Material Empire

Qin Hai gave directions, and it was easy for Xiao Weihao to determine whether the person who broke the news was Hu Xiaoshuo. Xiao Weihao took the two of them to Hongyuan and secretly summoned Hu Xiaoshuo. Hu Xiaoshuo had already thought of this result when he broke the news to Qin Hai, so when he saw Xiao Weihao, he was like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, shaking out everything he knew.

"Thank you, Comrade Xiaoshuo."

After Xiao Weihao finished recording the last word, he stood up and extended his hand to Hu Xiaoshuo, thanking him. The information provided by Hu Xiaoshuo is very timely for the security department. If it is delayed for a few days and Sun Zhenjiang leaks the collected information to foreign agencies, it will have an irreversible impact on the iron ore negotiations.

Hu Xiaoshuo shook hands with Xiao Weihao politely, and said calmly, "You're welcome, this is what I should do."

"Comrade Xiaoshuo, I have another question." Xiao Weihao said as if chatting while tidying up the recorded files.

"Director Xiao, you can ask, I know everything." Hu Xiaoshuo said.

Xiao Weihao said: "As far as we know, you have been Mr. Pang's secretary for five years. Mr. Pang regards you very highly, and he has repeatedly said that he will send you to be a secretary after you work for another year or two. Branch manager, I have a very good arrangement for you. What is the reason for you to..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Weihao didn't say any more. Hu Xiaoshuo understood his subtext, he hesitated for a moment, and then said with a self-deprecating look: "What Bureau Xiao wants to ask is why I betrayed President Pang, right?"

Xiao Weihao nodded: "You can also say it like this, or it's more appropriate, it's called killing relatives with righteousness."

Hu Xiaoshuo looked up at the sky and said slowly: "I never thought of betraying Mr. Pang. As you know Mr. Xiao, Mr. Pang is very kind to me. His status is all the result of Mr. Pang's cultivation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is the same as my father. But..."

Speaking of this, he sighed sadly and said: "One must always have some principles... I was born in the countryside, and the money my parents earned for a year is less than the price difference of 10 tons of iron ore. I am not reconciled to seeing the hard-earned money of our Chinese people flowing into the pockets of Vale for nothing. Mr. Qin led a team to negotiate iron ore, but Mr. Pang was behind the scenes. I cannot accept... "

"Understood." Xiao Weihao said, "But, if Mr. Pang is affected by this incident, I mean, if he resigns because of this, then your future will be over, have you thought about it?"

"Of course I have thought about it." Hu Xiaoshuo said, "If Mr. Pang is still on stage, I will definitely be able to get a position as a branch manager in two years. With my age...and talent, I will be able to take the position of Mr. Pang before I am 50 years old. It's not impossible. And if Mr. Pang is implicated because of this incident, I can only go back to the office as an ordinary employee, and my development prospects will be interrupted, because no new leader will use a person who once betrayed me. A traitor to the old leadership."

Xiao Weihao stopped what he was doing, he paused for a while, and said softly: "Xiaoshuo, don't worry, the country will remember what you did."

Hu Xiaoshuo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I just did something that should be done with my conscience."

After collecting Hu Xiaoshuo's testimony, Xiao Weihao and his party went to several steel companies non-stop, basically following in Sun Zhenjiang's footsteps. When Sun Zhenjiang left, Xiao Weihao arrived, and obtained evidence from the company involved that Sun Zhenjiang was collecting a large amount of raw material inventory data from various steel companies.

When all the evidence formed a sufficient chain, Xiao Weihao asked his superiors for instructions and got a quick response. Just when Sun Zhenjiang returned to Pujiang's office after making a big circle, Xiao Weihao appeared in front of him with a team of people.

"Mr. Sun, I need to know some things from you. Is it convenient for you to come to our place to have a talk?"

Xiao Weihao took out his ID card, showed it to Sun Zhenjiang, and then said to him in an unquestionable tone.

Sun Zhenjiang froze for a moment, then asked calmly, "Can I make a phone call?"

"Not for now." Xiao Weihao said.

"Okay." Sun Zhenjiang gave up his resistance. He knew that in front of the security department, any resistance was futile. Since the other party found his door, he naturally had enough evidence. There are also a lot of materials that can be used as evidence in the computer in my office and in the file cabinet. It is impossible for me to get away with it.

He also thought about asking the elders in his family for help, but on second thought, it is impossible for the security department not to know his origin, since they dared to come to him to arrest people, they must have already coordinated with his family, in other words In other words, his family has abandoned him.

All employees in the company office were ordered to leave their computers immediately and stand aside to wait. An employee wanted to delete a folder in the computer when the security personnel were not paying attention, but just touched the mouse when he was held down. In his computer, security personnel found the monthly production data of various iron mines across the country, and these data have not been released publicly. The employee was quickly handcuffed and escorted into an Iveco commercial vehicle parked downstairs.

"Eight Staff of Xinzhen Trading Company Criminally Detained by Chinese State Security Agency for Espionage".

A short piece of news on the Chinese official media instantly set off a turmoil in the entire international steel market. Anyone in the industry who is paying attention to the negotiations between Chinese steel companies and Vale can smell a strong smell of gunpowder from this news. Although the news didn't say which company Sun Zhenjiang and others were providing information for, but the circle is so big, who doesn't know about which company? Even for those who are temporarily lagging in information, they only need to make one or two phone calls to their peers, and they will know the inside story behind it.

"How did things become like this!" Callum looked at the news reprinted in local newspapers in Brazil, and asked Jofts angrily.

"We don't know either." Geofts said in a low voice, "We didn't ask Sun to engage in espionage activities. I think he must have done these things on his own initiative, and it is also possible that other companies issued such instructions to him. .”

"Well, I hope that is indeed the case." Callum said meaningfully to Joefts. This explanation of Joefts is of course the most beneficial to Vale. Callum threw down the newspaper and no longer cared about Sun Zhenjiang's question, but asked Geofts: "Jofts, what do you think of this move by the Chinese government?"

Geofts said: "I think it can be seen from this incident that the Chinese government is under a lot of pressure. In terms of iron ore negotiations, they can find little leverage. Presumably Sun has learned about China's Regarding the current plight of steel companies, the Chinese government arrested Mr. Sun in order to cover up the information. I think the Chinese government will bow to us soon."

"Do you really think so?" Callum said coldly.

"So, Mr. President, what's your opinion?" Jofts asked back.

Callum shook his head and said: "My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. I think this is a signal from the Chinese government that they will never surrender to us. Think about it, Sun Zhenjiang is a member of the Chinese steel industry. If the Chinese government still has the idea of ​​compromising with us, how could they tear down this bridge at this sensitive time?"

"This..." Jofts was a little dumb. In fact, he could think of what Callum said, but he had some preconceived notions. He always felt that the Chinese side would bow down in the end. Listening to Callum's analysis now, he also felt that something was wrong.

"Mr. President, if this is the case, what should we do?" Joefts asked.

Callum lowered his head and remained silent for five minutes, then slowly said: "We need to have a channel for dialogue with the Chinese side. We need to understand the current thinking of the Chinese in order to determine our follow-up actions. Now leave it to Our time is running out, you have to hurry up and re-establish contact with China."

Joefts said: "But, didn't we close the channel for negotiations? You once said that unless China offered an invitation, we would not restart negotiations."

"It was then, and now is now, don't you understand the problems we are facing now!" Callum stared at Joefts and asked.

"This..." Geofts was speechless. The matter of closing the negotiation channel was said by Callum himself, and now it is him again, saying that they need to re-establish contact. How could it be his turn to send someone face to face?

While Joefts was struggling with how to get out of the predicament, La Paz, the previous negotiator, hurried to Callum's office and said loudly as soon as he entered the door: "Mr. President, Mr. Joefts, I received a message from Mr. An invitation letter from China."

As he spoke, he held up a large envelope and shook it at the two of them.

"Invitation letter?" Jofts was overjoyed. He quickly grabbed the envelope and asked La Paz, "Did the Chinese ask to restart the negotiations?"

"No." La Paz shook his head, "It was the Chinese who invited us to participate in an exhibition in Pujiang, China."

"Exhibition?" Jofts was puzzled, "What does the Chinese exhibition have to do with us? Could it be about mining machinery, or about new beneficiation technology?"

"I don't understand it a little bit, you should read it yourself." La Paz pointed to the envelope and said.

With doubts, Jofts opened the envelope and took out an invitation card written in both Chinese and English, and a thick exhibition description.

On the invitation, write the name of the exhibition:

China New Polymer Structural Materials Forum and Business Fair.