Chapter 2159 Imitation of others

Kotaro Miyazaki wore a confident smile, offering no further explanation. Instead, he gave a cold laugh and said menacingly, "It doesn't matter. Tomorrow, Pi Yangyang might be dead! Even if they try to cut off our supply lines, what can they do?"

Inukai Akatsuki was somewhat puzzled, but dared not ask any further questions.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

"Take it!"

Kotaro Miyazaki said directly.

Inukai Akahiro quickly answered the phone and put it on speakerphone.

A hurried voice came from the other end of the phone: "Inukai-kun, something terrible has happened! Mr. Kundy has decided to have dinner with Mr. Patel of the Jingxi Steel Group tonight..."

Upon hearing this news, Inukai Akashō was dumbfounded.

Kotaro Miyazaki looked incredulous and asked, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Young Master, it's confirmed. Mr. Patel has received the invitation, and they are now preparing to leave the hotel."

The other party answered very affirmatively.

Kotaro Miyazaki cried out, "Baka yarou!"

After hanging up the phone, Inukai Akahiro asked in surprise, "Young Master, what's going on? Why would Mr. Kundy choose to have dinner with Mr. Patel?"

Kotaro Miyazaki gritted his teeth and said, "This is an insult to our Miyazaki family! Don't worry, I will take back this humiliation at the negotiating table!"

Meanwhile, Zheng Yaguang, Mailen, and Gao Changyuan also received the news that Kundy had invited Patel to dinner.

Zheng Yaguang was just as surprised and shocked as Mai Lun.

All five teams were pessimistic about Jingxi Steel and had even assumed that they were already out of the game.

But to everyone's surprise, Kundi invited the representatives of Jingxi Steel to dinner first, which seemed rather surreal.

When Zheng Yaguang heard the news, his face was full of disbelief, and he said repeatedly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could Jingxi Steel have gotten there first? If you had said it was the Miyazaki family, or Duke Myron, I could have accepted it..."

But his subordinate confirmed again, "Chairman, the information is conclusive. Our people just saw with their own eyes that Mr. Patel and his team left the hotel. Moreover, Mr. Patel even boasted to our people that he was going to meet Mr. Kundy."

"Outrageous! Did Jingxi Steel make some secret preparations? The latter said that they already knew Kundi?"

Zheng Yaguang found it hard to accept this result and gritted his teeth again.

The subordinate said, "I'm not too sure about that. However, given Jingxi Steel's track record, it's highly likely they've made some kind of promise to Meichuan Iron Mine."

Zheng Yaguang thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "That makes sense! No matter what grand promises they make, they will eventually be put on the negotiating table! As long as the Miyazaki family and Duke Mellen are not the first to accept the invitation, there is nothing to worry about."

He seemed to understand instantly, and his mood immediately relaxed.

The Duke of Myron, however, was different.

He smashed several items in the suite in one go, scaring Shi Duochi so much that he didn't dare to utter a sound.

He shared the same initial thought as Zheng Yaguang: he felt humiliated.

It should be noted that Country E once colonized the Republic of Ser, so it has always considered itself the suzerain state.

Moreover, he is a duke of Country E, a status that is undeniable, and he is someone that countless people look up to.

However, a negotiator from a small African country dared to ignore him and even invited his competitor to dinner.

What is this if not humiliation?

Although he didn't take Jingxi Steel seriously, the feeling of being deliberately ignored made him very unhappy.

However, since things had come to this point, he had no other choice but to wait for the formal negotiations to begin tomorrow.

In contrast, Gao Changyuan was much calmer.

Although somewhat surprised, he did not fly into a rage, but instead went to Pi Yangyang's room again.

“Mr. Pi, this is indeed unexpected, even a bit surreal,” he said to Pi Yangyang. “Logically speaking, Mr. Kundy should never have contacted Jingxi Steel first, but he chose Jingxi Steel anyway…”

Pi Yangyang thought for a moment and asked, "Chairman Gao, who do you think Mr. Kundi should meet first?"

"While it might not be us, it should at least be Kotaro Miyazaki, right? Or at the very least, it should be Mai Lun or Zheng Yaguang?"

Gao Changyuan said, somewhat puzzled.

Pi Yangyang smiled calmly, "Chairman Gao, Guanghui Group has quite a few projects in Africa, right?"

Gao Changyuan paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, but those are all new energy power projects and some infrastructure projects. As for mining, this is the first time."

Pi Yangyang nodded. "So, Chairman Gao must be quite experienced in negotiations with African parties. Based on your past experience, what are their typical habits?"

Gao Changyuan's eyes flickered for a moment, then he thought for a moment and said, "Well, these African countries are generally underdeveloped, so when we come here to do projects, they always hope to get the projects without spending a penny of their own money. Ideally, we would put in both money and effort, and then they would enjoy the ready-made results."

Pi Yangyang scoffed and said, "So you mean you want to get something for free?"

Gao Changyuan chuckled, "That's roughly the idea."

Pi Yangyang said with a playful tone, "Does Chairman Gao think Jingxi Steel will let them get away with this for free? Or rather, do you think Jingxi Steel will make the maximum concessions possible?"

Gao Changyuan suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes! What you said makes sense! It's really a coincidence. The Third Brother also has the habit of taking advantage of every opportunity. So many of our companies in China are thriving in other places, but when they come to the Third Brother's place, they are left in a mess."

Pi Yangyang smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

But Gao Changyuan quickly asked again, "Then... what does Mr. Pi think about Mr. Kundy's initial invitation to Patel?"

Pi Yangyang's eyes flickered for a moment, then he said calmly, "Chairman Gao, back then our country was eager to build high-speed rail and needed to import technology. But there were only a handful of companies in the world with high-speed rail construction technology. During the negotiations, they stubbornly refused to release their technology and raised their demands to the sky."

"They took advantage of our urgent needs and technological shortcomings, trying to force us to agree to their conditions. But our negotiation team ultimately succeeded in overcoming their arrogance and insistence, and got what we wanted, which led to the rapid development of high-speed rail in China."

"Chairman Gao, I'm sure you're very familiar with this success story, right?"

Gao Changyuan said with a slight surprise, "You mean... Kundy is imitating us, preparing to kill three warriors with one peach?"

Pi Yangyang chuckled and said calmly, "These are all things our ancestors have already done. If they try to imitate them, they will only make themselves a laughingstock."

“I understand now. In fact, the representatives of Meichuan Iron Mine had already tacitly agreed to eliminate Jingxi Steel from the competition,” Gao Changyuan said excitedly. “The reason they invited Patel’s team tonight was to create a smokescreen, hoping to get more of what they wanted at the formal negotiating table!”

Pi Yangyang nodded. "That's right. Remember what I told Mr. Duva when I treated him? You can't just look at the symptoms to cure an illness; you have to look at the root cause. The same goes for negotiations; don't be misled by appearances."

"Sometimes, letting the bullets fly for a while might allow us to see them more clearly."

Gao Changyuan's eyes were full of admiration, and he said with some shame, "I was too hasty! For a moment, I didn't see the root of the problem. Mr. Pi, you are truly a rare talent! Every time I talk to you, I am impressed!"

Pi Yangyang smiled and said, "Chairman Gao, you flatter me. In fact, Chairman Gao already knew this. The reason you came to discuss this with me was to test whether I, a junior, am truly capable of cooperating with Guanghui Group."

Gao Changyuan laughed heartily.

He knew, of course, that Pi Yangyang was deliberately flattering him so that he wouldn't lose face.

After all, Xu Guangda was present, and he, as the chairman of the group, still had to save face.

He was secretly grateful, and at the same time felt that although Pi Yangyang was young, he was indeed very experienced in dealing with people and situations.

This further strengthened his confidence that the negotiations would be successful and that cooperating with the Yan family would be his wisest decision!