Sichuan Restaurant.
Lan Xingguo arrived early.
When Li Dong arrived with his people, Lan Xingguo was already waiting. When Li Dong arrived, Lan Xingguo introduced, "This is Director Zhang from SASAC."
Li Dong looked at the person next to him and nodded with a smile, "Hello, Director Zhang."
Although Zhang Bin was only a deputy director, a deputy director was still a director. It was reasonable to say that he was also Lan Xingguo's leader.
However, when he stood next to Lan Xingguo, Zhang Bin took half a step back.
When Li Dong greeted him, Zhang Bin quickly smiled and said, "I've heard of General Manager Li's name for a long time. It's an honor to finally meet you today!"
"Director Zhang is too polite."
Li Dong saw that his attitude was good, so he politely exchanged a few words.
Originally, he thought that the SASAC would treat him coldly, but after thinking about it, he probably thought wrong.
The government was also like Jianghu. Factions were everywhere.
Even if there were officials in Sichuan who were inclined to Liu Tang, it didn't mean that all of them were.
Liu Tang didn't have that much ability. Even the person behind him didn't have that ability.
Not to mention, because Du Anmin had worked here for more than ten years, he had many old subordinates and colleagues. In fact, many people in the Sichuan government had good intentions towards Li Dong.
He was a big entrepreneur supported by the old leader, and he might even be the son-in-law of the old leader.
Old Du was about to enter the capital. Even if they didn't care about the monk, they would still care about the Buddha. In addition, Li Dong was also a well-known rich person. There weren't many Sichuan officials who were really hostile towards Li Dong.
After a few polite words, Lan Xingguo introduced a few people that Li Dong didn't know.
There was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Shu Du City Government, the Director of the Municipal Education Bureau, the Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, the President of the Shu Du Red Cross, the Vice President of the Sichuan Shu Red Cross …
There were many government officials that he didn't see in the morning.
In addition to these people, the last person that Lan Xingguo introduced was the Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Government.
Although it was only a deputy position, the Deputy Director of the Provincial Government's Office personally received Li Dong in an informal meeting. It could be said that he had done enough to save face.
The Deputy Director of the Sichuan General Office was not young. He was about 50 years old.
The deputy director's name was Chen Qiang. When he greeted Li Dong, he was especially polite. It was so polite that Li Dong couldn't stand it.
Finally, Chen Qiang asked, "How is the old leader's health?"
Only then did Li Dong realize that he was an old subordinate of Old Du.
However, more than a decade had passed, and Chen Qiang was only the Deputy Director of the Provincial Government Office. When Old Du left, his position was probably even lower.
In this case, Li Dong didn't know if he was really an old subordinate or just a nominal one. In any case, the other party had expressed goodwill to him, so Li Dong hurriedly said politely, "Secretary Du is very healthy."
At this time, Li Dong did not say anything.
What relationship Du Anmin had with Dong Xuebing, and what others thought was their business.
Dong Xuebing cannot show that he was close to Old Du in front of others. It might seem like he was trying to hide something. But this was the government.
You can't tell what these people were thinking from the surface.
Don't fall into other people's trap by talking nonsense now.
After exchanging some pleasantries, everyone sat down.
Compared to Lan Xingguo, Chen Qiang, and the rest, the people who were the most polite to Li Dong were the people from the Sichuan Red Cross Society.
Li Dong knew what they were thinking, but he snorted.
The Distance Charitable Fund was a private fund. Even if they donated, it would not go through the Red Cross Society. Li Dong could only say that they were thinking too much.
The people who came today were quite interesting. The person who was in charge of the economy was the Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
As for the rest, they were either in charge of civil affairs or education. It was obvious that they wanted to invest in the economy. Sichuan did not have a clear stance on this.
But it was good to do charity!
Who wouldn't want to contribute to the economy for free?
It would be even better if Dong Xuebing could get some benefits from it.
Li Dong had his own private charity, and the funds did not go through them. If not, if Li Dong donated tens of millions, they would keep 70% to 80% of the funds.
But even if it was a private charity, it was not impossible.
After all, if Li Dong wanted to invest in Sichuan, he would need to find someone to build the school and provide the building materials. These were all profits.
If Dong Xuebing really invested tens of millions, he would be able to make a lot of money from these side projects.
With this thought, and the people invited by Lan Xingguo, most of them were on Li Dong's side. This meal was a lively one.
When the meal was about to end, the Chief of Shu Du City's Civil Affairs Bureau asked. "Does General Manager Li have any specific targets for his visit to Sichuan? If you need any help or cooperation, our Civil Affairs Bureau will definitely not slack off. If General Manager Li wants to know something, we will tell you everything we know. "
Li Dong put down his chopsticks and smiled. "The target is generally set. This time, it is mainly about education. It is said that no matter how hard it is, it should not be hard on the children. As the future successors of socialism, we, Faraway Group, also hope that these children can have a bright future. Of course, this is not absolute. If there are other people who need help, we will not just sit back and do nothing. "
Hearing Li Dong's words, the Chief of Shu Du City's Education Bureau was a little excited. "Far away is indeed an enterprise with a conscience! General Manager Li, when it comes to education, although we have been supporting Sichuan for the past few years, our conditions are still limited. I'm not afraid to say something embarrassing. Let's not talk about other places, even here in Shu Du, the education environment is not satisfactory. It's not that we don't want the children to live in spacious classrooms, it's not that we don't want them to have a good place to receive education, it's just that we have financial difficulties. Every time I see those children, barefooted and attentively listening to the lesson in the classroom, which is full of holes in the air, I also feel very uncomfortable … "
The other party was indeed an educator. His emotional words came out one after another.
When other people heard it, some of the staff from Far away couldn't help but cry.
Lan Xingguo and the others didn't say anything. Most of the people in the room were officials from Shu Du City.
If Li Dong really wanted to donate, in their opinion, it was naturally the most suitable for him to stay in Shu Du City.
After listening to him, Li Dong smiled and said, "I understand what Chief Liu said. Tomorrow, I will ask the foundation to conduct an inspection. If there is a need, we will not be stingy."
As he spoke, Li Dong added, "Since we're doing charity, money is meant to be spent. This time I came to Shu Du City, I am not afraid to tell everyone the truth. I have prepared 500 million yuan for education support. If it is not enough, I can continue to add more! I am a bachelor now, and I only have a pair of parents to support. What's the use of so much money? If I can help these children and those parents, I am willing to do my best to provide some help to everyone. "
"500 million!"
Everyone was shocked!
They knew that Li Dong was going to donate money, and they knew that Li Dong would not be stingy this time.
But in their opinion, tens of millions was already an amazing number.
However, at this time, they realized that Li Dong was not stingy. This guy was either a very kind person, or he was crazy.
What did 500 million mean?
The entire Shu Du City did not invest that much money in charity last year.
But a private charity fund was asking for 500 million yuan?
It was not enough!
Was this guy crazy?
Even Lan Xingguo couldn't help but cough and said, "Brother Li, isn't this a bit …"
500 million!
This was really a lot of money. If they knew that Li Dong was going to invest so much money, they would not be sitting here today. They would be sitting here with the officials of Shu Du City.
After a while, someone finally woke up. Chen Qiang's eyes lit up and said to Li Dong, "General Manager Li, are you serious?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "Do you think that I, Li Dong, only know how to talk?"
Everyone else was slightly embarrassed. After all, Li Dong's nickname was "Li Da Pao". Many people knew where it came from.
Now that Li Dong said that he was going to talk, they naturally felt uncomfortable.
But this kind of uncomfortable feeling soon dissipated when they heard 500 million yuan. Chen Qiang took a deep breath and said, "How about this, General Manager Li, you stay in Shu Du City for another day tomorrow. I must report this matter to the governor. I hope that you can have a meeting with the provincial government no later than tomorrow afternoon. "
500 million yuan, even if it was just an investment, it was worth negotiating with the provincial government officials and Li Dong.
Not to mention, it was a charity. If they did not make a big deal out of it, how could they show the importance of Shu Du City?
Moreover, this matter must be settled as soon as possible. This was only a private meeting. Even if Li Dong went back on his words, they could not do anything about it.
But as long as they had a formal meeting with the provincial government officials, Li Dong would have to think about the consequences if he wanted to go back on his words.
In 2007, a company spent 500 million yuan to do charity. To be honest, if it was not for the fact that Li Dong was also a person of high status, no one would believe it.
After that, the officials of Shu Du City did not say anything.
At this time, everyone understood that this matter could not be decided by a few words.
Such a large amount of money for charity mainly depended on the attitude of the provincial government and Li Dong. As for whether they could get a share of the money or not, it was not easy to say.
There were too many people eyeing this money. At that time, it was not something that people of their level could participate in.
If this matter was publicized properly, the entire country would know about it. Everyone knew their own limits. With the eyes of the entire country, other than those few big shots, they would be lucky to get some soup. If they wanted to eat meat, don't even dream about it.
Seeing these people had given up, Li Dong smiled.
This was also the result he wanted. The King of Hell was better than the little devil.
If he donated a few schools in Shu Du City and invested 20 to 30 million yuan, it would not be easy to deal with these people.
But if the amount of money was more than 100 million yuan, or even 500 million yuan, the impact would be huge.
At this time, he only needed to deal with some high-level people.
Plus, he was here to make a statement. All the officials of Shu Du City knew who he was going to make a statement to.
As long as that person did not say anything, not many people would dare to touch this money.
Apart from that person, Du Anmin was also keeping an eye on him. This was inevitable.
There were even people of higher status watching. This was because Li Dong's matter had blown up, and it was no longer a matter of one person.
This matter involved two top officials, and if you think that only the people of Shu Du City knew that Li Dong had taken out so much money to sue for peace, you would be looking down on everyone's intelligence.
Half an hour later, everyone was full.
At this time, everyone had something on their minds. When they invited Li Dong out to have some fun, they did not force him.
Chen Qiang and the others said their goodbyes to Li Dong and hurried out of the restaurant. From afar, Li Dong saw that everyone was making calls as they walked.
… …
After they left, Li Dong and Lan Xingguo went to the teahouse.
After sitting for a while, Lan Xingguo said softly. "Actually, the matter is not as serious as you think. If Liu Tang really falls, it will not affect much. To some people, Liu Tang is just a dog. If the matter blows up, they will just kill him to vent their anger. These days, people like Liu Tang are easy to find. At most, they will just find someone else. You have Secretary Du on your side, and Jiangbei Province is protecting you, you will be fine. You've risen from Jiang Bei. Not only you, but many people are also paying attention to you. As long as you don't make any big mistakes, and you are still young, many people will look up to you. So … … "
Lan Xingguo's words were very thorough.
He felt that Li Dong had lost so much because he was afraid.
But in fact, Lan Xingguo felt that Li Dong was overthinking.
Let's not talk about Du Anmin or the Jiangbei Provincial Government. Li Dong was from the same hometown as many important people.
As a unique leader of the younger generation in Jiangbei's business world, did no one really pay attention to Li Dong?
Of course there was!
The reason why no one said anything and did not inspect Far away was because Li Dong was still young. There was no need to give him too much glory. Some people were worried that he would become complacent.
Plus, Du Anmin was enough to protect Far Away from outside interference. Naturally, there was no need for others to do anything.
Spending 500 million to ensure safety was too much for Lan Xingguo.
Li Dong leisurely sipped his tea with a faint smile on his face.
After Lan Xingguo finished, Li Dong smiled and said, "Brother Lan, do you really think I'm so unscrupulous?"
Lan Xingguo looked at him and did not say anything. Li Dong continued, "If I was really so cowardly, would I have been able to do this for Far Away? The reason why I invested so much is not because I'm afraid. It's not worth it. If I really don't want to invest, I won't take a single cent. To be honest, as long as I don't come to Sichuan or wait a few years, it's not a big deal.
The reason why I came here now is because I want my money to be used in the right place.
It might be hypocritical to say that I'm compassionate.
But relatively speaking, I feel that I'm still a hot-blooded person.
In front of big brother, I can't be bothered to say those empty words. I'm here to do a good deed. There's no other reason.
As for what other people think, it's not important. As long as I feel that it's worth it. "
Lan Xingguo pondered for a while before sighing, "I've underestimated you."
"No, because I'm still young. Being young gives me the right to mess around."
"Hahaha …"
Both of them laughed. As for what they said earlier, it was as if no one had said it.
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