Chapter Thirty-Five: Dispute

  Wang Changhu grasped the agreement handed over by the Qiongdao area and couldn't help but feel a deep sense of emotion. This group of old men really made a big splash this time!

  In his position at the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Reclamation in northern Guangdong, he clearly saw the country's current predicament. The extreme scarcity of foreign exchange and the pitiful lack of funds.

  Wang Changhu even knew that in order to save money, the country was forced to cut off many research projects that were being developed. The foreign exchange left in the treasury was very little.

  Each department is fighting for the right to use this foreign exchange, and they are almost killing each other. The noise of table-pounding and bench-thumping is deafening, all because of this Qiongdao Island.

  In the blink of an eye, tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange were earned. This is not a small amount of money, at least for northern Guangdong rural areas, it's enough to make a difference for a year.

  Superiors will definitely praise themselves. But Wang Changhu knew that all this was not his own credit. And the department must also know that it was the credit of these professors.

  They went to the capital without hardship, withstood all the pressure and got this project. All of this is the result of their own efforts.

  "What a pity... " Wang Changhu sighed in his heart, if he had supported this project at that time and persisted to the end. Then now the credit sharing, there would be a share for himself too?!

  Like Wang Changhu, Zhou Cheng also sighed. If it is said that who in the General Administration knew the news of Professor Liu and others applying for this project first, it was undoubtedly Zhou Cheng.

  Unfortunately, Zhou Cheng did not directly support Professor Liu and his colleagues at the time. In Zhou's view, Professor Liu and his colleagues were too radical. If it weren't for their identities and academic status, he might have even carried out some repression.

  After all, the direction of politics is still unclear. The top-level controversy over reform still exists, and Zhou Cheng doesn't want to be the first bird to stick its head out. Unless there's a clear verdict from above, Zhou will absolutely not allow such a trend to emerge under his watch.

  "Ding ding ding......" At this time, the phone on the office desk rang. Zhou Cheng smiled slightly, it was undoubtedly Wang Changhu who called. He's probably thinking the same thing as himself right now.

  "Hello, I'm Zhou Cheng." Zhou Cheng picked up the phone and said calmly. As expected, Wang Changhu's voice came from the other end of the line.

  "Secretary Zhou, I am Wang Changhu." However, what was heard was Wang Changhu saying to Zhou Chengdao: "I'd like to discuss with you the foreign contract regarding the Qiong Island Jianghai Farm Vegetable Experiment Base. Do you have time now?"

  "I'm in the office right now, Comrade Changhu. " Zhou Cheng smiled slightly and said, "I was just about to find Comrade Changhu to discuss this matter, it's better for us to unify our opinions before presenting them at the meeting. After all, this matter needs to be reported to the Ministry."

  "Alright, Secretary Zhou. I'll go to your office now..."

  Wang Changhu put down the phone and stared blankly at the report, his eyes fixed on a name that seemed to leap out at him. The name was - Liang Sanping.

  At the same time, in Tokyo, this report was also placed on the desk of a certain office in the Imperial Palace. The difference is that not only did it clearly state the entire process of this business, but even Nelson and Liang Sanping secretly set up a private company in the United States and did business with Wan Hong Corporation, all written very clearly.

  "Haha...it seems that young people have some good ideas!" However, several elderly men were flipping through the report, and the old man sitting at the top smiled and said to the elderly men below.

  "I didn't expect these young people to be so capable of making a big deal out of this. Coming and going, they've already made several hundred thousand dollars, which is really not bad..."

  Several elderly people carefully read through the report, then put down the document and said to the first elderly person: "Hmmm... they can earn foreign exchange for the country, this is indeed not bad."

  "But their behavior is also not proper..." However, the old man's eyes flashed with anger and he said: "Why do we have to do this in the American way?! Can't we just do it under our own name?!"

  The old man's words came out, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy! This accusation is not ordinary! Now everyone's thinking is still stuck in the stage of political supremacy back then.

  This sentence can already be used to define Liang Sanping and others as "traitors who sell out the country". Such a serious crime, no one dares to intervene.

  "Although I don't want to admit it, this is indeed the truth." The old man at the top smiled and said: "The reputation of Americans in Japan is indeed better than ours."

  The old man's words at the beginning were indeed surprising to everyone.

  "It's already like this now, can't we see reality clearly?! We are indeed weaker than the US, with inferior national strength, foundation and economy! The gap is tens of thousands of miles!"

  "If it were us going to negotiate with the Japanese, it's not like we can't do it. However, I reckon they won't give us such good conditions!" The elderly man sitting at the top said with a bitter smile.

  The old men fell silent, even if they didn't want to admit it, this is the fact. The Japanese are indeed more afraid of Americans than Chinese. This is a nation that remembers being beaten but not being fed, and America's two atomic bombs made them extremely obedient.

  That pain, even if they commemorate it, dare not mention the mistakes of the United States. And Japan still has to bear a large amount of military expenses for the US troops stationed in Japan every year and bear the disturbance caused by their presence there.

  Throughout Japan, with the exception of a small minority, no politician dares to make any comment on this matter. Although not explicitly stated, in reality Americans are naturally considered superior to ordinary Japanese people on Japanese territory.

  Even the entire Japanese population, subconsciously, took it for granted. No one thought it was inappropriate. Perhaps this is their national character, when they fail, they should yield to the strong.

  "But isn't their behavior a bit improper? Shouldn't we remind them, fellow southerners?" an elderly man asked the one sitting at the head of the table.

  "Haha... I said it before, let these young people take a shot. As long as they don't violate national laws or sell out the country's interests, we'll just watch for now." But then he saw the old man at the top wave his hand and say, "We're all crossing the river by feeling for stones, since we're feeling for stones, no one knows what route to take."

  "If you want others to try, you can't give them a bunch of rules and restrictions! You have to give them the right to walk their own path, only then will they know how to proceed..."

  As he spoke, the old man smiled and picked up the document, pointing to a name on it: "This young man is clever and knows how to use the tactics of Deng Ping Shu and Li Jianfu to control the barbarians with the barbarians' own methods. It's quite suitable to apply it here!"

  The old man chuckled and said, "This Nelson is indeed something. The interests of capital can really change people. In order to sell well to Professor Liu and his team, he even revealed the bottom line of his own company. As a result, Professor Liu and his team brought in thirty humidifiers, not many but very important things."

  "What's more important is their way of doing things." However, the old man smiled slightly and said: "This way of doing things, we have never tried before, nor have we ever seen it..."

  "We've been closed off for too long and have become unfamiliar with the outside world. We're easily taken advantage of if we're not careful, but this young man has given us a good wake-up call. Since we want to open up, we should be prepared to accept their way of doing things."

  "It's always good to minimize losses, isn't it? This young man used a method that we may not necessarily agree with. But the result is very good, the country has profited, the farm has profited. The professors even got the machine for experimentation, and it was free! How great is that!"

  The old man stood up with a smile and waved his hand at the group of elderly people below: "No matter whether it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. If we catch mice, should we still punish the cat? That wouldn't be right..."

  At this time, Liang Sanping and Professor Liu were getting off the car with a flurry of dust. Everyone was like scattered frames, Liang Sanping supported the shaky old professor Liu and complained.

  "I've already told you, I'm here now. You just have to follow me and see how tired I am..." Listening to Liang Sanping's complaints, Professor Liu smiled and waved his hand.

  "I won't be at ease if I don't come and take a look myself! It's not that I don't trust you, Little Liang, it's just that this old man has been thinking about the White Bone Disease problem and wants to solve it once and for all. Ahahahaha..."

  Li Sanping knew he couldn't persuade the stubborn old man, so he could only sigh and support the elderly. Fortunately, the General Administration sent a car to pick up people, and it was considered that the old man was more comfortable in the car.

  Nelson has gone to Hong Kong in a hurry to withdraw money and will bring back those thermal fog machines at the same time. At the same time, engineers sent by the US side also returned with him.

  Holl has returned to the United States with a business delegation, and Nelson is now in charge of Caterpillar's operations across the Asia-Pacific region. If it were before, Nelson would be overjoyed.

  Now Nelson is somewhat dissatisfied with his salary. Just the first business, he has already made more than his annual salary in the past.

  Even if I became the Asia-Pacific regional manager, with travel allowances and all, it's still just over $600,000 a year. This amount of money can be earned by planting an extra 100 mu of vegetables myself.

  So Nelson is already very disdainful of these wages. Now he thinks that he should better develop the market and promote the sales of vegetables in Japan. Even Nelson has set his sights on other countries, such as South Korea.

  "Teacher, let's take a break first. We'll go to the headquarters tomorrow," said Liang Sanping and the old man as they arrived at the reception center, after arranging for the old man.

  "Nelson's gone to get the equipment and pick people up, it'll take some time. If we go report now, it won't make much sense..."