683: Chapter 331: Rejection_1 683: Chapter 331: Rejection_1 In the eting room of Sancha River Township Governnt, the Japanese prepared an investnt proposal and had it sent over.
In the eting room, no one was eager to be the first to review it but let Yan Fei take the first glance.
After reading a few lines, he passed it to the people next to him without any expression.
Naturally, others were voluntarily showing the proposal to the Investnt Promotion Office staff and Mayor Chen for review.
Upon looking at the proposal, everyone understood that it was prepared well in advance.
The only uncertainty was the investnt amount as the proposal was printed.
Within such a short period of ti, the Sancha River local governnt didn’t have the ans to produce this.
The freshly filled-in parts showed the investnt amount.
Once everyone had seen it, they had various reactions.
The Investnt Promotion Office felt a bit regretful as the investnt amount seed a little low.
However, the county officials were quite happy—there was so investnt after all.
Mayor Chen and Yan Fei had similar expressions—both were at a loss for words as they glanced at Yan Fei’s emotionless face.
Neither of them spoke up, creating an awkward atmosphere in the eting room.
So had planned to complint the Japanese on the proposal once it arrived, but seeing the expressions on the faces of Mayor Chen and Yan Fei, they guessed that the pair might be dissatisfied, so they kept silent.
After a while, soone from the Investnt Promotion Office asked, “Boss Yan, what do you think about this investnt proposal?
If you are unsatisfied with any of the terms, you can propose changes.
Our city provides many policy advantages for foreign-funded enterprises, including tax exemptions and reductions, and other considerations…
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“Could I discuss this with Mayor Chen?” Yan Fei interrupted him while he was still thinking about his wording.
Everyone realized that he must be truly dissatisfied with the proposal when they heard this.
However, this was normal as both parties should negotiate the investnt.
“It’s not appropriate for our township governnt to intervene in this matter, right?” As expected, Mayor Chen agreed.
“Although Boss Yan’s enterprise is in our Sancha River Township, our governnt should not interfere with enterprise decision-making.
We respect Boss Yan’s decision on this matter.”
Yan Fei glanced at Mayor Chen in surprise.
He had originally thought that the mayor would try to persuade him further, but he didn’t expect the latter to be so straightforward.
In this case, he didn’t need to hold back.
He said with a smile, “This might be a wasted trip for everyone.
We are all insiders here, so I don’t mind speaking bluntly.
I am not very impressed with this small amount of investnt.
As a local enterprise, our township and county governnts have been very supportive of us, I feel it is only fair that we pay more taxes.
So, I think we can forget about this investnt!”
This threw the team from the Investnt Promotion Office off balance.
They weren’t upset, but rather, they seed a bit puzzled.
Amid nurous enterprises vying for a slice of foreign capital, they were treated like VIPs.
They had never seen anyone who doesn’t care for foreign investnts before.
It was unexpected to et soone who was rejecting foreign capital, especially for a dilapidated cattle farm.
The biggest advantage of foreign investnt is the preferential policies one can get just by being associated with foreign investnt.
But Yan Fei said he did not care about the money or taxes.
He shut down the discussion, making it difficult for them to persuade him any further.
Truthfully, they probably had never encountered soone who could shut them down with just one sentence when it ca to foreign investnt.
They were expecting objections about the shares or the amount of money, not a flat-out refusal.
The officials did not know what to say about such a situation.
After a while, a young man finally said, “Boss Yan, with only over a hundred cattle, the Japanese are willing to invest a million for 60% of the shares.
What is there to be dissatisfied about?
Your shares may seem less, but if you calculate it, your total assets have increased…”
Yan Fei wanted to give him a disdainful look but refrained as he didn’t an any harm.
He couldn’t say much, nor did he have a way to explain to this stooge.
This guy was a complete layman, only seeing the simple facilities of the farm and taking note of the number of cattle—there were fewer than two hundred, many of which didn’t look very good.
These newer cattle had only been at the farm for three to four days, so they obviously looked quite ordinary.
To a layman, the farm seed not worth a million.
Layn didn’t know the difference between breeds of cattle, they only saw them all as cows, so large, and others small.
How much can a big cow matter?
Wouldn’t they just provide a little more at?
That’s why it’s sotis impossible to have a discussion with layn.
You can explain to them that each of my cattle is worth tens of thousands, yet the layman would not believe you, no matter how you explained it.
After pondering for a while, Yan Fei decided to pass the buck to Mayor Chen, “Our farm does not lack funds at present.
Mayor Chen is more aware of this situation.
Also, Secretary Jiao from our county, who understands the situation of our cattle farm, would I think not agree with this investnt if he knew about it.”
The group of people from the Investnt Promotion Office imdiately turned their gaze onto Mayor Chen.
Mayor Chen gave a wry smile, “Indeed, Boss Yan’s cattle farm does not lack funds at the mont.
I can’t disclose much about the specific situation due to business secrets.
But can I assure you, Yan Fei did not speak grandiosely earlier, he indeed is not impressed with this investnt.”
The people from the Investnt Promotion Office were taken aback.
With Mayor Chen’s confirmation, even if they were reluctant, they had to accept it.
The Investnt Promotion Office knew very well that this investnt was not a simple matter of money, it involved many others aspects.
It would not only benefit the enterprise but also bring many benefits to the local area.
Now, even the local governnt leaders were saying this, it seed that Yan Fei really didn’t care about the money.
This sudden situation was too unexpected.
If Boss Yan and Mayor Chen demanded more preferential policies or a larger share of the investnt, they wouldn’t find it surprising.
What they had never encountered was a situation where even the local governnt supported local enterprises in rejecting their proposals.
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