Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 248 Throwing Bait

In the evening of the same day, the bus arranged by Bailey was pulled to another suburban manor! Paul Bailey's private estate in Morocco!

As it approached its destination, the bus slowed down and stopped. The entire manor came into Gu Weijun's eyes, with just two words: "Luxury!"

The manor faces a mountain and is surrounded by dense woods. The European-style building in the middle seems to be a flower dotted in the mountain forest.

With towering towers, intricate carvings and ornate decorations, the manor's exterior walls are white, contrasting sharply with the surrounding green lawns and trees.

The front yard of the manor is a large lawn, with a beautiful fountain in the middle. The water in the fountain is shining brightly under the light. Surrounding the fountain, several long tables covered with white cloth have been filled with various foods, including steak, noodles, cheese, bread, milk, champagne, red wine, etc.

The band and waiters in white shirts, black trousers and tuxedos were already standing on both sides of the table, waiting for service.

You can also see swimming pools, tennis courts and other venues not far away.

Paul Bailey is a short, chubby, middle-aged and elderly man with gray hair and a bit of rosacea. When he smiles, his eyes narrow into slits.

Gu Weijun complained secretly in his heart, how could he be unhappy? We are here to send money!

As the music started playing, the dinner officially began. All the comrades who came to the dinner were very reserved. They stood awkwardly with champagne in their hands. Not even a single piece of food on the table was touched. This made Gu Weijun very disappointed. , originally he wanted to follow the crowd and take a few bites.

Pooh! Hypocritical capitalism!

It’s better for us in the Northeast to stew everything in an iron pot! This big pot is filled with meat and vegetables for you, just start cooking right next to the pot! How cool!

Gu Weijun originally thought he was here to serve as a backdrop, but he didn't expect to be called over by Team Leader Fang after the dinner started.

On the left of Team Leader Fang is Dean Zhou, and on the right is Gu Weijun.

Team Leader Fang smiled brightly and clinked the champagne with the red wine in Paul's hand, "Paul, don't you still agree with the technology we mentioned to you last time?"

Paul shook his Mediterranean head, shook the red wine in his hand, took a sip, and showed an embarrassed expression, "Dear Fang! You must know that our technology is very advanced!"

“We really don’t have any shortage of other truck technology!”

"You have also inspected Britain and Italy before, but they don't have as good technology as us French!"

Team leader Fang was not angry, and still had a smile on his face, "You really don't think about it?"

"You know, our technology is specially developed for plateau and alpine areas!"

"It's just that we don't have enough manufacturing capabilities and export channels now, so we put them out for exchange!"

"As far as I know, there is a huge demand over there in the Warsaw Pact!"

Paul was stunned for a moment. He was not in the mood to taste the red wine in his hand. He put it on the plate in the waiter's hand and asked casually, "Dear Fang! Where did you get the news?"

"In addition, our truck technology is sufficient for the plateau and cold areas!"

Team leader Fang also put the champagne on the plate in the waiter's hand, "After all, we are all socialist brother countries! We still exchange news!"

"Oh, then I have to congratulate you, Paul."

"Your business is going to expand again!"

"It's just that when I introduced you, the other party said that your heavy-duty truck was mainly developed to adapt to the climate of North Africa? Not applicable?"

"Haha, sorry, Paul! I may have heard wrong!"

"You still have to vigorously promote your heavy-duty vehicle technology! In case the other party doesn't understand it!"

Paul's fat face was immediately filled with a smile, and his narrowed eyes exuded money signs, "No! My dear Fang!"

"You are right, our truck is indeed developed for deserts, arid areas and grasslands!"

"If you are in a plateau cold area, the performance may indeed be weakened!"

"In this way, you also know that our Bailey company has a board of directors. I will convene the board members tomorrow to discuss your heavy-duty truck technology together!" "Dear Fang, which country is it?"

Team leader Fang couldn't deny it. Without raising his eyebrows, he threw out another trump card, "Paul, we were actually able to officially sign the contract last month!"

"It's just that we later made calculations in China. Our domestic mines need more heavy-duty vehicles, far more than the 1000 vehicles we agreed on before!"

"So, Paul, this time we will sign a contract with you to import at least 5000 heavy-duty vehicles!"

"Please also have a meeting with your board of directors to discuss it!"

"What price are you going to give us?"

"After all, our foreign exchange is limited? Isn't it?"

When Paul heard the number 5000, he was immediately ecstatic. A smile appeared on his fat face. He quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat and grease on his face. He asked quickly: "Dear Fang, what you said is true. What?"

Team leader Fang called the waiter, took two glasses of champagne, gave one to Paul, and clinked the glass with him, "Of course!"

"We Chinese are always sincere in what we do!"

"Especially with friends!"

"Of course! Of course!" The champagne liquid kept trembling in the glass in Paul's hand. Paul, who was hit by the huge surprise, couldn't restrain his inner excitement, "Dear Fang, we are friends forever!"

Team leader Fang shook his wine glass and said in a determined tone, "As a friend, what's the price?"

"Don't worry!" Paul assured with a smile on his face! “I’ll definitely fight for you on the board!”

"Ding!" The two glasses of champagne met again.

After the dinner, as soon as he got into the car, Team Leader Fang relaxed and leaned on the back of the seat, and asked Gu Weijun in an inaudible voice: "Gu Weijun, do you think our strategy will work?"

Gu Weijun had actually noticed that Team Leader Fang was pretending to be calm during the conversation with Paul. One of his hands behind his back was trembling nervously.

So, Gu Weijun gave Team Leader Fang another reassurance, "Team Leader Fang, when I was designing the heavy-duty truck, I collected information and discovered a piece of news that I can tell the people at Bailey when the formal negotiations begin."

"what news?"

"Swedish Volvo's factory in Belgium will be completed this year!"

"And Volvo has been working hard in the direction of medium-sized cargo vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles!"

"The TD72 I designed is Volvo's most coveted technology!"

Team Leader Fang's eyes lit up, "You mean to take out the Volvo and put pressure on Bailey?"

"That's right!" Gu Weijun shrugged, "Balière doesn't need our technology, but that doesn't mean Volvo doesn't need it, right?"

"It just depends on whether Bailey wants to have another friend or a competitor?"

Team Leader Fang fell asleep with a smile on his face.

I didn't even get jet-lagged after getting off the plane. I was having meetings and discussions and attending a welcome dinner. It's really not easy to hold on until now.

Gu Weijun looked at the darkness outside the bus, the lights in the distance flickering like fireflies, but in his heart he was thinking about the negotiations with Bailey two days later.

"Should Bailey surrender his gun and not kill him? Or should he fight stubbornly?"

I still have a trump card that I haven’t revealed yet!

(End of this chapter)