Peter walked to the microphone and said, "Mr. Mayor, dear friends, thank you very much for your warm reception. Today is the most rewarding day for us since our trip to China. Everything we saw today makes us very happy. From this
It also gives us greater confidence in our investment in the project.
As the chairman of the company's board of directors, I will explain all our inspections in Jiangnan Province to our board of directors as soon as possible, determine the location of the project as soon as possible, and complete the signing process with Jiangnan Province as soon as possible."
Having said this, he glanced at me and said, "Mr. Mayor, please forgive me. As the chairman of the board of directors, although I have certain decision-making power, our final decision must be approved by our board of directors.
These are our rules.
So today, I cannot tell you our final decision. But my personal opinion is very clear: It is obvious that Shangjiang City is more in line with our conditions for building a factory. This is obvious."
To be honest, his first words did make me nervous, but what he said next made me immediately relieved. As the chairman of the board of directors of a large international enterprise, he was able to say such words, which is very important to us in Shangjiang City.
It's enough to talk about it. And the results in the future are obvious.
He finally used the sentence I mentioned before, "I very much appreciate what Mr. Mayor said: Friendship can help us overcome all obstacles. I propose: Let's drink to friendship!"
What we prepared for lunch was Maotai. Foreigners are very fond of our national wine. However, the alcohol content of this wine was too high. Peter drank a lot, so by the end of the luncheon, he had become very
's excited.
Taking advantage of his excitement, I went to toast him with a glass of wine again, "Mr. Chairman, I hope that we can sit together again as soon as possible, sign our cooperation agreement as soon as possible, and strive to have your new factory open to us as soon as possible.
Shangjiang City was completed. This is also a very important matter for your company."
He smiled and said: "Mr. Mayor, now we can start studying the details of the contract. I think your place is the most suitable place for us to build a factory. Mr. Mayor, you are right, you have other
To be honest, your promotional video is very good and it moved me. More importantly, you are a very good mayor. Although we just met today, your sincerity immediately impressed me.
The communication between us was very pleasant because there was no language barrier between us.”
I was immediately overjoyed, but I still maintained a minimum of composure, "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your praise. Mr. Chairman, in fact, as far as our Shangjiang Municipal Government is concerned, there is another principle, and this principle is something I did not mention in the previous introduction.
Tell it."
He was suddenly surprised, "Oh? Mr. Mayor, what other principles do you have? Can you tell me?"
I said to him sincerely: "We also have another principle: we hope that your future business must make money, and it must make a lot of money, otherwise we will be very unhappy."
He couldn't help laughing, "OK, OK! I like this principle of yours!"
Everyone nearby laughed. Of course, our deputy mayors only understood the content of the conversation between the two of us after being translated.
Then I said: "Mr. Chairman, regarding the contract, I have two issues that I hope to bring to your attention: First, the conditions we have agreed upon shall prevail. Mr. Chairman will not have any objections to this point.
Bar?"
He nodded, "OK! Mr. Mayor, I greatly admire your courage to stick to the bottom line, and I understand this very well."
I added: "Mr. Chairman, thank you for your understanding. Second, before formulating a contract, we must first agree to use the laws of our country as the basis, not the laws of other countries such as Hong Kong or the United States. Regarding this
One point, do you agree?"
The issue I mentioned is a very important matter. In recent times, I have noticed that many places in our country often ignore such an important issue when signing contracts with foreign companies. On the contrary, foreign companies often ignore it when signing contracts with foreign companies.
When signing a contract, they will carefully consider which country's law is most beneficial to them. However, many companies in our country do not pay attention to the applicable law when signing contracts and end up suffering losses. The tuition fees paid by Chinese companies in this regard are really not small.
For example, when Hong Kong companies or foreign companies sign contracts with Chinese companies, they pay great attention to comparing the similarities and differences between foreign laws, Hong Kong laws and mainland China laws, and choose the law that is most beneficial to them as the applicable law. According to relevant legal provisions, both parties to foreign-related contracts
When making a contract, the applicable law is agreed upon, and if the law does not violate China's mandatory laws, then the law shall apply. However, enterprises in mainland China often do not pay attention to this issue and end up suffering losses.
He looked at me in surprise and said, "Mr. Mayor, in your Jiangnan Province, there are not many mayors who can consider this aspect. Now, I admire you as a young mayor even more."
Of course I know that there is an element of over-praising me in his words. Now that he has basically decided to invest and build a factory here, he will naturally say such cheap praise. But this also illustrates one point: if
If I didn't bring this matter up, maybe they would really do something in the contract. From this, I became more vigilant in my heart: From now on, when I contact these foreign companies, I will really
You need to be more careful.
I said: "Mr. Chairman, I have always been like this, putting the issues we should face directly on the table, because I believe that only sincerity can allow both parties to cooperate better. Do you think so?
?”
He immediately raised his glass to me and said, "Dear Mr. Mayor, let's drink to sincerity."
But Peter was not drunk. He was a person who paid great attention to his image. And it was precisely because I realized this that I felt more reassured about his commitment. From my observations of many people over the years, I found that they are not good at controlling themselves.
People with bad behavior are often prone to talking nonsense, and the words spoken by such people often do not have much weight.
Of course, as the chairman of the board of directors of a large international enterprise, Peter should never be a person who talks nonsense. The life of an enterprise is integrity, and he should understand this better than the average person.
Therefore, I can fully believe that there will no longer be any problems with this project settling in Shangjiang City. (To be continued)