Fifteen minutes later, the hotel booked by Section Chief Li finally arrived, and everyone quickly got out of the car.
As soon as we got off the car, we saw a big word "Demolish" on the wall on the left side of the hotel. We couldn't help but feel confused. Did we come to the wrong place?
Section Chief Li was also a little surprised. He took a closer look at the hotel sign. Yes, he booked the Hyde Hot Spring Hotel.
"You guys wait here for a moment, I'll go inside and ask about the situation."
"Uncle Li, let me go with you!" Xu Dong said immediately.
This is a good opportunity to get first-hand information, which will help him predict the future situation, or at least be aware of it.
Section Chief Li nodded, and then the two of them entered the hotel door together.
"Welcome!" The receptionist said wearing cool clothes.
Section Chief Li breathed a sigh of relief. There were greeters, which at least meant that the hotel was still operating and the trip was not in vain.
Arriving at the front desk, Xu Dong asked directly: "Excuse me, is your hotel still open?"
"Hello, we are always open." The receptionist was very polite.
"Can I ask what's going on with the 'demolish' on the outer wall of your hotel?" Xu Dong continued to ask.
"Oh, you don't have to worry about this. Our hotel is indeed going to be demolished, but that will be in two months, and we can still move in normally."
When Section Chief Li heard this, he directly reported his mobile phone number and asked the front desk to start looking for the reservation number.
Xu Dong went back to inform his colleagues that they could check in normally. Amidst cheers, everyone rushed into the hotel with their luggage.
After completing the check-in procedures, the three female colleagues checked into a triple room;
As for the male colleagues, because there were not enough rooms, they were temporarily changed to a suite. There were three small rooms in it, which could barely fit nine people.
After putting away the luggage, it was almost eleven o'clock. The three female colleagues started preparing lunch, and everyone took out the ingredients they had prepared.
Section Chief Li was the most exaggerated. Not only did he bring out the rice cooker at home, he also brought a 50-pound bag of rice.
As for the ingredients, there were not only two strips of bacon, but also a large bag of dried mushrooms. I also brought a carton of cigarettes and two bottles of moss wine, which was definitely a big deal.
As for the others, they are all basically the same, some with hot pot base, some with pickles, some with vegetables, some with sausages...
Finally, everyone turned their attention to Xu Dong. After all, he was the richest among them all and was totally worth looking forward to.
"Brother Xu, what did you bring?" Xiang Xin asked expectantly.
Xu Dong calmly opened the suitcase, which contained a box full of fresh vegetables.
Three female colleagues came forward and looked through it. Xiang Xin asked strangely: "Brother Xu, your family is so rich, why don't you bring any meat?"
"Sister, you can't buy meat now even if you have money!" Xu Dong deliberately yelled.
Gao Yuemei owed Xu Dong a favor, so she immediately came out to smooth things over and explained:
"Yeah, it's so hard to buy pork now.
Besides, Xiao Xu’s family has many children, so even if you get some meat, how dare you adults take it from the mouths of children?”
After speaking, he picked up a tomato and said, "Look at how fresh this tomato is. Let's cool it down with some sugar later. It will taste really good."
"Okay, Xiang Xin, please stop saying a few words. I think these vegetables are very good, fresh and tender, no worse than my bacon.
By the way, didn’t Xiao Xu bring two bottles of red wine? If we gentlemen don’t drink this, I’ll give it to you.” Section Chief Li waved his hand and said.
"Really? Then thank you section chief, thank you Brother Xu!" Xiang Xin said happily.
"Okay, you three hurry up and cook. Let's go for a walk outside and see if there are any fun places nearby. We can't just soak in the sea all day long."
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After exiting the hotel door, the male colleagues left in twos and threes.
Xu Dong was too hot, so he excused himself from going to the bathroom and stayed alone, chatting with the hotel security guard.
"Brother Wang, smoke."
"Thank you, thank you, you are such a good smoker!" The security guard looked flattered.
Xu Dong handed over the lighter, and the other party lit it and took a deep breath, almost squinting his eyes in comfort.
"Dude, where did you come from?"
"Yanjing, Brother Wang, where are you from?"
"I am a local. I used to be engaged in program development. Later, the company closed down and I could only work as a security guard to make ends meet."
Xu Dong smiled and said: "Speaking of which, we are still traveling together, and I am also doing security work."
"Brother, which company do you belong to? It must be a state-owned enterprise, right?"
"He's from the electric power company, how did you tell?"
"Your section chief, at first glance, seems to have come from within the system. He is not a big official, but he is quite impressive."
After the security guard finished speaking, he imitated Section Chief Li's tone of voice and movements, and he was indeed very good at it.
"Hahaha, Brother Wang, you should talk about cross talk. Isn't your Jinmen Deyun Club very famous?" Xu Dong joked.
"Okay, let's stop talking. It's not good for your leaders to hear you."
Xu Dong stopped smiling and got down to business, "Brother Wang, can I ask you something?"
"go ahead!"
"Your hotel is good, why do you want to demolish it?"
The security guard blew out a puff of smoke and explained: "Our land has been expropriated by the higher authorities, including the bathing beach in front and surrounding businesses. All of them will be closed down."
"What are you doing up there collecting land?"
"When you came, you should have seen a huge construction site, right?"
Xu Dong nodded: "I saw it, it should be a seawater desalination plant, right?"
"Brother, you have good eyesight. There is indeed a seawater desalination plant under construction there. Construction started three months ago. It is said that the first phase of the project alone will cost more than 200 billion."
Xu Dong was a little stunned. What is the concept of 200 billion? It is equivalent to building another high-speed rail line from Yanjing to Shanghai and Beijing.
"No, this has nothing to do with your hotel. You are seven or eight kilometers apart?"
The security guard sighed: "It doesn't matter. Our place has been designated as a water source protection zone for the desalination plant, and all commercial development is prohibited."
"Then you should have received a lot of demolition money, right?" Xu Dong said enviously.
Such a large piece of land would cost tens of millions anyway.
"Without half a cent, the environmental protection department directly issued a notice to relocate within a time limit," the security guard said angrily.
It's not that he feels sorry for his boss, but that he feels sorry for his job.
"With this condition, your boss didn't make any trouble?" Xu Dong said in surprise.
"It's useless to make a fuss. I heard that the superiors directly issued a death order."
"Oh, your boss is so unlucky."
Xu Dong knew in his heart that with Daxia's system, when the higher-ups really wanted to do something, no one could stop it.