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Chapter 824 Big Order

In fact, Hao Dongmei's father invited Ningyuan Group to the mainland for inspection this time mainly to let the companies under Ningyuan Group accept joint ventures with mainland enterprises, because only in this way can Ningyuan Group's products be allowed to enter the mainland market. However, he did not expect that Ningyuan Group's appetite was so big. Not only did it require the mainland market to be fully open to Ningyuan Group, but it also set its sights on the supply and marketing cooperative system, the essence of the mainland market. Therefore, Hao Dongmei's father immediately reported to the higher-level leaders, and naturally, one after another of the protracted important meetings were held.

When Hao Dongmei's father returned home exhausted, he immediately collapsed on the sofa in the living room. Jin Yueji came up to him with a distressed look on her face. "Old Hao, you haven't had time to eat yet, have you? I'll make you some noodles."

"Okay! Make less! Eating too much at night will make your stomach uncomfortable." Hao Dongmei's father responded exhaustedly.

"it is good."

Jin Yueji quickly prepared a bowl of noodles and brought out two small stir-fries. Looking at Hao's father wolfing down his food due to hunger, she asked, "Old Hao, the negotiations weren't going well? Why did you come back so late?"

"Hey! The negotiations today have ended a long time ago, but the offer from Ningyuan Group was too outrageous. When we reported it to our superiors, we have been discussing it in a meeting at the unit until now." Hao Dongmei's father swallowed the noodles in his mouth, then looked at Jin Yueji with a wry smile and explained.

"Oh? But Ningyuan Group is quite sincere this time! The chairman personally brought the entire board of directors here." Jin Yueji said with some surprise at this time, because Ningyuan Group's actions this time were too intimidating.

"Humph! You seem to be showing a lot of sincerity, but your appetite is as big as the sky."

"Ah? What conditions did Ningyuan Group offer?" Jin Yueji immediately noticed the complaints hidden in Hao's father's words, and then looked at Hao's father in surprise and asked.

"This time, Ningyuan Group not only requires the mainland market to be fully opened to them and to invest in domestic enterprises, but also to contract the entire supply and marketing cooperative system in the mainland market." At this time, Hao Dongmei's father suddenly lost his appetite, put down his chopsticks and explained.

"What? These conditions are too outrageous." As expected, Jin Yueji was shocked by the conditions of Ningyuan Group, and finally understood Hao's father's depression and anger at this time.

"However, what Suning said is very true. With the gradual opening of the mainland market, individual businesses will flourish like mushrooms after rain. One day, the supply and marketing society will exit the stage of history, and then it will really become worthless." In fact, Hao's father also thought that Ningyuan Group's analysis was very reasonable, but this was the heyday of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and no one would agree to contract out the golden goose that laid golden eggs.

"Old Hao, what do the superiors think about this matter?" At this time, Jin Yueji was very curious about the superiors' opinions, and then turned to look at Hao's father with some confusion and asked.

"Of course I flatly refused! However, the conditions offered by Ningyuan Group were very generous. They promised to provide advanced technology that could circumvent the Eight-Barrel Agreement, and were willing to provide a large amount of capital to mainland companies. You know, the current international embargo is causing us a lot of trouble."

"Old Hao, I actually think it's okay to open up the mainland market to Ningyuan Group. Ever since the Volga Automobile Factory moved to Shanghai, the cars produced by the joint venture have already occupied the domestic low-end market. Even if Ningyuan cars are sold to the mainland market, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Director Jin, this is because you don't understand anything. As long as Ningyuan Automobile enters the mainland market, other automobile brands in our mainland will have no market. Even the Volga Automobile produced by the joint venture is not good enough. The design and technology of Ningyuan Automobile are at the international leading level. Even the first generation of Ningyuan, Ningyuan 1 series, can kill every single one of them in the mainland automobile market."

"Oh! It's a dilemma, it's really a headache." After hearing the detailed explanation from Hao Dongmei's father, Jin Yueji couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Director Jin, you may not know this yet, but Zhou Bingkun has already signed a contract with the Russian Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, successfully acquiring the Antonov Aircraft Design Bureau and Manufacturing Plant. The next step will undoubtedly be to relocate the plant to our inland area."

"Oh? Ningyuan Group has such a big appetite?" Jin Yueji widened her eyes in surprise, and suddenly felt that Ningyuan Group's investment was too crazy.

"Humph! I feel that Ningyuan Group's real appetite is not limited to this. It should be targeting the entire Russian military aircraft industry. The next step should be all kinds of Russian military aircraft industries."

"This is a good thing! We in the mainland can definitely cooperate with Ningyuan Group. After all, they have the technology and funds that we lack."

"Director Jin, Ningyuan Group is a Hong Kong-listed company with a very complex shareholder structure. We haven't been able to uncover the true backgrounds of Chairman Suning and the second-largest shareholder, Chen Jianghe, yet. This has been our biggest concern."

Ningyuan Group has entered the mainland market for eleven years. Although Ningyuan Group has always shown great sincerity, there are still doubts about the mysterious background of Ningyuan Group. You must know that after a long investigation, the Ningyuan Group is still unclear. All members of the Ningyuan Group’s board of directors and shareholders seem to have appeared out of thin air. Naturally, the mainland market will not be able to help but reject Ningyuan Group when cooperating.

Ningyuan Group's negotiations with the mainland market were very unsuccessful. Even after Suning signed the contract with Gorbachev in Moscow, negotiations were still going on in Beijing. Fortunately, the board of directors of Ningyuan Group is composed of AI robots, otherwise they might really feel impatient.

First, the follow-up work was handed over to Ningyuan Group's team in Russia. At this time, Suning, who had left Moscow, had no choice but to fly directly to Beijing, and then directly took over the continued negotiations with the mainland market. Chairman "Suning" led the board of directors to return to Hong Kong immediately, because it was meaningless for them to continue staying in Beijing.

Su Ning looked at Mr. Hao with a smile on his face and said, "Mr. Hao, to show our sincerity this time, our Ningyuan Group is willing to take a step back. Mainland companies can purchase advanced production lines from Ningyuan Group with RMB, and our Ningyuan Group will no longer force mainland companies to acquire shares."

"Mr. Zhou, what advanced technologies can your Ningyuan Group provide?" Hao Dongmei's father was naturally surprised that Ningyuan Group was willing to make concessions, but he still looked at Su Ning with some confusion and asked.

"We can provide all kinds of technology! We guarantee they're all at the cutting-edge international level," Suning said with a confident smile. "Mr. Zhou, we'll quickly arrange the necessary technology and production lines. Thank you very much for your generosity and sincerity."

"Mr. Hao, there's no need to be polite. Our Ningyuan Group's creed is pragmatism. We also hope that the mainland market can give us a response as soon as possible."

"Okay! I'll report this to my superiors as soon as possible."

Of course, Hao Dongmei's father also saw the sincerity of Ningyuan Group, but still did not allow Ningyuan Automobile to enter the mainland market. In addition, Ningyuan Automobile did not want to form a joint venture with mainland car companies, and then fell into an irreversible stalemate. Finally, the mainland market allowed Antonov Aircraft Manufacturing Plant to settle in Shanghai, and the mainland directly purchased ten An-124 transport aircraft and one An-225 transport aircraft. As for the full opening of the market to Ningyuan Group and the contracting of the supply and marketing cooperative system, it was rejected outright. However, Ningyuan Group was still allowed to open supermarkets and build hotels in six special economic zones.

Suning was quite satisfied with the final negotiation results. Although it did not achieve its original ideal goal, the purchase order from the mainland was a surprise, so this negotiation was not a waste of effort. This time, it successfully acquired the Antonov Aircraft Design Bureau and Manufacturing Plant. Ningyuan Group only retained the An-124 and An-225 production lines, and the old An-12 transport aircraft was directly decided to stop production.

Next, the entire Ningyuan Group was busy with the relocation of the Antonov manufacturing plant, because Suning couldn't say whether the Russians would collapse in two or three years, so it felt it was best to move the assets as soon as possible. Otherwise, if some idiot refused to recognize the acquisition contract one day, Suning and Ningyuan Group would be in tears.

Ningyuan Group has acquired three Russian companies: Volga Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Tupolev Aircraft Design Bureau and Manufacturing Plant, and Antonov Aircraft Design Bureau and Manufacturing Plant. However, what the Russians find very incomprehensible is that Ningyuan Group chose to go to great lengths to move the factory site out of the Russian territory. Although Ningyuan Group explained that it was to allow the manufactured aircraft to better enter the international market for sales, the Russians still felt that Ningyuan Group was not optimistic about the domestic situation in Russia.

"Bingkun, why do you insist on moving the aircraft manufacturing plant away from the Russians?" Olya also couldn't understand Suning's stubbornness, because the Russians have abundant resources, and such a troublesome relocation would be a waste of money.

"Ah! The main reason is that the domestic situation in Russia is unstable. I have no choice but to do this. If some idiot Russian comes along one day and forcibly nationalizes our industry, we will be left with nothing but tears."

"Ah? That shouldn't be the case?" Olya couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression, feeling that Suning might really be worrying too much.

"Olia, Gorbachev's control over the Russians is very weak, and the strong men under him are not convinced, so you and grandpa should make plans early." The internal contradictions of the Russians are too serious, and it has reached a point where it is difficult to reverse.

"Okay! I'll persuade Grandpa to be more careful outside."

France, Paris. Feng Huacheng and Zhou Rong did not have a good life in France, because it was not the same as the romantic city they imagined. It was dirty and messy, and had nothing to do with the so-called romance of Paris. However, they had never thought about returning to China, because no matter how difficult it was, studying abroad was something that the Chinese people envied. To be precise, the couple felt they could not afford to lose face.

"Zhou Rong, should we go back to China and bring Yueyue to live in Paris?" Although Feng Huacheng was not doing well in France, he still had a sense of responsibility, but unfortunately, this sense of responsibility was not too much.

"No need! I think she is living well in the welfare home." Sure enough, Zhou Rong was not keen on taking her daughter back. All she was thinking about was her and Feng Huacheng's world as two people.

"No! I still want to bring her to my side. I was wrong to Yueyue in the beginning, so I can't make the same mistake again." The remaining bit of conscience made Feng Huacheng insist again and again, just to make himself feel better.

"Feng Huacheng, are you blaming me again?" Zhou Rong questioned Feng Huacheng very sensitively at this time, feeling that Feng Huacheng's words were just a veiled criticism.

"Huh? Zhou Rong, I just regret coming to France alone. How can I blame you?" Feng Huacheng looked at Zhou Rong in front of him with surprise, and suddenly realized that Zhou Rong was too unreasonable.

"Humph! Aren't you blaming me for abandoning Yueyue in the orphanage?"

"Is not it?"

"Feng Huacheng, I was an unmarried and pregnant college student at that time. Do you still want me to live a normal life in Peking University?" Zhou Rong only remembered her own efforts and difficulties, and never thought about her responsibilities and understanding of others.

"Zhou Rong, now that things have come to this, let me ask you, why didn't you leave Yueyue at your parents' home? They can take care of Yueyue for us for a while. It's much better than leaving Yueyue alone in an orphanage." In the end, Feng Huacheng asked the biggest question in his heart. He couldn't understand why Zhou Rong was so cruel to abandon the child in an orphanage.

"Feng Huacheng, my family doesn't approve of our relationship to begin with. If they knew I was pregnant before marriage, would I still have the face to go back and see them?"

"Hmph! No matter what, we can't leave Yueyue alone in the welfare home. We should find some time to return home as soon as possible to bring her to France." Seeing that he couldn't communicate with Zhou Rong at all, Feng Huacheng made the final decision.

"Hmph!" Seeing that Feng Huacheng had already made up his mind, Zhou Rong reluctantly agreed.

In fact, Zhou Rong felt that she and her daughter Feng Yue had no feelings for each other at all, and her current life was the romantic and free life she wanted most. Naturally, she didn't want her daughter to come to France and disrupt their sweet life. But seeing that Feng Huacheng seemed very obsessed with his daughter, Zhou Rong had no choice but to agree temporarily. However, in her heart, she hoped that the daughter of the welfare home could be adopted by another family as soon as possible. So in the following days, Zhou Rong always found various excuses and reasons to delay the matter, but she didn't know that Suning and the Zhou family had already taken the child away.

(End of this chapter)