The years of red flags

Chapter 1404 Planning
"If that's the case, then that's fine. The accommodation and food for these twenty people will be the responsibility of your Huaxing Group, so as to avoid damaging your reputation."

Jiang Hua shook his head: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, how about you reimburse me for the money I spent on booking the meeting room at the Jingcheng Hotel? This way, it won't be considered as me trying to curry favor with you, and you can also feel a sense of participation."

"Boss Jiang, you really are a businessman." A young leader said with a smile, "You said that you spent tens of millions on hiring experts, and hundreds of thousands or even millions on booking a restaurant. Isn't that a piece of cake for you?"

Jiang Hua waved his hand: "This is called riding a bicycle to a bar. Save when you should, spend when you should. There is a financial crisis now, and the landlords don't have any surplus food."

"Okay." The leader agreed readily: "We have a surplus of funds this year, so it's no problem for us to help you pay for the hotel. If it gets out that you're eating for free, our reputation won't be very good."

The next day, extra seats were added in the conference room, but these extra seats were not for those twenty people, but for the middle-level leaders of Huaxing Group. As for those twenty people, of course they sat on the same level as the bosses. In ancient times, they would have been treated as inferiors.

More than fifty carefully selected experts, together with the group's existing market research analysts, presented a delicious meal for Jiang Hua and his team.

After a month of seminars, the future development direction and focus of Huaxing Group were roughly determined. Several methods for risk avoidance were also formulated, and a manual for internal circulation was compiled in written form. This manual can only be read by those who have reached a certain level in the company.

"Mr. Jiang, I don't quite understand." A civil servant attending the meeting asked, "Why do you want to organize a themed seminar on how to deal with the difficulties posed by the Ugly China, and develop a comprehensive strategy to counter it?"

"Isn't this obvious? The Ugly Country has never been our friend." Jiang Hua said with a smile: "We must have sufficient means to counterattack. We can't do it at the last minute."

"Isn't your opinion a bit too extreme?"

Jiang Hua frowned and rolled his eyes: "Since you were sent by the leaders to attend this seminar, I believe you are absolutely loyal, but please don't be so naive. We have never been friendly with the Ugly Country. The contradiction between the two is irreconcilable. Sometimes, even if we are willing to reconcile, they will provoke disputes."

"Thank you for your advice, Boss Jiang."

"You're welcome. Thank you again for coming to the meeting and for your wonderful speeches." Jiang Hua said with a smile, "I'll see you out."

Two days later, Jiang Hua was summoned by his leader again.

"You taught our staff a lesson. It was quite satisfying." The leader said with a smile, "Young people today have not experienced tense times. They are still a little naive in their view of the world's problems. You taught them a good lesson."

Jiang Hua smiled and asked, "Did you file a complaint?"

The leader laughed and said, "I guess so. After I came back, I accused you of having an extreme attitude towards foreign countries, which was not in line with the current situation. I am receiving ideological education these days."

The leader personally brought Jiang Hua a cup of tea and said, "I've read your meeting minutes. The plan is quite good and the response measures are very sufficient. It will also be very inspiring for our work in the future."

"I can't let the money you spent on the hotel be wasted."

The leader smiled and said, "It's great value for money, absolutely great value for money. What do you think about our next economic work?"

Jiang Hua nodded: "I have a friend named Chen Jianghe, I wonder if you know him."

The leader shook his head: "I'm not sure, but the name sounds familiar."

"He's from Yiwu." Jiang Hua said with a smile, "He's doing a great business now." "What business?"

Jiang Hua introduced: "We have set up transit warehouses in cities along the route of the China-Europe express train from our country to Europe."

The leader patted his head and said, "I remember now. There really is such a person. He is actually your friend. I didn't know that."

"I think the establishment of the transit warehouse is very meaningful." Jiang Hua smiled and said, "This will be inspiring for our foreign trade in the future."

The leader picked up the phone and said, "Secretary Liu, find the information of a man named Chen Jianghe and get a map of all his transit warehouses in Europe."

About a quarter of an hour later, Secretary Liu came in with a map, and the three of them worked together to hang the map on the wall.

The leader and Jiang Hua stood side by side: "This map is quite interesting. It connects the trade routes throughout Europe."

"Don't you think this route looks familiar?" Jiang Hua asked with a smile, "Does it feel like déjà vu?"

The leader nodded, then shook his head: "It does look familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it."

"You should have seen it in history class. Isn't this the route map of the Silk Road before the Song Dynasty?"

The leader suddenly realized: "Indeed, our ancestors were really great. The trade routes from more than a thousand years ago have brought us such great inspiration for our current work. In the next ten or twenty years, we must work hard around this roadmap."

Jiang Hua picked up the pen again and drew a line in the southeastern coastal area.

"This is the Maritime Silk Road, or the Maritime Porcelain Road." Jiang Hua pointed to the map and said, "We need to seize both routes at the same time, and we need to develop them both on land and on the sea."

The leader nodded: "The more I read, the more interesting it becomes."

He picked up the phone again: "Secretary Liu, please deal with the work on hand as soon as possible. We need to go down to do some research. The first stop is Yiwu. I want to talk to Chen Jianghe in detail."

"You can't sit still?" Jiang Hua said with a smile, "This is a huge project, involving dozens or even hundreds of countries, so we must not be impatient."

"So, my first stop is to do some research." The leader said with a smile, "I'm going to talk to Chen Jianghe. He has the most direct experience. Without first-hand information, I wouldn't dare to propose such a huge plan."

The leader looked at Jiang Hua and smiled: "Do you have time? If you do, please accompany me down there. Since you are familiar with Chen Jianghe, please introduce him to me."

"No problem." Jiang Hua agreed immediately: "I haven't seen him for a long time, so I'll take this opportunity to catch up with him."

The leader tapped his head with his fingers and said, "I thought of Chen Jianghe. One year ago, he was said to have been kidnapped in Central Europe. The local Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce could only contact the mainland. I handled it at the time, but it was later dropped. For some reason, he returned safely. When I asked him about the details, he refused to tell me. Until now, I still don't know the reason."

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