The city.
Investnt promotion venue.
"A surprise?"
"Yes, didn't Sister say that?"
"Sister Zhang, what is it?"
"You'll know when the ti cos."
"Co on, why are you selling suspense?"
"Haha, I won't say it. I'll hang up. Just wait."
"Okay, if you need arrangents or pick-up, call ."
After hanging up the call, Dong Xuebing put away his phone and returned to the Zhen Shui County exhibition stand. He saw that the leader from the city's investnt promotion office had already been scolded away, and it seed like they were going to complain to Lu Weiguo. Dong Xuebing didn't bother to look at them again and withdrew his gaze into the exhibition stand.
" Mayor Dong."
"What's going on with this?"
"They've been doing this over and over again."
"Yeah, why should they cancel our exhibition stand? What mistakes did we make?"
As soon as Dong Xuebing returned, Zheng Dayou, Chen Yunsong, and others complained to him, each looking indignant and annoyed.
Dong Xuebing looked at everyone and comforted them, "If they want to talk, let them talk. Their mouths are on them, and we can't control that. Everyone, don't be influenced by them. We won't cancel the exhibition stand. Even if Lu Weiguo reports it, it won't affect us since we haven't made any mistakes. So everyone, don't be bothered by them. Let's continue with our preparations. The investors are coming."
"Uh, they're already here."
"What do you an, they're already here?"
"Look outside, and the cars have arrived."
Dong Xuebing and the others looked outside. They saw the open gate of the park and cars with provincial license plates entered. These should be the cars prepared by the province for the investors. Only the foreign inspection team would receive such treatnt.
They're here.
Finally here.
Hua Li imdiately went to greet them.
Lu Weiguo, who was listening to the complaints from the investnt promotion offices leader about Zhen Shui County, also waved his hand to interrupt their words. He quickly followed Deputy Mayor Hua to greet the visitors. No matter how much trouble Zhen Shui County caused, this group of foreign investors was the real focus.
For a while, everyone started to move.
The heads of investnt promotion bureaus from various districts and counties all went up.
Although Dong Xuebing didn't take it seriously, the necessary work still had to be done. However, Zhen Shui County was too far away, so they were the last to approach.
The car stopped. The doors opened.
Many people got out of the cars one after another.
The first to get off was a middle-aged woman with short hair. Although her hair had turned white, she looked elegant in a suit. This woman was a leader from the province, most likely the leader of the provincial investnt promotion. Dong Xuebing noticed that Hua Li and Lu Weiguo greeted her very politely. The woman's rank should be similar to Deputy Mayor Hua's or even higher. That was hard to determine.
That woman told Hua Li, "I've brought the people to you. I'll introduce them shortly. After the introductions, you can take over, and I'll leave."
Hua Li said, "How can that be? What about lunch?"
The woman waved her hand, "I won't eat. I also have matters to attend to. Everything the secretary and mayor should convey to you has been said. Don't make any mistakes."
Hua Li said, "Rest assured, we will treat them well."
The woman nodded, "That's good. Whether you can retain these investnts depends on your abilities. This is a chance for your city. Seize it."
Hua Li responded with an "Okay," and the woman continued, "We understand."
The other cars stopped one by one in the front square around ten cars. As the car doors opened, foreign investors got out one by one. There were n and won, young and old, with a majority being won. More than half had Western faces, blond hair, and blue eyes, looking like genuine Westerners. One seed to be of mixed race, and the rest had Asian features, probably Chinese. Their deanor indicated that they differed from the small investors who attended the previous investnt promotion event. The appearance and attire of these foreign investors were not very luxurious, but their temperant unmistakably revealed substantial wealth.
Dong Xuebing and others also went up, but they were at the outermost periphery, with the front occupied by the city's and county districts' investnt promotion personnel.
Foreign beauties, huh? Their figures are really good. Dong Xuebing couldn't help but admire their bodies.
At this ti, the female leader from the province had probably already had quite a few interactions with these investors. She spoke in English, smiling as she said a few words to them. Then, she pointed at Hua Li, Lu Weiguo, and others. Dong Xuebing couldn't understand, but she was likely introducing the local leadership to them. Several nearby foreign investors nodded to Hua Li's group as a form of greeting after hearing the introduction.
The female leader from the province pointed at the frontmost foreigner, saying, "This is Mr. Frank, the owner of Lande Corporation."
Lu Weiguo led the applause. Clap, clap, and the other investnt promotion personnel also welcod.
Hua Li imdiately went up to shake hands with him, saying, "Welco to ihe City."
He spoke in English, but it was sowhat stiff, clearly sothing he had just learned at the last minute.
The foreigner called Frank shook hands with Hua Li and said a long sentence in English.
It seed that these big foreign bosses didn't bring interpreters this ti. About a dozen of them were from a different company, and most didn't bring secretaries or translators. They were the only ones present, so the English translation was done by a ihe City Investnt Promotion Bureau employee with decent English skills. Originally, the translation was repeated in Chinese after Deputy City Mayor Hua spoke. Hua Li only understood it after the other person praised them politely in English. He quickly exchanged a few more words.
After a mont, the female leader from the province introduced the next foreigner. She didn't seem to know his na, only ntioning the company, "This is the owner of Huani Group."
Clap, clap, clap, once again, applause welcod them.
As they applauded, Dong Xuebing and the others naturally joined in. This wasn't about formalism but a way of expressing ihe City's importance to these foreign investors. However, Dong Xuebing was not too focused on this. He clapped his hands perfunctory, looking towards the park entrance because Zhang Longjuan had already called and should have arrived. Dong Xuebing didn't know when she would arrive, but he was most concerned about Sister Zhang's situation.
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Three
Five
After introducing the first five individuals, the female leader from the province seed to struggle a bit. It looked like she wasn't familiar with the nas and companies of the people behind it and, being relatively new to dealing with foreign investors, couldn't rember everyone. She apologized and glanced at the next investor, using English to ask for their introduction, indicating that it was necessary.
It was a Chinese man, likely of overseas Chinese descent. However, he might not have lived in the People's Republic of China long, as his Mandarin was not very proficient. He said, "Wait for our, the leading, to co, then introduce."
The provincial female leader clarified, "Wait for the person leading them. She spent over twenty years living in China and has a good relationship with these foreigners. They know each other well. I won't introduce him now; it's more suitable when he arrives. He should be coming over shortly. Don't just stand there; chat with each other and communicate for a bit."
Hua Li and Lu Weiguo imdiately found several investnt promotion personnel with good English skills, intending to establish so initial communication with these foreign investors. However, their English, learned in college, was sowhat stiff. Despite being college graduates, none had studied abroad, so they could only understand slower or simpler sentence structures. Many of the foreigners had accents and spoke quickly, and after communicating for a while, neither the translation team nor Hua Li and Lu Weiguo understood much. The atmosphere beca sowhat awkward.
Hua Li turned around, frowned at the few English-speaking staff brought in temporarily, and said, "You call this knowing English? You can't even translate their words."
"They speak too fast."
"They have accents, and we can't understand them."
After all, they were not professional translators and had limited abilities.
Hua Li turned to Lu Weiguo, "Contact the city, get a few translators here as soon as possible."
Watching the chaotic interaction of the group, Dong Xuebing found it sowhat amusing. He shook his head helplessly, feeling that their interest was dwindling.
Suddenly, another car with a provincial license plate arrived. Seeing the car, many foreign investors smiled.
The female leader from the province promptly said to Hua Li and the others, "Alright, the person leading them is here. With her, communication won't be a problem."
All eyes turned towards the arriving car.
The car stopped, and a staff mber from the province politely opened the other side's door for the person inside to disembark.
As the door opened, a pair of legs wrapped in black stockings erged, and the black high heels made a crisp sound as they touched the ground.
The next mont, a mature and glamorous middle-aged woman stepped out of the car.
Seeing this person, Dong Xuebing, who had been indifferent, was imdiately stunned.
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