Power and Wealth - 1875

afternoon.

More than four o’clock.

The sun happened to enter Dong Xuebin’s temporary office. Dong Xuebin lit a cigarette and leaned on the desk with his butt, squinted in the sun, warm and comfortable.

The door was knocked suddenly.

What came in was Meng Hanmei, “Secretary.”

Dong Xuebin looked at her and said, “Here is someone? Didn’t it mean that it was six o’clock?”

Meng Hanmei gasped: “No, the person hasn’t arrived yet. The phone has arrived. It was the interpreter brought by the British-Chinese exchange team from their country to the county party committee office. Later, the call was transferred to me. The interpreter was also I don’t know if they’re from the UK and China, and they don’t speak very well in Mandarin. In addition, there was noise on the phone. After talking to him for a long time, I understood. He asked what food we prepared for the evening. I said it was a western restaurant. It echoes their appetite, but the translator said that they are always eating western food and are tired of eating. They want to taste the dishes of the Republic when they come to the Republic. They also said that this is the meaning of those British-Chinese-people. Let’s prepare now. .”

Dong Xuebin looked at his watch, “What time is this?”

Meng Hanmei was also very upset and said, “Yeah, it’s about this time, where should I prepare for them to go? If you don’t tell me, don’t tell me later, when you have to come soon!”

Dong Xuebin said: “It seems that they don’t understand what it means to do what they do in the countryside. They really regard themselves as uncles. What do they want to do and what they want to do!”

Meng Hanmei said: “I couldn’t refute it on the phone. Later, someone in the city picked it up. I don’t know who it is. It should be a cadre of the Municipal Axe Office. According to the foreign guests, what can I say? I can only agree.”

Dong Xuebin is very annoying, this group of people, isn’t this making trouble, he pressed the fire and said: “More than an hour left to arrive?”

Meng Hanmei said, “The translator said that in another hour, I have already met some investment groups in the city for lunch, and the next stop is here.”

“Is it time to change the hotel now?” Dong Xuebin said.

“I don’t know. Ten people and 20 people are OK. If we count our own people, there will be forty or fifty people this time, and we have to include a banquet hall and the like. You can’t eat with other diners. Time is sure…I can only say I tried it.” Meng Hanmei said.

Dong Xuebin said: “Try it, try to do it well.”

Meng Hanmei didn’t say much, “Yes, then I will go quickly.”

As soon as she left, Dong Xuebin went out with a cigarette. He happened to see Zhang Dongfang and Wei Zhixuan, deputy secretary of the county party committee, walking and talking. Dong Xuebin said, “Secretary Zhang, Secretary Wei.”

“Secretary Dong.” Both turned their heads.

Dong Xuebin informed them: “The meeting place has changed. It is no longer in the western restaurant before.”

Wei Zhixuan was startled, “Isn’t it all set?”

Dong Xuebin said: “Lao Meng just got the letter and ordered it, but the people in Britain and the United Kingdom were not satisfied. They asked us to change places and said that they didn’t want to eat Western food. The location is not known yet. Lao Meng has already gone to Zhangluo. Wait for Lao Meng to fix the place, and then let everyone go there.”

Zhang Dongfang frowned and said, “I have already asked people to arrange banners. Then I will call people back quickly. Alas, this is a trouble.”

Wei Zhixuan muttered displeasedly, “Foreigners just have a lot of things.”

Dong Xuebin also felt something, “I will leave tomorrow. You can fool the past.”

The three chatted, and they got along fairly well. Contrary to the scene of the first time the Standing Committee met with tit-for-tat fighting and killing, the current Dong and Zhang people have entered a period of ambiguity, or relaxation. In the future, both sides are more restrained, so it has not caused any other disputes. For the time being, a balanced stage has been maintained. This is a good phenomenon. No county can continue to develop under the environment of fierce battles among the leadership.

…

Less than six o’clock.

Meng Hanmei only assigned the location of the restaurant, and there was also the identity of the county party committee. The restaurant was temporarily emptied and the banquet hall was reserved for them, although he was a little sorry for the people who had booked there in advance. , But there is no way, foreign guests are the most important thing.

Knowing the location, everyone rushed over.

Arranging the venue, making banners, etc., is a mess.

The words of those British-Chinese people are simple, but they never thought about how long it would take Jiao’s neighboring county because of their words.

Only barely caught up.

This is one of the best restaurants in Jiaolin County, and it is also very grand.

In front of the hotel, Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang stood outside, and some cadres at the back were Wei Zhixuan, deputy secretary, Meng Hanmei, director of the county party committee office, Xu Zhuang, executive deputy magistrate, Song Hefei, deputy county magistrate, etc., etc. In addition to some county committee members, most of the cadres of relevant departments also came, and the investors and many entrepreneurs from Jiao’s neighboring county who were found by the county government axe were sparsely 30 or 40 people.

Xu Zhuang looked into the distance and said, “Has anyone come?”

A staff member of the county government axe said: “Mr. Xu, he hasn’t arrived yet.”

“It should be almost the same?” Wei Zhixuan also looked at his watch. “It’s six o’clock. What time is it?”

Meng Hanmei said: “The above notice is to arrive at the hotel around six o’clock, maybe there is a traffic jam on the road, um, it should be coming soon.”

wait.

What else can I do?

five minutes……

ten minutes……

twenty minutes……

But it was almost half past six, and I waited and waited, but I didn’t even see the convoy coming.

If the people here are all ordinary people, it’s fine, wait and wait, but the problem is that everyone is there from the county party committee secretary to the county cadres. In addition to them, civil servants, there are also people in the county who are only called by human relations. More than a dozen entrepreneurs, let them stand here dry and wait for half an hour? ?

Many leaders have turned black.

Those entrepreneurs also became impatient. Which one of them is not worth tens of millions? Waiting so long outside in the cold world? If it weren’t for the county’s face, they would have left their hands long ago!

Dong Xuebin’s face was also ugly, “Call! Ask!”

Meng Hanmei was in charge of contacting this matter, so she took out her mobile phone and called over there, “Hey, this is Meng Hanmei from Jiao Lin County.”

There was a middle-aged man, “Oh, Director Meng.”

Meng Hanmei said, “I want to ask, when will the exchange team members arrive?”

This person is obviously a cadre in the city. He heard the words: “Hey, look at my surname. I just told you to inform you, but I forgot in a hurry. They didn’t go to your county to eat at night, and the exchange team members suddenly I changed my mind and want to eat with the city, but the lodging will still go to your place. I should be able to arrive before 8 o’clock.” (To be continued.)