Rebirth: The Rise of Xiangjiang Text Volume 0801 [I will let you know what awe is!] Zheng Zhizhong quickly swallowed a whole hard-boiled egg with tea.
Li Jiacheng pulled off the napkin and handed it to him.
Zheng Zhizhong took it and wiped the corner of his mouth casually, then took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Li Jiacheng solemnly: "Two million Hong Kong dollars, together with five years of interest, all will be paid back this time!"
Li Jiacheng smiled and took it and said: "Forget about the interest, you and I are both Chaozhou people, and we are both family members! We should help each other when we go out. If we charge you interest again, we will gain a lot of points!"
"Hahaha!" Zheng Zhizhong looked up to the sky and laughed, "Sure enough, I saw you right, Boss Li. Not only are you loyal, but you are also a good friend!" After a pause, "To be honest, if you hadn't spent the two million dollars back then,
Help me, I won't be able to finish the steel factory without even taking a breath!"
After speaking, he pointed to the scar on his face and said slowly: "Back then, those debt collectors blocked our door and forced me to carve words on my face with a knife. If it weren't for Brother Li, you
They arrived in time and took two million to save me, and I would have the word "trust" on my face! In business, you have to be trustworthy, and repaying debts is a matter of course! I owed them money, and I had no money to pay back, so I just
You can carve the word 'letter' on your face first to show your sincerity!"
"Fortunately, you only had one incision. Your face is not handsome and you are dark. If you carve the word 'xin' on your face, wouldn't you become Li Kui, the hero of Liangshan?" Li Jiacheng joked.
Zheng Zhizhong laughed again, "If I am Black Tornado Li Kui, then Brother Li, you are Timely Rain Song Gongming! You are my good big brother!"
"Timely rain Song Gongming? I can't afford this! I have a hundred good brothers and eight generals, but I only have one good brother like you! Everything is heart-to-heart, no need to say more!" After speaking, Li Jiacheng picked up the tea cup and said to Zheng
Zhizhong said: "Come, drink tea!"
"That's right! You and I can just talk to each other heart to heart, no need to say more!" Zheng Zhizhong said in an excited tone. He picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp: "Good tea!"
Li Jiacheng and Zheng Zhizhong finished reminiscing about old times and were wondering how to talk about the Steel Alliance. Zheng Zhizhong was the first to speak carefully and said: "Brother Li, you also said just now that you and I are not outsiders. I see that you are out of your mind, and you went out of your way to do it today."
Invite me here, do you have something to talk about?"
Li Jiacheng slowly helped the two of them fill their teacups with tea again: "It's a long story at this point, and as you know, I've been busy with the construction of the hydropower plant recently, and I stayed at the construction site day and night and basically didn't come back. But even so
There is no way to avoid some trouble——"
"What's the trouble? But there's a lack of steel? If so, brother Li, don't worry, I still have a lot in stock, and I can provide it to you first!" Zheng Zhizhong guessed that there was a shortage of steel at Li Jiacheng's construction site, so he was so hesitant to invite him.
Come and help.
Li Jiacheng shook his head and said: "This is a trivial matter! Today Li Xuexuan, the president of Ricci Group, came to see me and made me a suggestion!"
With that said, Li Jiacheng told Zheng Zhizhong about Li Xuexuan's proposal to establish a "steel alliance" to monopolize the steel market.
Zheng Zhizhong's face seemed casual at first, but gradually became serious.
Hong Kong's Ritchie Group, Cheung Kong Holdings, plus Sun Hung Kai, and Shaowong Steel Works, if they form a steel alliance, they can really control the Hong Kong steel market!
"The current situation is roughly like this. The woman named Li went to convince Sun Hung Kai President Li Zhaoji and others. The boss of Shaorong, Pang Dingyuan, has a good relationship with Li Zhaoji. If Li Zhaoji intends to join, Pang Dingyuan will definitely join. Now you are the only one left.
"Li Jiacheng leaned forward slightly and looked at Zheng Zhizhong: "What do you mean? Do you want to break the contract with Shi Zhijian and join our organization?"
Li Jiacheng has been dating Zheng Zhizhong for a long time and knows that Zheng Zhizhong has a character that is very trustworthy. You can ask him to do anything, but you can't let him break his promise, especially tearing up the contract. He will definitely disdain and will not do it.
!
Sure enough, Li Jiacheng guessed it right.
"Brother Li, I can do anything you ask me to do! It's just that this matter is difficult to handle!" Zheng Zhizhong took a deep breath and touched the scar on his left cheek with his hand. "We can't stand without trust! We Jihe have already
We signed a steel supply contract with Shi Zhijian Wharf, and the amount is up to 100,000 tons, which is not a small sum. If I rashly tear up the contract, not to mention having to compensate the other party for a large loss in accordance with the contract, it will also affect my credibility!"
Li Jiacheng leaned back in his seat and said in a slow tone: "If you are willing to tear up the contract and form an alliance with us, then we will be responsible for the losses caused by breach of contract. You don't have to worry! As for corporate reputation... Time has changed.
Shiyi, sometimes you have to look forward when doing things, you can't achieve great things by just focusing on one thing!"
Zheng Zhizhong widened his eyes, turned to look at Li Jiacheng, who had already reached a certain level in Qi-nurturing Kung Fu, and said loudly: "Brother Li, you were not like this before! In other words, your hardware factory also has plastic flowers.
Isn’t the factory also built on credibility and credit? You and I are both Chaozhou people. The reason why we Chaozhou people can gain a foothold in Hong Kong is not only because we are united enough to help each other, but also because we pay attention to credit!
Whether it’s the quality of the product or the person he is, he is the best among the best!”
Li Jiacheng knew that if he continued to talk about "credit", he would definitely lose, so he immediately changed the topic: "Then have you considered your factory? You don't have to join, but do you know what the result will be? The four major groups unite
If you boycott you, your steel will not be sold. How much can Shi Zhijian swallow alone? How long can he support you? After the Wharf is completed, will your steel be sold to someone else?"
Zheng Zhizhong's eyelids twitched but he said nothing.
Li Jiacheng exhaled: "This is what society is like now! We must stick together in everything we do! We Chaozhou people stick together! They Shandong people stick together! Shanghai people stick together! Those who make grain and oil stick together! Those who make water and electricity! Why can't those who make steel?
?”
"Now you just need to nod, and we are one! We all take care of each other, and the price of steel will be decided collectively by us in the future, so you will not suffer any more! Your steel plant will never go bankrupt again! Because we have a steady stream of digestion! Finally
The important thing is - you and I are still good brothers!"
As he spoke, Li Jiacheng stretched out his hand to hold Zheng Zhizhong's hand and stared at him: "Do you really don't want to recognize me as your big brother anymore?"
"I——" Zheng Zhizhong opened his lips, his eyes hesitant.
Li Jiacheng kept up his efforts: "Then again, if you tear up the contract and pay liquidated damages, you are also acting in accordance with the contract. After all, the person surnamed Shi does not suffer a loss!"
Zheng Zhizhong stopped talking.
Li Jiacheng knew he had been convinced.
If Zheng Zhizhong was willing to carve words on his face for the steel factory in the past, then now he is also willing to violate his beliefs for the steel factory!
The more a factory develops, the less willing it is to see it go bankrupt!
Because Zheng Zhizhong knows how difficult it is to revitalize a factory.
Seeing that the time was right, Li Jiacheng smiled slightly, picked up the tea cup and invited him: "The tea is cold, drink tea!"
…
While Li Ka-shing was persuading Zheng Zhizhong, Li Xuexuan had also secured Sun Hung Kai's three tycoons, Li Zhaoji and others.
As Li Xuexuan expected, Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi were also suffering from insufficient steel supply at the construction site during this period.
Sun Hung Kai's three newly developed large buildings will be completed within a year. If the demand for steel cannot be supplied, the construction schedule will inevitably be affected. Not to mention the delay in delivery, it is more likely to suffer criticism and noise from the property owners.
So when Lee Seol-hyun announced his plan to establish the "Steel Alliance", Lee Jo-ki and others immediately reached an agreement with him after a short consultation and expressed their willingness to join.
In the view of Li Zhaoji and others, as long as they monopolize the steel market in Hong Kong, they can meet their own construction needs and even influence the price of steel to make a fortune. Why not do such a beautiful thing?
The joining of Sun Hung Kai greatly stimulated Li Xuexuan's ambition, and she immediately rushed to Shaorong Steel Plant to lobby the steel king Pang Dingyuan to join the organization and stop supplying goods to Shi Zhijian.
Pang Dingyuan had made good friends with Li Zhaoji and others in private. At this time, he had already received the information revealed by Li Zhaoji. After some negotiation with Li Xuexuan, he took advantage of it and finally agreed to join the "Steel Alliance" organization.
Since then, the "Steel Alliance" headed by Ritchie, Cheung Kong Holdings, Sun Hung Kai, Shaorong and Jiehe has been formally established.
A steel war in Hong Kong is about to begin!
…
Zheng Zhizhong simply participated in the founding ceremony of the "Steel Alliance". To put it bluntly, this organization is shady because it is a real "monopoly". If rumors spread, it will be criticized.
Therefore, when it was established, it was done secretly, which made Zheng Zhizhong, who has always been upright and aboveboard, feel very uncomfortable.
Another steel king, Pang Dingyuan, felt that it didn't matter. What he did was not making money. Since he could make a lot of money as a team, it was certainly better than working alone.
Zheng Zhizhong didn't know whether Shi Zhijian knew about the establishment of such a "mysterious organization" at this time, but he knew that Shi Zhijian would know about it soon, because Zheng Zhizhong wanted to follow Li Jiacheng's instructions to separately tear up the steel supply to the Wharf construction site
contract!
It was easy to break the contract, but Zheng Zhizhong felt a lot of pressure. This was a betrayal of the belief he had always adhered to.
So much so that after he tore up the contract alone, he immediately wanted to call Shi Zhijian's construction site to hear Shi Zhijian's reaction.
But it was Boleti who answered the phone, and Boleti told Zheng Zhizhong on the phone that Shi Zhijian had gone to the hospital.
It turned out that Nie Yongqin's grandfather, Hutchison boss "Pulsatilla" Zheng Guolong, had been feeling unwell recently and went to the hospital for a checkup. In the end, he was diagnosed with "gallstones" and needed a minor operation in the hospital.
Everyone knows about the relationship between Shi Zhijian and Nie Yongqin. Of course, his "grandson-in-law" cannot stay out of the matter and has been accompanying him in the hospital these days.
In the evening, Zheng Zhizhong called Ritchie, Cheung Kong Holdings, and Sun Hung Kai to discuss the steel storage capacity and how to push up steel prices next. After receiving a confirmed reply, he hung up the phone.
Because the price of steel has skyrocketed recently, Jiehe has made a lot of money. Zheng Zhizhong planned to spend some money to reward the many heroes of the steel plant, so he booked a nearby "Furong Restaurant" to prepare a big abalone feast.
At seven o'clock that night, Zheng Zhizhong rushed to the restaurant with a group of his men.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, a Bentley car behind them made a beautiful spin and stopped not far away.
Zheng Zhizhong heard the sound of tires scraping the ground, and turned around with everyone else, only to see the car door open, and Shi Zhijian, dressed in white, get out of the car, standing majestically next to the car, eight or nine meters away, looking into his eyes.
In the hazy night, Zheng Zhiyuan looked a little embarrassed. He first asked his helpers to sit down in the restaurant, and then walked towards Shi Zhijian, who stood in the night wind.
Zheng Zhizhong came to Shi Zhijian, took a deep breath and said: "Sorry, Mr. Shi! You must also know that we, Jiehe, have torn up the contract with your Wharf and will no longer provide steel for your construction site in the future!"
Shi Zhijian nodded, "I just found out about this! I'm just curious, we work well together, why do you do this?"
"Of course I have my reasons for doing this. In addition, I will also pay you liquidated damages in accordance with the contract! Farewell!" Zheng Zhiyuan did not want to say more to Shi Zhijian. After speaking, he was about to turn around, but was stopped by Shi Zhijian behind him.
"Wait!" Shi Zhijian said, with a cold look in his eyes, "You are also in business, so you should know that the liquidated damages are of no use to me! On the contrary, without the supply of steel, my construction site will stop working! The Wharf is so big
"The project came to a sudden halt, do you know how much I will lose?" Shi Zhijian's tone became irritable.
"I'm very sorry about this!" Zheng Zhizhong said apologetically, "But now that the matter has come to this, I really have nothing to say!"
"You have nothing to say? Do you really have nothing to say? Or do you dare not say it or are you embarrassed to say it?" Shi Zhijian's eyes were sinister and his tone was angry, "Don't think that I don't know what you greedy capitalists have joined forces to do.
The Steel Alliance, do you really think that you can control the market and influence prices in this way?"
Zheng Zhizhong showed a trace of shame on his face and tried to keep his eyes level with Shi Zhijian, "Now that you know everything, why are you asking so many questions? If I were you, I would consider how to solve the problems we are facing now instead of coming here to accuse.
I!"
Shi Zhijian laughed, then laughed angrily: "Do you really think that by monopolizing the market, you can call the storm and do whatever you want? Just wait, I will let you know what awe is! What does it mean to be judged by God!"
Zheng Zhizhong said coldly: "Lee's, Yangtze River, Sun Hung Kai, and Shao Rong, plus our Jiehe, is it possible that you, Shi Zhijian, can still fight against five?"
Shi Zhijian did not answer Zheng Zhizhong's question, but turned around and opened the car door. The moment he was about to get in the car, he turned back to Zheng Zhizhong and said: "Don't you know, what is the fear of people's words?!" After he got in the car, the car started roaring.
And go!
Zheng Zhizhong looked at the long shadow of Shi Zhijian's car in the night, took a deep breath and said: "Are you going to start a war of public opinion? Can you alone instigate the entire Steel Alliance?!"
