I looked back and saw a thin girl standing behind me.
I responded hurriedly: "Hello, I have something to do with the director. Is he in a meeting?"
The girl frowned slightly and said, "The director has gone out of town and will not be here for the past few days. You can come back when he comes back."
I was suddenly stunned. I was not in a meeting for a long time, but I was out of town.
No wonder I haven't come back for so long. If this girl hadn't come to remind me, I might have had to keep waiting.
In this case, I had no reason to wait any longer. I nodded and said, "Okay, then may I ask the director when he will be back?"
"I'm not sure about this. If you have anything urgent, you can call the director."
"Then do you have the director's contact information? Can you give it to me? I have something urgent."
"Um...what do you want to ask the director for? I can help you tell it."
I knew she wouldn't give me the director's contact information casually, so I wasn't persistent.
Just as he was about to speak, a voice suddenly came: "Xiao Li, what's wrong?"
I followed the sound and saw a gentle, middle-aged man walking towards me. He was wearing a blue executive jacket and looked like a leader.
When the girl saw this person, she immediately shouted respectfully: "Deputy Director Zhou, this gentleman said he is here to see Director Shi."
It turns out he is the deputy director, and his temperament fits him well.
The deputy director Zhou nodded and waved to the girl and said, "Okay, you go ahead and do your work first."
After saying that, he walked up to me, looked me over first, and then asked, "What can I do for you?"
"Hello, Deputy Director Zhou, I'm looking for the Director to make an investment with him."
"Invest? Invest in what? Who are you?"
"My name is Chen Feng. Here's the thing. I want to build a resort town next to Anxi Ancient Town, and I want to come and talk to you about the specific implementation."
"There are currently no indicators there. What development are you doing there? Can it be developed?"
"It's very difficult, but we have a very good idea and want to give it a try, but before we can do all this, we need to build roads."
He was thoughtful for a while and suddenly said to me: "Come to the office with me."
I followed him to his office. I thought that for a person of his level, the office should be quite spacious.
But this office is only 20 square meters at most, and everything in the office looks a bit old.
The bookcase in particular looks like it was made in the 1990s, including his desk, which is also a wooden writing desk.
This condition is too inconsistent with his identity.
After arriving at his office, he took out a cigarette and handed it to me and said, "Do you want to smoke?"
"Thank you." I took it with a smile.
After lighting the cigarette, he slowly asked me: "Chen Feng, I seem to have heard of your name."
"Oh, really?" I smiled.
"I remember that the chairman of Chongqing Yalan Clothing seems to be named Chen Feng. Is that you?"
After all, he is responsible for attracting investment, so it is not surprising that he knows my name. At any rate, Yalan Clothing is developing so well now.
I didn't hesitate, nodded and said, "Yes, but not anymore. I have resigned as chairman."
He then asked curiously: "Then why do you want to build a resort town next to Anxi Ancient Town? There is no development potential in that place. There is only one ancient town that has not been fully commercialized. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult, right?"
"It is a bit difficult, but I think the important thing is not whether there is a flow of people in Anxi Ancient Town, but that the place meets the requirements for building a resort town."
"Oh, what do you have in mind?"
Although these things are our business secrets, they still belong to others. For example, telling them government workers does not count as leaking secrets.
After hesitating for a moment, I said: "This is our plan. We plan to invest in a theme resort town around Anxi Ancient Town."
He frowned, shook the ashes from his cigarette and said, "You are very brave to build a resort town in that place!"
"Director Zhou, we are confident."
He smiled again and said: "Confidence is certainly important, but who would go to build a resort town there?"
"The so-called resort town is naturally far away from the city. That place has mountains and rivers and is far away from the downtown area, so it's just right."
Because I had already filtered what I wanted to say in my mind, it came out smoothly.
"The key is that there is nothing attractive about that place! Is it just Anxi Ancient Town?"
I changed my sitting posture and said sternly: "Director Zhou, any resort will not be attractive before it is built, unless the place has a long history and culture, which even ordinary scenic spots do not have."
"What do you mean?"
"If there is no attractive point, we will create it ourselves, and we already have a very clear idea."
He thought thoughtfully for a while and then asked me: "What is your scale?"
"The initial investment is probably around 1 billion."
Of course, I didn’t provide this money, but brought in investors, and I couldn’t come up with so much money.
Director Zhou seemed surprised. He smiled and said, "An investment of one billion is not small!"
"It's not small, so I attach great importance to this, and I want to build a highway directly leading to the ancient town and a dedicated bus line. As long as these can be implemented, I can start the construction ceremony at any time."
"Why do you have to wait until the road is completed before starting the construction ceremony? With such a large investment, you could have done it yourself."
I sneered and said, "Director Zhou, to tell you the truth, the one billion investment I just mentioned was not made by me. In fact, I don't have that much money."
"No money?!"
Director Zhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then you swore to me here, and you even said an investment of one billion."
"That's right, because this fund is someone else's investment. I am only responsible for the operation of the resort town. I actually need other people to invest."
"You still want people to invest, but I think your idea is a bit too whimsical."
"Director Zhou, many ideas will be considered fanciful before they achieve staged results... But Director Zhou, as long as it is beneficial, someone will invest. There is no doubt that what we need to do is create."
After a short pause, I added: "To answer your second question, the reason why we need to build good roads is also to let the bosses who come to invest know that we are serious about development, and our government also supports it."
"Then you haven't thought that you won't be able to continue developing or encounter some unexpected situation. Can you afford this responsibility?"
"I've thought about it, I've definitely thought about it, but if I don't do it because I'm afraid, it will never work."
After hearing what I said, Director Zhou's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at me, and he even showed a little appreciation.