Siheyuan diet for men and women

Chapter 1284 Buyer's Club

“This is the first time I’ve heard of a breakfast meeting.”

Zhang Songying stood at the door of the International Hotel and greeted the factory secretary general Li Xuewu who had just got out of the car.

Li Xuewu waved his hand, refusing the security guard who came over with an umbrella, and walked up the stairs in the drizzle.

"As we say, a year's plan starts with spring, and a day's plan starts with the morning."

He didn't pay attention to Andrew's sudden breakfast invitation. He walked into the hall, patted the raindrops on his body, and explained with a smile: "To use a Western proverb, the early bird catches the worm."

"If we explain it from a scientific perspective, waking up in the morning is the time when people's minds are clearest, their reactions are most agile, and their thinking is most active."

Li Xuewu glanced at Zhang Songying beside him and said, "Using breakfast time to discuss work, we hope to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"Mr. Andrew is an important business partner of our factory. Even if he invites me to eat melon seeds, I have to come."

"You are indeed a learned person. I didn't know that we could discuss important matters during breakfast."

Zhang Songying took the towel handed over by the waiter, tested the temperature with her hand, and then handed it to Li Xuewu.

“Knowing what is happening, you must also know why it is happening.”

Li Xuewu simply wiped his face with a towel and ignored the rain on his hair, which easily messed up the hairstyle he had done in the morning.

"It's no use talking about big principles. This International Hotel will organize a few breakfast meetings in the future. It would be best if the food could taste the flavor of development."

"I have noted your request. I will convey your suggestion to the management team of the International Hotel at the next office meeting."

Zhang Songying took the towel from his hand and wiped the last drop of water off his executive jacket, then accompanied him to the restaurant.

"Good morning, Mr. Li——"

Andrew's mouth was full of the smell of corn grits. This greeting after meeting someone made today's originally high-end breakfast party taste bad.

Li Xuewu smiled and shook his hand, saying, "Good morning, Mr. Andrew, thank you for your invitation."

"I have to mention that your Chinese is getting better and better." He took off his jacket, put on a white shirt and sat opposite Andrew. He gave a thumbs up and said, "Your accent is more authentic and standard than mine."

"Hahahaha - eat something, it's my treat, please don't hesitate -"

Andrew was praised by Li Xuewu and the smile on his face really brightened. He even showed off his Chinese.

Zhang Songying, who was helping Li Xuewu collect clothes behind the dining table, almost laughed out loud. Which wicked person would teach a foreigner to speak Northeastern dialect?

Northeastern dialect is funny in itself, and it is even more humorous when it comes from a foreigner.

Li Xuewu was not a good guy either. He praised the other person for his good Chinese and even mentioned standard and pure Chinese. Andrew had no idea whether he was learning standard Chinese or the Northeastern dialect.

Now seeing that the old Italian man was a little fooled by him, he really thought that he was Marco Polo and had learned the pure Chinese of the ancient oriental country. He became quite complacent.

It is not difficult to tell from the Chinese that Andrew speaks that the people who taught him Chinese were also foodies.

Teaching foreigners how to entertain is not an easy task. In the restaurants of international hotels, it is common to see that everyone is in charge of their own bills.

Although they were good friends having dinner at the same table, they paid their own bills and left together happily after the meal.

The waiters did not quite understand this social behavior at first, but later when officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came for training they learned that this is called the AA system. Foreigners are the least concerned with debts of gratitude and are not very willing to accept invitations or treat others to a meal, except for business occasions.

Just by hearing Andrew say "I'll treat you" so smoothly, you can tell that he has been cheated a lot of times, after all, he has money.

"I seldom eat Western-style breakfast," Li Xuewu set the table in front of him with the help of the waiter. He looked at Andrew across from him with a smile and said, "Have you ever tried Chinese-style breakfast? Bean juice, soy milk, fried dough sticks, fried liver, stewed pork, fried dough rings, steamed buns, wontons, sesame cakes, and cold dishes."

"I've eaten steamed buns and wontons."

Andrew used his knife and fork to cut the breakfast on the plate, raised his eyebrows and said, "Someone told me that the others are not tasty."

"That's really a pity," Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "The person who told you these words was lying to you."

"Really?" Andrew looked at Li Xuewu hesitantly, then smiled and shook his head and said, "Okay."

"Among the breakfast snacks in Beijing, the ones you should never miss are bean juice and fried liver, which are the essence of local characteristics."

Li Xuewu recommended sincerely: "Next time I have a chance, I will treat you to these delicious breakfasts."

“I’m looking forward to it now.”

Andrew put down his knife and fork, picked up his napkin, wiped his hands, and said, "But it may take a while."

"I asked you to have breakfast with me today because I wanted to tell you that I might have to go back to my country to work for a while."

"Going back to Italy?" Li Xuewu looked at him with a little surprise and asked, "What about your job here?"

"Yes, I am going back to Italy." Andrew nodded and explained, "My father is old and the family business is about to face a generational change. I have to go back to him."

"Of course, my return does not mean I will give up the business here, nor will it reduce my attention to Yingcheng ships."

He flipped his palm and explained, "After I go back, I will use this opportunity to continue to contact and dig deeper into domestic business resources; on the other hand, I must also take time to handle and reorganize my investment in Hong Kong City, which is very important to me."

"I have been in the mainland for so long that some people have forgotten my existence and want to take my money."

"I understand your feelings very well—"

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and said, "As long as it is a business, it will face these problems. I wish you success."

“Thank you. I like this idiom.”

Andrew raised his glass and clinked it with his, then said with a smile, "I heard that your factory has its own horse farm?"

"I have loved riding horses since I was a child, and my family has raised many racehorses," he said, putting down his glass. "I miss the time when I was a kid riding horses with my brothers and my father."

"Am I going off topic?"

With nostalgia and yearning in his eyes, he looked at Li Xuewu with a smile and said, "If you don't mind, when I come back, I can give you a good horse that our family has trained ourselves."

"No, you can't say that—"

Li Xuewu smiled and pressed his palms, jokingly saying, "Now that you say that, I'm going to miss you from now on."

"Hahahaha——" Andrew's laughter was hearty and cheerful, reflecting his longing and pride for returning home with wealth and honor.

Speaking of wealth, Andrew completely opened up the cruise ship market in Southeast Asia through cooperation with the Red Star Factory.

In the port city, his sales performance was the best, and he used his price advantage to beat the cruise companies to a pulp.

After occupying most of the market share, the added value profits of cruise ships became prominent, especially the plan of "allowing the middle class to own yachts" that he has been promoting vigorously in the past two years.

Although the port city is still in the process of recovery after the economic crisis, there are still cruise ships sailing out to sea for fun.

Some people say that the economic crisis is a false proposition, because rich people will always have money, while the vast majority of poor people will never be able to cross that gap, and don’t even know how to manage their finances and spend money.

No matter how serious the economic crisis is, it will not affect the lives of those rich people, because their villas are too big and they cannot handle the work even if they hire one less servant. This is a joke, right?

But this is exactly the case.

Andrew's Geely Star Cruise Company makes yachts small, exquisite and luxurious, and lowers prices while controlling costs. This appeals to Hong Kong people's desire to conquer the sea, and allows middle-class families to have the fun of weekend sea cruises, fishing and barbecues.

Never say that these middle-class people are nouveau riche or bumpkins who have no taste and no interest in fun.

The middle class has the largest number of people, is most sensitive to products and prices, and is also the group that businesses value most.

It is actually very difficult for poor people to cross classes and become middle class. Even if your children become lawyers, it is still difficult.

But for the middle class to become wealthy, they only need an opportunity after having the basic knowledge of property management.

So Andrew noticed this with his keen eyes, and relying on the advantages of cooperation with Yingcheng Shipbuilding, he created the Geely Star brand with high-quality and low-priced goods, which completely ignited the market.

"How do you plan to deal with and adjust the assets of Gangcheng?" Li Xuewu took a sip of coffee and looked at Andrew across from him and said, "I don't know if it's presumptuous to ask this."

Li Xuewu didn’t know how Italians eat breakfast, but Andrew’s breakfast was very varied.

As for drinks, they ordered red wine and coffee, and Li Xuewu also followed the host's wishes and tried the foreigners' lifestyle.

"To be honest, Gangcheng is a mine," Andrew didn't pay attention to Li Xuewu's question and said seriously, "As long as you have the right mindset, you won't lose money by investing in anything."

This is the confidence and ability of old-line capital. They firmly believe that what they see is the market, not the opportunity.

Only those middle-class people who are eager to cross classes pin their hopes on opportunities and hope to encounter the myth of getting rich overnight.

This is also the reason why there are many more people falling from the middle class than the rich falling from the middle class.

Because the rich have the capital and the ability to put their eggs in different baskets, they have more patience and time to observe the market.

"You should remember that I said last year that I was optimistic about the shipping market that Hong Kong City radiates to Southeast Asia."

Andrew took a sip of coffee and said, "When I return this time, I will sell some light assets, take advantage of the current favorable market conditions, adjust the capital allocation, and increase investment in shipping business."

"Especially for the near-sea and short-distance shipping of thousand-ton cargo ships," he pointed at the plate and said, "The cake is so small. How to eat it and how to divide it depends on how the knife and fork land."

"I believe that containerized cargoes of 10,000 tons or more will be the mainstream of future shipping business, but I also firmly believe that the position of 1,000-ton cargo ships in the Southeast Asian shipping market will not be easily shaken."

"In order to meet market demand, I have arranged for Geely Star Shipping to negotiate with Yingcheng Shipping to sign an order for 60 1,000-ton cargo ships, and plan to expand into the Southeast Asian coastal shipping market in the future."

"It seems that a big crocodile has come to the Southeast Asian shipping market," Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Although I don't understand the actual market situation you mentioned, this does not prevent me from admiring your decisiveness and keen judgment."

"Haha, I'm still doing capital operations," Andrew listened to Li Xuewu's compliment, waved his hand modestly and said, "I rarely participate in the company's specific operations now."

"Geely Star was an accident," he stressed. "I value the business with Yingcheng Shipbuilding and want to see the business environment in the mainland. This time, it proves that my choice is correct."

"This is why I admire you," Li Xuewu raised his glass to toast him, but before drinking, he kindly reminded him: "The capital game is exciting, but it hides too many conspiracies and tricks. You'd better keep your eyes open."

"We will not interfere with or affect the business operations and development of our partners, but the Red Star Plant will not hand over the ship to the enemy."

His expression was not serious, but it was definitely serious, and his attitude clearly indicated that he was reminding Andrew.

"In addition to enemies, traitors are not allowed. Business cooperation has its basic principles. Business has no borders, but businessmen have borders, and companies also have borders."

Li Xuewu took a sip of red wine and said calmly: "We hope and sincerely wish that your investment in Gangcheng will go smoothly, and that you can better serve and operate the Southeast Asian shipping market share, so that more Yingcheng ships can shine on the world shipping stage."

"But the operators and owners of these ships should maintain their original intention of absolute commercial purity, just like you."

"Are you afraid of these ships and enemies?"

Andrew shook his head in amusement and asked, "Are you afraid that the hardware tools, food and electrical appliances you export will be used by the enemy?"

"You should know that these are two different things." Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said, "Even if our foreign trade list includes hardware and electrical appliances, can the enemy still rush over with axes and radios? Then I have only one request, they must not surrender."

"I believe that all the employees of the Red Star Factory, like me, highly respect and recognize the friendship you and the Geely Star Ship have brought across the ocean, just like Marco Polo did back then."

He earnestly emphasized: "This friendship is the foundation of our cooperation. It is precisely because of the concept of mutual understanding, mutual tolerance, mutual support, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation that Yingcheng Ship and Geely Star Ship have achieved glory this year."

The firm attitude expressed by Li Xuewu during the conversation made Andrew silent for a long time.

Europeans are like this. Even if he did not cooperate with the so-called enemies or traitors mentioned by Li Xuewu, this obvious business interference has already made him unhappy.

Of course, this is the mainland, and a large part of his investment in the new cruise ship market is in Yingcheng Ships.

As the head of Red Star Factory, the parent company of Yingcheng Shipbuilding, Li Xuewu has a very important say in this enterprise.

This was also the main reason why Andrew suppressed his unhappiness and listened carefully to what Li Xuewu said.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

Although Li Xuewu could not deny or cancel his cooperation project with Yingcheng Shipbuilding, he had sufficient reasons and ability to intervene, causing his new market to fail in the cradle.

What's more serious is that Red Star Factory is also capable of sniping his layout in the Southeast Asian shipping market, because he knows that Red Star Factory is cooperating with a shipping company in Gangcheng, and indirectly has a cooperative relationship with Prince Ports and Shunfeng Ocean Shipping, the most popular companies in the port city.

I really want him to die and go back to Italy. With the power of the Red Star Factory, it won't take more than three years.

He has been working in Yingcheng Shipbuilding on and off for a year and a half. He is very clear about Yingcheng Shipbuilding's production capacity advantages and market impact at the current stage and after future development.

With more labor cost advantages, absolute material industry advantages, and no shortage of technology sources, Yingcheng Ship will definitely become the most indispensable protagonist on the world shipping stage in the future, and he is now standing beside the protagonist.

If he risks his life to do evil, he will definitely not be able to play a supporting role in the future, but more like a villain.

Li Xuewu also noticed the unhappiness in his eyes, and he also knew the principle of giving a sweet date after a slap in the face.

So after a dozen seconds of silence at the table, he took the initiative to speak: "I wonder how you arrange the commercial tour group? I mean after you leave the mainland and Hong Kong and return to Italy."

"You mean..." Andrew looked at Li Xuewu in surprise and asked, "Do you want me to consider the restrictions you just mentioned when organizing a tour group?"

"No, I think you misunderstood. I never set any limits on your business practices or on you personally."

Li Xuewu emphasized seriously: "I am just reminding you, this is all my personal opinion."

"Of course, what I'm going to say next is also my personal opinion. You can choose to listen to it or not."

Seeing that Andrew did not continue to refute or raise new questions, Li Xuewu continued speaking.

"Red Star Factory is very grateful for your organization of a business tour group to visit Red Star Factory. We sincerely hope that the business tour group can become a bridge and bond for communication and cooperation between international trade and Red Star Factory. I believe this is also your original intention."

"In order to better continue this business cooperation and standardize and improve service quality, we have specially established a foreign cooperation branch, which is the international business department to coordinate this year's negotiations."

"In the future, the International Business Department will represent Red Star Factory to go out of the mainland, go to Hong Kong, go to France, go to Italy, and even go to any country or region in the world that likes our products and has good intentions towards us, to bring our products and our kindness."

Li Xuewu flipped his palms and said, "So, if you are willing to continue to serve and organize the annual business tour group, this international trade organization, and make it professional and systematized, I believe that Red Star Factory will become your most loyal and important partner."

"For example?" Andrew was not overwhelmed by the flowers and compliments in Li Xuewu's words. Instead, he looked at him calmly and asked, "What do I need to pay? Or what can I do for you?"

"No, not for us."

Li Xuewu emphasized this seriously, and then said: "I personally suggest that you set up a club in Hong Kong City to serve and guide international traders to cooperate in the mainland."

"Businessmen also need entertainment activities, as well as business activities, right? They can go on yachts and fly helicopters."

He said with a smile: "Who would refuse an invitation from a club located in a port city that is the economic gateway to the mainland, a commercial capital, and a gold mine, and has extensive experience in cooperation with the mainland? I believe you will not refuse it, right?"

Seeing the doubt and hesitation in Andrew's eyes, he took a sip of coffee and continued, "Red Star Factory will not sit and wait for pie in the sky. It is possible that an office will be established in Gangcheng this year, and an overseas branch of the International Business Department will be established in the future to advance the foreign trade position of Red Star Factory."

"Then everyone can start business cooperation and negotiations with Red Star Factory without having to come to the mainland, which will be convenient for everyone."

He looked at Andrew and said in a tone that was full of the temptation of fame and fortune: "I personally admire your business acumen very much, and I admire your reputation and circle of friends in the international trade market even more."

"If you come forward to host and establish this club, Red Star Factory will certainly be very willing to cooperate with you to make this club bigger and stronger, develop and grow, and create brilliance."

"Is this your intention, or the intention of the organization behind you?" Andrew was cautious enough, looking at Li Xuewu and said, "I will not work for anyone or any organization."

"You worry too much. This is just a suggestion," Li Xuewu smiled and said nonchalantly, "I believe that with your business vision and judgment, you must know that the mainland will sooner or later break free from the commercial shackles and go abroad. You don't think that the mainland market is much worse than other cross-border trade markets, right?"

"I know that our industrial and commercial foundations are weak, but precisely because of this, there is a lot of room for growth."

"What's the name of the club?" Andrew asked jokingly, "Red Star Steel International Club?"

"It doesn't matter what you call it. What matters is what you do." Li Xuewu could hear the counterattack in the other party's words, but he still said calmly: "Oriental Times Bank intends to form the Times Buyer Club, but I think the Andrew Buyer Club sounds better."

He looked at Andrew, whose expression changed slightly, and asked with a smile: “What do you think?”

"Hehe..." Andrew raised his glass and gestured to Li Xuewu without comment, then changed the subject: "During my absence, my daughter Catherine will take over my job. She has only been to Hong Kong and has never been to the mainland. I hope she can get your help and care during her work in the mainland."

"You can tell her boldly that she can come to me if she has any problem," Li Xuewu raised his glass and clinked it with his, saying, "For the sake of friends, I have no choice but to do it."

Ding--

The wine glasses clinked, and the breakfast meeting between the two came to an end. It seemed like nothing was discussed, but it also seemed like a lot was discussed.

At least this is what Li Xuewu said when he walked out of the International Hotel and was asked by Zhang Songying about his feelings about the breakfast meeting.

Zhang Songying laughed at him for taking only a little time for the entire meal. If the breakfast meeting had the same efficiency, then no one would have to go to work.

Before getting in the car, Li Xuewu took a look at the young woman in a short-sleeved shirt and a white skirt, then got in with a smile.
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"Should we talk or not? How should we talk?"

Standing in front of the glass window on the 6th floor of the International Hotel, Kenichi Nishida was caught in a vicious circle between the problems of his two partners.

He really wanted to negotiate with Red Star Factory, but Red Star Factory kept dragging its feet and he is still vague about it now.

The more anxious the party was, the weaker it was at the negotiating table, and the negotiations dragged on from February until the end of April.

After nearly two months, the members of the business tour group had long since disbanded, and a package of agreements including orders and cooperation had been signed.

Even if the final cooperation agreement has not been signed, it is because the project is too large and the main person in charge has left, but the negotiation team is still there.

Of the three major foreign trading companies of the Red Star Factory, only their Sanhe Corporation was blocked outside.

Kenichi Nishida had every reason to believe that the Red Star Factory was targeting them and that this was a negotiation trap.

In fact, Kenichi Nishida and the other two did not stay in the mainland all the time, and only one of them was in charge of the work here during that period.

They also have trade work to do both domestically and internationally. Now it is the end of April, and everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed, and everything that needs to be done has been done.

Kenichi Nishida and the other two gathered again at the Red Star International Hotel in Beijing, wanting to see what else the Red Star Factory was busy with.

In previous occasions, it was Sanhe Corporation that took the initiative to request meetings, but this time they wanted to wait.

But the news of their coming to Beijing had been released for a week, and there was still no movement from the Red Star Factory.

Ninomiya Kazunari's temper and patience have reached their limit, and he questions whether Tanakura Heiji, the director of the Beijing office of Sanhe Corporation, has really disclosed the news of their coming to Beijing to the Red Star Factory.

At the same time, he urged Hideji Nakamura and Kenichi Nishida to come up with an idea as soon as possible.

Although Sanhe Corporation has in-depth cooperation with Red Star Factory in the electronics industry, comprehensive trade and other aspects.

However, as a foreign investor that signed a cooperation agreement during the same period, the scope and scale of cooperation between the Santaya Group and the Red Star Factory became increasingly larger, completely surpassing them.

If it was just the Santaya Group, it would be fine, but Geely Star Shipping suddenly deepened its cooperation with Yingcheng Shipping.

There have been more breakthroughs in shipbuilding technology, port operations, shipping and foreign trade.

Only they are stagnant.

Business is like sailing against the current, if you don't move forward, you will fall behind. In the list of trading partners of Red Star Factory, once the importance of Sanhe Corporation is lowered in the comprehensive assessment, it will directly affect the cooperation between the two parties and then affect their business layout.

In other words, once you get on board, it's hard to get off.

Now they want to hold on, but they can’t. If they want to hold on any longer, they can only wait for next year’s commercial tour groups.

But by next year, they themselves felt that their cooperation with Red Star Factory had become distant and was no longer on the same level.

Therefore, even if they had to refuse, they had to negotiate further business cooperation with Red Star Factory by the end of April.

The three of them knew very well why the Red Star Factory had delayed in commencing negotiations after the initial brief contact.

It's very simple. The technical cooperation plan provided by Sanhe Corporation does not meet the psychological expectations of Red Star Factory.

As the update rate of color TVs in the Japanese market continued to rise, Red Star Factory was slow to obtain the production technology for larger and more advanced black-and-white TVs.

Twelve-inch black-and-white televisions are definitely top-tier in the mainland, but in the foreign trade market, Red Star Factory's electronic industry products have absolutely no trade advantages, and almost no one places orders.

However, there were some smaller orders for household appliances such as washing machines and electric fans, which had relatively weak technical requirements.

Hongxing Factory is also very clear that Sanhe Corporation's goal is to strangle Hongxing Factory and give them enough time to build up the market share of the "Yazhi" brand in the low-end market.

Once the brand spreading trend is formed, relatively backward economic regions such as Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia will trust the Yazhi brand more in the process of economic development, and will then develop the electronic industry of the Red Star Factory at the speed of mining gold mines.

In this way, the Red Star Factory was firmly in their hands, and could never complete the compensation trade, and would always have to work for them with low-cost human resources.

As for how to compete in the domestic electrical appliance industry?
It’s very simple, just ignore the electrical appliances that require higher technology and maximize the quality and low price.

The squeeze on the electrical appliance market has forced electrical appliance manufacturers to focus on electrical appliance categories with high profits and less competitive pressure.

That is, the likes of televisions and refrigerators. By that time, these manufacturers will be fighting each other to their heart's content. If Sanhe Corporation slightly relaxes the technical control of the Red Star Factory, it will have a trend of harvesting the television and refrigerator market and gradually erode domestic electrical appliance manufacturers.

This process may be slow, possibly taking ten or eight years, but such a layout would be a dead end.

The loss of the development opportunities and profits of the Red Star Factory was nothing; Sanhe Corporation's core goal was to fully control the electrical appliance market in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.

It’s just that Red Star Factory doesn’t want to achieve this goal. Ten or eight years is too long for Red Star Factory, at least Lao Li can’t afford to wait.

Since Sanhe Corporation treats those electronic industrial technologies as treasures, Red Star Factory simply does not want to talk about them.

Here, Old Li would like to emphasize Li Xuewu's foresight and foresight.

Compensatory trade, exchanging technology for products, is definitely a method with considerable coercive power. Red Star Factory is fully capable and confident of starting over, introducing electronic industry technology from other channels, and then carrying out production and manufacturing.

The Elegant brand is no longer usable. Will the Red Star brand work? Will the Five Star brand work? Will the Three Star brand work?
Completely abandon the existing production brands, deliver 100 electrical appliances to Sanhe Corporation every year to cope with the compensatory trade, and drag it out for three to five hundred years to see who can afford it.

Besides, the relevant production lines are the assets of the Red Star Factory. If they start converting foreign trade into domestic trade, wouldn’t that make Sanhe very angry?
Compensatory trade, technology for products, is originally a situation where everyone prospers together and suffers together. Now it depends on who suffers the greater loss. Whoever can't hold on first will take the initiative to lower his head and negotiate.

Watching Li Xuewu's car leave the International Hotel, turn out of the gate and go away, Nishida Kenichi turned around, looked at the people in the room who were looking at him and said, "We still have to talk."

Yes, we have to talk about it eventually.

Tankura Heiji, the bullied guy, squatted beside the coffee table and refilled tea for the three big guys, feeling relieved.

Sanhe Corporation is a cooperative enterprise, and its purpose of existence is to cooperate with Red Star Factory.

If Sanhe Corporation is abolished, he will lose his position as overseas manager.

How much profit the company makes has nothing to do with him, and the boss won’t give him more bonuses.

On the contrary, the salary and benefits for overseas employees are far better than those in China, and life here is more simple and natural.

He really likes his current life, especially being accompanied by three beauties every day, staying in a hotel and eating Western food.

Tankura Pingji only hopes that the bosses can get along with each other and continue the business cooperation. In five or eight years, when he returns, he will definitely become a department manager or even a vice president.

Sometimes, the fortress is breached from the inside. How much salary do you get per month to dare to fight so hard?
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"Haven't you heard?" Huang Gan picked up a piece of smashed cucumber, looked at Li Xuewu across from him and said, "You remained calm in the face of danger and showed your skills. The bombing case was solved and the identity of the murderer was found."

"I heard about it. It was all written in the newspaper. How could I not have seen it?" Li Xuewu glanced at him, raised his glass and clinked it with him, and asked, "How is your business going?"

The shopping mall bombing case was indeed solved, and he did not read the news in the newspaper, but received a phone call from the police station.

After all, he is the person involved, has made great contributions to the on-site rescue, and was once one of us.

Therefore, Li Xuewu has always been very clear about the progress of the investigation of this case, but he just didn't pay much attention to it.

With his help, the man's approximate identity information was quickly identified. After narrowing the scope, the investigation team increased the investigation direction in Liaodong Province and required active cooperation from all counties, townships and production teams. Finally, more than half a month later, they received exact information.

Workers from a remote commune in Xia County, Liaodong Province reported that a young man named Zhang Shihou from their village left home on April 4 and never returned.

Zhang Shihou's hometown was very poor, and the farmers here could hardly feed themselves. On weekdays, every household was busy making a living, wondering where to find food for the next day.

Therefore, even though a notice looking for someone was posted in the village, no one cared or paid attention.

Later, Zhang Shihou's father reported to the brigade when he saw that his son had not returned home for a long time.

Zhang's father said that his son had been missing for a month. When he left, he was holding a black leather bag and only said that he was going to do something. He said goodbye to his family in a hurry and never came back.

After more than half a month, Zhang's father waited and waited but still couldn't see his son, so he became anxious.

To be on the safe side, the investigation team brought Zhang's father to the capital to identify the body, and finally confirmed that the unidentified corpse was indeed Zhang Shihou.

Zhang's father said that his son had participated in a local reservoir construction project and was responsible for igniting explosives and mining stones. The village had lax supervision, so Zhang Shihou often stole explosives, detonators, fuses, etc. into his home.

In addition, Zhang's father confessed, "Before he left, he seemed to be saying goodbye to us, saying he would never come back. He even cleaned the house and disposed of his frequently used items."

At this point, the investigation team is almost certain that it was Zhang Shihou who caused the explosion. So why did he cause the explosion regardless of his own life?

Because he couldn’t find a wife.

That’s right, the investigation team had been looking for his motive for committing the crime. After some analysis, they determined that Zhang Shihou’s motive for committing the crime was actually “not being able to find a wife.”

Zhang Shihou's family background was not good, so it was extremely difficult for him to find a wife.

The investigation team learned from the villagers what kind of person Zhang Shihou was.

"Old Dong is almost thirty years old and still hasn't got a wife. He's going to be extinct."

"I often heard him muttering that he didn't want to live anymore, or that we should die together."

"He doesn't think highly of our small place and often brags about going to a big city to make a big career."

……

In the end, the investigation team concluded that Zhang Shihou was unhappy in life and cynical, which led him to want to take revenge on the company.

It’s a pity for the pedestrians who went to Xidan Shopping Mall that day. They lost their lives because of his momentary thought.

Even if you are lucky enough to survive, an explosion of that magnitude is enough to leave an indelible shadow in your heart.

However, there are also doubts in this case, such as why Zhang Shihou had to commit vandalism in a crowded shopping mall in the city.

During this period, ordinary people who wanted to leave the county needed a letter of introduction, not to mention going from a rural area in Liaodong to the capital, where there were so many checkpoints to go through.

At that time, a letter of introduction was not something that could be easily issued. If a farmer wanted to go to the city, he had to have strong connections.

Even if he hated this society because he couldn't get married, how could a rural person in an information-underdeveloped era think that Xidan was crowded? Why did he choose a shopping mall?

There were five or six kilograms of explosives in the black bag, and no one checked along the way? He detonated the explosives, and there were still 10 minutes before the explosion. Why didn't he run away during this time?

In other words, if he ignited the explosives and ran away, the investigation team would not be able to find his body and would not be able to identify the murderer and confirm who did it.

Li Xuewu only found out about this after receiving a call from the police station. Afterwards, he thought about it and felt that there was no need to delve into it further.

Finding a partner is indeed a social problem, but if you can't find one, there is no need to make mistakes in a hurry.

Just look at those people who went through great pains to find a scam through an intermediary, but still got blackmailed and are left in a lurch.

Even virgins can say that you are forcing yourself. When marriage problems get to the extreme, it will really cause a crisis of trust and lose its original meaning.

Huang Gan works in the court system and is particularly concerned about the case in which Li Xuewu was indirectly involved.

In fact, many people are paying attention to this case and have been speculating privately about the identity of that person.

Many people were talking about it, and rumors were flying everywhere, giving this person all kinds of identities.

"I came to you for dinner and chat because I was bored from the training," Huang Gan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then said with a hiss, "You know what, the chef in your factory's guesthouse is really good."

"Do I need to say that?"

Of course Li Xuewu would not drink at noon, especially in the guesthouse, with so many eyes watching him.

He is not an alcoholic and would avoid drinking during work if possible. He is nothing like Huang Gan, who was just skipping classes.

Regarding the chef of the guesthouse, Li Xuewu prefers to use "Huaide Strict Selection" to evaluate him. If the chef can pass Lao Li's taste inspection, then the chef must be right.

Of course, he didn't mean that Director Li was a foodie.

"How's it going? Did you get a job offer?"

Li Xuewu glanced at him and asked, "Are you going to the Municipal Court or the Ministry? It's a step up, right?"

"Bullshit, that's why I came to you."

Huang Gan rolled his eyes and said in a low voice: "The leader wants me to be responsible for the economic affairs of the labor farm."

"Isn't this a good thing—"

Li Xuewu laughed and said, "From now on, I will have to follow you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."