At this moment, Kato, however, was not half sorry for his previous arrogance, but only annoyed at the Tengfei Group’s neglect of him.
“Baka!”
One of the Kepong men got a little anxious and couldn’t help but mutter, “Tengfei’s people are going too far, Mr. Kato, I think we should just leave and let Tengfei’s people know how serious a mistake it is to snub us!”
But Kato’s face darkened and he said, “Shut up! Yoshino, keep your mouth shut, today’s meeting is very important to the group, and if you mess it up because of you, you can hand in your resignation when you get back!”
The man froze, and seeing the look on Kato’s face, he couldn’t help but feel a little resentful.
It was only then that the others realised that the HiSh*ta Group, of which they had once been so proud, was not much of a deterrent to the Tengfei Group at the moment, and that it was the Tengfei Group, not them, that was taking the initiative now!
This made several Kepong people a little uncomfortable. As executives of the Jiangzhou branch of the Lingxia Group, they usually held their chests straight and heads held high even when meeting some of the leaders of China, and those officials had to smile with them, but here, they could actually even speak casually.
This feeling of being stifled is really unpleasant!
D*mn Chinese people!
Several Kepong people couldn’t help but curse in their hearts, how dare they treat them like this!
“General Xiao, General Han, the Kepong people are pressing again.”
Inside Han Zhong’s parlour, Ji Feng and the others chatted idly, unaware that half an hour had pa*sed, until a female employee came to report and everyone remembered the pa*sage of time.
“It should be almost done.” Ji Feng looked at his watch and said.
“Invite the guests to the grand parlour.” Xiao Yuxuan nodded and explained to the clerk.
“Yes, Chief Xiao.”
Ji Feng stood up and said, “Brother Hongwei, let’s go, the second gift is here.”
With his belly full of doubts, He Hongwei followed Ji Feng and the others to the large parlour, and as soon as he entered, He Hongwei could not help but be stunned, “Kato?!”
Only to see that in the parlour, there were already several people sitting there waiting, and one of them, surprisingly, was Kato!
This man was so familiar to He Hongwei that even if he turned into dust, He Hongwei would be able to recognise him at a glance.
It was because it was this man who, with a very contemptuous tone and an incomparably arrogant attitude, had humiliated him and Ji Feng in Southern Guangdong, and at the same time, had also commented on the Chinese people with incomparable contempt.
How could He Hongwei not remember him?
However, He Hongwei did not expect that he would actually meet Kato here!
How could Kato be here when he didn’t even think of the Tengfei Group before? Was he here to show off his power?
He Hongwei’s face sank for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal. Although he was extremely displeased with Kato in his heart, his good cultivation still allowed him not to show this disgust on his face, but he definitely did not smile at these few Kepong people either.
To be able to not give them a cold face was already a good treatment!
At this moment, Kato, upon seeing Ji Feng and He Hongwei, could not help but be stunned for a moment, and his face was more or less unnatural. He obviously did not expect to see Ji Feng and He Hongwei here either, he had come to see Xiao Yuxuan and Han Zhong.
Although Kato had honed his thick face and black heart in the workplace, he was still a little embarra*sed to see Ji Feng and He Hongwei, whom he had once humiliated, in this situation.
Because this time, he came to seek cooperation with the Tengfei Group, and to put it bluntly, he actually came to beg the Tengfei Group.
Although in Kato’s view, he was now only here to make a deal with the Tengfei Group, he actually knew in his heart that the two sides were now on completely unequal footing, with the Tengfei Group completely taking the initiative.
Besides, the Tengfei Group may not necessarily have to cooperate with the Lingxia Group, even if the Lingxia Group is as powerful as it is!
“Mr. Xiao, Mr. Han, how are you?” Kato stood up and gave a slight bow.
“Good day to you all!”
The few KAI Peng people who were following Kato also stood up, and like Kato, bowed to Xiao Yuxuan’s few people.
Xiao Yuxuan’s face remained unchanged, her cicada lightly nodded as a greeting and said, “Greetings. Welcome to my company to discuss business, please forgive me for my poor hospitality!”
Han Zhong also nodded slightly as a greeting.
They were not people who hadn’t seen the world, and they all knew that these brats were bowing at every turn and acting very polite, but in reality they might not be thinking that way in their hearts.
The reason is that for the KAI Peng people, bowing is actually just a customary courtesy for them, just like the handshake between Chinese people, which is actually just a commonplace for them. If you really think that they are so polite and have such respect for you in their hearts, then you are waiting to be fooled, and I am afraid that in the end, you will still be counting money for the brats after being sold.
In fact, many Chinese people have now learnt this, unlike in the past, after many years of isolation, when they first came into contact with the kiddies, many Chinese people were carried away by their redundant courtesies, and ended up eating big losses instead.
Some officials, in particular, were particularly polite when the country opened up to foreign investment and bowed at every turn, and as a result, some officials could not help but feel their bones were lighter and their whole bodies were even more flamboyant.
Imagine, even these foreign friends, these foreign guests are so polite to themselves, this official is the only way to have a good time!
So, under such circumstances, many officials gave these brats an unknown number of preferential policies with the stroke of a pen, and some of them were even out of line with the regulations.
Especially for some enterprises in Kepong, the officials did not even look at what type of enterprises these were actually, and simply nodded their heads in agreement.
In fact, many of these enterprises came to seize the Chinese market, or, some of them came to China because their own pollution was too serious and they were not allowed to start work in Kepong, but the local Chinese officials did not care about this, the point is that these brats were polite, and he was able to get enough benefits for himself and have enough political achievements.
Wouldn’t that be enough?
So during that period, the Chinese really didn’t know how many losses they had suffered in front of these little brats.
Later on, even very well-known experts and scholars claimed that during the war period, Kepong’s army had brought heavy suffering to China, while in the present time of peace, Kepong has brought a great impact on China economically, and the impact of this impact on China may last for a long, long time.
The words of the experts at the time proved to be correct.
With the arrival of a series of Kepong enterprises with serious polluting emissions, the environment of China was greatly damaged and some of the resources of China were encompa*sed by those Kepong enterprises in a kind of horse-racing manner.
However, some officials at the time were promoted to high positions because of their success in introducing foreign investment.
However, with the rapid development of China’s economy, many Chinese people do not have the fear of foreigners when they see them, especially some of the elite Chinese people, who do not regard the Kepong people as superior.
They are just two shoulders carrying one head, nothing out of the ordinary.
Their kind of bowing at every turn is not to say that they have much respect for China and its people in their hearts, it is just a kind of etiquette for them, which can be completely understood as a nod of greeting or a handshake, that’s all.
Seeing Xiao Yuxuan and Han Zhong’s cold response, Kato could not help but have his face darkened, a flash of anger flashed from his eyes, but it was only a flash, and in the blink of an eye, Kato’s complexion returned to normal.
“Please sit down.” Xiao Yuxuan gestured, and then opened the door and said, “Mr. Kato, I don’t know if your group is in such a hurry to try to make contact with us, may I ask if there is something you need our help with?”
“……”
As soon as Kato heard this, he couldn’t help but choke.
What do you mean by making contact in such a hurry and wanting to ask the Tengfei Group for help?
This woman was beautiful and moving, but her words were so sarcastic, this instantly elevated the status of the Tengfei Group, and the Lingxia Group became the party asking for people instead …… Kato couldn’t help but bellyache in his heart, but his face couldn’t show it.
Kato said, “Mr. Xiao, it is like this, we have always wanted to develop as much as possible in China and make a due contribution to the economic development of China as much as possible, so we are always watching some news trends of the business sector in China.”
Xiao Yuxuan smiled and said, “Mr. Kato has a heart, if the leaders of the city know about Mr. Kato’s heart, they might award Mr. Kato the title of honorary citizen!”
“……”
Kato said in his heart, “Hell no, I don’t care about your honorary citizenship!
He knew that Xiao Yuxuan was just being sarcastic when she said that, but he said as if he didn’t understand at all, “Mr. Xiao, we noticed that your group has announced the research and development results of a new alloy material to the public, so we would like to cooperate with your group on this result, I wonder what Mr. Xiao thinks?”
Xiao Yuxuan said, “Oh? Lingxia Group wants to cooperate with us? Is that true?”
Kato nodded and said, “Of course it’s true!”
Xiao Yuxuan said, “But, why do I feel that Mr. Kato is teasing us?”
Kato was slightly stunned, “Huh?”
Han Zhong interjected from the side, “Our Mr. Xiao’s words are not difficult to understand, to put it plainly, we think you are deliberately playing with us by doing this! You’re making fun of us!”
“No! That’s absolutely not true!” Kato immediately shook his head and busily said, “Mr. Xiao, Mr. Han, I think you have misunderstood, that’s not what we meant, how could you think that!”
