At ten o'clock in the morning, the number of people in the hall gradually increased, and officials from all over the booths were seated behind each booth. Not long after, a burst of warm applause suddenly sounded at the door.
Zhou Jing followed the sound and saw Vice Governor Huang Yalin walking in like a star holding the moon surrounded by a group of people. Huang Yalin was about fifty years old. He was not tall but had a strong aura. He had just entered
room, all the eyes of the audience were focused on him.
Vice Governor Huang once served in Nanyue a few years ago and also served as the mayor of Wuyang City. He has a good foundation here. Therefore, this investment promotion activity can attract all the people in Wuyang City.
strong support.
With his arrival, the investment negotiation meeting officially kicked off. Huang Yalin gave a passionate speech. In his speech, he introduced in detail the development of Jiangzhou Province, as well as Jiangzhou's geographical environment, natural resources, history and culture.
, customs and customs.
In his speech, Huang Yalin emphasized that the provincial party committee and the provincial government will make great efforts to attract investment, and will provide financial and policy support to key projects. He eagerly hopes that entrepreneurs from the southern Guangdong region can come to Jiangsu
Visit the state and look for investment opportunities.
After the speeches, the entrepreneurs began to negotiate with officials from various places. Many booths were full of people, and TV reporters were very busy with cameras on their hands, crawling through the crowd.
Compared with the lively scenes at other booths, Zhou Jing's place seemed particularly deserted. There was actually nothing we could do about it. Firstly, the booth was in a relatively remote location, just in the northwest corner. Secondly, the two of them were in too low a position.
It simply cannot arouse the interest of businessmen.
In fact, many businessmen come to participate in such investment activities, not necessarily for investment projects, but to take advantage of such a rare opportunity to make friends with local government officials in order to accumulate network resources and lay a solid foundation for future development.
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There are by no means a few people who hold this idea. Many businessmen gathered around Vice Governor Huang and several major leaders of prefectures and cities. In addition to exchanging business cards and talking to each other, they also took photos together.
As the shutter clicked, Vice Governor Huang Yalin stood in front of the rostrum with a cheerful face, posing for photos with many entrepreneurs from the Lingnan region. After nearly ten minutes, he found time to take the letter from his secretary.
He took a sip of mineral water and frowned: "Xiao Liu, have you contacted Jinghu Group?"
Secretary Liu hurriedly bent down and whispered: "I have already called, but the reply they gave me is that Chairman Chen has to attend an important meeting in the capital and cannot come over."
"That's it!" Huang Yalin frowned slightly, with a look of disappointment that was difficult to conceal on his face.
You must know that Jinghu Group is a private enterprise with assets of tens of billions. It has more than ten subsidiaries and has extremely strong economic strength. It is the target of many provinces competing for it. Their chairman Chen Guangyao is also someone Huang Yalin really wants to meet.
A special person.
Chen Guangyao was born in a high-ranking family and had a wide network of friends. Many of his friends were prominent political stars in the Chinese political arena. They held great power and had great energy. For such a person, Vice Governor Huang naturally wanted to make all his efforts to make friends.
of.
However, the Chen family is extremely low-key and rarely appears in public. People who can come into contact with them are mysterious figures in a very small circle. For many people, they only hear their names but never meet them.
Huang Yalin went on several business trips to the capital for meetings, and tried every means to meet Chairman Chen, but failed to do so. This time, through the old leadership to smoothen the relationship and invite him sincerely, he had great hope of meeting, but at this time
It seems that it will fail again.
Seeing the leader's ugly face, Secretary Liu guessed a few things and whispered: "Governor Huang, although Chairman Chen has not come, people from Jinghu Group revealed that Chairman Chen's daughter is likely to come to Wuyang City
, but the specific time has not been finalized yet, they gave me a mobile phone number, but I have not been contacted."
After hearing this, Huang Yalin felt a little hopeful and hurriedly said: "Xiao Liu, this matter is very important. We must contact you as soon as possible. If necessary, we can wait here a little longer."
"Okay, Governor Huang." Secretary Liu nodded lightly. He knew very well that a few days ago, there was news in the province that Lin Haichuan, the executive vice governor, was going to be transferred from Jiangzhou Province to serve as deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. In this way
, the people staring at this position started to move.
Vice Governor Huang is a foreign cadre with a very shallow foundation in Jiangzhou Province, and his relationship with the secretary and governor is also very average. He is obviously at a disadvantage in the competition. If he does not make a surprising move to turn defeat into victory, his chances of promotion will be extremely slim.
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Moreover, Vice Governor Huang is also very old. If he cannot be promoted in the next few years, his official career will go downhill. What awaits him is probably to be transferred to a department such as the National People's Congress and the Political Consultative Conference to serve as a post.
Quiet job.
Secretary Liu has followed Huang Yalin for many years and knows that this old man is ambitious and unwilling to give in easily. If he can get along with the Chen family and smooth things over, he may be able to reverse the situation before the end of the year and win the extremely important position of Executive Vice Governor.
s position.
Huang Yalin stayed at the negotiation meeting for half an hour, and then left the event center accompanied by several officials. After the TV station recording ended, there were obviously fewer merchants in the venue, and many people left the venue early.
Zhou Jing was very anxious. He walked to the door with some flyers and distributed them to the businessmen who came to attend the meeting. However, the effect was not obvious. Many people just glanced at it and turned around and left, seemingly unaware of what was going on inside.
Project, not interested at all.
Some people who came to the booth spent more time looking at the information than Qin Xiaoqian. Most of them took the opportunity of conversation to ask for Qin Xiaoqian's business card and made roundabout requests for a private appointment.
Qin Xiaoqian was also good at looking at people. She could tell the clues just from the lustful eyes of those people, so she declined them all politely. Although the investment recruitment work was important, it had not yet reached the point where she needed to sacrifice her lusty looks.
At noon, the two bought lunch boxes and ate at the booth, then continued to wait for the merchants. However, it was not until 3:30 in the afternoon that they received two merchants who were really interested in investing. However, the conditions they proposed were harsh.
To the extreme, it's hard to be satisfied.
It wasn't until this moment that Zhou Jing truly realized that he really didn't understand the officialdom so well that he could even be described as a 'layman'. Those theoretical explanations on the material, no matter how logical, were ineffective in the face of reality.
Seems not worth mentioning.
The unprecedented frustration made him feel extremely depressed. He didn't say a few words for the whole afternoon. Qin Xiaoqian noticed it and whispered a few words of comfort. She only said that she had expected such a situation.
I came here just as a workout.
When it was time to leave, the two quietly packed up their things and returned to the hotel. After waiting for half an hour, Lin Fusheng, He Yufeng and others came back. They had a great time and brought back large and small packages of gifts.
Everyone went to the restaurant together. After ordering, He Yufeng asked about the investment situation. Qin Xiaoqian quickly covered it up and said: "Fortunately, several merchants have investment intentions, but further contact is needed."
He Yufeng had sharp eyes, glanced at Zhou Jing, and knew that the situation was not optimistic, and said with a smile: "You two are serious, why are you so serious? After finally coming out once, you have to have a good time, why don't we come tomorrow
Let’s go to the hot springs together.”
Qin Xiaoqian was a little tempted. She turned sideways and whispered: "Xiao Jing, judging from today's situation, there should be very few merchants coming tomorrow. Why don't we go out to relax together."
Zhou Jing forced a smile, shook his head and said, "Sister Qin, no need. I feel very tired today. I want to take a day off tomorrow. You just go out to play and don't worry about me."
Lin Fusheng pushed up his glasses and said softly: "Xiao Zhou, the weather outside is very nice. Don't stay bored in the hotel all the time. If you go out for a walk with everyone, you will feel better."
Zhou Jing smiled, said nothing, ate a few mouthfuls of food, said he had something to do, left the hotel, and walked aimlessly on the road. He kept thinking about the smiling faces at the investment meeting and the flashlights.
Those officials and entrepreneurs shaking hands warmly.
At this time, he had to admit that such a stage would always belong to those high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. Before he got power and money, as an insignificant little person, he had no way to join the ranks.
in.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, he returned to the hotel, but instead of going to the room, he went to the bar below alone, ordered a few bottles of beer, bought a pack of cigarettes, took one out, lit it casually, and took a deep breath.
After taking a sip, I choked and coughed.
While the tobacco smoke was lingering, a clear cell phone ringtone rang. Zhou Jing picked up the phone and said softly: "Hello, hello."
A very pleasant voice sounded in my ears: "Hello, we met last night. I'm here to pay back the money?"
"Pay back the money?" Zhou Jing dusted off the cigarette ashes and suddenly thought of the beautiful girl he met last night. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "No need, it's only a few hundred yuan, so forget it."
"That's not possible. Where are you? I'll go find you and thank you in person." The girl's voice was very soft, but there was a certain firmness in her tone that made it impossible to refuse.
Zhou Jing picked up the beer, took a sip, and said softly: "I'm at the bar down there, come over."
"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll be back soon." The girl smiled happily and hung up the phone.
Zhou Jing drank beer by himself until a few minutes later, a gust of fragrant wind came. He raised his head and saw the beautiful girl. His breath was stagnant. He raised his finger and pointed to the opposite position and whispered softly.
:"sit down!"
The girl nodded, pulled out the chair and sat down, frowned at him, and said softly: "Why, you seem very unhappy?"
"It's okay." Zhou Jing smiled faintly, unbuttoned his shirt, and said thoughtfully: "Would you like something to drink?"
The girl raised her hand and snapped her fingers, called the waiter, opened a bottle of brandy, pursed her lips and said, "Looking at your depressed look, there must be something troubling you."
Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "I never thought that you would meet me again."
The girl glanced at him and said calmly: "You don't need to meet me, your troubles are already written on your face. What, are you broken up in love?"
Zhou Jing shook his head slightly and said with a smile, "No, it's about work."
The girl poured the wine, added ice cubes, lifted the glass gracefully, and said gently: "I haven't asked you about your profession yet."
Zhou Jing took out his business card, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Please give me more advice."
The girl took the business card, glanced at it, put it down gently, shook the glass and said: "Stop drinking beer, that's boring, drink some strong bar with me, for every glass you drink, I will invest five million in Qingyang
."
Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "Are you kidding me?"
The girl smiled in a daze, picked up the cup, and said calmly: "I never joke, believe it or not."
Zhou Jing frowned slightly, stared at her for a long time, then raised his hand and said softly: "Waiter, get three more bottles of brandy!"
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