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Early the next morning, after breakfast, the convoy set off. There were fifteen buses in total.

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There are two roads from Qingniwa Port to the new company.

One is to take the expressway along the original Bohai Bay. The advantage is that the road condition is good, but the disadvantage is also obvious. It takes a big circle and wastes time.

The other one goes directly through Bow Bay.

The disadvantage is that the road condition is not very good, the new road is still being laid, and there is only a simple dirt road.

Finally, after deliberation.

Everyone chose the first path, which was a bit detoured, but at least they didn't have to suffer too much.

On one of the buses, Dad Xu, along with senior executives such as Ye Hui and Professor Huang, had an extensive and lively discussion with Dr. Alex and Director Martinez on the future development of Xinke Company.

Last night, in order not to delay everyone's rest, the two parties only had a preliminary understanding. The whole process took less than an hour, and many matters had not yet been communicated.

Professor Huang and Dr. Alex seemed to have known each other for a long time. They communicated directly with each other in English. However, there were many professional terms in the conversation, which even Ye Hui could not understand.

As for Xu's father, through Ye Hui's translator, he had a very lively chat with Director Martinez. The two of them soon started talking about the new company's situation and then talked about the international situation, increasingly deviating from the topic.

Suddenly, Father Xu pointed at a factory area stretching for dozens of miles outside the car window and said casually:

"Director Martinez, what do you think this place is?"

"This used to be a bay. Looking at the factory exterior, it should be a desalination plant. However, the scale is too huge. Instead, it looks more like an industrial area."

"Haha, you guessed it right. This is indeed a seawater desalination plant. This large area is covered in it. Water could have been taken directly from the bay. Later, the seawater receded and we had to build water pipelines."

Father Xu pointed at the rows of thick pipes and introduced.

"That's an exaggeration. Is it the largest desalination plant here?"

Director Martinez exclaimed.

Father Xu shook his head: "No, a factory of this level can only be considered medium-sized at best. When we get to Tianjin, there will be a bigger one there, which is enough to supply domestic and industrial water for hundreds of millions of people."

"Hundreds of millions of people?"

Martinez was a little frightened.

Their entire population of Europa is only a little over 200 million, and they can't imagine the scale of such a desalination plant.

"Yes, our country has a population of one billion, and the capital alone has 100 million. No matter how many desalination plants there are, it is not enough, let alone industrial water."

Father Xu sighed.

"You mean a billion?"

Martinez repeated automatically.

Ye Hui replied directly in English: "Yes, you heard it right, it is indeed one billion. The past few years were so difficult that many people could not survive it."

"If I remember correctly, your previous number was 1.8 billion, right?"

Ye Hui nodded.

"Awesome, amazing!" Martinez gave a thumbs up. "We, the European countries, have lost almost three-quarters of our population, but you have not even lost half."

Father Xu was quite surprised: "Didn't you implement a rationing system? Why did you lose so many people?"

"Yes, France's agriculture seems to be very developed, so that shouldn't be the case, right?"

Ye Hui echoed.

“Well, we were in the Europa League at the time, and in the first year of the drought, the countries broke down, and then everyone was looking after their own affairs.

The rationing system was implemented for a period of time, but later when the epidemic hit, the whole society was thrown into chaos, and it slowly fell into disrepair. "

Director Martinez sighed.

"How many people are there in your country now?"

Father Xu asked directly.

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"Including immigrants, there are about 20 million, which is only one-third of the original number."

"It's already pretty good. Beautiful Country is even worse than you."

Father Xu quickly comforted him.

Martinez shook his head: "The situation is different. This beautiful country has vast territory and rich resources, which cannot be compared to France."

This is evident from GDP per capita alone.

The beautiful country is currently nearly four times the size of France.

Daxia is on par with Beautiful Country, and there is not much difference between them.

"In the past two years, the world's economy has been recovering. How is it going on your side?"

Ye Hui asked immediately.

"Not too optimistic. The biggest dilemma is the lack of energy, especially in France. We used to rely on nuclear power for 80% of our power generation. Now the situation has changed drastically, and we are the ones suffering the most losses."

Father Xu took the opportunity to invite: "Mr. Martinez, have you ever considered settling in Daxia?"

Although the other party is not a technical person, managers are still very important, especially since they have no relevant experience before, and they need talents in this area.

"I need to think about this."

Martinez wants to negotiate the terms, that is, to sell at a price. Don’t think that foreigners are just straight-faced.

Although he had decided to settle in Daxia last night.

"Mr. Martinez, as long as you agree to stay, in addition to the position of laboratory director originally promised to you, we will also have option rewards."

Martinez's eyes lit up: "Can you tell me more specifically?"

Dad Xu smiled knowingly. These foreigners really don't want to see the rabbit, so it's useless to try to get close to them. Real benefits are the most touching.

Ye Hui smiled and took over the conversation:

"Director Martinez, your option reward is 0.2%; if the company turns losses into profits, it will increase to 0.5%; if the project is ultimately successful, it will directly increase to 1%."

0.2%? 1%?

Martinez's head turned quickly. According to the information he saw last night, the current valuation of the new company is 25 billion Xia yuan, and 0.2% is 50 million Xia yuan, nearly 900 million francs.

This is a huge sum of money.

If the project is finally successful, the company's market value will definitely rise sharply. With only this 1% of shares, he may be able to become the richest man in France.

It's not impossible.

"Director Xu, President Ye, I am willing to accept your conditions." Martinez agreed on the spot.

Dad Xu clapped his hands: "Okay, with Mr. Martinez joining us, I believe that our Xinke Seaweed will definitely win in the end."

"Director Martinez, the logistics of the laboratory will be handed over to you. It is a super long-term project. We hope that you can use your professional knowledge to help us control costs."

Ye Hui introduced.

"No problem!"

Director Martinez nodded seriously.

Dad Xu then reminded: "The national conditions of Daxia are somewhat different. Mr. Martinez, you must not copy past experience here. You must understand that it is practical."

"I understand, Mr. Xu, don't worry!"

Martinez has been an executive for so many years. He is not a novice who knows nothing. He certainly knows the principle of adapting to local customs and taking local conditions into consideration.

I will never do it blindly.

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