"Ming Mountain District can provide car chips for free, a recruitment condition that no place in Huaxia can match."
John replied truthfully.
"Mr. John, I don't understand this. Your American chip technology is advanced, and the thinnest chips in the world are from your country. Why do you care about Huaxia's chip technology?"
Li Jiafeng asked, completely bewildered.
"If it's for mobile phones, watches, medical surgical equipment... then American ultra-thin chip technology is indeed needed. But the problem is, car chips don't care about thickness, as long as they are cheap. Although Huaxia's chip technology is not as good as America's, it is very cheap. Ming Mountain District is directly offering them for free to attract Krass, saving Krass a lot of money each year. Naturally, Krass would choose Ming Mountain District."
John explained earnestly.
Hearing this, Li Jiafeng felt a pang of regret.
Previously, when Ming Mountain District was still Ming Mountain Town, it was vigorously developing the chip industry. At that time, people had laughed at Ming Mountain Town for wantonly wasting money. Chips were the domain of Europe and America, and it was sheer madness for a small town to invest heavily in the chip industry.
Who knew that Ming Mountain Town would gradually research and develop mid-range chip technology from its initial adoption of discarded American chip technology?
One had to admit that Ming Mountain Town truly had foresight back then.
Wait, a problem suddenly occurred.
Wasn't it Chen Feng, the then deputy town head, who was promoting the chip technology industry in Ming Mountain Town?
Chen Feng, the former deputy town head of Ming Mountain Town, is now the director of the Development and Reform Commission of Ming Mountain District.
To put it bluntly, Yufeng District was defeated by this young man, Chen Feng.
"Mr. John, what kind of young man is Director Chen of Ming Mountain District? Tell me about him. I want to know who I lost to."
Li Jiafeng asked with a solemn expression.
"Mr. Li, you've asked the right person. This time, Ming Mountain District's recruitment efforts were fully managed by Chen Feng. To be honest, this young man Chen Feng gives me the impression of being young, handsome, with deep eyes... but these are not the most profound. What's most striking is that this young man, to me, feels like he has been through a lot, with a face full of experience."
John explained earnestly.
"Understood, Mr. John. As I said, even if the deal falls through, friendship remains."
After a few polite remarks made in feigned composure, Li Jiafeng left John's office.
Upon returning to Yufeng District, Li Jiafeng's anger lingered, unable to subside.
If he had lost to an experienced veteran of the political arena, he would have accepted it willingly.
But to lose to a young man from a rural background, he was unconvinced a thousand times over.
No, he had to sabotage it.
What Yufeng District could not have, Ming Mountain District should not hope to get either.
"Does anyone on our team have a better understanding of Ming Mountain District?"
Li Jiafeng questioned his subordinates with indignation.
"Mr. Li, what's wrong?"
A subordinate asked cautiously.
"Are you all brainless? Ming Mountain District snatched the Krass project from Yufeng District, and you still ask why? You're all useless."
Li Jiafeng, unable to vent his frustration, cursed his subordinates directly.
The subordinates were so frightened they dared not make a sound.
However, they were filled with confusion.
Ming Mountain District, an unknown new district, how could it have poached their project?
"Speak up! Are you all dead?"
Seeing everyone lowering their heads in silence, Li Jiafeng became even more enraged.
"Mr. Li, Ming Mountain District was formerly Ming Mountain Town. Our team members are all from Jiangcheng City proper, and almost no one is familiar with Ming Mountain District."
The subordinates continued to explain cautiously.
"Tell me, aren't we disgraceful? Most of our team members are locals from Jiangcheng, yet we can't even compete with a rural youth from a town. I don't care what methods you use, you must mess up Ming Mountain District's new energy vehicle project. If we can't have it, we'll destroy it!"
Li Jiafeng gave the order.
Everyone could only nod in agreement.
They thought that to have a good future in the investment promotion team, they must keep Li Jiafeng happy.
At this moment, the only way to make Li Jiafeng happy was to sabotage the Krass project in Ming Mountain District.
Logically speaking, Chen Feng of Ming Mountain District was not that difficult to deal with.
He was a young man who had graduated from a second-tier university not long ago. How formidable could he be?
After Li Jiafeng left, everyone remained in the conference room to discuss how to deal with Chen Feng, the director of the Development and Reform Commission of Ming Mountain District.
If Chen Feng fell, the Krass project would return to Yufeng District without any effort.
"Chen Feng is a man, and I feel that using a honey trap is the quickest and most effective method."
"A honey trap is a good idea, but the problem is, Chen Feng has experienced the storms of the political arena. Will he fall for such a trick so easily?"
"An ordinary woman would definitely not fall for it. Don't underestimate Chen Feng. Although his official rank is low, in Huaxia, as long as one is an official, a lot of women will flock to them. Therefore, Chen Feng is definitely not lacking in women, and ordinary women would not work for a honey trap. However, we can hire a beautiful female internet celebrity at a high price. Officials and wealthy people alike like to play with internet celebrities."
"That makes sense, but the problem is, hiring a beautiful female internet celebrity is not cheap."
"Don't worry about the money. Mr. Li, you should know that as long as the task is completed, money is not a problem."
"That's true, but the problem arises. There are so many female internet celebrities, whom should we hire?"
"I have a say in this. I follow all female internet celebrities on short video apps. There's one internet celebrity I think would work. She's very beautiful, like Joey Wong. That's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this internet celebrity, named Bobo, has two 'balloons' weighing tens of pounds. Men, who doesn't like big balloons?"
...
After some discussion, the subordinates came up with a plan.
They would hire the female internet celebrity Bobo at a high price to seduce Chen Feng, then take some photos and post them on Ming Mountain District's local social media. Chen Feng would be completely ruined.
To give the female internet celebrity Bobo a legitimate reason to "accidentally" meet Chen Feng, the team sent Bobo to a reception hosted by the Development and Reform Commission of Ming Mountain District.
The Development and Reform Commission of Ming Mountain District occasionally held networking receptions to expand investment promotion resources.
Bobo the internet celebrity would not have had the opportunity to enter the reception of the Development and Reform Commission of Ming Mountain District, but Li Jiafeng's team easily managed to get her in by spending a little money.
This is the power of connections in the political arena.
Without connections, it is difficult to integrate into a circle.
But if one has connections, integrating into a circle becomes very easy.
"Are you Director Chen?"
Halfway through the reception, the female internet celebrity Bobo proactively approached Chen Feng.
"Who are you?"
Chen Feng was puzzled.
This "big balloon" beauty with a网红脸, who was she?
"I am the internet celebrity Bobo. It's nice to meet you. Actually, I heard that Ming Mountain District is recruiting for the Krass project, and I have some money on hand, so I wanted to invest a little..."
Bobo spoke according to the pre-designed script.
Her intention was not to genuinely invest, but merely to strike up a conversation with Chen Feng.
Her money, compared to ordinary people, was a lot.
However, compared to an international mega-project like Krass, it was a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning.
"Miss Bobo, I'm sorry, the Krass project is a government project and does not accept private investment."
Chen Feng replied truthfully.
"It's okay, if there's no opportunity this time, we'll cooperate next time. By the way, since I've run into you, how about I treat you to dinner tomorrow evening?"
As Bobo spoke, she deliberately pushed out her two "balloons"...