Bai Xiaosheng heard from Hou Yuncheng that the rare earth deal with another company also fell through, and it was intercepted, surprisingly, by Mr. Brown!

Upon hearing this news, even Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help but be taken aback, and then he frowned.

Mr. Brown is clearly targeting him this time!

On one hand, he made Bai Xiaosheng go on a wild goose chase, waiting in vain for most of the day.

On the other hand, he went to another rare earth company and took the business.

This openly tells Bai Xiaosheng that Mr. Brown is very angry about him checking out those companies without informing him first! It’s a targeted retaliation.

Seeing Bai Xiaosheng deep in thought, with furrowed brows, Hou Yuncheng and Jia Chengshan exchanged glances.

The two naturally saw the problem in this event, and considering Bai Xiaosheng had mentioned to Hou Yuncheng before that he might have offended Mr. Brown from his own group, the problem in this matter was self-evident.

Hou Yuncheng immediately patted Bai Xiaosheng’s shoulder and consoled him, "It’s okay, Sheng, you don’t need to take it too much to heart. In business matters, whether it succeeds or not is all based on interests. The conditions others offered are better than ours, and if we can’t offer better, then it’s only natural for the deal to go elsewhere. Moreover, such a significant business, Mr. Brown wouldn’t act on impulse. I mean, it doesn’t have much to do with you, don’t overthink it!"

Hou Yuncheng feared that Bai Xiaosheng might, in anger, spark conflict with his colleagues, which would be counterproductive.

"That’s right, Mr. Bai, even without cooperating with those two companies, we have collaborations with three state-owned enterprises in Xisuli, which is enough. Once our collaboration thrives, earning profits daily, perhaps those two companies will come looking for us," Jia Chengshan also advised from the side.

Bai Xiaosheng regained his composure, smiling at the two of them.

"Thank you both, Director Hou and Mr. Jia, for your concern. I’m fine. If even such a trivial matter can trouble me, then I, Bai Xiaosheng, would truly be a failure!"

Seeing Bai Xiaosheng speak calmly, his expression returning to normal, Hou Yuncheng and Jia Chengshan couldn’t help but nod secretly.

People who can control their emotions are those who achieve great things.

Jia Chengshan had already been with Hou Yuncheng for a while, so when Bai Xiaosheng arrived, he took his leave.

Hou Yuncheng exchanged a few polite words and personally saw him to the door.

Bai Xiaosheng also bid farewell to Jia Chengshan.

After Jia Chengshan left, Hou Yuncheng invited Bai Xiaosheng to the sofa and personally poured him a cup of tea.

"Sheng, regarding those two companies, you don’t need to think too much or worry about them," Hou Yuncheng said to Bai Xiaosheng, "In Xisuli, there are other advantageous industries that want to collaborate with us, totaling thirty-five companies. Today, in your absence, we’ve already visited a batch. Later, I’ll give you the information list, and if you’re interested, I’ll have someone accompany you as a business delegation to take a look tomorrow."

Hou Yuncheng was not at all annoyed by Bai Xiaosheng’s friction with Mr. Brown, which disrupted the rare earth negotiations, but instead, he was considerate of Bai Xiaosheng.

This touched Bai Xiaosheng quite a bit.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled, taking out the materials he edited and organized using his notebook on the return journey and then printed back at his residence, handing them to Hou Yuncheng.

"Director Hou, during my visit to ’Xuanjin’ company, it wasn’t entirely fruitless, and I also conducted an inspection," Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile.

Hou Yuncheng took the materials handed over by Bai Xiaosheng with a look of curiosity, glanced roughly, and his eyes gradually filled with surprise.

"During the inspection of ’Xuanjin’ company, I compiled what I saw regarding the new material development direction, the application and improvement of new processes, and various other aspects. I believe it will be helpful for domestic companies in negotiations with those three state-owned rare earth enterprises in Xisuli, and in deeper cooperation and aligning domestic enterprises with international standards," Bai Xiaosheng explained.

"It’s extremely helpful!" Hou Yuncheng said without lifting his head, his gaze fixed on those pages.

Interestingly, the next phase involves working with this area, and it just so happens that Hou Yuncheng himself is responsible, so he recently "studied" the relevant content.

Hou Yuncheng is meticulous, and his "study" is not just a superficial understanding, but something meticulously thought out.

So, when Hou Yuncheng saw what Bai Xiaosheng gave, he was instantly captivated.

The experience in domestic rare earth development is among the best globally, but it still requires the absorption of strengths from others, to continuously absorb the essence, innovate, and thus become better.

Therefore, Bai Xiaosheng’s "inspection summary" is extremely valuable!

"This is truly considerate!" Hou Yuncheng couldn’t help but praise highly.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled as he looked at Hou Yuncheng.

Having one’s work recognized is also a pleasing thing.

Strictly speaking, what Bai Xiaosheng compiled didn’t involve commercial secrets, because the truly secret aspects, the person in charge of ’Xuanjin’ company wouldn’t show him, even though Bai Xiaosheng is a higher-up in the group.

After all, they belong to different regions, not the same thing.

The content displayed by ’Xuanjin’ company was also shown to some counterparts in Europe and America.

What Bai Xiaosheng saw were relatively cutting-edge things, but he fully utilized Red Lotus’s powerful search functions to extrapolate and refine the information, and immediately searched to find out — which kind of machinery needed could be bought from which global companies, and which kind of technology involved could be sought in partnership from which global companies, and then compiled it all back into the document seen by Hou Yuncheng.