Morning.
City Centre Park.
Dong Xuebing and the people from Zhen Shui County arrived at the venue. Dong Xuebing's car stopped, and they entered the venue with their work passes.
"Eh? Look!"
"The people from Zhen Shui County are here."
"Wow! Is that really a Land Rover?"
"That's Dong Xuebing? He is really something. "
"That's right. He is willing to pay for his subordinates to order Presidential suite."
"They are also giving each of them a Presidential suite. They are trying to show off to the City Government."
"We are all staying in the standard business suite downstairs. But they are asking for a Presidential suite, and even their chauffeur is occupying a big suite."
"That's because they are rich."
"I heard that Mayor Dong had won the lottery before."
"What's the use of having money? Their results are still not good."
"They are going up against the City Government. Let's just watch the show."
"They are not only going up against the City Government. Can't you tell? They are also trying to show us some respect. "
"They are just a poor county. Where did they get their guts from?"
The moment the people from Zhen Shui County arrived, everyone started to discuss among themselves. Many people pointed at Dong Xuebing and said some nasty things. Although Dong Xuebing and the rest could not hear what they were saying, he could guess what they were saying. Zheng Dayou, Changjuan, and the rest's faces changed. Last night, news of Dong Xuebing renting out all the Presidential suites for 500,000 RMB had spread. Almost all the County's Investment Promotion Departments know about this, and everyone felt Zhen Shui County is too arrogant. Even the City's Investment Promotion Agency's leaders have to stay in the smaller rooms downstairs due to the shortage of rooms, and you all want to book a Presidential suite for yourselves?
This is too arrogant!
Who are they trying to show off?!
The people from Zhen Shui County entered the venue under everyone's gaze.
Zheng Dayou and the rest are not used to people poking their backs, but Dong Xuebing is used to it. He calmly walks in front of the group.
They met Chen Mingming. This District's Investment Promotion Agency Chief, who had snatched their investor yesterday, looked at Dong Xuebing and Zheng Dayou without saying a word. On the other side, Lv Weiguo had also appeared near the VIP platform. Deputy Mayor Hua Li was beside him, and both of them were discussing something. Lv Weiguo glanced at the people from Zhen Shui County coldly, but Deputy Mayor Hua did not even look at them.
The atmosphere was tense.
Zhen Shui County was obviously isolated.
But Dong Xuebing doesn't care. Even if he did not humiliate Lv Weiguo yesterday, Zhen Shui County would still be isolated. So, it doesn't matter to him. Also, Dong Xuebing's temper and character was very good. The more people isolate him, the more he will disgust others. Isolate me? You won't talk to me? Pretend not to see? If you don't want to tell me, I'll tell you.
"Yo, Mayor Hua, good morning!"
"…" Hua Li was speechless.
Dong Xuebing waved his hand from afar. "Haha, Chief Lui is here too. Have you eaten?"
Lv Weiguo had wanted to ignore Dong Xuebing. What happened yesterday had made him lose face. But Dong Xuebing had called out to him in front of so many people, and he could not be too harsh. If not, people will think that he does not have the bearing of a leader. So, he just replied with a grunt. Dong Xuebing was the type of person who does not play by the rules. Dong Xuebing was smiling as he greeted everyone, and they could not tell what he was doing. He did not even get a single investor, and he is still so happy? What's there to be happy about?
Dong Xuebing brought his men back to his County's exhibition booth.
Everyone looked at them for a while, but they did not pay any attention to them. There was something more important that caught everyone's attention.
"Eh, have you heard about it?"
"I knew about it. Is it an overseas investor?"
"It's not just an investor. This time, there is a whole group of investors."
"Yeah, it's said that there are more than a dozen of them. Some are foreigners, and some are Chinese. All of them are big companies with billions of yuan in assets. Sigh, if we can get any one of them to invest, it will be enough for us to make a year's worth of sales. They are all envious."
"When will they arrive?"
"They should be arriving soon. They are still on the way."
This is no longer a secret, and everyone had been talking about this since morning. Many of the County's Investment Promotion Agency's Chiefs had called their men for a meeting, and they seem to be assigning tasks to them. They should be trying to recruit this group of investors.
Ring … ring … ring …
Hua Li's phone rang.
Dong Xuebing answered. "Hello, Secretary."
"They will arrive in half an hour. Get ready."
"Half an hour? So fast? Alright. I will hurry up. "
"This group of investors is influential, and any one of them is worth a few hundred million to a few billion RMB. You all must keep them in our Meihe City."
"Secretary, are these people really here to invest in our City?" Hua Li also can't believe his eyes. This is like a free lunch. But they know their City's situation, and there are no projects or profits that can attract multinational companies.
"Our city should be their first stop. They will probably go to other places later on. As for why they chose our Meihe City, that's not important. What's important is that you have to do your best to keep these foreign businessmen here. Try to get them to invest!"
"Ok. I will do my best." Although Hua Li said this, he is not confident. Even a prosperous city like the Provincial Capital can't keep these foreigners. What about their City …
The City's Party Secretary had followed them personally.
This shows how important this group of investors is to the City Government.
After hanging up, Hua Li quickly called Lv Weiguo over. "Get the leaders of all the Counties' Investment Promotion Agency's Investment Promotion Agency here. Quick! We need to have a meeting. They will be here soon."
Lv Weiguo quickly goes to get the leaders.
After a while, Zheng Dayou, Chen Mingming, Ma Yanfen, and the rest gathered in front of the VIP podium.
Hua Li immediately briefed them about the situation and passed on the instructions from the City's Party Secretary.
When everyone heard this, they were all excited. Who doesn't want a share of such a big piece of meat?
Suddenly, the atmosphere in front of the square changed. Everyone eagerly set up their own county's exhibition booths. Many Investment Promotion Bureau chiefs even called back to their districts and counties to get a group of Investment Promotion Agency personnel who are good at English to fight this battle. As for the other domestic investors, everyone is not very concerned. At least, those small investors are not the main characters today. From the City's leaders' words, they have confirmed that these foreign investment groups are really international giants. Let's not talk about how many of them will be won. As long as anyone is lucky enough to keep any one of them, the political achievements will not be a small amount.
Hundreds of thousands?
A few million?
How can such a big multinational company invest so little money? Even if they give such a small project to them for free, they might not want it. It is too small, and they can't afford to lose face. For a company of their level, investing tens of millions is the minimum!
It's a mess.
Chen Mingming returned to his booth and started to call his subordinates to give instructions.
Ma Yanfen and the rest of the Bureau chiefs also held an emergency meeting with their subordinates to make arrangements for today's work.
Zheng Dayou was also moved by everyone's excitement and asked. "Mayor Dong, what are we going to do? They should be arriving in 20 minutes. "
Changjuan added. "Why don't we go and intercept them halfway?"
Zheng Dayou got a fright. "Don't do that. We will offend too many people."
Chen Yunsong wiped his sweat and thought to himself. Why are all the people from Beijing so daring? Mayor Dong is very daring, but Chief Chang is also as daring as him.
He continued smoking and waved his hand. "Don't need to prepare. We will do what we did yesterday and don't waste our energy on those people. There are more than a dozen foreign investors, and they are multinational corporations. How can they invest in our city? Do you all believe it? We are not looking down on ourselves, but we must know our limits. There is no such thing as a free lunch. "
Changjuan kept quiet.
Chen Yunsong thought about what Dong Xuebing said.
Zheng Dayou did not give up. "But … we should at least give it a try."
Dong Xuebing snubbed his cigarette and said. "We can try. Since they are here, we cannot chase them away. We still need to issue the project proposals. What I am trying to say is that we should focus on the local investors. They are the ones we can get. It's better to be practical." Dong Xuebing saw everyone nodded and said. "But this is also an opportunity for us. Everyone's attention is on those foreigners, and not many people are competing with us for the Chinese investors. We can use this opportunity to attack them one by one."
Gong Na looked at Dong Xuebing. "Do we need to prepare an English version of the project proposal?"
Dong Xuebing waved his hand. "No need. They will have their own translators. If they can understand it, then so be it. If not, then forget it. We do not expect our project to attract them."
Dong Xuebing is not interested in this project at all.
Zheng Dayou smiled. Dong Xuebing is too casual. But thinking about it, Dong Xuebing is right. Multinational companies? Indeed, it was a little unrealistic. Their run-down place didn't have anything they wanted. As long as they weren't blind, why would a billion-dollar corporation invest in their place? Even if they wanted to invest, they would choose a place like the city. They wouldn't even consider their remote Zhen Shui County. Mayor Dong might be impulsive usually, but he is able to control the situation at the crucial moment. He is even calmer than Zheng Dayou. Zheng Dayou looked at Dong Xuebing again and felt Dong Xuebing's decision is correct.
In the end, there is a huge contrast in the venue.
The other districts and Counties are in a mess, and only Zhen Shui County is calm. It is as if everything has nothing to do with them.
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