Chapter 824 - 305: I Personally Guarantee the Nation’s Interests (Part 3)

Chapter 824: Chapter 305: I Personally Guarantee the Nation’s Interests (Part 3)

Yang Chen nodded and said, "I’ll go upstairs and change clothes. You guys wait outside for me for a moment."

Ramu nodded, hurriedly got up, and led his subordinates out.

Xue Yinong quickly went home to change clothes as well.

Afterwards, Yang Chen drove a Jianghuai car, followed by a fleet of BMWs, to the City Government.

At this time, the personnel responsible for the negotiation were waiting at the entrance.

Once the cars arrived, they quickly went forward to greet Ramu.

But Ramu merely smiled at them briefly and hurried to invite Yang Chen to get out of the car.

Yang Chen smiled and said, "There’s no need for such politeness, Mr. Ramu. Let me park the car first."

Ramu: "Okay, okay."

Yang Chen parked the car and walked over with Xue Yinong.

Ramu and the City Government personnel quickly came to greet them.

"Hello, President Yang, my apologies for not recognizing you earlier."

"I saw a Jianghuai car; I thought it was just a guide vehicle."

"President Yang, you’re so low-key, aren’t you? With your wealth, shouldn’t you drive a BMW 8 Series?"

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Yang Chen smiled and said, "Don’t tease me, leaders. I’m just a ride-hailing driver, what 8 Series? Oh, Chairman Li, you don’t look very well, do you?"

Li Xin behind the crowd looked embarrassed, even somewhat frightened.

"Hehe... Hello, President Yang." Li Xin said timidly.

Yang Chen smiled and ignored him, gesturing for Ramu and the others to go inside.

Since Xue Yinong currently has nothing to do with BMW, she naturally couldn’t directly join the meeting.

She first waited in the lounge, planning to join when the negotiation reached the reforms involving the BMW and Longchen Group joint venture.

The host for this meeting was Director Li from the Investment Bureau.

After some pleasantries, the negotiations moved to the main topic.

Director Li: "Mr. Ramu, President Yang, let’s talk about BMW Group’s plan to invest in a new factory in Dragon Country."

Yang Chen: "No need to discuss that, I spoke with Mr. Ramu, and it’s decided the new factory will be in Hai City."

Ramu laughed heartily and said, "That’s right, that’s right, I’ve agreed with Mr. Yang. We won’t expand in the United States, and are planning to invest 5 billion US dollars in Dragon Country, right here in Hai City, to build the new factory. In the future, this place will be the primary production location for BMW Group’s electric vehicle series."

Director Li and the others were thrilled, initially prepared to spend half a day talking about this issue with BMW’s team. They didn’t expect it to be resolved right at the beginning.

Director Li: "Haha... Thanks a lot, President Yang."

"Haha..." The bigwigs laughed together, except Li Xin remained silent.

"Having one of your own really is convenient!"

"Indeed, I was ready to spend half a day discussing just this one issue. Turns out, President Yang already solved it."

"Haha..."

Yang Chen smiled, signaling everyone to quiet down, and said, "Leaders, don’t celebrate too early. There are conditions for such a prompt agreement. The Hai City Government needs to offer relatively cheap land and a 5-year interest-free loan, similar to how they treat Tesla."

For such an important business negotiation, Hai City Government’s relevant departments definitely held pre-meetings to study this; they all had a bottom line for negotiation.

According to the bottom line set by relevant leaders, Hai City Government can offer 20 years of free land. Later, BMW can choose to purchase or lease the land, with prices guaranteed to be below market rate.

Additionally, Hai City Government is willing to provide BMW with an interest-free loan for up to ten years.

Now Yang Chen had negotiated conditions within the City Government’s acceptable range: cheap land and a 5-year interest-free loan.

Therefore, upon hearing Yang Chen mention the conditions, Director Li and the others smiled gleefully.

Director Li: "No problem, President Yang and Mr. Ramu are straightforward; we’ll be straightforward too!"

Ramu smiled, nodded, and said, "Alright, then we can consider this issue tentatively settled. Later we’ll discuss the details. The second issue, we need to expand the super battery factory in Shen Yang to coordinate with the new factory in Hai City, creating BMW’s electric vehicle series global supply base. We estimate needing an increase of 2 billion US dollars. We hope Hai City Government can also help us communicate with Shen Yang and provide a 5-year interest-free loan."

Director Li: "We can handle the communication; I think it won’t be a big problem."

Ramu: "No no no, Director Li needs to give me a definite answer, ensuring it can be done; only then can we proceed."

Director Li: "Oh, I see. Then Mr. Ramu and President Yang, please wait a moment; I’ll make a phone call."

Cross-province business isn’t something anyone can casually decide; it requires coordination at a higher leadership level.

Yang Chen smilingly said to Li Xin, "Why is Chairman Li so quiet? You’re both part of BMW and the Hai City Government. With such a unique status, why not speak up?"

Li Xin swallowed, opened his mouth but made no sound, then swallowed dryly several times, saying, "Why is President Yang ridiculing me? I know there’s no good outcome for me today; I’m just lying down waiting. You’re a notable person; you wouldn’t resort to kicking someone when they’re down, would you?"

Yang Chen: "That depends on whom. If it’s an ordinary person, I’m indeed not interested in kicking them when they’re down. But for a big figure like Chairman Li, I’m particularly interested in doing so."

Li Xin looked helpless and angrily turned his head away, saying nothing.

The others didn’t know why, wondering why Yang Chen had an unpleasant encounter with Li Xin.

Deputy Director Chen then asked, "Is there some unpleasantness between President Yang and Chairman Li? We’re all on the same side, any misunderstanding can be expressed and discussed; it’s resolved by talking it over."