Meng Shaoyuan found a time-honored restaurant and treated Liu Mancai to lunch.
Not drinking.
"Brother Liu, it's not that I won't treat you to a drink, but after dinner, I will take you to see a project." Meng Shaoyuan persuaded Cai: "I have been paying attention to this project for a long time."
Liu Mancai's eyes lit up when he heard about the project.
In addition to discussing matters, his main purpose in coming to Shanghai this time was to invest in Greater Shanghai with Liu Guitang's money.
Anyway, you can go back and forth, but investment is a matter of a lifetime.
"Brother Meng, please take the trouble. Brother Meng, please take the trouble." Liu Mancai said repeatedly, "I wonder what kind of project it is?"
"They are all projects done with foreigners." Meng Shaoyuan replied casually.
"Oh, foreigners?"
Liu Mancai was startled: "We won't suffer any losses when doing business with foreigners?"
"Suffering a loss? Don't forget what kind of place this is, Great Shanghai!" Meng Shaoyuan sneered: "Here, I am the only one who makes the foreigners suffer. How can the foreigners make me suffer?"
Liu Mancai was a little doubtful.
Those foreigners, whether they are Asians or Westerners, are all very fierce...
…
After dinner, Meng Shaoyuan did not take him directly to see any business, but actually took him to the Ministry of Industry Bureau.
"Brother Meng, you don't know what you are doing here?"
Liu Mancai was a little confused.
"Go to the police station and ask the Commissioner of Police to open the road."
ah?
Let the Commissioner of Police clear the way?
Liu Mancai soon learned of Meng Shaoyuan's authority in Shanghai.
Entering the Ministry of Industry Bureau, the journey is smooth.
There was a detective who came out after finishing his work. When he saw Meng Shaoyuan, he quickly nodded and bowed, calling "Director Meng" one after another.
When he walked into the police station, he didn't even knock on the door, he just opened the door and walked in.
"Hey Meng!"
"Mr. Commissioner of Police."
Meng Shaoyuan and Sinclair were in full bloom.
"Let me introduce to you, Mr. Sinclair Joe Saltras, Chief of the Shanghai Public Settlement Police. This is Mr. Liu Mancai from Shandong."
How could Liu Mancai remember a long list of foreign names? He was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, with only a smile on her face.
"Sinclair, I need to transport a shipment to Shanghai. Please give me a route to the port."
Meng Shaoyuan said bluntly.
"OK!" Sinclair didn't even ask what kind of goods were transported or when they would arrive. He took out a blank pass, signed his name at the end, stamped it, and handed it to Meng Shaoyuan.
Meng Shaoyuan handed the pass to Liu Mancai smoothly: "You keep it first, it will be useful later."
Liu Mancai had no idea what was happening.
This is the police station, but Meng Shaoyuan is as casual as entering his own home. Looking at his attitude towards the Commissioner of Police, he is simply giving orders.
"I am the only one who makes foreigners suffer, so why should foreigners make me suffer?"
Liu Mancai finally began to completely believe Meng Shaoyuan's words...
…
"Brother Meng, what is this?"
After coming out of the police station and sitting in the car, Liu Mancai took out the blank pass from his pocket and asked carefully.
"This is a pass, which is a treasure in the eyes of many businessmen." Meng Shaoyuan said while driving: "With this pass, no matter what you want to transport into Greater Shanghai, there is no need to check it."
"No matter what?"
"Of course, even if you bring in cigarettes, it will be unobstructed." Meng Shaoyuan concentrated on driving: "So, how many businessmen have to fight for this pass even if they break their heads."
Oh my god, so precious?
Liu Mancai stared blankly at the pass in his hand: "Why did the police commissioner give it to you so readily?"
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Because I give him something magical every year."
"What?"
"Money!" Meng Shaoyuan never blinked when he boasted: "One million oceans a year!"
OMG!
Liu Mancai originally thought that two million oceans was already a great deal, but the amount of money he paid to honor a police commissioner every year was one million oceans.
The money Liu Guitang had in Jincheng Bank was really nothing.
Meng Shaoyuan’s two goals were achieved:
First, he allowed Liu Mancai to see with his own eyes his relationship with the Commissioner of Police. This was the first step of trust and an important step.
The second thing, he didn't need to describe it in any particular way, made Liu Mancai feel that the two million oceans he brought was actually nothing special. In the big city of Shanghai, one million oceans was just enough to pay for road paving.
…
Angus International.
Liu Mancai had met many international companies in Qingdao and Tianjin in the past, and had dealt with them. Every time he hired a translator, he earned a lot of money.
However, this was Liu Mancai's first time entering a store as grand as Angus International.
Not to mention how grand it is on the outside, but look at the furniture inside. It’s luxurious, all made of Western goods. These furniture alone are worth a lot of money.
Meng Shaoyuan continued as usual, without saying hello to anyone, and went straight into the general manager's office.
"Meng."
"Joy!"
When he met Joey, Meng Shaoyuan spoke fluent English.
Moreover, all subsequent communications between the two people were in English.
Liu Mancai was convinced.
Meng Shaoyuan was just a spy, but this spy actually spoke foreign languages so well.
Liu Mancai couldn't understand a word.
I saw two people chatting and laughing happily. When they got excited, the foreigner got up and poured three glasses of red wine and handed one glass to Liu Mancai.
Liu Mancai took a sip. It tasted as bad as the foreign wine he drank in Qingdao and Tianjin. It was incomparable with Chinese wine.
But we still have to pretend to taste it with gusto, so we can’t let foreigners look down on us, right?
Meng Shaoyuan communicated with Joey for about half an hour, then turned to Liu Mancai and said, "Brother Liu, show your pass to General Manager Joey."
Liu Mancai quickly put down his wine glass, took out the pass, and handed it to Joey respectfully.
Joey looked at it, gave it back to Liu Mancai, and then said in blunt Chinese: "Okay, since you have the pass, this two million US dollar business will be left to you."
…
"Meng...Brother Meng, two million US dollars, how many oceans will that cost?"
"Almost 5.5 million oceans."
Liu Mancai took a breath of air.
Five and a half million!
OMG!
Such a big deal.
The complacency I felt when I first came to Shanghai has disappeared without a trace.
What's left is only embarrassment: "Brother Meng, I...I only brought two million oceans...this business is really too big..."
Meng Shaoyuan smiled faintly: "Brother Liu, we are friends. Originally, General Manager Joey and I have been negotiating this business for a long time. Now that your brother is here, we hit it off again, so we will take you to do something together." What's the harm? It doesn't matter if you make less money, but the friendship between you and me as brothers, no amount of money can buy it."
Liu Mancai almost shed tears.
Meng Shaoyuan’s third purpose:
I am doing business with Westerners, but not everyone can do business with Westerners. Invisibly, it gave Liu Mancai a sense of trust.
The fourth purpose:
This time it's a big business of 5.5 million, and you, Liu Mancai, are not the leader, but Meng Shaoyuan is taking you along. So from now on, all the initiative lies in Meng Shaoyuan's hands!
…
Meng Shaoyuan went non-stop and took Liu Mancai to the third place, which made Liu Mancai instantly dumbfounded.
"Akino Co., Ltd."!
Japanese territory?
OMG!
Liu Mancai cried out "Oh my God" in his heart countless times today!
Meng Shaoyuan was a military commander and was against the Japanese.
But now he has entered a Japanese trading company with such arrogance?
If the Japanese discover his identity, will he be implicated?
"My name is Zhu Yanfan, and I want to meet your president." As soon as he entered, Meng Shaoyuan spoke fluent Japanese.
Liu Mancai was completely confused.
Meng Shaoyuan not only knew Western dialects, but also Oriental dialects?
This man's abilities are truly extraordinary...
…
Liu Mancai was confused the whole time.
When Meng Shaoyuan was communicating with Akino Koji, the president of Akino Co., Ltd., his Japanese language was slipping away.
When the discussion was over and they were leaving, Akino Koji actually walked them all the way to the gate and even bowed to them.
OMG.
The Japanese bow to the Chinese?
Unheard of.
…
"Because I did two million US dollars in business for him." Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile in the car: "Anyone will bow in front of two million US dollars. Akino Koji is also a businessman."
"Brother Meng, let me ask you boldly, what kind of business is this?"
"Medicines and arms." Meng Shaoyuan's voice lowered significantly: "In today's world, what else is more profitable than these two? What else is safer than getting goods directly from the Japanese?"
Meng Shaoyuan’s fifth purpose:
The Japanese are still polite in front of me. Your Liu Guitang worked hard to be a traitor, but the Japanese don't dare to do anything wrong in front of me.
The sixth purpose:
Medicines and arms are the most profitable but also the most difficult businesses, and I, Meng Shaoyuan, can handle them too!
"Brother Liu, we are not in a hurry." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "I will show you my business today. If you observe carefully, if you are not in a hurry, you can cooperate with me in this business now, and maybe you can pay me back." There are other better ones..."
"No, no." Liu Mancai had completely trusted this big shot with his hands and eyes so far: "I will go to Jincheng Bank to issue a cashier's check and give it to you when I get back..."
"No." Meng Shaoyuan shook his head: "Don't leave it to me. When I go to Qiuye Trading Company to trade tomorrow, you and I will go together. Then I will write a check together and put it on your brother Liu."
"How about that? You are the majority shareholder."
"Brother Liu, this is the first time we have cooperated." Meng Shaoyuan said earnestly: "You are a foreigner, and you feel more at ease when the check is placed with you, right?"
Is there anyone more loyal than Meng Shaoyuan in this world?
Liu Mancai's nose was a little sore.
