Chapter 1565 Standard Prisoner's Dilemma
"Dear Duke Juan, it seems that you don't know enough about Americans."
Zhou Ming jokingly left these words to Juan and the others, then turned around and walked towards the Americans who came in. Although Zhou Ming had a respectful word for Juan, in Juan's ear, it was like a slap in the face.
Zhou Ming, however, no matter what Juan thought, came straight to the door and welcomed these American corporate bosses back.
These American business bosses seemed to have just arrived at the expo. They greeted Zhou Ming happily when they entered the door, and expressed their great expectations for their cooperation with Chinese businessmen. They would never mention the high-profile departure just now. If Chen Shu hadn't been investigating the contract between Wang Hui and Martin, you would even doubt whether the previous incident really existed.
There is no doubt that they all knew that they had left the scene so high and were now back with shame, which was very embarrassing, so they simply pretended that nothing happened.
However, they thought very well, but sometimes things are always so magical. When they were so happy that they only cooperated, Chen Shu happened to complete the investigation of the contract between Wang Hui and Martin and hurried over to report to Zhou Ming.
"Teacher, the matter has been found out, it is the fraud that Martin used the Yin-Yang contract to commit against Wang Hui." Chen Shu told Zhou Ming.
Anyone who does business knows the Yin-Yang contract. This is a matter of using a false contract to openly file it with a relevant institution, and then the actual transaction is performed by both parties in private. This kind of contract is a frequent visitor in tax evasion. Of course, there are also acts of using a false contract to deliberately deceive shareholders to pass the agreement as soon as possible.
After explaining the situation, the Americans who came here could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. Of course, their reaction was also quite fast, and they immediately expressed their opinions to Zhou Ming that they firmly condemned this behavior.
"Any business behavior must be guaranteed to be fair and just, and we must firmly resist and condemn such acts of fraud through contracts!"
In addition to condemning and boycotting, they also fully support Zhou Ming's idea of revenge: "A person like Martin is simply a shame to our America. He should be sent to the court to allow the law to impose the most severe sanctions on him. We are willing to pay the litigation costs for the victims!"
In addition, they also assured Zhou Ming that they fully abide by business ethics in their subsequent cooperation and that such fraudulent contracts will never happen again.
Zhou Ming nodded and expressed that he was very willing to trust them: "After all, the theme of this Chinese Business Expo is to promote cooperation between the two parties. Although there was a little unpleasant thing in the middle, we should not let a piece of mouse shit break a pot of soup. The contact and cooperation between the two parties should proceed as usual!"
With Zhou Ming's statement, these American corporate bosses finally felt relieved. They repeatedly praised Zhou Ming as the most broad-minded leader, and then went to discuss cooperation with companies they had already contacted.
The American corporate bosses are collectively busy, which makes European giants such as Juan and Mercedes stunned because they can't figure out why these guys Yang will come back like this. Don't they care about their face the most? Why do they still do such a thing?
"Zhou Ming, did you impose some magic on them? Otherwise, how could they come back to do such a thing?" Juan said in an incredible tone.
Zhou Ming just shrugged indifferently at this and said, "Maybe."
Juan and Mercedes all expressed their frustration that the situation was still under Zhou Ming's control.
But they didn't know that Zhou Ming was relieved at this time, because Zhou Ming was actually gambling.
Everything today is an emergency. How could Zhou Ming know in which direction the things will develop? Zhou Ming didn't expect that even Martin's sudden trouble and the subsequent collective departure of American corporate bosses, let alone that they would come back.
Zhou Ming's confidence actually comes from European nobles like Juan and Mercedes.
The reason is very simple, that is, Zhou Ming is sure that no matter how stupid the Americans are, they will not give up the opportunity to cooperate with China to Europe. Therefore, as long as these Americans later know that they are in contact with Juan and others, the Americans will inevitably be unable to sit still, and then they can only choose to come back honestly.
"It's all the fault of these idiot Americans. We only have a little bit of success!" Juan said in great annoyance.
Zhou Ming reminded him that it is not a time to be upset about this: "Because the time you have been wasting here is the opportunity for Americans to actively discuss cooperation."
Zhou Ming's words made Juan and the others suddenly react. Then Juan and the others hurriedly ordered their company president to negotiate with Chinese merchants and to establish more cooperation as soon as possible in front of the Americans.
"Actually, these are all things you calculated by Zhou Ming. You are using us." Juan said suddenly.
Zhou Ming looked at Juan in surprise, but he didn't expect that when he was so busy directing the company's boss to do things, he could suddenly say this.
Zhou Ming always believed that the fat man Juan was wise and foolish. This time his guess was completely correct. Zhou Ming did use them, of course not only them, but also the Americans, both sides used each other.
The reason is not complicated. Europe and the United States are hostile and suspicious of each other. They both have to ensure that the other party cannot cooperate with Zhou Ming. Therefore, this is a standard prisoner's dilemma. They can only take the initiative to cooperate with Zhou Ming if they cannot determine whether the other party is sincere and what price they need to cooperate with Zhou Ming.
So this is the current situation. The Americans left and came back with a shameless face. The Europeans wanted to raise the price, but when they saw that the Americans came, they had to give up.
However, this is the case, Zhou Ming did not intend to admit it. Zhou Ming just continued to remind Juan that compared to the useless things, how to make good use of this expo is the most important thing: "It's not that I brag about myself, my motherland will definitely become the most important production and consumption base in the world in the future. How to seize cooperation with China before joining the WTO is your opportunity to gain the upper hand."
Juan also nodded and expressed his complete agreement with Zhou Ming's statement. He even told Zhou Ming that before today, he had planned to promote his petrochemical industry and architectural design companies and other businesses to China, and had achieved many intentions in previous informal contacts.
Then Juan and Mercede and others followed their company boss to inspect the cooperation negotiations.
Being behind the scenes of a capitalist in many industries is never an easy task. Unless you don’t care about the company’s losses or even bankruptcy, you must understand the situation yourself before making a decision, rather than simply sitting in the office and listening to reports.
Juan and Mercede were both busy, and Zhou Ming was not idle either. After all, Wang Hui and Martin had not been dealt with yet, so Zhou Ming hurriedly followed Chen Shu to the security room of the exhibition center.
Wang Hui and Martin are both under investigation here. When they saw Zhou Ming coming in, Wang Hui stood up after a while. He came to Zhou Ming in three or two steps, then lowered his head and bowed to Zhou Mingshen to apologize to Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming is very sorry. I have let you down. I have done such a big thing at this expo, which has caused you trouble."
"And it's not a small trouble. Wang Hui, you can say that you almost ruined the expo." Zhou Ming continued his words.
Wang Hui buried his head lower when he heard this. He gritted his teeth and looked full of annoyance.
But Zhou Ming had no intention of continuing to pursue the matter. Zhou Ming then asked him to get up first and then look at Martin on the other side.
In contrast to Wang Hui's painful regret, Martin leaned on the chair, shaking his legs crossed, looking careless.
"Mr. Martin has anything to say?" Zhou Ming asked straight to the point, "Why do you want to use this kind of Yin-Yang contract to cheat, and who is instructing you to do this behind your back? What's the purpose of doing this?"
Faced with Zhou Ming's questioning, Martin still sat there and didn't take it seriously, and smiled disdainfully: "Mr. Zhou Ming is it? It's said that you are a very smart and capable person. How do you ask the questions so naive? Do you think these questions have any meaning?"
Chen Shu and Ye Ning were angry at Martin's attitude, but Zhou Ming didn't care.
"So I wonder what your opinion, Mr. Martin?" Zhou Ming asked.
Martin thought Zhou Ming had really surrendered, and he told Zhou Ming very arrogantly: "Since you asked so sincerely, I will tell you too. You should let me go immediately, and then publicly apologize to me on the main stage outside, and compensate me for the loss of 30 million US dollars in the contract."
Martin said, remembering something and then said, "By the way, I forgot that all the entrepreneurs just now left the fair because of your treacherous behavior, so Mr. Zhou Ming also needs the help of the media."
Listening to Martin's words, even Chen Shu and Ye Ning were so happy that they wanted to ask Martin: Where did you get the confidence?
Zhou Ming didn't explain much about this, just saying that he was very confident in the current situation. Zhou Ming also reminded him that it was not a good thing to go to the main stage.
It was just Zhou Ming's kind reminder, which was obviously understood by Martin as being scared.
Martin then looked at Zhou Ming with a sneer: "I originally thought Mr. Zhou Ming was a very brave person, but now it seems obviously more cowardly than I thought. If Mr. Zhou Ming, you really want to solve this problem, you can only apologize publicly!"
Martin also said: "We are not the same as you. Breach of trust is an extremely bad behavior for us and is not tolerated by anyone. Only if you sincerely admit your mistakes and correct them can you have a glimmer of hope. And I am fighting for you for the last hope, otherwise you will be despised by the whole of America!"
Martin's words were loud and even his expression was very
Chapter completed!