Huang, are too weak! If they don't cooperate with this project, they will shut it down! What a big deal? There are so many well-known car manufacturers in the world, why do we have to
Work with this company?”
I suddenly felt a bad feeling in my heart, "You mean we won't talk to them anymore?"
He sighed and said, "I'll talk about it after asking Governor Wang for instructions later."
He must have been endangered by Watanabe, but he felt as helpless as me. But I felt a little strange: Why did he suddenly mention getting married to Udon Mei just now? Logically speaking, Udon Mei and his affairs
Not many people should know about it.
But it's hard to say... He suddenly thought that marrying Udon Mei was just to stop himself from being criticized? (To be continued)