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Shen Xiaoyi repeated Liu Qingyu's words relayed by Fan Guopeng to Clark in detail on the phone.

Clark's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he hung up the phone after saying "I know".

Seeing Clark's ugly face, Thompson asked, "What's wrong?"

Clark frowned and said: "Liu Qingyu was not fooled, he said that neither he nor the Hua'an Group would withdraw."

Thompson's expression was also grim: "If neither Liu Qingyu nor the Hua'an Group quits, then wouldn't the joint protest letter we worked out so hard be equivalent to losing the effectiveness he should have?"

Clark nodded and said, "Yes, if my guess is correct, Liu Qingyu should have figured out our intention for doing this."

Thompson said: "I wasn't surprised that Liu Qingyu could figure it out, but what I didn't expect was that he was so courageous that he directly challenged us, saying that he didn't care even if we all quit. Clark, what do you say?" What should we do now?"

Clark smiled slyly: "Let's not take any action on this matter for the time being, and let Aso Shichiro and Park Jinzhi discuss the matter. Didn't they always want to take the lead in this temporary alliance? Let's give them the seat That's it."

Thompson was a little surprised: "Give way? Why do we have to make way? It is not easy for us to obtain the leadership of this temporary alliance."

Clark said with a sinister smile: "Because I still don't know where Liu Qingyu's bottom line is? I now suspect that Liu Qingyu may have a more ruthless opponent. Our group has also dealt with Liu Qingyu before, but Our people lost miserably last time. This time, we cannot repeat the same mistakes. Since Japan and South Korea have always wanted to take the lead in the entire alliance, let them preside over the countermeasures behind, and we will Stay out of the matter for a while and watch how they toss. If they succeed in tossing, we can benefit. If the toss fails, does it have anything to do with us? In short, let's remember that for people like Liu Qingyu, within the scope of the rules, It’s okay to play with him casually, even if it’s a conspiracy, but once the rules are exceeded, we must be cautious, because Liu Qingyu is a person who is extremely good at seizing opportunities and loopholes. If we let him catch our loopholes , then the trouble will be big, so we will give up the initiative in this matter."

Only then did Thompson suddenly realize that Clark was really insidious enough. This is probably the reason why he can only be the vice president while he can be the president.

Immediately, Thompson contacted Shen Xiaoyi and told Shen Xiaoyi that the American Rodriguez Group was temporarily unable to join the next stage of the discussion because they received a call from the headquarters asking them to go to Yanjing City, so, Let Shen Xiaoyi take the result of Liu Qingyu's reply to find Shichiro Aso from Japan and Park Jinzhi from South Korea.

Shen Xiaoyi's group has a very close relationship with the Rodriguez Group, so Shen Xiaoyi is quite serious about Thompson's instructions. She immediately took the content of Liu Qingyu's reply to meet Shichiro Aso and Park Jinzhi, and waited for her to give Liu Qingyu a reply. After the content was finished, both Shichiro Aso and Park Jinzhi's expressions turned serious.

Shichiro Aso immediately started whispering in Japanese to his deputy, Baihui Duanmu.

"Baihui, what do you mean by Yankee? Are they really going to Yanjing City for something?"

Duanmu Baihui shook his head and said: "This must be fake. I guess they must have retreated because of Liu Qingyu's strong reaction. Americans have always been like this. When it is beneficial, they will rush to the front without hesitation. , take all the benefits that can be obtained, and once faced with difficulties and dangers, they will not hesitate to retreat or encourage others to step forward to test the risks, while they choose to sit on the sidelines. The rise of the United States after World War II is also because of this factor."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Aso Shichiro asked.

Duanmu Baihui said: "I think the Americans' wait-and-see attitude this time may not be an opportunity for us, because if the Americans are there, they will definitely always hold the initiative in the entire alliance, because the Americans have always liked to be leaders, because Leaders can get the most benefits. Since they gave up their leadership positions this time, and now our final main competitor is South Korea's Five Star Group, as long as we reach a consensus with them, we can gain the dominance of the entire investor alliance. As long as we operate properly, maybe we may not have the opportunity to fully control the operational leadership of the entire project in the later stage. But there is one thing we must pay attention to.”

When talking about this, Duanmu Baihui lowered his voice and glanced at the Korean side and said: "We must be careful of the Korean sticks. They have always done things insidiously and cunningly. We should not be tricked by them."

Shichiro Aso nodded lightly. He has a deep understanding of the insidiousness of the Koreans. The most obvious is in the field of LCD panel production. Why China's LCD computer monitors and LCD TVs are obviously higher than many countries in the world? The answer is very simple. , it will be because several major LCD panel manufacturers in South Korea have long formed a community of interests with other major LCD panel producers in the world, and regularly hold crystal meetings in the form of round table councils to negotiate prices with each other for China's LCD panel market, thus forming a whole Interest groups monopolize the Chinese LCD panel market.

At this moment, Park Jinzhi was also talking with Jin Zhenkuan in a low voice in Korean.

Jin Zhenkuan said: "Mr. Park, I think these two little Japanese seem to be very ambitious. I guess they definitely want to take advantage of the time when the Yankee withdraws and take action later. What should we do?"

Park Jinzhi said: "They definitely have ambitions, but without our support, they will definitely not be able to control the entire investor alliance. The reason is very simple. There are 18 investors in the entire investor alliance, of which our Korean companies are directly or indirectly controlled. Or there are 4 investors with related relationships, and we have 5, accounting for almost one-third of the share, and there are only 4 Japanese-funded sharp investors, and there are 3 US-funded series. There are a few companies that are rising in China, and those companies in China are obviously fishing in troubled waters, and want to take a free ride from our entire investor alliance to reap benefits. They are the easiest to control, as long as they are given enough benefits It's ok. Therefore, we must make it clear to the Japanese side that this matter must be negotiated and led by both of us. We must not tolerate them leading this matter alone, and it is impossible for them to tolerate us leading this matter alone. thing."

Subsequently, after internal consultations, the two parties began formal negotiations. After a series of consultations, a secret agreement was reached. The two parties will jointly lead the next action. Seven percent, the Japanese side gets 50.00%. Three, any decision is made by both parties. As for the other Chinese investors, they don't take them seriously at all.

After mutual consultation between the two parties, they decided to hold a press conference this afternoon to demand that Liu Qingyu compromise by creating public opinion, otherwise, all investors in their entire investor alliance will withdraw from this bidding.At the same time, they are also actively contacting more investors to join their alliance, intending to force Gong Liu Qingyu with the advantage of a large number of people, so as to defeat the biggest competitor, Hua'an Group.As for the deeper conspiracy, neither of them said anything.But everyone understands that knocking down the Hua'an Group is just one of their goals.

At the press conference in the afternoon, Duanmu Baihui and Jin Zhenkuan attended the press conference together, and expressed their dissatisfaction with Liu Qingyu's private contact with Liu Xiaofei in extremely verbal terms, and at the same time demanded that Tiandu City must give Make a clear statement.

They believed that in the face of such a high pressure from the media, Liu Qingyu would definitely make a compromise, even if he had spoken out before, he would never compromise.From their point of view, Liu Qingyu's statement is simply stern and soft-hearted.

However, what Japan and South Korea did not expect was that shortly after their press conference ended, a piece of news was released on the official website of the municipal party committee. The news was a video interview with Liu Qingyu. During the video interview, Liu Qingyu Make it clear that neither I nor the Huaan Group will withdraw.Liu Qingyu did not give the reason, but his attitude was indeed very firm.

Shichiro Aso and Park Jinzhi became angry when they saw the video, and they immediately got together to negotiate. In the end, the two sides decided that if Liu Qingyu was pressured unilaterally through public opinion, Liu Qingyu might not care at all. Therefore, they decided Complaints should be made directly to Tiandu Province.Especially during the conversation, Shichiro Aso pointed out that the relationship between Liu Qingyu and Governor Zhao Dongcai was very bad, and the conflict was deep. Therefore, the two parties directly submitted the letter of complaint to Zhao Dongcai's desktop through their relationship.

After Zhao Dongcai read the letter of complaint, he pondered for a while, and gave instructions and suggested a strict investigation, and asked Secretary Zeng and Comrade Hua Jiang for instructions.

Immediately, someone sent the complaint letters to Zeng Guohai and Liu Huajiang, Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, waiting for their instructions.

After Zeng Guohai read the letter of complaint and Zhao Dongcai's instructions, his face immediately turned serious. He could see that this time, Zhao Dongcai was planning to use this letter of complaint to make a big fuss.

Zeng Guohai saw clearly that if Zhao Dongcai came directly to discuss with him after seeing the complaint letter, there might be room for buffering this matter, but now, Zhao Dongcai clearly asked himself to sign the complaint letter, which showed that he wanted to It is necessary to collect relevant evidence and attitudes to prepare for future moves.

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