Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!-Chapter 652 - 597: Are You Kidding Me?_2
And this will directly lead to a severe delay in the commencement of the entire Base No. 1!
Yan Yueqing didn’t wait for him to answer, continuing to calmly state, each word like a heavy hammer pounding on Zheng Guodong’s heart.
"From your company’s termination of negotiations, applying upwards to change the planning site, to completing all preliminary work and meeting the conditions for commencement at the new site, a conservative estimate is 9 months. What does this mean for these 9 months? It means Base No. 1 cannot proceed according to the national schedule requirements, it means the demonstration effect of the entire Haidu New Energy Pilot Zone will be greatly reduced, it means Blue Sea Heavy Industry will face severe accountability or even punishment from the superior authorities, it means the huge costs of planning, design, and personnel preparation your company invested early on will all be sunk, it means... your company’s reputation and capability as a contractor for a national strategic project will be seriously questioned. If we only measure this loss in monetary terms... it would be far more than ten billion.
She paused, her gaze sweeping over Zheng Guodong’s suddenly pale face, gently uttering the latter half of the sentence: "Building a large new energy plant may not be worth compensating me this much money, but what about the port? Besides the beach area where the original farm was located, over at the East Creek Bay sea area..."
She left it at that, her eyes as calm as the deep sea, as if seeing through all the undisclosed blueprints of Blue Sea Heavy Industry. "I understand, your company wants to play the long game, build the large plant first, then the port, the reinitiating of the port construction from fifteen years ago isn’t an urgent matter at the moment..."
But the word "port" clearly spoken from her mouth exploded in Zheng Guodong’s mind like thunder!
This plan was known only to a few high-level executives, none of whom had ever mentioned the port!
This is one of the core strategic deployments of Blue Sea Heavy Industry, a crucial step to supporting the logistics hub of Haidu and even the entire region for the next thirty years!
Fifteen years ago, after the port project here failed, almost everyone thought Haidu was abandoned!
The government chose to build a port in the sea area of a neighboring city; in the short term, the possibility of building two ports at such a close distance is almost zero!
Everyone thought it was just the large new energy plant... how could she restart the port construction plan?!
Yan Yueqing seemed not to see Zheng Guodong’s instantly pale face and the undisguised shock in his pupils, she put down the teacup, lightly tapping the table with her fingertips, her tone still calm, but carrying a suffocating sense of control:
"...The usage rights of East Creek Bay are still with me. This time if the talks fall apart, next time it may not be—" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
She intentionally paused here, leaving a blank filled with endless possibilities and cold threats.
Those eyes calmly fixed on Zheng Guodong, without needing more words, Zheng Guodong fully understood the weight of this unspoken sentence.
Lei Ran stood behind Yan Yueqing, inhaling a shocked breath in his heart.
Is this vision? Is this foresight?
He finally understood his boss’s profound layout when signing East Creek Bay a month ago—that was not only a retreat for Sea Star, but also the strongest leverage on the current negotiating table!
Just the beach where the Sea Star Farm was located wouldn’t make the other party anxious, but connected with the entire East Creek Bay sea area, it completely gripped the other party’s lifeline!
"President Yan..." Zheng Guodong’s voice trembled slightly, the previous domineering demeanor was gone entirely.
"Ten billion is not my estimation of the current value of HZ-07. It includes three parts: First, reasonable compensation for Sea Star Company’s original assets, employee placement, and the interruption of business relocation; Second, the advanced realization of the enormous strategic and economic value that the HZ-07 plot, as an irreplaceable core construction site, can create in the future; Third..."
She stared into Zheng Guodong’s completely lost eyes, "It’s the ’efficiency premium’ and ’risk avoidance fee’ that Blue Sea Heavy Industry must pay to ’save’ those 9 months, ensuring the timely advancement of the national strategic project and avoiding huge political and reputational risks. These three points, which one is not worth tens of billions? Especially the third one, Mr. Zheng, do you think your company’s future, reputation, and the storm of accountability it may face are worth this price?"
"I..." Zheng Guodong’s voice was dry and hoarse, the previous arrogance and anger disappeared completely, leaving only a deep sense of powerlessness and a trace of fear, "I need to immediately... immediately return to the company... to report to the highest level... President Yan, your... your ’reminder’..." He struggled to utter this word, feeling extremely ironic. This is no reminder; this is a soul-piercing judgment!
"Of course, Mr. Zheng, please feel free." Yan Yueqing returned to her initial composure, even considerately gesturing for Lei Ran to pour Zheng Guodong a glass of water, "However, time is indeed very precious. I believe that the top executives of Blue Sea Heavy Industry are sensible people who will make choices that align with both the national interest and the company’s long-term interest. Ten billion, in exchange for the project proceeding as scheduled, avoiding immeasurable losses, obtaining an irreplaceable strategic location, this calculation is not a loss any way you look at it."
Zheng Guodong almost staggered out of Sea Star Company, no longer daring to have any contempt, immediately dialing a secure line to the highest level in a nearly hoarse voice, reporting Yan Yueqing’s negotiation content faithfully, word for word, and emphasizing the catastrophic consequences of delayed construction periods and the threat that Yan Yueqing may initiate an alternative plan at any time.
On the other end of the phone, a deathly silence lasted for a full minute. Then, came the voice of the vice president filled with disbelief and immense pressure: "...Understood. Stand by, await further instructions."
A higher-level, more secretive emergency meeting was convened at the Blue Sea Heavy Industry headquarters.
