Chapter 774 Li Da Gongzi
When Brown introduced himself, he took out a business card and handed it to Zeng Yi, saying, "Please also ask Director Zeng to give me a chance to introduce the product."
Zeng Yi picked up the business card and looked at it. He thought that he had indeed guessed it. Brown was the business representative of the genetically modified seed company, and his level was not low, and he even had the title of a biology expert. Zeng Yi couldn't understand even more. What's the use of Brown not looking for Li Jietong!
"Sit down!" Zeng Yi raised his hand and pointed to the hospitality sofa beside him, saying, "Your company's reputation is well-known!"
Brown's face was a little embarrassed because the world's skepticism about genetic modification caused his company's reputation to be bad. In addition, the company's unclear foundation was even more criticized. Brown also knew this. He smiled and said, "These products I am responsible for are good products that benefit mankind."
Shi Zhiyong, who was on the side, was confused. He had never liked to go to school since he was a child. He had gone out to participate in society before he graduated from elementary school. He could not understand English. He only dared to laugh with his face and said nothing. However, he had one advantage, which was that he was particularly good at observing words and expressions. Today, he could not observe words, but he was still very good at observing words.
Director Zeng’s attitude is obviously not very welcome to Brown!
Shi Zhiyong secretly said that he had played the wrong chess. If he had known this, he would not have taken the initiative. He brought Brown to the Agriculture Committee. Isn’t this a confusion for Director Zeng!
Zeng Yi was opposed to the promotion of genetically modified crop seeds in Sinochem City, but he still had some cultivation. He went to get a bottle of drink for Brown, then sat down and listened to Brown to introduce the several products he brought, mainly rice products, three, followed by corn, and one.
"Zhonghua City has poor soil, with a small per capita arable land area, and a lot of arable land is still located in mountainous areas, and the operating costs are very high. How to improve yield and increase farmers' operating efficiency is a very important issue." Brown looked at Zeng Yi and said, "Our company's products can help your government solve this problem. Before coming, we had already sampled and tested the soil in Zhonghua City, which is very suitable for planting several products I recommend. It is not a problem to increase the yield by 40%.
Zeng Yi just smiled and said, "Mr. Brown is a biological expert. I believe you are more professional than me about biological matters. Many countries reject the vegetation of genetically modified seeds. I believe you are more clear about the biological reasons."
Brown was stunned, but still chose to pretend to be confused with understanding. He said: "Director Zeng can rest assured about food safety concerns. So far, we have not received any cases of disease caused by eating genetically modified foods."
"Mr. Brown is not honest enough!" Zeng Yi took a sip of water and looked at Brown slantedly, saying, "This makes me very confused about your title of biology expert."
Brown's plan to avoid the important thing was discovered by Zeng Yi. He was a little embarrassed. He picked up the water and took a sip to hide his embarrassment, but choked himself. He coughed continuously. He was a biology expert and understood the greatest harm of genetically modified seeds lies in the instability of his own genes and the destruction of the genetic stability of local crops through reproduction and mating.
Brown cannot understand what seeds mean to a country. If it is vigorously promoted in a country that has not yet matured and mastered genetically modified technology, it will be a great destruction to the country's agricultural lifeline.
"I heard that your company has other projects?" Zeng Yi spoke to resolve Brown's embarrassment and said: "For example, using genetically modified grains to produce fuel alcohol. If Mr. Brown is willing to bring this project to Sinochem City, we would like to welcome it!"
Brown shook his head and said, "This project is not within my authority, I can't make decisions!" Brown felt that Zeng Yi's statement was a bit nonsensical. If we build this project to Zhonghua City, wouldn't we have to transport the grain for processing from a long distance? That's a bit too much!
Zeng Yi mentioned this, one is to indirectly reject Brown's lobbying, and the other is not to talk nonsense. At present, the number of domestic cars is increasing, and the direct result is the sharp increase in gasoline consumption. The new standard gasoline is filled with fuel alcohol, which is a very good oxygenator and can greatly reduce the content of aromatic hydrocarbons and olefins.
The most important raw material for producing fuel alcohol is food, but our domestic food is still facing a shortage and it is impossible to use it to produce fuel alcohol in large quantities. Brown's company has a large amount of unconsumable food.
If they build this project in Sinochem City, although there is more cost of transporting grain, the fuel alcohol produced can be sold nearby. After the total account, they will not suffer any loss at all.
Unfortunately, Brown is not a very professional businessman. He is very knowledgeable about genetically modified seeds, but he rarely pays attention to research on other aspects. Zeng Yi's proposal is equivalent to playing the piano for a cow.
"I'd better introduce the products I'm responsible for to Director Zeng..." Brown planned to work harder, but he felt that he didn't impress Zeng Yi, so he should explain the lack of yield and characteristics clearly.
"No need!" Zeng Yi raised his hand and interrupted Brown, saying, "Mr. Brown has already explained it very clearly, and I have heard it clearly, but my attitude is very clear. As for the reasons, I believe Mr. Brown knows it well."
Brown was quite persistent. After thinking about it, he whispered to Zeng Yi: "If Director Zeng supports our products, our company will help Director Zeng get a green card, and..."
"I have an appointment tonight, so I won't talk to Mr. Brown more!" Zeng Yi took the initiative to take off the guests before Brown finished speaking, and stood up and said, "If it's still for these products, Mr. Brown won't have to come to me anymore. My attitude will never change. If your company has the intention to talk to me about fuel alcohol projects, you can send someone to talk to me at any time!"
"Sorry, please!" Zeng Yi stretched out his hand towards the door. He was too lazy to get involved with Brown anymore, and it was a waste of each other's time.
Shi Zhiyong's intestines were regretful at this time. It was obviously a disagreement. He didn't know what the foreigner said to Director Zeng, but he actually made Director Zeng so angry and came directly to force him to see him off.
Zeng Yi had already made the words very clear. No matter how stubborn Brown was, he couldn't continue to linger. He had to get up and say "disturb" and then walked out the door.
"Director Zeng, I..." Shi Zhiyong was a little incoherent, looked at Zeng Yi and then looked at Brown who left. He didn't know how to explain.
"Chairman Shi, please do your own thing in the future!" Zeng Yi said bluntly and said, "I made an appointment with someone tonight, and I won't say much to you!"
Shi Zhiyong was almost cursing Brown to death. Damn, I kindly helped you lead a way, but it made me hate me by Director Zeng. You are going to kill me. The backlog of garlic in Wanshui Township has to rely on Director Zeng’s care!
"Then... I won't bother Director Zeng!" Shi Zhiyong couldn't force Zeng Yi to explain. Zeng Yi had already said that he had sent the guests. He said, "I'll explain to Director Zeng tomorrow."
Zeng Yi did not comment and walked towards the desk. Then he picked up the handbag on the table, obviously preparing to leave after get off work.
Shi Zhiyong really didn't dare to stay longer. After laughing a few times, he bent down and retreated.
Through the window, Zeng Yi saw Shi Zhiyong outside and cursed Brown several times, then drove away angrily, leaving Brown stunned. He could not understand what Shi Zhiyong was talking about at all.
After the two left, Zeng Yi slowly walked out of the office, locked the door, and then went out to stop a car and headed towards the place he had made an appointment with Xu Li.
Every month, Zeng Yi would meet Xu Li, and there was nothing important. It was just a small gathering between friends. In the territory of Sinochem, there was no friend except Xu Li, and Zeng Yi could not find a drinker even if he wanted to drink. So last time the driver Lao Zhang invited Zeng Yi to have noodles, Zeng Yi also went there very happily.
The place we met was a very famous small restaurant in Zhonghua City. It has a lot of people, but the environment is not very good and noisy. However, if you want to eat authentic flavor, you will probably get this kind of place. The high-end places are more exquisite, but they do not have the same local flavor as the flavored snacks.
After ordering a few specialty dishes from the store and ordering wine, the two of them found a table in the corner of the hotel and slowly started to eat and drink.
"The last time the Agricultural Commission was stolen, it was confirmed that it was done by the thieves gang!" Xu Li said.
Zeng Yi looked at Xu Li. He had instructed Xu Li not to follow this matter again last time, but he didn't expect Xu Li to still be thinking about it.
"Two days ago, the police station caught a habitual thief. According to his instructions, the group of people who smashed the Agricultural Committee at the last night market." Xu Li looked at Zeng Yi and said briefly: "The police station informed the city bureau!"
Zeng Yi frowned slightly. Since it was reported to the municipal bureau, why didn't Jiang Hong communicate with the Agricultural Commission? Was he going to tell the truth about the Agricultural Commission when he was solved and caught the real murderer?
"The public security situation in Zhonghua City is not optimistic!" Zeng Yi said, the thieves gangs are rampant to this point, how can the public security situation be good?
Xu Lishen nodded convincedly. The economy of Zhonghua City is indeed developed, but the public security situation is also extremely complicated. In addition to the thief gang, the Speed Party is also very arrogant.
"Listen to someone, Vice Mayor Li Jietong is not dealing with it?" Xu Li asked, staring at Zeng Yi, his eyes full of being ready to try.
Zeng Yi smiled and said just now that the thieves gang are lawless, and Xu Li and the guys are even better than that. Zeng Yi said, "You have to pay attention to your current identity!"
Xu Li smiled awkwardly, with an expression of inattention, which means that as long as the boss says, you can tell me whether he is an identity or not, just do whatever he needs to do.
"Actually, there is no major conflict, it is a conflict at work!" Zeng Yi did not hide it from Xu Li, and now briefly talked about the matter of genetically modified seeds, and also talked about Brown finding the Agriculture Committee before coming to have a meal.
When Xu Li heard this, he said, "This matter is easy to deal with, please leave it to me!"
Zeng Yi waved his hand and said, "Just stay in the SWAT team peacefully. I know your methods very well. I won't drive away one Brown and another Brown will come!"
Xu Li scratched his head. Zeng Yi and the soldiers were staying with them for a long time and were so clear about the methods of their own people that they could no longer be clear. According to Xu Li's plan, he was just to find an excuse to beat Brown up and make him look ugly, and this guy left.
It is hard to find other excuses. There are many excuses to hit people, just bump them on the road, or find a girl to shout "Foreign devils are hooligans", and then a few burly men jump out and beat Brown up, and it will be useless to beat them. The foreign devils can't even talk clearly.
But as Zeng Yi said, this method is useless. It is just a bad idea to drive Brown away. It is not a root cause. If Li Jietong is determined to promote genetically modified seeds, even if you drive Brown away, you can't resist Li Jietong rushing to contact the other party at the meeting!
So the key to the problem is how to calm Li Jietong down.
It’s still not enough people! Zeng Yi sighed in his heart that Xu Li is the only one who can use it in Zhonghua City, which is far from enough, so there is no need to doubt Xu Li’s loyalty. But Xu Li can’t help with such power struggles in the officialdom.
At the end of the meal, the last scene repeated again. A little thief sneaked into the bustling restaurant. After looking around, he found a customer who took off his clothes and put them on the backrest. Then he walked over as if nothing had happened and prepared to start.
Zeng Yi was speechless. The probability of meeting a thief by himself was too high. If it was just a coincidence, it would be better. If it wasn't a coincidence, then Jiang Hong, the director of the municipal bureau, should have abdicated and given up the wise!
Xu Li was not as impulsive as last time, so he winked at Zeng Yi. Zeng Yi understood what he meant. He picked up the cup and drank the remaining wine, then stood up, slowly walked outside, went to the front desk to settle the bill, and then disappeared at the entrance of the restaurant.
After Zeng Yi left the door, Xu Li waited patiently for two minutes. When the thief reached out to attack the second target, Xu Li threw the wine glass on the table, raised his foot and walked over there. The moment he rubbed the thief behind him, Xu Li suddenly stretched his arm and suddenly strangled the thief's neck.
With a little force on his arm, the poor thief was knocked unconscious and didn't even have a chance to resist.
"Look at your bag!" Xu Li said coldly, pulled out two wallets from the belt behind the thief, threw them to the two customers, and then carried the thief out and walked out.
The two customers got their wallets and realized that they had stolen their bags. They exclaimed and looked at the door again. Xu Li was gone.
The next morning, when I went to work, Zeng Yi saw Shi Zhiyong's luxury car as soon as he arrived at the Agriculture Committee.
Shi Zhiyong was already waiting at the door of the Agricultural Commission. When he saw Zeng Yi's car, he immediately trotted and followed. As soon as the car stopped, he reached out and opened the car door, came over with a smile, and said, "Director Zeng is here to go to work, it's early!"
"Are early!" Zeng Yi stepped out of the car and said, "Chairman Shi came here early in the morning. I guess there must be something important!"
Shi Zhiyong said: "I came here today and came here to apologize to Director Zeng. I want to explain what happened yesterday."
Zeng Yi nodded slightly and said, "Chairman Shi is so serious, let's talk about it!" Zeng Yi had already seen yesterday that Shi Zhiyong and Brown were not friends at all. Zeng Yi was also puzzled how these two people who were completely unconnected could meet each other. Since Shi Zhiyong had come to explain, Zeng Yi simply listened to what he said.
After entering the office, Zeng Yi walked towards his desk and said, "Chairman Shi can sit there!"
Shi Zhiyong didn't dare to sit casually? He waited to sit in the office chair, and then sat down half of his butt in the chair opposite Zeng Yi and said, "Director Zeng, in fact, I am not familiar with the foreigner named Bu at all!"
"Yes!" Zeng Yi said lightly, waiting for Shi Zhiyong's next sentence.
"He and I just met at a dinner yesterday. He said there were major agricultural projects that needed to cooperate with the city. I had already found Deputy Mayor Li before, but the progress was not going well. I kept it at that time. After the dinner, I specifically kept him and told him that since it was a major agricultural project, I should come to Director Zeng to discuss it." Shi Zhiyong looked at Zeng Yi with a flattering smile and said, "It's not impossible to find Deputy Mayor Li, but it is obviously a bit of a wrong temple gate. Who among Zhonghua City does not know that the city's agricultural affairs depend on Director Zeng to make the decision."
Zeng Yi's expression was normal and he didn't eat Shi Zhiyong's ecstasy soup at all. As long as the city's agricultural affairs were decided by himself, the matter would be easier.
Shi Zhiyong became even more afraid. He had dealt with too many officials, but it was the first time he had seen him as unfinished as Zeng Yi. If others heard his praise, they would have been happy.
"After I said this, the foreign devil named Bu suddenly realized it, and then begged me to help me introduce it in front of Director Zeng." Shi Zhiyong didn't dare to be clever and said, "I blame me for being mean. I said that I had a deep relationship with Director Zeng and couldn't let it go, so I had to bring him here. If I had known that Director Zeng didn't like him, I wouldn't have done this even if I beat him to death."
Zeng Yi roughly guessed what happened. Brown should have dealt with Li Jietong first. Unfortunately, because of his opposition and the rectification of the seed market, Brown's affairs did not go well. In this case, Shi Zhiyong's so-called "instructions" made Brown feel that he should have found the wrong partner, so he found the Committee of Agriculture.
Foreigners are doing business, and they will look for anyone who can help him start a business. This is different from the positioning in the officialdom. He will not stand firmly on Li Jietong's side just because he has reached a verbal agreement with Li Jietong.
After Shi Zhiyong finished speaking, he carefully observed Zeng Yi's expression change. Seeing that Zeng Yi had not spoken for a long time, he sat there for no reason and didn't know what he was thinking about. The sweat on Shi Zhiyong's forehead sensation and thought for a while. He said, "Actually, I am a little selfish. The price of garlic in Wanshui Township is so low that it cannot be lower anymore. I wanted to come over to ask Director Zeng for help, but I didn't have the courage to come over, so I had to take this opportunity to go to Director Zeng..."
Zeng Yi nodded. This should be Shi Zhiyong's true intention. He probably thought Brown was bringing something big project. So he hurried to seek credit. With this premise, he spoke up and talked about the garlic in Wanshui Township. Zeng Yi had to give some feelings.
"Last year, Chairman Shi has heard of the sale of fake seeds in Fangming County?" Zeng Yi suddenly asked.
Shi Zhiyong was a little confused. What does this have to do with what he said? Where did he start? He said: "Please give me some tips. I'll think about it carefully, maybe I know."
Zeng Yi took out the work report from Fangming County Agricultural Committee, looked at the part I read yesterday, and pointed it to Shi Zhiyong: "You can take a look!"
Zeng Yi did not ask Shi Zhiyong casually, but he found that Shi Zhiyong is very active in Zhonghua City. A small chairman of the Wanshui Township Garlic Industry Association can be linked to people like Brown. It can be seen that Shi Zhiyong is very capable of jumping around, so Zeng Yi wanted to see if there is anything different from the report here in Shi Zhiyong.
If so, then Zeng Yi would have an excuse to continue to strengthen rectification of the seed market.
When Shi Zhiyong saw it, he immediately said without hesitation: "I know about this! Not only are those fake seeds sold in Fangming County, but farmers are deceived in almost all counties and districts in the city. However, after the Municipal Bureau filed a case for investigation, it said that the seeds were real, but it was not suitable for planting in Zhonghua City."
"Chairman Shi should also know the origin of the Land Farm Seed Company, right?" Zeng Yi asked.
Shi Zhiyong pointed to the room next door, meaning he knew it completely, and then he gathered it with Zeng Yi and said, "Actually, that batch of seeds were made by someone else. Deputy Director Xue Jiang was in trouble with him. He didn't make any money and was flirting with him. In the end, he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Zeng Yi didn't expect Shi Zhiyong to be really good at it, and said immediately: "Who got the seed?"
Shi Zhiyong was a little embarrassed, obviously because he had some concerns with this person. He regretted that he was too big and had a loss. Why did he make an old problem again? Everyone has shortcomings, and Shi Zhiyong is no exception. His shortcomings are that he likes to show off, especially his wide network and well-informed person.
Zeng Yi didn't force Shi Zhiyong to pick up the teacup and slowly whispered, saying, "I believe this matter can be investigated clearly!"
Shi Zhiyong's face changed. What did Zeng Yi mean? He understood very well. Even if you don't tell the name of that person now, as long as I, Zeng Yi, want to check it, I will definitely find it clearly. You can still recite your love now, but when I find it out, you will not only have no credit, but also the guilt of delaying my work.
Shi Zhiyong thought about it and made up his mind, saying, "Director Zeng asked me, that's why I think of me. As long as I know, I will definitely tell you everything. The person who provides the seeds is not someone else, but Li Wenyong, the son of Deputy Mayor Li."
"You can eat random food, but you can't talk randomly!" Zeng Yi looked at Shi Zhiyong and made another confirmation.
Shi Zhiyong's expression was very firm and said, "It's absolutely not fake. Li Wenyong told me personally that I have also helped Li Wenyong with several batches of garlic in the past two years! Yesterday I met the foreign devil named Bu, and it was also at Li Wenyong's dinner. He and the foreign devil looked very close."
Zeng Yi nodded. There were some things that were unable to meet the number before, but now they all met the number. The connection between Li Jietong and Brown is probably the one who brought the line to this eldest son Li Wenyong!
Chapter completed!