Chapter 1391: Hitting a Wall

As the saying goes, bad news travels a thousand miles, but good news stays out of the door. This is human nature.

People are always more willing to pay attention to negative things, but seem indifferent to positive things.

So although the Guo family took remedial measures as soon as possible for what happened in their hotel, the effect was very poor.

The recent experience of the hotels under the Guo family has become a topic of conversation and a joke for people in Southeast Asia.

Even though they tried their best to block the news afterwards, the major newspapers in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong City also gave face and promised not to spread the matter further.

But unfortunately, because the relevant news has been published, and the incident happened in the lobby of each hotel, many guests witnessed it with their own eyes.

It is impossible to completely cover up this kind of gossip. After word of mouth, it spreads everywhere like a virus and rages everywhere.

Not only did it cause irreparable damage to the reputation of the Guo family, but it also seriously offended the dignity of the Guo family, which naturally made the Guo family very unhappy.

So how to solve this matter, there were two different attitudes within the Guo family from the beginning.

One is the hardliners, who insist on revenge.

They believe that no matter what the cause of the incident is, no one dares to do such a thing to the Guo family, and they can get away with it without paying a price.

You know, the Guo family has close ties with many wealthy families in Hong Kong.

For example, Mr. Huo, who is the most prestigious and has a good reputation in both black and white.

So these people think that since the other party uses the gangsters in Hong Kong, they can start from Hong Kong and use the relationships with the Guo family to make these gangsters turn against them and serve as their witnesses.

Then they can take legal means to claim compensation from the other party.

They will inevitably sue the other party to ruin their reputation and bankrupt their family.

The other is the pragmatic faction, who believes that good shoes do not step on stinky dog ​​shit, and there is no need to further intensify the conflict and stimulate the other party to take more extreme measures.

The other party's business foundation is in Japan, and Japan is currently a place where the Guo family's influence has not yet covered.

In such a situation where it is out of reach, if they go to Japan to fight the other party, it will be like a dragon swimming and diving, with twice the result for half the result. It will be too disadvantageous to the Guo family and will only elevate the other party's status.

Moreover, even if they win the lawsuit, what can they do?

The Guo family may not be able to get enough compensation, but will pay a higher price. Such confrontation and legal proceedings should be avoided as much as possible.

It is better to make peace with the other party and stop the loss in time with appropriate favorable conditions.

But no matter what, the two factions have an indisputable consensus-that is, their condescending attitude.

Perhaps it is because they have been the leading wealthy family in Asia for too long. The Guo family thinks that they have many descendants and strong strength. Facing the Southeast Asian countries, they can almost be said to be privileged aristocrats.

So they look down on others from the bottom of their hearts. Even in the current situation, they still do not think that Matsumoto Keiko and Ning Weimin are opponents who can negotiate with them on an equal footing.

This cannot be said to be malicious, but purely out of habit. They think they are superior in their hearts. It is inevitable to think that they can send people to negotiate with the other party, which is already a promotion of the other party.

So no matter what conditions they put forward, the other party should accept it with a pinch of nose and be grateful.

So that the special representatives sent by the Guo family in Japan were not very happy when they came into contact with the Wu Studio and the Tan Palace Restaurant.

You know, this person who accepted a special mission and was so-called "full responsibility" was not even a member of the Guo family.

He was just a deputy general manager of a foreign surname hired by Guo (Xin) Company.

That's not all. The key is that this deputy general manager came to negotiate on behalf of the Guo family. In order to maintain the face and interests of the Guo family, he did not treat others as human beings at all, and the conditions he offered were very disgusting.

First, he chose the responsibility very cleanly, saying that the Guo family was not aware of the smashing of the restaurant, and it was some people in Japan who made their own decisions.

There are certain misunderstandings in this matter, and it will not benefit anyone if it continues.

So he hopes that both sides can exercise restraint and resolve the matter peacefully as soon as possible.

Speaking of the loss of the Tan Palace Restaurant being smashed, because the Guo family has always attached importance to business cooperation with the mainland.

The Guo family is willing to pay 80,000 US dollars to the Tan Palace Restaurant for renovation because it is a mainland enterprise.

On the other hand, the Guo family can not pursue the economic losses suffered by the hotel under the name of the Guo family.

However, the Tan Palace Restaurant must also formally apologize to the hotels under the name of the Guo Group in the form of a document and guarantee to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Second, on behalf of the Guo family, he asked the Fog Studio to terminate the filming of "Crazy Rich Asians", saying that the film project must be cancelled, and the Guo family will not make any compensation for it.

If the Fog Studio insists on going its own way and hurts the reputation of the Guo family.

Then the Guo family will not give up, and will hire a team of lawyers to defend their reputation and sue the studio, and collect evidence to claim compensation from the Fog Studio.

Anyway, in a word, you can only consider yourself unlucky. If you don't listen, I will sue you until you go bankrupt.

To put it bluntly, this is a bit like the Sino-US economic negotiations decades later. It is obviously the big US that needs help, but it has to put on airs and talk about "starting from strength" in front of you. It's as stupid as it can be!

So needless to say, facing such self-righteous negotiations and such shameless demands, how do Matsumoto Keiko and Ning Weimin feel?

They were naturally not interested and didn't bother to pay attention.

In fact, they didn't even want to meet the representatives of the Guo family.

Out of resentment for the Guo family's arrogance, Okamoto Akira wasted a week in Singapore.

Ning Weimin was going to follow the same prescription and give this guy a good beating.

He taught Okamoto Akira to treat the other party as if nothing, neither agree nor disagree.

Do what you should do, just play with this guy.

Keep playing until this guy understands and leaves.

So even Okamoto Akira, who was responsible for receiving the other party and delivering the message at the beginning, no longer showed up, really treating the other party like a dried salted fish.

As a result, the vice president was also received by the "coffee buffet" just like Okamoto Akira who took the initiative to go to Singapore to contact the Guo family.

After two days, the other party couldn't sit still, and his forehead was fuming every day, trying to contact Okamoto Akira everywhere.

However, even if he blocked Akira Okamoto, he could only get a bland response at most.

"I'm sorry, my boss thinks your request is extremely unreasonable and lacks sincerity, and it's hard to do it. I'm not saying it, you also said it was a misunderstanding, but you only asked us to apologize, and you didn't punish the people who smashed our store. Is this fair? So, the boss has been hesitant about whether to agree to your request. To be honest, my boss also wants to save face, and the possibility of passing it in the end is really low. Can you also discuss with the headquarters to see if you can come up with more constructive conditions? Otherwise, I'm worried that you will come to Japan in vain."

Just this move made the other party helpless and almost vomited three liters of blood.

Facing the constant urging from the Singapore headquarters to get results, and facing Akira Okamoto who was hiding from him like playing hide-and-seek every day, the deputy manager who came to negotiate began to find that his job was really difficult, which was quite depressing.

The attitude also changed dramatically.

The initial bossy and high-spirited attitude was gone.

Instead, he was more polite and attentive.

He really communicated with the headquarters according to Akira Okamoto's request, to see if they would agree to let him come forward and order the idiot named Ikuo Suho who smashed the restaurant to apologize to the other party in person.

And he was more and more active in reaching a consensus with Akira Okamoto in private, and hoped that he could do the work of Keiko Matsumoto and Ning Weimin for him.

But to be honest, even if he really made Ikuo Suho apologize, it would be useless.

After this request was completed, there would be more requests waiting for him to do.

How could Ning Weimin easily forgive him, how could the Guo family give him so many authorizations.

Especially he was proud to be a slave of the Guo family.

As long as he didn't wake up and realize that there were people in the world who didn't piss the Guo family.

As long as he still didn't know how to respect his opponent from the heart.

Of course, it was impossible to give conditions that could really satisfy Ning Weimin.

In other words, the failure of this deputy general manager was almost doomed from the beginning.

In a sense, he is just a tool, and it is only a matter of time before he leaves here with a regret.

The only difference is whether he can understand it earlier and return with dignity, or persist and finally leave in disgrace.

Judging from the current situation, this guy still has unrealistic desires in his mind, and he is likely to leave in disgrace.

But on the contrary, Akira Okamoto felt refreshed from the bottom of his heart.

He loves this game of playing with mice as much as he loves playing golf.

Don't forget, he also suffered such treatment in the past.

The humiliation given to him by the Guo family made him remember it in his heart, and he probably won't forget it in this life.

So in contrast, how wronged and painful he was in the past, how relieved and happy he is now.

Ning Weimin must repay kindness and revenge, such a style of behavior really suits his appetite.

In particular, he can understand the feelings of his subordinate very well, and actually let him personally take the lead in revenge.

For this, he is willing to offer his loyalty forever.

What the hell is the Sugar King? The Guo family, aren't they just idiots who let us fool them?

How dare you be so shameless to come to us and ask us to apologize?

Baka...

Similarly, Guo Kefeng in Beijing can clearly sense that the plan is hindered, the situation is getting worse, and things are not going well.

To be honest, he is indeed wronged.

As the person in charge of the Guo family's grain and oil business, he has spent all his time and energy this year trying to open up the mainland market of the Republic.

He has worked day and night, exhausted all his energy, and spared no effort. It can be said that he has bet the future of his career on the mainland market and on this deal.

For nothing else, it is because opening up the mainland market is extremely important to the future of the Guo family, and its significance is completely immeasurable.

If the grain and oil category can be allowed to enter, it will only be the beginning.

Later, the Guo Group will definitely continue to strengthen cooperation with the mainland government based on this.

Then it is almost inevitable that as long as a foundation of mutual trust is established with the mainland officials, all industries involved in the Guo family will enter the mainland market, thereby obtaining huge and unimaginable profits.

So this matter can only succeed, and failure is not allowed. This is the consensus between him and the sugar king, Uncle Six.

However, he never expected that just when the joint venture with COFCO Group was finally settled and about to be completed, such a ridiculous thing happened in Singapore.

What's even more ridiculous is that a matter that should have nothing to do with the mainland's business actually affected the joint venture plan as scheduled in a strange way.

If this matter was ruined, Guo Kefeng really wanted to hit his head against his head and die.

So he didn't care who caused this trouble, and he didn't have time to think about whether it was unfair for him to clean up for others.

Even if it was just to save his oil and fat cooperation project, he had to act quickly to reduce the negative impact of this matter as much as possible.

So he not only contacted the Chongwen District Service Bureau and the Temple of Heaven Park as soon as possible, but also personally visited the heads of the two units to make compensation in person and explain the misunderstanding.

In order to improve the impression of the experts of the Agricultural University and the Guo family, he also hoped that the people of COFCO would introduce him to the Agricultural University for a visit, and donate some money to the Agricultural University to resolve the conflict as soon as possible.

But the result was that he had a good idea, but in fact it had little effect.

The service bureau is an official unit. After understanding his intention, its attitude did not change, and it was quite good.

But when it came to the substantive issues, the other party began to talk about other things and began to perfunctorily use official language.

Regarding Guo Kefeng's request that they restrain Ning Weimin, the person in charge of the service bureau said that there was an agreement when they signed the management contract with Ning Weimin.

As a shareholder, the service bureau only makes pure financial investments and does not interfere with actual operations.

Moreover, Ning Weimin can exceed the performance indicators every year. For such a shopkeeper, they have no right to ask about the management of the restaurant.

Even asking one more question is disrespect and distrust for the meritorious officials.

So if there was any dispute between the Guo family's hotel and the overseas branch of the Tangong Restaurant, and if there was really a misunderstanding, it would be better for the Guo family to send someone to negotiate with Ning Weimin in person, and they would not intervene.

In this way, the service bureau was extremely experienced, and with a Tai Chi push, it blocked Guo Kefeng's request without leaving a trace.

When they arrived at the Temple of Heaven Park, the attitude was much worse.

Originally, everyone got along well at the beginning, but when the other party heard about Guo Kefeng's intention, the head of the Temple of Heaven at that time slammed the table and cursed him.

Even "If I had a gun, I would shoot you now!" Such words were shouted out.

Don't say that Guo Kefeng wanted the other party to put pressure on Ning Weimin.

At this time, if there were no people around to stop him, Guo Kefeng might have been hit by a few punches on the spot.

Guo Kefeng, who was scared pale, had never seen an old man with such a hot temper.

Even with all his hair white, he still wanted to fight and kill, and he was not afraid of stretching his arms and legs.

So he quickly left with his tail between his legs.

After he came out, he heard from the person who sent him off that the director he met was a worker-peasant cadre.

When he was clearing out the bandits around the capital when the country was founded, he shot three bandits in Xiaotangshan with a pistol. He was a real murderer and had seen blood.

And he was the most protective of his shortcomings.

Not to mention facing a foreign businessman like Guo Kefeng, even if the superiors of the Tourism Bureau and the District Government dared to make such a request to the director, the director would curse.

The other party also said that Guo Kefeng's move was really counterproductive. It would have been better if the director didn't know about it.

Now that he knew, he might have to make an international long-distance call to encourage Ning Weimin and support him to continue to fight and seek justice for himself.

After hearing this, Guo Kefeng almost cried at this time.

He didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly got in his car and ran away.

As for the experts and professors of the Agricultural University, their attitude was even more clear and thorough. They didn't want to see him at all.

His words were delivered through COFCO people, and his reply was delivered back through COFCO people.

People said that agriculture is the foundation of the country, and there are many technologies in the Agricultural University that are not suitable for foreigners to visit.

Academic donations are unnecessary.

The Agricultural University has funds allocated by the state and commercial projects funded by people who are enthusiastic about helping farmers. If they accept donations from a foreign grain trader, they don’t know how to explain to their superiors.

As experts, their suggestions for the joint venture project are just to discuss the matter and make advance considerations for grain and oil safety.

There is no deliberate targeting, so Guo Kefeng doesn’t need to think too much, and it is more serious to adjust the cooperation plan to be more perfect.

So Guo Kefeng, who was hitting a wall everywhere, was really exhausted and disappointed at this time.

He didn’t understand why such a small matter of a restaurant being smashed was so important in the eyes of these people?

They even destroyed their large-scale grain and oil cooperation project worth billions. What on earth were these people thinking?

What’s even more strange is that this is the first time he has encountered a situation where the silver bullet offensive is useless.

Aren't these mainland government agencies supposed to be short of money?

Otherwise, they wouldn't have invested in opening restaurants overseas.

Moreover, according to his experience, most mainland people are afraid of poverty and are greedy for money.

During the year he came to the mainland, every time he donated even if it was only 100,000 or 200,000, he would be treated as a guest of honor by mainland people.

But this time, his method that always worked failed. It was really weird!

You know, he planned to give 1 million RMB to each place! 1 million!

Why didn't these people feel tempted?

In fact, let alone him, even the people of COFCO feel that the development of this matter is very strange.

This person is also a second-generation, so some words are outspoken.

"Hey, Mr. Guo, why is your business so unsuccessful? It's strange. A foreign businessman like you should be a popular person wherever you go."

"I now think that Ning Weimin seems to be a bit interesting. Hey, how much do you know about this person? I want to meet him now."

"To be honest, there are too few people who can make your Guo family indigestion both overseas and in the mainland. This person is really capable..."

Guo Kefeng just felt dizzy and his head was getting bigger and bigger.

You actually said this to me in person, this... should be considered an insult, right? (End of this chapter)