Initially, Li Dong did not want to tell anyone about Li Chenghui's death.
However, somehow, the news spread. On the day before Li Chenghui's body was cremated and sent back to his hometown for burial, Qin Yuhan rushed to Dongping!
This was out of Li Dong's expectation. He did not expect Qin Yuhan, who was far away in Capital City, to know about it.
Moreover, Qin Yuhan rushed back to Dongping today. She probably knew about it the moment Li Chenghui passed away.
Li Dong felt helpless. He did not need to guess. It must be someone close to him who told her about it.
What surprised Li Dong even more was that Qin Hai and Yang Yun came back together.
Li Dong was surprised when he saw the two of them. "Why are you here?"
Qin Hai was relieved when he saw that Li Dong did not look too sad. He said, "You haven't been back to the company for the past few days. I asked Liu Qi, and she told me."
Li Dong had a bad feeling when he heard it was Liu Qi.
As expected, Qin Hai said, "We came back earlier. Director Sun and the rest are behind us. They will be here tonight."
Li Dong was speechless. After a while, he asked, "Other than Director Sun, is there anyone else?"
"There are quite a lot of people. A few suppliers are here too. There are also people from Longhua. A school leader from Jiangzhou University is here too, and …"
When Qin Hai finished, Li Dong was confused. "Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Li Dong was not surprised that people from the company came when the news spread.
The key was that people from the suppliers and Jiangzhou University were here too. This was out of Li Dong's expectation.
What surprised him more was that the Longhua Group sent people here too.
Apart from the Longhua store, Li Dong and Longhua Group had almost no contact. This time, the people from Longhua Group came, which caught Li Dong off guard.
Before he could digest the news, Li Dong received another call.
Li Dong was baffled by the call. After answering the phone, Li Dong felt a little confused.
The caller was actually Chen Rui!
Unexpectedly, the second-generation heir who had said that he would no longer deal with Li Dong in the future actually called Li Dong and told him that he and Zhang Lanyu had already set off and would arrive in Dongping at night.
Li Dong almost choked on his breath. Chen Rui and Zhang Lanyu were here too. What was going on!
Moreover, Li Dong had said that they didn't need to come, but these guys directly told him that they were already on the way.
After that, Li Dong received many more calls.
After answering the call, Li Dong was completely dumbfounded.
Hu Sicheng, Wu Jianguo, Hu Wanlin, whether they were enemies or just acquaintances, they actually came to Dongping to attend Li Chenghui's funeral.
Unlike those second-generation heirs, Hu Sicheng and Wu Jianguo were both serving officials. This wasn't just because of their personal relationship.
Li Dong frowned and said, "Uncle Qin, did something happen in Pingchuan?"
If nothing happened, Li Dong didn't think that these people would rush to Dongping. They also didn't need to curry favor with Li Dong.
In terms of friendship, Li Dong hadn't reached that level yet.
Especially Hu Wanlin. A few days ago, Li Dong was still fighting with her. In the blink of an eye, Hu Wanlin came to suck up to him. This was somewhat inexcusable.
Qin Hai scratched his head and said, "I don't think so. I didn't hear about it."
Li Dong had a headache. It was useless to think about this now.
The most important thing now was how to arrange these people. Previously, he didn't know that so many people would come, so he didn't make any preparations.
It was impossible for them to stay at home. Without a choice, Li Dong could only go out and arrange a hotel.
Because he didn't know how many people would come, Li Dong booked 20 rooms in a hotel near his home.
But when the people arrived at night, Li Dong broke down. Far away's people were all here for a group meeting, not to mention others.
All the leaders above the manager level were present. Just this alone already exceeded 20 people.
In addition, there were a few city managers, a few shop owners from Qingyang, and security guards like Zheng Long …
Far away's company had nearly 50 people!
Li Dong looked at Sun Tao and broke down. "Brother Sun, are you asking me to have a company meeting?"
Sun Tao said helplessly, "I can't persuade them. Don't blame me for this. If I don't approve their leave, they'll have to come even if they're absent."
Li Dong didn't have time to talk about this, because a few important people were coming.
Jiangzhou University sent Huang Zhigao and Fang Qingfei, which was a great honor to Li Dong. Not to mention Fang Qingfei, Huang Zhigao was the dean of the School of Economics and Management.
After greeting Huang Zhigao and others, Hu Sicheng and Wu Jianguo arrived together.
Then, Chen Rui and a few other rich second generations arrived. Even Zhang Qing was there.
After greeting them, the people from Longhua Group also arrived. Moreover, the person from Longhua was not a nobody, but a vice president.
Far Away's development was good recently, but it was still far from a giant like Longhua Group. Li Dong didn't expect that the vice president of Longhua would come to Dongping.
Because there weren't enough rooms, Li Dong urgently contacted a few more hotels.
In the end, they booked more than sixty rooms before they were able to accommodate all the guests.
Although it was not the time for small talk, Li Dong still couldn't help but find Sun Tao after he had arranged all the guests. He asked, "Brother Sun, what's going on?"
Not to mention others, but the fact that the vice president of Longhua Group was here was obviously not right.
Sun Tao thought for a while and said, "Our proposal was probably leaked. These people are here to look for opportunities."
"What proposal?"
"The proposal for the construction of the distribution center and the headquarters."
Li Dong suddenly realized what was going on. He said fiercely, "I just glanced at the proposal, and it hasn't been approved yet. How could it be leaked?"
Li Dong was going to build the distribution center and the headquarters. His investment was even more than the total investment of all the stores in Pingchuan.
Li Dong was going to invest more than two hundred million in the distribution center alone, and the headquarters building would cost more than one hundred million.
An investment of three hundred million was indeed tempting.
But this was only a plan, and it had not been implemented yet. Li Dong was going to wait until he sold his shares next year before implementing it.
But looking at the situation today, almost everyone knew about it!
The people from Longhua Group and Chen Rui were definitely here to discuss cooperation. Hu Sicheng was probably here for the location of the distribution center. He did not know why Hu Wanlin was here, but it must have something to do with this.
Li Dong did not care about all these. What he cared about was that Far away was now like a sieve!
It was fine if only one person knew about it, and it would not be strange if two people knew about Li Dong. But now, almost the whole of Pingchuan knew about it!
Sun Tao knew that Li Dong would be angry, but he still said honestly, "It can't be helped. It's such a big investment. It's impossible not to know about it. Also, we have been asking people to follow up on the location of the distribution center. People will naturally notice …"
Li Dong's face was gloomy. "Let's not talk about this now. Tomorrow, send my uncle back to his hometown to be buried. We'll talk about it after everything is over."
Sun Tao nodded and did not say anything.
… …
The next day, the people of Dongping saw a shocking scene.
A fleet of more than 50 cars drove out of the county town in a row. Among these cars, there were some luxury cars.
There were more than 10 luxury cars worth more than one million. Other than Li Dong's car, the rest of the luxury cars were driven by major suppliers. There were also Hu Wanlin and the Deputy General Manager from Longhua Group.
As for Hu Sicheng and Chen Rui, the cars they drove were more low-key.
Last night, as everyone had arrived late and had arrived in batches, not many people noticed.
But today, they were going back to their hometown to attend the funeral. The people of Dongping were shocked when the cars lined up in a row.
It was not because there were many cars, but because there were many valuable cars.
In 2005, the number of cars worth more than one million in the whole county town was not as many as the luxury cars in the fleet.
Everyone who saw the fleet started to discuss among themselves. Which fleet was this?
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