The press conference was a great success as Li Chengyun, Lina Song and Williams were always smiling and patiently answering questions from the journalists.
After the press conference ended on an extremely warm note, Li Chengyun led the city leaders out.
Williams and his team stayed behind to discuss the cooperation of the Black Dragon Mountain mining project with Song Lina and the board members of the Mingyuan Group of Companies.
Due to the commercial secrets involved, journalists were not invited to the talks. After getting what they wanted, the journalists went back to their original units to write their articles and publish news.
The meeting on project cooperation between the two sides was held in a small conference room.
Song Lina, Chairman of the Mingyuan Group of Companies, sat on the left row of the conference table with Liu Xiangdong and a few other board members, while Williams, Executive President of International Energy Group Corporation Asia, and his team sat on the right row of the conference table.
The negotiation between the two sides took place in a lively atmosphere.
After a series of negotiations between the two parties, the following agreements were finally reached.
Firstly, both parties will each contribute three billion Chinese dollars to the exploitation of the Black Dragon Mountain mineral resources project.
Secondly, after the project is successfully exploited, Mingyuan Group Company will enjoy 60% of the shares and International Energy Group Company will enjoy 40% of the shares, and the profits will be distributed according to this ratio.
Third, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the project, both parties will establish a common account, into which both parties will separately credit three billion Chinese Yuan, requiring the seals and fingerprint identification of the chairmen of both parties in order to access the funds.
Fourthly, once the project is launched, neither party may, for any reason, unilaterally propose to withdraw from the project, regardless of whether it is profitable or not.
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After the agreement was reached and Song Lina and Williams signed the agreement, the agreement officially came into effect.
“Chairman Song, this evening, can I invite you to join me for dinner at the Yanjing International Hotel?” Williams warmly extended an invitation to Song Lina.
“Mr. Williams, I am sorry, I have been a bit unwell recently and cannot accept your invitation,” Song Lina politely declined, “However, you have come a long way and are our company’s guests, so we should be the host for this evening’s expenses, when the time comes, I will ask Vice Chairman Liu Xiangdong to go forward Just attend the dinner ……”
Ever since Song Lina had been kidnapped and her father killed, she had paid special attention to her safety and never accompanied her guests to dinners outside.
“In that case, we can only invite Chairman Song to dine with us another day when we have the chance.” Williams looked a little embarra*sed when he was refused.
“I think there will be an opportunity as long as we succeed in this cooperation!” Song Lina said with a nod.
“In that case, we’ll leave you to it, let’s split up and get ready!” Williams said, “About both of us going to the bank to open an account, when does Chairman Song think would be a good time?”
Song Lina considered for a moment and said, “How about this, I’ll have someone contact the bank first, if there are no surprises, we can go to the bank tomorrow.”
“I’m waiting to hear from Chairman Song,” Williams said with a regretful look on his face, “I was planning to return to China tonight, but I’ve been delayed by our project cooperation, so if I can go to the bank tomorrow morning and complete the formalities, I’ll immediately leave for the company’s headquarters to report our cooperation in person to the president of the group. If I can go to the bank tomorrow morning and finish the formalities, I will immediately leave for the company’s headquarters and report our cooperation to the president of the group company in person, and then, credit the three billion yuan to the account ……”
“Please rest a*sured, Mr. Williams, we will handle this matter with urgency.” Song Lina replied with a smile.
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In the evening, in the restaurant of Yanjing International Hotel, inside a luxurious elegant room.
In order to celebrate the successful cooperation between Mingyuan Group Corporation and International Energy Group Corporation, Liu Xiangdong, Vice Chairman of Mingyuan Group, was entrusted by Song Lina, Chairman of the Board, to lead several senior executives, including Wang Kai, Vice Chairman of the Board, Zhao Guoliang, General Manager, and Sun Li, a*sistant to the Chairman of the Board, to host a banquet to entertain the delegation from International Energy Group Corporation represented by Williams.
Li Chengyun, Vice Mayor of Yanjing, was also invited to attend. After the waiter had served a table of gourmet delicacies, the dinner was held in a lively atmosphere.
Vice Mayor Li Chengyun, who was seated in the chair, took the lead in raising his gla*s and delivered a toast.
“Everyone, today, it is my honour to participate in the joint cooperation between the Mingyuan Group Company and the International Energy Group Company to exploit the Black Dragon Mountain mineral resources project, I hope you will have a happy cooperation and successful exploitation, come on everyone, let’s drink together!”
Everyone lifted their gla*ses and raised them to drink. After everyone here had finished their gla*ses of wine, the waiter waiting at the side filled everyone’s gla*ses.
Liu Xiangdong lifted his gla*s and said to Li Chengyun, “Thanks to Mayor Li’s care and support, on behalf of Chairman Song Lina, I’d like to toast you!”
After saying this, he clinked his gla*s and drank with Li Chengyun.
As the saying goes, there is no tiger in the mountain and the monkey is called the king.
Tonight, it was Song Linna who sent Liu Xiangdong to lead the team to the dinner, and he had to rush to the forefront as a way to show his status in the Mingyuan Group Company, and must not let Wang Kai, Zhao Guoliang and Sun Li, who came with him, steal the headlines.
“Mayor Li, thank you for your support, on behalf of the International Energy Group Company, I would like to toast you!” Immediately afterwards, Williams lifted his gla*s and toasted to Li Chengyun.
As they clinked their gla*ses, they knew each other by heart and drank happily.
After Liu Xiangdong and Williams finished their respective toasts to Li Chengyun, the representatives of both sides made their own toasts.
The atmosphere at the wine table became more and more lively and intense.
Finally, everyone ended this dinner in a lively atmosphere.
When it was time to say goodbye, Wang Kai, who was in charge of finance at the Mingyuan Group of Companies, shook Williams’ hand and said.
“Our company is ready for the success of our cooperation. Our company has already communicated with the bank, and once the funds from both of us are remitted to the shared account, they will act as a gatekeeper for us and strictly supervise and control the funds to be used exclusively for the development of the project …… ”
“Wang Dong, I have already contacted the headquarters, as soon as our common account with the bank is established, we will immediately remit US$500 million, equivalent to 3.5 billion Chinese Yuan, to the account to ensure the smooth implementation of this project.” Williams a*sured.
Wang Kai was also quick to say, “As soon as this fund from your company arrives, the $3 billion from our company will also be credited to the shared account immediately, I hope we have a good cooperation.”
“Good cooperation!” Williams said seriously.
Tonight, Sun Li, the chairman’s secretary, appeared to be rather low-key. On the one hand, she did not deal with Liu Xiangdong, and with this jumping clown in front of her, there was no need for her to make a splash.
On the other hand, she had come on behalf of Song Lina to carefully observe the actions of Williams and the others to see if they were up to no good.
However, from the beginning to the end, Williams and the people he led behaved moderately and sincerely, without revealing any flaw.
Plus, with Deputy Mayor Li Chengyun on both sides of the table, Sun Li was led to believe that the International Energy Group of companies, represented by Williams, was sincere in working with their company.
So, at the end of the dinner, she took the lift downstairs, got into the BMW that the company had allocated for her, and took out her mobile phone to call Song Linna.
