Yesterday, Bai Xiaosheng and his team visited four companies, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, and reached cooperation intentions with three of them, which was quite fruitful. They were just waiting to arrange the signing today. The contact information given at those companies was naturally not Bai Xiaosheng’s; Lin Weiwei was responsible for two, and Lei Ying was responsible for two.
As a result, unexpectedly early this morning, those potential partners called Lin Weiwei, and the cooperation was terminated.
After listening to Lin Weiwei’s report of this bad news, Bai Xiaosheng looked at Lei Ying.
Although Lei Ying had not yet ntioned any issues with the cooperation, his expression was notably the sa.
"The two companies I was responsible for also just called, and they have similarly backed out."
As expected, Lei Ying’s answer was almost exactly as Bai Xiaosheng had guessed.
"Why?" Bai Xiaosheng asked the two of them.
Their cooperation was clearly mutually favored, suddenly stopping like this wouldn’t be without reason.
"I asked, but they didn’t say anything." Lin Weiwei replied.
"It’s the sa on my side; they directly hung up the phone." Lei Ying added.
Hearing them say this, Bai Xiaosheng frowned instantly, "Didn’t say anything..."
Seeing Bai Xiaosheng deep in thought, Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying whispered to each other.
"This matter happened too suddenly, it feels like soone is interfering..."
"I wonder if the cooperation between other mbers of the business group and those companies has been affected..."
As they were speaking, they saw Bai Xiaosheng standing up.
"Rather than guessing randomly, we might as well ask soone directly." Bai Xiaosheng said, "I’ll go see Director Hou!"
While Bai Xiaosheng was heading out, his expression was uncertain, and he murmured quietly, "I hope it’s not related to that person!"
...
When Bai Xiaosheng arrived at Hou Yuncheng’s temporary office, the other party was about to leave. Seeing Bai Xiaosheng co to find him, Hou Yuncheng joked with a smile that ti is money for Bai Xiaosheng, and running here instead of discussing big business deals could lose him a lot of business opportunities.
"Director Hou, I have sothing to discuss!"
Bai Xiaosheng’s slightly serious words imdiately made Hou Yuncheng realize that what Bai Xiaosheng was dealing with was no trivial matter.
Hou Yuncheng imdiately had his secretary postpone his travel plans and took Bai Xiaosheng back to his office, closing the door to talk.
Bai Xiaosheng told Hou Yuncheng about his situation while also inquiring whether there were any abnormalities in the cooperation of other mbers of the business group.
"Is that so? I’ll have soone ask imdiately!" Hou Yuncheng did not hesitate and imdiately called in his secretary, instructing him to contact others for inquiries.
After giving the instructions, Hou Yuncheng told Bai Xiaosheng, "Don’t worry, let’s wait for a while."
Bai Xiaosheng naturally nodded.
It took less than ten minutes before Hou Yuncheng’s secretary ca to report that there were no anomalies in the cooperation between the three ntioned companies and other mbers of the business group.
"It seems that I am indeed the target." Bai Xiaosheng was ntally prepared, "I suspect it’s Mr. Brown!"
As soone new to this African land, the only friction Bai Xiaosheng had was with Mr. Brown, no one else.
"In that case, I’ll imdiately discuss with Moribido City, asking them to inquire with those companies. Don’t make wild guesses for now." Hou Yuncheng sternly said.
Since Bai Xiaosheng was part of the business group he led out here, he had to protect his interests and couldn’t allow anyone to arbitrarily disrupt cooperation!
Hou Yuncheng was a practical man, and he picked up his phone to contact relevant individuals imdiately after speaking.
Bai Xiaosheng waited quietly by the side.
Lin Weiwei, Lei Ying, and the companies could choose not to respond to inquiries, but if Director Hou engaged through the concern of the Moribido City governnt, they would naturally get an answer.
With Hou Yuncheng’s intervention, feedback ca quickly.
In less than half an hour, Hou Yuncheng put down his phone and told Bai Xiaosheng, "The response from the Moribido City governnt is that those companies received more favorable cooperation terms, which led to the termination of cooperation with you. And the ones offering better conditions are not just one company; those that seized the opportunity all belong to one group — Zhenbei Group."
"Sheng, I’m afraid you were right." Hou Yuncheng said in a low voice, "To mobilize so many Zhenbei Group companies to rush out here, it must be the person in charge of your group here, that Mr. Brown!"
Indeed, it was him! Bai Xiaosheng narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had obtained confirmation.
"Regarding this matter, why don’t I further negotiate with the Moribido City governnt?" Hou Yuncheng said solemnly.
Bai Xiaosheng was one of the mbers of his group, and he needed to protect his interests.
Moreover, Bai Xiaosheng had previously either won praise for his efforts in Naliya or ticulously crafted a proposal for rare earth enterprise developnt, both significant contributions.
He couldn’t just watch Bai Xiaosheng face trouble without doing anything!
"Director Hou, I think we should leave this matter as it is."
Bai Xiaosheng smiled and said to Hou Yuncheng, "I am already very grateful that you helped identify where the problem lies. There’s no need to approach the city governnt over this; it would ultimately be fruitless since the governnt can’t force their enterprises to give up better terms to cooperate with us. Forced cooperation will only lead to a myriad of problems later on, and it may lead to criticism against you!"
Bai Xiaosheng made a reasonable point, and Hou Yuncheng felt a bit stifled.
"Indeed, this isn’t sothing that negotiations can simply solve." Ultimately, Director Hou sighed softly, frowning at Bai Xiaosheng, "But what are you going to do?"
With this question, Bai Xiaosheng instead smiled.
"Our Mr. Brown, once again, has won a round, so I will give him a step. He’s gained both face and the inner satisfaction, and that bit of resentnt in his heart should dissipate. That’s also a good thing; it prevents future grudges from accumulating." Bai Xiaosheng said calmly.
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