Life 1984

Both Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying underestimated the influence of Sihai Group and Li Yunhai.

They wanted to embarrass Li Yunhai and deliberately did not attend Sihai Group's celebration.

But he didn't expect that Li Yunhai didn't care whether they came or not, and directly invited the big guys in Beijing.

As a result, the people who were embarrassed were Zhao, Huang and others.

The leaders from Beijing are here, but Zhao and Huang are nowhere to be seen! Never welcomed, never received, never met!

Everyone can imagine what kind of cold eyes these two people will receive even if they go to see the leader at this moment!

Zhao and Huang looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

With such a big incident happening, both Zhao and Huang seemed extremely passive and embarrassed.

There are still guests to entertain here, so it is impossible to leave immediately.

But if they had not gone, the mistakes they would have made would have been even more profound.

After dinner here, it is estimated that Sihai Group has also dispersed.

But it wouldn't work if I didn't go. If I went now, I could still find an excuse and say that I was receiving representatives from Compaq. If you miss it completely, you won't even have an excuse.

Huang Ying asked in a low voice: "Leader Zhao, are we going? Do you want to say hello?"

Zhao Jingwen thought for a while and said: "You go for a run, I will accompany the guests here, you tell the leaders that I have something important to do and can't go."

Huang Ying looked embarrassed, obviously not wanting to seek this bad luck.

He could think of it all with his toes. As long as he went there, he would be ignored and scolded.

Zhao Jingwen saw through his thoughts and said, "Then you stay, and I'll report in."

But Huang Ying was in trouble again. He felt that if he didn't go, wouldn't he be even more unwelcome to the leader?

Does he still want to make progress in the future?

Does he still want to go to Beijing?

"Leader Zhao, why don't we go together? It's okay if we don't know. Now that we know, if we don't go over to say hello, how can we meet in the future?"

Logically speaking, they should have gone in long ago.

It's too late now!

Zhao Jingwen said in embarrassment: "Compaq representatives are here, who will accompany them? These foreigners are very shrewd, and they are also people who care about face. As soon as the banquet started, we got up and left. What will the other party think? What if they withdraw their capital? , this project will be ruined! All our previous efforts will be in vain."

Huang Ying wished he could slap himself in the face to see what he had done.

Disgusting Li Yunhai didn't succeed in making him sick, but he succeeded in making him sick.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Zhao Jingwen stood up and said, "You stay, I'll go see them."

When Huang Ying saw that he was leaving, he knew that his future was worrying and he couldn't help but frown.

Zhao Jingwen patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are at the municipal level, and you don't have many opportunities to deal with them directly. I really can't escape. I feel relieved to have you here to entertain me."

After speaking, he smiled and said a few words to a few foreigners from Compaq Company.

There are people around to translate for foreigners.

The foreigners also expressed understanding and said that if you have something to do, just go and do it!

Zhao Jingwen left the scene in a hurry.

Huang Ying felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. The wine tasted tasteless than boiled water.

But it was said that after Zhao Jingwen got in the car, he went straight to Sihai Center.

Only when we arrived at the scene did we know that the celebration had already ended and everyone had gone to Yuloudong for dinner.

Zhao Jingwen then ordered the driver to go to Yuloudong.

When he arrived at Yuloudong, he saw that the door was closed, and there was only an elderly security guard sitting at the door reading a newspaper.

Zhao Jingwen's secretary stepped forward and said, "Hey, open the door, we want to go in!"

The security guard looked up at him and ignored him.

The secretary said angrily: "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?"

He never dreamed that he and his boss would be blocked from entering.

The security guard slowly turned over the newspaper and said, "The door is closed, didn't you see?"

The secretary pointed to the door and said: "We are looking for someone! The person we are looking for is eating inside!"

The security guard snorted and said he was not allowed to enter. The reason was that the entire place was booked and the distinguished guests were dining, so no one could come in and disturb them.

Has Zhao Jingwen ever received such a cold reception?

His face suddenly dropped.

Due to his status, it was impossible for him to lose his temper with the security guard.

His secretary was different. In order to maintain the boss's dignity, he shouted: "What are you doing? Do you know who this is?"

The security guard didn't know Zhao Jingwen, but he was a person who only accepted death. "I'm sorry, I don't know who you are! The manager just gave the order, all the guests have arrived, and now the food is half eaten. Do you want to eat? , Go somewhere else! If you want to come to my house for dinner, come back in the evening! Someone has booked the place at noon! "

The secretary's face turned red with anger: "We are not here to eat! Do you think we have nothing to eat? We are here to see Leader Lin."

The security guard shook his head: "I don't know who you are talking about. I only know that the higher-ups have ordered that no one can be put in. There are very important guests inside, and no idlers can be allowed in to disturb them."

The secretary pointed at the security guard and became furious. He opened his mouth and uttered a few classic Chinese curse words.

The security guard was not someone to be bullied. He put his hand on his hips and pointed at the secretary: "Who do you think you are? Do you still dare to scold me? Get out!"

The secretary's lungs exploded with anger: "You have the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard! Look at this car, look at this license plate! Do you recognize whose car this is?"

The security guard rolled his eyes: "I don't care who you are? Even if you are the old prince, you can't even think about this door today! Our boss has ordered that no matter who comes, they can't let it in!"

The secretary was still ready to yell.

Zhao Jingwen waved his hand to stop the secretary from speaking, and then said to the security guard: "Comrade, please go and ask your manager to come over. He will know who I am as soon as he comes."

The security guard glanced at him and said: "Our manager is accompanying the guests upstairs! Everyone is waiting for the VIPs upstairs! I don't dare to disturb you. If you have anything to do, let's talk about it after dinner here!"

This is called a scholar who encounters soldiers and cannot explain his reasoning clearly.

The security guard doesn't know who you are, he just follows the manager's orders!

This kind of thing happens often.

A person's identity is not easy to use at this time.

Because people don't value your identity at all, and the security guard doesn't need to look at your face to act. He is already a security guard, and he is doing the ultimate job for a man. How can you fire him? If you fire him, the worst thing you can do is find another place to work as a security guard. Can you manage a province or the whole country?

As the saying goes, there is no need to seek high quality.

The lower the people are, the less they care about rules.

Zhao Jingwen was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. He put his hands behind his back and looked up at the antique exterior wall of Yulou East, but he couldn't do anything.

The secretary was furious and said she would call someone to come over.

Zhao Jingwen didn't want to make a big deal out of the matter. He didn't come to meet with these leaders on time, which was already a sign of neglect. If he caused another farce, wouldn't he be criticized even more?

"Boss, what should we do?" The secretary asked, "How about we go back to the provincial hotel for dinner? There are distinguished guests waiting there." Zhao Jingwen thought for a while and said, "In this case, you can just stare here. , when the banquet here is about to end, please notify me immediately and I will come back."

The secretary was stunned for a second and then immediately agreed.

At this time, the plainclothes policemen guarding the area around Yuloudong finally noticed the movement here and ran over to ask what was going on.

There are countless important VIPs sitting in the building. This security issue is not a trivial matter. Otherwise, the door would not be closed and no one would be allowed in under strict orders.

When the secretary asked them if they were policemen, he immediately became arrogant. He pointed at Zhao Jingwen's car parked on the side of the road and said, "You can see clearly! This is Leader Zhao's car! This is Leader Zhao Jingwen of the province! Now we are I want to go in and look for someone, but the security guard won’t let me go!”

Of course the police knew Zhao Jingwen's name, but they couldn't make the decision. They said: "There are strict orders from above. No one is allowed to enter until the banquet is over. We have been eating here for more than half an hour. It won't take long for us to disperse." It’s time for the banquet. Leader Zhao, do you think we should wait until the banquet is over before we go in?"

The secretary will lose her temper in front of these people.

The police said they couldn't do anything about it and asked me to ask for permission?

The secretary waved his hand impatiently: "Hurry up and ask for permission! You must make it clear who is here! Ask them to open the door quickly!"

The police went to a nearby phone booth to make a call.

He was calling the restaurant.

After receiving the call, the restaurant attendant went upstairs to ask for instructions.

Su Hong was waiting outside the private room.

The attendant asked Su Hong for instructions.

After Su Hong heard about it, she replied directly: "Whoever it is, let's wait until the banquet is over. If you reply to them, just say that the leaders are drinking and eating and have no time to meet people now."

The person on duty didn't know the seriousness of the matter, so he had to go downstairs and truthfully replied to the police.

The policeman ran over and reported to Zhao Jingwen truthfully: "The leader inside said that if anything happens, let's talk after the table is over!"

The secretary said sharply: "Did you say that Leader Zhao is here?"

The policeman said solemnly: "I told you! I told you the leader's name! If you don't believe it, just make another call."

The secretary's expression froze.

Zhao Jingwen waved his hand and said forget it, shook his head and sighed, turned around and got in the car to leave.

After returning to the provincial hotel, Huang Ying eagerly asked how things were going.

Zhao Jingwen smiled bitterly in his heart, but said calmly: "Eat first."

Chinese people are used to talking about things at the wine table.

This time is no exception. Representatives from Complai have been negotiating terms with Huang Ying.

Compaq is willing to invest, but it requires a five-year tax exemption and free use of the land for fifty years. It also requires that all computers in provincial agencies can only be purchased from Compaq.

This is simply the lion's mouth!

Not to mention that Huang Ying couldn't agree. Even if he wanted to agree, he couldn't make such a big decision.

After Zhao Jingwen heard this, he was also chilled.

The more they rush to beg others to invest in building factories, the more reason they have to take advantage of their weaknesses.

People who can serve as negotiators in multinational companies also have an understanding of our country's national conditions.

Which provinces are good and which are bad?

Where is it beneficial to invest, and where can you negotiate the terms to your heart’s content?

They all did their research before coming.

The people at Compaq just grasped Huang Ying. If you want to invest, you must pay a sufficient price. Otherwise, they will not invest in inland provinces and will only consider open coastal cities.

Huang Ying couldn't make the decision, so he asked Zhao Jingwen for instructions.

Zhao Jingwen cannot take such a big decision by himself, so a meeting must be held to discuss.

The people at Compaq said, you have too many meetings! If this delay continues, our investment will not be made!

Zhao Jingwen said with a smile, please give us a few more days. After the National Day holiday, we will hold a meeting immediately to discuss Compaq's investment.

The people at Compaq seem to be anxious, but in fact they look calm. For them, they can invest anywhere, as long as the conditions are good enough.

When they came this time, they not only inspected the economic development zone in Xizhou, but also went to other cities to select locations for building factories, and then comprehensively considered where they would finally settle. They, the representatives, could not make the final decision and had to ask Kang for instructions. At Bai's headquarters in the United States, only after the senior management of the headquarters meets to study and make decisions can they know where to invest.

So they were not in a hurry, drank foreign wine, ate delicacies from mountains and seas, and slowly tasted these rare delicacies.

After eating here, Zhao Jingwen still didn't receive a call from his secretary.

After seeing off the Compaq representative, Zhao Jingwen looked at the time and found it strange. Is the luncheon at Sihai Group still going on?

Huang Ying asked: "Leader Zhao, shall we go there now? I don't know if the leaders have finished their meal?"

Zhao Jingwen said in a deep voice: "Let's go take a look."

Their convoy arrived at Yulou East, but found that the gate here was still closed.

The security guard just now was still sitting on the chair, dozing off in the sun.

Zhao Jingwen's secretary was sitting and smoking in the convenience store nearby, and now he trotted over.

"What's going on? They haven't dispersed here yet?" Zhao Jingwen asked.

The secretary looked up upstairs and said, "Boss, I've been staring here and I didn't see anyone coming out. This door has never been opened."

He shook the security guard awake and asked, "Hey, is there anything scattered inside?"

The security guard was woken up by someone, and the boss was unhappy. He yawned and said, "Why is it you again?"

The secretary asked: "Has the banquet inside ended?"

The security guard rubbed his eyes and said, "I don't know!"

Huang Ying looked around and said, "No, there are no cars around here! Have they left already?"

Only then did Zhao Jingwen and his secretary realize this.

The secretary said: "When we came here just now, we didn't see any cars."

Huang Ying said, "Didn't you go in just now?"

The secretary chuckled: "The security guard won't let you in!"

Huang Ying wanted to laugh, but couldn't, so he asked the security guard: "Uncle, does your store have a back door?"

The security guard said: "Yes! There is a back door. Today's guests all entered from the back. There is also a parking lot behind!"

Only then did Huang Ying and others understand, and they all ran towards the back door of the restaurant.

When I got to the backyard, I saw it was empty, not a single car of any kind.

The back door was wide open, and a dozen hotel employees were seen coming in and out, cleaning.

Zhao Jingwen and Huang Ying looked at each other in silence. (End of chapter)