Xia Ruofei thought for a moment, then said, "I agree with this plan in principle. But we in Huaxia have a saying, 'Listen to what you say, and observe what you do.' I will remember every word that Goodman has said. If he doesn't do it in the future, or if what he does is just on the surface, then I won't go easy on him anymore, and I will do it myself! "
What Xia Ruofei was referring to was the promise that Goodman had made to the people of Huaxia.
Xia Ruofei naturally did not have any good feelings towards these drug gangs, but he was also very clear about one thing — when the water was too clear, there would be no fish. In this world, there were as many evil people as there were hairs on a cow. He simply could not kill them all. Take the Gulf Cartel for example. It was a huge drug gang, and it was impossible for Xia Ruofei to wipe it out completely.
Maybe Xia Ruofei could kill all the leaders of the cartel, but it was a huge drug gang with tens of thousands of people at the bottom. He couldn't find every single one of them and kill them all, could he? These people were the cornerstone of the drug gang. Even if the leaders were killed and the Gulf Cartel collapsed, so many people at the bottom would still walk the road of drug trafficking. They might start their own gangs, or they might join other drug gangs, but no matter what, it was impossible to expect them to turn over a new leaf.
Instead of going through the trouble of killing Goodman and his henchmen, which would only lead to the destruction of the Gulf Cartel and the birth of many smaller drug gangs, it was better to leave the Gulf Cartel a way out, and greatly improve the living conditions of Huaxia people in Mexico.
If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should take care of the world.
In Xia Ruofei's view, even if he wanted to take care of the world, he should first "take care" of the people of Huaxia.
Charlie Koch heard him and said, "Understood! Mr. Xia, I will emphasize this point to Goodman again. I will have people keep an eye on the situation of the Chinese in Mexico. If Goodman doesn't do what he says, you don't have to do anything, I won't let him go! "
Xia Ruofei nodded. Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "Oh right, Charlie, add one more request to Goodman!"
"Just say the word!" Charlie Koch said quickly.
"From now on, as long as the Gulf Cartel exists, their drugs are not allowed to be sold to the Huaxia market!" Xia Ruofei said solemnly, "This rule must be strictly enforced. Goodman can't think of using some second-tier distributors or disguising methods to deceive me. Otherwise, once I find out, he'll be in big trouble!"
Charlie Koch said without hesitation, "Okay! I'll make the request right now! Mr. Xia, I think he will agree to it! In fact, the biggest market for the Mexican drug cartels is the United States. More than 90% of the methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana in the United States comes from Mexico. As far as I know, the annual drug trade between the United States and Mexico amounts to 20 to 30 billion USD. In Huaxia market, the Huaxia market, Huaxia, Huaxia, Huaxia, and Huaxia Huaxia Huaxia.. I believe that Goodman will not take the risk for the sake of the Asia-Pacific market! "
In fact, Xia Ruofei's request was quite a big loss for the Gulf Corporation. After all, the drug market in the Asia-Pacific was quite huge, and the profits were higher than those in the United States and Europe. The current sales were not high because they had not seriously explored this market before, but this did not mean that the potential of the Asia-Pacific market was low.
However, Charlie Koch believed that Goodman would weigh the pros and cons and eventually agree to withdraw from the Huaxia market. After all, other than Huaxia, there were other large markets in the Asia-Pacific region that they could explore.
Charlie Koch continued, "Mr. Xia, there's one more thing I want to report to you! Goodman sent me two videos. One was of them executing Erad, and the other was recorded by Goodman himself. He personally expressed his apologies and goodwill to our friends in Huaxia and made a promise. Do you think … I should forward these two videos to you? "
Xia Ruofei pondered for a moment. He was not interested in the videos, but he felt that the videos were still meaningful. At least they could easily dispel Zhang Chao's concerns. Otherwise, with the notoriety of the Gulf Corporation, it would take a lot of effort to convince Zhang Chao that the problem had been completely solved.
If Goodman were to step in and explain himself, then everything would be much simpler.
Thinking of this, Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Send it to me! I'll give you an email address. Write it down. "
"Mr. Xia, please wait a moment!" Charlie Koch hurriedly found a piece of paper and a pen from the desk, then said, "Go ahead, I'll write it down now!"
Xia Ruofei gave Charlie Koch an email address, then said, "Send it to this email address! I'll receive it later. "
"Understood!" Charlie Koch said quickly.
After Charlie Koch hung up, he immediately contacted Peter and asked him to forward the email from Goodman to Xia Ruofei's email address.
Then he personally called Goodman.
After Goodman had reported to Charlie Koch and sent the videos and photos to Peter, he had been waiting anxiously, as if waiting for the judgment of fate.
When he saw that Charlie Koch was calling him personally, he hurriedly picked it up and said respectfully, "Mr. Koch! Hello! "
Charlie Koch said calmly, "Goodman, I've talked to my friend in Huaxia. My friend in Huaxia is generally satisfied with the way the Gulf Corporation handled the situation and the compensation you proposed, but he has one more condition …"
"Please say it!" Goodman said quickly. "We will do our best to satisfy your friend's request!"
Charlie Koch said, "My friend in Huaxia said that from today onwards, the Gulf Corporation's drugs are not allowed to be sold to Huaxia in any form. If you can do this, then this matter will be over!"
Goodman couldn't help but hesitate.
For the past two or three years, the Gulf Corporation's main strategy had been to develop the Asia-Pacific market. After all, there was a wide range of sales and huge potential there. It was a huge market that they had yet to develop. Although the Asia-Pacific market's share of the corporation's total profit was not very high, it had shown a trend of increasing year by year, and the increase was very obvious.
If they gave up, it meant that the Gulf Corporation had to adjust its strategic direction, which would inevitably cause a huge loss. At the very least, the initial investment would be wasted.
However, Goodman quickly understood the situation. Giving up the Huaxia market did not mean giving up the entire Asia-Pacific market. Although losing the Huaxia market would cause a huge loss in the future, they could still work in other parts of the Asia-Pacific to try to make up for the loss. If they didn't agree to the other party's conditions, then all their previous efforts would be in vain, and Erad's death would be in vain.
What was more important, Goodman quickly made up his mind.
Therefore, he immediately said, "No problem! Mr. Koch! From now on, all the meth, marijuana, and cocaine from the Gulf Corporation will not enter the Huaxia market! We will withdraw all our personnel from the Huaxia market in the near future! "
Charlie Koch naturally noticed Goodman's hesitation. He said sternly, "Goodman, I hope you can do what you say! Don't try to fool people with some childish tricks! If you use shell companies to resell drugs to distributors who have deep roots in the Huaxia market, or use other methods to sell drugs to Huaxia, then you will receive the most severe punishment from the Koch family! I'm not trying to scare you, but when that happens, the entire Gulf Corporation will cease to exist! "
Goodman's heart trembled slightly when he heard this. He quickly said, "Mr. Koch! Even if I had a few more guts, I wouldn't dare to fool you! I will personally follow up on this matter, there won't be any mistakes! "
"I hope so!" Charlie Koch said lightly. "I promised my friends in Huaxia that if something goes wrong on your side, you know the consequences."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Goodman said quickly. "There won't be any problems! Please don't worry! "
Only then did Charlie Koch's tone soften. "Goodman, you should thank God that we can get through this safely. If it weren't for my friends in Huaxia, I'm afraid you and your core members would have gone to meet Satan by now!"
Goodman was so scared that his whole body trembled. He knew that Charlie Koch had no reason to lie to him, and he didn't think it was worth it. Plus, with his previous deduction, he was basically sure that this Huaxia friend of Charlie Koch's was a non-existent existence that he couldn't compete with.
Goodman hurriedly said in a grateful tone, "Mr. Koch, thank you so much for your help this time! If there's anything I can do for you in the future, please don't hesitate to ask! "
Charlie Koch didn't respond to Goodman's words. He only said lightly, "Goodman, let me tell you one last thing. It's also from my friends in Huaxia."
Goodman was a little disappointed that his pledge of loyalty didn't get a response, but he still said immediately, "Mr. Koch, please tell me what it is!"
Charlie Koch said, "There's a saying in Huaxia: 'Listen to what you say, and observe what you do.' Now that my friends are basically satisfied with your attitude, the next step is to see your performance. If you're all talk and no action, I'm afraid …"
Goodman hurriedly said, "Mr. Koch! All my promises will be fulfilled immediately, including the preferential treatment and protection for the people in Huaxia! "
"That's good!" Charlie Koch said. "Huafeng Shipping will get in touch with you regarding the details. I hope you can fulfill your promise."
"Yes, Mr. Koch!" Mr. Charlie! "Goodman said quickly.
Charlie Koch didn't say anything else and hung up the phone. When Goodman heard the busy tone coming from the phone, he carefully hung up the phone and let out a long sigh. At this time, he found that his forehead was full of sweat.
Goodman calmed himself down, then immediately picked up the phone and began to give orders. He arranged everything as quickly as possible, including the mobilization of 100 million US dollars to be ready to be used at any time, and the full withdrawal from the Huaxia market, as well as preferential treatment for the people in Huaxia in Mexico in the future, and protection for the people in Huaxia, and so on.
Fortunately, the Bay Group was not a traditional large company with a board of directors and other shareholders holding it back. Basically, Goodman had the final say in the Bay Group. Although he did give some of his trusted subordinates a certain amount of shares and dividends, when it came to specific decisions, as long as he gave the word, his subordinates would not dare to have any doubts and would immediately execute it resolutely.
Therefore, Goodman's orders were quickly passed down through the layers and began to be implemented.
…
In Isvatlan, Xia Ruofei was not in a hurry to find Zhang Chao. Instead, he waited until he received the email from Peter in his mailbox before he asked Luo Qingfeng to call Zhang Chao over.
While waiting for Zhang Chao, Xia Ruofei first looked at the two videos and several photos.
Xia Ruofei only casually glanced at the photos and videos of Erad's execution. With his eyes, he naturally could see that these photos and videos did not have any traces of falsification. Unless Erad had a twin brother who looked exactly the same, this guy who spouted sh * t at Huaxia people would have already been sent to meet Satan by his own people in the Gulf Group.
Xia Ruofei, on the other hand, had watched the video that Goodman had recorded himself from beginning to end.
The video was not long. In the video, Goodman sincerely apologized to Huafeng Shipping and said that the party involved had been severely punished. Then, he promised that similar incidents would never happen again in the future. In the future, the Gulf Group would also provide protection and various preferential treatment to the people in Huaxia. Basically, it was similar to what Charlie Koch said.
As soon as Xia Ruofei finished watching the video, he heard a knock on the door. He closed his laptop and shouted, "Come in!"
The door was pushed open, and Luo Qingfeng walked in with Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao's face showed a trace of exhaustion. He asked respectfully, "Mr. Xia, you were looking for me?"
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Brother Zhang, please sit down!"
After Luo Qingfeng led Zhang Chao over, he first refilled Xia Ruofei's teacup, and then made a cup of tea for Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao had seen Luo Qingfeng's valiant performance with his own eyes. Seeing him personally serve him tea, Zhang Chao was so scared that he stood up and said repeatedly, "Sir, I don't deserve it! I don't deserve it! "
In fact, with Luo Qingfeng's pride as a Golden Core cultivator, how could he serve tea to an ordinary person under normal circumstances? He was positioning himself as Xia Ruofei's servant, and Zhang Chao was just a guest who came to visit Xia Ruofei. Serving tea to the guest was naturally the servant's duty.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, sit down and talk!"
"Okay …" Zhang Chao took the tea that Luo Qingfeng served him with some trepidation, and then sat down.
Xia Ruofei asked kindly, "I heard that you've already arranged for the evacuation of people?"
Zhang Chao nodded and said, "The Gulf Group is too powerful. If we confront them head-on, I'm afraid that we'll suffer a great loss. So I'm going to arrange for our brothers to leave the country to lie low for a while, and then we'll decide whether to come back to develop based on the situation. It's possible that we won't return to Mexico! But don't worry, Mr. Xia, we'll take care of your goods and help you transport them out of Mexico! "
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